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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1889
Page
4
The Boston Post reports a gunboat tried to ram and sink the steamship Haytian Republic in Port au Prince harbor. Minor damage occurred. Galena officers demand a full investigation, alleging deliberate collision by the gunboat. Such conduct questions Haiti’s government and supports maintaining naval presence.
A London statement claims Britain did not refuse to join a planned international maritime conference. It says the conference was impracticable and abandoned on that basis alone, with no side pressing or rejecting demands. Britain would cooperate if a practicable path appears.
General William Mahone denounces James G Blaine as a monopolist while his campaign wages for cabinet preference. The passage claims Blaine and Mahone share aims and warns Harrison against exclusive choices, suggesting both leaders deserve cabinet consideration.
Elections for the new London county council yield a distinct reformist majority. Candidates linked to the old board of works are mostly defeated as the council pledges local police control tax reform abolition of the City, expanded public charity and council oversight of food gas water and transport. Socialist candidates are largely defeated, signaling reform without linked disorder.
The London elections showed little party distinction as Liberals and Conservatives were elected without clear bias. Overall the new council is likely to lean Liberal, a surprising shift given the metropolis's traditional leanings.
A bill in the New York Legislature aims to curb monopolies by declaring contracts in restraint of trade void. It forbids corporate agreements to abstain from business and empowers courts to act quickly against violators. The act allows exceptions for contracts not lasting over ten years or beyond defined regions.
A fragment notes that a judge named BARRETT faced pressure from lawmakers to cushion monopolies in New York, suggesting the legislature was ready to concede benefits to maintain control. The passage hints at broader political maneuvering over state power and corporate interests.
The Daily Advertiser argues that high tin plate duties burden the public and threaten revenue. It cites a plan to raise costs to cut imports and hints the Fifty-first Congress may extend this protectionist approach to other essential goods, risking infant industries and starving workers.
The article rebukes Warner Miller and Patrick Forp at a Protective Tariff League dinner for portraying tariff policy as the nation’s throbbing educational need. It argues that Miller misstates facts on tariffs for revenue and protection, citing 1846 prosperity and 1861–1881 trade data, and notes rising business failures through 1884.
The piece argues that parallel lines and speculative railroad bonds, funded by banks, drive rate cuts and financial risk. It cites Henry B Lepgard, Michigan Central, and a rail dialogue in New York, suggesting reforms by banks, project funding rules, and state or national constraints. It also shifts to literary criticism, contrasting Elizabethan and Victorian poetry and Symonds theories on spontaneity and generalizing force.
A literary critique praising Mr. Appington Symonds for his Elizabethan poetry analysis in the Fortnightly Review. The piece notes his lively, though not flawless, judgments and outlines contrasts between Elizabethan and Victorian poetry, referencing Marlowe and other dramatists as key figures and highlighting the spontaneity of early verse versus later forms.
An article notes the Association of Collegiate Alumni plans a European fellowship for women and reports the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women will discuss a similar fellowship at its annual meeting. It argues schools demand college training for teachers and colleges seek qualified women for professorships, urging broad support for advancing women scholars.
The Rev Dr Arricus G HayGood of the SLATER fund argues the South funds extensive black education beyond northern gifts. He cites Alabama spending about 3.5 million and Virginia over 4 million since 1870, aiming to rebut northern charges.
London report notes Professor Waldstein head of the American Archaeological Institute at Athens finds a well preserved Iris head from the Parthenon frieze fitting a British Museum slab. Greek authorities present the fragment and a cast to the American school. Excavations at Ikarie and Starnata proceed with more sites approved pending funds.
The fourteenth annual dinner of the Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California and reunion of Forty niners was held in New York on January 18. United States District Attorney Mark D. Wilbur of Brooklyn spoke of gold fever days. General John C. Fremont sent a regret letter for not attending. Similar letters arrived from Sherman Demas Strong and William H. Hampton.
