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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1904
Page
4
San Francisco dispatch says the French cruiser Durance suffered a boiler explosion after departing Tahiti, killing 15 sailors. The Mariposa, arriving from Tahiti, carried the grim report for publication.
A baby was born on a city street early yesterday morning to Josephine McAvoy of South Dennis. The mother is weak from hunger and is now in City Hospital, while the infant's condition is not detailed.
Commencement exercises at Harvard today feature over 1000 degree candidates. The program starts at 10 in Flanders Theatre with speakers including Francis M. H. Fobes of Lexington Rhodes Scholar, John J. Rogers, Fred Wayne Catlett, Harry C. B. Sampson, Hart Clement Davis, and Belden O. Martin.
Richard Olney and Secretary Taft spar over the rights of Filipinos and the legitimacy of a strong nation ruling a weaker one. Taft defends American occupancy while Olney warns of anarchy and calls for lawful governance based on consent and equal rights. Fuller presides as Taft is honored.
In Mellen's Magazine James H. Mellen lauds Beacon Hill's 25 years of laws and lawmakers. He recalls early State House days with close Third House ties, chairs made from Civil War gun stock wood, and 1877 inaugurations with flamboyant staff. He extols John D Long, contrasts him with Cogswell, notes strong House Democrats, and praises clerk George A. Marden and Ned McLaughlin's long service.
The Railroad Postal Clerks of New England met at the American House for their annual gathering. National President John Kidwell of Columbus, Ohio, spoke briefly after lunch. E. F. Upham was elected President with C H McFarland as vice president and John E. Corbin as secretary. Delegates named to the annual convention were C. B. H. Moore, M. G. Prentiss, F. C. Streck, with W. J. Coyne as alternate.
Round trip tickets from Boston to Niagara Falls go on sale July 1 and 2 for 10.40 dollars via the Boston and Maine line and 9.00 dollars via the Erie route. Returning not after July 4, travel through Mohawk Valley or southern New York, famed for scenery, on regular trains.
Lincoln dispatch recalls William J. Bryan may leave the St Louis convention if his counsel is not accepted. He quotes an eight year old Omaha World Herald editorial posing whether party action binds a voter to ruinous policy. He endorses the editorial and affirms his stance today.
A mother recounts her infant Owen Herbert Quirk suffering severe eczema from six weeks old. After three months of treatment at doctors on Victoria Road in Aldershot with worsening condition, she followed an advertisement for Caticura Remedies and used the Soap Ointment and Resolvent.
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