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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
8
President Henry M. Whitney of the Chamber of Commerce announced plans to establish a permanent headquarters for the reciprocity movement in a major office building on Beacon Hill this winter. The group will push the reciprocity cause with renewed activity and organize leadership for the effort.
A Republican critic says pro reciprocity factions aim to persist agitation for five years to defeat Senator Lodge. Legislation on tariffs may be reshaped by the incoming Legislature and Governor Guild is expected to sign. Foss will tour the state to speak on tariffs starting January in Auburn New York.
Henry M. Whitney informs the board he will not seek another term as president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. He cites desire to pursue political work and more time for other ventures aligned with Massachusetts trade policy. He hopes New England states and the nation join Massachusetts in promoting expanded trade relations.
Auxiliary 25 AOH votes to host its first dance with refreshments to follow. A committee led by president Mrs P H Gallagher and including Miss Annie Graves Miss Annie Cunniff Mrs Mary McDermott Miss Agnes Smith Miss Annie Quinn Miss Julia Brown Miss Annie O Neill and Mrs John Powers will organize the event at Vine Street Church on January 10.
Governor Douglas faces a final deadline to fill the district attorney vacancy in Norfolk and Plymouth counties as the executive council meets at 11. With Asa P. French ready to become United States district attorney, no successor has been named.
Superintendent James Donovan did not appear at City Hall fueling talk of his possible resignation Though unofficially friends say he will wait until after the inauguration The Civil Service Commissioners declare 282 men on the payroll illegally and must be discharged by tomorrow Possible successors mentioned include Brock Doyle Slattery Cutter Lee Mullen with political ties and contractor ties to Coleman Brothers
Reports that Fire Chief William T. Cheswell is in a critical condition after the Bristol street accident were contradicted by physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital and close friends. He is resting comfortably and improving rapidly, with expectations he will soon return to duty.
Daniel Murray of Lincoln New Hampshire and Fanny M Flynn of Boston wed yesterday afternoon inside the Purdy shoe store at 49 Cambridge Street after Murray sought a license and found a minister nearby. A crowd of customers and clerks witnessed the ceremony in the store’s ladies department.
Jack London addressed critics at a Faneuil Hall gathering in Boston presiding Franklin H Wentworth. Mother Jones spoke of a world wide capital and labor conflict as London urged workers to seek both constructive and destructive remedies and indict the capitalists for wealth distribution and hunger.
Harry Cushing Brown a 31 year old tobacco trust employee from Somerville marries Laura N. Pike 26 in New York on Christmas morning. Witness Clarence Senior a notary assisted after spotting the lack of a formal ceremony and coordinated with Rev. Dr. Warren. The couple and witnesses then dined at Hotel Severance before returning to Massachusetts.
Harry Brown of Somerville, a long time resident and tobacco and cigar drummer on Summer Street, marries a bride less known in Somerville. His wife died nearly two years ago. Brown belongs to the Somerville lodge of Elks. The bride has an uncle in Haverhill with business ties on Merrimac Street.
Democratic executive committee meeting at Liberty Square HQ in the coming year hints Josiah Quincy may be elected chairman when the State committee reorganizes in January. The committee endorsed Treasurer Buckley’s campaign expense report showing receipts of 29 201 and expenditures of 27 856. The session lasted about an hour.
Last night the Electrical Workers Union 104 elected officers including President Duncan MacDonald and Vice President James Rice. Other top officers are Recording Secretary Michael A Murphy and Financial Secretary Edward Anderson. Foreman James Tanner and Trustees Dougle McDonald were named, with an executive board list and delegates chosen for Boston and Cambridge Central Labor Unions.
Theodore Marvel announced he will not sue Ludwika Kapinos for the value of the tree after she was fined $25 for cutting his hedge tree. Marvel said he reimbursed the fine, and a letter from Kapinos and her brother confirms remorse and acknowledgment of the wrong.
The London report cites Karl Pearson and a Harley Street specialist arguing male infant mortality favors polyandry and claims civilization reduced males to one wife. The expert asserts men were historically polygamous with three wives, a theory linked to evolutionary fitness.
Salt Lake report says Principal George A. Eaton of Salt Lake High School opposed bloomers in gym work. At the annual school ball, about a dozen girls surrounded him and four succeeded in kissing him as a reward for his stance.
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