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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
4
A street report says two certificates of deposit for Consolidated Steamship Company bonds worth 240000 par value were recovered by the owner from his safe. A third of the original 301000 par value remains missing and the owner refuses to disclose circumstances. The incident could provoke complications if his identity or the loss becomes public.
Fire Commissioner Parker announced another automobile for the Boston fire department a small runabout steamer built for quick work in crowded districts. Chief Mullens very large auto may be exchanged for the Roxbury chiefs needs and to extend auto use citywide to outlying districts.
January 28 dispatch from JIBUTI Abyssinia reports King Menelik gravely ill though death rumors remain unconfirmed. The situation prompted cautious attention among local and regional officials awaiting official word.
Charles P. Taft issued a strong denial to Rainey of Illinois that he was connected with the Panama Canal purchase. He telegrammed Rainey saying the charges are unfounded. Rainey plans to raise the matter in the House tomorrow.
Sacramento January 28. In line with President Roosevelt and Governor Gillett, Speaker Stanton introduced a bill to appropriate 10000 dollars to collect data on the number and occupation of Japanese in California. A similar bill will be sent to the Senate.
Mime Giulia Giacchetti wife of Enrico Caruso and former eloper with a chauffeur sailed from New York on La Lorraine to return to Europe. She reportedly carried a six figure French check. Caruso denied knowledge of the funds. Her passage had been arranged by the Metropolitan Opera management.
Mme Giachetti tells friends she will persistent in dispute with Caruso over her children’s education and access to him. Caruso left New York for Philadelphia after an unexpected hotel confrontation. She then went to another hotel with Carlo Carignani, reported as her lawyer, and returned home escorted by him.
Representative Florence J. Driscoll proposes a bill to create 25 ward aldermen and eight aldermen at large. A five member Boston commission would map districts with roughly equal voters. Aldermen must meet residency and longevity rules. one at large as board president would earn 8000 dollars annually. Other aldermen at large receive 2000 and district aldermen 1500. The board could confirm department heads.
A stick of dynamite was discovered under a telephone booth at the Boston & Maine depot in Fitchburg. A local express company driver smashed the explosive after a bystander warned him of danger. The depot was evacuated and police secured the scene.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland widow of the late President, visiting Mrs. Hamilton Gibson in Sheffield. An intimate friend of Gibson, daughter of Dr. Henry Vandyke of Princeton University, she enjoyed a sleigh ride in the Berkshires during her stay in Great Barrington.
The Escalation Club of Boston hosted Dr Charles W Eliot Harvard's retiring president at the American House with a talk on The Coming Change in the Medical Profession. Dr Robert Green offered an Latin poem to Elliott. Speakers included Dr Simon Flexner and Dr Henry A Christian on research and medical education.
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