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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
12
Concord New Hampshire June 10 The Merrimack Superior Court will appoint a master within a week to conduct hearings and take testimony on whether Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy the head of the Christian Science church is competent to manage her own affairs.
Proceedings focused on a motion by Mrs. Eddy and three trustees to dismiss the equity suit against her secretary Calvin A. Frye and nine others. General Streeter suspended further questions for now and pushed for a master to hear the competency issue, with hearings likely at Pleasant View.
Abington June 10 In the Second District Court Andrew Curtis of Scituate was given three months in jail for assaulting his mother Mrs Shadrach B Curtis and was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of assault with intent to kill Freda A Shaw
President Roosevelt, arriving for Georgia Day at the Jamestown exposition, presses for federal action on worker safety and corporate responsibility. He argues for compensation for industrial accidents, expanded education, and strict railroad liability, urging laws to protect workers and curb risky practices.
At a meeting of stockholders in the Merchants building the Metropolitan Home Telephone Company was organized with Colonel Albert Clarke elected president. Officers include Albert Ireland as vice president, James Ferguson as treasurer, and Roger E. Miley as secretary. Directors are Clarke, Ireland, Ferguson, Miley, Connor, Bernard M. Wolf, and Horace Bacon. The firm seeks a 10 million dollar capitalization to build an independent Boston area system, with substantial subscribes and interest from E. H. Harriman via a third party. Construction to begin soon on routes laid by the engineers.
George Jackson reports a break in at his 329 Second Street residence. Police say entry was gained by false keys, with $11.80 in cash and $40 in clothing stolen. Investigation by Police Station 6 continues.
Boston police from the Lagrange Street station push a campaign to purge vice in Chinatown. Four raids occurred Sunday night and another last night, arresting 37 Chinese. A major find at 7 Oliver Place revealed an alleged opium joint, while 4 Oxford Place yielded a complete fan tan outfit and four arrests.
Judge Perrin set 500 bonds for George M Nelson and Henry F Radtke after they pleaded guilty to firing the Martin Luther Orphan Home in West Roxbury on June 1. Both inmates at the institution faced grand jury action with Otto Radtke and Mrs Boyce present. The Rev Frederick Wilhelm urged clemency.
Clinton Badger was sentenced to four years at the Middlesex house of correction by Judge Bond for breaking and entering a South Framingham store. Louis I. Wilson got two years. William H. Ray and Martin McGrath faced robbery charges with six months and probation respectively. Annie Kimball pleaded guilty to larceny and was placed on probation. John Ryan received two years with three days solitary confinement.
Bids for the proposed Franklin Union building at Berkeley and Appleton streets were opened in City Hall. Woodbury & Leighton submitted the lowest bid at 313 7771 dollars, while McGahey & OConnor toped at 360 793 dollars. Other bids included C H Belledel 354 554 Fox 328 600 and Whitney 341 342 among bidders.
Boston leaders including Lucius Tuttle A L Filene and Edward F McSweeney pressed the school board to reject a change away from the Winthrop Street Tremont site for the High School of Commerce. The board rescinded its Lewis district placement and favored proximity to the business district while reorganizing physical training and funding.
A California man, Mr. Johnson, was killed and Mr. Blake of Philadelphia fatally injured in a car crash at Edge Hill seven miles NW of Banbury. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Blake were gravely injured as the car overturned on a bend while returning from Oxford to Stratford-on-Avon. the chauffeur West escaped with minor injuries. The injured were taken to Banbury Infirmary.
A jury in the Superior Court found Sarah E. Stone not guilty after a 10 minute verdict in the case alleging illegal operation on Elsie RE. Allen at Dr Bishop's Tremont street office. Annie Brown, convicted as an accessory, serves a five year House of Correction term. Stone's release drew visible emotion from allies.
John W Blair proprietor of a Tremont street provision store has not been seen since Saturday night after leaving his shop with a large sum of money. His four year old child pleads for papa while his wife worries over the unexplained disappearance.
The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank requests depositors bring books for verification per Chapter 118, Section 53, Revised Laws. Books must be presented at the bank during May and June 1907. Joseph Holmes, treasurer, Boston, April 30, 1907.
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