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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
9
After a Christmas Eve performance at the Lyric Theatre in Philadelphia E H Sothern hosted a festive party for his company and guests from Miss Julia Marlowe's troupe. Forty Christmas trees lit with electric lights adourned the stage and held presents for all involved.
President George E. Learnard of the Nevada Utah Mines and Smelters releases a 15 page stockholder statement detailing why experts dispute Lawson’s $10 per share valuation. He argues the property is expansive with current and prospective value far exceeding the proposed price and outlines recent work and acquisitions affecting worth.
Anticipation of a tense contest among Boston curb market operators boosts activity with Boston Ely trading about 3000 shares. The stake moves from 33 4 to 21 2 and closes at 218 86 amid notable strength in Majestic Nevada Utah and Bay State Gas.
Professor Paul Milyoukov, leader of the constitutional Democratic party in the Russian Duma, travels nearly 10000 miles to deliver a speech in New York. He arrived aboard the Carmania and will speak tomorrow night at Carnegie Hall on The present situation in Russia. He plans to return to Europe on Thursday via the Lorraine.
Judge Fessenden weighs a divorce petition by George E Seaboyer after he cites his wife Kate M Seaboyer desertion and alleged affair with Tom Woods. Witnesses reveal social tensions and forged neighborly objections as the court considers the case.
In Fairmont last night engineers attempted the false work test on a new Monongahela River bridge but rising water swept away the structure, wrecking the bridge.
George A. Heinold senior partner of Sartwell Heinold & Humphrey saddlery firm died suddenly at his 39 Arch Street office. Age 58 he collapsed while with colleagues from heart disease. Survivors include his wife and two daughters Ada Florence 11 and Alice Louise 13, and his mother at 14 Weld Avenue Roxbury. Bridgeport reports improved industrial conditions.
Mrs Russell Sage is the city’s largest individual taxpayer with a personal and real estate assessment of 7 258 000 dollars. The Vanderbilt family stands at 3 810 000 dollars, while Cornelius and William K Vanderbilt total 19 810 000 dollars including real estate. The tentative real estate assessment rise is 472 million, excluding corporations and special franchises.
General Charles W. Bartlett appeared before Judge Gaskill to file motions to quash the indictments against 10 Chinese defendants charged with murder after the Chinatown shooting last summer. The decision was reserved until Hom Woon could be examined by insanity experts.
The will of the late John G. Brown of Cambridge filed in the Probate Court allocates $1000 to the Y M C A and $1000 to the Baptist Home of Cambridge. The remainder goes to the family.
An instalment of two novels will run side by side in the Sunday Post and readers can vote weekly via a coupon to decide which story they prefer. The winning author earns a large bonus and special prizes are offered for top letters of criticism.
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