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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
4
Washington reports a cautious posture in Samoa with no official statements. Admiral Kautz receives written guidance to maintain order with co-signers and avoid actions without allied support. A veteran portrait of Kautz follows, praising his steadiness, past service with Farragut, and his wife Mrs. Kautz’s navy support.
A Navy Department despatch from Admiral Kautz adds no clarity to the Samoa outbreak. Confusion stems from tangled dates and lack of official reports from Samoa, while London Berlin foreign offices and ambassadors seek information. Secretary Hay orders delivery of instructions to Admiral Kautz, challenging the prevailing view.
Berlin reports the German government was taken by surprise by news from Samoa. The imperial chancellor Prince Hohenlohe is at Baden Baden while Foreign Minister von Buelow is on a two-week vacation in Holstein. A well informed individual says the situation remains unclear.
The report notes Admiral Kautz followed orders to guard American interests in Samoa while aiming to act only with another power in decisive steps. Publicly released by the Navy, the despatch from Apia dated March 29 1899 says the situation had improved since March 18 and confirms governmental support.
Government questions Admiral Kautz instructions for bombardment amid Samoa act claims. Observers doubt Mataafa contravention, note German consul Rose would protest if real. City focuses on United States and Britain impact while predicting settlement by three cabinets and Germany's neutral stance.
The State Department has been advised by the German embassy via Consul Rose at Apia that villages were bombarded by warships as tensions rise in Samoa. Navy and State officials awaited further reports from Admiral Kautz, Consul Osborn, and Consul Dillingham as authorities hoped for an amicable settlement amid the Mataafa dispute.
London reports confirm foreign office despatches about developments in Samoa as described in last night’s telegrams.
Rear Admiral Kautz, in charge of American forces in Samoa, is well known locally after relinquishing command at Charlestown Navy Yard shortly before the war. He is described as an able, disciplinarian leader who cannot be bluffed, while Belknap notes uncertainty due to lack of cables to Honolulu and Samoa and that actions depend on his orders and discretion.
English syndicate representatives seek to unite all United States cotton yarn mills. In light of financial troubles at New Bedford and other mills, British capitalists show interest only if they can secure control of the entire industry. Treasurers and stockholders from New Bedford and Fall River mills discuss joining, with an estimated capital need exceeding 190 million dollars if the deal goes through.
Susan Galla gher alias Susan Cole, 50, a reformed offender, was arrested for allegedly stealing 1.2 from W W S Butler on Tremont Street. She claimed to be a tailoress and said she trained at the South Boston institution. Ellen Kiley, 42, was also arrested for shoplifting.
Fernando Baltes former president of the Mechanics and Traders National Bank is held in $5000 bail for trial in Police Court on charges of hypothecating 200 shares of the bank stock belonging to Ferdinand Sulzberger of Schwarzschild and Sulzberger meat dealers.
A 19th century style ad argues mankind grows weaker yet wiser. It claims emulsion strengthens, enriches blood, and nourishes nerves, helping illness. Product touted as a tonic and fat builder priced at $1.00 for one bottle. References Scott and Bowne, chemists in New York.
Long city council report notes President Kiley reshaping committees with anti organization Democrats and Republicans taking key posts. It details cemetery and building department panels and the vote bypassing a veto on a voter requirement order while naming Gaston Square tribute and pending zoning limits.
A long slate lists members by department and special duties including Building, Claims, Finance, Fire, Hospital, Institutions, Ordinances, Park, Printing, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, and others with names such as Bennett, Watson, Linehan, Crowding, and Turner. The compilation includes numerous offices like City Clerk, City Messenger, Auditor, Assessing, and Engineering, with many signatories and multi-department allocations.
The bodies of nine soldiers who died before Santiago are to be shipped from New York to Boston and their home stations. Remains from Companies A B C E I go to Boston, others to their locations. Majors Murray Sullivan and Paymaster Dobbins oversee arrangements and a military escort will accompany the cortege. a public funeral plan hinges on Board of Health review.
The US gunboat Wilmington reached Para Brazil and was warmly greeted by Gov Paes de Coralho. A state banquet for Captain Todd and Wilmington officers featured an elaborate menu, rich wines, and a flag ceremony with an American national air.
Councilman Watson introduced an order to close the Dudley Street Grammar School until sanitary improvements recommended by the Board of Health are made. The measure was referred to the Mayor for action.
Due to the serious illness of Mrs J Huntington Wolcott mother of Governor Wolcott the governor and his wife postponed a reception for legislators at 173 Commonwealth Avenue. Mrs Wolcott 84 residing at 288 Beacon Street was reported very sick last night in a semi conscious state with Dr Charles P Putnam attending.
Memphis observers report the Rowena Lee steamer sank near Tyler Missouri yesterday afternoon with three lives lost. Lee Line managers released the casualty tally as rescue efforts continued and divers searched the vessel.
Relatives gathered at the Mead home in West Acton Tuesday to honor fifty years of married life. Five children born to the couple were represented, with Mrs. D. C. Cutler in attendance alongside her five grandchildren. Family members travelled from Fitchburg Malden Stow Somerville Acton and Florida to celebrate. Mr. Mead co heads A. & O. W. Mead & Co. 35 North Market Street, a long established produce commission firm. Golden tokens were exchanged as keepsakes.
At the United States Hotel 160 members of the DeWitt Clinton Chapter of Roys Croix A A of Freemasonry gathered for the Paschal Lamb feast. Wives and daughters attended as the ceremony of extinguishing the light and the unleavened bread and wine was observed. Vice-Master Andrew Creelman presided, with Frederick A. Flint FE. 8. Foster Joel Bolan and William F. Butler as speakers.
Armory notice orders Company E Ninth Regiment to report Friday at 6:00 p.m. to escort bodies of regiment members who died at Santiago from depot to armory arrival in Boston via Providence railroad. Order by Captain Sullivan with Clerk Fielding. Representative Gartland aided in identifying Private Eugene McLoughlin remains.
The transport Crook moored at the Brooklyn government dock with 68 American soldiers and civilians who died in the Spanish American War. Caskets were transferred to the wharf in a solemn ceremony with guards of honor, identified for relatives, and sent to Arlington. A misidentification scare involved a body marked Henry Scheid and a Springfield misattribution to Bob Kelly.
Inspector Tryder arrested Frederick H. Rudd aged 87 of 69 School street Roxbury on a charge of obtaining 300 dollars by false pretences from William H. Bennett.
The cruiser Wilmington departs for a long voyage up the Amazon with first stop at Manaus. It will ascend the Madeira and Rio Negro and reach Iquitos Peru, aiming to strengthen U S relations and gather valuable information on a vast rubber and mineral wealth region.
Mrs Wood was stabbed in the face by an unknown assailant returning from St Patrick's Church in Lewiston Maine. The attacker fled and had not been captured by nightfall.
Two seal hunters lie adrift on the ice in Conception Bay after forty eight hours. The Panther and Labrador sealing steamers remain jammed in an ice floe off Kings Cove as rescue efforts fail. Conditions worsen as ice floes drive along the northern coast and many seals are being taken by shore residents.
The New York report states a central council committee drafted resolutions urging Congress to pass a declaratory act ensuring all US bonds notes and obligations are payable in the lawful gold dollar and to grant redemption rights for subsidiary coins under one dollar in that unit or its multiples in gold.
A smoke talk event by the Bunker Hill Council Knights of Columbus featured speaker Christopher J. Fay on The Catholic Citizen His Responsibilities and Opportunities. Grand Knight W. B. Dailey presided with piano solos and readings by local performers entertaining visitors from Boston councils.
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