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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
4
The Boston Post outlines subscription costs for daily and weekly editions with one year at nine dollars and weekly Fridays at one dollar. It lists offices in New York at 140 Nassau Street and a Washington office at 615 Fourteenth Street.
In the 1887 city audit presented to the common council the $18 05347 spent on the reception of Queen Kapidlani is listed without explanation. With an original $40 000 incidental allowance and a further $15 000 requested, taxpayers deserve itemized details. Additional charges include $405150 for carriage hire and travel and $275895 for entertaining Philadelphia guests, all needing clarification before approval.
The House is set to debate the Britain education bill after the recess, shaped as it passed the Senate. Southern lawmakers may influence votes, while Virginia’s fiscal policy and tobacco tax repeal sway perceptions of motives. The likelihood of success remains doubtful.
Washington dispatches from the New York Times and New York Herald outline a divided view on tariff reform. The Times correspondent predicts weakness among Democrats and boldness from Randall, while the Herald notes Democratic gains and a party split among Republicans. The debate centers on a compromise bill aligned with Randall’s interpretation and the President’s message.
A cautious editorial denounces a proposed petition to exempt Boston city laborers from civil service rules. It argues past veteran exemptions succeeded and warns that reversing civil service would provoke public outrage. The piece claims civil service has proved beneficial for both employers and workers.
A fragment notes Mr. BAL fours course as Irish secretary, once ridiculed, now evidently yielding favorable impressions. The terse report signals a shift in public or parliamentary tone toward his handling of Irish affairs.
The piece notes whispered talks of a potential successor to Mr. W. H. Smith as House of Commons leader. It cites Lord Randolph Churchill and Lord Salisbury Ry, amid Conservative disapproval of Randolph Churchill’s earlier desertion and criticism of Disraeli era theatrics in Bal Four, portraying him as a minor whip.
The essay honors John Greenleaf Whittier on turning eighty, praising his unique gift as a lyric poet rooted in New England. It compares him with Longfellow Bryant and others, notes his simple direct expression, and discusses the limits of his epic or dramatic works. It highlights works like Snow Bound Maud Muller and The Witchs Daughter as among his most popular pieces.
The passage portrays a silent shy reforming poet whose inner vision outpaces the noisy world. It argues his strength lies in ordinary New England life and that widening his scope dulls his distinctive lyric voice. He is honored primarily as a New England poet.
A New York gathering of Republican clubs pushes for influence over government and Congress. They advocate surplus spending, heavy artillery, navy ships, and reform of Southern representation. Senator Evarts says clubs will become active political organs shaping party aims. The piece notes limits of club power yet expects strong influence on party direction and the June nomination of Blaine.
The New York commission considering capital punishment favors an electric shock, but critics argue that killing murderers removes the deterrent value. They insist hanging preserves dignity and acts as a stronger social restraint by marking the crime with disgrace.
A Boston observer notes twice daily pedestrian migrations on the Common of bright young suburban students, describes a poised girl, and critiques crowd fascination with shop window automata including a perpetual trumpeter. He comments on a satirical glove-fight display and reports the dissolution of the New England Cremation Society, suggesting public awareness and a cremation chapel concept.
Josef Hofmann, the 10 year old piano prodigy, appears in Music Hall on Friday and Monday under Henry E. Abbey. Accompanied by a premiere concert company and a large orchestra, the program includes Mme Hastreiter Signor De Anna Bjorkston Signora Sacconi and Miss Nettie Carpenter with Ad Neuendorf directing. Gertrude Franklin also gives a song recital at Steinert Hall December 19 with harpist H Schuecker making his first local appearance.
The Providence Journal comments that no other nation would sustain a wartime tariff for 25 years of peace without revision and notes a revision could have occurred without harming major national interests. The piece critiques persistent tariff policy and its impact on the United States during peacetime.
A Lehigh miner anguishes over a Pittsburgh coal dealer warning that placing coal on the free list would strike at the American laborer. The implied wage cut would end his livelihood, the columnist suggests, under protectionist conditions.
The Philadelphia Record argues repealing the wool raw duty and cutting woollens and worsteds taxes from 67 to 40 percent would reduce the wool tax and import stoppages would lower prices. It argues a 40 percent duty can protect the home wool market with free wool, comparing it to leather protections with free hides.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues the party will nominate many critics of the Republican platform as vice presidential candidates, naming Joseph Medill and others as examples. The piece asserts the Blaine platform is too narrow and a wider one will gain life and strength if leaders show courage.
The Republican strategy hinges on the Democrats as their enemy, while President Cleveland attacks the surplus. The piece argues Blaine would lead with a surplus policy favorable to real estate, making the 1888 campaign a contest over a discredited politician and an absurd financial scheme.
