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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1888
Page
2
Harvard faculties warn that intercollegiate athletic contests interrupt study, foster fights and cheating, and promote harmful vigor over knowledge. The committee urges halting external matches, strengthening university control, and promoting internal competitions with stricter oversight to restore balance and safety.
H P Walcott submits a minority report dissenting from the majority on athletic abuses at Harvard College. He argues excesses are not as widespread as claimed and urges intelligent control over prohibition, praising the athletic committee's restraint and proposing limited intercollegiate contests to Yale and to be held only in New Haven, Cambridge, or designated New England cities.
At the Girls' Friendly Society annual meeting Father Osborne outlined the Young Travellers' Aid Society aims to protect girls traveling to Boston from the British provinces, aid them in finding proper work, and combat exploitation. He urged Christian women to support the agents with help and funds.
Washington reports cooler fair weather with light to fresh variable winds for New England and eastern New York over the next 24 hours starting Saturday at 7 a m. Nearly stationary temperatures along the coast. Buver Hill Observatory notes fair and cooler weather for southeastern New England tonight at 12 o'clock.
The notation y' indicates rainfall trace. It states that one inch of rain or melted snow yields ten inches of snow, outlining a direct conversion factor between precipitation and accumulated snow.
Legislative actions report several measures for greater election purity. The Senate backs Australian secret ballot safeguards and caucus proceedings regulation. The House advances annexation of part of Tewksbury to Lowell, statewide license ballot provisioning, patent boxes with checklists, and militia armories. Two daily sessions order adopted without debate.
The legislature reported bills ranging from incorporating the Cary Library in Lexington with 200000 estate power to police election funding of 75000 from liquor licenses, to authorize tax appeals to the Superior Court. It also considered caucus and voting fraud penalties, widow suffrage for city officers, and a Boston police signal system funding. Several amendments on education, licensing, and the East Boston tunnel were debated. Hyde Park town meeting proceedings were engrossed after rules suspension.
The Massachusetts House reconsidered the probate and insolvency report on women’s rights, plans a substitute bill by Mr. Milliken, and moved related measures to Monday. Other actions include delaying a Worcester police tenure bill, adopting two daily sessions, and passing a bridge commission salary provision. A long armory plan and armory land controls were outlined, with a statewide 4 percent scrip idea and revised weights standard for peas and beans.
The committee on election laws reports a bill to provide for printing and distributing ballots at public expense and to regulate voting in state and city elections. Nomination papers from parties or 1000 voters may qualify, with filings due fourteen days before elections. Ballots show all candidates on one sheet and voters mark crosses against choices.
The text outlines voting place setup and ballot secrecy with approved shelves or compartments. Voters must state name and residence when requested. clerks verify names on a list before granting a single ballot. Women receive a school committee ballot. Limit four voters beyond shelf count, ten minutes to mark, no counting ballots if unclear, no disclosure of votes, no interference, no defacing candidate lists, or nomination papers under penalties.
Henry George addresses the Tariff Reform Club in Brockton urging abolition of tariff barriers. He argues tariffs burden the poor, raise prices, and harm labor while praising Grover Cleveland. The talk lasts about an hour, followed by audience questions.
General William F. Draper of Hopedale confirms via interview his consent to allow his name for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. He notes ex-soldier support and says he would accept if present without a campaign, while deferring to party voters and Ames’s reaction.
Providence April 27 Negotiations to lease the Providence & Worcester railroad to the New York Providence & Boston Stonington railroad have progressed to a formal agreement. The plan calls for a ninety nine year lease, a 10 percent stock guarantee to P&W shareholders, and a $500000 additional stock issue to expand terminal facilities. The arrangement aims to streamline freight and passenger traffic to Boston and New York, with direct routes via Valley Falls and Seekonk, boosting profitability and reducing dependence on rival lines.
A New Reptorp Massachusetts reader recalls severe kidney pain and dark scanty urine, suffering that disrupted work. After using Warner's Safe Cure, they claim full recovery and note their father in law also recovered, praising the remedy as the greatest.
An 1886 Hyannis reader describes a six-foot fall from a step ladder and a dangerous bleeding episode. After doctors treated the clots, a neighbor recommended Warner's Safe Cure, which the writer used twice and claims to have never had trouble since. The note adds a family history of gravel issues.
The Seventh District Republican gathering in Salem elected General William Cogswell and William E. Blunt delegates to Chicago with ninety two delegates from nineteen towns and four cities. Captain Fitz J. Babson presided and praised Blaine while denouncing the fishery treaty and urging support for the 1880 GOP leader.
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