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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1889
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices and page locations for various departments. It notes one year six months and other rates, with warnings about sender risk and payment to the Financial Department. It mentions departments on pages three to seven and that it is entered as second class matter.
The Morning edition notes Speaker Reed announced the committee on ways and means, signaling a likely revision path for the tariff bill. It highlights Ohio’s lead member aligned with the Senate’s tax hike and hints at limited support for free materials and internal tobacco tax repeal, with Carlisle replacing Breckinridge in a such reshaping.
The conference decided against adopting a universal fog signal system. The editors note the decision avoids uncertainty and danger from mixed signals and misreadings, arguing it is better to keep a familiar defective system than adopt a new one that navigators may ignore.
One outcome of the party overthrow in Iowa is likely relief from the prohibitory liquor law. Enforcement has bred abuses similar to Massachusetts State Police tyrannies and sparked revolt. A Des Moines special constable was mobbed into a jail, with reports of home invasions, sick patients disturbed, the dead jostled, and women insulted. Republican lawmakers plan to repeal the law to protect party credit, while Senators conference to shape legislation without opposing the inevitable.
President Haxarison dumps En. C. Horyipy from Indiana posting, with critics saying the credit for correcting the mistake belongs to others. The action marks another reshuffle in his administration amid mounting opposition to personnel choices.
The Indian apolis Civil Service Chronicle denounces a high level appointment as a breach of campaign pledges and accuses the President of fault. Hornipy, linked to Arizona duties, faces forced resignation with potential indictment in Indiana. He reportedly fled to Mexico after allegedly selling timber and taking a man's wife, prompting White House and Land Office scrutiny.
The Montana deadlock centers on Republicans refusing bipartisan investigation into alleged frauds affecting lower house seats. Democrats proposed a five to five committee to audit claims tied to State Canvassers and a court review. Republicans rejected, seeking a partisan majority to organize the House, while Democrats defend impartial inquiry and cite alleged misactions by canvassers and President Harrison.
The latest dispatches describe Brazil's new republic as precarious with a literate minority wielding suffrage while the army shapes governance. Despite a calm setup, critics warn centralization risks, and calls for home rule echo through provincial governors. The piece contrasts Dom Pedro’s reign with republican ideals and notes a buoyant US naval influence boosting maritime spirit.
A brief remark notes that countenance of any investigation will be seen as poor politics, even in Montana, signaling concern over political backlash and public perception during a tense regional moment.
The visiting squadron has departed after a port stay that stirred pride and reflection. The piece notes how Americans once ruled the seas with frigates and clipper ships and urges a revival of maritime spirit, citing ships Boston Chicago Yorktown and Atlanta as evidence of strong naval material and calling for renewed national interest in seafaring traditions.
The Bostonian Society meets this afternoon to hear Rev E F Slatter present a study on the theory of Norse discovery of America and Leif and Thorfinn sites near Mt Auburn. A rival view from Professor Horsford about Norse remains at Cambridge and Norumbega is debated alongside a report on 1764 Boston pictures.
The Kendals first Boston appearance features Mrs Kendal praised as a supreme actress of domestic drama and Mr Kendal praised for sincerity and stage craft. The pair perform in a French origin piece adapted by Palgrave Simpson, with strong support from Wenman, Vanbrugh, Dodson, Colesman, Hicks, Cudmore, and Gertie Homan. The audience responds warmly to the sparkling, intelligent acting and lively battlefield setting.
The Boston Park Theatre staged Hugh Moss's adaptation Bootles Baby based on Mrs Stannard's story with Captain Algernon Ferrers, Bootles, Mignon, and Private Saunders in a melodramatic tale of a captain raising a child. Charles A Stevenson led the cast as Ferrers with strong performances from Gertie Homan and Fred Tyler. The production relied on sentiment and conventional plotting rather than strong drama.
Daniel Frohman’s excellent company presented Our Flat at the Tremont Theatre last evening. The farce portrays a young impecunious couple thwarting creditors with deft performances from a large cast led by Mrs Thorn dyke-Boucicault and Mr Morton Selten, praised for wit and character acting.
George Bartholomew returns to Boston with a troupe of trained horses including Cesar who is deaf but uses sign language. The program features a school session with a sign aided mule, a picnic act, a military drill, and a grand battle, all praised for the animals’ docility and the manager’s skill.
Hyde's Star specialty company presented a strong program at the Howard Atheneum last evening. Acts included the Clipper quartet McIntyre and Heath Helene Morse Fields and Hanson James McAvoy Edith Sinclair Ed M Favor Frank Howard and others.
A Philadelphia Press (Rep.) editorial argues that yearly fire losses reach 175 million dollars when insurance costs are counted. It cites that dividing large blocks with brick walls and closing roofs with doors and shutters would save much of the damage, noting Lynn and Osion tires were checked by such walls.
Boston Saturday night at the Massachusetts Reform Club Wayne MacVeagh delivered a lecture on the spoils system and protection. He publicly stated his opinions on the tariff system, marking a shift in discussion as reformers warn that defenders of tariff robbery face dwindling support from monopolistic beneficiaries and subsidized advocates.
A collection of light anecdotes and observations from notable figures and events. Jokes about money and status mingle with notes on Russian exile relief efforts, Grant’s farm relics near St Louis, and Emile Augier’s will. Also mentions Toole’s Edinburgh memories, Meissonier’s Panthéon project, and a fourfold Panthéon frieze depicting French history.
The fine arts notice announces GC W Sanderson's annual watercolor show at 20 Beacon street opening today from 9 to 5, closing the 14th inst. It highlights his travels in Europe and Michigan with scenes from Lake Michigan sand banks, Muskegon, White Mountains, Auburndale, Neponset river, and vivid autumn maples. Also notes H W Rice in Irvington street Harcourt building and A M Curtis exhibit at 149 Tremont street continuing through tomorrow.
Switzerland refuses to naturalize Archduke John while Emin Pasha shows improvement in Bagamoyo. Parnell’s Nottingham speech postponed due to illness. Congressman Randall’s health feared serious. may lose his House seat. Brussels highlights fear over King Leopold’s throne after a Frankfurter Zeitung article. Brussels civic welcome to Henry M Stanley. Matthew Arnold papers reveal poems for publication. Judge T M Cooley resumes IC C duties after illness, remains weak.
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