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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1889
Page
4
Boston newspaper notes General Boulangers arrival in London after Brussels exile. Admirers welcome him, while hostile crowds protest. English interest seems cautious with limited mass appeal, as analysts expect lingering pursuit by critics and lion-hunters.
The piece criticizes James Porter and Secretary Noble for political influence in census appointments. Porter hints at merit based hiring while Noble openly favors Republicans over Democrats, risking removal penalties. The writer sees Porters stance as less shocking than Nobles overt spoils approach.
The rapid settlement of Oklahoma spawns rival cities Guthrie, Oklahoma City and Harrison as three centers of progress. Guthrie leads in population, Oklahoma City hosts military headquarters, and Harrison claims ninety six blocks with two railway junctions. The contest is a commercial surge likely to shape the future order.
The Prohibitionists show sagacity in accepting the election outcome and urge unity to enforce the current law as written. Milner’s sharp outbursts fade beside leaders at Prohibitory headquarters, who endorse a sober path and support fair testing of the high license system amid past criticisms.
The passage argues that while most leaders in the Republican party are involved, soothing the wounded Prohibitionists remains necessary for the party's welfare, as they feel misled by recent moves and this corrective step may mitigate damage to the party.
In Bristol Lord Salisbury asserted political significance against Home Rule, hinting the Irish local government bill may not satisfy Nationalists. He opposed Chamberlain and Courtney reforms, aligning with Gladstoneists on core issues. He also argued Unionists deserve current parliamentary seats, influencing Chamberlain versus Randolph Churchill dynamics.
The New York Legislature debates prison reform led by Fassett's bill proposing indeterminate sentences and a parole board. It outlines prisoner classification for labor, including nonviolent, disciplined, and incorrigible groups, aiming to avoid state manufacturing of private competition while preserving public supply needs.
The Danmark wreck prompts cautious commentary from naval experts and journalists. Captain Murrell’s rescue account is deemed reliable, while passenger recollections are viewed as potentially unreliable. The ship’s shaft failure caused the stern breach, engineers’ deaths, and debates on public remedies and regulations persist.
Judge C Doe and daughters stay at the Brunswick. Francis Jewett recovering from carriage injuries. Columbia's President Barnard in improved condition after winter illness. W S Baker reports two Washington portraits unseen before. A Philadelphia car once carried Stedman Wilcox Saltus Fawcett Stoddard, none aware of others. Rear Admiral Gherardi reports spring voyage from Cape Haitian to St Marc and Port-au-Prince. Minnie M Rogers and William S Cary wed in New York at 64 East 61st Street with Dowling and Bridgman officiating.
The proposed reform bill seeks to replace the earlier Assembly endorsed measure. Its aims appear honest, unlike the Yates bill, and its prison management changes promise an experimental, valuable test for reform school methods in New York prisons.
A compact survey notes Greek tragedy thrives on two plays The Crowned Hippolytus and Medea Euripides. It traces adaptations by Racine Grillparzer and Janauschek highlighting Ristori’s years of acclaimed Medea performances and critics’ praise of Janauschek reaching artistic heights in Euripides tragedy.
The Sun notes visitors arriving in New York for the forthcoming celebration already display country identity. Women are marked by felt hats and lack of Directoire gowns, with spring hats common and coats often Directoire. The passage questions who counts as provincial America beyond Manhattan and laments New Yorkers’ view of the rest of the country.
On her return trip from Sandy Hook to Queenstown the Inman steamship City of Paris arrived Tuesday evening after six days five hours and fifty five minutes. The crossing beat her westward record by thirteen hours and could shorten the Etruria’s mark, if she improves further. The public remains eager for speed in transatlantic service.
The Worcester Spy notes that the election failed to reveal any clear stance from the Boston Journal and Advertiser on constitutional prohibition in the state. The piece treats the result as a minor disappointment and an unsatisfied curiosity, though not seriously consequential.
A Chicago News note questions Mr Howells praise of Tolstoi versus the universally read Scott. It argues Tolstoi has not gained broad American readership despite Howells raptures and credits Scott as the greater novelist and Old Mortality as the top work.
Boston talks of a ludicrous panic among Republican managers after the prohibitory amendment’s defeat. The Springfield Republican notes nerves and a possible guilty conscience, while praising ex mayor of Cambridge William E. Russell as a rising political figure though not yet a giant in Massachusetts politics.
The Massachusetts vote against prohibition is praised as proof of Americans’ capacity for self-government. Prohibitionists may lament it, but the public rejects intolerant and impractical means. Many states ban liquor, yet such statutory prohibition is seen as unwise and unenforceable, limiting lawful action to curb abuses.
In Cincinnati on April 24 Murat Halstead’s condition has greatly improved his sons have returned from the East and when able he will likely travel to a healthful locality for outings as part of his recovery plan.
A Boston observer recalls a weekend horse show with sturdy Clydesdales and Percherons, praising Edgemark and Zephyr while critiquing larger French Percherons. The writer notes the four Norman greys from Fisk Manufacturing as especially picturesque, and laments elm trees felled on Beacon Street mall, warning about crowding roots and overgrowth diminishing urban trees.
It was settled yesterday that all the Boston banks and the clearing house will be closed on Tuesday, April 30.
The May Atlantic issue opens with Edwin Lassetter Bynner's Begum's Daughter set in New York two centuries past. It surveys essays on temperance legislation, American history, reflections on Australasia, and poetry and drama critiques with notes on Wordsworth and Miss Miriam Booth.
The College of William and Mary adopts resolutions honoring George Washington on the centennial of his inauguration and his earlier role as chancellor. The college will suspend exercises on April 30, 1889, and forwards copies to the President and centennial committee for record.
The New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association met at the Institute of Technology building. Eugene N. Foss of Boston read a paper on the Sturtevant system of heating ventilating and moistening textile factories. Officers elected for the year: President Walter E. Parker Pacific Mills Lawrence Vice President A P Sanford Globe Yarn Mills Fall River Secretary Ambrose Eastman.
A collage of humorous notes and jests from multiple papers mocks topics from politics and etiquette to prohibition, sea captains, counterfeit tickets, and local blunders. It highlights witty lines about a Jennie Alegy, a mayor’s overhead wire joke, a Czar’s spring suit, and baseball reportage, among other brief quips.
The article recalls the Danmark rescue by the bark Fredonia under Captain Edmund Burke, owned by Charles W. Dabney, noting Massachusetts citizens funded the cargo loss after underwriters refused payment. It highlights Dabney family long service, relief efforts at Fayal during famine, and Dabney support for a Union consul amid postwar shifts. It closes with hope for future Dabneys to symbolize American consular and shipping spirit.
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