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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1905
Page
12
State examiner reports findings from the Western Life Indemnity Company investigation in Chicago. The inquiry suggests that thousands of policyholders in assessment companies may have had their claims wiped out through company manipulation.
In a Soldiers Field scrimmage Harvard's varsity was scored on and defeated by its second team. Key newcomer Bob Guild joined the squad, while Palmer and Carr were sidelined with knee and side injuries respectively. The unfamiliar lineups included several players vying for ends and tackles as the session focused on evaluating depth.
Princeton faces Villanova at Princeton, Dartmouth plays Norwich at Hanover, Cornell meets Hamilton in Ithaca, Syracuse hosts Hobart in Syracuse, Lehigh battles Maryland Medical at South Bethlehem, and Hampshire College faces Bates at Durham.
At Oakley Park the Ohio stake for 2:09 class trotters produced Angiola victory after six heats. A fatal accident occurred when Woody R struck the fence in the first heat bursting a blood vessel and dying. driver J Miller slightly hurt. Burl Wilkes and Stein also won their events.
A disturbance on Ellet Street near Washington at about 2 am drew a large crowd after Mrs. Mary Sennett rushed into the street claiming she had been thrown down two flights of stairs and beaten by a hotel employee. The assailant was pursued into the building and beaten by bystanders before locking himself inside.
Charles E. Myer aged nine was struck by a heavy department store team on Hanover Street about 7 20 last evening. Two wheels passed over his body and he died later at his home on 9 Ringold Street.
Examiner Lucius Fronts reports 28 small insurers have merged into Western Life Indemnity. Policyholders of the original firms are effectively uninsured while continuing to pay premiums, a situation he says results from lawful absorption rather than fault of Western or absorbing companies.
Bretton Woods New Hampshire September 26. About 100 delegates from several states gathered for the opening session of the 26th national convention of state insurance commissioners at the Mt Washington Hotel. Frederick L. Cutting Massachusetts insurance commissioner urged stronger scrutiny of company statements and a higher standard of supervision to reveal deceptions and ensure thorough investigations of suspicious entries.
Hamilton Wright Mabie arriving on the Kurfurst described how American life insurance and cotton report scandals damaged U S credit among European leaders. He said it shamed honest Americans to hear German and French executives mock what they called American swindling and noted the facts are bad enough.
Albany report says Attorney General Meyer considers suits against Mutual Life and New York Life officers to force repayment of campaign funds donated to the firms in recent years. The move aims to restore money to each company's treasury under state law.
Wilkesbarre, Sept 26. President John Mitchell of the Miners Union outlines how he will present the miners demand to President Baer next spring. He states the union seeks recognition as a contracting party and the establishment of a maximum eight hour workday along with fixed wages and other employment conditions.
The World of Sport notes Redfern injured in an auto crash while en route to Brighton Beach track. It reports deaths and injuries in recent racing incidents including a steeplechase fatality at Churchill Downs and a trainer killed near Louisville. Marvin Hart seeks a bout with Fitz to prove he can win. Royal carists may pursue court action over Vanderbilt race car selections. Herman Long offered Boston Nationals manager post.
Dorchester High School football manager seeks to fill two open dates on the schedule. The list shows games from Sept 23 through Nov 30 with many at home and several away matchups against Medford Melrose Hyde Park Chelsea South Boston Roxbury Malden Salem Boston Latin Brighton Lawrence English High Somerville and M. A. H. 8S.
The Queen City, running between here and Seaconset, limped in after a dredger collision stove in nearly the entire port side. About 40 panic-stricken passengers arrived, many needing doctor attention after five hours of nervous strain.
The Queen City was wrecked by a gale when it struck Tiverton bridge arch, crushing hull and deck fittings. Water flooded the hold as passengers panicked. lifeboats deployed and the vessel reached Seaconset for temporary repairs before moving on.
In Spring Hill Nova Scotia educated by Sept 26 workers from the Mechanics Lodge of the Provincial Workmen’s Association at Spring Hill Mines and Railway Co struck for higher wages from 12 to 14 cents and new hours. About 1400 miners were affected as mines closed and engineers and other mechanics joined the stoppage while miners did not strike.
