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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
4
The piece attacks State officials for failing to pursue the assassin who shot Goebel in the executive building. It links lax action to a broader Kentucky moral decline, citing recent lynching and mob justice involving prominent citizens and a burned Negro. The author argues accountability is missing.
The Municipal League seeks a leaner committee with broader superintendent powers and a new advisory school faculty. Critics question whether trimming from 244 to 9 members and granting appointing authority to the superintendent with a veto by the committee will yield real reform without statute-backed force. Support at the State House this winter remains uncertain.
A Massachusetts State House appeal urged women to gain full citizenship rights, invoking consent of the governed. The speaker echoed historical ideals while arguing that modern republics demand expanded rights beyond the Declaration of Independence.
A historical quotation argues that governments derive power from consent, noting shifts in Massachusetts and territories like Porto Rico and the Philippines. It challenges women’s suffrage and questions whether power rests with those who do not vote, while recognizing a growing, representative push toward consent.
The piece assesses General Buller’s plans after the Colenso setback. Boers retain Natal’s neck, British attacks failed, Ladysmith endures, and White and relief efforts face delays. It notes Salisbury’s resolve and Britain's long, hard war ahead with no quick end in sight.
A reader recalls a young woman in a short bicycle costume with summer shoes on Congress Street. The note mentions war headlines, street-cleaning, theatrical terms, and a hungry man on a subway car lunching from a leather box.
The Bowdoin College Glee Club from Maine visits Chicago for a concert tour on its annual trip, following a performance at Steinert Hall. The Maine ensemble is highlighted as the main attraction and part of a broader run of recitals provoking talk on hall management and public nuisance.
Alden White and Madeline White publish brief epitaphs. Alden laments a sudden death with stark irony while Madeline notes the righteous are taken and the wicked left behind, reflecting a religious tone in oblique funeral verse.
Lord Kitchener plans a Nile island zoological garden with plants trees and animals. Rev Dr Purves of Princeton to lead Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church with expected April start and rising pew rental demand. Swinburne leads a retired life amid ill health. Lord Kelvin, 76, traveled from London to Glasgow for a workmen’s entertainment. Charles B Reuss, blind millionaire pianist, plays nightly. Rontgen accepts Munich University call after conditions agreed by the larger university.
The Mt Whitney hydroelectric project has started irrigation for 8000 acres at affordable rates. Power comes from Mt Whitney peak among the Sierra Nevadas at 14,592 feet. Stoves of Bolivian Indians, a ground dug oven and clay roof, with holes for pots, roast over spits. An Illinois inventor adds a frame to convert ordinary bicycles into tandems. London plans a new bishopric named Southwark covering south of the Thames with St Savior's Cathedral.
Reports from several cities note political nerves and policy moves. The Isthmian Canal Commission extends surveys in Nicaragua as the Hepburn route choice is credited to commissioners. Rumors of more trains to Frankfort are denied. President McKinley faces pressure over intervention requests tied to Kruger. Ex Minister Barrett’s nomination of Senator Hoar draws blame for the Philippine insurrection.
Oliver H. Durrell aged 52 dies. Funeral at 17 Dana Street Dana Hill Cambridge Saturday at 2 p m. Interment private at family convenience. Relatives and friends invited.
Mrs. Carleton widow of a rich man hosts Dr. Wentworth on a drizzly November evening. A boy’s mistaken note leads the doctor to her door and sparks a renewed acquaintance that blossoms into love and marriage. Years later, the physician reflects on the fateful summons and the life it created.
The Cadets present Miladi and the Musketeer in a Tre mont Theatre dress rehearsal praised as clever and entertaining. Notable attendees include Teal, Kirke La Shelle, and John Schoeffel, while Bill Lothian and Wagner of Hollis box office mingle backstage.
The Sherman-Worrell Fruit Company announces two California plants and one in Boston with 3000 acres of figs. Shares at 10 each with a 1 down and 0.75 monthly payments for 12 months. Investors are urged to visit the Boston office to view fig products from their ranches and factories.
About 300 Italians attended a Italian language lecture on the Revolutionary War at the Seamen's Chapel Hanover Street. Count Di Campello of Rome spoke with stereopticon views under the Daughters of the American Revolution State regent Sara W Daggett. A chorus of children sang patriotic songs.
Selected quotes from various papers offer wit about cooks, college behavior, debts, minds, dogs, art, relationships, and diplomacy. The snippets reflect humor on everyday life and media commentary from Detroit Journal Boston Transcript Puck Chicago Tribune Life and Judge.
Washington February 1 government receipts for January from all sources totaled 48 012 164 compared with 41 774 920 in January 1899. Expenditures for the month stood at 29 189 096 versus 51 122 770 last January leaving a surplus of 8 823 068. Since July 1 1899 receipts have exceeded expenditures by 29 870 000.
A reader to the Post urges Boston to adopt cross seat street cars like in St. Louis and New York. They argue cross seats offer more comfort and capacity, noting other cities already use them and the Boston L plans long-seat cars for higher standing capacity.
The late Bridget Monks left most of her property to Carney Hospital Little Sisters of the Poor Home for Destitute Catholic Children and St Elizabeth Hospital after small private bequests. Executor named R J Monks. Will executed in August 1895 filed yesterday for probate in the Suffolk registry.
A West End home party for 3 year old Nellie Dolan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dolan, featured a surprise presentation of a large sum of money by her uncle Hugh HE Scanlan. Music, dancing, and a fine collation followed, with John Dolan directing the arrangements and success.
Superintendent Bertrand T. Wheeler takes charge of the street department as 3206 employees await new leadership. Deputies are undetermined, with strong expectation that Darius N. Payson will head the paving division and Major Charles A.
The article notes Ralph A. Quinby of Ward 2% is likely to become superintendent of the sewer division succeeding Mr. Cutler. It adds that decisions on four deputies are expected today and recounts a department tour by Mr. Wheeler with Superintendent Wells. Wells handed over keys to his successor at 5 PM and wished him success.
George A Stearns 72 treasurer of Waltham Gas Company collapsed and died at Fitchburg station while waiting for a train. Longtime Waltham resident, born here, he served since 1878 as gas company treasurer. He leaves a wife and six children.
The funeral of Professor Charles F. Dunbar of Harvard College was held at 1 p m yesterday from Appleton Chapel Cambridge with Rev Samuel M Crothers and Rev Edwin H Hall officiating Honorary pallbearers included President Eliot Solomon Lincoln S A Green J B Thayer Charles Eliot Norton C L Smith Frank W Taussig and J H P Wolcott Burial followed at Forest Hills cemetery
Reuben F. Dade longtime local manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Amesbury dies at home at age 38. Paraysis is listed as the cause of death.
Cardinal Vicar D M Jacobini former papal nuncio at Lisbon died at age 63 in Rome. Known for charm and broad view he inspired goodwill among many and was popular with the poor. Seen as potential candidate for the papacy and had backing from Austria Germany Spain Portugal England and France. He served eight years as secretary general of the Propaganda and was its acting manager.
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