Alan Arthur travels in Egypt while Gilly Wickwire becomes Colchester postmaster. Robert Garrett party stays in California until January 4 before sailing to Honolulu. Ex-President John Bascom will lecture at the Roberts temperance course Sunday at 3 pm. Israel Coe of Waterbury, aged 93, is the oldest living Connecticut legislator, former member since 1824. Nancy A. Green, widow of Revolutionary soldier, is 95 and among pension list widows. end of Revolutionary War era calculations note the aging milestones.
The Christmas issue is a profusely illustrated twenty eight page paper. The opening story The Boom in Madre De Dias by Frank H Norton is richly illustrated. Other Christmas prose and verse pieces follow with two double page illustrations Lost Their Way and Great expectations. Regular features include a cut of the lumber raft sent from Nova Scotia to New York and a likeness of Don M Dickinson of Michigan, our new Postmaster General.
The steel cruiser Chicago underwent a contract trial on Long Island Sound starting at 9 30 am and ran at full speed for six hours with no accidents. It averaged 692 RPM and exceeded contract horsepower. Advisory board members praised the performance and speed reached about fifteen and a half knots. Boilers supplied all steam without forced draught. The Chicago sails back to the Brooklyn Navy Yard tomorrow.
Saco Maine December 16 reports that defaulter McNeally is in Prince Edward Island ill and penitent. He allegedly offered to return stolen bonds if prosecutors are dropped. Bank officials refuse to comment.
The Rev. William Hammond, charged with various misdemeanors nationwide, has been captured in Fulton County. The Daly murder trial jury in Tolland Connecticut after twenty hours returned a verdict of manslaughter. A charity ball in Haverhill City Hall last night for the new city hospital drew 125 couples.
A collection of brief, unrelated items and humorous quips. Observations range from cobblers and goblets to a debate on Talmage and chiropody. The Osage Indians are described as a real aristocracy with substantial wealth and government payments. A Broadway sighting near Star Theatre and a small anecdote about Mr Irving are included.
Advertisement notes Little, Brown & Co offer a book postpaid for $1.25 sent on receipt, urging purchase through all booksellers.
A book popular year round and a favored Christmas gift, Bartletts Familiar Quotations is highlighted as a sought after reference for authors of quoted phrases. Available in 12mo cloth edition priced at 3 dollars.
Little, Brown & Company offers a five volume English library edition of Les Misérables with all omissions supplied. Large handsome cloth volumes, gilt top, decorated covers, white paper, priced at $7.50, available through all booksellers.
The piece notes Francis Parkman as the era’s leading American historian chosen for distinctively American themes. It cites Fiske praising Parkman’s Conspiracy of Pontiac as brilliant. It advertises 10 volume Svo cloth editions at $25, or $2.50 per volume, plus a Popular 10 volume edition in 12mo cloth at $15, with Montcalm and Wolfe unavailable separately in that edition.
REW Publications lists Houghton Mifflin gift books including Lowell Vision of Sir Launfal with portrait and illustrations, Rawthorne Tanglewood Tales with 13 full-page illustrations, Mrs Whitney Bird Talk, Stillman On the Track of Ulysses, and biographies from Cabot Emerson to Mitchel. Also noted are Henry Clay, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, and Ormsby Mitchel volumes with portraits and gilt tops.
A catalog listing several novels and short stories with authors such as Crawford, Patoff, Miss Phelps, Thanet, Mrs. Higginson, Craddock and more. Entries include formats 16mo to 16mo and 12mo, prices ranging from 50 cents to $1.50, and notes like illustrations and temperance themes.
HOLMES OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE STEDMAN VICTORIAN POETS Thir teenth Edition Revised and extended by a Supplementary Chapter to the Fiftieth Year of the Period under Review Crown 8vo $2.25 half calf $3.50 SCUDDER MEN AND LETTERS Essays in Criticism THOREAU WINTER Selections from the Journals Uniform with Early Spring and Summer 12mo gilt top $1.50 MISS LARCOM BECKONINGS FOR EVERY DAY A Calendar of Thought Arranged by Lucy Larcom editor of Breathings of the Better Life 16mo $1.00 Good for all years SHAKESPEARE WIT WISDOM AND BEAUTIES OF SHAKESPEARE Selected by CS Ward 16mo full gilt $1.25
A catalog listing inexpensive and beautiful small books including Mrs. Deland The Old Garden and Other Verses, The Unseen King and Other Poems, Colonial Ballads and Sonnets, Lyrics and Sonnets, Browning Lyrics, Friar Jerome’s Beautiful Book, Whittier Saint Gregory’s Guest, Shakespeare Wits and Wisdom, Silsbee Half Century, Bird Talk, and seasonal titles Holy Tides Daffodils and Pansies. Prices range from 0.75 to 1.25 dollars with various bindings noted.
The Atlantic Monthly announces three serial stories for the forthcoming issue. Readers are invited to follow ongoing installments featuring recurring characters and evolving plots across pages.
A brief catalog entry listing two historical works: Sic Papers on the American Revolution by John Wiske and Boston Painters and Paintings by William H. Downs.
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