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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1889
Page
4
Mayor Grants Wires Cut Threaten City Lighting
Boston morning note reports Mayor Grant of New York ordered overhead wires cut, creating lighting difficulties in areas relying on electricity. With New York’s streets to be lit for upcoming celebrations, officials fear disorder as crowds gather next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
New York
Lord Randolph Churchill’s Letter Again Divides Liberals and Unionists
Lord Randolph Churchill attacks the Unionists over the Birmingham election in a vigorous correspondence. Although the full text is not in the cables, the tone suggests a deep grievance that could widen rifts within the government’s supporters. Liberals remain comparatively content with their prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
Lord Randolph
Aldermen return refreshed as nominations pass and stall
The aldermen, back from a junket, confirm Pitspury to the health board while Livermore is rejected for the park commission and Wiles and Prescott to public institutions are laid over. Officials offer no reasons for the uneven treatment, prompting calls for debates or explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitspury
Board of Health
Livermore
Park Commission
Messrs. Wiles and
Prescott
Board of Commissioners of Public Institutions
Mayor Nominates Thomas H. Cummings for Public Institutions
The mayor proposed Thomas H. Cummings for commissioner of public institutions, signaling confidence in his abilities. He also vetoed an order to open the Common to ball games, a veto not sustained by aldermen. Citizens in the West End and others fear rough play endangers passersby near the playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Cummings
Cummings
New West End
Gladstone Acknowledges Washington as Key to His Education
In a memorial expressing sympathy for Home Rule signed by many Americans, Mr. Gladstone pays tribute to Washington and Revolution-era statesmen. He writes of a hopeful British outlook, gratitude for sympathy from this side, and confesses that Washington and his contemporaries shaped his public education. He notes that Union support has replaced prior English hostility with wiser, kinder feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Washington
Great Britain
Mr. Gladstone
Extradition Bill Passes in Commons Alarms Canadian Colonies
The WeELpoN extradition bill cleared the Canadian House of Commons yesterday and faces slim chances of defeat in the Senate. The action badly unsettles the American colony labeled boodlers in the Dominion, likely delivering a lasting setback to their influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Dominion
Weldon Bill Aims to Return Criminals and Deter Embezzlement
The Post notes that the bill allows the return of criminals whose offences are not covered by the extradition treaty. It praises removing the retroactive clause, argues it would deter embezzlers, and credits the Dominion for attempting to curb a growing evil if enacted. The piece emphasizes justice for crossed borders and the potential impact on crime rates.
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The
Post
Weldon
Dominion
Boston liquor license limits spark concern over fairness
The new license system sets 780 licenses for all classes in Boston, raising prices and prompting fears of favoritism. Charles Worcester Clark warned that restricting licenses while allowing commissioner discretion could create a plutocracy of liquor sellers, with police board accountability appearing weak amid public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Worcester Clark
May Atlantic
Com‘missioners
Board of Police
Boston School Discipline Under Fire in Seaver Report
Superintendent Seaver denounces corporal punishment in Boston public schools as excessive and injurious, citing 18 664 reported cases in the past year and alarming ratios among students. He questions the moral effect on schools and teachers amid broader reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaver
Boston
Subsidies and the English Shipping Policy Debate
The article rebuts the Journal's stance on subsidies to English merchant vessels, arguing the Journal misstates reasoning and overreaches. It maintains Britain’s subsidy policy has long shaped naval and mail carriage costs, noting reduced annual subsidies and asserting the need for evidence before continuing the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Reforming School Corporal Punishment in Boston
The text argues for disciplining incompetent teachers for corporal punishment, urges adopting strict reforms. It supports limiting punishment to principals, banning it for children under ten, restricting it to serious disobedience, and maintaining detailed case records to dignify the act as supreme school authority. The question remains if the school committee will act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Seaver
