Public Institutions Inquiry Hearings Close Prosecution Abuses Debated
Witnesses from the House of Correction described solitary confinement and coercive treatment. The riot of July and Officer Curley’s role feature in testimony while Flaherty and Murphy recount injuries and mental strain. Defense to open at City Hall next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Institutions Investigating Committee
House of Correction
Hallstrom
Bryant
Murphy
Burns
Martin Flaherty
Liberty
Young
Flaherty
William Sullivan
Sullivan
Fettler
Lee
Lomasney
Curley
jJeaye
Tony” Maguire
Hime
City Hall
East Boston Minstrels Raise Funds for Free Home for Consumptives
East Boston's Lyceum Hall hosted the Young Ladies' Charitable Aid Society first stage appearance. The all female troupe performed sing songs and comic bits in burnt cork, with Miss Emma Harrigan as interlocutor and D. C. Crowley as musical director. Proceeds benefited the Free Home for Consumptives, raising hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Lady Minstrels
Lyceum Hall
Ferry
Ladies’ Charitable Aid Society
Billy Rice
Haverly
Mascot
Emma Harrigan
Songsters
Ruby
Posie
Dosie
Eva
Anna Kennedy
Elizabeth R. Porter
Tom Lane
Hodnett
Orient Heights
Tom Doherty
Sheehan
Barder Carl
Dr. Morrison
Dr. Parks
Snowball
Elizabeth Roche
Justine McNaughton
Helen Higgin
The
Association
Rose Butler
Katharine Clancy
Elizabeth Porter
Katharine L. Delehanty
Eunice Doherty
Ella Cram
Lillian B. Hartnett
Susan Hosson
Anina Low
Grace Mansfield
Frances Mallette
Annie McCarthy
Mary McCloskey
Annie
M. Niland
Mary McGurn
Helsa Slattery
Margaret Evans
Agnes Keenan
Winifred Golden
Mary Kelley
Louise Currie
Catharine Feeney
Josephine Hartnett
D. C. Crowley
A. L. McCormack
Boston Fruit steamer Brookline sails with bananas and cocoanuts
The cablegram says the Brookline left Port Antonio at 4 a m for Boston carrying 17 250 banana bunches and 850 cocoanuts and is due next Wednesday. The Mary Manning schooner was launched at Camden and will be commanded from Silvertown. The Luzon sails from Manila with hemp. the Carrie F Parsons arrives with 14 000 pounds of fish after storm. The Lone Star carries 2966 tons of anthracite, a port record. Pilot Bill McField returns after a Maine trip amid a hearty welcome. Captain McField’s crew includes Captains Abbott Leary and Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Fruit Company
Brookline
Anderson
Port Antonio
Jam
Boston
Mary Manning
Bean’s
Camden
J. Holmes
Megers
Smith & Townsend
Gloucester
Carrie EF. Parsons
A. T. Greenlow
Cash's
T Wharf
la Grippe
Lone Star
Boston Towboat Company
Mystic Wharf
Maine
Boston Pilot
Bill’” McField
Pilot No. 3
Piiot
McField
Bill Abbott
John Leary
Bill Fairfield
No Reply Yet to the U S on Mediation
Washington officials report silence from Japan and China on the U S mediation proposal in the Chinese Japanese war. Japan has not accepted nor notified, while China is said to have given reluctant assent hampered by unmet conditions. No halt to hostilities seems likely and diplomats question the mediation’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Japan
Dunn
Tokio
China
Denby
Gresham
Ten thousand dollar bazaar aids Tremont Temple rebuilding
The Horticultural Hall banquet celebrated a bazaar that netted about nine thousand dollars with over ten thousand raised toward rebuilding Tremont Temple. Dr. Lorimer, B F Bradbury, and E B Earle outlined receipts, expenses, and plans for a twenty thousand dollar goal as 400 guests heard progress reports and optimism for a September completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Lorimer
Bradbury
Horticultural Hall
Lorimer
B. F. Bradbury
McDonald
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Kermott
Wood
Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church
E. B. Earle
Chipman
O. M. Wentworth
Corporation For
Tremont Temple
Wentworth
Boston
C. J. Spencely
Spencely
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Brotherhood of America
Tremont
POST
Chinese Claim Successes at Port Arthur and Talien Wan
The Daily Graphic dispatch reports Chinese forces still hold two forts at Talien Wan and repulse a Japanese attack. Japanese forces close in around Port Arthur as Chinese troops resurge at Kinchow and Mo-Tien-Ling, with Japanese being routed and pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Graphic
Tien Tsin
Port Arthur
Talien Wan
Sung
Kinchow
Mo-Tien- Ling
Chinese Emperor Receives Foreign Ministers at Pekin Palace
Shanghai cor respondent reports the Emperor of China welcomed foreign ministers inside the Pekin Palace. Li Hung Chang faces sharp satire in Tien Tsin placards while maintaining cordial ties with imperial officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
Central News
China
Pekin Palace
Li Hung Chang
Tien Tsin
Wongpa
Times
Pekin
Strangler Case Baffles Denver Police as Rewards Grow
