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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
5
Foremen acknowledge errors during the night of March 21st as valuable witnesses for the defence in the Scollans case. Their admissions strengthen the defense while underscoring contested events.
In the Superior Court trial, foremen testified about teaming methods used in 1896 and 1897, denying Kimball involvement and highlighting discrepancies between foremen books and city payroll sheets. Missing records and altered entries suggest possible theft and deceit affecting Mulvey's payroll rolls.
Health hinges on work and care, but strength returns with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The ad claims attacks of dyspepsia and related complaints such as biliousness constipation nervousness and malaria vanish quickly.
State Senator John A Kelcher proposes popular election of U S Senators today in the Senate. He also backs a bill to include Spain war veterans in the veterans preference act and to hold Suffolk county Senator nominations by direct caucus vote. Kelcher cites national scandals to argue the people should decide who serves in Congress.
In a dramatic war commission session General Eagan tearfully disputed allegations of feeding poisoned Army rations for gain. He described public and press verdicts as a smear on his record, insisted no profits were taken, and recounted the personal toll of slander as he sought to prove his innocence before 73 million Americans.
Mrs Esther Herrman, noted for gifts to colleges and science, contributed 10000 to the building fund of the Scientific Alliance in New York. She previously helped Barnard College and Hebrew technical schools with sizable gifts.
Boston Theatre furnishes a season of grand opera under Charles A. Ellis with Wagner's Lohengrin and a star cast led by Mme. Gadski as Elsa and Kraus as Lohengrin. The review notes Gadski's refined Elsa, Kraus's solid Lohengrin, Olitzka's strong Ortrud, and solid supporting work. Tonight offers I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana. Saturday features The Barber of Seville with Melba and Bonnard.
Olga Nethersole battles illness within her troupe in New York as several members fall seriously ill. Madge Fields and Cicely Richards are sick with grip and threatened with pneumonia, forcing abandonment of Max O Reilly's The Price of Wealth in New York. Joseph Haworth receives a silver cross said to belong to Pope Pius IX. Backers of The Sorrows of Satan face a salary dispute. Wallack's will stage The White Horse Tavern next month with Amelia Bingham and Joseph Holland among cast.
A broad list of merchants and firms in Boston promise refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar 50 cent and 25 cent bottles if they fail to cure coughs or colds. Names include EMERY SOUTHER and many druggists at addresses on Tremont Street, Washington Street, Bromfield Street, and other locations, noting “Two Hundred Others.”
Frederic Bond, Dave Davidson and Felix Morris star as The Belle of New York opens at the Museum next Monday. The Christian due March 6 at the same venue is expected to close out the season.
The city’s theatres feature diverse plans next week with Della Fox in The Little Host at The Park, Pelle of New York at the Museum starring Dan Daly, and Julia Arthur opening a second closing week at the Hollis in Parthenia. Other notable engagements include Mrs. Fiske at Tremont and operatic fare at the Boston Theatre and Bowdoin Square, plus touring acts at Keith's and Grand Theatre.
Walter Damrosch spoke at Steinert Hall on Wagner Music Drama focusing on Siegfried. He explained motifs and poetic ideas while playing the themes on the piano. The discourse offered clear insight into the operas now staged in Boston and will aid attendees.
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