Cnse
That Insidious Sir Walter Howells Walrter Warms to Scott
The piece mocks Andrew Walrter for praising Scott and W. D. Howells defends critical taste. It notes Howells concedes early art is crude but remains firm against equating Scott’s appeal with bad taste. The writer suggests further critique of Scott’s readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Howells
Andrew D. Walrter
Scott
Howexis
Wakree
Scorr
Critique of Scott Influences in Youth Reading
The author warns against falsified historic perspective in Scott derived fiction and the dangers of blind Jacobitism as taught to youth. He contrasts Scorr with Tolstoy and Warns parents to steer children away from Waverley and Woodstock toward Anna Karenina, deeming Scott's admirers unrecoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scorr
Scott
Woodstock
Grover
Brunswick
Scotr
Mr. Howarts
ToLsTror
Mr. Wakre
American Library Association to meet in St Louis May 8 11
The American Library Association will hold its next meeting in St. Louis from May 8 to May 11. Arrangements enable attendees from all parts of the country to come at comparatively little expense. The conferences are highly valuable for librarians and others in library work, and institutions should send at least one delegate. Many papers will be read, making attendance worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Library Association
St. Louis
McAllister
Oklahoma
Porter
Hale
Landsman
Lowell Citizen
Smiley Basker
Miss Coupon
White Mountain House
Texas Siftings
Detroit Free Press
New York
Henry Savage Lander
Rubens
New Haven Register
Arizona Kicker
Albany Express
the Express
Office
Philadelphia
Dakota
St. Paul
Mousers
New York Sun
Massachusetts
Queen Victoria Quietly Observes Theatre Trends
Queen Victoria rarely attends plays and prefers privacy. Her upcoming Sandringham visit by Mr Irvine and Miss Terry marks only the third such outing since Prince Albert death, highlighting her lag in contemporary theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Lupwie
Bavaria
Mr. Irvine
Miss Terry
Sandringham
Prince Albert
Temperance by Regulation Supported by Most People
Opinion from the New York Tribune favors temperance by regulation with local option rather than sweeping prohibitory laws. The enlightened sentiment of the majority is seen as demanding measured controls at the local level rather than nationwide prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Tribune
Massachusetts Prohibition Debate Echoes in State Reform
The Hartford Courant notes that counts for reform in Massachusetts matter, with the state's opinion cited as influential. The article highlights experience in reform efforts and remarks that the yesterday’s No delivered by advocates of State prohibition marks a significant setback for their campaign in recent times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Hartford Courant
Rep
Massachusetts vote ends prohibitory amendment debate
The Providence Journal notes Massachusetts rejoiced over defeating a prohibitory constitutional amendment. It argues the result should end use of penal statutes to enforce religious observance and criticizes legislating personal conduct as failed reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Providence Journal
Let Monday's Work Suffice in Local Option Era
A Springfield Republic, Indiana editorial urges the community to let Monday's work suffice for now and unite to achieve the best results under local option and high and restricted license. It notes the temper of the people has been tested at great cost and calls for cooperation despite method disagreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
Ind
Bay State Level Headed on Temperance Law
A New York Herald Independent commentary notes Bay State residents favor temperance, criticize unenforceable laws, and dismiss any law that cannot be enforced, predicting the state will remain level headed until a millennium. It highlights local rum production sent to New York and the West and implies skepticism about universal prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Medford
New York
West
N. Y
Ind
Temperance sentiment favors high license local option
The discussion contrasts constitutional prohibition with strict licensing policies. It suggests temperance supporters favor high license and local option, predicting defeat of prohibition. Massachusetts undergoes agitation likely shaping temperance policy, per the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Feta . Y. Times Nd
Promise and Performance Letter Comments on Civil Service Reform
