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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1889
Page
4
A Boston Post article cites a Postoffice Department official stating mail loss fell from one in fifteen hundred in 1883 to one in eighty seven hundred in 1888. The writer mocks the justification for sweeping postmaster removals as for the good of the service.
The piece notes Boss Quay may run for president in 1892, drawing on a history of political maneuvering. It recalls his 1885 self nomination for State Treasurer and later Senate election, arguing his alliances and influence keep a nomination within the realm of probability despite current speculation.
The New York visit by Colonel W. W. Dudley ex-commissioner of pensions and inventor of the blocks of five scheme is thought to push Grand Army men to sway the President toward Corporal Tanner. Dudley, now a claim agent, may align with Tanner for surplus distribution, but unity of support among veterans is uncertain due to past opposition to Tanner and the service pension plan.
The London Spectator edging toward Radical views on royal grants contrasts with Government and moderates. It argues the Crown should be clearly funded by taxpayers, admitting the throne’s duties can be supported by liberal English generosity and that Parliament may permanently assume some costs.
The article notes narrow House opposition to extra funds for the Prince of Wales and predicts a growing minority if the issue resurfaces. It discusses Bath Iron Works seeking naval contracts, Secretary Whitney and Secretary Tracy endorsing dispersed naval building, and Captain Highborn’s review of Bath as a potential naval station amid a wary stance on local pride-driven experiments.
A Washington Post driven scrutiny of the Civil Service Law as Republicans push repeal. Cabinet responses reveal support for merit based appointments, while officials acknowledge clerks from the Civil Service Commission are competent. Attempts to bias patronage are cited, with grounds for reform and neutrality debated.
New head Ephar L. Ripeway at Castle Garden begins unannounced steerage inspections aboard transatlantic ships. Early findings on La Bretagne show compliant steerage but Rugia reveals well kept quarters for fourteen day passengers. overall, investigators plan broader checks across lines to assess true treatment and costs.
The article notes fares from 750 to 850 with profit even at 15 dollars. Steerage passengers incur lower running costs than cabin passengers, ensuring profit. Overcrowding occurs but deck rooms are ample and sleeping quarters ventilated. RipGway expects room for improvement but finds steerage generally better than sensational reports suggest.
The trout, likened to a tiger for its force and alertness, offers open air pleasure and mountain scenery but its voracity risks overfishing. Private ownership and relaxed enforcement threaten future trout brooks, with laws often broken and proposed shifts to early seasons and taxes on fishermen to curb slaughter.
The Beacon street alterations near the Atheneum are by a leaseholding firm of young architects who will occupy upper offices while the Bible Society returns to lower stores. Artists, including Louis K. Harlow and Ellen Robbins, have studios in the area, and officials report no crowd troubles as city departments maintain order. The Atheneum draws summer visitors who enjoy its quiet corridors and the Granary burial ground view, while Plymouth’s Pilgrim heritage remains vivid in local families and memory.
Health updates and aging milestones accompany reports on literary, scientific, and political figures. Lord Tennyson turns eighty, General Sheridan’s book tops 60 000 copies, while Edison sails to Europe to inspect the Paris Exposition and inventions.
A mash of quips and curios from 19th century presses. It cites pithy lines about umbrellas, a statue elephant, a Washington monument crowd, Pike's Peak road, a clown buried in Gorham, a Florida bombshell, an Anglomania dining scene, tales of Princess Louise, and auction lots with letters from Dickens, Keats, Hugo, and Thackeray plus Moore.
A brave conductor facing two car robbers last Saturday night near Kansas City used quick thinking, dashing a lantern at one assailant. After failed shots, the robbers retreated, leaving the conductor victorious and the incident praised for decisive action and executive presence.
The article notes Mr. Ruperrn ARonsON plans to build a duplicate of the New York Casino in Paris for comic opera productions. It highlights American theatrical progress, contrasts Parisian stage richness with shabby comic opera settings, and credits the manager for potentially advancing U S stage design.
During the Shah of Persia's tour, Colonel Gouraud demonstrates Edison’s phonograph to him at Earl Brownlow's. The Shah, delighted, claps, requests a Persian Hafiz recital, and even speaks into the device. The prince notes the instrument. Gouraud asserts the machine belongs to the Shah.
Avonusta Me Aug 5 The regimental officers election for the First Regiment ended in a deadlock between J J Lynch Portland and E H Ballard Augusta. A compromise elected L H Kendall Biddeford colonel WS Choate lieutenant colonel and F H Storer Auburn major was chosen.
The Treasury Department probes the cost of Tanner’s Pension Bureau actions amid Treasury worries about potential surplus exhaustion or a deficit. Senator Allison warned of financial risk, while the president and advisers knew Tanner’s opinions when appointing him, sparking public skepticism.
The Irish members backed a government plan to raise the Prince of Wales allowance by 200000 dollars a year to care for his children. The move, though unwelcome to some, bolsters Mr Parnell by signaling conservative steadiness to the public and strengthening his political leverage.
The Hartford Courant voices dismay over Montana’s convention vote to restrict the ballot to U.S. citizens. It argues naturalized aliens should not gain voting rights after mere months in the country and calls for reconsideration in the interest of good government.
A spoils organ counters General Collins's claim that patronage weakens a party, arguing the flaw lies not in patronage but its foolish use. It notes endless applicants and the disappointment of nineteen losers offsetting the winner, reflecting on Indiana and Democratic gains per the New York World.
The Herald remarks that despite faults in department methods to evade civil service spirit, the present Civil Service Commission is by far the ablest and most active since its formation.
Corporal Tanner’s claim about 958 special cases in his brief service hints at more to the public and omits mention of a battalion of Pension Office employees having their pensions rerated since March 4. The Philadelphia Record notes the missing details and suggests public curiosity remains unsatisfied.
Newport R I Aug 5 The Naval War College at the torpedo station opened this morning with Commander Goodrich delivering the address. The class includes Commanders Leary Jewell Rich Sand Berry Lieutenants Bleecker Field Fremont Roper Stewart Oliver Ensigns Shipley Schwerein and Lieutenant Rodman USA Captain Manan lectured on Strategy with further talks by Lieutenant Meigs and General Abbott.
A short poem in which rain outside and window panes spark a vivid dance of trees like dancers in a quadrille. The breeze plays a stormy melody on rain strings, making branches sway and tremble with each wind short refrain.
Brainerd Minnesota August 5 The Chippewa Commission arrived and secured large or near total signatures at Red Lake and White Earth with ceded lands totaling between 3 000 000 and 4 000 000 acres. Lumbermen win free use of streams. Standing Rock reports continued signing with 600 plus names. Sitting Bull and Running Antelope oppose though he may sign soon.
The American schooner Vidette from Gloucester, commanded by Captain John Bredell, was detained at Canso on a customs violation charge but released after a short detention. He claims officials acted too hastily and no full details are available yet.
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