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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1890
Page
4
Second class matter entry notes mail handling and payment details. It instructs that all money sent is at the sender's risk and checks should be payable to the Post Publishing Company. The address notes Wasnon Street and references sender’s responsibility.
The article outlines page allocations for departments: Financial on page six, Commercial on pages six and seven, and Ship News on page three, indicating where readers should find each section.
Amid a flood of petitions in the Legislature on the last day for new business a Senate item stands out. It seeks a law allowing public auctions of new stock in transportation corporations and caps capital stock upon consolidation at the par value of the consolidating firms. The measure, though belated, is seen as a safeguard for the future.
The navy yard resolve passed through the House again yesterday, prompting partisan leaders to unleash strong criticism of civil service reform. Democratic strength, though limited, and Republican reform supporters, keep the state aligned with its principles amid heated rhetoric.
A Baltimore delegation urged Maryland lawmakers to adopt the Australian ballot system. Ex Judge Fisher led the presentation with backing from the Business Men and Knights of Labor, arguing past elections suffered bribery and a reform is needed to restore public trust. Political opponents are deemed unlikely to block reform, despite alleged influences.
The Boston Journal cites a Treasury letter to Collector Saltonstall implying a request for resignation to spare the administration embarrassment. The piece urges adherence to fitness over party service in offices and insists removals must serve public service, not political expediency. It defends Harrison’s stated pledges and criticizes the idea of resignation as a measure of honesty or loyalty.
The fragment argues that a Liberal peer, the Earl of Ross, supports allowing Lords to resign and restand as candidates. It hints at reform thoughts within the House of Lords and party policy, reflecting debate on lawmakers seeking fresh endorsement.
The proposal to reform the House of Lords risks hollowing the hereditary body. The Commons has become a stage for political reputations, tempting even the brightest Lords to join elected ranks. Historical examples show leaders aging into insignificance when moving between chambers, and Lord Rosenbery's plan would push this imbalance further.
Petitioning Massachusetts legislators for relief from tariff burdens, iron and woollen interests urge the state to press Congress for removal of iron ore coal and coke taxes and 24 percent pig iron rates, arguing tariff policy harms domestic mills and wool growers. The piece rails against party domination and notes 1588 election hindsight, urging lawmakers to override partisan divides.
The New York Senate failed to pass the World's Fair bill losing by four votes after a partisan debate. The roll call yesterday confirmed the measure’s practical death, following earlier tense proceedings and committee amendments.
Daily Telegraph critic Clement Scott savages the current generation of actors in The School for Scandal at Vaudeville Theatre. He laments lack of reverence and education, notes the rise of self advertising performers, and praises only Miss Wintrop Emery for her Lady Teazle. He warns that truly skilled Teazles are few and future prospects slim.
The college settlement at Rivington Street in New York has reached notable success and moves are underway to secure permanent support and establish similar settlements in other cities. It is described as an enterprise in the spirit of Toynbee Hall.
The plan proposes a yearly membership fee of not less than £5 to join the association, open to all. It already counts at least sixty Wellesley undergraduates among its subscribers. A board of two members from each college and two non collegiate reps will govern. After four months, the settlement shows tentative progress and growing influence in a region needing such outreach.
Biographers note the pipe Bismarck smoked after dinner in the Emperor's presence, described as the pipe of pease. The full significance awaits Sunday paper correspondents who may claim he puffed war clouds.
The Czar vows not to recognize the Brazilian republic as long as Dom Pedro II lives. The remark serves as a delicate compliment to the exiled monarch, likely causing little distress to Brazilians, who will fare without the Czar's blessing.
An edge-tool trust is the latest attempted monopoly of the market. Its promoters may recall that playing with edge tools has long been rated dangerous.
A census of Berlin residents reports the number as 4000, twice the figure from five years ago. The piece questions whether culture or beer drives the rise, presenting a light, tongue in cheek inquiry into Berlin life.
