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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1899
Page
9
Washington dispatch notes divisions among delegations over the speakership. The East seeks unity to boost its nominee while the West, though larger in number, shows internal rifts. In New York Sherman and Payne are possible contenders amid stringent party discipline led by Mr. Platt.
The text outlines sectional contests among GOP figures. In Ohio Grosvenor faces Burton, with Hanna backing possible but split by anti-Hanna forces. Illinois pits Cannon against Hopkins, with a likely withdrawal. Iowa shows Henderson versus Hull, unit rule favoring Henderson. Dalzell from Pennsylvania could meet Quay opposition.
At the American Statistical Association meeting Frederick A. Bushee presented a paper on Boston's population growth due to immigration. He notes emigration to the city is larger there than in many U S cities, with the old Americans making up less than one sixteenth and Irish as the leading nationality near half of the total. He concludes Boston remains fairly representative with assimilation eased by English speaking major groups.
Washington dispatch reports claims the training ship Enterprise is unseaworthy but Commander Wise supervising the ship’s spring cleaning declares her thoroughly sound. He inspected the hull timbers caulking and Sails noting all spars boats and overhauls by cadets. vows the vessel will be seaworthy when dry dock ends.
The Fronde notes three plague cases in Paris tied to a draper's shop workforce. Workers reportedly contracted the disease from handling recently imported oriental car pets.
A Treasury Bureau letter notes strong demand for American goods in South America yet shows U S merchants failing to expand trade. It cites rising imports from Germany Italy and Britain into Argentina while U S imports fall. It predicts entry into Paraguay Bolivia and Chile via soon to be connected rail lines.
The Cunard liner Altonia held a luncheon on board for about 200 New England agents and guests yesterday. Captain Potter inspected lifeboat readiness after a dockside welcome by Thomas J. Edwards. The vessel, arrived Monday, sails today at 6 p.m. for Liverpool and is noted as the largest freighter built in an English yard with strong third class accommodations.
A joint committee of the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council will again try to start probes into charges by discharged employees against the reform school at Rainsford Island. The prior attempt failed for lack of a quorum.
Chief Carpenter Edward H. Hay of the Charlestown Navy Yard was ordered to report immediately to join the Guam expedition aboard the Yosemite in New York. Hay, a longtime Charlestown resident, will depart with a Yosemite crew. Lieutenant-Colonel Gochrane is expected to arrive to take command at the yard, replacing Captain Laurence H. Moses.
The body of Mrs Amos Palmer of Providence was transported to Rochester New Hampshire where services were held at the cemetery chapel officiated by Reverend W H Walbridge.
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