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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
2
A voice extols Omega Oil made from a humble herb as a cheaper, effective relief for pains. The piece contrasts a perfumed rose scent with a common weed, arguing nature provides the useful herb for the poor and praising its healing power. The narrator claims personal belief in its efficacy and ends with a note about a man from Indiana.
Washington dispatch reports the House adopting a special order to take up the currency bill Monday with general debate through Friday and amendments Saturday amid a Democratic Populist Silverite coalition opposing it while Republicans support it. The piece recounts taunts by Rep Richardson and defenses by Grosvenor and Cannon regarding party learning, plus unnamed allegations of martial law and brutal treatment by Brig. Gen. Merriam with prisoners in a bull pen and harsh penalties for dissent.
The committee examining Mrs. Roberts of Utah held a prolonged session with Mr. Roberts present and his secretary. He sought to prioritize testing his prima facie right to a seat before examining broader merits and favored open sessions to avoid keeping testimony from the public.
A Whington despatch reports Speaker Henderson will not travel to Boston to address the Middlesex Club on April 7. Representatives Greene and McCall delivered the invitation, but Henderson said his duty lay to the House.
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall urged that Boston public schools be kept out of politics. Speakers included Bishop William Lawrence Colonel Thomas L Livermore Major Henry Higginson Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer Alfred S Hayes and A Lawrence Lowell urging voter action and reform of school management.
A satirical list rates Senate and House members on traits from tallest to youngest. Names include Fairbanks Simon Lindsay Beveridge Morgan Butler Wetmore Wolcott McComas Spooner Hoar Pettus Chilton Elkins Lodge Clarke Kean Sulloway S W Smith Heatvole Richardson Bingham Sulzer McClellan Bailey Wadsworth Eddy Grow Robbins Dalzell Cox Hopkins Curtis Dolliver Boutelle.
Republicans defend a rule to fasten the gold standard while Democrats press for full debate. Mr Richardson opposes the minority’s limited time and seeks opportunity to present objections, citing precedent and constitutional appeal to the people. The special order is adopted 163 to 144 as figures and votes are noted. The House adjourns and Senate committees face reorganizing disputes.
The annual bazaar supporting the New England Peabody Home for Crippled Children opened at Hotel Brunswick. Dolls and doll furniture decorate tables, candy displays attract, and a Japanese tea booth uses an umbrella and lanterns. Old Aunt Dinah a grab bag feature, grabbed for a dime. Mrs Kellogg leads workers. entertainment includes Bad Ballads and costume impersonations by Miss Hubbard and Miss Ambrosi. The fair runs this afternoon and evening closing at 10.
The Massa chusetts Mutual Accident Association held a dinner at the Boston Tavern yesterday to celebrate its sixteenth anniversary. President Daniel Lovering Jr reviewed the association's work during his presidency, and General Manager George E. McNeill said the organization is in better condition than ever before in its history.
Patrick Driscoll treasurer of Division 4 A O H mourns the death of his daughter Madelina at his North Anderson Street residence after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the family home and interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts plans a major move to a 400000 square feet Back Bay Fens tract acquired by its trustees. The parcels front Huntington Avenue and the Fenway, with 1060 feet of frontage, plus 110000 square feet adjoining, and about 57800 square feet of nearby lots. The purchase aims to isolate the new building from fire risk as Copley Square’s high-rise area grows.
Board of Health received a telegram from Washington noting Treasury rules require all vessels from Santos to discharge cargo in lighters and disinfect both cargo and vessel before landing. Dr Durgin has a Lisbon letter reporting no bubonic plague cases since the first autopsy weeks ago, sent to Dr Carson the port physician.
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