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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1889
Page
4
Roston West cites information claimed to be from an official source that STAN LEY is safe, but British authorities have only letters from the explorer. the public awaits full confirmation or denial of recent fate reports and questions the cryptic notice.
The Parnell commission resumes in London with painful detail on Trish outrages. The Times pursues a policy of masterly inactivity, delaying evidence to fill time. Sir Charles Russell and supporters echo concern as the Times appears weak in its case.
Report says Pratt secured signatures of twenty of thirty six electoral electors during an Albany meeting, with the claim of Pyattts petition capture at a Fort Orange Club party. The episode prompts protests to the club and may intensify factional quarrels over incoming spoils and cabinet placement.
Worcester speaker Mr Mellen voices public sentiment against increasing legislator salaries now, notes newspapers may rally votes against it, and urges dropping the salary increase entirely as the most popular course. The public mood favors delaying or denying any pay rise and questions the session's timing and enterprise prospects.
Two governors advance ballot reform calling for strict registration laws and capping electors per precinct with lifelong disenfranchisement for bribe takers and poll workers. The piece also argues for decisive U S action to protect Pacific interests in Samoa against German moves and warns against weakening resolve.
The Massachusetts and New York rail commissions push for abolishing or restricting grade crossings to cut deaths and injuries. New York legislators are urged to pass a bill prohibiting new crossings and speeding elimination of old ones after urging reports of severe past incidents and rising public concern.
The text discusses proposals to make challenging a legal voter at the polls unlawful with heavy penalties, arguing such measures affect ballot reform. It notes Governor Fire Havve’s recommendations, likening them to water gruel, and considers whether Illinois magistrate FIFER’s ideas could be more practical for reform. It calls for amendments to election laws to punish the most corrupting party, highlighting broad party agreement on reform needs.
The editorial attacks proposed tariff amendments in Congress, opposing a sugar bounty and the repeal of tobacco taxes. It argues removal of tobacco taxes harms tariff reform, warns of favoritism in Senate plans, and stresses naval needs and strategic Pacific stations, notably Hawaii and Samoa. It urges a firm stance against German claims and emphasizes coaling bases for global naval strength.
A London Times essay by An English Author criticizes the international copyright bill before Congress. The writer asserts the measure would let New York and London dominate the English world of letters. He questions whether any single city can contain such a vast literary realm.
The piece argues that clergymen who call for abolishing inauguration balls are out of step with public sentiment. It defends dancing as a harmless, mildly exhilarating pastime and dismisses the idea that the ceremony is inherently wicked or frivolous.
Mr Robert Buchanan abandons modern sendups of Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews for his own imitation old comedy. His Doctor Cupid, an outrageous plagiarism title linked to Miss Brovagnuron, opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London on Monday afternoon but drew a tepid reception despite its antique flavor.
Scenes set in Bath in the early century note Mr BucHANAN as a brilliant figure whose poetry fiction drama and criticism engage him. Yet the review contends he spreads himself too thin, spreading his talents across too many fields.
In Boston at the Vermont Association annual dinner Rev. Henry G. Spaulding read a note from James Whittier acknowledging authorship of the stirring Song of the Vermonters 1779. The piece, long attributed to Whittier, reflects Vermont’s warlike spirit and rural imagery, with commentary on canaries, domestic service, and social reforms.
Mrs Erving Winslow has given winter readings in New England under Redpath Bureau management. She came to Boston for a reading from The Chimes at the Christmas festival of St Andrew’s Industrial Club and volunteers to read at Wellesley College on February 4 for the Munroe fund.
The Ideals draw big crowds with Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl at the Boston Theatre. Plans for Faust with Mme Januschowsky, Rosedale, and Joseph’s Sweetheart are discussed. Booth Barrett Othello Venetian nights with Modjeska negotiations, and Dockstader’s Minstrels with Jules Levy slated for next Sunday.
