Pritchett Elected New Chairman of Franklin Fund Board
At a board meeting in the Mayor's Office Mayor Wheldon moved to elect President Pritchett of MIT as chairman to fill the vacancy from Mayor Collins’s death. A Carnegie letter acknowledged a $100000 appropriation and bonds transfer readiness. A three member committee was formed to推薦 a director for the union’s work.
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Franklin Fund
Whelton
Pritchett
Board of Managers
Collins
Andrew Carnegie
Franklin Union
J. J. Storrow
F. K. Foster
Canadian Pacific Agent Charged With 50000 Theft
A warrant was issued for David Hobbs customs agent for the Canadian Pacific railway in Montreal on October 20. Hobbs, an Englishman employed three years, faces charges of defalcation between $40,000 and $50,000. He is suspected of stealing aboard a steamer from New York or Boston to England last Thursday.
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Montreal
David Hobbs
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hobbs
York
Boston
England
Rulings on Speed Law Cases Put Burden on Alibi
Worcester Oct 20 Judge Samuel Utley ruled that the government need not prove automobilist identity in speed law violations. When defendants claim they were not in the car, they must establish an alibi. Today automobiles arraigned and in several cases where identity could not be proven fines of 15 dollars were imposed.
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Worcester
Samuel Utley
Central District Court
Power Brake Hearings Set to Start November Second
The Interstate Commerce Commission set November 2 for hearings on increasing the use of power brakes on freight cars after gathering data on current brake usage by U S railroads.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Recital by F Morse Wemple Enhances Conservatory Night
In Jordan Hall last evening a song recital was given by Mr. F Morse Wemple of the New England Conservatory of Music faculty. A large audience attended as Mr Wemple, noted for his rich baritone, delivered performances rarely heard at this level.
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Jordan Hall
F. Morse Wemple
New England Conservatory of Music
Wemple
Will Cremate Hooker Tablet Ends State Controversy
Joe Hooker will be cremated at noon in the State House to destroy a controversial tablet. Captain Remington will carry out the act by order of Lieutenant-Governor Curtis Guild. The incident, tied to aHooker controversy, has cost the state about $5000 in literature and tablet losses.
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Joe Hooker
State House
Fighting Joe
Remington
Curtis Guild
Hooker
Champion Runaway Boy Bids For Boston Title
Ernest Douglas a nine year old runaway from Nicholson Home Tyler Street Boston was found roaming Chelsea East Boston and Revere officers returned him each time. Patrolmen Bradley McChrystie and others located him at 4:30 am 2 pm and 2 oclock in Chelsea East Boston and Revere before the boy was finally kept safe at the home.
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Ernest Douglas
Boston
Chelsea
Bradley
Nicholson
Tyler Street
James McChrystie
Revere
Mutual aid union formed by Jordan Marsh employees
Jordan Marsh employees organize a mutual aid association offering sick and death benefits to members who have worked three consecutive months. The firm contributes 1000 dollars to the treasury as support. Officers include EF W Coombs president and A L Better vice president with a slate of directors serving one to three year terms.
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Jordan Marsh Company
EF. W. Coombs
A. L. Better
John F. Fitzgibbons
William J. Corbett
George H. Guest
O. G. Robinson
Alice A. Norris
J. J. Mundo
P. J. Barry
John V. Finn
Cassie J. Fuller
O. T. O'Leary
W. H. F. Brown
Susan D. Jones
Robert D. Watters
W. W. Willey
Record Breaking Orders for Railway Equipment
Railway Age reports contracts this week show freight equipment and locomotive orders set to surpass 1901 and 1902 records by end of 1905. One centene alone holds unfilled contracts totaling over 60,000 cars.
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Chicago
Dalton Man Chosen Director of Omaha Road
St Paul Minn October 20 Only one change occurred in the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha railroad directors at Hudson Wis meeting Zenas Crane of Dalton Massachusetts was elected to succeed H G Burt of Omaha whose term expired
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ST. Paul, Minn
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Hudson, Wis
Zenas Crane
Dalton
Mass
H. G Burt
Omaha
Navy finds Pay Director Ring negligent in duty
Washington Oct. 20 The Navy Department released a court of inquiry report on Pay Director James A Ring U S N finding him negligent and careless in duties at the Boston navy yard This conduct was called lax and inefficient but the court recommended no further action The department though noted it would be best to refuse his restoration to duty and expressed dissatisfaction with his actions
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Washington
Navy Department
James A. Ring
Boston Navy Yard
Ring
Boy and brother face deadly burn accident in homes
Meyer Stone age ten carried a lit oil stove with boiling soup as he descended stairs at 160 West Sixth Street. He tripped and soup spilled onto his two year old brother Louis who died from severe burns while Meyer suffered serious scalding injuries.
