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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1892
Page
4
Congressman Oneil spent 27 dollars on campaign expenses for hall rental and advertising. The piece notes this minimal cost and suggests Oneil may be champion unchallenged, calling his district Democratic and implying it as a model for Republican ideas. It contrasts with Pensioner Draper, who spent over nine thousand dollars.
The Republican coinage act purchases 120,479,981 ounces of pig silver, about 5000 tons, have issued paper currency totaling 116,783,590 dollars on the heap. The silver now costs less than the government paid, and the paper dollars are only redeemable as dollars if the Treasury secretary acts. Yet Mr Harrison resists repealing the pig-silver law.
President Harrison's message uses gentle language to imply relief at escaping the force bill. Critics note he would have acted immediately if re elected, while Davisport Hoar and Lope might have urged swift action. The defeat is seen as final for this policy.
The President cites Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showing a 1891 wage rise of 3 million dollars over 1890, attributing it to McKinleyism. He withholds data indicating a 6 million dollar yearly wage increase prior to McKinleyism, calling out bias in the Boston Journal.
A call to repeal the Republican silver purchase law and alert Brussels delegates at once. The message argues current U S policy since 1890 blocks any real action or agreement, rendering the Brussels conference pointless unless repeal occurs.
A brief fragment notes a shift in how af fairs may be viewed or organized, hinting at broader changes in display or participation. No further context or specifics provided.
The farewell message to Congress contains no forward-looking recommendations. It urges the Senate to obstruct and awaits calamity, claiming the people spoke in a new policy yet insisting on blocking tariff revision. The reference to "After us, the deluge" caps the president's final stance.
A message from Mr. Harrison expresses solicitude to preserve wage levels that ensure daily bread and a comfortable margin for home life. Post defeat, wage trends show increases nationwide, with Carnegie cutting some pay yet Boston mills and other non monopoly industries reporting rising earnings as Republicans wane.
In Upham's Corner candidate Roarrs declares it makes little difference his fate in the election. Citizens applaud Mayor Matthews and see Rogers as a weak rival and ineffective critic.
The Teachers Mutual Benefit Association bazaar opened with strong public generosity and broad appeal. Music Hall attractions draw wide interest, promising ongoing support through the week. Local attendees show generous response and anticipation grows for continued success.
A scan of want columns shows prompt approval of the offer. The note hopes all deserving recipients will secure good work and urges employers to consider the situations wanted column.
An assortment of clipped quips and scraps from papers like the Picayune Philadelphia Times Chicago Tribune Pittsburg Chronicle and Laanpoon lampooning manners intellect and policy with puns and witticisms. The items hint at a public discourse on education tariffs and alcohol using humor and satire.
Rumors of Police Commissioner Osborne's resignation circulated, and he was asked if there was truth. Osborne declined to speak on the subject, requesting to be excused from commenting.
Roger Wolcott, poised to become council president, has informed Councillor Rice that McGregor will chair the council meetings. The move signals a shift in leadership dynamics as Wolcott asserts control over the seating order and agenda.
From the Lowell Sun: Lieutenant Governor Haile hints he may bow out of public office in Massachusetts. He accuses Republican voters of ignorance and signals a possible resignation or retirement from state politics.
The Lowell Sun notes Boston should have a fast line of ocean steamers to link with the old world, stressing urgency during the World's Fair period. The piece argues for a strong, rapid service to connect Boston with Europe and boost prestige and travel.
A Beverly Gloucester line to be known as Gloucester Manchester and Beverly Street Railway Company seeks a charter. Petition filed for an electric route from Gloucester post office through Beverly Farms Manchester Wenham and Essex crossing private property. Incorporators include Jor dan Parson Pres ton Peabody Burnham. Route aims to connect Essex and Manchester with Gloucester and Boston, boosting land sales and housing prospects.
Dr Werner Siemens a famed Berlin scientist died aged 70. Born 1816 in Lenthe Hanover he joined the Prussian artillery in 1834 and became a general staff figure advocating insulated subterranean conductors for telegraphy. He led Siemens and Halske later expanding to London and St Petersburg and earned honors from Prussian state and Frederick III.
Robert J. Knox, formerly of Elmira, has been sentenced in Belam prison to three years for obtaining diamonds from merchants by false pretences. Knox was a lawyer and son of the late Rev. W. E. Knox, a Presbyterian clergyman once well known in the state. His wife Mrs Knox is believed jailed. her father was Rev. Mr. Brush of Dansville.
Sarah Markthaler and three daughters were found asphyxiated in their Elizabeth New Jersey home after the father left and turned the stove damper, releasing gas into the bedroom where the family slept. Neighbors forced the door and found them unconscious. resuscitation efforts lasted hours.
The piece notes Mayor Matthews as a prospective Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate. It also mentions Henry Sandham hosting watercolor exhibition at 152 Boylston St and a New England Society annual dinner in New York with speeches by Hale Lowry Low of Brooklyn Wayland Depew Marden. It adds Walter Harte to lecture on modern literature at Boston School of Oratory starting Dec 8 with Whittier and the World Problem.
