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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
6
The Mayor forms a ten member representative committee to relieve the coal shortage. An immediate public appeal for funds is planned to aid families affected by the fuel crisis. A five member sub committee will press appeals, petitions and conferences to improve coal supply and promote substitutes like gas and oil.
The passage argues that continuing the monopoly under the guise of protection misleads the public. It claims Roosevelt’s constitutional amendment idea and Knox’s injunctions fail to curb high trust prices for beef coal and leather and asserts growing cross party recognition nationwide.
The Morgan syndicate has collected about 40 million dollars so far for financing and supporting United States Steel. With more to come, total earnings may approach 60 million. The piece argues the public bears the cost through higher steel prices, noting 11 dollars per ton extra on rails and 225 percent Morgan profits.
Roosevelt convenes Washington talks with coal operators and UMW leaders to push for arbitration as the path to end the coal famine. The editorial urges fair treatment for miners and notes the imbalance in invitees while stressing impartial third party resolution as essential for national relief.
The New York platform urges regulation and restraint by law and seeks immediate relief by removing tariff protection that aids trusts. It promises relief from high prices for essentials and calls to amend tariffs by placing essential trust products on the free list to lower living costs.
General Bancroft announced at a mayoral conference that the Boston Elevated Railway Company will donate 10,000 tons of British admiralty coal at cost price for relief of the needy during the impending emergency. The coal is valued at $0.15 a ton on the East Cambridge wharf, and with profit potential the gesture could amount to about $40,000 for the relief fund.
The report cites General Smith’s efforts to ruin Samar as a driven wilderness and details a tropical cholera epidemic across the archipelago. It estimates at least 100000 cholera cases and about 60000 deaths, with prior totals 70222 cases and 48402 deaths. The piece blames administration failures and war-induced suffering for the catastrophe.
The Observant Citizen notes the coal supply will prompt homeowners to stock up by fall and that Governor Crane is in higher demand as prominent locals seek Roosevelt era ideas to end the coal strike. Also includes a Gloucester anecdote about a seaworthy catboat skipper who confesses reefing ignorance. Major Higginson praised for Boston’s interest in his welfare.
A mosaic of verse and prose pieces includes a melancholy October muse on rising coal prices, news of John Westerman's raise at a Concord hardware firm, a revised humorous tale about a boy named Rufus Jones, and a picaresque dialogue with a barbed wire fence ending. Also sketched are dispatches from Manila and Constantinople with sardonic war-time quips, plus a traveller’s odd barbed wire anecdote and a note about Peary and the pole.
A clipped odd note compares ice cream sodas to trees and mentions burning Gillhooley's golden oak and solid mahogany furniture as cheaper than coal, indicating a quirky promotional or satirical line from a past issue. The fragment hints at a sales or humorous column centered on bargains and fanciful images.
A quarrelsome altercation reveals a wife’s suspicions of her husband’s affairs with Ada Kniskern and others. The pair exchange barbed flirtation accusations, jealousy, and evasions as they discuss love, conquests, and trust amid domestic strains.
Fragment from a domestic scene where a husband and wife debate truthfulness and a paper’s custody. A young wife questions fidelity while the husband claims honesty and vows to provide the paper, insisting the tension centers on trust and contractual insinuations. The dialogue reveals jealousy, temptation, and misdirection in a strained marriage.
Chelsea public schools are crowded with more than a fifth of pupils placed on half time. To widen instructional space every available hall and corridor has been fitted for classes. Fire panic and poor ventilation are major concerns for these makeshift rooms.
Lieutenant-General Nelson A Miles sailed for the Philippines on the transport Thomas. He is accompanied by Lt Col M P Maus and Mrs Maus, Lt Col L Chamberlain, Lt Col W H Spreele, Lt Col B C Lockwood, Maj Harry L Batley, 3 captains and 12 lieutenants, and Lt Charles Romnel of the navy.
A reader letter urges modification of Captain Eldridge's plan on the coal strike. It cautions miners not to surrender while victory nears, condemns railroad delays over freight rates, and blames the Republican party. The writer signs as PARKDPR GOODWIN from Poston, September 30.
A 2,515,701 square foot tract on Walk Hill Street Ward 24, known as Lawrence Farm, is owned by Edwin W. Holbrook of 31 Nassau Street New York. The Board of Aldermen finance committee proposes an 180,000 appropriation to buy the Holbrook estate near Mt Hope Cemetery.
Boston aldermen race over a 180000 appropriation to buy the Lawrence Farm or Holbrook estate for Mt Hope Cemetery. The property, 2516701 square feet, valued at 78500 in 1902, lies miles from the cemetery but is linked to a 1900 plan for 250000. Alderman Tinkham denounces the move as a blatant land deal and vows to press a 39000 alternative purchase bill.
To the Editor of the Post, Mt Hope Cemetery owners protest city plans to acquire distant land for expansion. They note 14 acres adjoining the current cemetery border on three sides and could be bought cheaper than lands from Holbrook estate or Lawrence Farm. The land, fenced from the cemetery, would finish the surrounding area and is suitable for graves or lots.
Boston city assessing for this year closed last evening after a surge of applicants seeking to be listed for registration and upcoming State and city elections. Chairman Comins said totals would be tabulated today, with about 400 new names added to the supplementary list for a grand total of 174 761 on the assessing list. Democrats were notably more active than Republicans in registering voters as doors closed at 10 pm and both parties awaited final counts.
Cape Town October 1 General Krizinger Fouche and Joubert the Boer commanders sailed for England today en route to the United States where they plan a lecture tour, aiming to influence public opinion during the war.
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