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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1888
Page
4
The notice states second class matter in Boston with a 50 cent rate for one year. It warns that all money sent is at the sender's risk and instructs that checks drafts and money orders be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The paper directs readers that the Financial and Commercial Departments appear on pages six and seven while the Ship News is on page three, guiding navigation through the issue.
The article argues against a $2 per thousand feet lumber bounty, calling it a duty that forces buyers to source boards from Maine New Hampshire and Michigan while harming forests owners elsewhere. It cites Representative Butterworth’s sharp dismissal of lumber protection and questions whether the Advertiser endorses that view.
A small majority defeated a bill forbidding fines for defective weaving with 86 voting against and 97 for passage. The measure would have singled out weavers for paternal supervision of contracts, a dangerous precedent in special legislation.
The amendments to the dependent pension bill do not remove the core objection that pensions should compensate injury from service rather than serving as gratuities. While aging veterans and lower agent fees are noted, the substitution of a per day rate fails to align with the Senate plan and preserves an evaded principle.
The piece questions how far Chief Arthur and General Master Workman Powderly can push an arrangement without violating law as a conspiracy. It notes Burlington railroad issues and suggests Powderly might call Knights of Labor to support a strike, risking political and legal backlash.
A column expresses a remonstrance against taking on additional park loans. It urges readers to oppose new funding and questions the need for more public indebtedness. The piece emphasizes local concerns and calls for fiscal restraint in city park development.
A Boston citizens group, led by financial and civic figures, protests a proposed $1,000,000 park loan. They argue defending the city’s credit by maintaining the debt limit is paramount, warning that relaxing the limit would trigger taxpayer exodus and undermine municipal reform and park expenditures. The remonstrance urges the city to refuse any modification of the debt limit and reject compromise plans.
A London despatch says Morocco will arbitrate the dispute with the United States avoiding Tangier naval demonstrations. The piece argues Moroccan diplomacy is chaotic, warns against broad consular protection, and urges Washington to limit the Tangier consul to protected American citizens only to prevent abuses and future misunderstandings.
The Canadian House of Commons rejected commercial union with the United States by 124 to 66, a result seen as not fully reflecting Canadian public sentiment. Observers note growing favorable feeling toward reciprocity, with experts predicting it could become a major issue in a future election and that the broader public mood may trend toward closer trade ties.
The article examines shifting views on immigration from Benjamin Franklin to Denis Kearney, noting past preference for natural increase, later waves calling for exclusion of Chinese, Hungarians, Arabs, and Italians. It argues that humanitarian justifications faded when immigration became a practical policy issue, and highlights economic temptations for foreign governments to export paupers as transatlantic travel grew cheaper.
The Royal Normal College pianist Alfred Hollins gave a recital with a mixed program including Handel variations, Brahms pieces, and Chopin works. The critic notes technical fluency but finds the interpretation cold and lacking warmth, with angular playing and limited enthusiasm for the modern composers.
The piece discusses vigorous competition among rail lines to attract passengers and large sums sent home by foreign-born residents to fund passage. It contrasts natural versus artificial emigration, noting aid from charities and agents. It concludes that assisted emigrants, like Scottish crofters, often outperform self paid migrants.
A European trip seems to have stirred John L. Sullivan into renewed patriotism and a stated plan to quit boxing for a decent business. He laughs at British money, says American dollars are enough, and jokes that journalism might suit him under his wife's wishes, noting that some papers could find him useful.
Chorus final rehearsal tonight as Mozart Requiem concert for Vienna Monument Fund draws crowds. Soloists Mme Lillie Lehmann Miss Louise Meisslinger Mr Paul Kalisch and Mr Emil Fischer will perform with selections from Marriage of Figaro and Magic Flute in tonight's program and Wednesday afternoon performance.
Mr E S Stokes advances improvements at Fenwick Connecticut proposing a 260 foot dock into the Sound for Fenwick Hall summer hotel. May Emily Bird of Centreville Tennessee, a former Liberia missionary, entertained Livingstone during famed expeditions and spoke many African languages. Captain L Livingston Bresse retires from navy, avoiding a court inquiry with Rear Admiral Braine. Union College of Law in Chicago now lists four women on the rolls. Bessie Bradwell Helmer, recently admitted to the Chicago bar, edited Bradwell's Appellate Court Reports.
Elmer H. Littlefield, longtime clerk to the superintendent of the Cambridge division of the West End Street Railway, accepts a superintendent post with the Topeka street railway at 2000 dollars a year and departs today. He was surprised with a gold watch presented by employees at Harvard Square. Littlefield has served since 1877 in roles from conductor to superintendent's clerk.
Review of Augustin Daly’s The Railroad of Love notes clever acting and polished staging but finds the play an uneven mix of farce and drama. It emphasizes three love plots, critiques Miss Rehan and Bandmann’s Jekyll Hyde, and praises some performers while deeming scenery and management disappointing.
Daniel Bandmann presented a closely faithful version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Boston Theatre last evening. The production impressed a distinguished audience with its suspense, clever staging, and fidelity to Stevenson's text, though some stage choices and character substitutions drew mixed commentary.
A Grand Opera House rendering of Beacon Lights presents a simple plot with an outlaw Will Dawson attempting to kidnap a heroine and her child, thwarted by hero Charles Hadley. J Hay Cossar embodies the villain, George Learock gives a manly Hadley, and Harold Forsburg as Colonel Clay Calhoun shines. The production is well staged and the audience appeared pleased with the performance.
The cast for a Museum production of Guy Mannering is listed with Mme Janau schek as Meg Merrilies. The program includes acts and scenes at Kippletringan Woodbourne Gypsy Dell and other locations with new scenery by Mr La Mess. Incidental music features a curated sequence of airs and choruses. Mrs Guild the American sculptress will send a striking lead of Dagon Wilberforce to the Academy prohibition.
A collage of remarks and curiosities touches on sparking at gates, a Maryland oyster law acquittal of Noah Webster, and casting doubts about salaries for cooks and pitchers. It notes a Baltimore gas firm’s liabilities, Volapuk recognition by the land office, a Chicago ghost joke, and commentary on Cleveland’s cold year for Republicans. Pasadena’s saloon-free model town status and Miss Kate Simmons’s racquet galop success are mentioned with sales and profits details.
The Rev Dr Andrew P Peabody speaks this afternoon to the Bostonian Society in the Old State House council chamber on Boston mobs before the Revolution Their discussion covers the Boston Massacre the Tea Party the Liberty Tree and related protests The piece notes historic figures Crispus Attucks Andrew Oliver and Hutchinson and recalls Liberty Tree memorials and civic sites in Boston as context for the talk.
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