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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1900
Page
6
In a wide critique the sane organs warn Congress that Puerto Rico franchise looting under civil government plan will be central in the presidential campaign. They claim alien carpetbag control is unwise and Porto Ricans should share in public franchise distribution.
Delegates of the fifth annual convention are welcomed to Boston. The Governor and Mayor will speak at Tremont Temple this forenoon. Committees have arranged an entertaining program including a Thursday banquet. Officials aim to show Boston’s hospitality and facilities, though weather remains unpredictable.
Cabinet notes progress in the Turkish indemnity dispute with Abdul Hamid citing faith as a barrier to payment. The Sultan promises to permit missionary rebuilding under existing trade rules and to pay on the same terms as other nations, a policy Turkey has never fully honored.
South Africa reports warn Boers may blow Johannesburg gold mines and threaten the city. London squirmed as investors react, with officials like Joseph Chamberlain weighing warnings to Kruger amid uncertain proof.
The article charges the Dingley tariff for enabling the Steel and Wire Trust to manipulate markets. It claims the trust raised wire nail prices in the United States and supplied England with 60 percent of its nails, profits funded by inflated capital. It asserts job losses and payback through stock gambling, calls for congressional investigation, and blames the Republican tariff for perpetuating abuses.
The committee report on Senator Clark of Montana declares he was not duly elected, likely vacating his seat. It contrasts Clark’s direct bribery with Quay of Pennsylvania, who is accused of long term corruption, arguing the moral stand against Quay is weaker than against Clark and accusing Senate votes of hypocrisy.
A rain soaked young man borrows a girl's umbrella then vows to return it the next night. Lacking her name and exact address he questions an elderly couple and a practical joker, seeking the home of the girl with elderly parents and a single daughter.
A quarrel erupts when a well aimed kick sends a prankish neighbor sprawling on the lawn and wrecks a borrowed umbrella. The young man refuses to return the umbrella, citing its poor condition and the earlier hoax.
The city’s Museum M faces upheaval as longtime manager McKee exits and Ben de Rou Kian takes over duties for the rest of the season. The change follows illness and rumors of further departures, with open water bathing and stamps sale topics mingling in a sprawling public page.
The estate of Dr. Thomas W. Evans aims to realize nearly 4 million dollars with a portion earmarked to establish a Philadelphia museum. English actor Herman Vezin nears fifty years on stage with Stratford memorial events. A stained glass window honors Bishop Williams at Berkeley Divinity School Middletown. Senator Aldrich, back from Cuba, praises the island climate as a future American winter retreat.
A Royal poem by the Queen of Roumania praises Britain over South Africa. A Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese wives of foreign ministers upset by Empress Dowager’s reception of her nephew and subjects. Miss Winter becomes governess to Roumania’s Crown Prince and Crown Princess children. Queen Victoria is inspired by troops in South Africa and may endorse a new order, the Star of South Africa, with the Prince of Wales as grand master.
Fragmentary notes recount a late choirmaster’s death in Swe, a new cup attachment for a beverage, a German cotton fabric experiment with rubber, and a stray mention of Burmese and Malay forces affecting battlefield sight and power.
Grace Soule and Jack Dunton marry after a night of drama at Wheaton Hall. Grace forgives Jack’s jealousy and the couple affirm their bond, with a faded pressed rose as a remembered token from their earlier courtship.
A collage of brief humor lines from Chicago News Harlem Life and other papers includes a vet joking about a giraffe with a sore throat, a train held up by Mrs Higgins, Uncle Eben on duty as a fool-killer, and quips about coincidences Easter milliners and hoarse crowds.
Editors urge Senators to seek re election by direct ballot to test popular support. They cite opposition to war revenue stamp taxes and argue surplus revenue should stay with the people. Paper editors note presidents call for peace signals and question Legislatures will yield Senate selection power.
President returns from New York as Cabinet discusses filling Porto Rico posts for treasurer and auditor. Native chosen for treasurer, an American deputy to be auditor. Cabinet also weighs judicial appointments, Turkey claims settlement, Cuba officer pay, and legality of pay raises.
In New York on April 23 General Agnus hints at a possible disclosure but denies printing or sending any paper to Washington. Senator Wellington says he knows nothing of threats or copies connected to the Schley Sampson feud. Former Governor Lowndes recalls four men meeting McKinney, with no threats or papers shown to the President.
The New Lodge of Foresters in Quincy Massachusetts witnessed a large attendance from Lynn and Salem for the installation of officers led by High Inside Sentinel T Bear of Lynn. Officers elected include D M Cc Ry J Conni Moyell John Grady recording secretary William Wilson financial secretary James Gorman treasurer Patrick Brophy S C and James Houli Brady D S.
Mrs J Busnell Young states in a letter that she was not accompanied by a servant in the Miss Young case. She identifies the woman with her as a loyal friend and relative, Mrs May Buswell.
A fragment describes a potato puff recipe using two cups cold mashed potatoes and two tablespoons melted butter, then mixing with cream and pepper, shaping and baking. The copy lists a reader address: M. Miller Haven Street Reading Massachusetts.
Miss Gara Wray, the English evangelist, opened meetings at Clarendon Street Baptist Church. She described herself as a blonde aged eight to thirty and spoke with a pranced English accent. She said she has previously preached in Boston and hopes to return, noting the warm reception from listeners.
English evangelist Miss Sara Wray began a series of meetings at Clarendon Street Baptist Church. She studied in England and joined Salvation Army work in Whitechapel before leading a training school in Jersey City and a New York hall. She led St Bartholomew’s Mission and served with the Church Army, later launching The Open Door in 1898. She will tour the area for weeks before proceeding to New York and England.
A reader criticizes Rear Admiral Sampson for asking who Angus is in a Monday Post interview. The letter defends General Angus’s Civil War service and clashes with perceived British snobbery, urging voters to seek American guidance.
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