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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1893
Page
4
Daylight tally confirms Mayor Matthews set a near record high while Hart closely trails last year's landmark result. Democrats in urban wards boosted Hart. Republican wards saw Hart lose ground to Greenhalge, signaling defections.
The piece notes Mr. Hart and the Boston Journal react with bitterness after the election defeat to Mayor Matthews. It urges them to accept the result, stop quarreling, and embrace a year of sound Democratic administration with better spirits and even laughter.
Republicans won a majority of Aldermen as Democrats split their vote in key wards. The piece explains the new law aims to secure minority representation by enabling five of twelve seats to be won by a minority if voters organize, while the majority could otherwise elect seven Aldermen unless divisions dilute their strength.
The piece argues Democrats failed to unite behind seven agreed candidates and split their votes, allowing Republicans to elect seven men to the Board of Aldermen. It notes this reflects practical politics and common sense, and suggests the Democratic voters have yet to learn this lesson.
A Boston Post editorial urges immediate relief for unemployment amid widespread hardship. It questions inflated claims, stresses prompt action, invites practical reader suggestions, and argues Boston must prevent hunger during the relief effort.
The Ways and Means Committee will report the tariff bill to the House on Tuesday after four months of work and a Christmas recess delay. While winter grips New England with seasonable snow, poverty sharpens the cold as many suffer without adequate clothing and coal. The piece urges Christmas charity to aid the less fortunate.
The Rev Mr Nickerson plans a morning navigation class for sailors ashore to complement existing morning classes in writing reading and spelling. The program aims to teach practical sailors the technical science of running a ship. It will open next month and follows years of education efforts for neglected seamen.
Beginning Sunday December seventeenth there will be issued with each issue of the Sunday Post an Art Supplement. It will feature two fine European views printed in black and white on plate paper and is valued higher than the price of the paper.
The text promotes viewing Europe’s best scenes through photographs in the Sunday Post. It emphasizes accuracy, clear light and shade, and beautiful finish, inviting readers to order to view from home rather than traveling.
Next Sunday one of the pictures centers on Canterbury Cathedral hailed by travellers as among the most impressive spots on earth. The church houses the tomb of Henry IV and marks where Edward the Black Prince was laid to rest.
The other picture for next Sunday shows Blenheim Castle, home of the Duke of Marlborough, tied to American history through Lilly Price of Troy who married the duke’s father. The segment promises special features and a flying trip to Europe as part of the package.
The North End Marionette Theatre will tour Perkins Hall at 264 Boylston Street next Saturday at 2 30 and 8 p m for Ward 16 Day Nursery relief. A column mentions Edwin Mead on the Marionettes and other assorted local notes including bulldog lore and burglaries in Providence.
Theodore Thomas and Walter Damrosch will judge the Peabody Conservatory Alumni Association string quartet medal competition. John Hill of Derby is almost 91 and likely the oldest Odd Fellow. General Fisher of Valley Forge plans to supply 300 poultry for a Philadelphia pastoral melodrama. Frances Willard praises Lucy Stone in the London Woman's Herald, recalling Stone's independence and Oberlin memories.
A South End unemployed man, driven by hunger and family need, stole a quart of milk. Patrolman Doherty arrested him, but courts released him with a warning after hearing his dire story and clean record. The piece urges employers to offer work to the unemployed who seek only to earn daily bread.
Springfield faces poverty with about two thousand needy residents. State treasurer elect Henry M. Phillips proposes a cost price bread and coal scheme, using a hired store converted into a bakery and distributing center. The Board of Trade seeks cooperation from charitable societies to operate and employ, not provide free distributions.
The Improvement Association proposes a practical distribution scheme to supply bread and coal at low costs. Bakers claim large loaves retail at seven cents with wholesale three cents off and large-scale production possible for three cents. A public soup house may open, with checks to curb abuse, issued by the Union Relief Association office.
Pittsburg citizens formed a relief fund led by Mayor McKenna to aid the unemployed. Henry Phillips Jr and Henry C Frick of Carnegie Steel plus other millionaires donated 1000 each, totaling 16350 with 100000 needed to start work. Carnegie Steel may add 20000 and Andrew Carnegie a larger pledge. Lucy furnaces to be lighted at once employing 450 men.
Middlesex Rubber Works in Middletown Conn expects total restart by January 15 under Superintendent Squire. About 150 workers will be hired, mostly women, with strong demand for the company’s products despite the downturn.
Unmarried workers in the Cromwell quarries were told there will be no work after this week until spring. Employers plan to keep married men employed for as long as possible.
Lawrence December 13 The Washington Mill weavers who struck over a proposed 13 percent wage cut will resume work tomorrow. Agent Chapin agreed to reduce looms if operatives cannot weave as much cloth as before, addressing their claim of lower output.
Newport officials report a severe poverty case with a family going three days without food or fuel and an infant subsisting on water. The story notes such extreme hardship is rare in the city and mentions local relief efforts.
The Rev. Theodore B. Lyman D D bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of North Carolina died in Raleigh today. Born in Brighton Massachusetts November 27 1815 he graduated from Hamilton College in 1837 and from the General Theological Seminary in 1840. He helped establish the American Church in Florence and the American chapel in Rome. Elected assistant bishop of North Carolina in 1873 he was consecrated in Raleigh and became bishop in 1881 after Bishop Atkenson's death.
Judge Robert of the Probate Court names Rufus E. Holmes of Winchester as trustee for the Mareet fund for imbeciles and weak-minded persons with bonds of 100000. The fund exceeds 70000 and is held by Henry L. Blake in New Haven. Income will go to a state institution, likely the Lakeville School for Imbeciles.
The week’s Boston theatre notes report Henry E. Dixey’s Adonis at the Globe and Venus retitled Prince Kam at Park Theatre with a large supporting cast. Also noted are Tremont lectures, Tremont and Park Theatre specials, Primrose & West minstrel, The Prodigal Father at Museum, Girl I Left Behind Me ending at Columbia, and Darkest Russia at Bowdoin Square with She at Grand Opera House.
The program begins at noon and runs into the afternoon. Richard Mansfield stages The Merchant of Venice on a scale surpassing his Richard III. Mr. Drew debuts at the Hollis Monday in The Masked Ball. Maud Adams remains with the company. On Tuesday December 26 Drew premieres The Butterflies by Henry Guy Carleton.
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