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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1891
Page
4
Boston Post notices list subscription rates and mailing details for subscribers. It includes editor contact at Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street and a policy stating manuscripts are not returned and anonymous letters are not considered. Writers must provide full name and address for good faith consideration.
Boston venues including The Crystal Slipper at Boston Theatre and Beatty's Finish at Boston Museum present matinee and evening showings at 2 and 7 45. The Globe and Tremont offer Duff Opera Company pirates and Afterthoughts with A Pair of Spectacles, among other acts.
The New York Evening Post advocates a public meeting in New York to thrash out business concerns, similar to Boston's example at Faneuil Hall. It urges New Yorkers to follow a motion rarely adopted, citing Boston as a precedent for civic action.
The article notes Mr O Briens bid for funds from Mr Parnell to back the Tipperary fight seeming wasted as Irish leaders clash over the plan of campaign. In Kilkenny tenants resume rent payments to landlords, a boon for landlords while the Land League, which had collected the funds, suffers from the shift.
A Vienna press report claims Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria will visit St. Petersburg, stirring speculation about a major shift in European diplomacy. The article notes Russian irritation with German-linked policy moves and questions the plausibility of a Czar visit to Constantinople, suggesting a significant diplomatic chapter may unfold.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs nears completion of the Indian appropriation bill within which the Indian schools budget rises by about 50,000 from the current year. Despite advocacy by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and philanthropic groups for larger sums, the plan for vigorous development must await a Congress focused beyond subsidies and older refund schemes.
The Kansas Legislature remains unclear, with reports that Senator Ingalls has not won Alliance support despite his strong push for free coinage and cheap money. Expected revolt and defection from allied members are suggested by current information.
The Farmers' Alliance showed unity in the State Printer election as the managing committee directed every vote. Ninety two Alliancemen reportedly signed a pledge not to vote for Infants, while espionage to bind wavering members proved effective. Ingalls faces censure for backing the silver and force bills, adding to the motive for defeat.
A sweep of testimony hints that Senator Cameron speculated in silver after voting, while a well funded lobby may have sought to sway lawmakers. The probe, delayed to cover Cameron’s re election, is expected to accelerate as investigators pursue possible improper market influence by members of Congress.
Trustees of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital report strong progress at the annual meeting. They note state aid of 120000 for new buildings, plan a surgical and medical wing to add 100 beds, bringing total to 175, with maintenance funded by donors. They also highlight a Morine bequest of about 120000 and aim to acquire land of about 100 acres outside the city for future growth to benefit patients.
A fragmentary OCR passage hints at plans to turn a deemed wise design into reality. It mentions commitment to action and a goal of practical implementation, though surrounding details are unclear and names or dates are not provided.
The promotion of Judge Lathrop to the Supreme Bench is praised as fully justified and beneficial. His long reporting background mirrors prior justices, and his Civil War veteran status matches the late Deven’s. The move elevates the inferior court and honors faithful service, with no hint of mediocrity in the new appointee.
Commenting on an impersonation veteran actor William Wraxter rebukes the portrayal and notes that eyes betray villains in their loneliness and restless ease. The piece references Shaxperes and the modern view per Mr. Winter on reading a mind from the face.
Captain McMroxan late commander of Cunard steamship Umbria had many friends among ocean travelers from this city. A fund is being raised in New York to support his family left in straitened circumstances. The Cunard Company contributed generously and friends in Liverpool helped, but further sums are welcome.
A Newark man has survived forty five days on a minute daily intake of food and water. His display of restraint comes as rivals to Lucci and Dr Tanner fail to gain ground. His illness made appetite impossible, and his actions were not a deliberate contest with the museum freaks.
A New York critic brands Miss ApAtenan's Lady Teazle as a disappointment and nearly a failure, prompting question in Daly's own city about the state of criticism and theater.
In Boston the late Mrs Walter Baker left wide charity bequests to institutions she knew well, urging living knowledge of needs to guide gifts. The piece recalls King Kalakaua’s visit, noting Boston’s formal regard but limited enthusiasm, and a physician’s retreat to the Atheneum to escape work.
In a Boston tavern, T averner reflects on diversions as cures for mind and heart, recounting travels through Australia and New Zealand, Himalaya, and Africa. He contrasts readers’ vices with Medics’ debauches of reading, noting the need for intellectual respite beyond daily duties and clerical pride.
Pianist Howard F. Peirce, making his New York debut, offers a thoughtful if uneven program with Schumann Abends and Beethoven finale reflections. Accompanist Heinrich Meyn provides solid support as Mayer’s singing tels with subtle, restrained tone. Peirce’s technique shows breadth but occasional pedal control and accentuation flaws temper the recital.
