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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
10
This year’s sale is praised as our most successful, with customers enjoying unusually good values and much stock converted to cash. We’re extending enthusiasm into today and tomorrow with new lots, including discounted overcoats suits and juvenile clothing, furnishings shoes and hats across sizes and categories.
Relatives of Mrs. Ann Cushman protest a $10,000 bequest to any Massachusetts town with 1000 residents that changes its name to Cushman. Bernardston receives preference as Cushman’s birthplace, but if not accepted the offer extends to any U.S. town of 1000 population. Five years are allowed for acceptance with funds kept in trust.
Ice on the rails caused the 7 o'clock Portsmouth & Exeter street car to leave the track at Branscomb Hill Greenland. The forward end was crushed and windows broken. About 225 passengers were aboard mostly workers and navy yard employees. Two were seriously hurt including a man from Exeter and Motorman Fifield.
New York reports Senator Depew has won re election to the United States Senate after a conference with Governor Odell and other state leaders. Odell’s release says public sentiment favors Depew’s return and cites harmony brought to the party.
Creditors expect action on the South Danvers National Bank case after M. O. Adams becomes U S district attorney. The irregularity case yielded verdicts appealed by J W Dickinson who is under conviction. Without special counsel the case may not be retried. Attorney General Moody may respond to the appeal and reopen the matter.
Edward Harris a 38 year old barber at the Pemigewasset House was struck by a down train on the Pemigewasset branch of the Boston and Maine railroad near Plymouth New Hampshire while driving home in a sleigh. He died three hours later without regaining consciousness. His parents live in Round Pond Maine.
The two young women identified as Mary Mangan and Mrs. Cecilia Butler died in New York under similar circumstances. Authorities consider possible murder in Miss Mangan’s case while Butler’s death is treated as an accident with suspicious elements. Detectives are probing both incidents for motive and details.
Harvard's Hollis Hall, built in 1763 and housing 25 mostly senior students, was partially destroyed by fire. Captain Dan Hurley led a student fire brigade that helped extinguish the blaze after it started in Room 22, with heavy water damage to surrounding rooms and speculative causes tied to rats and matches.
Two Scotch immigrants at Ellis Island detention room gamble admission to the United States on a $25 stake held by one of them. They, 15 converts of the Holy Ghost and Us Society from Glasgow, head to Shiloh Hill Maine. after two days of play Munroe’s $18 dwindled to $5 while Sinclair’s $7 remains. They risk deportation unless someone wins the match today.
The Atlantic Steamship Conference and the Trunk Line Passenger Association proposed a $2 head tax on aliens entering the United States from Canada to cross to an Atlantic port en route to Europe. The plan mirrors the immigrant tax system, with steamship lines paying the tax and later seeking refunds once the immigrant leaves the United States.
Boston hoisting and portable engineers union invites pile driving engineers of Boston to a special meeting aimed at forming a dedicated union. The action seeks to unite workers under a single bargaining entity and improve labor conditions.
Roy P. McIntire, a student of 151 Mt. Vernon Street, suffered a broken left leg when a double runner sled he was on on Otis Street veered into a tree. The incident occurred about 8 30 nightly. other riders escaped harm.
In Malden the battle over the appointment of Thomas F. Powell as health board superintendent continues. Powell has served 17 years, with labor leaders arguing he does not recognize union hours and should be replaced. Mayor-elect Hastings refuses to discuss the case.
Simon Harris of Ward 9 and A E Myers, a former ward councilman, were held in 1500 bonds for the grand jury by Commissioner Fiske on charges of swearing falsely in a naturalization case. The government alleges they stated Abraham Perlman, claimed resident since 1896, had five years in the U S when he arrived in 1902. Perlman’s whereabouts are unknown.
Miss Ruth Horton and Dr. B Arthur Beasley of Toronto were married at Second Church Copley Square by Rev Edward A Horton father of the bride. Attended by maid of honor Miss Ella A Bush and two bridesmaids. Best man Prof R R Beasley of the University of Chicago. The couple will reside in Toronto after a wedding tour.
Leaders of the Boston Team Drivers Union and the Master Teamsters Association voiced no strike under a proposed contract running Jan 10 1905 to Jan 10 1906. The plan keeps current conditions, sets wages by wagon type, assigns holiday pay and overtime rules, and preserves union representation and arbitration if disputes arise.
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