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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post published daily by Post Publishing Co lists prices for one year six months and three months. Notices urge subscribers to report mail delivery issues and provide address changes.
Hoston Post 72 reports on Wyoming Ore with brief note of local matters. Readers see minimal details and unclear names, with only scattered references to a community issue and a possible event. No clear outcome or action is described.
The article argues against issuing warehouse warrants backed by pig silver in Treasury vaults. It likens the system to a currency based on pig iron or farm crops, noting warrants exceed the pig silver value held. It contrasts Lodge and Andrew proposals, endorsing stopping purchases and issuance to halt the wasteful accumulation. It cites lawmakers and foreign doubts about imitation.
Massachusetts congressmen push for removal of the prohibitory tariff on crude iron. ONeill and Andrew are praised for pressuring the Ways and Means Committee, with hopes for a favorable report. Emphasizes iron supply for New England industry and general tariff reform moves.
A Boston Journal editorial contemplates a campaign shift from Allen to Haile for lieutenant governor. It questions party loyalty and ambition, notes Crappo and Harper as potential friction points, and warns against dictation from the prior year’s Republican missteps. The piece frames Haile’s candidacy as appealing to Democrats while urging a vigorous, united Republican effort.
A London Ames opinion in a British free trade journal questions U S silver policy and the silver act. The Boston Journal counters this as misinformed, while Republicans push to maintain the silver basis amid comments on the international silver conference and currency disputes.
President McLion of the Reading railroad details the trust plan to raise coal prices and reduce production to balance costs across distant markets. He predicts public approval in some states, while New England faces higher consumer prices and wages, viewed as a move to boost monopoly profits.
Ex-Congressman Allen of Michigan, brought to Massachusetts to support a campaign, faces civil service law charges over alleged attempts to collect money from Chicago federal officials for Clarkson's committee. Commissioner Roosevelt handles the case, with Harrison likely to back the official stance. The informant is Governor Morron's son, now clerking for Judge Gresham, whose views on Harrison Dudley Woops Clarkson and others are well known.
A protective tariff group denounces colleges as harmful as graduates fail to embrace McKinleyism, following earlier Republican calls to boycott Harvard. The critique appears in the league's weekly journal, continuing a debate over education and tariff policy in Massachusetts.
The league accuses colleges and churches of serving wealth, blaming foreign trade for wealth that funds institutions. It claims instructors teach for mercenary reasons and that great men either found or teach in colleges, not learn. It condemns higher education as politically suspect and warns voters against campaigns calling for Down with Education.
Public reaction cheers the laying of the cornerstone for General Grant's monumental tomb. The ceremony, led by a federal holiday declaration and attended by the President, is seen as ending delays and indifference, with New York urged to complete the mausoleum promptly.
A collection of witty asides and social quips from a metropolitan page. References include Sullivan, Anna Dickinson, Patti, Ingalls, the Kausas political scene, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The item notes playful exchanges about acting, clothing, and a photographer's portrait query while a late telegram triggers a Night Editor’s amused remark about a roaring furnace.
The verse lauds a period poet nicknamed Walt Whitman as a figure shaped by nature and genius. It frames his emergence amid oaks and pines as a powerful cultural moment, with Darron named as the speaker or observer referencing the scene.
The Post lists twenty five readers who sent in correct solutions to Monday's Greek cross puzzle. Names include D Murphy from East Boston, E T Walther of Boston, A E Johnson, George J Kaula, H A W from Custom House, Miss Bessie Shephard of Charlestown, A Callahan of Engine Company 6, A O Whiting, Warren Fenno of Revere, J H Gibbons, M S Page, J E Russell of Springfield, J Rk N E F of Winthrop, J Magintag, G Lewis of Somerville, Mrs Charles A Colburn of Chelsea, Lotta E P of Ipswich, Henry Beckerman, Charlie Madd, J F Mountain of Beacon Street, H S Rothfuss, J Moran of Chelsea, Albert T Gutherim of East Cambridge, Percy Loring, and Captain Quigley of Engine 6.
Dr E E Spencer of Cambridge will lecture before the Physiological Institute in Wesleyan Hall on Thursday at 3 p m The talk titled The Way of Salvation will be presented from a physical and economic rather than theological viewpoint.
