Diplomatic Row Over Land for Girls College in Constantinople
James L. Barton and Miss Caroline Borden seek Turkish and U S help to settle a dispute after the sultan blocks a $58,000 land purchase near the Bosphorus intended for a girls college. The sultan claims the site for a harem. Secretary Root may arrange a replacement tract and possible compensation. Senators Lodge and Crane aid Barton and Borden in pressing for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Departments
Turkey
United States
James L. Barton
American Board of Foreign Missions of
Boston
Barton
Caroline Borden
Commonwealth Avenue
President Roosevelt
Lodge
Crane
Washington
Secretary Root
Bosphorus
State Department
Root
American Board of Foreign Missions
Miss Borden
Woman’s Board
Constantinople
Mr. Barton
Cleveland Is Better, Says Wife's Bulletin
Lakewood New Jersey April 24 ex president Cleveland recovers slowly from stomach trouble and will remain at Lakewood Hotel until strength returns. Doctor Bryant arrived from New York and stays with him. Mrs Cleveland says climate at Lakewood is beneficial and a return to Princeton is undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N.J
Cleveland
Princeton
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
Lakewood Hotel
Alr
Custom House Site in Sight for Boston Purchase
Washington April 24. House committee moves to include a 500000 provision to buy a site for a Boston custom house after discovery that none existed in draft. Representatives Weeks and Kelcher rallied committee support across parties to restore the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Public Lands and Buildings
Boston
Weeks
Kelcher
O'Leary Disrupted Senate Session Claims Fame as Washington
In Washington on April 24 William O Leary of Charlestown created a scene in the Senate proclaiming he was George Washington and later joking of another name. Police took him into custody after the disruption. Separately the Senate debated naval expansion with arguments for four battleships to deter war with Japan and to strengthen Pacific and Atlantic fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O'Leary
Charlestown
Washington
George Washington
United States Senate
Carrie Nation
O’leary
Fairbanks
Senate
Fatrick O'Donnell
Sixth Precinct
William O’leary
Navy
Wabash
Piles
Japan
Hale
Pacifico
Atlantic
Beveridge
Royal Arcanum Elects New Officers
The Royal Arcanum convention in Lowell closed with elections naming Grand regent John J. Hogan of Lowell and Grand vice regent Robert Sweet Jr of Melrose. George H. Wiley of Maldren was named grand orator and Herbert A. Boynton of Newtonville grand secretary. William L. Kell of Allston became grand treasurer with Be Hobson of Palmer as grand chaplain and Henry Jennings of Boston as grand guide. Charles F. Stumcke of Boston was elected grand trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum
Lowell
John J. Hogan
Robert Sweet, Jr
Melrose
George H. Wiley
Maldren
Herbert A. Boynton
Newtonville
William L. Kelr
Allston
Hobson
Palmer
Henry Jennings
Boston
Charles F. Stumcke
Malden man aged 86 wanders to Worcester found wandering
G W L King, 86, residing with Frederick L Crane at 40 Alpine Street, was found wandering in Worcester. His family alerted Worcester authorities to care for him and arrange his return home in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Worcester
G. W. l. King
Frederick L. Crane
Alpine Street
Child Dies After Sklyight Fall at Home
Four year old Mary Valkevitch of 17 Morton street North End died at Relief Hospital after falling thirty feet through an open skylight at her home. She was playing on the roof when she near the edge and toppled to the first landing, suffering a crushed skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Valkevitch
Morton Street
North End
Relief Hospital
Mary
Bolt Strikes Summer Home of C. H. Pounds
A bolt hit the Pounds summer residence at Sheffield causing about 1000 dollars in damage and a fire. Neighbors, including John Dexheimer, extinguished the blaze. Three men and two horses in nearby fields were knocked down by the shock but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt
C. H. Pounds
Great Barrington
Sheffield
John Dexheimer
Indignation Meeting Over Proposed Physical Director Abolition
Pupils at Cambridge High and Latin Schools held an indignation meeting in Latin School Hall to protest the school board plan to abolish the physical director post. Mrs. Caroline P. Chase urged mothers and women’s clubs to raise 14000 dollars a year to fund kindergartens. Chase is a School Board member and sister of city financial expert Harvey S. Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge High
Caroline P. Chase
Mrs. Chase
Harvey S. Chase
Charity May Lose 10000 In Probate Will Appeal
