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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post notes a New Jersey Court of Common Pleas ruling that a debtor jailed for debt could remain imprisoned indefinitely under the federal bankruptcy act, highlighting gaps in relief. It contrasts with a prior eccentric ruling that a dollar could be recovered for the loss of a child, urging Congress to amend the bankruptcy law.
The Highth Massachusetts Volunteers arrived in Boston to a sincere and hearty welcome. It marks almost a year since they left Framingham for the United States service and their long Cuban occupation duty amid hardships at Chickamauga. The homecoming ends Massachusetts participation in the Spanish war with a record of honorable service.
The piece warns of a proposed Coffin Trust to cover 90 percent of coffin manufacturers with $20 million capital starting May 1. It predicts closing independent plants, affecting about 6000 workers, raising prices, and extending the reach of trusts into the grave.
The Field brothers of Haddam Connecticut influenced U S history across law science and media. Judge Stephen J Field, died in Washington, after a long Supreme Court tenure begun in 1863 by Lincoln. Cyrus W Field opened the first Atlantic cable while David Dudley Field led the legal profession and Henry M Field gained fame in theology and letters.
The Italian government refuses to return the murderer Di Blasi for trial, mirroring international practice. If Boston evidence in affidavits is admitted in Italian courts, trials may proceed. otherwise witnesses would need to travel to Palermo at an estimated cost of about $25,000, a burden officials consider unnecessary.
The speaker insists that money cannot trump the state’s authority in a case where a man shot a public officer in performance of duty. The long arm of justice must reach the murderer, even across the sea, to uphold government respect and public safety.
The New York stock market faced a sharp decline as banks tightened money and cut collateral while markets show signs of liquidation. London buyers and Flower stock activity hint at a forthcoming bull move, with Captain-General Flower claiming substantial cash to drive a rally.
An American traveler recalls a favorite city of Mexico pastime where vampires, or bloodsucking bats, enter club rooms. They are captured with a shawl, a cigarette is lit and inserted into the bat’s mouth, and the creature is released to fly and smoke. The smoke normally kills the bat before it finishes.
The piece notes a windy ride with a Newton tandem rider and a dramatic Boston Theatre opera night led by Emma Eames with praise for Jul ian Story. It covers Jean de Reszke earning francs per performance and a humorous hat fire at a drugstore. It mentions the Fifth Regiment band under John E Lynn planning concerts in towns including Quincy. A Kansas storyteller left his name at the Parker House register.
A lyric from the Atlanta Constitution celebrates Boston travelers touring the South. The verse imagines Boston boys in Dixie enjoying spring, summer, melon, possum pie, and Southern scenes with humorous dialect.
The report lists Ernest T. Hooley to be freed by British treasury after bankruptcy. George D. Meiklejohn named Knight of Royal Order of the Sword by Sweden. Emperor William I shifts to typed reports. James Clark 99 dies in St Louis. Grover Cleveland to sit for a motorized photo scope. Henry Delves Broughton, recluse baronet, dies, leaving substantial fortune and charitable legacy.
A collage of humorous lines from Chicago papers and others, featuring pithy exchanges on fortune and poverty, politics, navy needs, and a Turkish ambassador joke about sweets. The item preserves dated newspaper voice and varied sources in a single humor roundup.
Lieutenant Teddy Walker shields a broken heart as he heads to Cuba. He woos Dorothea Blake then meets death in the San Juan campaign, leaving a final note for Dolly that reveals a broken engagement and a new romance.
New York April 9 Rudyard Kipling is compiling a new book with publisher Doubleday. The volume will include Letters of Marque The City of Dreadful Night American Notes and Travels under the working title From Sea to Sea. Earlier City of Dreadful Night was suppressed for realism but the new edition may pass with fewer edits.
A brief puzzle item notes a riddle from Columbian Charades by Lee and Shepard. It hints at a wordplay where My First My Second and My Whole form a clue and mentions Marmion and a retreat. The piece presents a playful answer prompt for readers to solve tomorrow.
Dr Lorimer at Tremont Temple argues true religion underpins stability and denounces treating God like a Tammany chief. He urges eradication of polygamy, liquor, and calls for missionary work to Cuba and Porto Rico, warning against national decline.
Two ocean liners the Catalonia of Cunard and the Buenos Ayrean of Allan docked at East Boston yesterday. Captain Stephens reported a hurricane gale and fog on the Catalonia's voyage from Liverpool, while the Buenos Ayrean faced a 20 hour gale with oil cargo incidents injuring Captain McDougall. Other arrivals included the Cunard Altonia, the Boston, and the Parthenia from Nova Scotia, with notes on cargoes and passenger lists. The Meade transport, formerly City of Berlin, arrived with returning soldiers, piloted by Captain Joe Fawcett, as local crowds cheered notably Manhattans planned return voyage with the Somers torpedo boat.
Funeral services for the Andrews and St John families, who died in Friday’s fire, were held at the Fifth Avenue home with intimate attendance. Detective and fire officials investigated possible incendiary origins and interior ruin, noting a defective flue may have sparked the blaze and that the house, built ten years ago, lacked electric wiring.
Chicago April 9 The Legislator passed a game law to fine a woman for wearing a stuffed bird on her hat. The act prohibits possession sale or display of feathers skins or bird parts for millinery and makes violators misdemeanants with fines from two dollars upward.
Despatch reports Lady Lucas Lane don Nicholas of Nicholas Manor Montpelier Vermont seriously ill with death momentarily expected. She is mother of the late Washington Irving Bishop famed mind reader.
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