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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1894
Page
4
Congress must act on the tariff issue without further delay. If a vote cannot occur today or tomorrow, the bill should be shaped for action by early next week. The conferees are blamed, with calls for a Democratic bill to reach a vote, challenging Sugar Trust influence.
The Post notes that George G. Crocker authored a Republican Club of Massachusetts document dated July 24, released Aug. 8, and dated before his July 26 appointment as subway commissioner. The paper argues the delay in printing removes the charge of holding both roles simultaneously, while expressing surprise at the apparent departure from his usual conduct.
The majority on the Board of Police faces harsh censure for a secrecy policy after an officer was acquitted. Critics say the concealed proceedings prevent public scrutiny, leaving the officer’s innocence or guilt unverified and undermining public confidence in the police. The article cites a commissioner tied by family to an officer and calls the secrecy policy demoralizing and unjust.
The Boston Board of Police should end star chamber trials and hold open hearings. Public demand for transparency grows after recent secret investigations, with calls to reveal actions, reasons, and the process to restore public confidence.
The Britannia beat the Vigilant yesterday in a race but does not diminish the Vigilant’s honors. The Vigilant, freed from Clyde calms, proved strong, though weather and conditions limited Yankee boat performance. The Crown Prince’s cutter may be slightly superior, but the Vigilant’s achievements remain noteworthy.
The defeat was honorable and creditable as two yachts in their class showcased the cutter type’s weaknesses. The contest offered insight for both English and American designers, with expectations that Vigilant may lead the series and win the Cape May cup, while Britannia earns respect for challenging on open seas.
The piece argues that wartime demand shifts will draw business to American hands as China and Japan clash. It notes arms purchases are only a fraction of needs, with the commissary and food supplies driving large expenditures. War’s destructive nature will hurt global economies, but hemispheric effects may be milder than a European war.
The United States formal recognition of the Hawaiian republic ends the rival claim and elevates Hawaii on the world stage. The new regime under President Dole is an oligarchy with autocratic tendencies, built by self-made leaders rather than popular authority, a situation observers note but cannot alter.
A crowded column notes the Society of Cycling Esthetes growing, with a new member riding a nickel plated bike on Tremont Street in brown velvet knickerbockers and a creamy white silk shirt. It touches on Sydney Drew family domestic life, Kendal versus Drew fame, and light, humorous dialogue about social manners and theatre.
Cy Warman reports his song Sweet Marie published in September 1892 earns about $2000 monthly split with Raymon Moore the music's composer. Fifty thousand copies sell each month across markets. Miss Majendie becomes Queen Victoria’s newest maid of honor after being heard singing in church with the Queen in attendance. Captain Charles King plans a several year Swiss residence for his family. The Count of Paris is critically ill as the Countess shortens her public duties.
The annual stay at Marienbad continues as all Orleans princes of France visited the count in the last two weeks. The Duke of Orleans has delayed his planned trip to France amid these proceedings.
A classroom primer tale ends with a boy's blunt answer about an apple turning rotten. Jokes about truth in reports from Asia mix with quips about chivalry and archeology. Household chaos and a parody poem close with a weary note on a goose and a stubborn baseball score.
Maritime notes from the port describe arrivals and consular movements on Pro Patria and Franciso plus a Boston bound consul's man. Dredging plans near the north ferry slip are debated while electric lighting seeks to ease a dark Atlantic avenue corner. A bark from Lobos grounds near Havana. the Onaway is towed in for repairs. a heartwarming encounter on Queen Margaret shows officer sailors' mutual respect.
In Boston at 29 Pemberton square the Eastern Musical Dramatic Exchange run by H. Fisher Burns offered chorus jobs to young women who paid 50 cents as deposits. The office opened last April and was fitted with elaborate furnishings and draperies, attracting many hopeful singers.
In a bustling office an order system for chorus spots led to 60 cent payments with little return. No Mr Burns appeared as ill, yet inquiry showed Burns had conducted thriving exchanges for months. A manager recalled many poor girls pressed into a spring company scheme.
The Postman describes an opera company chorus member recounting how a man named Burns offered acting work in exchange for money from young women 15 or 16 years old. Many girls paid. offices were fitted lavishly but rent issues surfaced with furniture attachments. Attempts to locate Burns failed while staff claimed illness of the exchange proprietor.
Blagden Chicago Edward Reynolds Vingnes aged 58 formerly of Boston Crandell East Cambridge Edwin A Crandell aged 45 years 7 months Graham Boston Highlands Caroline F widow of Captain William W Graham Hopkins Back Bay Joseph Hopkins aged 63 years 10 mins 9 days funeral from 15 Dalton Street Saturday at 2 pm friends invited
The article notes Charles Dickson, famed for Baron de Grimm in Madeleine, will leave Tremont Theatre for Stanislaus Stange's A Jolly Good Fellow opening Sept 3 in Washington. It highlights his four beauties Lillian Burkhardt, Lansing Rowan, Katherine Karmen, Florine Campbell, plus local theatre happenings at Boston venues and the Castle Square Theatre progress with nightly novelties and a newsboy event at the Howard Atheneum.
A Boston news item reports the Fitchburg depot clock moved to the Union station conductors room to sync watches. It notes congestion from Atlantic avenue tracks and disputes over removing unused West End tracks, with Expressmen's League resolutions backing track removal amid paving costs. A general order moves passenger trains to Boston Union Station Causeway Street starting Aug 12, 1890s, and a bulletin notes 460 expresses operate, with badges and emblem identifiers for express firms.
A letter to the editor from C. W. Brundage defends his role in accommodating Captain McKinnon by storing fish hooks claimed as smuggled goods. He says he merely allowed overnight storage due to frequent near waterfront storage demands and denies knowledge of how the items were landed ashore.
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