An early evening Boston and Maine train to Boston was halted twice in Lynn to summon police to quell a disturbance in the smoking car arising from six strike breakers from Walton and Logan's shoe factory.
Men returning to Chelsea from Lynn were attacked by strike sympathizers as the train departed. A revolver fired grazing Eugene Holmes and injuring Charles Breslin who was pushed from the moving car. Police could not identify the gunman. several others had minor injuries. No arrests were made.
Burlington Vermont September 26 The erection and endowment of a state tuberculosis hospital by United States Senator Redfern Proctor was announced today by Dr W M Bryant Senator Proctor will provide a site a building costing not less than 50000 and an endowment of 100000 The hospital will house 25 or 30 patients and the offer comes at the request of his children
Bridgewater September report says authorities hope to ID the convict Francis who fled the State farm over a week ago. A peculiar thick lip and deep mouth curve are noted as identifiers while a reward is offered. He was thought to be in Roxbury yesterday but no trace found.
Memorial Hall in Cambridge expanded this summer to 28 by 1100 feet, adding 1000 square feet of floor space and capacity for 1400, up from 1200. The student run dining hall employs 125 colored waiters and 125 kitchen staff, with its own utilities. It offers meals at 4 to 50 dollars a week, features portraits of Harvard notables, and includes a new portrait of Senator Hoar.
The Boston memorial effort to honor Mayor Collins advances with a committee report and a planned $26,000 fund raising. Notables including Curtis Guild Jr and Bishop Lawrence attend, while Gov. Douglas and Major Higginson send regrets and support. The memorial’s design will be chosen later.
A collective note from six powers to the Porte declares their decision to assume international control of Macedonia finances is final. Comptrollers will arrive in Salonica on October 1, and instructions are asked for provincial authorities to allow immediate entry. Friction grows with the British embassy over delayed indemnity payments to owners of British dhows attacked by Arab pirates.
A Boston banking fortune tied to Ellen Buckley, a former nursemaid who vanished in 1879 after leaving funds in local banks. Lawyers seek the heiress or kin for banks, with Miss Lincoln of 653 Massachusetts Avenue acting for friends abroad. Clues suggest the Irish beauty may be married.
Two men entered Isaac Rosen's shop on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston to buy a hat. They assaulted gagged and robbed Rosen, taking his watch and closing in on the cash drawer before fleeing when frightened away.
Frank Flanagan of Samoset Street Dorchester pitched forward and fell under the wheels of a grocery wagon from the M. O Keeffe Company while awaiting a car at Dorchester Avenue and Freeport Street yesterday. He died five minutes later from internal injuries.
The Street Railway Men's Mechanical and Electrical Association elected officers. President H. H. Adams of Boston. first vice president F. G. Simmons of Milwaukee. second vice president J. S. Doyle of New York. third vice president Paul Winsor of Boston. secretary and treasurer S. W. Mower of Detroit.
An Evening Sun dispatch from Manila describes a devastating typhoon that swept native districts, left 8000 homeless, killed five Filipinos, unroofed hundreds of buildings, and felled thousands of electric wires. The city lay in darkness with traffic halted as ships remained unseen due to rain.
St Louis announced that William H. Clopton Jr. of the Thirteenth United States Cavalry will wed Miss Corcoran of Lynn on October 11 at Lynn. The wedding will feature Thirteenth Cavalry officers as ushers and grooms men with Thirty-second Infantry officers also taking part. Clapton arrives from Fort Sill on October 2 and will hold a farewell bachelor dinner in Lynn.
Flames engulfed the Tremont building as Patrick Buckley of Ladder 1 leaped into the rear elevator shaft and ordered it to the top floor. Firefighters credit the daring move with halting the spread while elevator operator W. J. Atkin also assisted by sending the first car to the fourth floor.
Medford officers recover an 88 calibre revolver while draining a Tufts College hill reservoir. Police say two of its seven chambers were empty and match the 88 calibre bullet that killed Nellie Sturtevant near her home about two years ago. The discovery links the weapon to the long unsolved murder case.
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