A Supreme Court hearing before Judge Rugg in West Cambridge concerns Charles W. Badger's appeal of his mother Mrs Mary E Badger's will. The 1896 will left 40000 to Dr George G Averill in trust for Badger with stipulations including a 10000 hospital bed endowment and 7000 to Averill, prompting Badger to allege improper execution coercion and fraud by Averill who also acts as executor and trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugg
Supreme Court
West Cambridge
Charles W. Badger
Mary E. Badger
Cambridge
George G. Averill
Greater
Boston
Averill
Badger
Burned Infant Found Near Mt. Auburn Cambridge
A male infant's body, burned beyond recognition, was found yesterday afternoon in a paper dump behind the Hoffman greenhouses near Mt. Auburn cemetery in Cambridge. Mary Powers, age 10, discovered the remains while en route to school. A cloth stuffed in the mouth was partially burned. Police investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Hoffman Greenhouses
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Mary Powers
Everett E Stone Named Chief Engineer of Boston and Albany
The Boston and Albany railroad announces Everett E Stone of Springfield will become chief engineer, with the appointment effective May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Boston & Albany Railroad
Everett E. Stone
Springfield
Decrease in Sewer Dept Payroll Sparks City Debate
A May 1 1907 to April 8 1908 payroll comparison shows 59 fewer sewer dept names amid higher overall city payrolls. Mayor Hibbard notes 349 discharges and suspensions in the department, with 172 reinstatements and three appointments, while total city figures show substantial yearly changes and an about 10 000 excess payroll for last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewer Department
Hibbard
Common Council
Lamp Department
White
Fitzgerald
Hyde Park man pleads guilty to polygamy
Edward F. Tracy of Hyde Park pleaded guilty in district court to polygamy and was held for the September grand jury. Clara B. Dixon, a domestic for Dr. McIntosh, testified Tracy married her in Liverett in December 1902. Tracy, 36, had four wives, three still living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Edward F., Tracy
Hyde Park
Tracy
Clara B. Dixon
McIntosh
Maple Street
Liverett
Grant
Loss of $40 Triggers Immigration Dock Panic
Vincenzo Pitochello of Lawrence caused a near panic at the Hoosac Docks after losing his $40 stash while preparing to board the White Star liner Romanic bound for the Azores and Genoa. Captain Frank E Beadwell sails at 5:30 with 199 saloon passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosac
Vincenzo Pitochello
Lawrence
White Star Line
Frank E. Beadwell
Azores
Gibraltar
Madeira
Naples
Genoa
Cadets Stage First Band Concert of the Season
The First Corps Cadets band at the Columbus Avenue armory drew 2500 guests for an 8 to 11 pm program led by band master John B Fielding with 24 musicians. The program featured George Cohan’s Harrigan and Offenbach’s Orpheus, with a flag salute and a lively two step encore drawing crowds to dance after the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Corps Cadets
Columbus Avenue Armory
First Corps
John B. Fielding
George Cohan
Harrigan
Offenbach
Orpheus
R. W. Bird
Sanders is Elected Washburn College President
The Rev. F. Knight Sanders secretary of the Congregational Sunday School and Publication Society Boston was elected president of Washburn College Topeka KS to succeed Dr. Plassat at the end of the current school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
F. Knight Sanders
Congregational Sunday School and Publication Society
Boston
Washburn College
Plassat
Flag of Chesapeake Returned to England Sparks Uproar in Boston
Boston patriots voice dismay as William Waldorf Astor purchases the Chesapeake flag and donates it to London's Royal United Service Museum instead of sending it home. The flag, seized in Boston Harbor during the 1813 capture by H M S Shannon, sold for 4250 dollars at auction on January 29 with W R Partridge bidding for Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Societies
Boston
William Waldorf Astor
Chesapeake
Boston Harbor
H. M. S. Shannon
Royal United Service Museum of
London
America
Charles K. Darling
Royal United Service Museum
United States
J. P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Astor
W. R. Partridge
Darling
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Sultan
Missionaries Pth
O'Leary
Mit
South
East Boston
DR. Sanders
M. Q
Stanley
Riker’s
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
B. Riker & Son Go
New
Brooklyn
H Lenna Howe Orchestra
Washington and Essex Streets
Boston, Mass
Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes
Kuppenheimer Clothing
Henry Siegel Co
Stein-Bloch
Kuppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Sasuuy
Journeymen Tailorea
Floor
Madras
Cluett
Henry Siegel Co. Am
England
Hur
NTE
Hunter
Baltimore
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bldg
Water St
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