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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1893
Page
4
Discussion questions the large funds behind Hart notations claim Democratic money underwrite his nomination. The piece asks where the money went, noting reports that 20000 dollars were required and spent, and queries costs of independent efforts and the overall piebald campaign led by Hart.
The Boston electorate remains skeptical as Hart pushes an issue on city finances. Readers understand auditors reports and debt figures, and dismiss his attempts to twist data as pointless campaign rhetoric. The author insists the debt topic has no life or audience in the race.
The Executive Council should confirm Colonel William A. Chase as metropolitan park commissioner. Chase fills the seat left by James Jeffery Roche and brings esthetic, historical, artistic, and business qualities. Though from Brookline, he is a Boston citizen and trusted for sound judgment and good taste.
City business interests rally behind Mayor Matthews with practical unanimity. The issue is administration, not party politics, as Republicans Prohibitionists and Democrats unite to sustain a regime that has worked satisfactorily for three years.
The piece argues Hart’s debt stance and rhetoric fail to sway voters as Boston business interests rally behind Mayor Matthews, whom they view as the suitable manager of city affairs. It notes Hart is a good citizen personally but unfit to lead municipal affairs in the eyes of prominent business figures.
The article argues that free wool is essential to genuine reciprocity, citing Blaine’s 19th century proposals and Hale’s amendment, which would remove duties on wool and boost U S Argentina trade. It contends that true reciprocity requires tariff reform and highlights the broader benefits for US industries.
The piece mocks both a new Bland coinage bill and Governor Waite’s plan to coining silver dollars in Colorado. It argues Congress has rejected silver as legal tender and calls Waite’s idea imprudent, noting past economic turmoil and constitutional hurdles.
The Lehigh Valley strike lesson shows both sides suffer and arbitration saves costs. The authors argue unions deserve recognition and that honoring employer employee agreements is essential, noting the railroad’s huge losses and the need for peaceful settlement through arbitration.
The engagement is announced between Miss Elizabeth Van Rensselaer of Orange New Jersey and Arthur Amory of Boston. Amory is a Harvard man and Mrs Van Rensselaer was formerly Matilda Hecksher a noted New York belle. The column also notes a street incident and mentions G A R and Irish subject coverage by Boston pilots.
A six by four inch paper edited by a WO year old boy and five peers shows lively school journalism. They rush for scraps of news, claim authority on school matters, and report on local events including a first on the scene at a freight car fire and rapid election bulletins.
St John s Lodge the oldest Free Masons in America held its 160th annual meeting with new officers installed by Wyzeman Marshall. The lodge keeps two carved grape bunches from the original Bunch of Grapes Inn where the first lodge was established in 1738.
Rome correspondent reports that King Humbert considers abdication due to Italy’s unpopularity linked to the Triple Alliance. A leading Italian statesman urges action to save the dynasty, noting the country seeks relief from suffering and opposition to increased taxation amid socialist tensions.
Democratic members of the ways and means committee work on the tariff schedules while Eastern manufacturers press their interests. The bill is likely to be reported to the House on Wednesday the 18th, with general debate to start the following Monday, and the new tariff law to take effect July 1. Herbert E. Smith of New Haven has been reappointed state chemist for two years from Nov. 8.
In Boston a unionized crafts aid group faces a bread crisis as about 2000 painters in seven unions show two thirds idle. Families juggle rent, food, and shoes while some consider marching with a red flag to City Hall. Local Aid Society assists while seeking municipal employment plans from the Mayor and Monday meeting.
Patrick Meehan issues a letter offering to donate $100 to any fund raised for the unemployed. He proposes activating idle plants on city ledges to crush stone and provide jobs for hundreds of jobless workers.
The Boston Common Council held a short session approving a pedler superintendent ordinance and an economy drive on city finances. An order to study city finances was referred to the finance committee. Washington street relocation between Cambridge and Nonantum streets is set at 22 250. A 2000 appropriation funds free soup for the needy. An inquiry was ordered into why sewer laborers did not receive Evacuation Day pay.
The outstanding unsecured debts of the National Cordage Company have fallen to 2,000,000 dollars, largely held by out of town banks in 5000 to 10000 sums. Boston creditors have assented to the reorganiza tion committee plan, with total assents reaching about 6,000,000 dollars, and the committee hopes to float the new company.
Report from A'Ococa details how in a Lehigh Valley freight dispute, eighty Pinkertons guard a mountain outlet while women and children soap the tracks for three miles from Cork Lane to Gatesville. The terror leader rallies miners families and workers to halt trains, ensuring trains remain stalled as Pinkertons retreat and later return to find rails slick with soap.
In Brockton on December 7, reports describe Alma Sward daughter of Frank O. Sward of Campello and John A. Anderson of Brockton who soon separated. Alma returns to her parents as they claim undue influence and a forged license used to wed. The couple's cottage was sold and the family departed for California. intentions show Alma married under her own name Sward not Seward.
Providence December 7 Josie Hall the burlesque actress is set to receive a share of a 100000 dollar estate from her late father Al Hall once one of Greenwich’s wealthiest men He advised her to pursue a profession and she found success on stage earning recognition in Evangeline and similar companies with a sister brother and mother set to share the fortune.
Creditors of Lally and Collins approve an assignment and offer a settlement option. The firm may pay 25 cents in cash or 60 cents in notes over three to nine months, with larger creditors taking 60 cents in notes to aid a fresh start and recovery.
In view of the approaching Legislature, Boston merchants show keen interest in state house developments affecting railroads. The prevailing opinion calls for radical measures to safeguard inland and marine trade, with whispers of major legislative plans to boost Boston’s claims and spur competition.
Closing performances of Wilson Barrett's The Private Secretary and the 100th night of Rice's Venus at Park, with souvenirs for all patrons. Camille D Arville Opera Company now stars under Prince Kam. Crane entertains at Tremont. Bowdoin Square Theatre features The Bottom of the Sea and Dempsey Costigan boxing. Juggling by Japanese prince and princess at the Lyceum. Busy Day at Palace. The Black Crook ends January Boston Theatre. Julius Caesar at Museum. Francesca da Rimini next. Lady of the Tiger at Austin and Stone's with lions cage noted.
Governor Russell named Colonel W J Chase of Brookline for park commissioner. Born Graf ton and Harvard 1875 graduate, he leads H J Chase & Co with his father. He holds posts with the Commercial Club Papy rus Club St Botolph and Sons of the American Revolution and acts as brigadier inspector of rifle practice.
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