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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1899
Page
5
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Alger plans to claim credit for war successes. Detroit and others plan an anti McKinley protest at his homecoming. Mason asserts the prisoner exchange helped end the war.
Governor Pingree arranges a mammoth nonpartisan reception on General Alger's return to Detroit. Democrats prominent in planning while McMillan allies stay away. A committee will greet Alger and family with a large military parade to escort him to a city hall reception with speeches.
The article surveys Elihu Root’s career as a defense attorney for powerful interests from Tweed to massachusetts whiskey trust, including the Broadway Jacob Sharp scandal, Standard Oil road deals, and trolley conflicts in New York. It notes criticisms by Judge Noah Davis and the clash over public welfare versus corporate power amid efforts to gain perpetual tunnel franchises.
Mr Root’s law firm withdrew a proposed perpetual grant to a corporation after it was shown such a grant could not be permitted. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company has been advised it need not obey the ten hour law, arguing it cannot be punished due to legal flaws.
In Dorchester a probate case questions a codicil to Dr. Albert Wilton's will. Experts say two inks were used: iron gall for the body and aniline for the margin words income of. Alfred C. Wilton alleges fraudulent margin insertions changing residuary rights.
Despatches from Pretoria report rumors that President Kruger resigned due to rifts with the Volksraad and executive council. He denied the claim, and a Volksraad deputation secured his attendance at a three hour special session. The Raad later said it had utmost confidence in him, though disagreements on the dynamite monopoly persist.
The Times and Daily Telegraph report from Johannesburg and Pretoria that no resignation is imminent for President Kruger. A trusted source cites no likelihood of stepping down, a stance seen as in the interests of both Outlanders and the Teereee factions.
At about 6 30 PM a runaway horse pulling a buggy on Gilman Street Somerville struck a wall near the Central fire station and fatally crushed the horse after a jagged path along Walnut Highland and Medford Streets. Dr Eugene Buckley and another man witnessed the chaos as the animal collapsed and died.
Trieste reports Admiral Dewey aboard Olympia dismisses illness claims. He says he looks healthy and aims to restore his crew after seventeen tropical months. He plans a Mediterranean run to August ports, Naples, Gibraltar, then New York by October with receptions and a sword photo from Congress.
In Brownsville Pennsylvania on July 2 4 an explosion of gas and fire damp at Redstone Coal Oil and Gas mine Grindstone entombed seventy miners. Three were killed and eight men were injured as two bodies were brought to the surface unnamed due to mutilation. Rescue work continues amid crowding cries from families.
At 10 o'clock yesterday a thirteen gun salute welcomed Admiral Picking's flag on the Annapolis. The ship, commanded by Captain R. R. Ingersoll, sank the Spanish gunboat Don Jorge Juan during the late war and now cruises with fifty Naval Academy men from Annapolis to Bath Maine. They practice steadily, visit ships and shops, and will tour mechanical plants around Boston, with target practice at sea as a key feature of the four day stay before continuing to Provincetown and other ports until August 27.
Owners of tug Peter B. Bradley and Dominion Atlantic Railway Company dispute whether the tug’s work freeing the steamer Prince Edward from water at her berth was pumping or salvage. Prince Edward, arriving from St John N B, is alleged to be libelled for 26000 dollars for the services.
A brief ad notes itching piles cause discomfort day and night and promotes Dean's Ointment cores with a guaranteed failure to relieve symptoms. Available at any drug store for 50 onte.
In Bowling Green Kentucky July 24 a large anti Goebel gathering condemned the nomination for governor and criticized the Louisville convention. Ex congressman W C Owens issued a letter opposing Goebel and resolutions backed Bryan for president. The group charged corruption and force in the Louisville convention and upheld democratic majorities as governing power.
American representatives pressed to define the word duty in Article 27 to prevent any obligation to intervene in European affairs. French delegates joined a lengthy discussion as the trio of conventions and declarations moves toward separate signatures. Tomorrow’s session aims to decide the signing formula while seeking a substitute term that satisfies the Americans without undermining the article.
A strike at Blatz Palm Garden followed a dispute over a new contract. Ten hour shifts had been extended to twelve with nine union workers. four stayed while five walked out after a walking delegate presented terms. The union sought extra pay for overtime and holidays and to hire extra staff, but owner Selg refused those two clauses while agreeing to other terms.
In Cincinnati on July 24, a messenger boys strike intensified with two stabbed, others hit by missiles and clubs. About a thousand youths gathered at Western Union and Postal offices. mobs pursued newcomers with stones, stoning streetcars as police dispersed them. Companies refused to recognize the union.
Colonel Donovan at Lawrence announced long awaited Ninth Regiment staff. Dr J P Lombard Boston becomes surgeon major. William J Casey Boston adjutant lieutenant. Hon John Breen Lawrence quartermaster lieutenant. John P Kane Lawrence paymaster lieutenant. Dr J E McGourty Worcester assistant surgeon lieutenant. M F Morris Natick inspector rifle practice lieutenant. Rev James Lee Revere chaplain. Lee has served since 1884.
John F. Moakley of Boston will become Cornell University athletic coach next year replacing George Connors. He will report Sept. 1 to oversee football and all teams except crews, with Courtney handling rowing. Moakley, about 33, married, rising from Cove district roots to national amateur athletics prominence, has coached champions and trained Tom Burke to success.
Officers discussed appointments with commendations for Colonel Donovan's selections. Donovan planned the Ninth's annual South Framingham tour of duty starting August 3, with camp orders to be issued this morning. He noted the attorney general ruled the new board lacks authority over his examination, avoiding further testing. Lieutenant Casey has been newly appointed.
General President James O Connell of Chicago addressed the International Association of Machinists at Welle Memorial Hall. He reported six months of lodge growth and 1600 charter members, cited nine hour days in Baltimore Youngstown and Pittsburgh, and noted widespread adoption of nine hour days and Saturday half holidays. Connell departs for British Trades delegation next month, a purse presented by the union.
In London the House of Lords approved the second reading of the tithe rent charges bill by 113 to 28 and also advanced the bill to create an agricultural technical instruction department, signaling moves to bolster farming education in Ireland.
The fifty-first annual picnic of the Hermann Lodge, C. O. F., was held yesterday at Caledonia Grove in Roxbury. Edward J. Bromberg served as master of ceremonies. Committees included Charlies Thoman, Fred W. Zenner, Emil Leiber, Carl Stuck, George Winchback, John Opper, Paul Toerlich, Jacob A. Seitz, Carl Krumpp, Leon Newman and Frits Wachenhein. Activities featured games for members and families and dancing supervised by WachEnhein, Leiber and Klumpp.
Moakley mentored top runners and coaches, including M. A. L. Wright of the New York A C who won last year’s cross country title, Harvard’s Frank Quinlan who recently won the 100 yard dash in England, and a Maine team that delivered its best Maine intercollegiate finish. He later coached at Wisconsin.
Pete Walker, manager of Walter Pierce, New England's five mile colored champion, announced Pierce will race Dave Hassett of Brighton for a side bet at upcoming picnic games or in private. Ge Tinder of Ireland arrives in Boston next week, making a possible three way clash.
Mr ae ree leads children from the guild of Blin d's Play School in an afternoon chute ride Friday July 28 from 2 to 4.
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