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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
4
Governor approves the charter change for the Boston Elevated Railway Company and the firm accepts its provisions. Colon el Gaston notes the company passed the bill properly without improper influence, calling it an object lesson in governance and condemning any taint of corruption.
The senator pleads for the wage earner and taxpayer amid tariff wrangling. He argues that protection burdens the wage earner with higher prices for clothing, leather, lumber, sugar, crockery, coal, and glass while benefitting others. He warns voters may remember this neglect at election time.
A provincial notice of growing discontent with unseasonable weather. The piece laments cold rain and north winds marring early summer, weddings, shore traffic, and resort trade while urging consolation in long term averages and human nature.
An editorial defends Boston's stance against a mill school tax bill arguing that local public schools are local burdens while state needs are shared. It notes Boston pays a large share of state taxes and funds for road building and teachers through normal schools, resisting further burdens on itself to ease others.
Reports from Washington push for strong demands for reparation in the Dr Ruiz affair. The case cites citizenship, imprisonment on false charges, treaty rights violations, and death linked to Spanish authority. Officials possess official evidence, with the murder charge against the Spanish commander likely unproven.
A statement urges vigilant action on a citizenship matter, insisting the issue is incontrovertible. It argues the reparation demand be full and exemplary and maintained with firmness to prevent lapse.
The Boston Police Commissioner and Superintendent plan a 1500 trip to Europe funded by the city treasury, drawing criticism over whether public funds should cover foreign study or be spent on domestic policing. The piece also notes shipboard captain Frederick Rodgers and elevator staff news.
In Boston notes the damp season reshapes leisure and business. Nantucket visitors report keen east winds, while a Nantucket sea serpent model stays unchanged. A theatre critic and a city high l ife figure offer wry remarks on restraint and indulgence as counterfeit sheet music booms prompt copyright calls. Lincoln National Bank names B B Perkins cashier after E C Whitney’s death. Port weather harms brick moulding delays in Portsmouth. Musicians Lithgow and Sobeski plan Liverpool study abroad while John J. McNally recovers at West Bend Indiana and plans light summer fun. The Beacon street Jordan house undergoes rebuilding amid Brimmer reminiscences.
Miss Pauline Keane and Mrs Keane spent most of last summer abroad and are likely to spend most of this year’s hot term at Narragansett Pier.
A brief note on a group of young women known for attending every major musicale in New York last winter, highlighting their music enthusiasm and consistent presence in the city’s social musical scene.
Lord Wolseley suggests starting changes in the British army by abolishing cocked hats and feathers worn by staff officers.
Emperor Francis Joseph unveiled Maria Theresa’s equestrian statue in Pressburg. The monument is hailed as Hungary’s finest tribute to a Hapsburg sovereign after 371 years of Habsburg rule.
Carroll D. Wright, chief of the national bureau of labor at Washington, was recently nominated president of the American Unitarian Association. The position was held last year by John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.
Alfred Vanderbilt will not go abroad to join his parents. After Yale College class day he leaves New Haven for Newport to be guest of his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Whitney.
Miss Gordon Cumming collects donations in major English cities to found a large blind asylum in Pekin in honor of the diamond jubilee. The Murray system will be taught as part of the program. Professor Forbes, a noted electrician, was hired by the Egyptian government to assess using Nile cataracts for hydroelectric power, reporting Egypt’s suitability as a motive power site.
Modern mothers favor simple practical dress over elaborate outfits claiming today’s child is less self conscious and more ready for life’s duties. The piece contrasts past wardrobes with present fashions and warns of overemphasis on cut and material.
The article notes careful dressing for children, with gowns made to match mothers in style. Silk is discouraged for kids. pique, organdies, and cashmere are favored. Pique colors include pink blue and cream, with embroidery hems and collar flounces.
The eleventh through fourteenth rounds of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons bout shown at the Boston Theatre delight audiences with clear action and a dramatic postfight scene. Christie McDonald shifts to Bo-Peep. Sousa to perform at the Emergency Hospital benefit with The Stars and Stripes Forever. Circus wall posters go up at Pearl and Milk streets, 7200 sheets used. Grace P Atwell joins The Lost Paradise at Castle Square. Josie Sadler heads to New York for summer. The Brooklyn handicap biograph at Keith's draws attention. Woollett's Merchant of Venice at Park Theatre. Charles H. Duncan entertains at the Howard with vocal comedy. Rain delays Marcella Street Home to the Chutes. Oxen Joe and Jerry and Black Diamond wrap at Austin & Stone's. Leo Schulz leads new Pop concerts at Music Hall. Oswald Yorke and Maude Palmer return in Willard company next season. Merri Osborne heads to Kansas City for six weeks.
Mrs. Dudley, once a beauty who rejected a poor suitor in favor of wealth, loses both money and status as time reveals the same man has risen in California wealth. He returns, cold to her, while she grapples with regret, beauty eclipsed by a younger rival.
A column of practical kitchen guidance with recipes for Asparagus Soup Sunshine cake and Oatmeal gems plus directions for making Cold Chicken with Strawberries and Cream. It includes measurements methods and a signature line from Miss Anna of Derry Everett.
Yale seniors issue their class annual noting 97 entered with 318, 279 to graduate. About 26 percent paid their way. Dean Henry Wright voted favorite professor and John Watson named best preacher. Majority will pursue law, medicine, or theology. Kaufmann named most popular. Clark best debater. Murphy best athlete.
South American commercial tourists woke to a clear day in New York and resumed industrial sightseeing at 11 o clock. They were driven to the Battery for a fire department exhibit and later visited the wool exchange and Brooklyn Bridge.
A letter to the Board of Lunacy and Charity indicates lawmakers will testify as witnesses in a hoped for full public hearing on alleged lobbying. The signers say they will appear ready to testify but not as complainants, awaiting agreed times and places.
Boston installs a new horseless fire engine, Engine 38, at 39 Congress Street under Assistant Superintendent Bymington. Captain Victory leads the double company, reorganized as engine 38 replaces 39 and the old 38 becomes 39 with a spare engine sent to Bristol Street HQ.
In Farmington Maine on June 10 General Oliver C. Howard delivered the graduation oration for the State Normal School. His address focused on Grant and his generals and reflected on Civil War leadership.
The fifty second annual session of the Grand Temple of Honor of Massachusetts was held in Boston at 729 Washington Street. Officers were elected and installed by D. M. A. T. Hicks and M. W. A. Lawton with G. A. '. A. KE. Steele of Northampton presiding. New officers include James Smith of Rockport as G. A. R. and Leonard W. Cain of East Weymouth as G. W. G.
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