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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1888
Page
4
Suburban notice lists Dairy area milk pricing and publication charges for daily and weekly editions. Rates shown include One Year 89, Six Months £4.50, Three Months $2.25, One Month 75c, and Weekly One Year 8L sa. The item notes second class matter, sender risk, and payments payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The piece notes rising crofter grievances in Lewis as insurrection grows. A clash with police occurred with police defeated in the encounter. Edinburgh trials of Lewis detainees ended in acquittal and a tumultuous crowd reception, signaling broad Scottish public support and potential trouble for the British government alongside the Irish question.
The article notes Sir Michael Hicks-Besch resigned to reappoint Mr BALrouR and, amid the new government, hints his distaste for coercion and his health influenced the move. He spoke in Bristol on Tuesday asserting that local self government should apply to Ireland, a notable admission.
The piece notes a national interest in settling the quarrels over the New York quarantine commission. It reports that Boss Platt cannot hold the office and has illegally held it for eight years. It warns partisan wrangling may block reform and jeopardize port protection, with Colonel Free Grant as a potential appointment and both parties aiming to gain leverage.
The article argues against a one cent postage proposal, noting the need for better postal efficiency and service. It contends that revenue loss and insufficient facilities would outweigh lower rates, and that business leaders favor improved delivery, trains, and branch offices over rate cuts.
Professor R W RayMonD of Brooklyn analyzes Lehigh company payrolls over eighteen months to show miners under contract earned about 272 dollars per day worked, with twenty days per month on average, totaling at least 55 dollars monthly or 660 dollars yearly, excluding deductions for powder, supplies, or any other charges.
The report argues that even with some workers earning under $150 a month and many under $100, the miners are not crushed. It notes 1417 families, with 40 earning about $150 and others in lower bands, and that employees paid $6,905 for building lots in five years. Yet it questions granting an 8 percent wage rise as companies enjoy a 30 percent public increase.
A Massachusetts analysis cites Rhode Island’s experience with constitutional prohibition. It notes weak public will undermining enforcement, rising drunkenness, and fiscal strain from license revenue loss, predicting similar outcomes for Massachusetts if a prohibitory amendment passes.
The joint special committee reported after thirty one days in session and ten hearings. It heard educators, manufacturers, and labor group members, and presents findings urging careful consideration of the issues surrounding child employment and schooling.
The report votes a sweeping child labor plan raising the age to twelve, plus indoor limits and school attendance proof, with a shift of supervision to factory inspectors and school committee aid for hardship. It also calls strict private school regulation, including attendance records and teacher certificates, sparking concern over potential paternalism.
The piece notes renewed impatience in England for a Beaconsfield biography after Lord Braconsfield's death seven years ago. It cites Lord Rowron as not confirming a project, argues Braconsfield's papers are poorly organized, and suggests possible delays from fear of modern biographers and awaiting deaths of other political figures.
Mr Irvina's Sanders Theatre address on acting, delivered two years ago to Harvard students, is now printed as a pamphlet. It offers a concise, scholarly view of dramatic art and the foundations of Irvina's notable success despite early disadvantages.
Reports say Mr. GrapstoNE is a beloved figure in Milan where students plan to present him with a large autograph album bearing thousands of Italian hopefuls names. The gesture aims to honor the English statesman, whose appreciation is presumed.
The Park Theatre hosted The Mighty Dollar with W J Florence and Mrs General Gilflory in the lead roles. Florence’s Bardirell Slate drew humor from a familiar American politician type, while Mrs Florence’s performance added perceptive farce. Supporting cast included Miss Boniface Clara Dart Miss Pierson and Miss St John.
Grand opera presents The Flying Dutchman with William Ludwig and Emma Juch in leading roles. Critics praise the vocal power of the Dutchman and Senta, the orchestra and chorus, while noting some weaker turns by Bassett and Vetta. Tonight’s program features Rubinstein’s Nero as the final season performance.
