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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1888
Page
4
The report discusses claims of a Frenchman’s bravery and notes that his alleged courage has not yet faced a decisive examination. It outlines context suggesting future trials or events that could validate or challenge the reputation.
Richard Lumley en route to the United States aboard his yacht, a young affluent English peer. Duke of Newcastle praised for patience and love of whist in St. Augustine. Shimada of Tokio Daily News notes Japan's progress. Philadelphia's Miss Louise Seeger to wed Morton McMichael. Chicago’s Mrs. Mancell Talcott donated 300000 to charity. Mrs. George W. Childs admired for fine jewels in Atlantic City. General Goff, West Virginia, a tall, slim former Hayes cabinet member, praised for common sense. Wheatland, California, elects E P Duplex, the first Black mayor in the state.
In the New York Legislature the lower house reported from a military affairs committee a bill to establish a naval reserve in the state. The plan mirrors the Dorch ester Yacht Club proposal, creating a volunteer militia battalion with infantry standards, pay, and governing laws. The measure aims to pass without opposition.
In the Senate debate this week several tangential questions have been raised. Advocates insist tariff concerns are irrelevant and that extending the bill beyond books is essential. Morriot’s proposal to limit protections to books would weaken the measure, as periodical writers deserve equal consideration.
In a Senate finance committee hearing, Secretary Fairchild argues against the proposed fractional currency plan, basing his stance on administration and cost. He cites no urgent need, notes government printing and issuance expenses, and proposes expanding the postal note system as a practical alternative.
The article critiques lawmakers adjourning to attend the Republican convention and contrasts it with the minority’s stance. It notes the potential for a thin, nonfunctional House and questions the propriety of using a legislative adjournment for party business while touching on French political events and Boulangere Boulangers allies.
The war office controversy of 1870 and Boulangérism prompted a split in the chamber with Royalists aiding the movement. A confidence vote for M. de Freycinet reached 377 to 175, signaling strong currents against the new member’s pretensions and aligning the faction with Boulangérism.
Gloucester six claim the Post misstates nationality facts about their fleet and crew lists while defending high tariffs for local fishermen. The exchange cites foreign masters, nonresident vessels, and signatures to a memorial to Congress, urging openness of crew books to prove the truth.
Chairman Mills of the ways and means committee said in Providence that seamless stockings are not made in this country, referring to the European fashion knit flat with selvage edges. He noted the American product differs in method and appearance, contrasting with the prior week’s Post coverage.
A journal compares President Cleveland and General Bovuta Nn ger, claiming both showed the highest courage under totally different circumstances, and notes it would be interesting to learn more about the implications.
A New York Mirror symposium debates church and stage relations, contrasting evangelical condemnations with Tolstoyian questions and supporting physicians and clergy who view theatre as a social force. The piece highlights Dr Drems and Rev Buckley criticisms, plus Episcopal Catholic views, emphasizing esthetics over ethics and art as life portrayal.
Finished sketches by Rotch travelling scholarship competitors are handed to the committee. The Society of Architects selects “A Casino for Baths” as the subject with a riverfront bath and luxurious public amenities including gymnasium tennis court bowling alley reading hall billiard room and a riverside boathouse.
Robert Grant qualified yesterday morning as a water commissioner and is expected to be elected chairman of the board when it organizes on May 1. Grant will serve a one year term.
The fourth and last of Mr. Lang's concerto concerts drew a large audience at Chickering Hall. Foote opened with Hiller in F sharp minor, showing musical promise but limited piano technique. Miss Mosher’s Saint-Saëns Rhapsodie d Auvergne displayed brilliancy yet struggled with long scale passages. Whelan offered Grieg in A minor, sounding earnest but hampered by the work's difficulty. Edith Christie rendered Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with pleasing clarity.
The Hanlons drew a large crowd at the Globe with Le Voyage en Suisse still pleasing, despite plot thinness. The farce remains rough but amusing. audience applause stays strong as pantomime helps keep the genre alive. W W Kelly’s lightning flash for Dorothy Gray hailed as a top stage effect. Kelly holds rights to this and other contrivances.
A meeting of the Bay State Cooperative Building Association gathered at 287 Hanover Street with about thirty attendees. The plan aims to raise 500000 in capital to build 6500 houses valued at 1000 each, with members drawing lots to access funds. One dollar annual membership and a monthly dollar contribution grant voting rights to stockholders.
Mr Lewis Hayden is again quite ill and confined to bed suffering some pain. He is unable to attend the Attacks monument committee meeting and may live for months. His active life work is considered completed by him.
Boston superintendent Edwin P. Seaver presents the eighth annual school report through January 31, 1888. Primary enrollments fall while grammar and high schools rise. total pupils edge up to 58,471. Teachers number 1,214 with mixed compliance on child employment laws and questions on age verification. Suggestions include recording birth dates on admissions and transfer cards to improve age determinations and future kindergarten teacher training within the normal school system.
George Riddle presented Browning readings to 250 spectators in the Brunswick parlors. The Boston worthy audience, led by Colonel T W Higginson, praised the rendering of Fra Lippo Lippi Caliban and Rabbi Ben Ezra while planning the club’s next officer election.
A lighthearted gathering of ice dealers at Quincy mixed with a Tremont Lodge banquet at the United States hotel attended by 150 members. Former Senate colleagues, led by ex-President Pillsbury and notable figures Ames Walker Alger Milliken Burden and Cogswell, kept a relaxed tone. Also present were Shoe Dealers at Crawford House planning a constitution, MIT class of 1888 hosting a faculty reception at Parker House with music by the glee club, and the Earthern Crockeryware Association meeting at Parker's.
Officers Kehoe and Kenny of Station 10 arrested John Kenny William Butler William Norton and Patrick Shaughnessey all about 15 for breaking and entering the real estate office of J Herschel at Rug gles street They forced the safe and secured a gold watch Three were caught in the office Shaughnessey was nabbed at his home where the watch was found in a coal bed James Maines was arrested for breaking and entering the home of Stetson Rioberts on Saratoga street East Boston and stealing silverware His room held teaspoons and table spoons marked S 8 D B B Oy 7 pK and Fannie A Maines 62 an old house breaker was released Feb 15 1887 from the State prison
The woman who died at the lodging house on Warrenton street Sunday night has been identified as Mrs. Litchfield, a cook residing in Hingham.
A Paris report notes Moscow’s burning cooled relations with Russia. Chicago’s Chinese colony numbers 2000, with two women and about 100 merchants. Washington fashion and British politics are lampooned. Babbage’s card-deck thought experiment is linked to marital jokes. Germany’s dairy girls’ school trains butter and farming skills. Ontario’s Scott liquor law backs unintended consequences. Whiskey aging tricks and wine aging by electricity are debated in snippet quotes.
In Boston April view shifts from rural flower markets to urban middlemen who sell blooms on the streets. Public Garden pond preparations for boating begin with two swan boats launched, as live swans and ducks have been banished for years. The piece recalls past swan sightings, pranks by boys, and a noted dog policy debate with the West End Street Railway. The Bay View Boat Club plans a $4000 club house at Goodwin's Head Point.
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