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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1890
Page
4
Indications from Washington forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday for New England generally fair and warmer with southwesterly winds. Eastern New York is expected to be warmer and fair with southerly winds. The weather in Boston is noted in the report.
The piece argues protectionist tariffs are paternalism, expanding public authority beyond its constitutional limits and risking tyranny. It cites Louis Napoleon, Forbes, and Lincoln to warn that overcentralization under protectionism damages liberty and may lead to socialism, urging vigilance against state intrusion in liberty and markets.
The Valleyville Methodist Episcopal Society has spent over 3000 dollars to remodel the Danvers church. Rededication begins Sunday with multiple services through January 29 led by prominent ministers from Danvers Boston Malden Chelsea and Lowell including Rev Lyres Thompson Bates Odell Woods Ela Cooper Penn Mansfield Foster and Bishop Foster.
W R R Smart faced liquor cease proceedings in Campin Maine earning a $100 fine and six months jail. His clerk Higgis was fined $160. Smart appealed and posted bond for March Term. Married men of Camden signed an agreement and subscribed funds to close rum selling in Camden.
The advertisement lists subscription rates for the Boston Post at 26.00 per year with weekly Fridays issues and 3.00 weekly. It notes ownership by the Lost Pugl listing Company and provides the Washington Office address Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street. It also includes manuscript submission rules requiring full name and address and details about departments on various pages.
The Ohio Republican caucus shows the weakness of party organs in shaping votes. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, long a party organ, failed to influence the result as Foster leads with 55 votes to General Genson’s 4 in a symbolic showing.
The article argues Portugal remains bitter toward England after the ministry change. It warns against inflaming violence in Lisbon and elsewhere and contends Portugal bears fault in the quarrel. It cautions that a British fleet on the Tagus could provoke humiliation or war, harming Portugal most.
In northern Indiana a large Tariff Reform Association gathering drew about 200 farmers who supported Harrison and enrolled as new members. The event featured letters from Grover Cleveland and Governor Cauplen of Ohio urging tariff reform as a political issue across elections.
A newspaper item notes Senator Butler praising a deportation plan for Southern African Americans to Africa, describing the political climate and reactions as the proposal draws attention and debate. The report situates the discussion within ongoing legislative and public controversy.
New York arrivals from Liberia describe a dire scene among American colonists. Many wish to return home but lack funds, while climate and disease take a heavy toll. The debate over funding a private music school, the Conservatory of Music, continues as legislators reject state aid citing legal concerns and taxpayer burden.
Massachusetts legislators push to order Attorney General to sue to test the legality of corporations forming the Sugar Trust. The article cites five states where similar actions favored the public, noting three final verdicts against restraint of trade and one pending case, arguing common law supports action in Massachusetts.
In Wilmington Delaware a plan used to pay poll taxes for many Black Republican voters led to a court battle. A Democrat tax collector refused to honor powers of attorney, and the Republican committee sought a mandamus to compel validity. the court declined, ruling the collector acted properly.
A bill introduced in Albany proposes moving oversight of electric wires from New York City to a statewide three member board with powers like a railway commission. The plan would regulate telegraphs phones wires and related firms statewide, set hearings, adjust lines and charges, and fund salaries and travel. Critics doubt a state panel improves over the city board and warn politics may dominate the expert role.
A periodical review summary noting Kirsteen in Macmillan's Magazine praised for its sisters' encounter, with other pieces including The New Biography of Pope reviewed by Minto, The Whigs and Imperial Federation, Leaves From a Note Book on Bonnie Dundee, and pieces by Herford and Browne. The English Illustrated opens with Alfred Austin and Besant’s The Doll's House, plus essays on women’s work and labour, Lord Lytton's The King of Amasis, and Dixon on The Straits Settlement and British Malaya.
In Boston I revisit the Summer street site after yesterday’s fire at the iron fronted corner building once linked to Daniel Webster. The piece recalls Webster’s 1825 Lafayette visit, his reception on Bunker Hill anniversary, and the house’s later occupants, linking memory with hopes for a future commemorative memorial. A second note tells of a cat that rang a bell to summon its kittens, offered as a verifiable anecdote with promised evidence.
The text warns that Box 52 will be viewed with suspicion due to existing dangerous careless methods and suggests changing the number might break the spell, signaling caution about a potentially problematic system.
The ongoing dispute among interested cities could turn the World’s Fair into a Donnybrook with clashes over location control and funding. Stakeholders fear delays and tensions may derail common plans for the event.
The jubilee of King Leopold of Belgium will be celebrated with an exhibition at Liege, reflecting that his people view him as their liege lord.
Court physicians in Madrid pronounce Young Alfonso out of danger. They say they can now tend to other patients and let nature take its course.
A New Year note quips that the Czar of Russia the Emperor of Germany and the King of Italy each received ten thousand cigars from the Emperor of Austria and hopes friendship will not end in smoke.
The deaths and illness highlight the citys fidelity to its congressional delegation. Before Judge Kelley died he had twenty-nine years of service, Randall twenty-seven, O Neill twenty-five, Harmer seventeen, and Hinham thirteen, with another year to come for each term.
A servant girl finds a burglar asleep by the dining room stove at 5 30 am in St Louis. She wakes her master, who returns with a pistol and recovers the silver from the sleeping thief. The tale suggests an early rising warning and a warm fire as a deterrent.
The Hon. E. K. O'Brien has photographed the tombstone of General Henry Knox in Thomaston Maine and will send copies to each member of Maine's congressional delegation so they can present Congress with a facsimile of the dilapidated stone marking Knox's resting place.
P O Farle of Worcester has been elected permanent captain of the Harvard freshman crew after a provisional autumn appointment. A later tug of war team meeting drew only one candidate. Harvard will likely field a team in the Matt Hagen games.
The morganatic wife of the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, an American, has died. Dom Pedro, settled in Cannes, is described as enfeebled. Professor Charles Waldstein, Cambridge archaeologist, tours Rome en route to Greece for Delphi excavations. Mrs Bernard Beere, star of Sardou’s La Tosca in London, is ill with influenza. an understudy fills her role. Mr Stanley may stay in Cairo for expedition reasons and winter travel. John Rogers of New York completes a clay statue of Rev. John Eliot addressing an Indian couple, hoped for sale to Roxbury.
A strong audience heard Mr Phippen perform a demanding program including Brahms Op.7 No.7, Mendelssohn Novellette in E major, Schumann Prelude Op.28 No.44, Chopin Etude Op.25 No.11, and Schumann Carnival. While the Brahms sonata stretched him, he displayed clear improvement and earnest effort, especially in Mendelssohn and Schumann pieces.
Henry G. Andres and Armin W. Doerner, famed Cincinnati piano duetists, are engaged for a single ensemble concert at Bumstead Hall next Tuesday evening. They will perform two piano works including Mozart Grieg sonata in F and Saint-Saens Taren tella among others, following acclaim from Philadelphia and strong support from Boston audiences.
A mixed page surveys music terms and romance among pastry cooks, quotes John L Sullivan, notes poets Poe and Miller, and reports on Count Bismarck and Von Moltke. It also covers crime rates in Shanghai, cosmopolitan magazines, and social downturns among nobility, ending with a poem about the grippe.
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