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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
5
A playful old Santa enters the scene as a smoker who enjoys his own smoke, preferring not to climb down chimneys. The quirky depiction highlights a humorous twist on the traditional gift giver.
Dr Henry Jackson of Marlboro Street reported Mrs. Hooper is very sick but no worse than yesterday. He gave the statement last evening regarding her condition.
A gala comic opera The Sphinx in Jordan Hall drew Boston's top society. Composer Lewis S Thompson and librettist D K Stevens led a cast with Vincent Club Girls chorus, a Boston Symphony Orchestra group, and 21 Fallis Memorial Club young women as ushers. Performances continue this afternoon and Monday with large anticipated crowds.
The battleship Kansas arrived off Boston and anchored at President Roads after a four hour trial near Monhegan. The ship achieved only about 18 knots, far below the 18 knot requirement, due to propulsion issues. Naval board officials suspect the larger propellers. 121.5 revolutions were needed, more than for the Vermont. The ship prepares for another four hour test to Philadelphia under natural draft and three quarters speed. Rear Admiral Hemphill leads the board and will accompany the ship to Philadelphia.
At 9 o'clock this morning the White Star liner Cymric will depart from Charles Town for Queenstown and Liverpool on a Christmas trip carrying 80 000 bushels of wheat 400 tons of flour 600 tons of provisions 200 tons of lumber 2500 bales of cotton 753 cattle 200 barrels of apples and two refrigerators of fresh beef plus a large amount of sun dries. 19 saloon and 200 third class passengers travel with noted travelers including Mr and Mrs G H Noyes and Rev N H Carroll.
A Boston Republican notice endorses Alderman Bangs as a stronger mayoral candidate than Louis A. Frothingham. It criticizes Frothingham, praises Bangs’s ballot position and campaign ability, and predicts Bangs could be the running star next year. The piece notes Democratic strength and GOP internal strife ahead of the next city election.
Resolutions adopted by the Congo Reform Association’s administrative committee endorse Secretary Root’s Congo policy. They urge Senate action and praise efforts by religious groups and individuals to raise awareness. The Ford building meeting, chaired by G. Stanley Hall, reviewed Washington reports and the ongoing campaign.
A Boston Central Labor Union delegate accused Mayor Fitzgerald of collusion with contractors for city work. He claimed workers are kept beyond eight hours daily and denied prevailing wages, asserting he can prove the charges with indisputable evidence.
Miss Rose M Porter, once employed by broker Joseph T Stubbs, won 1100 in two actions and 100 in a third in the Superior Court sixth session. She charged assault and libellous accusations to insurance commissioners. In other suits she had 3860 and 800 awards.
William Kinder elected president of Boston Cigarmakers' Union 97. Moses Touvim beat Mark Hyams for vice president 992 to 618. Fritz Wolfer won finance committee 671 to 547 over Mark Polak. Executive board picks: H. Vandermelen, James Blyth, John Nagelmaker, Saul Tauvim, Sam Brill, Henry DeBoey, J. Baert, Abe Richman, and A. Woolf.
Time for petitions expired at 5 pm. Recount requests were filed for Aldermen-elect Michael J. Leary William S. Woods and Daniel J. Klanagan and for Daniel J. Donnelly and John E. Crook. Common Council wards 1 5 12 22 23 and 24 also seek recounts. Recounts begin Monday morning at Fancuil Hall.
Stockholm reports a more favorable bulletin on King Oscar after a quiet day. He slept four hours, heart action more regular, temperature 100.9 F, and appetite fair though redness persists. Doctors warn another heart attack could be fatal.
The arbitration board considering grievances of Street Carmens Union against Boston Northern and Old Colony street railways over two contract clauses will convene this afternoon at the Old South building. Stationary Engineers Union 16 hosts its annual ball January 18 at Odd Fellows Hall. Stablemen's Union 704 to elect officers tomorrow at St Andrews Hall Wells Memorial. P J Coyle of Boston elected president System Division 109 Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggagemen. new officers named. Eighty-two workers from Typographical Union 13 Book and Job Printers branch have been moved from the strike roll to work under union conditions in the past month.
General Nogi, the Japanese commander who captured Port Am aur, was thrown from his horse today while returning from the palace. He became unconscious but later improved, with no serious results feared.
Newton December 14 The Brae-Burn Golf Club held the first skating carnival of the winter season drawing about 250 couples and a large audience. The grounds featured an artificial pond many acres in size a hockey rink and a curling square all lit with electric lights and Japanese lanterns. A military band played and a bonfire warmed attendees after skating. W S Hayden led the event with future carnivals planned to follow.
Details reveal the Mexican government gains absolute control of major lines including the Mexican Central National International Interoceanic and Tidalgo Northeastern railroads. The Texas-Mexican at Laredo Texas owned by National also falls under state control. The merged system will total about 10 000 miles.
A. L. Rotch, director of the Blue Hill Observatory in Hyde Park, is appointed professor of meteorology at Harvard by the Harvard Corporation. He has long studied celestial phenomena, earned international honors, and published influential works including Sounding the Ocean of Air. He will also lead Harvard's astronomical department.
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