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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1910
Page
2
Palm Beach onlookers crowded the sands as Mayor John F. Fitzgerald posed for photographs during a swimming and baseball outing. He anticipated returning home next Tuesday from Havana with plans to stay active in the sunlit day.
Washington March 4 Senate lawmakers labored six hours amid sharp conflict and failed to reach a vote on the postal savings bank bill taking a recess until the next day in an atmosphere charged with debate.
Mr and Mrs Charles W Fairbanks with Ambassador Reid and embassy staff attended Buckingham Palace court in London and were formally presented to King Edward and Queen Alexandra tonight.
Dennis Cleary age 46 of 73 Boylston Street Brookline died after slipping from his horse drawn wagon of the Boston Tee Company on Huntington Avenue near 884. One wheel passed over his head before the horses could be stopped. ambulance arrived too late.
President Taft sent a telegram to Col. Michael F. Hennessey praising the first year of his presidency as full of instruction. The Taft Ticklers dinner at the Boston City Club drew major Republican leaders, mixing merriment with a serious tone as they marked the inauguration year.
At Wellesley College on March 4 the Students' Government Association met to celebrate its ninth anniversary. A toy rat was released by a member during the peak of excitement causing panic and a scramble for chairs. The janitor removed the animal as cheers turned to laughter and former presidents watched.
Pittsburg March 4. The Rockefeller foundation drives a moral crusade to clean up cities stamp out gambling houses close red light districts expose corrupt officials and wash the United States whiter than snow. The work has begun here and in Boston.
Robert Wilson of Scranton led a 14 week Pittsburg operation with 90 men to close gambling resorts and expose officials. The plan targets gambling houses, bribery, and disreputable public figures, and includes press exposure to purge corrupt officials.
President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard critiqued the Rockefeller Foundation proposal to consolidate charitable and educational gifts. He warned the outcome hinges on the administrators and opposed applying incorporation to such a vast fund, fearing overcommercialization.
Evelyn E. Kingman adopted daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Emerson of Norwood Massachusetts faces a libel for divorce filed by her millionaire husband Louis Kingman in Peoria Illinois. The couple married in Roxbury in 1906 after a stormy court history including a prior withdrawal of a divorce claim for non support and abuse. Evelyn, born in Sherman Texas, once used the stage name Evelyn Earle and published Sylvia the Story of an American Countess in 1901.
Lakme was staged at the Boston Opera House with Wallace Goodrich conducting. The cast featured Miss Lipkowska, Mr. Nivette, Mr. Bourrillon, Miss Roberts, Miss Pierce, Miss Parnell, Miss Severoni, Mr. Fornari, and Mr. Stroesco to a large, enthusiastic audience.
A small iron safe three by five inches was found in the Cambridge subway at Main and Portland by workmen. It was taken to the police HQ where the outer combination was smashed and inside were bracelets and trinkets, some with gold removed. Police see possible links to a recent robbery in a neighboring city and suspect the thief buried the safe in Cambridge.
Miss M Jennie Osgood a 77 year old hermitess was found living alone at 108 Church Street Lowell with nearly 30000 in the house Her niece from New Jersey called doctors after a visit she was sent to a sanitarium in West Medford Bankbooks showing 27000 and 1800 in cash were discovered in the search The death of her parents and a sister left her secluded.
At 9 40 a m a fire in Roxbury reported by William Roach on Clarence street with a toss 200. A 12 20 p m alarm on Shenfe street listed John Pasquale and loss of 10 dollars. A 5 51 p m alert at Dorchester avenue for Elizabeth Born reported no loss.
At a Charlestown High School Alumni meeting last night the association asked Mayor Fitzgerald to plant trees in Monument Square Charlestown. The group also set the annual reunion for May 6.
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