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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1898
Page
10
In Hull, G W Guptill sues wife Harriet Guptill for divorce while she files a cross libel. Witnesses describe alleged affairs with Captain Galliano of the Governor Andrew, with testimony detailing visits, nightwear encounters, and letters to Mamie Golden. The case features vivid testimony and questions of fidelity.
The best man testified he saw Mrs. Guptill drink once and not intoxicated, while Beatrice Keene said Mr. Guptill and Miss Golden lived together at the Norfolk House Cohasset. She heard Mr. Guptill say he would marry after a divorce. The court adjourned until Monday for more Mrs. Guptill testimony.
The Boston Transit Commission has selected the Lewis street route for the East Boston tunnel. Plans call for a four hundred foot first section from Maverick square under Lewis street to Sumner street with an inclined entry, largely covered, and likely white tiled sides. Contracts will open bids in three weeks with harbor tunneling to begin as soon as possible.
G Dun & Co reports strong general prosperity with record business and improved orders across textiles and footwear. Cotton goods rebound with price shifts. hatchets in steel trade show rising Bessemer demand in Pittsburg. Edgar Thompson Works projects four months of rails. Chicago plants take on plates and large export bids. wheat prices rise modestly.
In the week spot prices slipped while Western receipts stayed heavy. Five weeks show Atlantic exports rising to 3 957 876 bushels and Pacific exports at 1 71 18 bushels, with three weeks of November totaling 15 642 066 bushels. Corn exports remain robust at 10 583 218 bushels in four weeks, lifting prices by 5 8 cent as demand holds near last year’s peak. Failures tally 188 in the US and 21 in Canada.
Bradstreet noted in advance edition that weather and holidays dampened wholesale demand but heavier retail buying followed. The report highlights price gains in cereals, provisions, cotton, steel and pig iron, strong export trade, firmer hides and leather, and active stocks speculation with heavy bank clearings. It also cites ongoing freight and woollen trade weakness, improving retail distribution in cold weather goods, and regional notes from St Louis Chicago and the West. Bank clearings for the week reach 1.223 billion, with year-over-year gains but weekly declines from prior period.
In Valparaíso the Chilean minister of finance, speaking for the President, announced in the Chamber of Deputies that no further paper currency will be issued. The pledge ends plans for additional paper money.
The twelfth annual convention of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle Atlantic States and Maryland opens in New York. Seth Low of Columbia welcomes delegates. Julius H. Sais replies. Professor John T. Stewart reads the committee on teaching in secondary schools with participation from Columbia, Syracuse, Thayer Academy, Harvard and others.
The ad touts Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tab as a universal cure for severe stomach troubles. It frames pineapple as a medical breakthrough and lists Woodward & Co and Hunt & Co and W. D. Wheeler as suppliers with addresses in Boston and Washington and Massachusetts avenues.
Hall Caine names two candidates for the novel’s John Storm. Father J. operates a Shoreditch lodging house church and guides thieves, while James Adderley, an Oxford man, embraced monastic life and lived among slum dwellers. Both resemble Storm and accept the role in part.
Costa Rica President Iglesias and staff toured the Treasury Department and the money vaults in Washington. He then visited Georgetown College where two of his brothers study, and exchanged calls with Vice President Hobart. Diplomats and Spanish American representatives paid respects as no McKinley Iglesias conference has been set yet.
Gray visits East Cambridge site, condemns Gore street wall and northeast corner ruin. Chinese walls to be torn down. Rubbish removal ongoing. body of watchman John Ward not yet disclosed.
A sudden cold wave boosted sales at Nity Clothier’s overcoat department as shoppers hurried to buy warm garments yesterday. The brisk activity reflected the chilly weather driving demand for outerwear.
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