Statute Changes Sought By Fraternal Benefit Groups
Hearing on insurance statutes postponed due to Herbert Parker's absence as special session opens. Delegates from Knights and Ladies of Honor, Knights of Pythias, United Commercial Travellers and other orders urged amendments to sections 16 and 13 of Chapter 119 to ease member recruitment and exceptions for accident-only benefit structures. Delegates from several associations praised current laws and urged formal written submissions.
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Herbert Parker
State House
Royal Arcanum
Parker
Springfield
Kyle
Long
Bearse
Doyle
O’brien
Teeling
Seward
Dean
Ferber
Samuel Hathaway
Supreme Trustee of Knights and Ladies of Honor
Knights of Pythias
H. Eustis Newton
Order of United Commercial Travellers
National Fraternal Congress
Order of United Travellers
George E. Hunt
Boston
Newton
Fight on Mayor in Own Ward
Ward 24 Dorchester factions clash as Fitzgerald allies and Sullivan Phillips Riley and Kelly duel over control of local patronage and a state delegation. Hoar leads Fitzgerald supporters planning a Field’s Corner meeting to declare the mayor’s position amid mounting intra party tensions.
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Fitzgerald
Dorchester
Field’s Corner
Democratic Committee
John J. Hoar
Hoar
Daniel P. Sullivan
Sanitary Department
George Phillips
Sullivan
Phillips
Riley
Democratic Ward Committee
James Kelly
Sullivan-Phillips-Riley-Kelly
Kelly
Fitzgerald Committee
Sullivan-Phillips
Field
Messrs
Harmony
Run on Hibernia Bank Hits San Francisco
Depositors at Hibernia Savings Bank, with 86 000 customers and deposits over 30 million dollars, began a run in San Francisco on September 11. Police were dispatched to maintain order as tellers paid off customers. bank officer Joseph S Tobin cited no known reason for the run.
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San Francisco
Hibernia Savings Banks
Joseph S. Tobin
Camille Clifford and titled France plan New England auto tour
London reports Camille Clifford and Hon. Henry Lynnhurst Bruce, soon to marry, will open a garage near Mayfair funded by their money. The couple intends to tour New England in a big French touring car later this fall, with a Boston honeymoon likely. Bruce hopes to prove he can support his wife despite Lord Aberdare’s opposition.
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London
Henry Lynnhurst Bruce
Lord Aberdare
Camille Clifford
Boston, Mass
Camille
Mayfair
Boston
Mass
Henry
Massachusetts
Henry Lyndhurst Bruce
Automobile
France
America
Explorers to Seek Both Poles in Polar Congress
Dr Jean Charcot announced a south pole expedition while Charles Benard of the Belgian Oceanographic Society outlined a north pole mission. Both plans involve two ships in wireless contact, aiming to drift toward the pole and enduring about three years with a $300000 budget.
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Brussels
Jean Charcot
South Pole
Charles Benard
Belgian Oceanographic Society
North Pole
Scot
M. Benard
Buenos Ayres
Puerto Madrid
Argentina
Spain Reaches Vatican Accord Assurance
Rome reports the Spanish Cabinet will not pursue further ecclesiastical reforms and will keep the concordat intact. Vatican officials say assurances have been received confirming this stance.
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Rome
Vatican
Thaw Case Focus Returns on Edna Goodrich
Assistant District Attorney Garvan resumed the Harry Thaw case in New York and summoned witnesses including actress Edna Goodrich who is linked to Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White. Goodrich and her mother were at the Corsican while Burns the chauffeur testified about Nesbit’s meetings with White after her marriage.
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New York
Garvan
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Edna Goodrich
Evelyn Nesbit
White
King
Miss Goodrich
Crossic
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Mrs. King
Mr. Garvan
Burns
Harry K. Thaw
Train Kills Father and Daughter in Bowenville Crash
The evening steamboat train from Boston to Newport struck and killed John Sullivan and his 4 year old daughter at Cory street Bowenville suburb. Sullivan was 30 years old and employed in a brewery.
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Fall River
Boston
Newport
John Sullivan
Bowenville
Sullivan
Cory Street
Government on Isthmus Finds Million Dollar Junk
Washington reports government records show 7200 tons of cast iron junk sold on the Isthmus for 60000 dollars, but $1,000,000 worth of junk was found from the French Panama Company. Scrap iron fills acres of ground with machines and 20 Belgian engines deemed obsolete.
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Washington
Isthmus
Panama Company
Stevens
Fear grows for United Fruit Steamer Brewster missing after hurricane
Officials express great concern for the Brewster of United Fruit Company after it left Boston for Jamaica on Sept 1 and went five days overdue amid a powerful Atlantic hurricane. German crew, built 1903, triple expansion engines, towing gear. Other overdue ships Simon Admiral Schrey Hathor not sighted Brewster. two ships reported late arrival.
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United Fruit Company
Brewster
Boston
Jamaica
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
West Indies
Hamburg
Gulf Ports
Simon
Admiral Schrey
Hathor
Progreso
Mex
New Haven
Sultan Abdul Hamid II Incurably Ill In Constantinople
The Ottoman ruler Abdul Hamid II, who began his reign in 1878, is described as incurably ill with a long standing prostate condition. Doctors planned surgery years ago, but he refused operatio n and favors home remedies and Arab medical wisdom over medical science.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid II
Padishah
Abdul Hamid
Anti Foreign Feeling in China Surges
Washington dispatches report rising anti foreign sentiment in China with popular hostility extending beyond Americans to all foreigners except Japanese. A significant political faction is mounting active propaganda, alarming Americans with financial interests in the Orient.
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Washington, D. C
China
Orient
Cut in fight over Joe Gans sparks arrests
Officers from Division 3 arrested William Purcell and Lucy Miller on assault charges after a Winchester Street quarrel with Augustus C. Victor who required scalp wounds dressed at Massachusetts General Hospital. The brawl centered on boxer Joe Gans and Jack Johnson with Purcell allegedly drawing a knife. Purcell and Miss Miller were to appear in court today.
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William Purcell
Winchester Street
Lucy Miller
Augustus C. Victor
Stanhope Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joe Gans
Jack Johnson
Purcell
Victor
Miller
Miss Miller
Army officers must learn to cook demands
Washington reports Commissary General Sharpe orders army officers to learn cooking. Officers lacking skill must attend cooking school No. 2 or face assignment changes. Three private cooking schools exist, with a plan for a fourth in the Philippines to ensure officers can prepare meals.
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U. S. Army
Washington
Army Cooking School No. 2
War Department
Sharpe
Army
Subsistence Department
Philippines
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Knights of Honor
N. Thomas Merritt
Merritt
J. M. McKissock
Lowell Firemen’s Fund Association
James Pringle
Lawrence Wool Sorters’ Benefit Association
James W. Riley
Purchase Relief Association of
Lawrence
BIG Frisco Bank
New England
Poles
Spain
Underberg
Boonekamp Bitters
U. S
H.underberg Albrecht
Rheinberg
Germany
Luytiess Brothe
William Street
Neva Coe In
Train
United Fruit
Old South Bldg
The
New England Gas & Coke Co
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