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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
20
The Common Council rejected the annual badge order, sustaining the Mayor’s veto last night. Only 16 members supported it while 26 opposed, with several members fleeing or refusing to be recorded. The vote marked a reform wave over the issue.
Paris reports Mrs Stephen B Elkins and her daughter Miss Katherine sail the Adriatic today without listing their names. Mrs Elkins says the trip became unbearable due to the notoriety from her daughter's reported engagement to the Duke of the Abruzzi and confirms an interview with the duke at Bad Gastein despite denials.
Captain Leonard H. Stover aged 84, longtime cashier and assistant treasurer since 1871, resigns from Pejepscot National Bank in Brunswick. Charles L. Giveen elected new cashier. Herman L. Stover named treasurer of the Topsham and Brunswick Savings Bank. Stover has served in the Maine Legislature and as town official.
The illness of the Czarina leads to the abandonment of Russian army maneuvers in the Crimea. The Czar is expected to cancel plans to visit Italy and will likely stay with the Empress at Livadia until December.
Henry Whiting Flagg aged 32, son of Calumet and Hecla official George A. Flagg, was found with a bullet wound in his head in his bath at 14 Ashburton Place. A revolver lay beside him. Family and company officials offered no motive while a friend said despondency over failing health led to suicide. Wendall Pennister found the body at 9 AM.
Flagg, a Calumet & Hecla Mining Company clerk and Harvard graduate, killed himself after a yearlong decline in health. He lived alone next to the Calumet offices, remained reserve in social life, and left a father, mother, and brother as survivors. Medical Examiner Magrath ruled suicide with no motive found.
Pittsburg September 30 report that the Brunets Island Driving Park stables burned at 11 last night with horses valued at $100,000. All horses were reportedly saved, though the stables were more than half destroyed. Wealthy owners kept their stock there and are said to have removed the animals safely.
Mrs Elizabeth B Sullivan of New York city wrote to the Nutley New Jersey Board of Education that she would take the board's $10 000 offer for a school site rather than allow a cigarette factory to be built on the plot The factory offered $15 000 for the land and the exchange was reported from New York on September 30.
Police in Wellesley believe a prominent young society man linked to past incidents is behind the attacks on Mrs. James Atkinson and Miss Isabel Bradsell. He has not been seen since the attempted assault near Atkinson’s home Tuesday night in the woods edge.
Miss Bradsell describes a suspect about 30, tall and light complected. After two attempted assaults, colleges see influx of female students alarmed. residents discuss arming for protection. Mrs Atkinson chased by a man in darkness, bleeding into distress. Police suspect a locally known peeper is involved and extend a manhunt.
Secretary J Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society submitted evidence to District Attorney Hill after a semi annual report cited laxity that allowed immoral houses and cafes. Chase met Hill for hours and secured a promise to produce witnesses when the State needs them, reviewing over 100 pages of typewritten material in the DA's office.
Trenton Sept 30 Hamilton Crisp the Trenton policeman who took leave to travel as guard and escort for the Misses James wealth sisters living on their boat has returned home with new ideals He has resigned from the force and plans to enter business Crisp was once noted as New Jersey s only policeman owning an automobile
Plans were formed by the Saner Fourth committee for a graphic display at the 1915 Boston exposition opening Navy Hall in the old Art Museum. The exhibit contrasts typical Fourth of July celebrations with calmer forms shown in Springfield and Cleveland, and highlights hazards from blank cartridges and explosives to advocate a saner celebration.
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