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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1886
Page
4
Milk near Washington Street lists daily and weekly subscription prices including One Year 9 dollars, Six Months 4.50, Three Months 2.25, One Month 0.75, Weekly Fridays One Year 1.50. Payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Entered as second class matter. Washington Office 1420 New York Ave Room 37.
The notice details page-by-page placement for the Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven and the Ship News on page three.
Mr Gladstone turned seventy seven yesterday and received numerous letters and presents on the occasion. He remains vigorous for his years and many observers expect renewed political maneuvering when Parliament reconvenes.
The distinguished French Radical M. Clemenceau offers views on Franco German tensions. He says France will not strike first and only a gross unprovoked German assault could spark war. He adds France would remain neutral if Germany faced Russia, signaling cautious leadership in the French republic.
The strike ends in a rare labor victory as 4000 idle coal cars are moved to and from mines. The Reading Railroad, amid doubts, appears to have faced reasonable and rightful worker demands, marking an exceptional success for organized labor.
Philadelphia moves to a mayor governed system with 126 councilmen and 33 department heads yielding to a single responsible executive. The council rejects gas works lease, keeping them city owned, promising $2,000,000 in savings under new administration. The change tests the new executive stronger in Philadelphia than elsewhere.
The piece notes a shrinking treasury via 3 percent bonds and warns of growing surplus taxes. It reports Speaker Carlisle’s stance on action and cites European tensions over Russia's Kiev troop buildup. It discusses a planned Knights of Labor special session amid dissension over Powderly leadership and moves toward secession by trades unions, detailing demands from Philadelphia textile and other crafts.
Commentary notes Germany's cautious stance may curb actions while Russia's position looms unstable. Kiev troop concentrations become a possible threat, with Austria needing a united front to deter the Czars bold. fears rise over a headstrong ruler risking escalation even if defeats threaten his forces.
The piece notes Lord Randolph Churchill plans to state his version of the British cabinet quarrel soon. It mentions his hope for a new Toryism and anticipates Mr. Chamberlain may explain his stance regarding Lord Hartington and the Salisbury cabinet.
The newly implemented English post office arrangements for transatlantic mail have been in force for about a month. Early signs suggest potential benefits and drawbacks, as assessed in these columns.
In a lecture on Modern Fiction Justin McCarthy contrasts real and ideal methods in novel writing. He cites his own works and others like Howells, Lang, Stockton, and Stevenson, praising blending realism with imagination and warning against rigid precepts.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports December transatlantic sailings by Cunard North German Lloyd Guion and Boston Line ships. While the City of Chester and Eider posted quick runs to New York, others faced gales extending passages. The Umbria arrived late and the Cephalonia beat most peers outside the Umbria, prompting questions about the recent mail carriage changes.
The Journal attacks the police board for claiming unchecked spending power and defying appropriation rules, while the Mayor defends the signal system. The Transcript promises legislative action to shield police independence, and the piece questions partisan extremes in Boston governance.
The article surveys English fiction from Fielding to George Eliot and Dickens, praising realism and social insight. It notes Sir Walter Scott’s influence, Thackeray's London society portraits, and the shift toward genuine realism led by late 19th century authors. It cites Mr. McCarthy on future reverence for Meredith Blackmore and Black. It recommends Lang’s Wrong Paradise and Other Stories.
A New Books column critiques the novel A Demigod praising its smooth flow and crude brightness while faulting its lack of natural realism and overdone American humor. The reviewer notes the ambitious idea of applying heredity and evolution to life yields a partly original concept but fails in execution.
The critique in Harper's Magazine finds Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner a rambling ramble of summer resorts with a liberal love-story. It says Warner’s humor seems thin and forced while Reinhart’s illustrations shine best when not portraying ladies and gentlemen.
A Boston reader reports on a meeting of the Associated Charities with a visiting young clergyman seeking practical charity in the city. He notes skating clubs, pond use, and the pond sport runnings tiddledies, then shifts to views on capital punishment and the ethics of hanging versus electricity. The piece reflects on weather, dirt, horse docking, and daily street life including skating on Frog Pond and Public Garden with comments on fashion and cheap pleasures.
The militia is described as a cross section of ordinary citizens from all walks of life. It argues against claims of aristocracy within the militia and emphasizes that volunteers come from daily work and local communities, reflecting the electorate that chooses its rulers.
The Providence Journal states that General Logan’s type of statesmanship and the issues he represented are out of date for future Republican success. It argues that narrow partisanship and sectional animosity have given way to broader patriotism and national unity.
The Philadelphia Press notes that correcting tariff inequalities does not endorse free trade schemes. Many Democrats in the House and Republicans agree that surpluses can be cut by abolishing certain internal taxes, which were mainly war taxes.
The piece notes that Boston and Massachusetts have changed since Winthrop’s era and that Dr. Heman Lincoln, a Baptist Seminary professor, would face different religious landscapes today. It argues locals should be glad Boston isn’t a Saybrook era theocracy and warns against excusions into politics.
The Congress faces a problem from rising tariff revenues as the year shows a likely fifty million dollar improvement in the balance of trade. Critics ask what will be done about the influx of tariff plunder, echoing Tweed's famous question.
The Philadelphia Record notes that while Republicans held power, custom houses with officer retinues were kept with little commerce. It argues that in power versus opposition, promises differ and many idle coastal posts should be abolished to save around a hundred thousand dollars.
A Chicago Herald editorial asserts Republicans draw the color line to deny offices under a Democratic administration. It questions whether the Senate’s stance stems from racial prejudice or reluctance to let a Democratic President fulfill his promises, deeming it unworthy of the body and the era.
A Boston Pilot letter argues against sectarian and racial hostility, praising the city’s mixed religious communities and the influence of families like Collinses and O’Briens. It defends Dr. Lincoln and the Pilot for stating blunt truths about Boston’s social change and rejects Puritan-era contempt.
The article reviews calendar cards from Emerson B Pettit & Co and C E Perry & Co with delicate hand painted engravings and silk decorations. It also highlights Macallar Parker & Co clothing establishment calendars with literary quotes and the Massachusetts Title Insurance calendar diary combining a week to a page layout for daily memoranda.
A collage of satirical snippets from various papers cites politicians, actors, poets, and staged dialogues. Highlights include Florida senator references, a quip about the National Opera Company, and jokes on debuts, liquor, and war statues. The piece riffs on social foibles and regional humor with many proper names and places.
Boston December 29 1886 Governor George D Robinson replies to Rev Charles Smith of Andover a member elect of the House of Representatives stating he is not a candidate for the senatorship and desires his name not be considered. He cites retirement to private life and no ambition for further public office.
Brookline and Boston grant the West End Railroad Company permission to lay tracks from Marlboro Street and West Chester Park through West Chester Park to Beacon Street and onward to the Boston Brookline boundary at St Marys Street. The line also runs from Beacon Street to Chestnut Avenue and from Washington Street to Cambridge Street to join the Cambridge Railway rails. The grant is confirmed by both municipalities.
The funeral of the Rev. S H Keeler DD who died in Somerville Sunday was held yesterday at Broadway Congregational Church Winter Hill. Many Congregational parishioners attended and the interment followed at the cemetery on Somerville avenue. Yesterday's Boston to New York mail was five hours late arriving in New York.
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