Elevated Holding Bill Referred to Next General Court
The Boston Elevated Railway Company assents to the Boston Finance Commission's recommendation that final action on the Elevated holding bill be referred to the next General Court. The Railroad Commission and the Boston Transit Commission, sitting jointly, may study the matter and report in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Elevated Railway Company
W. A. Bancroft
Boston Finance Commission
General Court
Railroad Commission
Boston Transit Commission
Bancroft Seeks Board Study on Elevated Holding Bill
President Bancroft writes to Senator Bennett that the Boston Elevated Railway supports referring Senate bill No. 410 to the Board of Railroad Commissioners and the Boston Transit Commission for investigation and report. He notes the bill’s slow progress and the need to consider West End Street Railway in the reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Frank P. Bennett, Jr
Saugus
Senate
Haseen
State House
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Finance Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston Transit Commission
West End Street Railway Company
WM. A. Bancroft
Melrose Aldermen Reject Manser for Police Chief
At a late meeting the Melrose Board of Aldermen voted 10 to 7 against appointing ex-Alderman George E. Manser as chief of police. The board will appoint a new chief at the next meeting in two weeks. Five pony express license applications were denied, indicating no licenses will be granted this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Board of Aldermen
George E. Manser
F E. H. Moore
Gardener dies in blaze while seeking playmate in burning stable
June 6 Newton. John Crimmins 22 a gardener on Mrs C D Prescott estate rushed into a burning stable believing his young friend Robert Fletcher was inside. The child son of another gardener and Crimmins were inseparable chums. Twelve firemen were trapped beneath a falling roof with burns and internal injuries. Captain A I English Hose 3 was injured by falling timbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. English
Hose 3
Crimmins
Newtonville
Captain Whiting
Chemical B
Ladderman Waterhouse
Huggerd
Hoseman Farrell
Hoseman
Thompson
Doyle
McLeod
Fred Perkins
Lawrence Russell
English
Fletcher
Newton
Frank A. Day
R. L. Day & Co
Day
Prescott
Boy's death amid Newton barn fire honors desperate rescue
In Newton, Crimmins died saving a neighbor's child during a two and a half story stable blaze that consumed the Fletcher and Crimmins rooms on an Edmonds estate off Sargent and Centre streets. The fire, whose cause remains undetermined, injured several firefighters and damaged the property likely worth five thousand dollars. Crimmins and the boy were childhood companions. the boy escaped with his mother and father in night clothes to a neighbor's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimmins
Robert
John Fletcher
A. Lawrence Edmonds
Historic Presidential Conference Set in Beverly on June 23
Beverly has announced an unprecedented meeting between a President and his ex-President, the immediate predecessor, to convene in late June. The event marks a historic first for a formal conference between the two men who dominated national affairs since Colonel Roosevelt departed Washington. Supporters on both sides anticipate possible endorsements or opposition to the current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
New England
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
Taft and Roosevelt Set to Clash in Beverly June 23 Meeting
Former President Taft plans to arrive with his family at Beverly on June 23 and stay at Stetson cottage on Woodbury's Point while Roosevelt brings Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Ethel to The Castle the same day. Observers see the date coincidence as a deliberate setup to discuss national affairs in seclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Beverly
Woodbury’s Point
Robert D. Evans
White House
Colonel Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel
Nicholas Longworth, Jr
Deputy Sherriff frees captives from Elijah Sandford yacht
In Portland, Maine, a deputy sheriff boarded the Kingdom and rescued Mrs. Florence Whittaker, her 16 year old Edna, and three other children from alleged imprisonment aboard the yacht controlled by prophet Frank W. Sandford. The woman had for two years sought help from relatives to escape the colonists' influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Elijah” Sandford
Kingdom
Florence Whittaker
Edna
Frank W. Sandford
Woman Rescued from Yacht After Habeas Corpus Action
Relatives failed to remove a woman from the yacht Kingdom as Sheriff M. W. Trefe approached Casco Bay. The Rev. Nathan H. Harriman secured a writ of habeas corpus, allowing the sheriff to board and take the woman and her children to safety, with the sheriff threatening force if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan H. Harriman
Cambridge
Mass
Family slain near Marshalltown. teen arrested
In Marshalltown Iowa on June 6 James Hardley his wife and their 16 mile southwest home were found murdered this morning. Ray Hardley an 18 year old son has been arrested in connection with the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
James Hardley
Ray Hardley
Castle Square Hotel New Gentlemen's Cafe Specials
Week menu at 427 Tremont Street offers broiled live chicken lobster with mug of mustard, bone sirloin sauté with green peas tomatoes and fries, fried soft shell crabs with Tamar sauce, breaded lamb chops with tomato sauce and fries, broiled fresh spring mackerel with cucumber tomato salad, native spring chrysanthemum on toast with Saratoga chips, and sliced cucumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Hotel
NEW Gentlemen’s Cafe
Tremont Street
Saratoga
Postmaster in Custody of Sheriff in North Conway
North Conway postmaster Arthur Charles, charged with a five thousand dollar shortage in his official accounts, will be arraigned before a United States commissioner in Portsmouth. He has served as postmaster five years, is about 45, a Mason, active in church work, and is in custody of Deputy Sheriff E C Seavey as Inspector Stone investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Conway
