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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1907
Page
3
Corporation Counsel Babson undecided on resigning from the Boston law department after delaying withdrawal of his resignation. He cites ongoing city cases and personal considerations, with the mayor seeking his continued service and no successor in sight.
Mrs. Richard Vaughn wife of a stable keeper her infant son and Thomas Mitchell a stable man died in a fire at Vaughn's stable in Pelham New York today Vaughn escaped and twenty eight horses perished in the blaze.
The mayor says a special city council committee will decide whether to contract with the Sanitary Waste Disposal Company to dispose of ashes and refuse at Fort Hill wharf or have the city handle it itself. If approved, the city would pay about 30,000 annually. current payments total 5,500 to City Utilization Company. The committee names and timing remain to be set, with joint action by boards contemplated.
John Henderson aged 57 died at the Relief station after a period of starvation. Hospital records show he wandered into care weak and emaciated, seeking treatment despite little hope for recovery. He died without known kin or funds, his death marking a nameless end.
The letter argues that most reported labor violence traces to union sympathizers or employers, citing the station platform bombing and subsequent investigations. It criticizes Hugo and others for bias against organized labor and accuses authorities of unlawful actions against striking miners.
The annual reunion and dance of George's Mills summer group on Lake Sunapee New Hampshire is set for tomorrow evening at Huntington Chambers. Matrons include Mrs. E A Darke Boston Mrs Os Man EF Bateman Somerville and Mrs N FE Smith East Boston. Osman F Bateman of Somerville is floor director with Francis R Lowell of Weymouth as assistant. Aids include Walter F Pickett Frank W Hoffman Melrose William F Flaherty Roxbury Fred G Fish Roslindale and John Mulliken Somerville.
L. Starr store on Winter street allowed employees to go home early yesterday afternoon because of the storm.
One hundred suffragists trudged through a blizzard to press for a state constitutional amendment removing the word male from voters, led by Mrs. Maude Parke as hearing closed by Charles R. Saunders. Support came from Mrs. Bryan Delmas and Mrs. G. I. Clark, with AFL backing via Frank K. Foster, while opponents argued suffrage shifts power without enforcement.
Stormy opening dampens many but attendees praise the Arts and Crafts Society show in Copley Hall. The exhibit, the largest of its kind in the country, features pottery woodwork silverware basketry and needlework and runs three weeks with notable pieces by Arthur J. Stone William H. Grueby and Mary C. Sears.
In Randolph Centre Vermont authorities await autopsy results on Ellen Miles Tobey. Doctors cite illegal operation and blood poisoning as the cause. Funeral held yesterday but burial delayed as investigations continue amid public demands for accountability.
James J Walsh will deliver the concluding lecture of the John Boyle O Reilly Reading Circle in Boston. The topic is The Literature of the Greatest of Centuries. Rev Joseph H Rockwell will preside. John Ecker performs a piano solo and Miss Winifred St Ange sings.
Thomas F. Ryan, the New York financier, had a lengthy interview with President Roosevelt at the White House. He would only say the call was to pay his respects and declined to discuss the Panama canal contract. The White House declined to comment for the press.
Washington Feb 5 General debate on the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, before the House since last Wednesday, terminated at 3 o clock this afternoon when the reading of the bill began under the five minute rule. The reading of 20 pages was completed before adjournment.
Mary S. Anthony, sister and lifelong aide to Susan B. Anthony, died in Rochester aged about 80 after being unconscious since the prior night. She was the last of four Anthony sisters and survived by two Philadelphia nieces and several attendants.
State Officer Frederick A. Rhoades arrested Michele Porcero of Everett on a capias yesterday charged with manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon. He was wanted for weeks, eluded Everett police, then taken to the Middlesex House of Correction East Cambridge and released on 2000 dollar bond.
A head on freight train crash on the Chesapeake and Ohio line near Colby Station Lexington left engineer Edward Harp and two trainmen C. K. Marshall and R. B. Wilson dead at once. Several others were injured as one engine exploded after the collision. The victims all resided in Lexington.
The Senate spent the day debating the Indian appropriation bill and did not finish considering amendments. The measure will return for further discussion tomorrow as the army appropriation bill, carrying 81.5 million dollars, awaits action.
Comment grows over Walter A. Webster of Boston and his Address on Boston's Finances a pamphlet that surfaced at the State House. Democrats mock Republican nonpartisanship while pointing to a union label omission and a conflict over city finance investigation provisions.
The Parker steamer of the Dale Land Company exploded near Williams Island below Chattanooga, injuring captain James Thompson and leaving a colored fireman missing.
Lansing Feb. 5 Congressman William Alden Smith was chosen by the Legislature to fill the unexpired term of Senator R A Alger who died in Washington ten days ago Smith had already been elected to succeed Alger at the term's end March 4.
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau's position weakened by a church lease policy friction. Briand gains cabinet approval for leasing churches to parish priests, while Briand may lead if Clemenceau falls. Some papers link shifts to King Edward's influence amid fears Germany could dominate Christian protection in the East.
Senator Hey burn introduced a resolution calling a five member Senate committee to investigate the reorganization of the Northern Pacific property and determine what titles and estates the corporation owns under the 1864 charter. If no title exists, the charter should be repealed. The measure was referred to the Pacific railroads committee.
Mayor Fitzgerald will be guest of honor at the TYPO ball in Berkeley Hall Tremont street Boston, marking one year since the eight hour day contest. Patrick Sullivan acts as floor marshal with Frederick Cashman as chief of aids. committee heads include John J. Douglas Paul Crowley Arthur O'Leary and Frederick Zeigler.
The February term of the United States Circuit Court will begin Tuesday February 26. Jury trials start March 6 at 10 a m. All cases ready for trial or hearing may be placed on the calendar in the clerk's office by Friday February 15.
Ex-Mayor Josiah Quincy and Edward IF McSweeney pressed the Mayor for raising the Consumptives Hospital appropriation from 85000 to about 300000. The move comes amid board friction over plans and an architect linked to former building commissioner Mulcahy. The Mayor said any increase must await the appropriations committee.
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