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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
11
At Catholic University today a marble bust of the Right Reverend John Joseph Williams, archbishop of the diocese of Boston, was unveiled in the presence of faculty and the board of trustees.
A trustee of the university was unveiled and presented to the institution by Boston clergy. Monsignor William Byrne gave the presentation speech, joined by Revs. Michael Rowan N. J. Johnson, Richard Nagle and William H. Fitzpatrick from Boston.
The Archbishop Williams marked his eighty second birthday yesterday with customary tributes from fellow clergy who visited the archbishopric residence. No special ceremony occurred, but well wishers gathered in quiet acknowledgment of his long service in the church.
Sanford officials believe Bartholomew Sullivan, found in the Mousam River at Springvale, was murdered and dumped in the mill pond. The corpse bore marks and bruises. Sullivan was last seen near the site, carried money in life but none was found on the body. He drew a $72 quarterly pension.
Washington April 27. The conferees on the Panama canal bill reached an agreement by accepting the first section of the Senate bill providing for 310 million dollars to Panama and the House provision placing the canal under presidential control. No bonds provision was decided.
Norman F Hesseltine warned the American Free Trade League that free trade faces a hopeless outlook. He cited four decades of doubt and said the league's mission to remove tariffs except for revenue remains difficult. Newly elected officers include John De Witte Warner as president and Edward F Warren as treasurer.
Solomon Tine an 18 year old from 2 Auburn street Boston was left at Brockton police headquarters by two unknown men. He lay at Brockton Hospital with a large lump on the back of his head and city physician Gleason urged immediate treatment to save him. Police suspect foul play due to his inability to explain how he was hurt.
Fire threatened Symphony Hall when electric wires in a storage attic ignited lumber for tables for Pop concerts. A watchman failed to stop the fire with a hand extinguisher, pulled Box 91 and the chemical engine extinguished the blaze with little damage.
Hiss Myra Hall Nichols daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Nichols to Frank Owen White Harvard 99 were married at St Mark Brookline last evening. 1500 invitations issued. The ceremony at 8 with Rev Dillon Bronson officiating. Dress included a white satin gown with duchesse lace heirloom veil crown of orange blossoms and a diamond and pearl brooch. Bridesmaids and ushers listed. reception followed and couple to reside at 25 Park Street Brookline.
New York April 27 News reports the Board of Education resolved to stop efforts to block reinstatement of Mrs Jennie Vandewater who was dismissed in December 1903 for marriage and now teachers may marry without board opposition.
The crew of a dory found drifting near Spectacle Island Tuesday remains missing and unidentified. Jack OBrien recalls three men aged about 25, 26, and 28, smooth-faced and fair-haired, well-to-do in duck hunting attire, who talked like gentlemen. He believes they are not drowned and that the boat drifted away. he suspects they are on a nearby island.
President Eliot of Harvard has consented to give another labor lecture on industrial conditions of public happiness in Sanders Theatre Cambridge next Monday night. The talk is open to the public under the Social Service League of Harvard.
The late Martin J. O'Mealey, president of Boston Bartenders' Union 77, was a well known labor figure and the first man in New England to wear the Bartenders' Union button.
The executive committee of the Boston Cigarmakers' Union voted 25 cents to the striking chandelier workers of Chicago, signaling a formal stance on the labor dispute and the labor action in Chicago.
The Team Drivers' District Council endorsed the Wage scale and working agreement of Union 612. Small businesses have signed. Armstrong Transfer Co. yet to sign. Market and Commission House Teamsters Union agreement approved. A Sunday meeting at 9 Elm Street will decide enforcement plans. Delegates from General Teamsters Union 191 report no reply from employers about their 1904 scale. East Boston Union 242 delegates to be seated.
Dr N S Nason spoke at Albany street lodge meeting on wage and hour scale plans to travel to New Jersey Friday to confer with NYNH&H motive power head Henney. Union seeks nine hour day with 15 percent wage rise. Ten applicants obligated eight received. May 8 lodge plans educational talks by prominent labor leaders.
At a Hebrew Painters' Union 642 meeting held last night at 9 Leverett street, 12 master painters signed an agreement calling for an eight hour day and a $2.80 per day minimum wage, up from $2.50. Union plan to strike shops not adopting new terms next Monday. employers counter that business conditions do not warrant the 30 cent increase.
The Hardwood Finishers Union 109 last night elected President George Casey and P. S. Farrell to represent it as delegates at the June 12 convention of the Amalgamated Woodworkers International Union to be held in Chicago.
The Boston Carriage and Wagon Workers Union reports George Lounsboro of East Boston and Welch Dwyer and Grady of Somerville have signed the union wage and hour agreement. One hundred dollars was donated to locked out carriage and wagon workers in New York. Twenty six applicants were obligated.
Lawrence Podds was robbed of four quarts of whiskey near Foxboro after leaving the dipromaniac hospital. Three men pursued by police were captured following a chase last night.
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