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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
10
Traders await a forthcoming notice on the Amalgamated Subscription with anticipation of details on quantity, terms, and eligibility. Market confidence holds while officials prepare the official statement to clarify investment options and potential returns.
A May 4 column notes Amalgamated Copper subscriptions totaling 750 million and American Zinc leads in local trading, with shares rising from 41 to 43.5. It reports Mexico modernizing transport and telephone systems, including a new electric streetcar line and planned Pena telephone expansion, plus a Chelsea death and Pioneer Gold stock details.
April 20 1899 reports sharp gains in American Bell output and optimism for expanding the Mexican Telephone Company. It notes year over year instrument increases and argues Mexico business prospects rise with enterprise. Also covers stock actions, market quotes, and Fitchburg railroad results.
Total sales bonds reported at 128 740 dollars with sted stock 86 750 and unlisted shares 24 754.
The page fragment lists sales reported by Wilson W. Fay & Co at No 7 State Street and mentions several named entities such as Wisconsii denival, Boston, Crescent Bios, Bonanza Devel, and Waind. The text is highly garbled with many illegible phrases and stray marks, hindering precise interpretation.
Arthur W. Stedman, racing steward at the Country Club, reported a bulldog’s loss. Inspectors Ab bot and Gilmore arrested William Bailey of 163 Park Street Somerville for the larceny of the prize bulldog, valued at ten dollars and already found.
The Evening Mail reports Halifax Citadel, once hailed as impregnable Dunkirk of America, condemned by military authorities. Built 263 feet above sea level, the fort is largely useless as a defense and will be repurposed for barracks with old cannons replaced by a few Maxims.
Alarm from Box 8b at 8 oclock last night reported a basement fire at 480 Shawmut Avenue occupied by Simon Levy. Cause cited as explosion of a gasoline stove with $500 damage.
The British Charitable Society met for its quarterly gathering at Young's venue. President George Jepson led the session with about seventy five members in attendance.
The Grain Shovelers Union demands fair terms as they threaten to halt all work by noon tomorrow. Elevators, coal handlers, and dock contractors are among those involved, with 70 Polish workers briefed in Polish. Union leaders say they control the move to shut commerce on the lakes if demands are not met.
The shovellers refused to accept the offer and declared they would refuse to work under any contractor in the future regardless of terms offered.
Colonel Roger F. Scannell was honored at his 161 Charles Street home as a committee of local Irish leaders and editors presented a framed parchment address. The testimonial lauded his Christian, civic, and family virtues and 40 years of public service in Boston, with numerous signatories from AOH chapters and clergy across several states.
Paris May 4 A reform war has struck the city with the prefect of police ordering La Cigale and other Montmartre music halls to close over indecency. Officials balked until nude dancers mingled with others prompting action.
The United States gunboats Sandoval and Alvarado departed Marblehead at 8 this morning bound for Portsmouth New Jersey Harbor Master Mason accompanied the ships on the voyage. Salutes were fired from Fort Sewell as they steamed out and dipped their colors until they vanished.
New York May 4 The grand jury in the Molineux poisoning case took a new turn as jurors questioned Judge McMahon about their powers to hear evidence beyond witnesses presented by the district attorney. They hinted at possible accomplices or other suspects and debated whether to recall witnesses such as Breeces and Roland Molineux. The panel adjourned after hearing Henry Cornish with no indictment yet returned.
The bodies of Annie Sakariasen and her son were recovered from the river and identified by Mrs. Martin Sakariasen and Mrs. Jem Jonsen. The women said that the dead woman acted in a fit of despondency.
An inmate of a consumptives' home and her boy were moved on Wednesday from a child's home. She told Mrs. Jonsen of a death forecast and planned to take the boy to a native's home. They then went to the river and plunged in.
President McKinley decided the Court of Inquiry had been too harsh on Major General Miles. He fears full approval would provoke mass resignations and a political backlash, opposing the report’s strongest criticisms of Miles and Breckinridge. War Department actions and Alger’s hopes to dislodge Miles were anticipated.
Rome reports Professor Cervilio of the University of Palermo asserts a radical tubercle cure via subcutaneous injection of a liquid called formalina. He allegedly treated 65 of 100 hospital patients with the new method.
The Young Men’s Democratic Club Ward 15 hosts an evening at Bethesda and Bernice halls with a professional concert in Bernice Hall at eight. A dance follows in Bethesda Hall along with a cake walk for a ten dollar prize. Notable cake walkers include the Dorchester rock sisters, and ticket sales are reported strong.
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