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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
8
At five dollar clearance sale of suits Scotch tweeds and mixtures marked down from seven fifty dollars. Black and blue cheviots at cut single breasted all seven fifty wool fast color worth six to one. Others at eight ninety eight nine seventy seven ten twelve and fifteen dollars.
Advertises various trousers and coats with discounts from $2 to $15. Highlights neat stripe trousers at $2, $3 to $5 ranges for other sizes, and all wool Beaver overcoats from $5 to $15. Emphasizes Gray Frieze fabric and heavy plaid lining, sizes 36 to 44.
The British consul at Colon reports to Jamaica's governor-general Sir Augustus Hemming requesting a British man of war to protect subjects and property. The appeal supports earlier warnings that foreign lives are at risk from Colombian soldiers suppressing strikers and threatened retaliation by dockworkers and railway workers amid a rising crisis.
Havana February 8 Robert P Porter urges immediate transfer of policing to Cuban forces with American support. He calls for rapid organization of Cuban civil guards, retirement of most American troops by April, and unified plans from Gomez Monteagudo Mayia Rodriguez Betancourt and others to secure law and order and finalize provincial policing.
Seventeenth annual winter reunion of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association met at the United States Hotel with about eighty members. Speakers honored women’s war work and discussed expansion, highlighting nursing by the dear ones at home and the influence of the war on future foreign policy.
The Central New York Brewing Company plans organization under New Jersey laws as a consolidation of Syracuse’s nine leading breweries. Capital stock totals 4 million dollars with 2.2 million in bond debt at 6 percent, 1.8 million in preferred stock at 7 percent, and 2.2 million in common stock. Net earnings for 1898 reached 604 thousand dollars, while fixed charges are 182 thousand. Bond issues already subscribed amount to 1.106 million.
An article explains grip influenza as a non cold linked illness, detailing symptoms including fever digestive and respiratory inflammation and fatigue. It extols Paine's celery compound as a preventive and remedy, citing physician prescription and a Chicago official's endorsement plus numerous letters of recovery.
In Superior Criminal Court the Scollans Mulrey case saw fresh fraud charges against Foremen Hayden and Cullen amid disputed diary evidence and disputed team sheets. Judge Bond ruled the contested testimony incompetent unless proven fraudulent intent, as Moran and Richardson press anew for connections to contractors and city losses.
The Court of Appeals ordered Sing Sing warden to execute Mrs. Martha Place within the week starting February 20. Place had murdered her stepdaughter in Brooklyn. Governor Roosevelt declined to intervene despite petitions from sympathizers.
In Pennsylvania Senator Quay trails by fourteen votes needing 64 for selection. Absences of Senator Higgins Democrat and Representative Scott and Senator Vane Republican affected the result. Nebraska lists several names and totals with 64 required for choice. Utah shows three ballots with King and McCune among Democrats and Power and Cannon tallying for others.
A club of department heads at City Hall is being formed for social and practical aims. A meeting is set for Monday to review the constitution and hear the report on its provisions.
Reporters note the Roosevelt question and banquet seating challenges as McKinley prepares a dry Maine friendly event with a large New England guest list. The program outlines speakers like William B. Plunkett and Secretary Alger’s possible letters, with tickets sold and non transferable plates and no toasts.
Plans for a complimentary dinner in honor of Rear Admiral William T Sampson were announced for next Monday evening at the Tuileries. The banquet, set for 7 o clock, expects about one hundred guests with Admiral Sampson arriving in Boston this morning. Hon Richard Olney will preside and Governor Wolcott will attend among invited naval officers.
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