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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1898
Page
6
Boston concerns push to turn the planned Music Hall into an opera house to fill a missing home for grand opera. Proponents cite broader use and public benefit while critics warn of costly profits and the clash with existing protectionist economics harming workers and mills.
Public sentiment pressed against swift approval of city telephone franchises without hearings or clear public approval. The item faces scrutiny as aldermen weigh giving away valuable city franchises to an unknown company. Voters are warned to monitor the board’s actions today.
In the short session of the Fifty-fifth Congress today, organizers move quickly to receive the President's message and begin business after the holiday recess. Expected actions include appropriations bills, possible Spanish treaty consideration, and potential passage of the Lodge immigration restriction bill, with key projects like the Nicaragua Canal and some taxes awaiting progress.
The piece reports Republican divisions over McKinley’s open door policy in the Philippines with Senator Chandler arguing the door stays only until revenue equals Spain’s purchase price. It notes protectionists being challenged and a harsh portrait of Philippine trade by a leading merchant.
A terse note indicates opposition to granting telephone franchises without proper public input. Officials or aldermen are referenced in context of ensuring transparent procedures and public involvement before awarding licenses. The brief signals governance concerns over process and accountability.
The Boston Post opposes granting a fast tracked street franchise to the Massachusetts Telegraph and Telephone Company without public hearings. It warns that a rushed Aldermen vote could reward speculation, trigger duplicative service costs, and undermine reform, calling for state supervision to force lower rates instead.
The piece argues the Senate should reject ratification or trim the treaty by amendment before sending it back to the President. Citing precedent from 1800 and 1848, it asserts either refusal or careful modification is appropriate and stresses that the five presidential appointees in Paris should have the poison extracted before acceptance.
The article proclaims a major victory for protectionism as a Tin Plate Trust with capital of 50 million dollars forms to control production. It notes 10 million dollars paid to promoters and plans to close twenty tin plate factories, signaling a sweeping industry consolidation.
City council debates granting or denying telephone franchise rights as part of a broader public utilities plan. Officials weigh economic benefits against regulatory concerns while considering impacts on competing providers and residents.
The week sees higher prices and broader trading across stocks driven by peace with Spain and Philippine acquisition. Railroads report huge rail orders and record October earnings lift sentiment, with gold shipments resuming to the U S. and a broadening market list.
Open Concord wagon surveys streets for cleanliness while Boston bears dictate mayoral expansion policy. Town chatter recalls Portland disaster recovery, Tay Bridge legends, and Anthony Hope’s Phrase premiere. Ancients Club and brass bands spark debate as gas asphyxiation warnings rise with late-night drafts.
An excerpt from the Cleveland Leader notes that the term queer extends to many people including Adams Henry Lee and others. It observes that queer individuals are encountered in travel, on sheep cars, and at the theater, illustrating ubiquity of unconventionality in society.
A pale blue eiderdown flannel bath robe for a small boy is simple to sew with one back and two side seams. The robe reaches the floor and finishes with a basic hem. It features a large capucine hood lined with light fabric.
A Boston banker, Granville Baker, finds a stray pair of gloves on a 6:30 train and returns them to a young woman. Years later, a widow named Grace Wilmot reappears, revealing a shared past and a rekindled romance. The glove episode opens a path to forgiveness and renewed happiness.
Boston and Washington await a high society wedding as Mr. Robert Treat Paine Jr of the Hub marries Miss Mary Louise Mattingly of Washington at the Church of the Epiphany, Washington. The event drew prominent families, guests, and a reception, with plans for a Boston home afterward.
Chauncey F Black, once called a brilliant Democrat, reportedly blind, underwent an operation in Philadelphia that may restore sight. Samuel Fielden, ex-Haymarket participant, lives quietly on a Colorado farm. his hair gray, eye bright, and he remains active. New York chatter says Theodore Roosevelt ten years ago vowed to be Governor, Senator, and President. Lord Rosebery declared early on he would win a Derby, be England’s premier, and marry the wealthiest woman in the kingdom, and he fulfilled his ambitions.
The piece notes Manuelita Rosas, daughter of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel Rosas, who died in London in obscurity. It mentions her alleged cruelties and possible efforts to mitigate her father's atrocities, while recalling his defiance of England and France and his death in 1871.
A collage of brief jokes and witticisms from several periodicals. The quotes cover social manners, domestic life, and playful misunderstandings, with snippets about football in Cuba, marrying choices, baby brothers, Thanksgiving dinners, and light moral observations.
William W. Nichols of Boston writes challenging Alderman M. C. Paige for backing a police pay raise after a Hobah Hall Republican meeting promised Paige would oppose further city spending. Nichols accuses Paige of treachery and urges Boston citizens to defeat Paige and allied aldermen to restore governance by the people.
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