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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1887
Page
4
Daily and weekly subscription rates listed for Milk near Washington Street. Prices show one year nine dollars, six months four 50, three months two twenty five, one month seventy five cents. Weekly editions issued Fridays at nine dollars and fifty cents. payments at sender's risk to Post Publishing Company. New York Agency address given at 140 Nassau Street.
Brief items list resignations and careers of several figures: Fred Moore, secretary to Fairchild, resigns after serving under multiple Secretaries. Mrs. O Neill of Bar Harbor amasses a $20,000 laundry trade monopoly across four summers. Wealth estimates place Cornelius Vanderbilt at $76 to 125 million and Dave Wambold the San Francisco minstrel enjoying a Saratoga summer. Pension back pay worth over $10,000 awarded to Private William J. Shepherd. Senator Jones of Nevada profits from Alaskan mines yielding $100,000 monthly. Geisbert Poltgieser, Chicago’s eldest, heaviest saloon keeper, dies aged 73 leaving about $800,000.
Roland Reed headlined a week at the Boston Museum with Cheek drawing a large, engaged audience. The cast performed well though some actors and lighting in Act III drew critique. Reed’s topical songs sparked encores, Annie Lewis impressed in songs and dance, while H A Smith and W C Andrews showed unevencraft on demanding scenes.
The Grand Army of the Republic in New York faces strong opposition to a proposed pauper pension bill. Posts condemn the draft as too political and harmful to a broader, fair pension plan. The Grand Army Record also criticizes circulating the measure to posts.
The choice of next month to celebrate the Constitutional centennial in Philadelphia and to convene a new Know-Nothing party is seen as a political sideline. Observers doubt immigration aims will derail existing parties and suspect the move centers on nominating presidential and vice presidential candidates for July.
The interview with an English journalist clarifies that the treaty limits fishing within three miles of shore, while Canada has overstepped to other ends. It notes no reply from the State Department to a November proposal for a temporary arrangement and says the U S stance is firm and public sentiment will support it.
Commander Farreurun of the Grand Army of the Republic reports a 12 000 increase in the past quarter, equating to about 48 000 annually. He notes the rise is not extraordinary versus earlier years, despite canvassed recruitment grounds under prior administrations. Opposition to the GAR could foreshadow trouble.
A violent minority in the Grand Army pushes service pension bills and land warrant measures while conservative leaders fear loss of influence. Critics warn that protests against press condemnation of the minority could erode the group’s usefulness as voters reject wild war era schemes.
The Virginia Republican State committee issues a curiously pointed address criticizing the Democratic platform adopted at Roanoke on August 4. It argues Democrats are hypocritical on Cleveland administration policy and school funding, while praising Republican aims to repeal internal revenue taxes and push tariff reform. The piece notes party factions and hints at national figures like Blaine, signaling a staged contest likely to attract curiosity more than inspiration.
The report notes three great powers assented to the Bulgarian election, then all sent remonstrances. Russia alternately proposes joint occupation of Turkey and claims it cannot recognize the election due to Berlin treaty breaches. The piece credits Prince Ferdinand for accepting elections free by popular will, supposedly curbing Russian and Turkish influence.
The article outlines Franco German tensions with measures against German firms in Meurthe et Moselle and Alsace Lorraine incidents. It also covers German attitudes toward France's 1889 exhibition and a parody on autographs, listing prices for notable figures including Longfellow and Tennyson, and detailing a Ruskin letter to a worker.
Boston writer muses on leasing an old passenger car to travel with five artists along Maine shores and into the provinces. They plan sleeping berths dining and cooking space, a live-in servant, and travel on freight lines to stop at scenic spots, even lonely sidings for overnight sketch sessions.
The text compares Russia and Turkey over a joint Bulgarian occupation to oust Prince Ferdinand. It notes European powers may act without clear self interest and whether American reporting reflects the full facts. Ambiguity follows the Porte's stance on recognizing an election and maintaining past positions.
Readers glimpse debates on respect and worship in workplace culture, a note on Lord Tennyson to Moxon, and a London column reprinting suggestive paragraphs. An agricultural journal reports unprecedented Michaelmas farm vacancies as families quit farming, plus Thurgarton Priory’s sale to a Nottingham bookmaker and local unease over ring men posing as country squires.
A writer cites examples of English tact by recounting an English officer's wife deriding Arabs while served by Arab staff and a young Englishman telling his sister at Trouville that no society on the continent suits an Englishman.
Secretary Waitney and Admiral Luce visit Bar Harbor and Secretary Fairchinp will join them. Mt. Desert proposed as a meeting site for an international fishery commission to discuss defenses and cooperation.