In Freetown the Fall River Granite Company lodge suffered a fatal nitroglycerine explosion while two cartridge handlers Frank Camn and Joseph McNelly worked in the blacksmith shop. The blast destroyed the building and killed both men, ages 37 and 35, who left families and relatives in nearby towns. Officials speculate the cartridges were being prepared for drilling when the explosion occurred.
Mrs Edward Noble will give an early May talk on Tolstoi at Mrs Julia Ward Howe's residence 241 Beacon Street. She will wear peasant costume and recite poems in Russian and English. The event ties to Tolstoi influenced charity aiding Russia's poor. May issue notes Lana E Richards' serial in St Nicholas about Julia Ward Howe's youth and red hair fears.
The Rev George H Bailey of Franklin Vermont has given his stuffed birds and animals to Middlebury College. Selectman Alonzo Patten of Pittsfield, aged 70, needed a physician for the first time last week. Lieutenant Totten says he will depart New Haven with as much satisfaction as the city will feel at his leaving. A M Hatheway of Tremont and Suffolk Mills Lowell becomes superintendent of Slater Cotton Mills Webster Maine. Colonel Samuel P Calt of Bristol Rhode Island donated about 100 volumes from General Burnside to the Rhode Island Soldiers Home library and a large musical box formerly Burnside's.
Henry Irving is gravely ill and partly losing his voice while Amelia Edwards is remembered as a precocious child author who began writing at four. Rosa Bonheur's new life sized horse scene, valued at sixty thousand dollars, remains unsold. Ex Governor Curtin, veteran of the Civil War, appears unchanged except for graying hair.
An important mixed display of paintings is shown at Messrs. Robert Leonard & Co. auction rooms to be sold Thursday and Friday. The collection features Paul Vernon Diaz like figures, Magnus, Monticillie, Abrasant, Isaby upre, Grolleron and Gouhil, plus notable American artists Scott Leighton Graves Appleton Brown Harris Johnson McCord Elwell Murphy Cole and others. The sale is directed by A. W. Noyes. Scott Leighton’s exhibition closes Saturday at 3 Winter Street with a crowded studio.
The Union Pacific stockholders meeting at W Holrticultural Hall ended with a compromise. Gould and Sage win seats on the board while Gardiner Lane joins as a foreign-ticket director replacing S. H. H. Clark. The annual report shows higher surplus after expense cuts and a strong tax position.
Beatrice Tait from Miss Helyett reveals she has married George Foster Pratt of New York in Philadelphia two weeks ago. Pratt, a stage actor, plans to join Kate Claxton’s company. they will soon move to Denver to live, and Tait intends to retire from acting. The story notes the Broadway romance behind the scenes and anticipates future theatre plans at the Park and Tremont venues.
Carats Me April 27 fire destroyed George T. Murchie s barn and sheds. Lady Parlin a valuable Wilkes mare a draught horse a cow carriages and sleighs burned. Loss about 1600 insured 600. Cause unknown.
The Journal argues that Massachusetts Republicans should unite behind Lieutenant-Governor Haile for the governorship. Haile would accept the nomination if the party presents a united front, showing loyalty to the party over personal ambition. The piece calls this a sensible, consistent stance to focus effort on the national campaign.
Washington April 27 The Senate debated the army appropriation bill and struck out the House proviso banning payments for transport over unbonded Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Utah Northern lines or Southern Pacific lines in its Pacific system. Morgan led a long speech with Chandler questions as West failed to pass an amendment. The measure passed as minority Republicans Peffer and Pettigrew sided with the minority. The House then, under Walker expunging resolution, adjourned after debating the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in committees of the whole.
Pianoforte recital by Hermann Emil Zoch featured Schumann Chopin and Liszt works with mixed praise noting strong Chopin portions. Apollo Club's 133rd concert under B J Lang at Music Hall drew a packed audience with Camille Urso and Mme Blauvelt delivering notable performances and praised balance and shading throughout. Vivian.
The Evangelistic Association of New England will host a two day conference for pastors evangelists and business men starting Tuesday afternoon May 10 at Park Street Church and closing Wednesday evening May 11 at Clarendon Street Church modeled as a regional religious gathering with speeches and fellowship opportunities for attendees.
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