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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
5
Reports from business, industrial and agricultural centers indicate a slow return to normal conditions with some unemployment. Post summaries suggest better times may arrive soon despite ongoing weakness in the building trades.
New England crops face a setback but yields near normal. Wheat prospects include Illinois 40 million and Kansas bumper grain. corn may be the state’s heaviest ever. Textile cities show optimism. unemployment shrinks in Chicago, while Indiana and Ohio show slow gains. Georgia sees confidence rise but cotton mills cut output. Georgia peaches thrive as Mississippi remains cheerful and Texas reports no idle rail cars.
Yesterday marked Orangeman Day the 218th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. About 400 Loyal Orange Legion members gathered at Washington Street hall and marched to Warren Avenue Baptist Church led by Brookline fife and drum corps. Prominent figures included William Gillen of Philadelphia National Supreme Grand Master and William Kirkland of Wilmington national secretary with Massachusetts Grand Lodge treasurer O L Floyd.
Beverly Farms reports Miss Helen Gould the New York philanthropist has engaged the Samuel F. Simpkins cottage near Hale street. Her arrival is expected in the coming week. The cottage, one of the cosiest on the north shore, was previously engaged by Mrs. Russell Sage.
At South Framingham July 12 the first cavalry squadron endured 104 sun heat with no fatalities. One trooper was kicked by a horse and will miss later maneuvers. a minor shower briefly cooled dust and the crowd enjoyed a two hour band concert as evening temps fell.
Frank Kramer from East Orange wins the one mile open and the one third mile handicap and his trial heats in the two mile handicap sweepstakes at the Newark Velodrome. Results list Edward Senfert, J. Forsyth, and William Merton among amateur winners. Charles H. Stein tops the N A A amateur race. Fred Hill and Floyd Krebs shine in the finals.
A report from Coal Teamsters Union 68 reveals an annual agreement with employers. Wages stay the same for general rate and overtime, with a standard 3.80 dollar per hour minimum for hold work and 0.25 per hour for on the runs. Some wharf hold work gains 0.10 per hour, and runs on certain wharves gain 0.05 per hour.
Honduran revolutionists retreat from Gracias after capturing the town and flee toward Salvator, temporary loss for authorities.
Copley Square once praised as a Boston beauty spot faces change as new structures rise. The Art Museum may yield space for a larger Back Bay Fens complex, with paintings moved to the Gardner palace, while Trinity Church Old South Church and the Public Library endure.
A Providence meeting is set for next Sunday to decide a date for a conference with the manager of the New Haven road. Clerks from Old Colony Lodge 143 aim to secure contracts or working agreements with the New York New Haven Hartford Boston Maine and New York Central railroads, likely in late August.
An all day gathering of the International Union of Industrial Insurance Agents at 724 Washington street elected officers and renamed the group to the Industrial Life Insurance Underwriters Association of North America. Other union events included parades planned by Team Drivers Union 25, new members admitted at Building Laborers Union 48, wage talks by Interlocking Switch and Signalmen's Union, and debates over a national charter for state federations.
Resolutions adopted by O’Connell Assembly 7174 Knights of Labor and Longshoremen call on the city to appropriate funds to build and maintain fireboats to guard wharves and waterfront buildings. They cite past decade losses including three grain elevators and numerous piers and sheds.
Ford Conn. was chosen as the next convention site. The Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Employees' Union voted free admission for children with parents to its Caledonia Grove picnic on May 28. Delegates elected include William P. Greaney H. John Hurley John T. Kane James Burns and James N. Green.
At 8 o clock last night the Atlantic battle ship fleet was at Lon 141.8 W Lat 30 31 N and 10890 miles from Honolulu. The fleet steamed at eight knots through a smooth sea. In Tokyo Count Katsura was summoned to discuss forming a new cabinet to be announced Tuesday.
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