The American Yacht Club elects W H Starbuck as commodore aboard the steam yacht Tillie. Newport native Professor Arthur M Marsh leaves Kansas for Harvard belles lettres, aged about 30. Colonel Elliott F Shepard buys fifty inaugural ball tickets as plans for the event unfold.
Richard Watson Gilder mourned Edward King's downfall and imprisonment but credited him with discovering George W. Cable. King wrote on The Great South for Scribner's Monthly in 1873, traveling the South including New Orleans where he met Cable and promoted his manuscripts to Dr. Holland.
The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday admitted several lawyers including William F. Bacon Joseph W. Bailey Jacob Bancroft Stephen Bartlett Henry Bellew James Brackett William Brewer Francis Dana William Dolan Eugene Fellner Arthur Foster Lewis Frost Charles Hillier Charles King Charles Lincoln Charles Ludden Elmer Marshall Joseph Palmer Robert Simes Edward Smith Samuel Smith and Charles Aprague The Hon Llewellyn Powers formerly of Houston Maine now resides in Longwood was also admitted as a member of Suffolk er
The fourteenth regular meeting of the New England Meteorological Society featured a loan exhibition of meteorological instruments charts and photographs. Highlights include apparatus from Blue Hill Harvard College and California eclipse instruments, with displays on wind patterns thermometers barometers and gauges open to the public all week.
Max O Rell and Jack Allyn announce Jonathan and His Continent published simultaneously in London Paris and the United States around late January. Cassell & Co publish here and in England with Mme Blouet translating. Portraits by Dora Wheeler to frontispiece New York Literary News. Poet Lore to appear monthly devoted to Shakespeare Browning and literary study. Stead's Russia book Cassell & Co forthcoming. Luska issues Latin Quarter Courtship with Cassell. Magazine of Art frontispiece Millais Gladstone paper by Reid. Kohut Talmud commentary soon official via Hebrew Ministers Association.
In a Democratic era, Senator Edmunds trails not only his party but Blaine in praising the Monroe Doctrine. The Atlanta Constitution notes his cautious stance while aligning with party and rival Republicans.
Mahone s claims have been presented to President elect Harrison by the friends of the Virginian but they are not of a kind to commend themselves to his judgment. Political tricksters are not infrequently rewarded but they do not often get into the Cabinet. That is an honor usually reserved for men of principle.
A Philadelphia Record Iowa version notes tariff reform momentum remains strong. It argues that the election did not dampen popular approval and that voters realize how few benefit versus how many are robbed from unfair discrimination.
A trained diplomat intrudes into a heated campaign, becomes a factor in the host country’s politics, then claims ignorance of precise grounds for removal. The New York Herald (ind.) notes such figures are rare and suggests England has no equal in the world.
The country waits for Mr. Harrison to respond to the Los Angeles letter from Otis and Fitzgerald dated January 1. Many loyal Republicans seek a public sign that the President-elect scorns the insulting missive, while some fear it may affect decent men remaining aligned with the party.
ScRanton Penn Jan 15 The Bank of Congressman Frank C Bunnell at Tunkhannock suspends after a rumor of a $40000 execution prompted farmers to withdraw funds The bank with deposits under 100000 paid 30000 in one day then closed Its owner says depositors will not lose and the bank will reopen once it bridges the temporary crisis
A kaleidoscope of quotes and quips from papers like Oil City Blizzard Omaha Bee and Chicago Tribune jostles readers with wry lines on politics art and daily life. Exchanges lampoon hotel safety romance and journalism with snappy punchlines and breezy banter.
Rowland Hazard, Rhode Island wool manufacturer, declines a Tariff Reform League dinner invitation from Santa Barbara on January 3 1889. He says reform clubs should be prosecuted and maintained, predicts tariff reduction will follow, notes surplus is dangerous, and foresees increased influence for the organization in the future.
Harvard's eclipse expedition led by W H Pickering in the Sacramento Valley achieved remarkable results with broad spectroscopic coverage of the sun's prominences and corona. Eight large corona photos were secured with a 13 inch Boyden telescope, while plates from the eight-inch Bach telescope may settle intra-mercurial planet questions.
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