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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1900
Page
6
The state commission reports a total franchise value of 189.65 million dollars in New York City, with real estate assessed at 260.57 million and total taxes of 6.59 million. One street railway system shows a franchise value of 7.04 million, highlighting the public cost of privileges and likely court challenges.
The legislative committee on manufactures shifts focus from private quarrels to gas costs in Boston. Sen ator Woodsum announced the change and the panel will determine production and distribution costs to set a fair price for consumers and guide potential statutes.
A Philadelphia bid by Hanna delegates to renominate President McKinley faces a troublesome scene. Reported short payments to fund the convention raise fears the event lacks full financial guarantees. Plans allegedly would charge the city treasury to fit Exposition Hall, saving Hanna funds but inviting public outrage.
A legislative committee report on free bicycle transport as baggage proposes a ten cent fare cap while critics call the plan weak and misguided arguing bicycles should travel as baggage without limit. They contend extra rail costs and mishandling negate any need for a fare-based compromise.
A report examines the reassessment and value implications of public franchises in New York City amid low taxing. Officials discuss how franchise values affect city revenues and infrastructure financing.
The speech criticizes a tariff bill extending U S duties to Porto Rico as a constitutional overreach. Ex President Harrison and Senators Edmunds Hoar challenge the move, arguing the Constitution cannot be extended over Porto Rico by act of Congress. Republicans warn that unity is strained by imperial policy.
The Board of Police shows indignant over a formed association to organize a Back Bay private patrol. The article recalls past private watchmen in Mt. Vernon street and a humorous encounter with a reporter and a guard dog. Also reports on Captain Fred McDonald, Rev Joseph Cook, Captain Hayman, and Rev Thomas Van Ness health updates.
The piece notes a Boston stay at the Touraine by a couple and their son, mentions Henry Maillard's will valued over one million dollars probated in New York, and describes assorted society items. It recalls lawyer Sherman L. Whipple’s photo request, a Napoleon substitute, and parallels between Napoleon and Whipple. It also covers Charlie Hoyt the playwright, his New York base, and past in New Hampshire politics, plus amateur minstrel activity by St. Augustine Total Abstinence Society and a ship fire update on Old Dominion with cargo discharged.
A collage of witty exchanges from old newspapers with jests about soldiers, hairdressers, delivery men, and merchants. The snippets feature banter on taxes, prices, fashion, and life’s oddities, reflecting period humor and regional voice.
Bret Harte works on a new condensed novels series likely parodying current bestsellers. The Hughes bequest awards 20000 to the Royal Society for Physical Science. Dr Williams McNeil Whistler, Civil War surgeon and brother of the famous artist, dies in London. Bishop Lawrence plans a Harvard dormitory donation in Boston.
The Tiffany window costing 15000 dollars will be placed in Philadelphia's new high school in memory of Edward T Steele, late Board of Education president, donated by his two daughters and exhibited at the Paris exposition. Mrs. Platt's fondness for cats is noted. Catherine Ford donated Chicago properties valued at 30000 dollars to the University of Notre Dame.
In a country home tale, the narrator recalls Aunt Jerusha and her secret will. The reading reveals a second document leaving the bulk of property to the narrator, with Cousin John poised to inherit the rest.
In the Senate yesterday a motion by Mr. Post of Berkshire to reconsider the rejection of the Cape Cod Canal bill failed in a tie. Debates featured supporters like Mr. Soute and opponents such as Mr. Huntress and Mr. Innes. The final vote on postponement to Wednesday prevailed 22 to 9.
In Japan a railway train with two locomotives three freight cars and four passenger cars carrying 59 passengers was blown from an iron bridge into the stream below while crossing. Locomotives remained on the bridge as the rest of the train fell.
A critique notes editors shaping thought from Appletons to Popular Science Monthly and compares revenue models of conventions. It argues bids by cities for national conventions are ruinously high and suggests Cuba needs gradual self government under US tutelage to avoid fate of Latin American nations.
In the House yesterday two key measures saw favorable reports. One, Mr. Dean of Wakefield’s cheap fares for workingmen during morning and evening hours. The other, a railroad bill to allow bicycles as baggage with weight limits and no crate requirement, excluding commuting or excursion tickets.
The Lynn city grade crossings issue moves toward a vote after the House failed to adopt the committee report and instead backed Representative Salter's bill to abolish grade crossings. The bill to submit the question to the people was adopted by a large majority in the House.
A verse urging bold acts to seize attention and courting headlines. It dismisses sneers and proposes risky self-promotion as path to celebrity, warning against conformity and ridicule.
A daily table hints at supper items including cold roast beef tomato onion spinach and steamed fruit pudding with crackers cheese and coffee. It lists a recipe for steamed fruit pudding with suet molasses milk and flour and a sauce recipe with butter sugar vanilla and wine. The fragment ends with a name and address: UDB M Stevens 11 Woodward Park street Roebure.
A report outlines allegations against Ateibiieh and associates for attempting to collect a fee tied to checks processed by the local Clearing House. The case centers on an agreement or practice described as improper collection of funds from check handling. Authorities reference the 5 ten events noted in filings.
A Boston Pro-Boer society meeting at Youngs Hotel discussed sending an expression of sympathy to Kruger and the Boers and planned a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall next Wednesday. William F. Murray Jr. presided while William E. Nelson acted as secretary. General Patrick A. Collins accepted the invitation to attend the event, prompting loud cheers.
A Philadelphia schoolboy sympathy campaign for the Boers grows with Boston and New York events. A Boston meeting April 4 plans to echo Philadelphia’s message of support to President Kruger and the Boer cause, with delegates to deliver replies from Boston.
The Sunday Post offers readers a tour of Mrs Jack Gardner's mansion with art and bric a brac pictured for the first time in a newspaper. Tickets sold for a festival access, while the paper promises more fiction and romance in its six sections.
A political dinner was hosted by the president with cabinet members and several invited guests in attendance. The event showcased informal discussions and cordial exchanges among officials and attendees.
Oak Hall's Custom Department touts excess orders over last season and invites new customers to try measurements. The shop assures full responsibility for fit and satisfaction and claims its private esteem attracts wide patronage.
A Clinton Town Hall gathering with about 1200 attendees denounced the Metropolitan Water Board for alleged violations of labor and liquor laws and improper practices. Resolutions fault the board for mismanagement, illegal sal es, and favoritism, demanding transparency and action from the investigative committee. The event included cross party representation and asserted nonpartisan motives.
Chicago machine shop strike ends after conference between union officials and employers. Settlement promises national terms and resumption of work including in Chicago and other cities. The arbitration board to select presidents of each national union and decide contract details amid weeks of lost wages.
In San Francisco on March 00 the Labor War between the International Union of Bricklayers and the local association heats up. The international plans to cut bricklayer wages, lowering the local standard. the local group and Building Trades Council vow to resist and fight to the bitter end.
The insular affairs committee of the House heard support today for a bill by Mr. Gillett of Massachusetts to ban importation sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor in Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines.
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