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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
12
A store highlights three standout lots offering exceptional value. Morse-Made Superior Trousers priced at 2.50, with former prices listed as 3.50 5.00 and 7.00. New hats in various styles priced at 2 3 and 4.0.
Niagara Falls September convention of the United Typothete of America focuses on the eight-hour day. A telegram announces that J. W. Bramwood says President Lynch and Vice-President Hayes of the eight hour committee will visit tomorrow. The convention resolves to extend courtesies to the visitors.
At 8 Boylston Place the Boston Insulators signaled an agreement with W B Doyle of Binford Street South Boston. Hardwood Finishers Union 189 considered a new wage scale for Wood Workers District Council ratification. George M Gunther spoke as general organizer. J Metyer and A Stowe were elected to union posts. Newspaper Drivers and Helpers Union 259 held a decisive meeting at 724 Washington Street. H Leventhal invited members to his wedding at Concord Hall. Edward J Ryan was elected delegate to the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union convention in Philadelphia. James O Leary and James Gallagher elected delegates to the national convention in Buffalo. A special meeting is set for tonight. Woodworkers District Council meets at 45 Eliot Street.
Mary Rogers in Vermont faces possible execution as efforts to aid May Hope Young continue. Charles H. Nutt, chair of St Johnsbury Democratic Town Committee, telephoned to send a $25 cashier's check for Hope Young's relatives to present her appeal. He says he does not judge merit, but seeks justice for a denied last chance to prove innocence.
With peace talks at Portsmouth and the Russia Japan treaty near ratification, the Chicago & Northwestern is rushing a large order for new equipment for the Over and Limited, its daily Chicago to San Francisco limited. The move aims to handle expected Pacific coast traffic and imminent commercial expansion.
Baron Komura thanks Boston for kindness as he reflects on entering the United States. He notes a brilliant peace victory, asserts Japan’s aim to end the war with honor, and pledges peace and mutual respect with nations that honor independence.
The Japanese peace envoys aboard a special car departed South Station Platform 12 at 2 55 p m yesterday amid cheers as Baron Komura and his party boarded the train manned by the New Haven road. They had breakfast with the Naniwa Club at the Touraine and toured Harvard University before a brief parting in Boston. Also departing for New York were Peace Envoy Witte and party, with Witte aging in appearance and Rosen in a yacht cap and long overcoat.
Baron Komura and Minister Takahira will lunch with President Roosevelt next Saturday at Oyster Bay. They travel from New York on the naval yacht Sylph. That evening M. Witte and Baron Rosen will dine at Sagamore Hill, traveling by private car as preferred by M. Witte.
In Lowell Street, Benny Richman agrees to a week of silence for five dollars, with Max Cohen and Abey Keeler as bettors. Benny avoids talking, but a pinprick moment triggers his outburst, ending the wager when Samuel Raus hands Benny the five dollars amid residents watching.
A blaze at the New England Lace and Embroidery Company on Walnut Street West Roxbury totally destroyed the plant shortly after 1 am causing an estimated loss of 16000 dollars.
A New York hearing reveals thousands of proxies held by life insurance company officers. Testimony shows executives and relatives control annual meetings with high salaries and favored appointments. Proxies at Mutual Life and Metropolitan Life raise questions about voting rights and governance.
In Denver on September 6 a Grand Army of the Republic parade drew about 15 000 veterans. John Donaldson of St Louis collapsed with heart failure and was taken to hospital. Kansas supplied the largest contingent with nearly 2500 marchers, followed by Colorado and Wyoming with 1800. veterans from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio and Missouri also participated. The national encampment and the Woman's Relief Corps meeting open tomorrow morning.
New York on September 6 300 mail wagon drivers quit their posts at the foot of East Fifteenth Street and near the Mail street end of the post office as they began a strike at 10 30 tonight.
Myers Slotopolsky claims to have lost diamonds valued at $12,000 Tuesday and will pay $500 for their return without questions. He believes the gems were in a leather case with 28 packages and about 200 stones. Police examined the case but reported meagre clues and questioned whether the pocket was picked in Boston.
An exhibition on corset fitting was given by Miss Elizabeth A. C. White before Boston women at Horticultural Hall. Four models varied in figure from very thin to very fleshy. a corset fitter demonstrated loosening and tightening to achieve a balanced waist, leaving the models poised and upright.
Malden on September 6 reports City Auditor Henry A Wilder age 80 is seriously ill at his Beltram street home. Local officials and colleagues wish him well as he receives medical care.
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