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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
12
Mazet investigating committee plans to hear Mr. Croker next Friday about matters related to Albany and Frank Moss. Croker denounces the probe as revenge for disappointments including the Amsterdam avenue grab and the Astoria gas bill. He defends not appearing without a valid subpoena.
Boston Yale alumni name Alfred L. Ripley of class 1878 as candidate to fill the Yale Corporation vacancy created by the death of Edward G. Mason of Chicago. A circular cites broad support beyond Boston with signatures from New Haven Hartford New York Chicago and Cincinnati. Boston signers include Judge C Marcus P Knowlton and other notable figures. Ripley is recognized as a financial writer with strong regional backing.
Lima reports General Pando defeats President Alonzo’s army and occupies Oruro, the rebel leader’s base. Alonzo and his ministers flee to Antofagasta as the Bolivian conflict escalates.
In Toronto on April 11, locomotive engineers and firemen on the Grand Trunk railway threaten to strike if their demands for shorter working hours and higher wages are not met.
The State Department cannot surrender Santiago Morphy, an embezzling employee of the Mexican National Bank, who is detained in Kansas City. He is expected to be discharged.
The Boston Theatre presented Cinderella last night for the American Invalid Aid Society. Principal players included Eleanor M. Palfrey James Burgess Green Grace Estelle Clarke Laurence Cine Cora F Hayden Nellie F Walker Rupert L Ridgeway Porter E Brown and Arthur P Young under W P Nickerson. The show featured pretty fancy dances and a creditable Fairy Tale rendering. The same bill is slated for this afternoon and the following evenings with Our New England planned for tonight and later dates.
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