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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
12
John W. Regan former assistant chief of Boston Fire Department died at his home 49 Winchester street yesterday morning. He was 71 and noted for a long career in firefighting. A harness maker by trade he began as a fireman in 1854 and was advanced in January 1860.
The foreman of steam engine No. WU served until 1862 then rose to district engineer inspector of hose and harness assistant chief and first assistant chief by 1894. He retired October 29 1897 on a 1200 dollar pension. Loved by all in the department, funeral plans undetermined but interment hoped for Saturday or Sunday.
Mayor Fitzgerald at the State House protested state water costs on Boston. He opposed a $2,000,000 bond issue from the Metropolitan Water Board and urged a consumption tax rather than a tax on valuation. He said the city should not spend more for the metropolitan district.
Chairman Hull of the House military affairs committee urged full army and navy preparedness for trouble in the Orient. He warned nations unready to defend China’s position should quit the Pacific and said restraint by Hull also criticized reports of indemnity refunds. He asserted Japan’s interests align with the United States and peace remains the goal.
In Manila the Chinese community curtails contracts to fellow Chinese amid fears of trouble. Messages from Chinese sources warn of a possible outbreak against foreigners on February 24.
Pittsburg report quotes United Mine Workers president John Mitchell saying a strike in all bituminous coal districts will begin April 1. He deflects questions on conference plans, cites authority of the national president, and notes a district leadership change after miners’ convention actions.
Local coal merchants and railroads tighten for a looming April 1 strike by half a million miners. Towns hold thousands of tons at wharves and warehouses while mild weather boosts water shipments. Some doubt mountains of coal exist beyond siftings thought fit only for boilers, risking hardship for the poor if the strike materializes.
The article notes manufacturers may extend operation on steam sizes while households face sharply higher stove and furnace coal costs. With winter’s grip easing, extreme suffering is not expected, but price pressures threaten affordability for many.
Representative McNary of Massachusetts introduced a resolution directing the President to have the Interstate Commerce Commission study alleged control of anthracite and bituminous coal mines by railway combines. The report should assess if coal roads fix April prices and whether one third of the price is excessive for a 200 mile haul to New York, versus 260 miles to Philadelphia at about $1.20 a ton.
Harvard Medical School reports a revolutionary method to photograph disease germs without chemical coloration. Professor H C Ernst and colleagues J L Morse and W C Sabine developed an ultra violet light technique that makes each germ visible separately. Initial work focuses on typhus bacteria, with potential applicability to other diseases.
A New York coal operator stated there probably will be no strike in the anthracite districts. He said leaders may trigger a short strike, but the overall withdrawal would be brief. He blamed the miners committee delay on difficulties among workers.
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