In Boston a young artist Henry Savage Landor displays paintings including Cairo and Tangier street scenes and interiors. He also paints portraits of Boston figures such as Thurlow Weed Barnes. Dr. Al Watts’s humane work with wild animals and his dog catching duties are discussed, praising his philanthropic efforts and public service.
A Tremont School of Music recital at Chickering Hall drew a full house. Ferdinand Dewey played with Ada P. Emery and Louis S. Poole, delivering strong piano work and refined violin emphasis, with the duet receiving careful praise.
The President vetoed four private pension bills. Pensions for Mary Karstetter Catherine Barberick and Bridget Carroll were denied because the soldiers’ deaths were not related to military service. George Wallen’s pension was denied due to desertion twice and an unresolved War Department appeal.
The New York report of a conference among Magoun Strong Perkins and railroad men was denied by Magoun. He said no hitch exists and the plan for uniting 55 000 miles of railway is progressing with signatures expected from all parties.
The Yale class of 1890 set a record by securing 104 honorary appointments. Notable selections include G. L. Ammerman of Syracuse and R. S. Baldwin of New Haven for Philosophical honors, along with a list of other recipients from cities such as Montclair Newark and Brooklyn.
In Saco Maine Alfred Longevine 16 sued York Manufacturing for 10000 damages after losing a hand on a spinning frame while cleaning it. He claimed a fellow worker started the machinery. the defense argued mills customarily employ youths. The jury found for the defendant after two days of trial with testimony from labor officials and mill agents.
Mrs Youmans wins a factional contest that split Democrats and bolting Republicans to become the Ohio State Senate en grossing clerk. The outcome ends a dispute that has jarred the legislature since its first session a year ago.
Coroner's jury in Lewiston Kennebunk finds no fault by the Boston and Maine railroad or its workers after Charles I Bowen was killed when a bridge struck him during a theft ride from Biddeford to Kennebunk.
The New Mexico legislative assembly passed a lengthy memorial to the President and Congress urging statehood for the territory. A committee will be appointed to deliver the memorial to Washington.
The fragmentary text mixes light city chatter about Montreal’s sunstruck ice palace with scattered quips about smallpox vaccination at Cornell, jokes from Chicago Times and Philadelphia Record, and a Bayard Taylor anecdote. It also recalls a West Virginia observer of Mrs. Cleveland, street humor, and an Indianapolis political scene.
The Dayton Journal notes that asserting Blaine "won a presidential election" is poor politics and that Blaine is not a Colossus who can stride across the party. The editorial argues such claims misstate outcomes and could alienate supporters.
The Toronto Globe advocates a peace filled arrangement that secures peace with the States and expands trade. It argues closer intercourse will benefit Canadians with stronger friendship and commerce between the two nations.
A Pittsburg correspondent urges a bounty approach instead of higher duties, proposing $5 million to spur tin plate production domestically while saving revenue. The idea parallels a Senate plan for sugar relief and questions protection by tax reform.
a Indianapolis News column notes surprise that Judge Woods did not consult Judge Gresham on the Dudley case statute. it labels Gresham a lifelong republican with a stern record against dudley and criticizes unnamed powers and republican leaders. the piece comments on political tensions in the circuit court.
The Minneapolis Journal argues that Blaine’s leadership nearly pushed the party into inconsistency with its record. It credits corrective acts by Blaine, the tariff stance of the Republican Senate, and press resistance to harm the party. It suggests Harrison’s election was aided by these voices opposing Blaine’s platform and trust defenses.
The Nantucket Sun notes 76 deaths on the island in 1888, including five infants. The average age of the others was just over 68, with 42 reaching at least 70, 22 living to 80+, 12 to 85+, three to 90+, and Sarah Backus dying at 97 years and 25 days. The piece credits clean air and contentment as key to longevity.
The present term ends Wednesday January 23 with public exercises at 9 15 a m. The next term begins Wednesday February 6 when applicants for admission are to be examined.
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