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Meyer Stone
West Sixth Street
Louis
Meyer
Lawrence Inn fight continues in liquor license hearing
The ongoing petition to revoke F O Libbey's inn license remains dramatic as witnesses testify in Lawrence tonight. A local paper report alleging collusion among the Mayor city marshal and liquor men was disputed by Colonel Sweeney who stood by the account. Mayor Lynch sent a letter regarding last night's coverage.
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Sweeney
Portrait of a Boston Newswoman in Tomorrow's Post
The passage hints at a Boston newswoman known to daily paper buyers. It promises a forthcoming feature with her photograph and life details, inviting readers to learn who she is and where she lives through tomorrow's Sunday Post.
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Boston
Sunday Post
Long Sentence for Carroll in Chelsea Street Attack
In Charlestown court Judge Bragg sentenced Thomas I Carroll to three years and Michael F McCarron to six months in the House of Correction after a Sunday morning incident in Chelsea Street. Carroll appealed after four counts including assaults on Sergeants Webster and Gould and on McTigne, plus a rescue attempt. McCarron appealed after being charged with assault on Webster. Webster and Gould showed injuries. Gould cannot yet perform street duty. McTigne bears an internal eye injury.
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Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Webster
Everett Gould
Bragg
Thomas I. Carroll
House of Correction
Michael F. McCarron
Carroll
Gould
McTigne
McCarron
Baby Peevish Weighs In on Lactated Food Endorsement
A historical testimonial from Mrs. C. E. Haughtaling of Goldbar Washington praises Lactated Food. She claims her son now sixteen and a half is 5ft 8in and 125 pounds at fifteen and her twin daughters are sixteen months old, all thriving on the product. She urges other mothers to try it and reports that other foods failed digestion.
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Seal Brand
Goldbar
Treatre Gossip Haunts Boston With Wide Stage Menu
The Boston theatre scene features Charles Klein's The Lion and the Mouse at Park Theatre with Grace Elliston and Edmund Breese and a stellar company. We Saw at the Majestic fulfills expectations while Fritzi Scheff shines at the Colonial in Mile. Modiste. The Bowdoin Square and Hollis Street houses host varied acts, with Caspar Miner's Americans and the Prodigal Son headed to Colonial Theatre and Globe. Theatres across Boston announce readings from Jerome K. Jerome and a London cast for The Duchess of Dantzic, plus Madisons and vaudeville acts at the Howard and Palace.
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Charles Klein
Park Theatre
Boston
Grace Elliston
Edmund Breese
Richard Bennett
Marguerite St. John
Frazer Coulter
M. J. Jordan
Sadie Stringham
Carolyn Elberts
Julia Hanchett
Marian Johnson
Harry J. West
Ruth Richmond
Martin Sabine
The
Majestic
Fritzi Scheff
Colonial Theatre
Babette
Two Roses
Miss Scheff
Tremont
Henrietta Crosman
Hollis Street Theatre
Mary
Eee
Jord Chumley
Richard Carvel
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
Globe Theatre
Thomas E. Shea
Napoleon the Great
Billy Ban
Grand Opera House
Keith
Hal Davis
Inez Macauley and Company
Stuart Barnes
Valdares
Ward and Curran
Kern
Pryors
Old Howard
Reno
Richards
Ed Gray
Merrymaker
Fitzgerald
Roma Sisters
Charlotte Hunt
Dora Thorne
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Watson
Columbia
Farren
Miner's
Bein
Prodigal Son
Edward Morgan
Drina de Wolfe
Liebler & Co
Gracie Emmett
Palace Theatre
Wine, Women and Song Company
Vanity Fair
Jerome K. Jerome
England
Duchess of Dantzic
London
Atlantic
Evie Greene
Holbrook Blinn
Pneumultiphone
Bruce Miller
Majestic Theatre
Dan McAvoy
Fifth Avenue Girls
Wright,Huntington and Company
Bellman and Moore
George C. Davis
Young and DeVole
Simpsons
Loomis
the Juggler
Edison’s
Kinetograph
Boston Theatre
Chicago Banks Subscribe to Cuban Bond Issue
Chicago banks subscribed today to a new Cuban government interior bond issue worth about 12 million dollars. The sale aims to refinance about 60 percent of the unpaid balance on previous debt, reflecting a push to stabilize Cuba’s finances amid postwar recovery.
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Chicago
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Ig Cewarte
Ment
Macallar Parker Company
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Vermont
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Neaar
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