Fire on Sunbeam Threatens City Warehouses
A blaze on the Boston and Lynn steamer Sunbeam caused a dockside inferno, endangering Atlas Stores and Jordan Marsh Company warehouses opposite, with $8 000 to $10 000 in damage to cargo and interior despite two alarms and a favorable wind. The ship, about 60 tons, burned from stem to stern after spontaneous combustion was suspected. leather and refined sugar aboard were destroyed, with insurance covering boat and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas
Congress Street Bridge
Jordan Marsh Company
Boston & Lynn Company
Sunbeam
Lynn
Boston
Harvard Students Defeat Faculty Store Change Plan
Harvard students rejected a plan to convert the Harvard Cooperative Society into a close corporation. Despite approval from President Eliot and others, 241 to 23 backed keeping the college oriented cooperative. The proposal would have made faculty directors stockholders and removed student voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Briggs
Hurlbut
G. A. Bartlett
Harvard
Harvard Cooperative Society
Co-Operative Society
Patton Resigns Princeton Presidency Woodrow Wilson Chosen
Princeton June 9 The board of trustees accepted Francis L Pattons resignation as president and elected Woodrow Wilson professor of jurisprudence and politics to succeed him Wilson born Staunton Va in 1856 is Princeton graduate 1879 He will continue as ethics and philosophy of religion professor and was first layman to lead the university Wilsons long association with Princeton outlined
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Board of Trustees
Francis L. Patton
Woodrow Wilson
Patton
Wilson
Associated Press
University
Dr. Patton
Thead
Staunton
Joseph R
Jessie Wilson
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins University
Atlanta
Pillen L. Axson
Savannah
Youth Charged in Boston Yacht Break-in Case
Bernard Manley, 25, held on $300 bail after being charged with breaking and entering the yacht Hanley near the Savin Hill Yacht Club. The theft included 3500 pounds of lead ballast plus four blankets and clothing. The Dorchester Municipal Court adjourned the case until this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Bay
Bernard Manley
Hanley Peur
Willian F. Bache
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Churchill
Dorchester
Manley
Consistory in Rome Elevates Clergy and Names New Bishops
In Rome a consistory appointed red hats to Mgr Martinelli, Prince Skrobensky, and Prince von Proseyna. It named William J. Kenny as bishop of St Augustine and Philip J. Garrigan as bishop of Sioux City, with Judge Taft and other Americans present in the Sala Regia.
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Rome
Sistine Chapel
Sedia Gestatoria
Mgrs
Martinelli
United States
Skrobensky
Prague
von Proseyna
aAcon
William J. Kenny
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine
Augustin Verot
Philip J. Garrigan
Catholic University At
Washington
Sioux City
Taft
Philippine Islands
Sala Regia
Merchants in Trouble Over Silk Import Fraud
Martin L. Cohen and Abraham S. Rosenthal of A. B. Rosenthal & Co. were arraigned before U S Commissioner Shields on charges of fraudulent entries of Yokohama silk and cotton goods. Three complaints seek $600 $250 and $2000. Bail set at $10000 each per offense. prisoners posted bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin L. Cohen
Abraham S. Rosenthal
Rosenthal & Co
United States
Shields
Yokohama
Witnesses arrested in the court room during Plummer bribery hearing
In Portland on June 9 the Plummer bribery hearing intensified as prosecutors gained probable cause and principal witnesses Frank D. Ford and Michael J. Callahan were arrested for conspiracy. Ford resisted bail, a scuffle ensued, and William Farrell was later seized. Feeney remained at large.
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Portland
Plummer
Hill
Frank D. Ford
Michael J. Callahan
Callahan
Ford
William Farrell
Samu
John J. Feeney
Charles A. Plummer
Pearson
Leach
Squor
Hmquor
James J. Walsh
Thisty
Foster
Farrell
Feeney
Whitehouse
Aull
Superior Court Grand Jury
Obed F. Stackpole
Judge Cram
George S. Hill
Biddeford
John A. Feeney
William H. Farrell
Stackpole
Engagement announced of Mary Ware Pierce and Edmund von Mach
The Cambridge social circle records the engagement of Miss Mary Ware Pierce sister-in-law of Hon John D Long to Professor Edmund Von Mach Harvard Instructor noted for promoting Harvard art and architecture studies He aided Prince Henrys Harvard visit and entertainments Miles Pierce the fiancée has left town for the summer Harvard class day is expected to bring several announcements linking Harvard students with graduates of the College Beautiful
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Mary Ware Pierce
Cambridge
Edmund von Mach
Harvard
Union of Arts
John D. Long
von Mach
Wellesley
Har
President Roosevelt to visit Newport for naval maneuvers
President Roosevelt plans a Rhode Island cruise next August to observe Navy Department naval maneuvers. Newport prepares a grand reception and an eight day program. The Rhode Island naval battalion will participate with the Nav Department as residents host the annual fete and illumination.
