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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
5
In Newport Rhode Island on February 28 Josephine Balduan, four, fell from a raft and drowned. Francis Shea, sixteen, jumped in and retrieved the body after a hard struggle but she was already lifeless.
The Mission Church of Roxbury screens Pilate's Daughter as a Lenten drama. Performances run Mondays and Thursdays through April 1 in St. Alphonsus Hall, starting at 8 p.m.
Ex-Governor Curtis Guild Jr. urges a balance of general and vocational schooling at Temple Israel, warning that excessive specialization endangers citizenship and liberty. He argues knowledge of living, law, and society is essential alongside earning a living. He cites risks of regulation and profiteering, contrasting them with the need for broad education.
The Pope remains indisposed in Rome as doctors report hoarseness behind the decision to suspend audiences. He arose and worked in his library this morning and officials say recovery is expected in a few days.
Dr. Goldwin Smith writes from Ottawa that the King has proved his winning manner in Germany and should try it in Ireland. He argues royalty should visit Ireland annually to avert home rule and prevent the United Kingdom from dismemberment.
Thomas G Parker of West Emerson Street Melrose was found unconscious with four head wounds at 1 a m in front of 1019 Main Street. He says a man emerged from behind a tree and struck him, the young woman he escorted fled. Police pursue a suspect based on Parker’s clue.
Alfred Vigneaux, 7, a North Hanson station master for four years with the New York New Haven Hartford line, killed himself at his Washington street home. His mother heard a shot. he lay dead with a shotgun by his side. Dr. Gilman Osgood, medical examiner, ruled death by own action.
Washington notes that 12 Senators and 77 Representatives will be absent when the Sixty-first Congress convenes March 15. Re-elections of Hopkins in Illinois and Stephenson in Wisconsin may raise senatorial absences to 14. among retirees are Hepburn Iowa 22 years and Sherman New York 20 years. Teller Colorado is the longest serving retiree since 1876.
In Pittsburg on February 28 William Gearhart a fireman killed his longtime sweetheart widow Anna Baxter by slashing her throat with a razor. He was found on the floor with his throat cut and a large knife in his hand as police arrived. The victim’s son and daughter aided and alerted authorities.
The Women's Municipal League has organized a mass meeting at 3 30 p m in Huntington Hall to discuss the city milk supply. Dr Charles Chapin of Providence an authority on milk and hygiene at Harvard will open the program followed by Prof William T Sedgewick of MIT who will discuss sanitation aspects.
A farewell service at Charlestown Universalist Church honored Rev. G I Keirn on his departure for Tokio Japan where he will lead the Universalist mission. Speakers included Dr Charles Conklin Rev F W Perkins Dr D J L Sweet Rev John Evans and Rev V I Tomlinson. Miss Iku Saegusa spoke on the Blackmer Home and recited The Night Wind.
Multiple churches across Greater Boston marked anniversaries and events. Highland Church Roxbury observed 40 years with sermons and planned talks. People's Temple and Tabernacle Baptist services drew crowds with evangelists and soloists. vesper concerts at Newton Centre featured Gaul's Holy City. Upcoming lectures at King's Chapel and Dorchester People's Forum announced with speakers including Moore Trueblood Steffens and Fleischer. Prohibition speakers and men's mass meetings kicked off Tremont Temple series.
The Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston holds a regular public meeting in Park Street Church at 10 30 this morning. Dr J Wilbur Chapman and Rev Charles H Moss will deliver addresses as Dr Francis E Clark founder of the Christian Endeavor Society is present.
The Evangelical Alliance and Boston Y M C A co operate as Rev Charles H Moss of Malden and the Lotus Quartet participated in a program yesterday afternoon. On Wednesday evening the Shawmut Congregational Church Society of Christian Endeavor will host a reception.
Following the revival in the Mav Erick Congregational Church ministers Rev Albert R Williams and Rev Francis W Pattison began Sunday afternoon meetings for men. Yesterday afternoon several hundred attended.
John Brown, hospitalized since Feb 19 after self inflected wounds, is expected to plead to a murder charge in Newton for the death of Laura Bland at 25 Virginia Road. Emma Bland remains wounded with bullet injuries as police guard Brown awaiting court appearance.
Washington Feb 28 The Senate commerce committee will not report the Burke bill requiring all ocean going vessels to be equipped with wireless telegraph gear. Friends of the wireless telephone blocked action by insisting the bill include telephone requirements.
The Young Women’s Sodality connected with St. Mary’s Church on the North End attended the 7 30 o clock Mass yesterday morning and received Holy Communion in a body. Rev Joseph A Gorman S J rector of the church celebrated the mass. At 1 o clock in the same church a solemn Mass for the living and dead members of Division 42 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Boston was conducted by Rev Charles Leary S J.
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