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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1903
Page
4
Boston Post rates list prices for daily and Sunday editions, including one year three months and six month options. It notes address updates for missed papers, second class matter status, payment in advance, and that subscriptions may be discontinued at expiry. Contact details for editorial and business offices are provided.
Boston reads the drop to eight dollars per ton as another monopoly move by the Coal Club. With wider regions posting six to seven dollars, Boston bears the highest prices despite ample supply and large Pennsylvania mine output.
The Venezuelan settlement is hailed as a triumph of American diplomacy led by Herbert W. Bowen. Bowen mediated after Europe pressed Venezuela, with naval blockades and gunboat actions, and the accord ends hostilities while debts are settled by accountants and arbitrators. Andrew Carnegie's offer to cover Kaiser’s demands was not needed.
The piece notes the Elkins rebate bill likely marks the end of anti trust legislation this Congress, with trusts largely untouched. It calls the new measures modest, mainly expediting court actions and stronger prosecutions, but not altering trust standing or directly aiding the public. It cites Judge Peter S. Grosscup at the University addressing publicity.
A Michigan speaker condemned congressional publicity proposals as merely collecting statistics for speculators, not aiding ordinary citizens. He argued that measures from Senators Hoar and Representative Littlefield would not become law, noting that the trusts oppose such legislation.
The Senate ratified the Alaskan boundary treaty citing expected U S commissioners Secretary Root Senator Lodge and Senator Turner as key to appeasing objectors and public opinion. The three American members face a three member British commission with strong partisan undertones and potential stalemate if England counters with firm partisanship.
The Old Colony and the Boston and Northern announce a March 1 wage increase for conductors and motormen. Increases range from 18 percent for new men to 2.5 percent for long-time workers, averaging 12.18 percent and totaling over 150 thousand dollars. More than 2500 employees will benefit, signaling a broad move toward higher pay amid cost of living concerns.
The Sunday Post reports a single yesterday circulation of 141,100 copies with all copies sold by 8:30 am, marking a new record amid six months of steady growth. It details 6,208,400 pages printed weekly, 776,050 eight page papers, and 8,227 pounds of white paper, noting strong regional dominance in Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, and New Bedford and Boston’s leadership in headlines.
Miss Kate Sanborn and Miss Hdna Dean Proctor join the New Hampshire Exchange Club which aims to open a Boston clubhouse for New Hampshire residents and visitors with women’s membership highlighted. A separate restaurant and clubrooms will be provided for them. Henry M. Whitney spent part of last week in Miami among fashionable crowds. General and Mrs. Samuel Lawrence winter at the Royal Palm and Lawrence owns several large orange groves in Biscayne Bay county. J Murray Forbes suffered serious injuries from a horse fall. collarbone broken, arm dislocated, facial cuts. The Hon and Mrs B P Shaw of Brookline depart for California with a first stop in Mexico. Pauline Shaw accompanies them. Mrs Bryce Allan invites guests to a Beacon Street dancing class. Mrs John L Gardner to host the Thursday Evening Club at Fenway Court. Mrs Jeremiah C Spillane to entertain the Monday Club at the Westminster Hotel luncheon today.
Sofia February dispatch reports a rising Balkan crisis with expected Macedonian and Servian declarations of war as spring yields roads. Bulgarians may join if crops allow, Austria Italy eye involvement, Sultan Abdul Hamid and Czar Nicholas II exchange defiant messages amid speculation of broader danger.
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