The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-06-14
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l6peclal Corresponoence.)
The summer cruise OF the Massachu-
sets schoolship Enterprise, which was
to be started about June 10, will In all
probability have TO be postponed until
later ia the month owing TO the In
completion of repairs TO the boilers.
The ship would have been ready for
sea had II not been for the strike or
the boiler makers at the Atlantic
works The commissioners secured per-
mission from Washington 10 have the
repairs compleed at the navy yard,
but owing to the rush Of work on the
vessels there, which are 10 attend the
naval review at Hampton Roads on
June 10, the work on the Enterprise
has been delayed
In spite of the stories that have
come from st. Louis and Chicago OF a
big rise in the wholesale price Of beef
and lamb, the prices in Boston have
not gone beyond reason yet. Dealers
said recently that they do not expect
meat to 90 so high at present that
relatively poor men will not be able
to afford it, They do say the supply
is almost % percent short at present
on beef and lamb, and that pork Is
plentiful and with prices very little In
advance OF the normal.
The retail prices vary greatly, some
OF the retailers having swallowed the
packers rise In prices themselves
and refused to charge their customers
the difference.
That Boston still has a problem OF
the unemployed" Is clearly shown by
the latest report Of the state employ
ment bureau, which covers the period
from Dec. z, 1906. to April 30, 1907,
and shows that .45f persons regis
tered applications for employment
from Boston and 5G01 from out-of-town
places, Cambridge leading with 1908
and Somervile being next with 776.
From these figures the applications
run all the way down to one from
each of several small towns, and there
are even some from outside the state
altogether.
The work continues to reach from
rs TO 225 people daily in all depart
ments. II is interesting to note that
the Office has provided some 1000 per
sons with places during the four
months it has been in operation.
Announcement was made a few days
ago of the formation in this city of
the American Society for Promoting
Criminal Anthropology. the object OF
which is to collate and publish the
work Of specialists, scientific and prac-
tical, psychological and anthropologi-
cal, throughout the world in the causes
and sources Of crime and modes OF pre-
vention; to exert a constant pressure
toward wiser and more human legis-
lation, judiciature and penal treatment,
to aid in making possible the restora-
ton of the ex-convict to an honorable
place in society.
The society will aim to present the
case from the point OF view Of social
protection by reformation Of the anti
social protection by reformation of the
anti-sccial elements. 1t also will pub
lish the American Journal of Grimm
ology, the advisory editorial board Of
which will include men eminent in
Europe and America.
Shortly after the bells had tolled
midnight, young man was seen
standing at Coolidge Corner, out in
Brookline, conversing over the outdoor
telephone, which has the appearance
of a mail box. He was accompanied
by two other men in an automobile,
and, despite the fact that appearances
are oftentimes deCeiying, the three
jolly rovers seemed TO bee having the
times of their lives. The conversation
sounded like the following: is that
you, dear? Well, won't be home
tonight, as there are two customers in
town from New York. and | am busy
displaying my goods az the hotel
Good-by." Then followed merry
laugh and the honk honk OF the auto.
A fund connected with the estate OF
a man who died in 1885, was the sub
ject OF a hearing in the probate court
last week. In that year Ellis Gray of
Boston died, but LIS estate was never
settled. as sufficient money was not
available TO pay the creditors until
1898, The probate Judge in that year
found that all the creditors OF the es-
tate were dead, and he deposited the
money In a savings bank. Several
years ago a man filed a.hdavits in an
attempt TO prove that certain persons
were The heirs Of the deceased credi-
tors. Later this man abscondod and
the fund, which now amounts TO Sl5,-
coo, was not distributed by the court.
The commonwealth of Massachu-
sets now claims tina. there are no
heirs of Gray's credi ors, and petitions
TO have the money turned into the
state treasury. A decision will be