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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1892
Page
4
A collage of wry observations on public manners and private vows. A veteran editor notes Rubinstein’s retirement tour, social foibles, and the futility of New Year resolutions as a man looks back on other times and faces a stubborn resolve to not make any more this year.
Editor letters urge forming a 100 member Cleveland committee for a monster citizens caucus. They call for bipartisan invitation of national figures, statewide committees, and widespread meetings to build momentum for Grover Cleveland’s nomination and eventual election, asserting Massachusetts will not go Democratic without him.
Boston THEATRE on Washington street presents Carmencita at 2 and 8. Tremont THEATRE on Tremont street shows Rosina Vokes at 2 and 8.
Governor Russet selects William J. Dale Jr to fill the vacancy on the Railroad Commission after Mr Kinsley’s death. Dale, though young, brings extensive business, administrative, and public service experience and is expected to render strong state service in this and prior roles.
A Boston Journal critique questions the claim that protection benefits New England. It argues manufacturers cannot buy coal and iron ore freely, citing closures of Cambridge Iron Mills and Norwyth Iron and Steel Company, and cites local mills moving to Kentucky, warning the region loses thousands of jobs.
An editorial critiques a Law and Order League plan to place city police under state control. It argues the scheme will fail due to public distrust and its partisan nature evidenced by Republican board members and conference at Dup Ley's office.
The piece argues that city leaders would reject any move toward party influenced policing. It claims the Boston Police Board has been used as a party machine and calls for ending the arrangement to purify local politics. It notes a state campaign line accusing police and liquor interests of backing Mr Allen as exposing concealed motives.
The article argues the Treasury drains are caused by expanded pension legislation. It cites Watson & Gipson noting bipartisan outrage at pension costs, predicts a growing list of pensioners. Raum aims to add 350,000 names in a year, with costs approaching 145 million dollars, a third of revenues.
The Tennessee governor orders 108 militia with armor against miners to push convict labor in mines. Past expeditions ended in surrender, parole, liberation of convicts, stockade fires, and recapture attempts. The clash highlights a serious yet ludicrous state system dispute.
Washington and Columbus dispatches claim President mobilizes civil service officials for Ohio Legislature support of Senator Sherman. Reports say officials from Washington and Ohio, including Assistant Postmaster General Wyatt FOR, Sixth Auditor BouLrer, Major RAtaBONE, are active in the Sherman campaign, underscoring Republican leverage in the contest.
Officials of the civil service discuss the role of lobbyists, strikers and hustlers. The note questions whether ForaKER, elected by non public service methods, would be preferable to Sherman, who succeeded by the methods mentioned.
A Philadelphia tin plate factory is planned to be erected quickly on half an acre with capacity for 1200 boxes a day and 250 workers by mid April. A St Louis representative argues domestic production cannot meet market demand without higher tariffs while Armour & Co leads the Tin-Plate Consumers Association in urging steps to raise duties. The business view clashes with political opinion and no agreement seems near.
A vivid Boston scene celebrates the city’s well-heeled mothers and baby carriages along Commonwealth Avenue. It praises Mrs. Jack Gardner’s Beacon Street window garden and contrasts refined domestic beauty with a public nuisance caused by street corner cigarette smoke.
Poetic excerpt describing glow worms stars and elves guiding a traveler. The verses promise protection from peril as the speaker urges onward travel through darkness. Imagery centers on celestial helpers and benign spirits aiding the journey without fear.
The Rev William E Griffis of Boston will open the course of practical talks at the Young Men's Christian Union this evening. He will speak on A Summers Ramble in Dutch and Holland fully illustrated with stereopticon views. Ladies and gentlemen are cordial invited.
The Musical Society of Warsaw plans a Chopin birthplace marker while Whitelaw Reid attends a Rambouillet shooting party for foreign diplomats. Belle Newport tops Berlin exam to enter the Imperial Academy, Nice’s Battle of Flowers date set for Feb 25, and Crispi to visit Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe with Syracuse wine. Reed portrait debate stirs among critics. Joseph Pulitzer, confined by illness in New York, remains mentally active but isolated.
