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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
1
Norfolk May 26. The Florida will endure simulated attack by Arkansas and Morris with guns and torpedoes as crews volunteer to prove the monitor’s impregnable armor and torpedo net. Navy officials and foreign observers watch the test to verify the vessels’ defenses.
Continued on Page 3 Fourth Column. The item notes a policy or schedule change granting employees in the ferry department a seven day cycle with one recurring day off. Further details appear on the indicated page.
Acting Governor Draper signals he will not sign a merger bill. New Haven railroad men plan to push the committee on railroads to approve a plan allowing a two year trustee hold on Boston & Maine stock or sale if the merger is not sanctioned. A lengthy conference with lawmakers followed the sudden stance with Senator Lodge and others in contact by phone.
New York May 26 District Attorney Jerome defends his administration saying efforts to indict George W Perkins Morgan partner for a $50 000 political gift frightened the New York judiciary It was the most humiliating spectacle since the boodle Aldermen of 1884 as yellow journals roared and yawned pointing to Morgan and his partner.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrates her 89th birthday quietly at home with family on Beacon Street. Attending are her children Florence Marion Howe Henry Marion Howe Laura E Richards and Edna Maud Elliott. An informal reception will follow in the afternoon.
Jerome leads final proceedings before Commission er Hand appointed by Governor Hughes to hear charges of dereliction in the district attorney’s duties. He discusses the Perkins $50,000 New York Life contribution, the Ryan $24,000 case, and the American Ice Company inquiry with legal scrutiny and defense of past actions.
The body of 35 year old John Chandler of Boston was found in a farm well near the Massachusetts line in Cumberland Rhode Island. He had been visiting James Allen and was missing since this morning. It is believed he attempted to draw water and drowned, his head lodged in mud at the bottom.
A lamp in Mary Hamilton’s hands exploded at 12 30 am as she moved it from the living room to her bedroom. Her clothing caught fire and she ran to the street where bystander John J. McGann put out the flames but she likely will die from the burns.
The report cites the highest temperatures 97 degrees in 1883 and 88 degrees in 1904, noting these as extreme heat records for the period.
Two workers at Boston area sites suffered heat related incidents. David Jones 27 of Dorchester fell at United Shoe Machinery Company and was taken to City Hospital. Julius Harwich 27, a paper hanger, collapsed at a Massachusetts Avenue house while heat intensified.
Local showers are forecast for Wednesday with probably fair conditions Thursday and little change in winds. Washington reports New England should see showers on Wednesday and fair cooler conditions Thursday with fresh southwest winds.
The plaintiff requests control over a $5000 monthly income in a new legal action declaring the end of a relationship. The filing signals a determination to secure future financial arrangements.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw will spend the summer in Salem New Hampshire arriving June 1. She has secured accommodations at a local hotel to take a long rest from the busy whirl of New York life.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw withdraws her annulment suit against Harry Thaw. She aims to claim Harry Thaw’s estate worth about $5,000 a month and seeks guardianship control of funds, signaling a prolonged, high stakes legal fight with the Thaw family backing her. The Thaws had been paying her $1,000 a month, and Harry Thaw will contest the move.
This afternoon Colonel Franklin Bart on behalf of Mrs William Thaw and A Russell Peabody representing Harry Thaw and Daniel O Reilly for Evelyn Thaw appeared before Referee Deyo to seek the annulment suit’s discontinuance.
Immigraton inspectors travel to New York to probe a bizarre case in which twelve Chinese travelers allegedly smuggled in boxes from Mexico to test evading the exclusion law and died en route from heat or starvation. Authorities seek to identify those involved and who received the bodies.
Boston Americans defeated Chicago 16 to 5 in a hard hitting game. Young Erne and Tommy Keeill boxed cleverly in a 12 round draw at Armory Athletic Association. Terry McGovern and Spike Robson drew in six rounds in New York. Boston Nationals lost to Pittsburg 5 to 1. Six Boston athletes to join Olympic team trials in New York. Harvard crew shows effort ahead of Cornell race. Yale and Harvard freshmen clash in deciding Cambridge game.
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