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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1897
Page
4
The editorial urges the Senate to reconsider and approve Senator Gallivan's free transfer bill, matching House support and previous endorsements. It argues public demand remains strong, necessity is urgent, and passage would honor the Senate and benefit Boston's million metropolitan residents. The House would likely concur.
The Harvard student body acted quickly to expel the offender who defaced John Harvard as a case of wholesome discipline. The act lacked originality and humor, and the school community used moral suasion, setting a precedent for student self correction against gross vandalism. Public sentiment at Cambridge opposes such acts.
The piece argues against forcing Boston to fund schools in other cities, noting Boston pays 35,928 of the state tax and contributes $538,920 beyond half a million to state expenses. It cites Boston public schools cost $2,728,603.50 for 1895-96 with 654 schools, 1704 teachers, 74,666 pupils, and warns against extending local education costs beyond Boston.
Edward Everett Hale chosen as Boston’s Independence Day orator, hailed as an inspired reformer of ceremonial rhetoric. The selection notes Hale’s deep Boston roots and his American patriotism in the tradition of Edward Everett.
The Tobacco Trust trials open in New York with ten millionaire conspirators facing indictments under a new statute to suppress trusts. The law marks the first time the offense is made criminal.
The piece notes past trust cases were civil and mostly ineffective, while now managers of trusts face criminal liability with convictions possible. It argues New York anti trust law targets conspirators in restraints of trade and tests whether the statute will function as intended, contrasting hopes with uncertainty.
A Republican caucus plan for sugar tariffs boosts trust profits and renews controversy over protection. Observers say the schedule raises a differential to about 12 1/2 cents per hundred pounds, compared with 20 cents under the rival Democratic tariff, signaling higher costs for the public.
The Observant Citizen remarks on General Curtis Guild in a striking new uniform during a Boston Common ceremony as Ancients officers change. It hints at his future appearance at Framingham with Governor Wolcott and cites social observations about Boston and visiting regiments, with local gossip about weddings and notable residents.
The steam yacht Namouna from New York with James Gordon Bennett aboard reached Horta Azores this morning after a six day nine hour voyage. The vessel averaged thirteen and three quarter knots amid a rough cold passage with much rain.
Dick Wallace races a stolen Hartford express through the night to reach Nellie Stratton who is gravely ill in Hartford. The journey ends with Nellie recovering while Wallace faces guilt and the prospect of a manslaughter charge in a fatal cow crossing accident.
The piece surveys affordable dress materials in New York imports with notes on sheer ginghams, colored fabrics, and a grass linen bodice embroidered in gold thread. It describes simple home embroidery, flounce finishes, and jabots, highlighting cost efficiency and smart styling for various occasions.
Miss Elizabeth L. Banke, famed for introducing American newspaper methods in London last year, rests in Washington awaiting another visit to the English capital. She has penned a book detailing her experiences titled A
Georgia Senator Bacon receives surprise support as Democrats and Populists urged to caucus. Republican conference shapes the outlook on the new sugar schedule as a key outcome.
A fashion note on lace shirt waists contrasts with a Washington tariff debate. In the Senate, Senator Bacon’s amendment places raw cotton on the 20 percent ad valorem duty, the first such duty in tariff history, drawing mixed reactions as the chamber debates sugar, corn meal, and rice schedules before adjournment.
A collage of brief notices highlights diverse figures. Cecilia O Neill tops a NYU Law School class in New York with a $60 prize. Mason W Sherrill, 60 years a Baptist deacon in Kentucky, plans to attend the 1831 session anniversary. England’s Duke of Northumberland inches into year eight, preserving his pious routines. An Armenian gift to Gladstone arrives with an Archbishop Ezmerlian portrait and a St Gregory the Illuminator memorial note. Flora Shaw gains prominence as Times colonial editor tied to the Jameson raid and Australia reporting, with ties to the Massey Shaw family and the Royal Colonial Institute honor she received.
The Navy Department faces a funding gap for the Indiana to be docked cleaned and painted at Port Royal. Estimated 8000 dollars for a Norfolk yard crew to Port Royal is not affordable before the next fiscal year, leaving the ship idle at dock.
Assistant Secretary Day said noon report from Consul General Lee on Havana Ruiz investigation had reached the State Department. Publications claiming to show the report could not be verified. The widow of Ruiz filed a $150,000 death claim and a claim against Spain is anticipated.
Washington June 8 The Republican Senatorial caucus agreed to a stricter sugar schedule with a refined sugar duty set at 1.95 cents per pound replacing the House figure of 1.875. Coarse raw sugars from the Philippines and Java will be admitted at one-tenth of a cent less. No accord on the Hawaiian treaty was reached and amendments to the House provision are expected.
The War Department has approved Brigadier-General Mizner's retirement and a successor, likely Colonel Merriam, will be announced soon. Separately, Senor Dupuy De Lome denounces rumors he advised Weyler's removal as absurd in Cuba.
Secretary Long weighs reopening Boston Navy Yard as an active repair and possible construction yard. No decision yet as a large dry dock and machinery must be funded by Congress, unless appropriations allow use of existing navy funds.
Marshall Cutter of New York, formerly of Boston, is likely to become Florence consul succeeding Charles Belmont Davis. Cutter was a Harrison era applicant. one backer was William McKinley. Dr Arthur R Bigelow of Boston, now consul at Rouen, seeks transfer to Brussels and is endorsed by Chairman Lyman. Wickliffe Preston of Kentucky, Draper’s brother in law, backed for Marseilles consul. papers presented by Senator Deboe.
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Justice Henry M. Hoyt of Pennsylvania to be assistant attorney general. The announcement came from Washington on June 8.
The President appointed P. P. Smith to be post master at Adams Massachusetts as of today June 8.
The Ladies' St Mary's Infant Aid Society met at Everett Avenue Dorchester to promote a festival at Mechanics Hall on Saturday June 19. A 2 to 6 pm children's continuous program and an evening show feature scenes from Syrian life in native costume with the Syrian Band directed by Abraham Karem and a minstrel show led by Wendell Phillips Literary Society with local talent from Boston and nearby areas.
Cambridge Aldermen discussed creating a pest house after a smallpox case exposed city unpreparedness. The Board of Health urged immediate action and warned of costly future outbreaks. The council also passed an ordinance creating a free ambulance by 9 to 2 vote. Coveney thanks city for resolutions on his father’s death.
West Point New York reports all annual exams completed for the class of graduates with results pending until tomorrow. A weather delay postponed light artillery drill on the plain this afternoon. An exhibition drill in fencing and gymnastics by the fourth class occurred in the gym under Sword Master Herman J. Koehler. Field day sports are scheduled for 10:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Delegates to the International Postal Congress arrived in Niagara Falls New York this afternoon and immediately headed toward Lewiston via the Canadian route. They plan to return by the road and depart for Duffels tomorrow morning.
The Bay State's Institute of Technology awarded degrees to 176 graduates in a ceremony led by Professor Crafts. Among the graduates were four master of science recipients and a notable colored student Hemmings from Boston, whose sister Florence A. Wood also graduated from Vas sar. The event featured thesis abstracts, an address, and the Lowell School of Design also producing fifteen graduates.
Uprising data from Havana via Key West places about 8000 patriots in armed groups across the Cape San Antonio to Jacaro Horton line in Puerto Principe. Many live in woods and mountains for most of the year, with thousands more natives in camps unarmed or machete-armed. Concentrated towns hold few men, remaining populated mainly by women and children. Weyler’s Placetas visit coincided with a Cuban attack on La Quinta, repelled with minor losses.
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