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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1906
Page
4
Mrs. Lauretta Halliday an inmate of Cambridge City Home died of old age. Born July 28 1804 on the North Carolina coast she would have been 102. A former slave she came to the North in 1875 and lived in Cambridge since June that year.
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers marked its 25th anniversary with a Vendome banquet attended by about 200 members. John W. Ellis served as toastmaster. Speakers included Rhode Island Governor George H. Utter, ASCE president Frederick P. Stearns, AGLA president Charles F. Prichard, Tufts president elect Frederick W. Hamilton, Engineering News editor M. H. Baker, and Charlestown Navy Yard civil engineering chief Fred W. Thompson, with Albion Quartet performances.
The Essex Hotel Company sues the Elevated Railway Company claiming damages from noise dust and dirt. The lower court awarded 100000 dollars plus 5 percent interest totaling 120000. Counsel argued the railway station’s presence boosted hotel business and provided convenient travel for guests. The issue hinges on whether the loss was adequately compensated by the law as an equivalent. The court adjourned to continue today.
In London on March 13 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman closed the fiscal debate as Parliament voted 474 to 98 to resist protective duties. The opposition filled much of the time with speeches and requests for divisions, while Sir James Kitson led the ministerial side to confirm free trade intent.
The Brookline town election is expected to attract record turnout. Daniel J. Daley seeks the assessor post after caucus victory over Captain Rufus G. F. Candage amid criticism of the current board. A Daley circular is seen as a major vote getter. The selectmen race pits Frank B. Connor John A Curtin and LY man J Clark in a fierce contest. The school board race centers attention with predictions of a Parents Association defeat two to one.
Samuel Gile Bent, Dedham's oldest voter, marked his 91st birthday on March 13 in good health and cheerful spirits. Born in Milton in 1815, he moved to Dedham at age three, attended Centre School, never married, and remains a staunch Republican who recalls carrying the national colors at Dedham's 260th town anniversary in 1886.
Nathan Zindelevitz, exiled to Siberia at 18 for Nihilist plots, returns to Worcester after 40 years. He served the term at Amur, 58 years old now, and plans to live with cousins. He says life in exile was less harsh than expected, with privileges granted after surviving numerous officials.
The Ward 15 Democrats formed The Seneca Club at a Monday meeting. Officers include William KE Hickey as president James M Grady as first vice president John Clancy as second vice president Peter F Hines as treasurer Joseph Redding as recording secretary Michael F Gearth as financial secretary Joan Judge as superintendent Edward TL Hopkins Thomas F McCabe Edward TF Buckley John Bullman Thomas Bradley serve on the board of directors.
Edwin Read recounts a little known Civil War riot in July 1863 beside the Cooper Street armory in Boston. Protesters opposed the Union draft, barricades faced artillery fire, and many rioters were killed as the clash was suppressed.
Three hat styles arrive from Paris. No 1 features a tall crown and slim brim with green foliage under the brim. No 2 resembles old plug hats but is rose silk on a wire frame with satin ribbon and a front cluster of roses. No 3 harks back to ante bellum days with a very eccentric look.
Hugh Molloy of Lowell lectures this evening at St Francis de Sales School hall under the Young Women's Catholic Union of Charlestown. The subject is Dickens Tale of Two Cities with a concert program and guest speakers including Rev James N Supple and others. The union, about a year and a half old, meets weekly for millinery, dressmaking, embroiery, singing, mandolin and guitar, with a reading circle every fortnight and plans for an Easter bazaar led by Miss Mary E Herrick.
The government cruiser Canada spent the night off Scatterie seeking Boatswain Bowdridge of the foundered steamer Baines Hawkins who set out in a small boat. No trace of Bowdridge was found. The Canada will land at Flint Island when seas moderate.
Receiver Alfred S. Hall told the Post that the $17,000 deal for the Provident Bank Shenandoah land holdings is not off and there is hope depositors will receive some money. The English syndicate led by D C Willoughby has two weeks to meet the offer, made in Denver, and the assets may be sold with some proceeds for the institution.
The body of Louis DeLange a Philadelphia born playwright was found with his throat cut in his West One Hundred and Forty-second Street room. Police suspect foul play after his sister-in-law heard a quarrel and a scuffle then a man leaving the apartment. DeLange known as Moss authored The Globe Trotter and Little Host and Sweet Annie Page.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. declares envelopes must bear Esquire after names and Mr. reserved for social inferiors. Massachusetts blue bloods and old English descended families oppose the rule. A prominent man explains Esquire as an old English title of nobility with heraldic rights. The argument hinges on who truly inherits coats of arms in New England Maryland Virginia and New York.
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