Mr H E Krehbiel of the New York Tribune discusses Wagner Die Meistersinger this afternoon at Steinert Hall. Portions of the opening will be performed on piano by Henry Holden Huss. Also scheduled are ensemble concert segments at Horticultural Hall and Cecilia concerts at Music Hall with soloists Miss Clementine DeVere Miss Emily Winant and others. Tickets for Music Hall performances go on sale Monday.
A London Daily News report describes the new Japanese Diet hall in Tokyo opened Nov. 29. The wooden structure cost £40,000 with gallery seating around three sides and a pulpit style president’s seat. The Emperor’s recess sits beneath a gold canopy, and a special box for the Empress is provided on the gallery. No one may sit higher than the Mikado.
The Grand Opera House presents Ka Janka with a revised production and striking scenery. Professor Cromwell lectures on Three Strange Cities at Tremont Theatre. Tremont and Globe Theatre announce advanced seat sales for The City Directory and Pirates of Penzance. Hanlon-Walter and Martinetti English Pantomime Company debuts at Boston Theatre with a starry lineup. Ship Ahoy at Park runs strong, with tickets sold two weeks ahead. Rich & Harris plan a Lyceum in Boston opening Sept 21 with Men and Women and a NY tour. Cleopatra at Hollis Street Theatre moves to Tuesday opening with full scenic rehearsal and high aims.
Edward W. Emerson protests a Saturday Post heading and remarks about domestic service. He argues service is honorable and urges respectful treatment of maids, noting many good workers and the need for understanding between employers and servants. Concord, January 18, 1891.
At Tremont Temple last evening Mme Le Plongeon the Yucatan discoverer spoke on her research into Mayan hieroglyphs and mausoleum photos. She argued the ancient Egyptians and Mayas are the same race sharing language traditions and sciences based on royal lineages.
A collage of notes and anecdotes ranges from royal succession rumors to medical quips, civic quirks, and weather marvels. Highlights include King Kalakua and Queen Liliuo Kalani, references to Virchow and Dr Koch, a New York Corset Company fire loss pegged at 750000, and a Maine sleighing scene.
An editorial examines silver as money noting the dollar’s 37144 grains of pure silver and 4114 grains of alloy, totaling 41244 grains. It argues overproduction, demonetization, and the impracticality of free coinage while urging supply and demand regulation to stabilize silver’s value.
From the London Daily News, the report notes no German university admits women to regular lectures. Leipsic offers only rare special permissions, often reserved for foreigners, with two Leipsic girls turning to Zurich after being refused. A small group of women students in Leipsic includes one Armenian, one Russian, and about six Americans.
A new lodging house for working girls opened at 17 Kneeland street under Mrs Ellen Warner and George W Diman. The two houses offer 80 beds at 25 or 15 cents a night with meals priced to attract laborers. The venture aims to be nonsectarian and self supporting, hoping to improve workers’ lives and curb vagrancy.
Providence Swimming Club and Boston Athletic Association pool teams battled to a 2 2 tie in a tense two half water polo contest. Osborn opened for B A A Timed goals followed by Osborn and Austin for the home team and Heilborn and Richards for Providence. Referee Sorbie noted strong play from Greaves Erickson Cushing for B A A and Heilborn Richards Douglas for Providence. The cups are to be contested again.
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association met at Mechanic's Building on Huntington Avenue with President James Haynes presiding. Officers and committees reported a year of receipts totaling 142000, receipts of 92874, including 1275 to families of deceased members and 2093 by the Relief Committee. The Relief Fund supported six members, fifteen widows, and two children, with expenditures near 500 under the appropriation. a 3000 appropriation for next year was recommended. The charity fund held 19982.90, and exhibition proceeds reached about 60000. Twenty nine members died and fifty six new joined, the largest since 1881. Haynes urged early mortgage payoff with 40000 from last exhibition, and more mechanical instruction in public schools. Election results named Oliver M. Wentworth as President, E Noyes Whitcomb VP, Newton Talbot Treasurer, Alfred Bicknell Secretary, plus twelve Trustees. The association approved 3000 for Relief, and paid current expenses. Thomas Todd and Edward F. Miller were elected members.
The will of the late B. W. Stone bequeaths 1000 dollars each to the Old Ladies' Home of Salem the Salem Marine Society and 1000 dollars to the poor of the city to be distributed as the executors see fit.
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