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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
4
Milk newspaper offers daily and weekly subscriptions with stated rates. Daily one year nine dollars, six months four fifty, three months two twenty five, one month seventy five cents. Weekly Friday issue price one year thirty one dollars. Entered as second class matter. payments to Post Publishing Company.
The notice indicates where to find the Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven and the Ship News on page three. It guides readers to the relevant sections within the issue.
The Boston Post notes persistent plans by Nova Scotia raft owners to launch a new lumber raft despite prior failure. It argues authorities should ban such dangerous ventures, while Ireland’s land rent reductions puzzle Home Rule supporters and provoke mixed reactions from landlords and tenants. The piece suggests Parnell might urge steadier action if in politics.
The Sun quotes a Washington Herald report as saying a Southern Congressman attributed President Cleveland to favor repeal of tobacco and brandy taxes and to regard internal revenue laws as oppressive. The Times calls this “travelled gossip” and the Advertiser faces similar hearsay claims, prompting calls for apologies.
The piece critiques expected policy shifts on revenue and defends Cleveland against sudden recantations. It highlights Congress must decide the status of No Man's Land, a large tract south of Kansas and Colorado, sparsely governed but settled, with Cherokee claims complicating its future.
In Atlanta Georgia a long discussion on prohibition ends with a plan to test a licensing system after two years of experiments that did not prohibit. The text notes revulsion toward prohibition and hints at a new approach incorporating multiple elements.
The proposed system imposes a $1500 license fee, location based grants, and strict rules on sales. It forbids screens and after hours servings, bans games, and requires bonds with no dealer ties. If a seller serves intoxicated patrons or if a twice convicted drunk is sold liquor, licenses can be revoked. Authorities see potential community benefits.
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League annual gathering showcased leaders and a pledge of support to the President for tariff reform. The address traces three and a half years of evolving opinion in Massachusetts, contrasting high protection with reform, and underscoring practical business backing for the movement and its policy aims.
The Harvard and Yale annual catalogues show rapid student growth and shared ambition. Harvard leads in numbers due to enterprise and reform, while Yale gains but trails. A proposed Harvard reform could allow BA graduates to enter professional schools earlier, signaling a shift toward a modern, western Oxford Cambridge ideal.
A Boston writer critiques Judge Hammond and appeals to the Supreme Court over Salvation Army music, laments fashion excess, and admires sunset vistas along the Charles River while urging art education. He notes the public’s ambivalence to religious martyrdom and cites historic punishment toward Quakers, then observes a window‑display woman with long hair and reflects on urban publicity and cultural taste.
Distinguished speakers closed the evening with remarks that marked a point of advance for the league and a turning point in the reform struggle. Mr Lovett calls those present the waiters on popular providence whom we humorously call statesmen.
The board should seriously consider authorizing salaries for aldermen. As duties and private interests grow, pay helps ensure diligent work and time for thorough investigations, reducing temptation while recognizing the responsible tasks beyond honorary service. The Tuesday order requesting legislation merits careful, respectful review.
A reflection urging mutual advancement by both sides, arguing progress comes from offering examples of improvement rather than mere conservative imitation. Emphasizes constructive exchange to satisfy intelligent demand of the future.
The proposal to route foreign commerce via Holyhead faces scrutiny. Holyhead harbor could handle transatlantic ships if improved, but the benefit of time saved for mails and passengers may not justify abandoning prosperous Liverpool with under ten thousand residents. Similar schemes for Milford Haven and Portland, Maine have underperformed.
Review covers Schumann arrangements by Reinecke for four hands and orchestra, praising some pieces while noting uneven local coloring. Berlioz Symphonie phantastique is described as a symphonic poem with notable ideas and strong orchestration, written in Paris during Faust influence. Smetana’s Bohemian roots, piano studies with Liszt, and conductorship at Gothenburg and Prague are noted along with his varied compositions.
The National Opera Company restages grand opera with new artists and operas led by manager Charles E. Locke. The season features The Queen of Sheba Nero Tannhauser and other classics with a reformed orchestra and a 75-voice chorus plus a 40-dancer ballet. Eloi Sylva rejoins for Boston dates and tickets go on sale January 5.
In a Sunday school lecture Rev. Charles F. Dole analyzes Abraham Isaac and Jacob with focus on obedience and faithfulness. The talk contrasts Hebrew traits with Calvinist limits and discusses Rebekah and Jacob versus Esau before turning to Joseph and the golden rule. Next Thursday the series continues with announced 1588 course dates and topics.
Louis Maas presented a Miller Haus program featuring Klein’s sonata with Kneisel and Giese asists, Schubert’s E flat trio, and three Maas pieces Reverie Impromptu Folkedans. Critics praised his intelligence and technical skill, especially in Reverie. The next recital plans Brahms Beethoven Schumann Chopin Mendelssohn.
A new opera by two women will have a private rehearsal at Horticultural Hall next Sunday evening directed by George Purdy. Titled Villier the three act work follows Villier son of Vinen L nelos who unknowingly loves his mother then marries his cousin. Music by Miss Annie Chester Hart libretto by Miss Annie Kinney Virtue arranged for orchestra by Purdy. Cast includes Miss Hart Ninon L Enclos Miss Harriet Whiting Charles R Adams and Clarence J Hay.
Judge Adin Thayer of Worcester travels to Asheville hot springs for health, with improvement noted. Article also highlights Senator Turpie discontent in the Indiana seat, Ensign Daniel Webster Edgar’s engagement to Victory Emory, Major Rathbone’s Paris tenure, architect Richard M. Hunt and Grey Towers, and Lincoln era cabinet reminiscences including Cameron, McCulloch, Evarts, Ramsey, and Goff.
In Suffolk Probate Court the will of William Hilton dated June 12 1885 is filed naming Esther A. Hilton and Caroline Hilton Fiske as beneficiaries. He leaves 300000 each in trust to his wife and daughter and earmarks 310000 for the Home for Little Wanderers the Chil dren's Hospital Abbott Academy and several colleges and societies with income to support education and missionary work. Executors named are Henry C. Weston and Samuel Johnson.
The Odontological Society dined at Young's and the Chelsea city council held its annual dinner at the Quincy. Wellington Club dined at the Revere House. MIT Class of 82 met at Parker's with guests from Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Mrs Dickens and Miss Dickens stayed at the Tremont House. H S Harrison led Parker's Furniture Exchange dinner with 120 members attending. Henry Metcalf and Levi Gould spoke. Page and Richardson provided music.
A collage of notes on whiskey tax opposition, prohibitionists, fashion, college bands, and crime. Sparsely linked items mention Phebe Cozzens for Missouri governor, a silver sewing machine gift to Russia, a Moscow dining pool with live fish, New York Wagner Club festivities, and a Garfield illness anecdote.
The Philadelphia Record notes that travelers avoid tariff costs while working men and women who cannot travel abroad pay about 50 cents per dollar of clothing bought for themselves and their families. The piece contrasts overseas shoppers with domestic consumers bearing the tax.
The Commercial Advertiser notes Boston remains active in literature through a copyright association linked to the national Copyright League in New York. It urges other cultured cities to form auxiliaries to educate the public on international copyright as a prerequisite for wise legislation.
The piece criticizes Blaine for advocating removing the tobacco tax by claiming tobacco is a necessity. It argues that many voters, including tobacco users, oppose such logic and would reject a Republican candidate who campaigns on tobacco as a necessity. The opinion reflects party politics and voter concerns.
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