Spring lingers in the region as winter delays receding. Forecasters note unusually mild days continue, with flowers early yet the season's weather remains unsettled in the headline pattern.
Vladimir de Paehmann, famed Russian pianist, plans a series of recitals in the country next spring. Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton inherits $1000 and an autograph letter by Elizabeth Barrett Browning from the late West land Marston. A monument to Henry W. Grady, designed by Charles Northern of Atlanta, Ga., will cost about $18,000 and be bronze set on marble or granite. Reports from the Capitol say Congressman J. Rand may have worsened, but the rumor was denied. Henry A. Clapp lectured on The Styles of the King to Tennyson classes taught by his sister in Dorchester, drawing a large audience.
Harvard College faculty on January 28 recorded tribute to Francis Bowen Alford professor emeritus of natural religion moral philosophy civil polity noting fifty years’ connection to the college thirty six years in the chair and a large number of pupils. They praised his fidelity learning and devoutness and his influence both in and beyond the classroom along with his vigorous clear literary style and unity of knowledge.
In Boston a column notes the Grove Hall estate at Warren street and Blue Hill avenue may be sold as the Consumptives Home moves to Wellesley Hills. The piece recalls Grove Hall history from Samuel Payson to Stephen Kent’s tavern and weighs sanitary and financial reasons for relocation, with strident memory of Elm Hill and nearby estates.
A harbor hall gathering by the Citizens' Trade Association and the Home Club in Lyceum Hall East Boston drew about four hundred guests including Governor Brackett Mayor Hart and state and city leaders. Edmands's Orchestra played with nautical decor as fisher men and maidens danced and the grand march ended after a late banquet.
In Albany on Feb 6 the Assembly World’s Fair bill was moved to final passage but only 13 yes votes to 5 no. A call of the Senate sought 17 votes to pass. after the call the bill was declared lost and a reconsideration motion tabled. Senator Fassett said the action does not dispose of the measure and it may be brought up again when more votes exist.
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League members gathered at the Thorndike for an evening of peaceful discourse and optimistic outlook. Speakers including Arthur St Lyman discussed how high duties impact carpet wool and the woollen industry, with calls for cautious tariff changes and free trade in certain products.
The Boston Society of Natural History held a well attended general meeting led by Professor F. W. Putnam with Mr. S. H. Scudder discussing glacial period climates and a Scarboro Ontario beetle collection. Putnam argued man existed in North America in the interglacial period and contrasted skulls from Calaveras, the Trenton gravels, and Atlantic coast finds. He traced population movements, languages, and artifacts among Eastern Eskimo, Algonquin, and Central American types, and showed mammoth coexistence with humans using drawings of specimens from Pennsylvania France Siberia and Delaware. The session closed after Caribs mention and adjournment.
Robert C Winthrop Jr presented two papers to the Essex Institute. One is Masconomet’s original deed confirming no claim to Ipswich land by John Winthrop Jr dated June 28 1638. The other is Masconomet’s original acknowledgment of receipt of full satisfaction for Ipswich land and relinquishment of rights for £20.
The Post publishes a reimagined form of Minot's Light, a sonnet about a stone beacon guiding wrecked souls to safety. It likens the tower to a vigilant monitor amid a tempest of opinion, standing firm against the restless sea and noisy tides of folly. Scituate.
The New England Historic-Genealogical Society met on Somerset Street with President Abner C. Goodell presiding. Dr. Edward Channing presented a scholarly paper tracing Parliament’s rise over the colonies and its enduring authority, noting laws that restricted religion and commerce and arguing Parliament as Britain’s chief legislative body. Membership elected Rev. Nathan Henry Coamberlain and Luther Tarbeil, with thanks recorded and the meeting adjourned.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court declared the Ballot Reform Law may extend to municipal elections. The decision notes the constitution requires general officer names on one ballot but does not mandate printing all names there. Mechanisms like perforated lines may separate general and other officers. In Providence the governor released the opinion. A bribery penalty bill was introduced in the House, extending penalties to both bribe givers and takers.
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