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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
4
The article highlights a vast coal trust linked to J Pierpont Morgan, claiming combined assets of 889 million dollars. It notes the scope reaches all regional consumers from laundresses to hotel landlords and suggests coal trusts may outperform woollen and cotton consolidations.
President McKinley’s Manila commission may redirect affairs in the islands though progress is slow and casualties mount. Diplomacy could curb fighting if commissioners approach with a benevolent settlement plan.
Boston battles a proposed inquiry into the validity of certain city bills with its top law team. The city argues against exposing whether the bills are fraudulent, seeking to block inquiry.
The editorial urges scrutiny of city bills and a $20,000 back riding expense by Aldermen in one year. It argues the city should protect citizens’ money and seeks an inquiry beyond legal constraints if the petition cannot authorize one.
The author defends Captain J. J. Atkin of the Pavonia against anonymous cowardice charges. From Liverpool on January 26 the Pavonia battled fierce gales for three weeks, six boilers broke loose, and cables parted as vessels towed. Atkin steered to the Azores, landed all passengers by lifeboats, and saved every soul, earning lasting trust in the Cunard command.
The three Democratic legislators Senator John E. Baldwin and Representatives Oliver S. Grant and W. J. Miller plan to oppose a favorable report on the Post telephone bill. Voters across their districts express strong support for state supervision and rate reductions, urging representatives to align with the people and make telephone service widely affordable.
The sudden death of Robert S. Gardiner removes a valued Boston citizen active in community interests and industry. He educated himself to wealth, wrote and lectured on China and Japan, and was regarded as an authority. The Boston colony at St Andrew’s, N B, will miss his genial presence.
Two dynamite incidents disturb Boston. in Hayward Place Patrick Connor was burned along with the explosive he was thawing, and a second blast occurred on Quincy Street in Roxbury when a trench worker struck a hidden cartridge.
Dr. Cabell Whitehead, assayer at the U S mint, accepts a Turkish service post to direct industries in Constantinople as new manufactories rise. Democratic hopeful Augustus Van Wyck is discussed for president with Kansas City Star editor Nelson shifting allegiance toward Brooklyn’s Col Edmund Tetley who won the Laconia mayoral nomination.
A collage of satirical lines from Chicago Record Yonkers Statesman Detroit Free Press and New York Weekly with quips on songs laws sailors condensed milk and a cautious note on keeping warships in the Philippines referencing Dewey and the German Emperor's adviser.
Mary Woodman recalls Aunt Tim Virgen in Woodvale Massachusetts, a kindly widow who fed neighbors, mentored children, and resolved disputes. Through years she tended the sick, hosted visitors, and chose independence over remarriage, even at seventy, inspiring affection among villagers and schoolchildren.
A letter urging Senator Baldwin and state legislators to back the Post telephone bill. The writer praises Post efforts for common people and warns against telephone lobbyists and the octopus company influence in the State House.
A lyrical verse describes the stormy March bringing wind and clouds yet promising the return of sunshine for northern lands. The poem notes the month’s harsh temperament, the eventual warm days, and the joyful hills that sing as spring progresses toward May.
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