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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
15
An unsigned Topeka letter mailed in August warned President hopeful William H. Taft of an alleged assassination plot. The State Journal made the letter public, noting the writer appears unsound minded and that the plan involved a rifle from a skyscraper in Chicago.
First day of the women’s water tilting feature at Revere Beach carnival saw Agnes Holker, 19, saved from drowning after a near capsize. Rower in a tournament boat pulled her aboard. fellow contestant Bob Merriam fell overboard but swam to safety. Tom Malcolm defeated Austin McLean in a bout, while Miss Alice Fish knocked Kentucky’s Merriam overboard. Today two more first round matches at 2:30, winners meet later. Crowds large, carnival mood high with illumination and fireworks each evening.
James W. Breslin of 16 Temple Street found his rear window open when he returned for dinner and discovered that sneaks had stolen $75 from his house after leaving for a labor parade in the forenoon.
Melbourne reports rewards offered for 221 sailors who did not report aboard their ships when the battleships departed for Albany. The search by the patrol from the American fleet has yielded little success to date.
Congressman O Connell plans a Dorchester rally at Clan na Gael Hall tonight to outline his campaign themes against Senator Linehan the rally signals an aggressive bid and a clash with opposing political leaders in his home ward agents expect a forceful start to his renomination drive
An earthquake shock was felt in San Juan Porto Rico today causing many residents to rush from their homes into the streets amid widespread alarm. The tremor disrupted daily life and prompted precautionary reactions from locals.
The mayor urges immediate board action on his veto of the Union Freight railway Northern Avenue track franchise. He accuses the committee on public improvements of delaying the veto for political reasons and will address the board at Monday’s meeting with a special message.
The mayor wants the Board of Aldermen to decide at the next meeting whether Union Freight Railway should receive a valuable privilege without payment. City Engineer Jackson begins paving the new $80,000 bridge without track provisions, following the mayor’s likely advice.
Ward 2 voters in Dorchester form New Votes Club the first in New England. Ex Mayor Josiah Quincy will speak outlining Bryan’s wishes for club formation. Up to 15 000 Boston voters eligible, age limit 24. Local leaders and Congressman O Connell attend meeting at 362 Bowdoin Street.
In Boonville Indiana on September 7 Mrs. Sam Smith wife of the fire chief defeated three others after a fusillade of shots and a brawl with bats. Virge Pate, 68, lies unconscious and may die. His wife and Mrs Margret Wagner were beaten. A family feud sparked the fight.
Lowell Sept 7 Robert Luce candidate for Lieutenant Governor openly criticized the Republican State organization here. He told Middlesex Hall that no party group should pick candidates but only aid their election after they are nominated.
In a Massachusetts Republican race for Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Luce dismisses machine influence rumors and says he would welcome support from party leaders like Mr. Lodge, Mr. Crane, or Mr. Draper, but voters may decide without their intervention. He notes leaders have kept hands off so far and argues principles may prevail through caucuses.
A heated session between Mayor Hib bard and the Mt. Hope Cemetery Board of Trustees centers on the condition of the Potter's Field. Trustees deny Mayor Parker's charges, seek confirmation of plans to cut staff and spend on improvements, and vow not to resign as a conference is set to resolve the deadlock.
In Exeter a 14 year old boy Allen Hall was released on bond after being held on a manslaughter charge tied to an accidental shooting of his sister Salassie May. Police now deem the act accidental and a hearing is expected Wednesday.
Passengers were thrown into a panic last night near the South station when a heavily loaded Mattapan car outward bound and a Charlestown car came together. Both cars tore running boards away for about two feet. No further damage and only slight traffic delay.
Mrs Lena Eldridge 50 of 20 Fairmount street Malden was tripped on granite steps to the Common opposite Joy street yesterday forenoon and fell to the bottom. Bystanders aided her and an ambulance was summoned. At the Relief Station she was found to have a severe shaking up and a sprained right leg.
John A. Keliher candidate for Congress in the ninth district will open his speaking campaign Wednesday night in the home ward of his opponent. The meeting will be in Lyceum Hall with Representative John P. Sullivan presiding and several spellbinders on hand.
A store detective and floor superintendent remark on a clever theft where every pair of Holeproof Hose disappeared while other stockings remained. They hint at a similar deal offered at Talbot's on Washington Street for six pairs at two dollars with a six month guarantee. Black Cat stockings for boys priced at 25 cents a pair.
The coroner linked Dr. Cr Brooks of Portland Maine to suicide by poison amid jobless despair. Police found letters from his wife threatening self harm and harm to their children if rejections continued.
Three men in an Oldsmobile headed to a Lowell auto race crashed into a gasometer at Bacon and Church streets this morning at 7:15. Kerekos Melkonian, Tigran Samourkohim, and Dick Samourkohim of Stoneham sustained injuries. Melkonian’s eye was seriously injured and he was moved to the Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary.
The coroner seeks a poison cause after Dr. Brooks a Portland Me cancer specialist and former physician is linked to a letter from Alice to her husband and a Suicide attempt at the Church of the Holy Innocents. W L Ramage cared for letters and suspects Brooks as a traveling salesman with drug knowledge. An autopsy is planned.
Noted in Portland Maine on September 7 that C H Brooks who died by his own hand in New York today and his wife and children are not known here. No such Brooks resided or traveled as a salesman in the state. It is believed the family were just stopping here when a letter was mailed last Thursday.
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