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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
6
The Boston Post publishes subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions with terms for monthly and bimonthly periods. Instructions cover address changes, routing of payments, and notes that all money sent is at the sender’s risk with no cash seals. checks and money orders go to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial Rooms No 100 Boston Husiness Office No 425 Boston Boston Office 259 Washington Street Boston New York The Boston Post can be secured at leading New York Hotels Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration If you cannot obtain the Post please notify us by postal card Editor and Publisher E F Rozier
The Washington District of Columbia Commandery of the Loyal Legion removes Commissary-General Eagan from membership citing his court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer. The President’s commutation does not affect the Loyal Legion’s action, which brands him an outcast and strips rank and pay.
Treasury figures show War Department expenditures since July 1 1898 totaling 210 615.56 dollars and Navy Department 55 ーニ 894 dollars, with overall department spending around 266 608 450 dollars. Cash payments on war reach about 275 000 000, including 20 609 600 for civil establishment costs and war and navy outlays. The grand total remains uncertain, with an added 40 000 000 for excess running expenses over the three months.
The speaker argues that prewar and preparatory expenditures could have bought Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines from Spain and pacified Aguinaldo. He asserts the war cost would bring moral and material gains for the United States with no American casualties, calling war an expensive form of international business even excluding taxes and pensions.
The article notes speculation that an October extra session may be called to push currency reform, though public opinion favors stability. It argues Congress should address Spain era territorial policy and criticizes proposed Nicaragua Canal and ship bounty bills linked to funding a second term, under Hanna influence.
Admiral Kautz reports calm at Apia and no further fighting for now. The Samoa incident tests U S relations with Germany and warns of dangers in aligning with European powers. The piece argues the joint protectorate marks a departure from U S policy and questions material gains from distant entanglements.
North Brighton Associated Charities asks city hall to rent an eight acre central playground to aid 500 children. Petition notes current city lands are muddy and distant, with a costly but poorly utilized park only a mile away. Immediate rental is urged before summer, with modest costs cited as feasible.
The column notes a warm day followed by frost in suburbs affecting flowers, praises Boston greenery, and records political caucus notices between Walker and Cram supporters. It also mentions social travel, public officials like Harry F. Adams, pickpockets warning, poems, ads, and women’s suffrage-era activism light verse.
Mrs Mary Clement Leavitt returns to Boston after fifteen years abroad and is named honorary life president of the world's WCTU at its inaugural Boston convention. General Joab N Patterson of Concord NH is summoned to Havana by General Brooke to assume a key government role in Cuba. Henry Blackwell turns 74 and attends the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Grand Rapids. Ralph Adams Cram elected prior of the North American Cycle of the Jacobite Society as it pushes reform of US government. Duke d Arcos and wife depart Madrid for the United States en route via Paris. Stanley Turner of Detroit named US consul at Windsor Ontario succeeding Julius Lay, who becomes consul at Barcelona. Lay's promotion includes a salary rise and increased fees.
Dick Worthington of the Daily Chronicle discovers Phyl Leslie, a sharp unsigned contributor, whose breezy political pieces revive the paper. Leslie reveals she is a woman, catapulting the paper to renewed prominence and prompting a potential partnership.
The narrator and admirals discuss the Manila Bay battle with Dewey recounting his actions against Spain. The dialogue hints at a diplomatic retelling, noting the public craving for Dewey’s own account and the tension between boastful praise and modest restraint. The piece closes with W. J. L. offering a restrained recounting of the Admiral’s story.
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