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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1902
Page
6
A historical view argues that taxing the water profits and the promoters’ takeoff would dissolve trusts. It frames earnings as secondary to unearned gains and suggests taxation would dismantle combinations.
The Secretary of War reports that banning beer and light wines on army posts failed to promote temperance. It led to drinking off post, associating with disreputable people, and increased drunkenness and moral decline. The piece criticizes the repeal influence and calls Congress to restore the canteen.
The Senate opened with the admission of three new states on the agenda. A House bill enables Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico to join the Union, with a Senate committee report due tomorrow and precedence given to this unfinished business. Strong political feel favors admitting all three, despite Republican divides and potential amendments, while public sentiment supports timely statehood. The piece notes related local chatter on winter, coal supply, and city life in Roxbury and Boston.
The author questions why vast coal imports into Boston do not reach local dealers while prices soar. He notes cheaper coal in western Massachusetts towns and Lynn, asks why Boston faces higher costs, and suggests holding cargoes or rerouting anthracite to relieve the urban shortage as cold weather approaches and demand rises.
Congressman Hepburn proposes a bill to aggressively prosecute trusts and contemplates a prohibitive internal tax on all corporate stock not representing real value. The idea aims to curb promoters and end speculative scams, potentially collapsing many trust structures and forcing mergers only for legitimate trade gains.
Alderman Charles H. Slattery was the sole Democrat to back the mayor against the log-rolled loan bill with Alderman Tinkham, a Republican, supporting the mayor on key financial questions. Norris opposed parts of the bill yet aligned with the majority on the overall measure. Slattery’s consistent support for prudent use of public funds earns him admiration and calls for his return to the Board of Aldermen.
A western reader recalls a small gathering where a French or Italian spark of interest sparked a language pursuit after a soulful tenor spoke only in his native tongue. Meanwhile Mr. Henry M Upham and Grace LeBaron Upham plan to sail on the New England and visit Egypt, with a light snowstorm hinting at a busy day ahead.
Washington reports the President and Mrs Roosevelt mark their sixteenth wedding anniversary today with a private family celebration. No outside gifts are expected. The First Lady has already received lace handkerchiefs from her sister Miss Carow. The couple married in London in 1886 at St George's Church Hanover Square.
Berlin Dec 1 The Reichstag stayed quorumed as majority parties awaited a vote on Baron von Kardorff's motion to take the tariff bill as a whole while the minority pressed for extended debate. Herr Richter criticized Social Democrats and Moderate Radicals over obstruction. Herr Bebel denounced tariff supporters in a lengthy session.
A lively mock recitation from Newton Newkirk lists the All Sorts winter policy for the 17th Congress. It calls for coal sales to new customers, tariff tweaks, a ban on water pipes freezing, ending trusts, no prize fighting in the Senate, and a protest against New England winter harshness. The piece also features The Beautiful Snow poem and a Million Dollar Contest with reader musings.
Stealthy Steve endures a deadly airship explosion and fall. He pockets pirate gold and survives by lashing to a church steeple. Landing in Paris, he seeks the Duke de Dummychamp record as the tale heads toward France.
New Hampshire’s seventh convention to revise the state constitution meets in Concord at 11 00 A M with Mayor-elect Isaac Blodgett of Franklin to call the body to order Col Henry Kent Lancaster forestry commissioner and former governor candidate named temporary president General Frank Streeter Cord and Judge David Cross Manchester as likely presidential candidates Streeter favored on first ballot Conventions aims include reducing the number of representatives and tackling many topics readying for extensive work ahead
Boston dealers raise hard coal to 12 a ton while local firms cling to 9, citing high demand and limited shipments. Metropolitan and Morrison companies report new delivery rules and planned 12 pricing, with bagged coal for the needy and wagons allocated to poor districts as East Boston faces a developing panic over scarce supply.
Secretary of the Commonwealth lists municipal elections today in Brockton Fall River Fitchburg Gloucester Haverhill Lawrence Marlboro New Bedford Northampton Pittsfield Quincy Springfield Taunton Waltham. Mayoral candidates include Gerry Brown David Battles Charles Coulter Blood Tolman French Leonard Grant Lynch Sisson etc. Local races vary by city and party.
A frantic scene unfolds as Mathilda fears a cow approaches the wall. A man lifts her to safety while she erupts in anger and despair over impending romance, letters, and a ring. The cow closes in as tension peaks and the narrator braces for what comes next.
Judge Henry H. Swan granted a preliminary injunction in U S Circuit Court at Detroit on the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston petition. The action seeks foreclosure of the Michigan Telephone Company mortgages due to interest defaults on $283,000 of bonds and $3,000,000 outstanding total. The injunction bars disposal of company property.
Colonel Carroll D. Wright president of Clark College and U S labor commissioner arrived in Worcester from Washington and held a brief conference with the Clark faculty. He will leave tomorrow to resume work on the coal strike arbitration board.
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