N. H
Arthur Charles
United States
Portsmouth
Charles
E. C. Seavey
Postoffice Inspector Stone of Concord
Tragic Jump Ends Life On Boston & Maine Line
Albert Schmidt brother of William Schmidt of New York ended his life by jumping in front of a Boston & Maine train at Revere Massachusetts. He was hit by a cow catcher and dragged under the locomotive after moving between tracks as an engine approached. He had earlier attempted suicide nearby on Sunday amid delirious spells linked to heavy drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schmidt
William Schmidt
New York
Boston & Maine Railroad
Revere
Schmidt
Boston & Maine
Revere Street
Boston
Lynn
William Denvist
Burdett College Training Saves Thousands of Lives
Burdett College program gains praise for life saving training impacting thousands. Officials credit rapid response methods and widespread adoption across local health centers and emergency services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdett College
Adv
Jewelry salesman disappears with $30000 in samples
Frank J. Foster, 30, of Summerville New Jersey, salesman for a large Western jewelry firm, vanished from the Parker House Friday morning leaving a suitcase containing jewelers' samples valued at $30000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Foster
Summerville
N. J
Parker House
Missing Foster Believed Absent After Parker House Incident
Foster, Eastern representative of Traub Jewelry, checked into Parker House with a sample suitcase. A later telegram said his room held a suitcase of 80 000 dollars in watches and jewels for shipment to Michigan firm. Police suspect illness. Brockton sighting unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Parker House
Traub Jewelry Manufacturing Company of
Michigan
Brockton
Bolt breaks injures Massachusetts wagon driver
Russell Shaw, driver for S. S. Pierce Company, was seriously injured when a king bolt broke on his wagon on Kennard Road Brookline. He was found unconscious and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. His horse wandered nearby with the wagon shafts still attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Shaw
S. S. Pierce Company
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kennard Road
Brookline
Reward Offered For Bandit Catch In Malden
Malden June 6 At roll call tomorrow night at 6 o'clock Mayor George H Fall will present $59 in gold to Officers Charles T Costello and James J Long. The money from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was to be used by the police. The force petitioned to divide the gold and present it to the officers who captured Alfred Kehew alias Haskell who stole $40 from an agent on the way to the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
George H. Fall
Charles T. Costello
James J. Long
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Alfred Kehew
Haskell
Taft Wins Rates Peace Ends Railroad Rate Fight
Peace settled over the railroad rates with twenty four Chicago based lines surrendering to Tafts terms. The President withdrew the suit against the Western trunk line committee after achieving his objective and a conference with Eastern road presidents is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Trunk Line Committee
Eastern Roads
Railroads prepare to withdraw new tariffs after June 1
Negotiations indicate every rate raised to take effect after June 1 will be withdrawn. No new rate advances will be filed until the pending railroad bill becomes law. President seeks a favorable Hepburn amendment and may waive Sherman anti trust in rate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wickersham
Trunk Line Committee
W. C. Brown
New York Central
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern Railroads
New England Weather Forecast Preview For Early Week
Forecasts show partly cloudy skies with showers in the north and warmer conditions in Maine on Tuesday, followed by fair weather Wednesday. Winds will be moderate and variable in New England, shifting to westerly along the middle Atlantic coast, with steamers to European ports enjoying fair conditions to the Grand Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Maine
European
Grand Banks
Middle Atlantic
Yesterday's Temperature Readout From Thompson's Spa
Temperature summary shows averages and readings with scattered digits. The record notes average yesterday at 56 and average a year ago at 57 with various faded figures and times, reflecting a weather column from the period.
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Thompson
Yesterday's Scores in American Leagues and Cities
Yesterday's baseball scores show Boston at Chicago Detroit versus Washington and New York. St Louis faced Cincinnati and Brooklm beat Philadelphia while Chicago played another game. The results indicate a mix of wins and losses across major and national leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
New York
St. Louis
National
Cincinnati
Brooklwm
Philadelphia
Beverly School Committee Votes to Close For Circus Parade
Beverly officials voted to close all town schools tomorrow morning so children may attend the circus parade. The special meeting set a precedent by postponing classes to accommodate the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
School E Committee
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Fin. Com
Bennett
Tinkham
Melrose Aldermen
Oln
America
Bond
F. R. Holmes
Tremont St
Newton Gardener
Boy
Africa
Ihe $Hital PT. Light
Longworth
Roosevels Wei
Longworths
Tafts
Hale Street
Longworth Cottage
State Street Exchange Trust Co
Elijah
Oads
Interstate Commission
Western Railroad
E. P. Ripley
Walker D. Hines
Santa Fe Railroad
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash Railroad
8. M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Western Trunk Line
Thales Hig
Vicinity
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