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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
4
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Parliament debated a Channel tunnel with 153 votes to 107 against. Proponents cite ease of boring the chalk seabed and commercial benefits, while opponents warn it would force England to defend both ends and could aid invasion, keeping Britain a vulnerable, tight little island.
The author visits the Boston State House to view a new half length portrait of Anson Burlingame. The painting dates from his 1860s ambassadorial visit to China and may soon be offered for public ownership. The piece recalls Burlingame’s 1856 scene in Boston and reflects on former city leaders and speakers from a past banquet.
Boston Bost reports on ex-Senator Doveras describing a clash with a union over control of half the factory workforce. Doveras says he sought equal authority but the union refused any divided power, highlighting a weakness in organized labor and prompting talk of a free shop as a remedy.
A second Africa rumor claims Sir Henry Morton Stanley was assassinated after leaving the Aruwimi. A Zanzibar despatch to Paris notes the report, hinting at a conspiracy while noting possible Eastward transmission and dangers from Bangola intertribal conflict.
The Harrisburg state convention chairman claims 1884 election fraud, endorsing Blaine for the 1888 presidency. The Pennsylvania platform mirrors Ohio’s in most points, denounces Cleveland, favors high tariffs with bounties and pensions, and federal South interference. Democrats in Pennsylvania face an Ohio-like platform with civil service reform added.
The Rush report says vessels seized in Behring Sea violated section 1956 of the Revised Statutes by killing fur seals in Alaska waters. The sole protest notes a captain admitting sealing outside the nine mile limit, raising again whether the Alaska Commercial Company lease covers all Behring Sea.
The fragment discusses the sea and questions whether the existing construction of section 1956 can be upheld. It presents a legal inquiry into statutory interpretation and potential challenges to the current framework. No additional facts or named entities are provided in the readable text.
Washington reports progress toward amicable Costa Rica Nicaragua boundary settlement without an international arbiter. An American company holds a liberal concession for a trans isthmian ship canal using Nicaragua’s lake and San Juan River, with surveys due in two and a half years and construction within a year, estimated at 60 to 75 million dollars over six years.
A 19th century inspection finds New York City’s Blackwell’s Island workhouse failing as a reform facility. Capacity 1250, housed 1658 in February 1887 with 100 to 400 sleeping on floors. Women’s cells crowded. only 35 officers for hundreds of inmates. Young offenders mingled with habitual criminals. frequent short sentences and repeated returns. Describes intergenerational degradation and stark contrast between aging inmates and youths beginning destructive paths.
The article condemns harsh confinement and unregulated contact in city institutions. It cites women in workhouses lacking oversight and letters exchanged freely, while critics warn that exposing young girls to such environments harms individuals and the city alike. It notes similar findings in other states and laments systemic failures compared with Europe.
A Norwich letter to the New York Evening Post predicts the croquet trophy clash will spark the keenest contention in croquet annals. The writer blames croquet’s nerves and wait times for ill temper, contrasting lawn tennis and recommending croquet stay on the farm where exercise is found in work.
The piece notes British reluctance to adopt the American buggy due to risk of rider falls from its low back. A London journal described a remedy of thrusting toes under a raised steel bar to prevent pitching, comparing the concern to importing a dog cart with ropes for safety.
From the Pall Mall Gazette the Bavarian government bans school punishment for children except with red rods two sizes prescribed. It recalls English practice centuries ago including Eton birch and Winchester four twig instrument dating to 1467, with terms scrubbing and Bibling for six cuts.
London letter praises Sir George Trevelyan as a model but overly conscientious politician. A literary man by training, he is praised for intellect and integrity yet criticized for being too academic and out of touch with the people, hindering top political leadership prospects.
The Washington Post cites a Democratic view that political folly and wickedness are nearing an end, noting Horace Greeley’s imagined hens and Pennsylvania Republicans seeking profits from the nation if possible. The columnist suggests the public will soon tire of the perceived schemes.
The article argues the commission must remain nonpartisan to uphold reform progress. It says officials should avoid ties to any administration’s fortunes, likening their role to Supreme Court judges and stressing impartial governance.
The woollen goods industry complains of tariff inequalities with heavy duties on coarse wools and light duties on worsteds. Yet the millions who wear woolen fabrics bear higher prices from customs, while tax receivers complain and taxpayers endure with unbounded patience.
The Philadelphia Times argues railways should be required to use stone or iron for culverts and bridges after the Chatsworth wreck. It says past rail accidents prompted restraints and hopes this disaster spurs stronger construction to reduce danger, even at higher cost.
A New York World editorial argues that reducing the surplus through tax cuts is a public issue, not a party matter, noting both parties pledge to similar tariff reform. It urges citizens who prioritize the people over monopolies to unite across parties to stop the surplus.
An editorial urges parental effort to raise healthier boys free of tobacco influence. It argues family training beats laws or schools in shaping character and warns against tobacco excesses that impair physical and mental health for society and business leaders.
The Springfield Republican reports Mayor O'Brien of Boston defending his presence at the Sullivan coronation. He says a licensed performance should uphold propriety and that he should attend meetings to ensure moral limits are not crossed. The piece notes his uneasy conscience about the Boston Theatre event described as glorifying slugging.
In Sicily a priest staged a devil apparition during a sermon causing a panic. An acolyte disguised as the demon provoked injuries as villagers rushed for exits. A judicial inquiry concluded the display was faked and the priest faces possible imprisonment.
The 1885 work details General Grant's admiration for Arab stallions Leopard and Linden Tree in Constantinople and their passage to Randolph Huntington of Rochester. It discusses breeding theory linking desert coursers to modern thoroughbreds and Percherons, praising mares from the Henry Clay line and the goal of a versatile all around horse.
The September Lippincotts Magazine showcases two thirds of its pages with Lew Vanderpoole's Red Mountain Mines about pioneer life in California from Boston origins. Other pieces include Genee Holtzmeyer's English girl story and Moncure Conway's A Suppressed Statesman, plus notes on John Wilkes Booth and Johns Hopkins social life.
The Reverend W W Newton will publish The Vine Out of Egypt in September through Thomas Whittaker New York. It traces the Episcopal church in America progress and argues against changing the church name. A new Stevenson poetry volume Underwoods will appear simultaneously in the U S and England from Charles Scribner’s Sons.
A letter to the editor from Boston dated August 17 requests corrections to an August 16 article. The writer specifies changes: replace President Curtis with Carter for Williams College, replace contemporaneously for contemporaneously, and replace leavened for lowered by the peculiar genius of Andover.
A roundup of quips and tidbits from the era cites Grandfather Gould, beheadings for embezzlement, labor marches, telegraph marriages, and oddities in fashion and dialect. It notes a London style feast of boiled ox, tall figures in America, and stray jokes from Yonkers to New York Sun.
An inquest details a group detoured by lateness and a storm on the Lauterbrunnen trek. They descended the wrong arête and fell, shattering on impact as watches stopped and bodies lay snowbound. Guides carried them to Concordia hut and Marjelen See crest, where a Lutheran service honored the dead.
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