A reader rebuts Carl Schurz and his support for Cleveland's civil service reform. The letter accuses Schurz of evasion, accuses Republicans of pursuing a clean sweep, and criticizes Blaine as a symbol of dishonesty, arguing that reform rhetoric hides political motives amid post election looting of offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
Boston Daily Advertiser
Cleveland
Harrison
Carl Schurz
Mr. Cleveland
Schurz
Blaine
Tree Loss Slows Boston Shade and Seating Shortages
The narrator laments recent elm removals on Beacon Street and Tremont street mall and warns against further tree cutting. He urges a prohibition with a death-penalty style law, notes delays in Common seating, and calls for more benches. He also reviews memorial addresses for Sidney Bartlett and previews a horse show with humorous etiquette tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Drake
Boston
Oliver Place
Essex Street
Review of May Lippincott Magazine pieces and letters
A survey of A Chain of Errors by E W Latimer and The Wife of Cervallos by Anna Katharine Green, judged as essentially commonplace. It notes George Washington and Rev Jona than Boucher letters edited by Moncure Conway, Washingtons New York Residence in 1789 by Anne H Wharton, Edward Bok autographs, Gatling gun inventor, and Emily F Wheeler Critics of the Hearth, with Bromfield Corey misplacement at New Old South Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
E. W. Latimer
France
Cervallos
Spain
Anna Katharine Green
George Washington
Jonathan Boucher
Moncure D. Conway
Boucher
Washington
Conway
Locker-Lamson
Vers de Société
Frederick Locker
Thackeray
New York
Anne H. Wharton
Edward W. Bok
Mr. Bok
Emily F. Wheeler
La Stratégie Chess Magazine Receives High Praise
The current issue of La Stratégie, founded by Jean Preti twenty three years ago, offers extensive chess content. M J Tolosa Carreras continues the problem art in a fascinating treatise while games annotated by Rosenthal Arnous de Riviere and Steinitz present eighteen selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Strategie
Journal D’echecs
la Stratégie
Jean Preti
M. J. Tolosa Carreras
M. M. Rosenthal
M. Arnous de Riviere
Herr Steinitz
Elevated railways opposed by Boston critic in 1889
In a Boston Chronicle discussion dated April 23, 1889, the writer argues against elevated railways citing New York's topography, population and transit peculiarities. The piece asserts elevated lines offer no speed advantage over electric or surface steam routes, costs are prohibitive, and land impacts depress real estate values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Vicinity
Boston
Beacon Street
Providence
Roslindale
Hyde
Broadside of humorous clippings and editorials from an era
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes: satirical blurbs on poets, editors, and jurists, plus light commentary on advertising pride, dog connoisseurs, cat traders, and a temperance poem. The piece reflects social humor, advertising industry strands, and political sentiment with named figures and playful mischief throughout.
Water Colors Exhibition At Miss Robbins Studio
Miss Ellen Robbins displays water color drawings at No 6 Beacon Street with coast scenes from Appledore Island and bright flowers. Notable pieces include peonies cowslips daffodils and wall flowers. sales underway and praise for fresh color and naive style. Fund drive for Art Museum aims for 15000 with over half subscribed and tickets given to contributors for four guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Robbins
Beacon Street
Appledore Island
London
Boston
Miss Robbins
Illness Report and Cambridge Ministerial Milestone
General N. A. M. Dudley of the First United States Cavalry remains at the Hotel Langham and has improved enough to sit up after a period of illness. Reverend Dr. Charles B. Rogers of Harvard Street M. E. Church in Cambridge marks thirty years in ministry with only brief Sun day absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. M. Dudley
First United States Cavalry
Langham
Charles 8. Rogers
Harvard Street
M. E. Church
Cambridge
Dramatic notes preview Hollis Street Theatre week
This week features Mr Dixey in Adonis at Hollis Street Theatre in final appearances with audiences large. Electra is scheduled Thursday afternoon contrasting the program. Harbor Lights plays Grand Opera House and Daly company presents Vacation at the Howard, while Rosedale returns at the Museum to pleased theatergoers. Daly’s company will open a three week residency at Hollis Street Theatre on May 13 with The Lottery of Love The Railroad of Love The Inconstant An Pacatenal Match and Samson gad Dali ah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixey
Hollis Street Theatre
Electra
Harbor Lights
Grand Opera House
Daly Company
the Howard
Museum
Rosedale
Augustin Daly
Hollis Street
Samson Gad Daliah
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