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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1905
Page
12
Captain Barber and First Officer Liversage report the loss of 17 crew members from the steamer Tropic which arrived yesterday from Chile with nitrate of soda and iodine. The disaster occurred in a lifeboat off Constitucion, Chile, during the voyage.
Morton reports no authority for payments tied to Turner loans and seeks return of 718000 from Mercantile Trust. He outlines collateral transfers from Western National Bank, guarantors, and a 661491 Turner loan. Growth of public scrutiny and calls for honesty follow with speeches by Kingsley and others.
Ernest L. Piper, manager of a sight seeing automobile, leaped from the monster machine yesterday and jumped in front of a pair of infuriated horses, stopping them and averting a deadly crash. The action saved passengers under his care despite his own danger.
The National Association of Retail Druggists met at Revere Hall with over 2000 delegates. President Thomas Voegels of Minneapolis opened day two urging better stores and ethical business, warning of a proposed stamp tax and urging unity. The afternoon featured officer reports, legislative recommendations, and finance updates showing total receipts of 88997 and expenditures of 79924 for the year.
In Cambridge near Central square yesterday afternoon, Mr. Piper leaped from a moving electric coach to seize runaway horses. He halted the team just before City Hall, dragging them several hundred feet. Witnesses praised his daring as onlookers cheered.
Washington report states Commissioner Yerkes clarified a Sept. 12 ruling on proprietary medicines with distilled spirits. Manufacturers must pay the special tax for wholesale liquor dealers and rectifiers, and retail dealers must also pay a $25 annual tax.
The new bath house on Cabot Street Roxbury opened to the public at 10 yesterday morning. The pool 70 by 35 feet ranges from four to nine feet deep and is one of the best in New England. Women may use the baths on Mondays and Thursdays.
Benjamin Franklin Trueblood of Boston urged a second Hague conference at the opening session in Lucerne to draft an international arbitration framework. The talk set the tone for the universal peace congress as nations gather.
Theodore Metcalf Company on Tremont Street and Copley Square showcases artistic window displays for the National Retail Druggists Association gathering in Boston. The store highlights cocoa wine and sachet powder displays with chrysanthemums in the Copley Square windows, using four foot tall stalks and sponges priced from $1 to $5 as floral elements, drawing crowds and praise.
In Louisville at 1108 West Market Street a fire trapped a blind musician Michael J. McCarthy inside his home. He lifted his wife and six children through a diamond shaped window to waiting firemen, enduring burns but saving all his dependents.
In Maiden District Court Chresti Drepance a Ferry street fruit dealer is charged with larceny of 10 dollars from Chinaman Lee Lum. Lum says the Greek lured him to the Saugus branch tracks bound his hands and took the money. The case is continued for trial next Tuesday with the Greek furnishing 190 dollars bail.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons on Shawmut Avenue opens with the largest class in its 28 year history. Despite higher college entrance averages, it welcomes more prospective physicians to its doors.
The ship ran aground 18 miles from Putu with five days to shore. Fifteen sailors and two officers were taken to land after a dangerous lifeboat voyage as seas battered the vessel. They lost 200 tons of nitrate and cargo valued at about $45,000 but later were rescued and the court attributed the stranding to a faulty compass and currents.
St Clare Court M C O F plans observance of its eleventh anniversary at St Rose Hall 17 Worcester Street tomorrow evening. The program features whist followed by dancing. The all female court counts Dr Helen I Doherty as chief ranger and Miss Mary B W Gerraughty as committee chair.
One of the season’s prettiest weddings took place in West Roxbury as Lucia Bliss daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Bliss wed Dr Arthur May youngest son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin May. Rev Chauncey D Hawkins officiated with Miss Annie Haxton Jamaica Plain as bridesmaid and Dr Ellis Peterson Worcester as best man.
James W. Barry commissioner of insurance Michigan spoke on Life Insurance Ethics at the National Association of Life Underwriters convention in Hartford. He warned that recent events in the industry will have momentous effects on life insurance and the country's commercial prosperity as a major company undergoes a severe ordeal.
New York September 19 State Attorney General Mayer reached New York to interview members of the Armstrong insurance investigating committee and its counsel. Reports say funds paid by life companies would be restored to the firms, but Mayer could still take action he deems proper.
A Chicago suit filed for a receiver and accounting accuses current and former Western Life Indemnity officials of fraud misapplication of trust funds and asset transfers to a related concern. E I Rosenfeld and W H Gray are named amid alleged fraudulent fund voting. The company succeeds Knights Templar and Mason Life Indemnity, founded in 1884, with over 20 million dollars in policies outstanding.
William F. T. Harrison 32, deputy inland revenue collector for St. John channel, shot himself while packing a shotgun thinking it was unloaded. The incident occurred today as he prepared to leave for the day.
The New England Conservatory of Music offers a one year free scholarship in the vocal normal department for talented young men and women with limited means. Applicants must attend examinations on Friday Sept 22 at 4 PM and Tuesday Sept 26 at 4 PM.
A 70 foot scaffold on a new St Cunegonde church site collapsed after a heavy stone rolled off a windlass. One worker died instantly, two others died en route to hospital and two were seriously injured. Names include Charles Otis, Rene Fournier and Frederick Barriere.
Crippled by loss of left leg, 50 year old Alito Boges of 8 Ford Street East Boston slipped on stairs at Dover Street Elevated station yesterday and fractured his right leg. He was taken to City Hospital in great pain and remained calm saying hard luck.
Peter Cassidy aged 48 of 25 Polk Street Charles Town died at Somerville hospital after being kicked by his horse as he turned from car tracks on Medford Street near Tennyson Street. He suffered a fractured right leg and died from hemorrhages and shock. Cassidy was a teamster for Wellington Wild Company.
In Burnley England an unknown man shot himself twice in a crowded street and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital and later partially recovered. A card in his pocket asked to inform his sister Mrs Dubois at 115 King William street Fall River Mass.
Police in Fall River confirm the man who shot himself at Burnley is William H. Martland, an attendant at a Sandy Beach bathing house who disappeared September 3. Sister Mary H. Dubois notified authorities, and officers ruled out murder due to ill health. Martland, an Englishman, had lived in Fall River for several years.
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