The Leyland line steamer Columbian, from Liverpool, endured a fierce Christmas Day storm yet sailed into port on time. In New Year celebrations Captain C. J. Moore dressed the ship in holiday attire and granted extra rations and a holiday off duty. The captain, a veteran seaman famed for modesty, once held American citizenship and remains proud as the port’s only foreign master to trade here.
Spell Inspector Buckingham reports to Special Agent Spith of the PY Soeland. New Year services marked by Catholic churches. Constable Blossom resigns. Albert Williams named clerk. City Collector Ricker reports 83 percent tax collection totaling 9 030 534. Post office receipts rise to 2 269 217 69. Ligi police switch to Scotch caps for winter. Marriage licenses total 5802 in 1891, with 1168 issued in November and December. City fees turned over amount to 3151.
A detailed report on New York rapid transit, printed in the summer, reached Boston city engineer Jackso. It features plans by five leading engineers W E Wortien Barclay Parsons Octave Chanuts Jo M Wilson and John Bogat proposing an underground system with four tracks and high speed long distance service.
The Board of Health notes 10 317 deaths from January 1 to December 26 1891 with December’s last five days expected to push the annual total above 10 500. Monthly totals are given for all months except December showing higher activity in spring and late summer with 10 06 in July and 977 in August among others.
Charles A Peak, a th inker from 1874 Washington at Mt Auburn, was buried after funeral services for his mother. The ceremony, led by Rev Wider, included a full battery and eight pallbearers, with mourners from his circle and the surrounding community in attendance.
No special orders have been received as government remains unavailable within months on any supposed advances here. General stance signals caution amid tensions with Chile and uncertain military activity.
The Republican group in common council meets in the afternoon at City Hall to discuss office actions. They will, however, back Barry for President.
A letter to the Post argues against protectionist navigation laws citing a New York Sun report of six 320 foot whalebacks to be built in West Superior for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It contends Britain and other nations prosper under open markets, while American policy enriches foreign shipowners. The writer cites centuries of restriction and the $3,000,000 wasted on foreign freight, urging policy reform.
A Lyndon Vermont reader questions whether B. Chase and descendants received The Post since 1525 and continued after his 1867 death. The newspaper confirms Chase is likely correct about subscribers but notes the case can’t be the oldest reader and promises verification before announcing the oldest reader.
The Boston port shows a sharp drop in customs receipts as ten months of sugar on the free list reduce 1891 duties to 14,846,117 2 from 19,782,983 20 in 1890, a decrease of 4,936,865 91. December figures drop from 1,189,174 69 to 1,086,141 56, a month decline of 153,053 18, while clawbacks for 1891 total 220,578 8s.
New brick stone and iron buildings costing over 10.5 million dollars were completed in Boston last year, a record matched only twice since the great fire. Figures show long-term growth with 1874 14.2 million and 1891 10.5 million cited among historic totals.
Inauguration week at the Star House will begin Tuesday with a Senate caucus to nominate the president of the upper chamber. On Wednesday the Senate and House will organize with named officers, prayers, and a joint convention to transact routine business and read the Governor’s inaugural. The Governor-elect and staff will enter the chamber with judges and dignitaries as the oath is administered.
The 1891 May 1 assessments report 28 cities and 323 towns gain in resident property, non-resident numbers, and male polls offset by fewer female polls. Real estate and personal estate rise drive total valuation up by about 90.9 million, with tax increases across many jurisdictions and varied rates.
President Whitney proposes fenders for electric cars and urges a three member commission to study options. Henry M Whitney asks City Hall to consider a Kansas City device as a model while expenses for investigation are borne by the company. Boston officials and railroad commissioners await a recommendation ahead of a May 1892 mandate.
It was expected one of three engines would be ready yesterday for the West End Street Railway Company's mammoth plant in East Cambridge. Superintendent Monks said construction has progressed enough that all machinery could be in motion within about a week. The plant currently has three engines, two of which are Be Ease semes lines supplying 150 and 500 horsepower.
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