Two Women in Dispute Over Painted Saint Portrait
In Malden, a disputed painting at Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel centers on who created a St. John and the Virgin piece. Mary Harrington-Hannon claims authorship. Josephine Buckley asserts she painted it and that Hannon added only minor retouching.
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Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Mary Harrington-Hannon
Bartlett Street
Charlestown
Isabelle Cannon
Mattapan
Endicott Street
North End
Josephine Buckley
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Miss Cannon
Miss Buckley
Mrs. Cannon
T. J. Holland
Mrs. Hannon
the Virgin
Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel
Christ
Gould Road Placed in Receiver's Hands
New York May 29 George J Goulds Wabash Pittsburg Terminal railway was placed in receivership triggering a power struggle with E H Harriman to gain control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad. Bondholder groups move to foreclose on terminal bonds while rival committees seek deposits of bonds as factions aim to reshape ownership.
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New York
George J. Gould
Wabash
Wheeling and Lake Erie
James N. Wallace
The
Central Trust Company
Paul Morton
Equitable Life
Haley Fiske
Metropolitan Life
Gordon Abbott
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Harry Bronner
Hallgarten & Co
Myron T. Herrick
George P. Butler
Gould
Wabash-Pittsburg
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Boston clash over Boston immigration station bill in Congress
In Washington May 29 Representative Kelher of Boston delivers a harsh rebuke to Representative O Connell over the Boston immigration station bill. Kelher accuses O Connell of political maneuvering while O Connell defends his Castle Island restriction and duty to his South Boston constituents. Senate action ends chances of the measure this year.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Congress
Keliher
Boston
O’connell
O'Connell
Picayune
Straus
Immigration
Sargent
Billings
Castle Island
Dorchester
Kelcher
House
Lodge
Senate
Dillingham
McLaurin
Philadelphia
Mayor Hibbard Faces Criticism Over Chestnut Hill Crusher Plan
The Finance Commission criticized Mayor Hibbard for starting a Chestnut Hill stone crushing plant with city labor. They note the crushers have cost the city $1,000,000 and warn that renewing such costly, wasteful practices would harm economy and reform.
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Chestnut Hill
Hibbard
Finance Commission
Gallivan Pleased by Moran Support for Mayoral Bid
Street Commissioner Gallivan reacted with delight to John B. Moran’s suggestion he could be nominated and elected mayor. He declined to confirm candidacy, calling it premature, while noting the campaign for mayor is far off.
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Gallivan
Boston
Morning Post
John B. Moran
Moran
Colin the champion racehorse all right for Belmont bid
New York May 29 Colin is sound and likely to start in the Belmont Stakes tomorrow barring rain. H DeCourcey Forbes relays that the injury to Colin was a wrench from stepping on a stone or hole, not bowed tendons, with no soreness and swelling subsiding. If he passes Saturday morning examination, he may run.
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New York
Colin
H. DeCourcey Forbes
Mr. Keene
James Rowe
McCully
Mayor seeks commission view on crusher bids
The mayor asked the commission to advise on bids from Superintendent Emerson for crushers offered for sale. Bids total about 15 000 dollars, though machines are valued around 120 000 dollars. Despite the rebuke, the mayor will reopen the Chestnut Hill crusher and run it briefly to test Sub-foreman James Keough’s claim that the plant can operate profitably.
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Commission
Emerson
Chestnut Hill
James Keough
Knights of St. Finbar Field Day Held Today
The Cork group Knights of St. Finbar hosts its second annual field day with Irish and American sports from 10 a.m. The event features hurling, Gaelic football, running, jumping, and weight throwing. Old county friends reconnect as stories of the dear land are shared.
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Knights of St. Finbar
Price Indicted in Cotton Market Conspiracy Case
Theodore H. Price known as the cotton king faces federal charges of conspiracy to defraud and bribery of a government official. Indictments allege involvement in the sale of government crop reports and advance statistics. Price pleads not guilty, bail set at 5000, preliminary hearing scheduled for June 19.
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Price
Federal Building
Grand
Federal
Hough
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Price
Mr. Sully
New York
John Inman
Indictments in Crop Report Leaks Reach Four Men
In Washington and New York indictments name Theodore H. Price Frederick A. Peckham Moses Haas and Edwin S Holmes Jr former Agriculture Department statistician. They are charged with conspiring to furnish advance crop report information and to influence official reports to fit their interests.
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Washington
New York
Theodore H. Price
Frederick A. Peckham
Moses Haas
Edwins. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Price
Peckham and Haas
Holmes
Unitarian anniversary week ends in Boston with civic purity aims
Boston hosts a banquet at Tremont Temple concluding the Unitarian anniversary week. Mayor Hibbard delivers the keynote praising civic, thorough government. Speakers including Rev. J H Holmes critique New York's moral conditions and praise Theodore Roosevelt. Nathan Haskell Cole reads a poem about Boston.
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Tremont Temple
Boston
Hibbard
Mr. Hibbard
New York
J. H. Holmes
Church of the Messiah
Holmes
Babylon
Israel
Jerusalem
Mystery of Ball children solved by dog Dan
In Brockton on May 29 the disappearance of Grace and Tommy Ball ends as the Scotch collie Dan leads to a hidden grave. Witold Fabian and his nephew Joseph Rigby uncover the boy and girl, with the father John Ball arriving to face a tragic scene and questions about the mother’s role.
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Brockton
Grace
Tommy Ball
Dan
Witold Fabian
Fabian
Joseph Rigby
Ball
Oak Street
Hewitt
Clifford Barnard
Brown House
Mary Grace
H. A. Angell
Holbrook Street
Maloney Expected to Delegate to A O H Convention
Dennis J. Maloney of Jamaica Plain, active in Division 40 A O H, has received the nomination to attend the A O H convention in Indianapolis. He is likely to win the election tomorrow at A O H Hall in Charlestown, having represented Division 40 at Worcester and Fall River state conventions.
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Dennis J. Maloney
Jamaica Plain
Indianapolis
A. O. H. Hall
Charlestown
Maloney
Division 40
Worcester
Fall River
Refund in $55 paid to clothe dealer after bond scheme
Karl Martin in the North End handed $55 to Jacob Schwartz after being ordered by Lt Lee under ADA Dwyer to refund money tied to an alleged case fixing scheme. Schwartz had paid a $80 bribe in a November 1906 pawn shop license case which resulted in a fine. Grand Jury to consider related evidence next week as lawyers’ runners face scrutiny.
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Karl Martin
Jacob Schwartz
North End
Martin
Moran
Schwartz
Lee
Dwyer
Grand Jury
Keenes Restigouche Sets World Record At Belmont Park
Belmont Park New Rochelle handicap winner Restigouche 106 pounds led all the way to finish seven and a half furlongs in 1 31 1 5 earning a new world best time. The record beats the prior 1 32 mark held by Dainty and Shelbourne set at Oakland and Belmont respectively.
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Belmont Park
N. Y
James R. Keene
Dainty
Shelbourne
Oakland
Cal
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