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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1887
Page
4
A listing shows subscription prices for Milk near Washington Street with one year nine pounds six months four fifty months two twenty five one month seventy five cents. Framing notes indicate second class matter and that payments go to SZ Publishing Company New York agency at 140 Nassau Street and office at 515 Fourteenth Street.
News notes a wage reduction at the Pullman works blamed on slack business. Workers claim the trimmers department, paid by the piece, earns high wages, prompting the company to lower rates. Past cuts and a strike two years ago raise fear of similar upheaval this fall in the model town.
The text argues the American Federation of Labor shows rapid growth in Massachusetts, appealing due to its simpler structure and less government control than the Knights of Labor. It credits Gompers for leveraging weaknesses in the Knights plan to aid strikers and engage in politics, suggesting the AFL will outlast Powderly’s scheme.
The Pall Mall Gazette accuses Queen Victoria of interfering in a murder reprieve over the home secretary Mr Mathews. Lipski claims Mathews showed sense superior to the Queen and editor. The piece critiques editors and diplomats for editorial missteps and political blunders.
A speaker at a Monday evening gathering urged British residents to vote against Irish Roman Catholics, sparking applause. Observers warned against reigniting historic conflicts like the Battle of the Boyne as new citizens vote along foreign prejudice lines in the republic.
Manitoba government asserts authority by planning a separate provincial railway to the United States border to connect with the Northern Pacific. The project would be funded privately and operate independent of the Canadian Pacific and Dominion government, signaling a stance of defiance or nullification.
The piece reports disallowance of the Red River Valley road charter and a court injunction to halt construction. Sir John A. Macdonald vows Dominion and Imperial support if needed, while provincial authorities insist the work will continue, raising prospects of renewed Northwest unrest with Manitoba sympathizers.
The piece notes Mr. Henry Grover’s free trader stance clashing with the Syracuse platform and examines associates on the ticket. It cites Victor Wriper P H Cummins and Dennis Fretey as former Blaine allies in 1884, now serving as reform candidates lacking public-office qualifications.
Reports from Ottawa say Canadian vessel owners seek compensation from the Dominion treasury for losses from seizures in Behring Sea as an international dispute unfolds. The case hinges on US Alaska waters law and Russia’s historical cession, with implications for American fishing rights and Behring Sea jurisdiction.
The New York State board of charities sub committee reports Ward's Island insane asylum overcrowded and undernourished. Food lacks variety and quality with inadequate kitchen facilities. Attendants are overworked, irritable, and poorly supervised, leading to frequent violence against patients. The report urges funding, better buildings, and competent staff to remedy the shameful conditions.
The government faces a clash over enforcing contract terms with the Alaska Commercial Company to curb its fishing and sealing monopoly. Allegations claim the company kills far more seals than permitted and evades contract provisions, while private sentiment in the United States grows supportive of restraint.
A London editor questions Berlin's tacit approval of a Russian led temporary Bulgarian occupation. The piece cites Bis marck’s cautious tactics, fear of war, and the shifting alliances with France troubling Austria and the Danube region.
The passage discusses a leader crafting pretexts by selective overlooking or stringent enforcement. It notes the ability to align with whichever side serves personal interests and to switch stance as circumstances allow.
The Reading railroad faces employee opposition to color blindness exams using worsted tests. A compromise proposes re testing color blind workers with a practical flag and lantern method to avoid a strike while preserving safety standards.
The piece cites Mr. Howris arguing that romance and tradition are refuges of an aristocratic spirit fading from politics and society. It suggests reformers will push his ideas into party politics, opposing Emerson and urging writers to drop romance and fancy to suit democratic aims.
The piece notes journalists suffer tough summers as they craft despatches claiming idyllic mountain and seaside resort getaways while filing cablegrams about England's grouse shooting season.
The Philadelphia Record notes a radical shift with the United Labor party declaring for absolute free trade and the abolition of all customs houses. The piece portrays the stance as a direct challenge from protectionist factions toward liberal economic policies.
The Evening Post Lod reports authoritative Democratic sources from Massachusetts and other regions indicating solid Cleveland support for the next national convention. It argues anti Cleveland criticism has little surface impact inside the Democratic ranks and notes no Western state seems poised to oppose him.
NEW BOOKS. LITERARY CHICAGO. Eugene Field's Culture's Garland collects humorous sketches and paragraphs from the Chicago Daily News. The review praises Field's wit and his pokes at local tradesmen while noting some filler parts and a few dull passages.
The Forum edition collects essays on education and character by Dr Hale Colonel Higginson Professor White and others, noting the value of fellows over books. It appraises the Confessions and varied religious voices, praises reflective aids to character building, and recalls anecdotes from Warner and a Grant encounter.
The September issue features D A Wells on overproduction and distribution, a Sleep and Its Counterfeits piece with hysteria tales, Philpott on women's specialization, Annam and Tonquin marriage customs, William James on instincts, cork manufacture, a Botanical Bonanza near the Carolinas, and notes on an industrial school plan, Tyndall speeches, Audubon sketch, and cultural essays by Garten Johnson and others.
The September Harper s features a landscape frontis and diverse content. Illustrations include Tailor Made Girl and Anglomaniacs in Riding in New York. Howard Pyle continues Buccaneers and Marooners with lively illustrations. Richard Wheatley narrates Home Rule in the Isle of Man and the Manx Legislature. Miss O Meara sketches a Russian tale about Narka s arrest. Blanche Willis Howard begins Tony the Maid. A vivid South America piece notes female streetcar conductors in Chili and The Sons of the Steppe across Turkestan and western Siberia, a vast, rugged region.
A Boston observer describes arriving immigrants on Devonshire Street and their homesickness. He notes a cricket game by ragged boys, praises British tenacity, and shares a women’s appeal to brakemen to curb overzealous arm lifting. He also comments on Williams apples and a office boy with ink blotches, ending with a reflection on a self regulating smoker.
John F. Hurlburt a Boston based internal revenue officer was arrested at Danvers for trying to ride the Boston and Maine without proper fare after a Boston to Portland ticket. He was discharged in Salem court as no fraud was shown and plans to sue the road for damages.
A collage of anecdotes on theater and dress power in high society with notes on Judge Potter and Jacob Sharp. Items cover Wyoming sheep, pickles thefts in Louisville, women on Syracuse town council, stowaways on English steamers, and U S dairy dominance versus wheat and corn values.
Miss Anna Dickinson regains health and takes short walks in Honesdale. Governors Proctor Knott and Lloyd plan Louisville residency and Cape May visit. Consul-General Waller prepares four month leave with son Tracy heading to Fort Smith to practice law. John Norquay visits New York from Winnipeg via Chicago. Secretary Fairchild tours Bar Harbor and Cazenovia. ex-Lt Gov Black summers at Friendship Hill in Fayette County. Isaiah Williamson, Philadelphia’s richest man, valued at 20 million, remains a quiet, charitable bachelor near 85.
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