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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1890
Page
4
A Wednesday Aug 13 1890 report highlights the Grand Army of the Republic parade as an impressive civic show. It underscores patriotic education for youth, recalls Civil War memories, and notes broad public enthusiasm during the visit.
Washington dispatches report Secretary Wainbom seeks to limit in bond movement of goods from Canada to the United States under the treaty of Washington. The issue centers on Vancouver entry of Chinese goods transported by Canadian Pacific into the US, possibly restricting to merchandise of the contiguous country. The matter raises reciprocity concerns and may affect Canadian roads and Behring Sea talks.
The piece cites opposition to tariffs and coercive measures against Canadian railways, noting New England merchants and railways oppose closing or costly entry. It mentions Alden Speare and Edward Kimble praising Canada’s railway trade as vital to New England and warns against actions that disrupt prompt commerce. It references Wincom and Blaine considering such measures.
The Czar moves to enforce 1882 anti Jewish laws accelerating exile and economic ruin for three million Russian Jews. European powers fear wider conflict as Germany and Austria probe responses while banking houses hint at possible aid to Russia. The piece notes the Czar's strong control over the Greek Church and broader religious persecutions affecting Protestants and Catholics, with limited dissent.
The piece reviews American drama’s low ebb and calls for more homegrown plays rather than cheap imports. It cites Mr Thomas of the London Daily News, notes American actors’ higher regard abroad, and mentions figures like Thackeray and Newman. It also covers Miss Rosina Vokes, Miss Voxes, and a proposed Anglo French African settlement amid wartime sentiment.
Reports list American and European figures linked to royal alliances, university leaders visiting New England, and fundraising for a Key grave monument. Mentions include Timothy Harrington aiding Irish League restructuring, Prince Entel Frederick named Duke of Heligo land, Johns Hopkins and Harvard presidents at Northeast Harbor, and Princess Miss Hollingworth Price set to wed Prince D Ardeck. Also notes Czarewitch tour plans and Archduchess Valerie dowry and income. Local gossip on Mr Wilkinson’s engagement to Winnie Davis remarks on his Southern roots.
The census paper will be courteous and the UK figures will show a population rise with unequal rural and urban distribution. Emigration from Ireland may rise further, education improves, and professional crowdsing increases. The census will reveal life expectancy trends and changing female employment.
A Boston observer lauds the patient, patriotic crowd along the parade route, praising their endurance and absence of show. He reflects on Boyle O’Reilly’s serene family life, literary range, and deep moral aims, noting his sudden death and the related loss alongside H. Bernard Carpenter.
The Grand Army should guard against unworthy members and impostors who drain public funds via pension schemes. It urges the National Encampment to act to protect the government and Treasury, demanding scrutiny of claim agents and a countersign of genuine service.
At the Democratic State committees executive meeting in New Haven the date of the state convention was set for September 16 in Dartford.
Congress debates Pan American Conference results and subsidy bills led by Secretary Blaine. Reed delays House action while Republicans shift on subsidies. Amendments fund diplomatic tasks, monetary and railway plans, and a Latin American Memorial Library, but no commissions named yet. Some reciprocity support tops the agenda amid tariff and foreign affairs wrangling.
In Brattleboro a group of forty New York Trib une fresh air fund children ages twelve and under arrive by boat from New London. A New York Sunday school teacher leads them while a Pennsylvanian clergyman started the scheme. The Tribune funds the program and coordinates groupings of twenty with local hosts. Children undergo checks and receive certificates before returning to New York.
A lengthy collage of society chatter, literary quips, and anecdotal recollections spans eavesdropping in New York and Seattle. It notes stray remarks about prominent figures, opera casting, and walking sticks with royal insignia, concluding with a Seward capital relocation anecdote.
Raymond D Odell a wealthy New Yorker visiting Green Farms narrowly survives a shark attack while clam digging. Surrounded by maneaters the man is saved when a bystander fires a gun at the shark’s nose forcing the release, though his left arm is badly lacerated.
Army orders relieve First Lieutenant J W Wilkinson from duty at the University of Wooster Ohio and order him to join his troop Leaves of absence granted to First Lieutenant J M T Partello for one year with permission to go abroad First Lieutenant Luige Larnia eight months First Lieutenant C C Miner two months extension Major 2 W Baird paymaster ten days extension Naval orders Lieutenant Commander Holman Vaile detached from command of the Palos and placed on waiting orders Assistant Surgeon J D North Jr ordered to the navy yard New York relieving J S Sayre ordered to the Ranger Three months leave of absence granted to Lieutenant RK wu Davenport
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