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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1911
Page
2
Newton family cites financial pressures from large wool purchases as the only known reason for George P. Pickard’s death by his own action in a Providence hotel Sunday night. His wife, prostrated, could not be seen. a brother noted plans for large wool orders last fall failed to yield expected returns.
Mr. Pickard, about 44, son of late ex Mayor Edoward L. Pickard of Newton, long tied to Boston shoe trade. He lived in Auburndale with wife and son, earlier partner in Pickard & Donner wood brokers, with offices on Summer Street, Boston. Found dead in bed with a bullet wound after writing a fatal letter to his attorney. Funeral plans not yet announced.
A crowd of 20 000 gathered for Canadian Day at The World in Boston yesterday, the largest on record for a Monday. Over 1000 excursionists from Toronto Montreal and Quebec arrived by special train and attended the exposition. Senators Macleod and Mayor Fitzgerald spoke or were scheduled to address events as about 35 000 witnessed the Pageant of Light across two performances.
The North End endures a firebug frenzy with homes under guard and police and civic vigilance. Dozens of fires, many in tenements, are recorded across Salem Street and nearby streets from March to May. Authorities hope to stop the insane arsonist amid collective vigilance and landlord cleanup efforts.
Police officers and volunteers patrol near every alarm box as Engine 8 on Salem Street responds to fifty fires in tenement houses since March 14. Fire department officials say the fires were carefully planned with torches aimed to maximize damage. Saved lives came only because some residents woke and raised the alarm. In many buildings the pyromaniac found ignition material nearby.
At IT wharf the beam trawler Crest under Captain Michael Green entered with her maiden fare of fish as part of a 15-vessel fleet. The total catch reached 442,800 pounds including haddock cod hake pollock cask halibut and lemonsole. Prices listed for haddock cod hake pollock cask and halibut.
Juarez May 15 Provisional President Francisco I Madero Jr announced after a conference with Judge Carbajal the federal peace envoy that there is a strong probability peace would be restored in Mexico within a short time.
Senor Carbajal and Senor Madero held a first meeting since Peace Grove negotiations as back and forth telegrams from Mexico City outlined new proposals. Insurrectos pressed for 14 governorships and four cabinet seats, but the federal plan offers only 10 governorships and one cabinet member amid Diaz retirement discussions.
Governor Foss vetoed two milk bills arguing one creates a private milk certification scheme and the other gives local boards of health power to halt milk and cream. He also opposed Norman White's cost of living report reprint and a bill allowing Police Commissioner O Meara to reinstate officers.
The Governor signed a meter liability bill making companies pay for meter contents in fires and a bill directing the Railroad Commission to report on car fenders next year. The Huntington avenue Audubon road link became law without his signature. The direct nomination and Cambridge charter measures dominated debate with House votes of 103 to 84 on the latter. Senate awaits a close vote on the peaceful persuasion bill affecting picket injunctions.
The Supreme Court ruled the Legislature lacks authority to impose a uniform rate tax on personal property across the Commonwealth. Governor Foss’s plan for a $17 rate cannot proceed. The court warns such assessments would be disproportional, causing city to city variation and unequal burdens between real estate and personal property owners.
From Chicago via Chicago and North Western June 1 to Sept 39 the Denver Special travels to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with luxurious equipment and only one night en route from Chicago Descriptive booklets and full particulars are available from J E Brittain General Agent 300 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Kirk Schevelle, a boy of Melrose Highlands, was seriously burned on the body and legs while dancing around a small yard fire in an Indian costume. His mother, Mrs Edwin Schevelle, tried to help and suffered a burn on the right arm as flames spread to the fringe of the khaki suit.
Four express cars left the rails and toppled on their sides four miles west of Curling Newfoundland yesterday. Two passengers were hurt, with slight injuries.
James Hey of Philadelphia writes that Hood's Sarsaparilla has long benefited him, especially in spring. He reports morning tiredness and loss of appetite improve after two or three bottles, and he urges others needing a tonic to try it. Available in liquid and Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
A compiled obituary page lists numerous May 1911 deaths with funeral details. Names include Peter M. Clere, Margaret Dolan, Emma Engelhardt, Joanna Foley, Percy H. Kord, Bred Wagene Jones, Justie Henry Lamken, Alice Lovely, John McGaa, John OConnell, Mary E O Rourke, John Riedle, Elizabeth Riley, J Clark Smith, John Sullivan, David Terry, Elizabeth Walsh, Thomas Whalis, and related relatives. Funerals span Somerville, Everett, Chelsea, South Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Cambridge, Charlestown, Newton, Reading, and Brookline with dates May 14–18 and venues including church services and local cemeteries. Relatives invited. some notes include omitting flowers and specific mass times.
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