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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
3
Burlington Vermont September 2 Mrs Josephine Cohen nicknamed the sleeping woman was jailed for 10 days on a vagrancy charge after being moved between cities and sleeping calmly most of the time.
A 30 year old woman with Boston relatives traveled via steamer on Lake Champlain, slept through journeys, and was shipped by overseers from Burlington to Montpelier, then back to Burlington where she remained asleep. Judges ordered her jailed. Officials suspect she has no local support and may be a dependent charge. A book with the name Mrs Josephine Cohen was found, while her mother’s Bradford address could not be verified.
Massachusetts Grand Lodge I O O F reports a successful annual session at Tremont Street with 500+ delegates. New officers elected include Grand Master Charles Berry and Deputy Morris Sargent. Membership stands at 58,810 with 616 new members. financials show dues 210,232.69 and relief costs 122,355.96. Committee recommends adding qualification certificate for vice grand before installation and supports yearly terms for subordinate lodge officers.
The 28th annual demonstration and reception of District Grand Lodge No 26 of colored Odd Fellows was held yesterday in Cambridge.
President Taft signaled a likely trip to Alaska next summer to inaugurate Walter Ely Clark as governor. He had hoped to visit this year but Congress and Mrs Taft illness delayed. The trip may extend to Hawaii, with Secretary Knox present at the talks.
President Taft suffered a slight attack of sciatic rheumatism while playing golf at Myopia with Thomas Laughlin. Doctor Barker says a cold in the shoulder caused the trouble. the president finished the round and rode home. He plans to rest and attend the Marblehead sonderklasse races instead of golfing tomorrow.
After three months of talks between Nicaraguan officials and Emery Company representatives from Boston a settlement was reached for the mahogany timber concession dispute. The deal provides for a lump sum plus deferred payments at five percent interest. The Emery claim was about 2.5 million dollars, though the final amount to be paid was not disclosed.
The Chelsea widow Bridget Fay leaves her husband 7000 and a Chelsea house. After specific legacies are paid, more than 40000 goes to Catholic charities and institutions in Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore San Francisco Savannah and Springfield. The remainder supports the Monastery of the Precious Blood of St Hyacinthe in Canada.
Cornelius S. Newcomb of 87 Marshall Street Somerville and a haberdashery owner at 278 Washington Street faces a third divorce action in ten years. The latest libel in Middlesex County Court targets his wife Elizabeth E. Newcomb, married barely a year.
The second wife of Newcomb, Mrs Toretta Newcomb, died suddenly in a Bridge Street boarding house during a custody suit in January 1908. Reports describe a tense domestic scene, a missing jewelry incident on Washington Street, and a rumored but unproven foul play ruled out by autopsy.
Captain Josephus Dawes born in Duxbury April 7 1820 was a deep sea master by 21 and sailed worldwide until 1871 then retired to shore. He joined the Boston Marine Society in 1862 and is noted as the oldest Mason and Unitarian in Duxbury with daily wood chopping and town drives cited as reasons for longevity.
Government Farm Naivasha Sept 2 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt who arrived July 22 added a crane to his African game trophies by a long shot, provoking local indignation among natives who revere the bird. The party also bagged two pelicans Egyptian geese and several gulls, with son Kermit collecting.
Governor Draper aims to appoint Worcester county jurist T. Hovey Gage of Smith Gage Dresser to fill the late Hon. Francis A. Gaskill on the Superior court. The announcement signals a Worcester man for the vacancy.
An unidentified man about 45 years old and 5 feet 11 inches tall was killed when a freight train struck him at the Clinton Market freight house on Atlantic Avenue. His body was found at 8:40 p.m. after he reportedly slept under the cars in the late afternoon. He wore a gray serge sack coat, brown vest, faded blue serge trousers, black shoes, and a derby hat. He had dark brown hair, brown eyes, a smooth face, and a right arm tattooed with G. R. and an anchor on the back forearm.
The British steamer Everilda reported passing the American schooner Henry Crosby of Bangor Maine about 600 miles southeast of Cape San Antonio. The schooner, dismantled in a hurricane, asked for towing to a port as all supplies were exhausted, but the steamer could not tow her.
Jewelry and money totaling 68 were stolen yesterday from George J. Clark’s apartments at 184 Broadway Somerville. Entry was gained through the front door with a jimmy used to force it.
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