In Denver on Market Street a series of murders draws crowded attention and fear as authorities seek a killer. The Macy group offers a $1000 reward and suspects range from a depraved male to an insane jealous woman. Det. agencies unite, while a suspect named Dick Demady is released on bond amid ties to the Tapper case and Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Market Street
Macqgs
Dick Demady
Macy
Marie
Demady
Tony Sanders
London
Paris
All Lovely at Charlestown Report Praises Prison Warden
The Executive Council received a report from its special committee on the State Prison. The committee expresses unqualified satisfaction with Charlestown State Prison’s condition and praises Warden Bridges for restoring order and placing the institution in a creditable position for himself and the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
Charlestown State Prison
Bridges
Commonwealth
Medical regulation debated by Brooklyn and Boston liberty groups
A secret meeting at 559 Columbus Ave gathered eight participants from the Brooklyn Health Society and two liberty leagues to oppose medical practice controls. They denounced politics in medical legislation as selfish and monopolistic, warning it aims to restrict practice and curtail patient rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Health Society
New York Public Health and Constitutional Liberty League
National Constitutional Liberty League of Boston
Columbus Avenue
Dance Notice for Braintree Hall Union Council Event
A grand union council dance will be held at Long's Hall in Braintree by Weymouth Division 6 A O H and South Braintree Division 12 A O H on Friday evening November 16. A committee of eight members from the divisions oversees the affair, including John D. Conly P F Haviland W F Callahan W J Brickley Thomas Croke George J Slavin J W Carey and Charles Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long’s Hall
Braintree
Weymouth
A.O. H
South Braintree
John D. Conly
P. F. Haviland
W. F. Callahan
W. J. Brickley
Thomas Croke
George J. Slavin
J. W. Carey
Charles Riley
George Davis Chosen to Captain New York Team
New York reports George Davis will captain the club next season aligning with word that John Ward may retire from baseball after the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
New York
John Ward
George Davis
No License Meeting Scheduled at Music Hall
A union no license meeting is set for Music Hall next Sunday at 3 p m. John G Wooley Esq will deliver The Power of the People. All interested in city morals and citizenship are invited. Wooley also speaks to the Evangelical Alliance at Bromfield Street Church Monday Nov 19 at noon on The Power of the Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
John G. Wooley
Wooley
Evangelical Alliance
Bromfield Street
Portfolio Coupon Appears Tomorrow For Back Date Papers
The Post Portfolio coupon is crowded out today as buyers seek back date papers at the publication office. The coupon is set to appear tomorrow.
Winners Dined at Algonquin Club Dinner
The Merchants' Club hosted Governor Greenhalge and associates at a Boston dinner in honor of the recent election. Speakers included Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott Secretary Olin and Osborne Howes, with General Charles H. Taylor presiding. A long list of notable names attended, including Osborn Howes and a host of Boston leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Club
Algonquin Club
Greenhalge
Wolcott
Olin
Phillips
Knowlton
Charles H. Taylor
John Mason Little
Taylor
Boston
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Hall of Representatives
New State House
W. M. Olin
H. M. Phillips
C. H. Taylor
H. A. Thomas
A. Speare
G. P. Field
W. OO. Blaney
W. A. Rust
J. Hogg
F. F. Atkins
Oakes Ames
G. O. Carpenter
H. Gardner
BE. A. Taft
R. M. Field
S. P. Mandell
B. F. Stevens
Alex. Moseley
B. F. Guild
F. G. Webster
D. Loring, Jr
J. J. Myers
BE. R. Andrews
R. W. Wadleigh
A. Shuman
E. C. Morris
D. W. Rawlet
H. Whittington
Osborne Howes
W. L. Pierce
I. T. Burr
J. Parkinson
W. Richardson
A. W. Pope
G. Preston
C. E. Morrison
C. B. Perkins
Professor Bell Visits Town On Inventions And Energy
Professor Alexander Graham Bell arrived from Washington en route to Nova Scotia and spoke at the Parker House. He discussed energy conservation as a pure science, noted most experiments fail, and defended corporate patent rights while praising ongoing work in the electrical age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
Nova Scotia
Parker House
Bell
American Bell Telephone
Bell Telephone
Bell Telephone stockholders approve 1894 act increase
The Bell Telephone Company stockholders voted to issue 500000 more shares under the 1894 act. Professor Bell said he learned of the meeting from the evening papers and supports the capitalization as a legitimate fund-raising move to expand wiring lines and territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Episcopal Congress Debates Charity and Visiting Societies