A city ordinance in New York allows street pedlers to address passersby for ten minutes from the curb. After the allotted time they must move on. The rule is suggested as a model for political conventions and legislative bodies.
The New York Sun questions why Indiana and Georgia Democrats would oppose a straight Democratic platform backing Mr. Cleveland. No reason exists to withhold support and no state should diverge from backing Cleveland.
A Washington Post editorial urges men to be provident and self denying, diligent and quick to seize chances, and eager to store knowledge. It argues that such habits remove idleness, dissipation, and ignorance, leading to poverty's disappearance.
The Manchester Union argues that Republican and some anti Democratic factions fail to unite opposition to Grover Cleveland. It contends no paper or party is large enough to stop the public from thinking for themselves.
The Chicago Herald recalls 1884 when Dana linked arms with a Lowell wit for a risqué “comic situation.” It notes Dana’s long running farce Me the People, a sharp reprise of tailors in Tooley Street, aimed to amuse and instruct while he portrays others as fools.
President Cleveland reverses Republican land policy by opening indemnity lands to any citizen, not just railroad companies. First come, first served, aligning with Democratic ideals as land belongs to the people. Philadelphia Record notes the GOP silent on the change.
The Providence Journal notes dissensions among right and left centre leaders and the risk of office scrambles fracturing party allegiance. It argues that partisan government serves the greatest good and calls for united citizens in the political centre, avoiding internecine warfare.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes renewed activity in the Republican party as figures like William E Chandler M S Quay Boss Shepherd and ex Senator Stephen W Dorsey return to the scene. It suggests a belief that James G Blaine may triumph and revive party fortunes amid Mugwump opposition.
Frederic Bryton headlined the melodrama Forgiven at the Globe Theatre after a successful Howard Atheneum debut. Review notes smoother delivery and earnest energy with strong support from Harry Harwood James Neill Fannie Reeves Lottie Wallie. audiences warmly received flowers for Bryton. The play runs every evening with Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
The Irish duo Barry and Fay open week two of their Boston Theatre engagement in Mulcahey's Big Party a Marsden piece. Fay as Judge Muldoon Barry as Alderman Mulcahey lead the action with Miss Nettie Lyford as Honora and musical turns by the Electric Three Callan Haley and Callan.
An excellent variety bill at the Howard Atheneum last evening launched a winter series. Highlights included equilibristic acts by M Vanda John F Byrne and Miss Helene with comedy vocalizing and crayon drawing, Patrick Plimmir Irish clog, Nellie Parker vocals, Hoey and Dailey blackface act, Lester and Williams parodies, and Bellac and Aouda in a prestidigitatory act. A large audience called the performance satisfactory and the same bill will run through the week.
Arcadia will be produced at Oakland Garden for the rest of this week with Corinne as Jom Ton the piper's son. A souvenir matinée will be offered Wednesday afternoon for ladies and children. Seats open for Dominic's Daughter and the Boston Museum season. Music Hall program includes Magic Flute William Tell and Merry Wives overtures Erminie Carmen selections old Wine Woman and Song waltz. Lecocq for Wednesday and a grand ballroom program Friday. New piece Upside Down by Daly and McNally shown in Ware Mass last night to enthusiastic crowd with Daly sisters and Dan Daly delivering hits.
The Saturday Review critiques Finck for arguing flirting as art and opposing prudery while condemning conjugal love as incompatible. It praises his defense of flirtation but faults his crude transatlantic views, obsession with small waists, and errors on Solomon, Catullus, and blondes. It ends hopeful he may be saved as a lover’s paradise seeker.
Robert N. Law, a horse thief who escaped Webster county jail, was fatally shot by sheriffs during a pursuit. Six horses with arms and ammunition were found in his South St. Joseph stable. In other brief items, Saratoga races were rained out, and Taunton resident Joseph Frapied survived a self inflicted abdomen wound after scissors were seized.
A collage of brief items: Donnelly and Shakspere debated, sun heat loss noted, trades and fish poles counted, Pennsylvania Republicans praising Blaine, posthumous tales of Sylvanus Cobb, Canadian shipments of mares and stallions, New York Labor party reactions, measles and travel news, trout possession limits proposed in New Hampshire, ex governor Hoadly building anew, Sam Nightingale the slave descendant’s obituary, Rhode Island geography critique, Cunard and Savannah steamship histories, 1817 freight costs vs 1886 railroad rates, corsage etiquette, private jokes from Paris Figaro, and jubilee musings from London observers.
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