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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
4
The Brooklyn defendant Theodore Whitmore testified in his own defense as the Jersey City trial nears recap and jury submission. Prosecutors finished their case earlier. tomorrow will feature closing arguments and jury instructions.
Whitmore testified detailing his Christmas night movements to corroborate earlier witnesses. He denied killing his wife or having a motive, facing a tough cross examination while prosecutors largely failed to undermine his prior statements.
Claude P. Brown, believed to have died by his own hand, left despondent letters to his aunt and sweetheart and vanished from his Winchester home. Police searched the Middlesex Fells, a favored youth haunt, but did not locate Brown or his missing revolver.
A 24 year old draughtsman, formerly known as Zimmerman, last seen at 3 PM Tuesday after writing to his aunt Miss Jennie Brown and Miss Helen Valin. He is tall slim with a limp and dark complexion, recently unemployed, and may have left to seek work or join his deceased grandfather.
Hawaii Governor Frear, welcomed by Gorham Gilman and Boston dignitaries, spoke of Hawaii’s ties to Boston and the Pacific. He recalled early missions, printing presses, and education as he answered questions and accepted the hospitality at Young’s Hotel.
Cholera takes root in Pangasinan with four cities infected including Dagupan. The lightkeeper’s family of Dagupan contracted the disease and five family members died, revealed by their failure to extinguish the light during the day.
A merger bill leads a June sequence in the legislature. In the Senate Dr. Faxon reports resistance from Representative Norman White of Brookline who plans amendments. William B. Lawrence condemns the bill as creating a Commonwealth New Haven partnership in crime. The House passes the bill relaxing stock watering rules to allow New Haven control of Boston and Maine, enabling stock selling below market to benefit the railroad.
In a bid to curb Supreme Court rulings on trolley holdings, Senator Grimes backs a bill allowing Massachusetts street railways to own stock in connected firms, potentially enabling New Haven to consolidate state transportation. The stock watering measure passed the House. Faxon bill and White amendments loom as sessions resume.
Two women in black dresses and showy hats attacked men with hat pins after police removed one for disobedience. Miss Simms and Miss Richardson chased a crowd toward Scollay square as officers arrested them, while injuries ranged from facial wounds to hat pin punctures.
In a letter to the Metropolitan Park Commission and Charles River Basin Commission the Union Boat Club led by president Hugh Cabot rejects a Beacon Street Park site for a new boathouse. The club cites location setbacks, potential litigation, burdensome lease terms, and a $50 000 construction cost to duplicate current quarters as reasons for refusal.
Forest King a prize horse of Judge William H. Moore at Pride's Crossing Stable was shot after hydrophobia suspected from a dog bite. The Myopia Club of Hamilton, oldest in New England and dating to 1882, reports 52 English fox hounds killed as preventive disinfection begins. officials doubt dog bites caused the outbreak and seek stray infection sources.
After years of poverty and isolation in Naples and Florence two Blue Order nuns ensured her return. The American heiress Miss Anna Southwick sailed home aboard the Romanic and arrived at Charlestown with trustees and servants. She settles at a grand Wellesley Hills estate restored for her, near Linden and Rockland streets.
Police seized the deceased's watch, 24.70 dollars, several checks, and letters found on his person. The correspondence included notes from nephews and nieces in Massachusetts.
Charles M. Holmes, 72, a Malden treasurer of Holmes & Kimball Inc. of South Boston, died at the Hoffman House in New York. He lived at 36 Glen Avenue, owned much real estate, and earlier partnered with the late J. Wesley Kimball, after which Holmes & Kimball became a stock company with Holmes as treasurer.
A federated council modeled on the New York New Haven Hartford system is being formed by the Boston and Maine shop mechanics organizations. Promoters say it will be stronger and include the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen on the system. The Boston Women's Auxiliary of Typographical Union 18 has finalized plans to receive international delegates.
A convention will be held in August in this city with sessions at the Ford building. Mrs. 4 A Rogers of Charles Town is named official stenographer and secretary. Mrs. Frank J MecGarrity is elected delegate. Boston branch officers include Mrs. Charles T Scott president and others. Meetings to choose reception officers set for June 10 at 264 Boylston St. Union discussions on Sheet Metal Workers 17 and Roofers’ Protective Union seek amalgamation, with aim to unify locals and curb jurisdiction disputes. A Watertown Arsenal labor meeting of the League of Employees of Navy Yards and Arsenals drew praise from Major Wheeler, Major Ruggles, and George L Cain.
District Attorney Moran voiced support for Governor Guild as vice president if Taft is the presidential nominee. The Post reports strong New England sentiment backing Guild in the VP role. Enthusiastic supporters share views on Guild’s candidacy and the movement gains.
Keene New Hampshire leaders favor naming Governor Curtis Guild of Massachusetts as second on the Republican national ticket. Prominent figures including Senator Charles Gale Shedd and Mayor Martin V. B. Clark advocate Guild for vice president, saying New England and the region would back his nomination.
Biddeford officials voiced strong support for Governor Guild in interviews. Police commissioner Hutchinson called Guild one of the best public men and dependable in any office. Deputy sheriff Goldthwait and Municipal Court recorder Weymouth praised Guild as a clean, strong candidate and a trustworthy New Englander.
The Boston Post canvass records 11 Milford residents expressing support for Governor Guild as the next Vice President. Guild enjoys strong local popularity in Milford, with many residents broadly favoring his Chicago convention nomination.
The Boston Post signals strong support for Governor Guild as a potential vice president, asserting Massachusetts would back his candidacy in a heated political moment.
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