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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
4
An advertisement explains that most diseases stem from stomach weakness and poor digestion. It promotes a free booklet from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan, detailing indigestion causes, symptoms, diet suggestions, and a digestion time table, urging readers to request the postal booklet by returning a card.
Congressman Littlefield dismisses a rival paper's anti trust article as a mere summary of existing law and pending bills. He notes a long standing provision making losing defendants cover the injured party's legal costs and says he cannot predict next session actions. He cites his own witnesses and publicity bills as reflecting his ideas unchanged.
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine addressed about 500 Maine descendants at the Knox Club gathering in Lorimer Hall. Toastmaster Samuel D. Graves and speakers Rufus A. Soule George T. Sleeper James J. Douglas and E. T. Bliss attended. He urged trusting in God of nations as Maine has since 1820 to remain in the forefront.
Miss Estelle De Laussat Willoughby hosted a dinner for bridesmaids and guests at her parents villa on Halledon Hill. Tomorrow she marries Clayton Albert Dixon of Philadelphia at Trinity Church. Invitations issued, two guests expected for the breakfast and reception. The gift collection, numbering several hundred pieces, reflects the bride’s prominent Philadelphia family.
An old medical note highlights a catarrhal headache as a sign of nascent catarrh and urges quick treatment. It claims Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder stops pain in ten minutes and cures the condition.
Senators Hanna Spooner Allison Aldrich Lodge and Payne met President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss the political landscape and confirm no tariff revision in the upcoming Congress session. They stressed Roosevelt will pursue reciprocity with Cuba and avoid discussing the coal strike.
Hartford Sept 16 The Republican State convention opened in the Auditorium to prepare for tomorrow’s main program nominating state officers. A resolution endorsing Roosevelt for 194 presidential nomination was referred to resolutions. Orville H Platt was named temporary chairman and urged tariff protection over free trade. He defended tariffs and warned against shifting production to foreign workers. He urged reciprocity with Cuba and warned against destroying domestic industries through free list policy. Tonight committees were appointed and the liquor plank dominates debate as prohibitionists threaten a bolt if a referendum is rejected. The convention resumes tomorrow amid intense activity and rival factions.
Concord dispatch reports a sharp split over a prohibition plank as Republicans gather for the state convention. Two gubernatorial hopefuls Nahum J. Batchelder of Andover and Stephen H. Gale of Exeter contend for the nomination amid early maneuvers by delegates and party factions.
Nine American citizens sign a petition to President Roosevelt urging the rejection of claims that Rev. John H. Cushing was intoxicated at arrest. The petition asserts Cushing appeared sober during the Nov. 10 interview with Bishop N. C. Matz in Rome and cites three witnesses close to Matz supporting sobriety. It notes witnesses from Rome across nationalities who saw Cushing daily and testified to his sobriety.
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived in Oyster Bay on September 16 returning from a summer vacation. She drove to Sagamore Hill and will stay there for some time before heading to Washington.
Delaware Democrats met in Dover to nominate candidates for Congress state treasurer and auditor of accounts. Henry A. Houston of Millsboro won the Sussex caucus after two ballots and the convention ratified the choice. The platform attacked J Edward Addicks and urged local self rule for the islands with a Republican government.
At Birmingham the Republican State convention opened with James Bowron as temporary chairman. The gathering, the first white only Republican state convention in Alabama, foreheld the unseating of all negro delegates by the state executive committee. Protests by prominent negroes were anticipated but not likely to change actions. H. L. McElderry of Talladega was floated as a gubernatorial candidate.
Patrolman Gustafson from Station 5 unexpectedly takes over clerical duties at headquarters replacing the late Inspector Thomas Barry. His penmanship matches Barry’s, and Gustafson already headed the eligibles list for a sergeant’s vacancy. No permanent order has been issued. Patrolman Jones will handle Dedham street station clerical work.
Three firefighters were hurt during a morning fire at a four story brick dwelling at 166 Huntington Avenue. Janitor Robert Shand recounts discovering flames in the elevator shaft around 7 AM after initially sensing nothing from the entrance.
An alarm summoned fire crews who found a blaze roaring through the roof. A hot air explosion sent flames into the elevator well as bricks and timbers rained on responders. Injured are Thomas F. Lynch, Louis Boudreau, and James Maguire. Loss exceeds $2000. resident Mrs. Mary A. Sterling thanks the careful firemen.
In Wilkesbarre Penn on Sept 16 leaders of the AFL and United Mine Workers conferred privately on the long strike. Gompers said finances are sound relief funds ample and miners can manage without new aid. He noted no early convention date and that voluntary contributions are aiding strikers. Breakers at Coningham and No 2 Plymouth opened briefly. John Markle reaffirmed no concessions by operators and urged miners to return to end the strike.
A conference of leading anthracite coal interests was held at the Philadelphia and Reading Company offices. Attending were presidents of Reading, Delaware Lackawanna & Western, New York Ontario & Western, Lehigh Valley, Delaware & Hudson, Erie, and Central of New Jersey, along with Coxe Bros. & Co. and G. B. Markle & Co. The meeting ended shortly before 3 o clock with remarks that it involved Temple Iron Company directors and routine matters.
On Boston Common a Sunday gathering adopted resolutions urging government ownership of coal mines nationwide. They described a seven month strike by 150,000 Pennsylvania miners seeking a living wage and condemned mine owners for profits while workers faced near starvation wages. Government control of mines was urged without compensation to current owners, arguing public welfare requires public ownership.
The coal strike in the United States is pressing the English iron market into buyers’ favor. A firm booked 20,000 tons of east coast hematite for Pittsburg this week. Ongoing American pig iron shortages push many Midland and northern furnaces to run full time to meet orders.
Delaware and Hudson Co. begins three more collieries Coningham Wilkesbarre Plymouth No 2 and Olyphant raising its mines to six with three washeries. Ontario and Western resumes Pine Brook West Ridge Johnson 1 and 2 in Priceburg, giving three mines and three washeries. Combined, the firms claim 19 collieries and 21 washeries with about 20,000 tons daily output.
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on September 16 the Llewellyn Mining Company which runs the Royal Oak colliery near Shamokin and employs about 300 workers says it has granted the Shamokin convention demands. The plant cannot operate because strikers disrupt employees and demand that concessions be granted to all workers before anyone returns.
London Sept 16 The arbitrator in the claim of Scotch colery owners for a wage reduction of 6 1 4 percent has awarded in favor of the claim affecting about 76,000 ye n.
Commanders Potter and Meleat of the U S S Ranger and Cincinnati, with Acting U S consul Ehrmann, held a lengthy talk with General Salazar over Article 35 of the 1846 treaty guaranteeing isthmian neutrality. Salazar said Panama railroad guards would inspect trains and place obstacles to prevent revolutions, a policing measure not an intervention. No other decisions were reached and the conference ended amicably. The revolutionary fleet was reported offshore at Punta Mala.
Secretary of the Navy Moody got a cable from Commander McLean of the Cincinnati reporting railroad obstructions on the Panama line. Troops removed plate iron blocks and guarded trains after calls on the Governor. McLean noted no revolutionists seen, but rumors of activity toward the railroad persisted.
Former Sergeant Granville B. Stone of Police Station 11, a mounted officer, vanished from Boston weeks ago and was seen in the city yesterday at the South railroad terminal. Officers note his wife died after he left, with Newton residence cited for relatives. A charge of absence without leave may be presented to the Police Board.
The grocery provision and fish clerks of Boston schedule a mass meeting and entertainment tonight at 695 Washington Street. The gathering aims to discuss work conditions and union solidarity with attendees from multiple downtown shops.
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