East Armory on East Newton Street hosts the Cosmorama fundraiser opened by the Young Ladies’ Charitable Association to aid the Free Home for Consumptives. The exhibit features a World’s Fair in miniature with international pavilions, grab bag, chances, and themed displays from South End to Jamaica Plain. The Ninth Regiment Band plays as visitors view sections representing France, Spain, Scotland, Japan, the United States Capitol, and more while proceeds help reduce the mortgage on No. 428 Quincy Street Dorchester assailed by the charity’s two-year effort to support diet kitchens and home purchases. The fair runs daily 10 am to 10 pm, children 10 am to 6 pm.
Miapuis Tennessee December report of L G Wilc zinski and Wilczinski & Reiser wholesale grocers and cotton factors, once Greenville Mississippi leading firm, declaring liabilities over 200000 mostly to eastern creditors. Failure causes suspension of Wilczinski & Reiser.
Maine historian R K Sewall argues the Damariscotta shell heaps originate with Northmen as identical Kjokken Middens appear in Norway. In Baltimore Mrs Garrett pressed house repairs, keep workers over Thanksgiving, and hosted a grand dinner for thirty tradespeople at her home.
William J. Sloan, about 30, stabbed himself in the throat inside the Church of the Holy Redeemer vestibule on Maverick street East Boston about 7:30 am and died at City Hospital at noon. He had been discharged from the Manitoba in New York harbor on Nov 28 where he worked as an oiler and had since lived at 81 Maverick street. Friends say excessive drinking drove the frenzy. His sister Ellen Sloan recalls his rambing talk that morning before the tragedy.
The Boston fire boat used the calliope signal for the first time during a Saturday afternoon fire at the Dover street bridge. Invented by the National of the Red Star line captain in Philadelphia, the device was recently brought to Boston on the tug Argus. Officials may discontinue the whistle to avoid signal confusion, as Philadelphia already bans it.
The Springfield Republican notes the death of Mr. Trickey, a Boston Globe reporter who sent fabricated stories about Izzie Borden. It laments sensationalism in newspapers and assigns some blame for the reporter's death to reckless gossip and hype.
Alice Parker of Holworthy street Mt Auburn was fatally struck by a double horse car as she ran toward the vehicle near the Mt Auburn Cemetery gate. The driver Dennis Meagher and foreman Richard Orr were not blamed. Parker died within minutes after aid arrived.
The Passamaquoddy tribe near Lewey's Island Maine claim loss of rights to hunt and fish year round and appeal Maine court decisions. They allege unequal treatment versus the Penobscot at Old Town and seek to have Maine attorney general take cases to the U.S. Supreme Court. An executive council hearing is set for December 14.
The Massachusetts Humane Society awarded medals for lifesaving including a silver to W B Murphy for rescuing Hugo Lips and aiding Lips’s fellow victims in the Back Bay drowning on May 29. Harry G Studley received a silver for saving a boy from a steamboat landing incident at Nantasket on August 3, 1891. John H Luscomb earned a silver at Winthrop Junction for rescuing his 8 year old brother on October 8 with certificates to Jos P OConnell and James F Lucas for aiding in the same. E B Edwards received a bronze medal and John F Doyle a bronze medal and $5 for rescuing Robert Elder from the Cunard wharf at East Boston on July 16.
Leyland line of steamers denies being sold to a syndicate and insists the report is baseless. The company says this is not the first time such a sale on paper has been mentioned and seeks to explain that there was no cause for the rumor.
The review notes several works from A. C. McClurg including Some Rhymes of Nenquill of Kansas and Laurel Crowned Verse as Miltons epic edition. It praises References for Literary Workers as a compact literary cyclopedia. Also featured are France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Sound and Music by Zahm, and Crawford’s Don Orsino with Crawford’s Italian setting and enduring popular appeal.
Holiday magazines arrive with fresh covers and seasonal verse. The Christmas Harper's features New Light on the Chinese by H. B. McDowell and fiction by Woolson, Bunner, Page, Eggleston, Smith, King, Pratt, Snedeker. Century presents Madonnas and Christmas verses. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer leads Picturesque New York. Atlantic offers Lowell reminiscences. Cosmopolitan includes Japanese Watering Places and Paris press sketches. North American Review surveys Irish Question and Pope Infallibility. December magazines received include The Magazine of Art, Outing, St Nicholas, and more.
Special Officers Abbott and Gilmore of Station 3 captured three alleged highwaymen: John Bowen 20, Joseph Lomasney 21, and Edward McGuff 24. Bowen and Lomasney are charged with robbing George A. Reardon of Somerville on November 26 at Chardon and Portland streets. McGuff is charged with robbing Horace Robbins near the Eagle House on Pitts Bowen, while Bowen and Lomasney and McGuff have previous arrests but no convictions.
A listing of recent 12mo cloth editions including of Beauty of Form and Grace of Vesture by Frances Mary Steele and Elizabeth Livingston Steele Adams with 81 illustrations. The Poems of Giosue Carducci translated by Frank Sewall. The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems by Austin Dosson with Hugh Thomson illustrations. Perchance to Dream and Other Stories by Hae Surrey Baiscom. A Fisher Girl of France by Fernand Calmettes with twenty full-page illustrations. Witch Winnie’s Studio by Elizabeth W. Champney. Elsie at Viamede by Martha Finugr. all priced around $1.50 to $2.00.
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