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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post criticizes the telephone monopoly for using many unregistered lobbyists at the State House and hotels. It calls for full compliance with the lobby law and says only one paid attorney appeared before the legislature. It urges action to force registration of all agents.
The London Daily Mail calls for continued fight in the Philippines while other journals echo the line. The piece argues Americans should ignore continental critics and values independence, insisting the republic's strength rests on maintaining its own opinion and influence worldwide.
The text notes the fiscal year burden and potential deficit or tax rise as presidential election nears. It argues imperialism pressures push the administration into difficulty.
The article questions the rush to solicit national subscriptions for New York’s underground rapid transit project. It notes newspapers in New York, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo and Boston urging outside contributions and asks what happened to New York’s own funds. It suggests New York should request aid from Boston to finish the financing.
The article analyzes Thomas B. Reed’s retirement from the Speaker’s chair and its potential impact on Hanna McKinley and 1900 renomination. It debates whether Reed’s exit eases administration obstacles, alters the balance in the next Congress, and whether Reed as a private citizen could threaten McKinley’s ambitions.
A Boston audience enjoyed a wig mishap during a Hollis theatre performance of Trelawny of the Wells with Mary Mannering. other items include Attorney-General Knowlton’s gubernatorial prospects, Rev E A Horton’s anti expansion remarks, Dawes tablet unveiling by Kin gs Chapel, and social chatter on potters and actors.
The piece weighs the clash between General Lawton's demand for 100000 troops to conquer the Philippines and General Otis's claim 30000 will suffice, while General Wood warns 100000 are needed to quell brigandage in Cuba and Porto Rico presses for self government. It questions how to sustain a 65000-strong regular force as volunteers near term enlistments end and Congress debates a 35000 volunteer addition.
A note indicates the engagement of Gordon Knox Bell of New York to be married on May 11. A quoted man reflects on wasted time in discovering his boss’s lack of smell, while a Portland party including Lang, his wife, daughter, and the Misses Jacobs arrived in Paris on Wednesday.
The poem recalls Bill Jenks long mayoral run then death, noting his ignorance and quirks. It praises his poker prowess as unmatched in the Rocky Mountain region while condemning his flaws. The verse ends with a tribute from a New York Times reader.
The Graves essay prizes of 20 dollars each were awarded to Henry R. Conger James H Hills John S Oakman Edward F Taylor Edward R Tinker and Irving D Wildey. Emile Zola plans Parisian and London newspaper work with English translation by dictionary aid.
The fragmentary OCR combines snatches from Chicago Tribune Detroit Journal and New York Weekly. It hints at letters to Hankinson, a mourning scene, and a Chinese official quibbling over American action while referencing earthquakes and American gun tests at Sandy Hook.
May Wheeler falls ill, recalls a past prank with a Violet note that balanced a ledger. Robert Gray from Dover returns, they confess love, marry in a Christmas ceremony, and keep the violet connection as their secret.
A brief puzzle note from Lee and Shepard for April 21. It presents two chained clues and a hidden answer theme referencing a prior solution FARE WELL. The text hints at a riddle about gaining a kingdom and a father’s freedom with a dramatic revelation of a vacant body.
The funeral of ex mayor Courtney was held at St Michael Church in Lowell. Lowell lodge of Elks escorted the body and prominent locals including Mayor Crowley, the city government, Lowell lawyers, and a Boston Redberry Club delegation attended. Interment followed at Gorham Street Catholic cemetery with pallbearers led by John F E Drury and Harvey Collison.
A branch of the Irish National Foresters Benefit Society will be organized next Sunday at 3 p.m. in Fraternity Hall on Portland Street East Cambridge. Officers assisting include S. E. B., H. C. R., James H. McGlynn, G. S., John A. Rose, T. Thomas Mullen, and numerous branch officers from Rhode Island. Also present are Edmund Phelan, C. R., Henry Grattan of Boston, J. P. Hutchinson, sub chief ranger, and other members of the branch.
A public temperance meeting will be held this evening at St Patrick's parochial school hall Forest street Roxbury under St Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society. Edward F Slattery and James O Sullivan of Lowell will speak. James F Dooley will preside. Edmund Phelan C J Shea and Joseph L Kelley serve on the arrangements committee.
The executive committee met at Mt Vernon street rooms to wind up the organization. Chairman Eben S. Draper presided as a report of work accomplished was presented and approved for publication. A three member board was named trustees to oversee remaining funds and a committee chosen to distribute leftover supplies.
In Westminster Abbey on April 20 Lady Margaret Rosebery known as Peggy married the Earl of Crewe. The Prince of Wales attended with a crowd of peers and famous guests including Lord Rosebery and Sir Henry Irving. The ceremony featured lavish gowns, gifts from royal and noble sponsors, and a Dublin Ireland service background. The couple plans a Welbeck Abbey honeymoon.
Ensign Robert W. Henderson of the U S 8 Brooklyn resigns from the navy after agreeing to marry Miss Genevieve Cronin of a wealthy New Haven family. Henderson served on the battleship Texas in the fight off Santiago.
Industrial Commission heard P. M. Arthur and McGuire discuss union finances and strike history. Arthur cited 90 percent of 36,000 locomotive engineers in unions and a $100,000 strike fund with $42,000 disbursed for widows and orphans last year. He noted insurance paid about $8,900. McGuire traced carpenters’ strikes since 1888, current low strike activity, wage gains over 30 years, and views on child labor and immigration.
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