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Newport
R. I
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Navy Department
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Nav Department
Floods Ravage Patillas District In Puerto Rico
June 9 report from San Juan describes extensive floods in the Patillas district of Puerto Rico. Five people drowned, houses destroyed, and sugar property and cattle losses reported. Inhabitants in need of assistance.
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San Juan
P. R
Patillas
Carl Zerrahn Honored Guest at Handel and Haydn Society Dinner
The Handel and Haydn Society board hosted an informal banquet at the Brunswick Hotel with President George F. Daniel presiding. Special guest Carl Zerrahn, longtime former president of 42 years, returned from Europe and was welcomed. Attendees included Frederick Bng, M. Grant Daniels, William F. Bradbury, George M. Brooks, Emil Mollenhauer, Ivan G. Tucker, Howard P. Boynton, Emerson P. Knight, Eugene D. Russell, Courtenay Guild, Frank M. Levitt, and John D. Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eed Ae
Handel and Haydn Society
Brunswick Hotel
George F. Daniel
Carl Zerrahn
Europe
Frederick 3Bng
M. Grant Daniels
William F. Bradbury
George M. Brooks
Emil Mollenhauer
Ivan G. Tucker
Howard P. Boynton
Emerson P. Knight
Eugene D. Russell
Courtenay Guild
Frank M. Levitt
John D. Andrews
Annual Garden Party for Daly Industrial School
The annual garden party to aid Daly Industrial School at 111 Train Street Dorchester will run Saturday June 21 from 10 am to 10 pm. A general committee led by Mrs J M Johnson reports active planning with table leaders named at a forthcoming meeting. Pastors from many creeds aid the effort with Cambridgeport parish sending many children for a Maypole dance. Features include a Working Boys Home Band all day, a colored singing group, punch and Judy shows, short addresses likely, and other attractions.
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Daly Industrial School
Train Street
Dorchester
J. M. Johnson
Thomas F. Scully
Cambridgeport
Urged Nicaragua Route in Senate Canal Debate
June 9 Washington Senator Harris of Kansas urged selecting the Nicaragua route in the interoceanic canal discussion. He argued it was technically feasible and noted Panama route problems like the Bohio dam as insurmountable. The session also handled naval appropriation bills with committee amendments mostly resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harris
Kansas
Bohio
Perkins Bill Seeks US Ship Favoring Philippine Supply Runs
Senator Perkins introduced legislation directing the Secretary of War to favor American built ships for government transport of supplies to the Philippines. The measure aims to boost domestic shipbuilding and ensure secure lines of supply amid wartime operations.
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Washington
Perkins Today
Secretary of War
Philippines
No Action on One Petition in Boston Aldermen Meeting
The O Neil amusement license petition provoked protests from South Boston residents but was not discussed as Alderman Norris was absent. The board deferred the matter to next week. Alderman Tinkham proposed orders on city horse use and on department head notices but left them in committee. Kelly urged $38,000 for Cabot Street bath house gymnasium, while a landings project at Governor's Island received ongoing attention.
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O’neil
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Norris
Tinkham
Committee On Public Improvements
Kelly
East Boston
Governor's Island
Doyle
Cabot Street
Bath House
Indictment Plea Delayed For Nina Danforth This Week
Nina Danforth will not be told of the indictment against her until the latter part of the week. Counsel for Missforth and District Attorney Sanderson will decide the pleading day, likely Thursday or Friday. Her family welfare is poor and she shows little interest in visits as information remains scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Danforth
Meen
Missforth
Sanderson
Miss Datforth
Child Drowns After Fall Into River in Pittsfield
In Pittsfield on June 9 Hector Strahan, aged two, wandered near the Housa tonic River and fell into the water while playing with a dog. He was drowned a short time later. Local officials investigated the accident as a tragic toddler incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Hector Strahan
Housa‘tonic
Osteopath Registration Bill Fails Third Reading
In the House yesterday Mr Lewis of Cambridge presented a bill to register osteopaths by the board of registration in medicine. Support came from Dowse Malden and Fall Malden Stearns Lowell Kinney Boston Keenan Boston Hayes Lowell. Opposed by Newton Everett raper Boston Mansfield Boston Robertson Mansfield. The bill was refused a third reading by 4 to 102.
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Lewis
Cambridge
Board of Registration In Medicine
Dowse
Malden
Messrs. Fall of
Stearns
Lowell
Kinney
Boston
Keenan
Hayes
Messrs
Newton
Everett
Raper
Mansfield
Rogerson
Committee Reports On Water Supply and Harbor Works
The House received committee reports on several items. A bill authorizes Peabody to extend and improve its water system. A Harbor and Land Commission plan to improve Ap onagansett Harbor was recommended for passage. A request to spend 7500 dollars for the channel between Vineyard Sound and Osterville Bay was approved. A proposal to construct an entrance to East Bay at Osterville was rejected. A Greylock Reservation survey was approved in a new draft with county of Ikshire bearing the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbridge C. Kelley
Peabody
Harbor and Land Commission
Aponagansett Harbor
Arbor and Land Commission
Vineyard Sound
Osterville Bay
Barnstable
Harbor
East Bay
Osterville
Greylock
Ikshire
Electric Road Petition And Laws Debates In State Legislature
The rules committee backed suspending rules to admit petitions from Haver Hill and Southern on Hampshire Street Railway and Lawrence and Methuen for extensions. A bill to strike the words under 18 years from firearm parade law was rejected 17 to 15. Board of Conciliation and Arbitration will meet workers in Milford. Reports urge study of a tuberculosis sanitarium. Various engrossed bills including hawkers and married women signing instruments. Senate and conference actions on tax, compensation, and direct nomination bill.
