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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
4
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City Hall heard petitioners push for extermination of English sparrows amid expert claims they harm native birds and spread pests while opposing views warn of caterpillar eaters and false blame. Next Wednesday the remonstrants’ experts will present their case and consider a popular vote option.
The Windsor Hotel fire in New York yesterday afternoon caused numerous deaths and injuries as guests fled by jumping from windows. Investigators note the building lacked adequate escape provisions and, despite not being new or old, failed to meet modern construction and safety expectations.
The Queen Regent completes ratification of the Paris treaty in the absence of Cortes action. Washington will exchange ratifications soon. War with Spain lasted about 100 days with April 25 as start and August 12 as end. Postpeace, the US faces new costs and ongoing conflicts in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
An uncensored Manila despatch reports that foreign residents, including an intelligent Englishman, view peace in Luzon as possible only through extermination of the Tagalos. The opinion aligns with ex President Cleveland’s remarks on McKinley’s Philippine policy, signaling an unsettling future as McKinley’s policy saddles Spain’s former colony with a harsh task.
The article argues the United States will prevail in subduing Filipino resistance and questions the ethics of destroying the native population. It criticizes continued fighting and suggests negotiating with Filipino leaders to end the conflict, noting rising casualties and calls for decisive action.
The piece argues that U S claims for damages by Americans during the Spanish War will total about fifty million dollars when combined with the Philippines cost. It questions whether paying Spain and settling Cuba claims is worth the price, noting pre war totals and the McKinley commissioners' bargain. It cites $29,000,000 in current claims and $9,000,000 at end of Cleveland administration.
Citizens gathered at City Hall to oppose sparrow extermination as petitioners push the issue while remonstrants argue to spare the birds. Mayor Quincy presided, appearing pleased as the lengthy hearing continued.
At the office a new marble bust of Donahoe, adorned with flowers, marked his 88th birthday. A telegram from Secretary of the Navy John D. Long joined the congratulations. Grace Le Baron Upham nears completion of a girls book, health frail but willful, to be finished by mid April. Tom Lawson and his "sugar scoop" stirs street talk as Boston money and show thrive. Charity events at Tremont Theatre and Boston Theatre raised over 1500 and 2200 respectively with audiences enjoying the performances.
An old-time speaker boasts about a local baseball team’s practice tour. He praises Mickey Dugan, Dan behind the plate, Slim Jim at short, and a star outfielder who “caught last season” and dazzles in fielding. He criticizes Paddy Regan’s coaching and recalls a pivotal game where Mickey missed a chance to win by hitting Sheeney Ike, while others struggle to hit.
A collage of dialogue and caricature from early papers features a flirtatious misnaming at a ball, a pharmacist dabbling with distilled water, a Manila tale of morning gunfire, simplified spelling jokes, a piano recital critique, and fashion and money talk from Chicago papers.
A riddle from Columbian Charades by Lee and Shepard with clues and an answer. The puzzle uses wordplay on the line My First and his own and hints at a solution DEN MARK.
A widowed shopkeeper Miss Melinda struggles to keep her tiny Cambridge store on Christmas Eve two months after her father's death. A sudden charity by a burly customer Henry Bowen returns hope. he reveals he has prospered in Colorado and proposes marriage and moving west, ending her struggles.
The 1898 Massachusetts Democratic platform calls for state supervision and rate reduction of telephone service to make it affordable. The three Democrats on the mercantile committee Baldwin Grant Miller are urged to report favorably on House bill 134, voting for people over the telephone monopoly.
Shampoos of CUTICURA SOAP claim to remove eruptions hair loss and baby blemishes by clearing clogged pores. The ad touts ONE SOAP at 25 cents with emollients cleansing ingredients and flower scent, plus a full set price and contact details for Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
Sanford L. Fogg reports General T. W. Hyde of Bath has accepted the Sagadahoc County Republican nomination for Congress to succeed the late Nelson Dingley. Captain Frank Wilds named commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard succeeding Captain Sumner, promoted to rear admiral.
Paris dispatch reports The Journal stating the military dossier presented to the Court of Cassation's criminal chamber is decisive proof of Dreyfus treachery. It asserts the dossier was not shown in 1894 because other guilt evidence sufficed.
A crowded Boston aldermanic chamber hears the case against the English sparrow under an 1890 extermination law. Petitioners claim the bird destroys nests and harms native birds. opponents accuse cruelty and mock the effort. Judge Quincy presides as testimony and debates unfold.
Patrick Donahoe celebrated his first birthday anniversary with a bust presented by friends. At his Essex and Washington streets office after mass at the Cathedral he found a display of roses and a basin of shamrocks. Telegrams from Hon. John D. Long clergy and editors were read to the modest recipient.
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