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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1889
Page
4
Sat Aug 10 1889 report notes a Steubenville street railway superintendent suffered a 900 volt shock while repairing a trolley wire. He remained conscious after the brief agony, reinforcing arguments by opponents of New York’s new lethal methods law about the pain involved in electrical execution.
The National Zeitung Berlin predicts a Britain Germany alliance but ignores English public temper. It notes Salisbury might welcome closer ties yet protests over Bis marck’s aims curb any shift. England’s role would be to remain generally friendly to the Triple Alliance.
A Charleston despatch claims there have been a dozen or more shooting and cutting affairs across South Carolina in the last week. It argues the McCow verdict harms public morals and undermines law and order, with the News and Courier saying the state is smeared with blood from seaboard to mountains and predicting more violence.
The New York press reports money pledges to support a proposed World’s Fair led by Mayor Grant with sums from 1000 to 10000. The location debate centers on Governor's Island, noted for accessibility, while criticizing New York's lack of suitable nearby sites.
The piece surveys 1889 Republican platforms from Ohio and Pennsylvania, urging continued protection for wool and other producers and broad pension expansion led by Corporal Tanner. It warns against civil service reform, cites projected pension costs near 150 million, and notes no direct civil service mentions in the platforms.
The Mrs Maybrick case draws wide public and professional interest as circumstantial evidence prompts debate over a death sentence. Opinions split on guilt while Home Office and judge fairness loom large in the looming appeal for mercy. Although Mrs Maybrick is described as an unusual, capable woman, sentiment crosses class lines in a movement toward commutation.
The conference pushes its classification decisions to align with the secretary's wishes, disregarding prior rulings. A hidden risk lies in this coordinated effort as the plan advances.
The piece argues the fairness of inquiries from workingmen initiated through the United Question Clubs versus yesterday's signed interrogatories by hundreds of city business leaders. It criticizes Brian A. Morse for contempt toward district workers and Henry Canor Lopes for silence, noting questions are not anonymous and that merchants and workers alike demand answers.
The passage commends the wisdom of Tanner and calls for an annual pension distribution of 150 million dollars. It urges continued penalties on local industries through extra tributes to political leaders in Ohio and coal and iron magnates in Pennsylvania, marking key platform features of the 1889 Republican party.
The New York Institute for Artist Artisans reports its first annual, praising labor and beauty while revealing a bias against the state’s established art instruction. Superintendent Joan Warp Stimson touts emotive typography and a grand, philosophic survey preceding factual goals and methods.
The text critiques New York’s art scene, defending the Metropolitan Museum and detailing Mr. Stimson’s dualistic educational aims. It outlines principles like Realism and Idealism, practice and theory, and an emphasis on universal laws such as order, proportion, balance, and fitness to form the envisioned Artist-Artisan or “Coming Man.”
Mr Murat HatsreapD defends Russieru Harrison's career in England noting that royal courtesy prevented him from posing as a businessman. He lauds Harrison's observance of proprieties while critics scoff at the display and question administration expectations regarding Blaine supporters.
The article notes Mrs Buarye abandons dramatic aims and will perform in a comedy. It praises the shift away from melodrama and long familiar romantic roles, hoping her talent will entertain while avoiding overacted tragedy.
A roundup of notable figures in Europe and America. Clara Louise Kellogg visits London while King Humbert buys a phonograph to message Queen Marguerita. Prof Sir Richard Owen remains vigorous at eighty six. Queen Victoria spends lavishly on memorials. Various mentions include a portrait of John Gilbert, the Prince of Wales’s Hamburg trip, Moses Mendelssohn memorial plans, and Amherst College’s Emersons in Gloucester. Additional notes cover Dana’s recovery from a Long Island horse accident, the Mackays en route to Bar Harbor, Dr Gibier’s Paris trip for rejuvenation experiments, Carnot’s literary pursuits, J A Murray’s Greek chair at Glasgow, and Barlow’s donation to the Met. Details on Pennsylvanian candidate Henry K Boyer, Sir Edward Watkin’s drift toward a transcontinental tunnel plan, Schweninger tutoring Turkish physicians, and correspondence about Italian brigands emerge, with Bowler relations and Flurscheim’s German national ism and wealth noted.
A Boston letter disputes a Hartford pamphlet on check rein abuse, arguing for measured use of the device. The piece cites veterinary authorities and equine writers, defends necessary control for trotters and road horses, and condemns extreme tightening especially on livery and work horses. It also notes street manners in Boston and urges residents to model civility while riding or driving.
Mayor Hart through the Board of Police Commissioners thanked the department for their efficient work during President Harrison's visit to the city.
The article surveys next week’s final performances of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Museum and signals Roland Reed in The Woman Hater. It notes plans for The Profligate and That Doctor Cupid, Hands Across the Sea at the Museum, and new works by Miss Sheridan, Tom Ricketts, and Evangeline among others, plus openings at the Globe and Grand Opera House.
Mlle de Wolska travels to England to gain support for an International Library of Women's Works in Paris. In London she wins broad English author support with the Queen of Roumania named honorary president. The Patronage Committee includes Sally Prudhomme, French Academy members, Senators, Mrs Crawford, Vicomtesse Taraka, the Japanese ambassador's wife, Mme Monjeska, and representatives from America to Egypt.
The report says Leo XIII wants Cardinal Lavigerie to succeed him but a French pope is deemed unlikely. An unwritten rule within the Sacred College favors Italian popes, suggesting Lavigerie’s election is improbable. The next papal ballot will hinge on prevailing circumstances.
James D. Horgan, a patrolman of Station 16, was yesterday dismissed from the Boston police force for not properly patrolling his beat.
A collage of remarks and vignettes features jokes about mustaches in soup, tall and short presidents, humorous exchanges at table, and playful quips from the New York Evening Sun and Time. It notes Professor Hazen’s updated Mount Washington height to 6300 feet, and mentions Edward Coy taking the Phillips Academy principalship. It closes with Gladstone’s romance and engagement details tied to Rome and Lady Glynne, and a moonlit Colosseum memory.
A Boston observer notes a warm spell as Sol glows and asks if the atmosphere contains enough caloric for forks. The scene features a woman adjusting gold-rimmed glasses and posing a rhetorical question about daily heat sufficiency.
The New York Evening Post criticizes Judge Stephen for his frequent public writings on politics and religion noting his aggressive style and controversy. It praises his ability and character while warning that his outspoken nature unsettles theologians and anthropologists who oppose him.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin reports tariff protection has devastated woollen mills. Eben Sutton's North An dover mill shuts for a month. Scheppers Bros. worsted mill in Philadelphia suspends operations, laying off nearly 500 workers. Lewis Bros. & Co. receivership follows an assignment by Hutchinson Ogen & Co. Manayunk. Brunswick Unit Goods in Troy seeks cash payoff, Yeadon and Todmorden mills close, Pioneer Woollen Factory in San Francisco for sale as no money remains in woollen manufacturing.
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