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Committee On Rules
Messrs. Hayes
Lowell
McNary
Boston
House
Senate
Haverhill & Southern
Hampshire Street Railway Company
Lawrence & Methuen Street Railway
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Milford
Carpenters
Committee On Ways and
State Board of Charity
Boston School Committee
Nye
Cape
Barnstable
Frost
Essex
Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs and Water Supply
General Court
H. Richter
Metropolitan Water Board
Clinton
Dean
Brookline
Harbor and Land Commission
Scorton Harbor
Sandwich
Apsey
M. J. Sullivan
Bliss
Luce
Jones
Middlesex
United States
Medical Society 121st Anniversary at Mechanics Building
The Massachusetts Medical Society marks its 121st anniversary with exhibits at Mechanics Building and the medical library. Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago lectures on spinal cord changes in pernicious anemia at John Ware Hall. The annual business meeting is in Paul Revere Hall, followed by the annual discourse by Dr. Willard S. Everett. A 36-voice glee club, trained by Dr. Richard Cabot, will sing at the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Medical Society
Mechanics
John Ware
Frank Billings
Chicago
Paul Revere
Willards. Everett
Hyde Park
Richard Cabot
Marlboro Street
Boston
Packers Must Answer New Orleans Beef Trust Questions
June 9 Judge Farlange of the U S District Court in eastern Louisiana ruled that local representatives of packing companies must respond to questions posed by the grand jury investigating the alleged beef trust. The grand jury session was underway this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Farlange
United States District Court For
Eastern District of Louisiana
Blondin to Plead in Suffolk County Indictment
Blondin is slated for arraignment this week to enter a formal plea to the Suffolk county indictment. Counsel Morrison held a conference with the attorney general yesterday regarding the pleading, and Blondin is expected to appear in court Thursday to plead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
Suffolk County
Morrison
Nominations Sent to Senate for Army General Ranks
Washington June 9 The President sent nominations for Army officers including Bates and Davis to be major generals and several colonels to brigadier generals. Other posts include Wint Baldwin Lee Carter Bliss Fo McFarland and consul appointments for Nottingham Reichenberg and Notchfield unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John C. Bates
Citse W. Davis
Theodore F. Wint
Frank D. Baldwin
Jesse M. Lee
William H. Carter
MCE
Wiliam H. Fo
Silas A McFarland
Iowa
Nottingham
Reichenberg
Austria
Atchenberg
Beng
MIT elects Higginson Fish and Stone to corporation
Francis J. Higginson and Frederick P. Fish of the American Telephone Company join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporation. Charles A. Stone, electrical engineer, is also chosen as a member. The corporation governs the school and elects an executive committee of seven, including the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Higginson
Frederick P. Fish
American Telephone Company
Charles A. Stone
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Funeral service for George H. Smith at 2 p m
The funeral for George H. Smith son of David H. Smith of 8 Cross street Somerville will be held today at 2 p m He was in charge of his father's business on Atlantic avenue and was highly respected In bereaved family include mother father sister and two brothers Interment at Mt Hope Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Smith
David H. Smith
Cross Street
Somerville
Atlantic Avenue
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Narrow escape as girl bites bullet in Bath scene
In Bath Maine 13 year old Rosie Starrett barely survives when a 32 calibre bullet fired from a revolver passed between her lips and struck her back teeth. She suffered a minor jaw cut and facial powder burns. Her 11 year old brother Royal and the two found a 3 calibre revolver nearby. The weapon discharged accidentally. The bullet was spat out as Rosie ran downstairs. A doctor said no serious damage likely.
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Bath
Rosie Starrett
Rosie
Royal
Farm Buildings Burn in Bradford Blaze
Bradford Vermont June 9 fire destroyed the farm buildings of W. M. Merrill. Loss estimated at three thousand dollars. Fire crews investigated the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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Bradford
W. M. Merrill
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Clay Worsteds
Vorenberg
Washington, Elm & Hanover Sts
Browning
Washington St
Porto Rico
Icknell Furnishers
Nicaragua
Perkins
Washington and Brattle Streets
Bill
Spitz Bros. & Co
Svi
Merchant Tailors
Summer St
House Ethics
Osteopath
Bilt
Bates
Davis
Technology Corporation
George Herbert Smith
Oxford
Credit Clothier
Jordan's
Che
Partridge
South End Green
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