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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists daily rates: one year nine dollars, six months four dollars, four months two dollars and twenty five cents, one month seventy five cents. Weekly Fridays edition at one year fifteen dollars. It notes second class matter and sender risk. payments to Post Publishing Company, 50.
Reports from Italy indicate a far more severe disaster than first feared with Genoese Riviera death toll over 1500 and massive property destruction along the coast. Cannes Mentone escape heavier damage while Nice sees about six thousand residents fleeing to Paris amid widespread panic.
Public praise greets the presidential veto as the nation avoids further pension abuses. Democrats and Republicans defend the act, noting strong Republican opposition and unity against the lobby driven bill. Only Massachusetts Republicans split, with General Comitius standing apart.
Foreign correspondents in Paris report mixed reactions as Germany's election results are seen as a sign of possible peace. Journal des Débats endorses the septennate's win for European peace while Figaro notes the German nation’s desire for peace and acceptance of pacific intent.
The remonstrance against free ferries presented in the Legislature yesterday carries the strongest signatures from wholesale boot and shoe trades. Merchants estimate a 40 to 50 million business opposing abolition of ferry tolls due to city cost and bad precedent. Other recalls from hide and leather dealers and various merchants echo similar opposition.
Speaker Carlisle voices dissatisfaction with current House conditions and doubts pending measures can pass before adjournment. He notes a rules suspension may be needed and an extra session possible, warning such chaos is common in Congressional legislation.
A terse statement questions whether credit for a dilemma should rest with Congress, signaling a political debate over responsibility and accountability.
The article argues Mayor Hewitt of New York condemned organized labor as un-American coercion. It notes his stance on free association and warns against leaders forcing workers to surrender private views. It lauds his bravery in voicing opposition to labor domination and its threat to liberty.
The Royal Commission on the Irish land question submits its report to the House of Commons and urges reducing judicial rents from fifteen to five years. It traces 19th century acts by Gladstone, notes nationalists’ distrust, and cites 75,000 annual rent applications with average cuts around 20 percent, arguing current fairness is questionable.
The commission recommends reducing the statutory term from fifteen to five years and extends land act benefits to leaseholders and town park holders. It opposes compulsory expropriation and supports migration as a remedy, a stance that weakens its potential to settle the land question. The Home Rulers seek peasant proprietorship and doubt the report’s favorability among Irish land factions.
The Albany debate over the high license bill intensifies with clashes between liquor interests and Prohibitionists. Dr. Henry M. Dexter argues that a prohibitory law and a high license law share a principle, urging a stronger brake on sale. Ex-Governor Chamberlain notes Dexter’s stance and defends clergy who oppose the Cropsy bill.
Mr Labouchere accuses Queen Victoria’s court of extravagance saying a lord in waiting earns 700 pounds yearly while Windsor visits shorten service to six days this year. He claims two lords and grooms would suffice and that 20 000 pounds could be saved without harming the Queen’s dignity.
In Boston during the horse railroad strike era a veteran patrolman, detailed for extra South Boston duty, reveals a personal sympathy for the strikers. He questions why workers should be kept from earning their money and laments the disruption to his own duties as protests continue.
The review praises Mr. Gaugengigl’s latest painting The First Hearing a large group scene with a dozen figures. It notes its naturalness breadth and depth a notable departure from his earlier single figure works and compares the harmony of old time dress with modern technique.
The Pilot reports Boston forms an athletic club with over 1000 prospective members and projected first year income of 40000. The clubhouse, costing around 200000, will include racquet and tennis courts running track boxing fencing gym billiards and baths. It aims to be a public benefit breaking class barriers and promoting social understanding among men who exercise and dine together.
The piece lauds the President for vetoing the dependent pension bill as a brave, independent stand against a Treasury raid. It notes the veto faced majorities and party pressure, but the executive acted clearly and temperately. It adds that opponents’ presses largely praise the veto message.
Henry George misplaced his watch on a Cincinnati bound car as he dozed. A yard cleaner found the timepiece half an hour after arrival and, trusting property is secure, handed it to the railway superintendent, who promptly returned it to Mr. George. The episode sparks reflections on corporate ethics.
The Warward Cricket Club gathered at Young's for a group dinner last evening. The event featured team members and supporters sharing a meal and discussing upcoming fixtures.
The March Scribner s Magazine features Boston personalities like Professor Shaler Professor William James J S of Dale and T R Sullivan among others. It includes Shaler s lengthy The Stability of the Earth illustrated by Meeker and others images Washburne’s Paris Commune reminiscences with portraits and scenes from 1871 plus reviews of moral tales Bayeux tapestry study and pieces by Harris Butler and Sullivan.
The piece compares professional humorists tied to newspapers with funeral undertakers, suggesting daily or weekly output drains creativity. It notes the grim mood of many jokesters and their impact on morale, hinting at usefulness tempered by decorum and life’s solemnities.
The Waterman Caliga show features Marcus Waterman with sixteen Oriental canvases and I H Caliga with nine works. Waterman’s pieces are vivid, technically adept and intellectually rich, with notable works like The Roc’s Egg and Arab Village Oran. Caliga offers portraits and child head studies noted for delicate drawing and refined color.
An effort to buy and present George Fuller's Arethusa to the Museum of Fine Arts is underway at the St. Botolph Club with three weeks to raise funds. The work can be bought for 86000, half of which is already promised, and subscriptions are being solicited through Henry L. Higginson to cover the balance.
Noted works by William M. Chase recently shown at the local Art Club gallery are now on display in New York and will be auctioned next week. Leonard’s Fanning collection features old master drawings set for sale on this and Saturday afternoons. The Museum of Fine Arts hosts an exhibit in its engraving room of photographs used by John C. Ropes in his Scribner’s paper on Likenesses of Julius Caesar in the February issue.
A collage of gibes and curiosities notes lighthearted quips about Prohibitionists who are Spiritualists, snails in Paris, a new Florida senator, Detroit ignorance, fishery talk in Lent, Perth bullet photography, prehistoric skeletons in Arizona, and other assorted items from newspapers. It mocks social norms with terse witticisms and brief anecdotes from various papers.
A remonstrance against bills to abolish ferry tolls was presented in the Legislature by Mr. Jaques of Haverhill. The document bears signatures of numerous boot and shoe trade firms and agents from Boston and surrounding areas.
The Buffalo Courier editorializes that the Senate’s budget for arms alarms the country more than foreign threats. A Wabash railcar fire follows from a heater explosion, destroying the car and lamp light, prompting a call to abolish car fires and flames.
The Boston Republic questions William K. Vanderbilt's choice of the yacht Alva a fierce name inspired by the notorious Duke of Alva. It notes the paradox of a peaceful millionaire owning a vessel with a piratelike title and remarks that some millionaires may be pirates in their own way.
A brief item from the Philadelphia Times notes a humorous caution about Benny Forsaker being at risk of being swallowed by the early worm, signaling a playful weather or seasonal quip.
The Bellefontaine Republican condemns premature 1838 debates among Republicans about Senator Sherman and other leaders. It argues Sherman’s wool, Chinese exclusion, and soldier policy positions weaken a presidential bid and favors Blaine or a younger popular leader like Lincoln or Foraker.
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