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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post questions Philippine independence belief as misleading after Manila despatches show natives alternating between friendship and hostility. It urges Boston voters to use their rights at the polls to influence state government and election outcomes.
In Paris, Baron Christiani receives four years for assault on President Loubet, while Colonel Picquart is exonerated in the Dreyfus affair. In Manila Bay, General Lawton’s forces endure harsh jungle fighting, with hard-won ground near Las Pinas and Cavite Viejo under threat as troops probe for gains. The piece contrasts domestic judicial reform with overseas military trials and the costly, unsettled war effort.
The cyclone devastates New Richmond Wisconsin and surrounding areas, causing fire and widespread ruin. Reports indicate heavy loss of life may occur with extensive property damage from floods and winds, prompting calls for prompt aid from both western communities and potential eastern assistance if needed.
The election department updates voter lists and notes 98 454 names last year while about 150 000 to 165 500 men in Boston are taxed poll and thus potential voters. The piece questions why Boston does not dominate state affairs given this strength.
Observant Citizen Henry W. Savage sails for Europe on the Canada amid talk of launching his low‑priced American opera empire in England. Other notes report changes to marriage law guidance, postponements of attorney Thomas Riley’s voyage, Newport summer plans, and glimpses of Marblehead yacht activity.
The narrator recalls meeting a Belle of many seasons at a Berkshire club. A summer romance unfolds on an asphalt court and social gatherings, but the beloved remains unattainable as he is rejected after proposing. The tale, told in first person, ends with all joy turning to gray as the affair dissolves.
A collage of witty lines and quips from Chicago Record Tit Bits Brooklyn Life and Washington Star. The items include barbed observations on prudence fashion and show windows with lighthearted exchanges about authors translators and actors.
Menu style list details sugar and cream scrambled eggs buckwheat cakes buttered toast and veal stuffing with stale bread and onion. Cocoanut bread pudding uses eggs milk sugar and shredded coconut baked slowly. Cold slaw uses finely sliced cabbage with salad dressing. Miss P Melka Roxbury Massachusetts.
A fragmentary verse alludes to a huntsman urged by a loud halloo and a flagging steed while dew or rain makes the azure Whole glisten. It notes the Laureate’s lyric tradition of listening to such lines.
In Denesboro Herbert Amsden hides a past romance with Emily Wood a refined country girl whom he spurned for social pride. Four years later in Paris Travers discovers the heiress is Emily now rich and admired, and Amsden realizes she returns Travers’s love while he loses his chance due to pride.
State Senator S A Loseh of Schuylkill Penn seems critically ill from heart trouble after the Quay reelection fight. Senator Daniel of Virginia says Bryan remains strongest with Democratic masses, with Gorman as a potential alternative. Colonel Henry A Thomas shows cautious improvement, while Dwight Blaney expands land holdings on Ironbound Island, Frenchman’s Bay.
The Settlement Division placed in charge of John E Gilman and the Statistical Division in charge of John Koren. Institutions Commissioner Marshall, previously acting as registrar, is relieved of that duty by Mayor Quincey. Professor Sedgwick named acting institutions registrar effective June 14 1899 with a formal communication issued.
In a US Court before Judge Colt, the Western Union Telegraph Company sues Bell Telephone for 10 million dollars alleging breach of a 1879 contract that assigned rights to patent licenses and profits. The case traces rival claims over royalties, stock shares, and control of telephone licenses across about 36 companies, with past rulings supporting both sides.
The city will create a settlement division headed by Mr John E Gilman and a statistical division led by Mr John Koren. Gilman is a Massachusetts G A R commander. Koren, born in Iowa, studied at Ith er College and Concordia Seminary and later worked on U S Labor Department reports. He has long been linked with the liquor问题 study and the committee of fifty. Professor Sedgwick, curator at the Lowell Institute, will oversee sanitation research at MIT.
The election department updates the voting list daily from May 1 using Board of Assessors data. Assessed polls may reach 165000, up from 98457 last year. About 8 percent of registered voters drop off each year due to deaths removals and information gaps.
The United States cruiser Newark is detained in Smith Channel due to coal shortage. Two of her steam launches reached Ancud at the northwest Chilean coast as the ship remains secure in Chile.
The Rev George Elliott Cooley pastor of the Universalist Church in Rutland Vermont married Miss Winnifred Harper of Washington at the Shoreham Hotel today. The groom is a St Lawrence University graduate and the bride a Leland Stanford University graduate and daughter of Ida Husted Harper a noted women’s movement leader.
Edward Harrison, nephew of a former president, married Susie Wardner, a niece of Mrs. William Evarts, at St. Pauls Church in Windsor on June 13. The Rev. E E Goddard officiated and many relatives attended though Mr Evarts and Mrs Evarts were unable to attend due to illness.
Do not wait for June end to buy a straw hat. We offer about 300 dozen men's and boys mixed straws including French Palm Milan and Dunstable plus Eng Sennett and Mackinaw types at strikingly low prices. Hats suitable for daily wear or dress sold quickly with a two hat limit per buyer. Straw hat trade ends in two weeks and stock will be scarce. See our stock before buying for yourself or your boy.
The case centers on Oak Hall Clothing Co and Western Union over whether shares of profits from a telephone license count as rentals or royalties under a contract from 1879. Western Union contests findings about profit shares and stock as rentals while negotiations prior to the contract are also challenged. The trial resumes with Colonel Benton for Western Union and R H Swan for Bell. Judge Dillon and Mr. Olney are expected to conclude arguments. The matter holds wide national interest because its ruling could shape future control of U S telephone systems.
Mr Frederick Holls of the American delegation rejects claims of German hostility to arbitration and explains that the drafting committee will present exact texts of American and other proposals to the full commission. Sir Julian Pauncefote confirms the statement. The Red Cross sub committee backs applying the Geneva convention to naval warfare, viewed as a major advance.
Captain Charles Facey of Company B Fifth Regiment addresses the Prose pect Union Cambridgeport this evening on Camp Experiences in the Army. Professor E W Masters discusses Dancing Ancient and Modern. It is a ladies night and the public are invited.
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