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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
16
A sum of 200000 dollars is apportioned by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company to raise salaries in the operating and clerical departments using a merit system. Those earning ten dollars weekly will not drop, while higher earners taking on more work will receive increases. The new schedule remains in effect until further advances are possible.
Weymouth businessman El dredge G Hunt aged 65 living at 76 Front street faces a $10,000 breach of promise suit filed by Eva May Brower 30 a widow from South Norwalk Conn The suit stems from matrimonial advertisements that appeared in newspapers about four years earlier Brower claimed Hunt promised marriage after exchanging letters and gifts but he says he never intended to wed and the correspondence grew from a prank or misunderstanding with a woman in Newark and later Boston involving her and her 16 year old daughter
Kansas City Feb 9 Colonel Thomas H Swope died from strychnine in a capsule at the urging of Dr B C Hyde husband of the deceased millionaire’s niece A coroner’s jury in Independence returned the verdict noting the cause but could not determine felonious intent.
The jury needed only one ballot to reach a verdict after a short deliberation. Prosecutor Virgil Conkling plans to confer with colleagues before acting, while Coroner Zwart will likely open an inquest into Colonel Swope’s death once physician reports are released. Dr Hyde and lawyers Cleary Walsh stayed with Mrs Hyde, who is seriously ill.
Over 200 Somerville citizens gathered at Hotel Somerset to honor James R. Hopkins who led the city fire department for 388 years. The testimonial and farewell marked his retirement to private life with Chief Bunker Cambridge Chief Johnson Waltham Chief Spencer Chelsea and Somerville captains in attendance. Mayor Woods spoke and Robert Luce presented Hopkins with a handsome hall clock.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce announced that total contributions for Chelsea flood sufferers reached 4250. The funds were turned over to W. C. McClintock, Chelsea Board of Control chairman, who supervised caring for the homeless.
The famous Lenten play Pilate's Daughter by Rev. Francis L. Kenzel will be staged for the seventh season at St. Alphonsus Hall Roxbury on Smith street. Extra demand promises strong attendance with repeated Monday and Thursday showings through Lent. Wolf's My Clothier offers free legal stamps until noon with purchases and free merchandise or cash for completed stamp books.
After a fatal streetcar wreck on slippery Dalton rails that killed one passenger and injured 25, the Pittsfield Board of Aldermen voted tonight to close two branch lines. Prominent manufacturers met with Massachusetts Railroad Commission member Charles W. Bishop, who is here to investigate the crash. The injured were taken to the House of Mercy. Mary Burns suffered a severe scalp wound, and Bessie Ryan of Hinsdale sat beside the victim.
Complaints of poor service by the railroad company, including Senator W. Murray Crane, prompted city officials to close the Country Club line from Pittsfield Main Park to the southern terminus and the North Branch line from Curtin's store to its end. The wreck and passenger count of 75 were noted as context for the action.
In the Sears building basement a major display of fruits and grains from lands opened by the Great Northwestern railway is shown to attract colonists. Officials from the railway attend during hours and offer information to visitors.
In Mexico City on February 9 the conductors and engineers of the National Railways of Mexico and the management settled all differences. An agreement was signed this afternoon though the terms were not disclosed.
Chairman John A. Sullivan of the Finance Commission called the poll tax system a screaming farce at the State House. He urged charter amendments after noting 100000 of 180000 Boston residents assessed last year did not pay. Sullivan proposed using police lists to avoid duplication.
City Collector Brown conceded only about 45 percent of poll taxes are paid while 80,000 delinquents avoid the tax due to poverty removal illness or indifference. Courtenay Guild and others call poll tax reforms and abolition wise, noting evasions began after 1891 when paying was not required. Brown recalls efforts under Mayor Hart to compel payments and even withhold salaries from city employees until tax receipts were produced.
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