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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1889
Page
4
In the TANNER affair, Senator MANDERSON seeks to exit the controversy. He plans to have a special medical board judge his condition, after friends’ statements exonerated him while casting responsibility elsewhere. Observers doubt the relief will satisfy the public, urging decisive action.
Preparations for the October 2 Democratic State convention show strong reformist intent. Epward Avery as chairman and leaders Josrau Quincy and John C. Crossy signal a progressive platform, with Nathan Matthews Jr. chosen as presiding officer reflecting broad liberal politics.
In a bleak review of national manufacturing, the Commercial Bulletin notes a hopeful trend as nine major iron furnaces and steel mills in Pittsburgh and nearby restart within ten days, with some offering higher wages. The piece hints at broader economic tensions, suggesting gains for Pennsylvania ironworks come at the expense of New England masters taxed to support rival mills.
The New York Tribune quotes Senator Frye as saying a special session of the Fifty-first Congress around Oct 20 is unlikely to be necessary. He doubts tariff legislation will pass the next House and warns changes in rules may leave the majority vulnerable. The piece casts doubt on the party’s bold program and notes a special session tends to hurt the party ordering it.
The piece condemns Chautauqua leadership for hiring flashy speakers like Corporal Tanner and calls for higher standards in instructors. It shifts to a sharp critique of Windom's silver lead ore ruling, Eagle Pass resolutions, and the harm to frontier industry and Mexico trade, linking tariff moves to broader Republican moral weakness and political opportunism.
The remark states that he is various kinds of a charlatan and that Chautauqua should allow such people to gather their own audiences. It presents a blunt critique of his credibility and the event’s openness to him.
The demoralization of the Republican party deepens as Blaine’s 1884 presidential nomination splits the ranks. Honest leaders faced a bitter choice between principles and power, with many suppressing conscience to defend a man once condemned.
Scholars acknowledge the value of the Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for Asia Minor inscriptions collected by Dr. Sterrett. The article reviews his inaugural UT lecture and notes the traits needed by an archeological traveler, including dogged perseverance amid harsh East readings and the dangers of fieldwork.
The account details Dr. Sterrett and crew climbing sheer rock faces to copy weathered inscriptions, facing wind and peril for topographic fixes. It explains his methodical caravan travel from camp to village for inscriptions, bearings, and topography, culminating in Tavium’s definitive site and the wider road system between Tavium and Ancyra.
Henry Shaw, born in England, came to the United States at nineteen and built a fortune in St. Louis. After retiring he studied plants, created the city’s famous botanical gardens, and left most of his $2,500,000 estate to the city.
Miss Anna Dickinson dismisses rumors of poor health and says she will resume public life soon likely on the platform and possibly on the theatrical stage. Her acclaimed lecturing gifts make a platform comeback welcome though her past acting career invites public concern about the stage return.
In the Post obituary of Dr. Herman Brimmer Inches the writer notes Tremont street’s last residential inhabitant near the Common, Dr. Inches, and recalls nearby figures from Dr. Bethune to Codman Hall. The piece contrasts past quiet houses with today’s business use and laments changes to the Tremont and Beacon Street corridors.
Lord Salisbury travels to Dieppe for parliamentary recess as figures from science arts and education feature in abroad and domestic circles. Randall recuperates from rheumatic illness while Yale succession talks center on W F H Brewer. Alma Tadema tours Europe for health. Miller contemplates a South Seas yacht trip from San Francisco. Maggie Strang of Glasgow wins a Kensington gold medal for a wall hanging design. Queen Victoria visits Ruabon coal pits and Llanollen, receiving dresses and enthusiasm. Mrs. Crawford to be saluted by Paris journalists after decades in Paris. Proctor to lecture next winter using Loomis lanterns and slides from Orange Lake Florida. Louis Morris at work on a new epic poem on saints and martyrs ending with Father Damien. Princess Louise enjoys glass painting, planning a memorial window for the late Duke of Albany. Mrs. Bradley appeals for servant training at Westminster. Polish sisters Miles West of Czernowicz graduate Vienna Medical University and plan practice stateside and in Poland. Ethel M. Conder appointed principal of Mil ton Mount College for Congregational ministers’ daughters at Gravesend. Moss Conder of Girton College, second class classical Tripos.
Salem August 26. Special to The Journal. For one dollar and other considerations all buildings in Boxford Essex county belonging to the Diamond Match Company of Connecticut have been deeded to the Diamond Match Company of Illinois. The deed has been recorded here and covers over 300 acres of woodland.
Mr and Mrs Hamilton of New York argued in their room in Atlantic City on August 26. During the quarrel their maid Mary Donnelly tried to remove the eight month old baby. Mrs Hamilton stabbed the maid in the abdomen with a Mexican dagger, then wiped the blood from the weapon and stored it.
A patchwork of brief items: pearl finds in Wisconsin and Illinois, a description of the miraculous berry from West Africa, Doré’s enduring popularity and gallery revenue, a Kalutara oil ordeal case, and details on Shah Nasr ed Din of Persia including daily tea, meals, and use of the submarine cable.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution lamenting a marriage as a price paid for wealth. The speaker recalls loving at first, discovering a heartless spouse, and concludes the bargain was equal since she was bought and he was sold.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes President Harrison may explain a tax scheme on imports. The Albany Argus reports Wanamaker’s mounting difficulties as white Republican groups threaten to boycott his Philadelphia store if more colored men are appointed to office in the South.
A governor appointed commission reports northern Illinois miners cannot live on current wages and operators cannot raise pay. Coal costs are much lower in the southern part of the state, leaving northern mines at a grave disadvantage. If work continues, both sides may starve and be forced to switch industries.
The piece condemns Senator Manderson for taking four thousand dollars in back pension money he did not request and for drawing a pension he may not need. It mocks his War of the Rebellion apology remark and argues that pension reform should target abuses without dimming respect for Union soldiers. It stresses opposition to abuse, not to veterans.
A New York Times commentary discusses a social tea at Stephen B. Elkins's home with Harrison and Senator Gorman as guests. It weighs whether the event signals political depravity or simply personal tastes, noting insufficient significance beyond possible implications for 31 West Virginia politics and Republican stances.
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