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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1906
Page
10
Mrs Colyar of New Bedford faced rough treatment from a street car conductor after a door dispute. She punched him twice and injured his arm, then was confined three days. The claim was settled and the incident sparked improved conduct among rear end car crews.
The Maharajah Gaekwad of Baroda and his wife landed at New York after a Liverpool steamer voyage. They stayed at the Waldorf Astoria, with jewels only on the Maharanee who wore a heavy diamond-studded bracelet and long opal earrings. The couple plans to visit American colleges including Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Cornell.
The Rev. Frank Philip Estabrook was installed as pastor of the Westwood Unitarian Church. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot of Cambridge, with welcome by Rev. Calvin Locke of Westwood and the handshake of fellowship by Rev. William W. Peck of Needham.
The Boston Common burying ground opened for a funeral for the first time in seven years. John C Morrison of 101 Albion Street was carried to a tomb after a brief service, with about 75 friends and relatives present. Morrison, a Scotch immigrant and longtime South End resident, died after appendicitis at City Hospital last Tuesday aged 69.
Frank King aged 18 of Eliot Street lodging house was arrested by West End police for breaking and entering the Model Hat Store on Court Street. Police say he is part of a gang that operated at several Court Street businesses recently.
The School Board is poised to approve the teachers civil service measure. David A. Ellis predicts the motion to reconsider will fail, and the order will become operative, removing teachers from politics and boosting school efficiency. The plan requires the superintendent to pick from the top three on two lists of applicants.
A. Merkley, operator of a warm and boarding house at Put-in-Bay, vanishes after Probate Judge Rowland of Ottawa County refuses to adjudge his wife insane. Local authorities pursue clues as missing person case unfolds.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on May 13 Sheriff Collis thwarted an escape by yeggmen John Doe and Gouin who hid a large carpenter's file under a shirt. Dee tried to slip the tool into a wall crevice but was stopped. guards were doubled over the pair.
Division 40 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held a grand initiation ceremony in Fallon's Hall Jamaica Plain witnessed by state leaders. More than 500 members and friends attended as 40 new members were brought in by Division 27 of Natick. A banquet followed with speeches by state and county officials and a $60 collection for afflicted members in California.
Funeral services were held at Mt Hope chapel for W. R. Hudson of Roslindale ruler of Poet Lodge A F and A M and member of John Andrew Post 15 G A R. Burial followed from his Canubic street home with escorts from the associations.
The medical examiner rules Davis died from pneumonia rather than injuries from a blow. No additional details on timing or setting are provided in the readable text.
Mrs. Hannah T. Conroy, 33, says she was drugged and robbed of 880 by Mrs. Mary Bangs, 27, and R. H. Robertson, 35, after visiting Bangs on Athens Street. Conroy reported waking at 4 AM to find the money missing. Coleman Doran was arrested, Bangs and Robertson released on bail and did not discuss the case.
The funeral of Sidi Mohammed el Hadj Bey of Tunis was held this afternoon before a large crowd of natives, Europeans, and French officials. The ceremony featured Mohammedan rites with chants and dirges as Arabs touched the Bey’s garments seeking pardon for condemned relatives.
The medical examiner ruled Simon Davis died of pneumonia not the result of a blow. Davis, of 467 Cambridge Street East Cambridge, died Friday night at the General Hospital after Cambridge police investigated an assault claimed by Mrs. Davis two weeks earlier.
The Knights of St Brendan elected officers at Appleton Hall with Jeremiah Carroll as president and Denis J McGillicuddy as treasurer. A July 4 Locust street grounds games plan was set, with a Puck fair section from Ireland and the Ladies of St Brendan to run booths. The group praised efforts to place Irish history in public schools.
The steam trawler Spray completed her ninth trip from Quincy. After two weeks at sea she landed 37 000 pounds of haddock cod and flounders and suffered a run of bad luck with grounds and poor catches.
The 47th annual meeting of the United Hebrew Benevolent Society named Simon Vorenberg as president and Nathan Waxman as vice president at the Young Men's Hebrew Association rooms. Board members included Abram Beal and H. H. Levinson. Mayor Fitzgerald praised for aiding a consumptives home. The treasurer reported $19,254.01 spent on philanthropic work. receipts were $12,153.91 with a $2,950.10 cash balance and $11,903.91 in notes.
Katherine Johnson, 37, of 82 Village Street, was found at the foot of a stair flight yesterday morning with a fractured left leg and severe contusions. She was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
In Seabrook Connecticut autopsies reveal that Annette Fowler aged 13 and John Fowler aged 19 died from ptomaine poisoning from boiled clams. The clams were dug the day before at Dole's Point near high water mark and some were diseased, spreading poison from stomach to organs and causing meningitis as death neared.
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