A standing room crowd at Music Hall heard debates on how to aid the poor without pauperizing them. Robert Treat Paine urged friendly visiting societies and personal duty, praising Trinity Church’s model and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church Congress
Music Hall
Robert Treat Paine
Trinity Church
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Phillips Brooks
Paine
George F. Nelson
New York
Provident Loan Societies
R. F. Cutting
Japan
Reformers Propose Practical Aid for Pauper Problem
Speakers split on root causes with views ranging from Christian charity to labor unions. Rev. Reynolds links pauperism to sin and urges Sabbath discipline and neighborly duty, while Rev. Rainsford calls for skilled labor education, union support, and limiting immigration to curb unskilled excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Joseph Reynolds
New York
Brotherhood of God
W. S Rainsford
D. D
Boston
Free Medical Services Until Cured by Dr Dewey Specialist
Free medical services continue with examination and medical attendance at no charge. Medicines furnished at no expense and 2000 Boston residents attest to permanent cures of chronic diseases. Offices 7 and 8 Hotel Pelham 74 aor street hours listed daily with Sunday hours.
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Dewey
Boston
Hotel Pelham
Aor Street
That Hot Midnight Dinner at The Imperial Caf
A Boston Globe brief notes a striking promotion at The Imperial Caf offering a late night dinner from 10 to 8 each night. The item highlights the unusual hours and draws attention to the restaurant's midnight dining appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Caf
Boston Globe
Episcopalian Breakfast Honors Church Congress Delegates
The Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts hosted a breakfast at the Hotel Bruns wick for 250 attendees including Bishops Lawrence Sessums Hall and Thompson. Speakers urged private charity and church-led relief for the poor as the church congress began its Boston meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts
Hotel Bruns
A. J. C. Sowden
Lawrence
Sessums
Hall
Thompson
Church Congress
Boston
Massachusetts
Boston Public Library
Samuel Adams
Matthews
Congress
England
Louisiana
Harwood
Huntington, Holland
Arthur Brooks
Old Colony Pardon Petition Heard by Executive Council
The executive council received the report on Old Colony officials charged with inciting the Abington riot. The Governor referred the petition to the pardons committee, which set Monday at 7 for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Abington
Executive Council
Harris
Plymouth County
Committee On Pardons
Cause of O Connell's Death At City Hospital
Medical Examiner Draper reports Tim othy J OConnell died from a blow to the head causing a skull fracture. Michael J OConnell arrested last Tuesday on manslaughter charges will face examination in Municipal Criminal Court within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper
Timothy J. O’connell
Michael J. O’connell
O’connell
Municipal Criminal Court
Maxwell’s mother seriously ill in Cambridge trip
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General R A Maxwell of New York left for Cambridge Massachusetts this afternoon to be with his mother who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. A. Maxwell
New York
Cambridge
Mass
The Future of Boston presented by Charles Coffin
Charles Carleton Coffin discusses Boston’s future and rapid transit at the Second Nationalist Club meeting at No. 7 Park Square scheduled for 7 30 Sunday evening. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carleton Coffin
Boston
Nationalist Club
Park Square
National Lead declares dividends on stock classes
The National Lead Company board declares a 18 4 percent dividend on preferred stock and 1 percent on common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Lead Company
American Wringer Co. Broadway extension makers of wringers
City manufacturers of wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. All kinds of wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Wringer Co
Broadway Extension
Tremont
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Edward Everett Hale
Millard
Quai
Defence
Investi
A. W Wheele Co
U. S
Hood
Strangler Hunt
Mystery of French
Macys
Charlestown
Greenhalge & Co
Feast With Merchants’ Club
Prof. Bell
Telephone Company
R. Grattan Noland
Covington, Ky
Bell Agt
Rainsford
F. B. Allen
P. W. Sprague
C. B. Wilder
Lucius Waterman
Laconia
N. H
Alfred A. Butler
Red Wing
Minn
Bishop Thompson
St. Paul
Robert G. Noland
Covington
George Zabriskie
Zabriskie
John Fulton
Philadelphia
McConnell
E. A. George
Episcopal Breakfast
Wick
O'Connell
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