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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1899
Page
6
The Bay State Gas Company of Delaware issues a statement to stockholders denying misleading reports by Dominion Coal and New England Gas & Coke interests. Directors contrast past reliable service with current claims, citing political influence, bond and stock valuations, and pending suits.
Dominion Coal officials report minimal underground damage at the Caledonia mine and say Everett coke production remains strong at about 400 tons per day. They dismiss sensational reports about the disaster and stress that orders from New England are ahead of production while seeking to advance a major business proposition.
The document cites alleged payments to newspapers and accuses Henry M Whitney and Thomas W Lawson of fabricating articles. It references 1897 statements on Boston gas bonds, predicts receivership and dividend cuts, and claims the New England Gas & Coke Company has failed to sell bonds or gas by 1899, branding its product worthless.
A Boston era‑wide warning describes the kissing bug Melanolestes picipes that bites sleepers on the lips causing dramatic swelling. Reports from Paterson New Jersey and Washington detail painful lip distortions and facial swelling. Smithsonian officials seek specimens while joking links to Hobson and Jersey mosquitoes appear in humorous prose.
The Boston Water Workers' Union elected officers: William J. Trainor as president, Michael Farrell as vice president, EK Murphy as recording secretary, John Sheehan as financial secretary, Chatte Parks as treasurer, and M. McCarthy as sergeant at arms.
The market rose with Vanderbilt rail shares driving activity and London buyers fueling strength. Copper and coal names like Mags Consolidated Fortun a and Flemington Coal gained as miners expand output and plans advance. Boston Elevated Railway boosted dividend news and consolidation rumors spread for Boston & Albany and Boston & Maine.
In Paris the new Cabinet, led by Premier Waldeck Rousseau, defeated a plan to replace the parliamentary republic with a popular government. Deroulede of the League of Patriots urged urgent action but the motion failed 397 to 70 amid a violent tumult.
A ceremony at Roxbury Dimock Street saw the laying of the corner stone for the new surgical building of the New England Hospital. Mrs Ednah Cheney President led with a silver trowel as Mrs Thomas Mack’s gift. Speakers praised hospital progress and collaboration. Unfurling of the Stars and Stripes followed.
Owing to the Prince Edward not leaving St. John N B before next Monday the first direct trip to St John is postponed to Wednesday July 5 at 11 a m. From that date regular bi weekly direct trips will run leaving Long Wharf Boston Wednesdays at 11 a m and Saturdays at 4 p m.
The Mazourka from Rockport Maine, carrying 1090 barrels of lime, ran aground and burned after a collision with a sunken obstruction in Fort Point Channel. The crew escaped unharmed, the vessel and 800 barrels of lime were lost, and the craft was hauled to the flats to avoid blocking the channel. Owner G. E. Carleton of Rockport. Vessel valued around $1200. cargo loss $659 insured.
Rumor persists that the steamer City of Fitchburg will again run from this port to Maine ports, with a visit to Commercial Wharf confirming a possible schedule but no firm dates. Captain Harding and Captain Wellock feature in recent harbor activity as vessels move and crews adjust to ongoing work.
Winthrop Massachusetts dedicates the new gray brick Frost Public Library funded by Mrs Eliza W Frost and town taxpayers. The building at Winthrop Centre will open to the public next week with a ceremony featuring Mayor Littlefield ex mayor Endicott and other local and regional officials.
Boston plans a new theatre on the old Globe site with about $600,000 already raised of $1 million. Promoter Charles F. Atkinson is the likely prime mover aided by past success with Bowdoin Square and Jiondoin Square projects. Entrance access will include Washington street front and Essex street side, with a Chauncy street stage entrance.
Radcliffe College held its Sanders Theatre commencement with Horace choral tributes. President Agassiz delivered a summary address on women's higher education, followed by Harvard’s Francis Cabot Lowell. Sixty earned BA, fourteen MA, with Gragg and Lovett leading summa cum laude. Marguerite Barton earned English honors. additional certificates and AM degrees noted.
The world's council of women in London heard a lengthy paper by Mrs Frances Scott of Massachusetts opposing female franchise. In the legislative section Mrs Kelley presented a paper on tenement labor in New York while Mrs Cady discussed factory and shop acts in Ontario and Quebec.
Weather roughness aside, Boston crowds flock to Salem Willows for day trips. Boats depart Winthrop line wharf at 10 30 each morning and return from the Willows at 4 45. At the Willows visitors find a large dancing pavilion with Brighams Orchestra and hourly concerts by the Salem Cadet Band.
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