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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
8
Mayor Whelton will meet Lyman H. Bigelow and Corporation Counsel Babson to discuss Bigelow’s removal as legislative agent. Babson resists reinstatement, the dispute to be debated in the mayor’s office. Also, last day to file campaign expense reports under corrupt practices acts at 5 pm今日.
The Boston recount pauses as Ward 8 Precinct 5 Box 1 containing 50 ballots is found missing after delivery by Mr. Cass to Faneuil Hall at 9 35 am. Board officials question why unsealed ballots were counted and vow action if public interests require. Recount proceeds through Wards 2 and 9 with aims to finish Friday.
A noble performance of Macbeth in Elizabethan style by the Ben Greet Players at Jordan Hall opens the third week. The cast delivers powerful Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with striking Macduff and banquet scenes, then repeats Thursday and Friday with matinees today.
The city paving division faces an estimated deficit over 120000 this year. After allocations and drafts, only 84421 remains from a 900000 appropriation, with nine weeks of wages and a 126000 payroll ahead.
William B. Talbot admitted guilt before Judge Gaskill in Middlesex Superior Court East Cambridge to attempting to extort $300 from Henry G. Whittle of North Scituate for silence regarding the Marden bakery fire in North Scituate on Sunday September 24. Talbot, head baker, faced insurance figures of $1000 on fixtures and $1000 on contents. Mrs. Marden carried $500 on stock.
Henry Fowle of Portland Maine wandered Boston streets trying to locate his hotel and his wife. He rode the L and trolley amid the city lights while his bride waited anxiously and police helped reunite them.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts faces upheaval after Director Edward Robinson resigns amid internal clashes over management. Trustees plan by law changes to place control with the executive committee and consider Matthew S. Pritchard as a potential successor, though factions dispute his suitability.
The Tremont Temple store MacDonnell emphasizes a wide selection of quality items for Christmas gifts. Furs, shirt waists, neckwear, gloves, hosiery, toilet articles and handkerchiefs are highlighted as examples of beauty and utility for discerning shoppers.
A large stock of furniture and house furnishings will be offered at auction Thursday at 10 a m at 5 Union Street.
Joseph Bird of Roxbury Mass won first prize of 98 in May 1900s era awards for the Virginia Dare Word Contest. A long list of 82 50 prizes in gold followed, awarded to numerous contestants including Mrs Gertrude M Coles Mrs Anna B Flagg Miss L Anita Davis and many others across towns and groups.
Edward J Donovan, rival candidate for Boston mayor against Fitzgerald, will introduce the new mayor to the City Council at inauguration. As city clerk he will preside over the joint convention when the oath is read. The 1898 act makes the senior alderman preside in a tie, otherwise the clerk.
Nearly 200 New Englanders cruise the deep aboard the Cunard liner Ivernia leaving East Boston for Queenstown and Liverpool. Passengers include Max Agassiz and A Agassiz of Cambridge and John A. Easterbrook of Dorchester as 8000 tons of cargo sail as ballast.
Four boys playing on the Concord River when the ice broke. Harry Hoare aged 6 drowned while the others were rescued with difficulty. Lowell authorities reported the incident today in the river study area.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt visited Belasco's Theatre this afternoon to support a charity performance by a New York amateur company for the army and navy fund benefiting soldiers and sailors.
Rumors swirl of a rift between Mayor-Elect John F. Fitzgerald and Ward 8 boss Martin Lomasney. Leaders predict war unless Lomasney begs for peace, with Fitzgerald aiming to build a loyal Ward 8 machine and possible reshuffles to win control of city offices.
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