Emma Juch Amanda Fabris Clara Pool appear in the final Goldmark Queen of Sheba with Bertha Pierson and others as elaborate opera spectacle. Faust slated for Saturday matinée and a special benefit program to Mr. Locke. seat sale opens at 9 o’clock.
The third Carlyle Petersilea piano recital at Steinert Hall included works by Weber Schumann Dvorak and Chopin with analytical interludes by Louis C Elson. Critics praised the brief analysis but faulted Petersilea for his Weber interpretation while noting Mrs Petersilen and Mr Benedict gave solid performances.
Boston critic lauds H Winthrop Peirce for landscapes of Warwickshire and New England, noting delicacy and poetic feeling. Also discusses Albert Durer works and a Master of Christ portrait possibly for the Museum of Fine Arts, then shifts to critique of trouser stretchers and push cart fashion trends in Boston society.
The first of eight lectures on Natural Science featured Professor W H Niles at Harvard's Minot introducing him. He explained mountain formation as folded sediment raised by immense forces, then sculpted by erosion and climate. His stereopticon gallery showcased Alpine forms and wind snow shaping peaks. The talk highlighted heat from exposed summits and seasonal rills.
A collage of remarks from a city page: Dakota’s cold day, sunspot blame for weather, quotes about Chicago real estate, social jests, a minstrelsy to opera joke, a New York pedestrian contest, a leap year kiss verdict, dinner table humor, church coughs in theaters, a Kentucky regiment back pay claim, Adventists in Battle Creek discarding jewelry and funding missions across several nations.
The Daily News accepts Tribune suggestions and endorses Randall and Blaine for the ticket. The piece argues they would unite Pennsylvania and Maine with policies of free tobacco and cheap whiskey, predicting a sweeping victory for Cleveland across thirty six states.
In a New York Sun op ed the author argues whiskey should be taxed by states or not at all by the federal government. The piece suggests removing federal involvement in whiskey and tobacco until a future emergency requires revenue.
The illness of Speaker Carlisle necessitated a Speaker pro tem and the choice naturally fell on Mr. Cox. Cox is praised as a skilled parliamentarian with long service, and the decision is described as placing the right man in the right place without red tape or tradition.
A new pung for Protective Company No 1 was placed in service by Captain Dearing last evening. The upper section holds three compartments for covers and fire clothes, with wide footboards and neatly arranged tools. Police lines lie under the driver’s dash, and the dasher bears Isoston Protective Department No 1. Painted red, it is the city’s first style of its kind. Built by Abbott-Downing of Concord New Hampshire under Superintendent Abbott and plans by Assistant Driver Hall.
In J Eastman Chase gallery Arthur W Dow presents about forty works, French landscape influenced, noted as bold, refined colorist with sincere style. Noyes Colet gallery shows H Winthrop Peirce with forty five pieces, praised for poetic sensibility, strong color, and bright, imaginative treatment of scenes like Sunny Mist and Sunbeams Fill the Air with Mirth.
Nearly 700 prominent citizens including Governor Ames and Mayor O'Brien honor Manager Locke with a testimonial at the Boston Theatre next Saturday evening. The event accompanies the season’s end and features a program with stage excerpts from Tannhauser Faust Nero and the Bacchanal ballet from Faust. Seats go on sale this morning.
The A S Co Mutual Benefit Association held its ninth annual ball in Gold Fellows Hall with about 500 dancers. George J. Kemick directed the floor with marshals G E Brigham A T Dunn W A Nickerson and W F Dodge. Edmands's Band provided music and Tufts did the catering. Notable guests included Mr and Mrs A Shuman Mr and Mrs S Shuman Hon John E Fitzgerald Captain George M Townsend and Dana Brigham of New York.
To the Editor of the Post the writer approves the Herald suggestion that no art committee member hang pictures of his own work in annual exhibitions. They argue only celebrities should be appointed to prevent jealousy or biased judgments. January 18, 1858.
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