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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
4
The Sunday Post lists one year at $2 six months $1 and three months fifty cents. Subscribers must provide current and new addresses for changes. Entries are Second Class Matter. Payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with checks drafts or money orders.
All subscriptions to the FOST must be paid in advance and they will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly as a newsboy, please notify us by postal at once. E A Grozier, Editor and Publisher.
The Post reminds correspondents that anonymous communications cannot be printed or noticed.
The Republican State platform calls for No lobby. The Senate rules committee proposes a rule excluding lobbyists from desks but not abolishing the lobby. ThePost notes the idea remains unclear and urges decisive action to adopt the rule promptly.
The editorial charges that Curtis uses department removals to advance political purposes rather than reform. It notes the contrast with his vacancies filled well and suggests Democratic allies await delayed rewards, citing the Chickasawbut Club speech as foreshadowing unfulfilled promises.
A committee plans rules to add formality to the Common Council proceedings reporting this evening. The piece questions whether formal rules would improve or dull the chamber’s piquancy. It asks if naming rivals as honorable members strips personal affronts and whether ending cigars and late adjournments harms tradition.
A fragment notes a sum realized as 200 silver dollars being turned over and returned to the rightful owners, reflecting a small but clear act of recovery and restitution.
The article argues against treating electric and steam railroad grade crossings as a contest between corporations. It cites Connecticut prohibitions on electric roads crossing steam lines as partial triumphs, but stresses grade separation as vital for public safety. Massachusetts policy mirrors abolition of grade crossings on steam lines, and exceptions for electric roads are rejected.
The Observant Citizen notes a piano in the YMCA gym gallery where volunteers play each evening, inspiring exercise and lively scenes as youths keep time. It also visits Naval Constructor Hitchborn’s office with naval relics and a model life buoy adopted by the US Navy. Postmaster Coveney’s “information bureau” plan is dropped for now, with Back Bay branch expansion upcoming. East Boston Gym vs St Mary’s Club run, Dick Williams of Dean Academy praised as a star. Local figures including Judge Corcoran, City Clerk Galvin nicknamed Mitch, Governor Greenhalge, and ex-Representative Moore are mentioned at social events.
A discussion of Senator Jones's currency plan for silver buyers. bullion deposited would be paid out in standard silver dollars matching London bullion price on deposit day, with the Treasury keeping the rest. The plan resembles the Sherman act but pays in silver dollars rather than certificates redeemable in gold.
The body of Ollie Dottridge, son of Captain Dott ridge of the wrecked barge Seth Low, was found on the beach at Jones's Inlet this morning on Fire Island, New York, January 23.
The mayor’s order ousts Deputy Superintendent Charles R. Cutter and foreman Daniel Lynch, abolishes Lynch’s office, curtails Deputy Superintendent Phil Jackson, and appoints Darius Norton Payson to succeed Cutter. Wheeler predicts more removals, including twenty-five laborers, while independents rail that politics drive the moves. Lynch, a Democrat, faced prior committee pressure yet remained noted for competence.
In a political shakeup Mayor Curtis promotes a foreman to oversee all division foremen with a salary of 2000 dollars annually. Lynch faces possible reassignment, while M. J. Coyle of Brighton is tipped to head the sanitary division or receive another post. Nicholas J. Quinn and independent leaders pressed the Mayor as Darius Norton Payson is named new chief, with Payson set to start today and no changes announced yet.
Madrid officials disclosed in the Chamber of Deputies that twenty two cases of alleged nobility title sales have been brought to state authorities. The cases will be immediately submitted to the proper tribunals for action.
The charity ball in New York last night showcased stunning costumes from young matrons in satin and brocade to a rose satin corsage with Irish lace and a diamond necklace. Young women wore pink moire with black lace and sable trimmings while many ensembles featured embroidery and jewel accents. The overall display highlighted fashion’s current trends and the originality of attendees’ attire.
In Music Hall Eugene Ysaye gave the second recital assisted by Aimel Lachaume and Priscilla White. The program opened with Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata with strong technique but limited warmth. Lachaume roared at times. White sang Handel and Brock arias with a resonant soprano. other numbers included Parsifal paraphrase, Siegfried Idyl, Bach in B flat, Beethoven Romance in F and Lachaume Chopin Scherzo in B flat minor.
Upwards of twenty Milo Garceau pupils gathered with friends at Palladio Hall in Roxbury for a musicale that became a reception and dance. Thirteen piano numbers featured teenage performers while Miss May Flower C Fisk and Miss Gertrude Mansfield sang two vocal pieces. By 9 30 the music ended and dancing continued until midnight.
A meeting of the Exchange Club was held yesterday to amend articles of the constitution. The house committee reported monthly improvement since club house opening and that the club is now on a paying basis with last month’s receipts exceeding expenditures. Current membership totals 964 resident and 62 non resident, totaling 1016, with a resident limit of 1000.
The column previews Miss Rose Coghlan in Diplomatic drama at Hollis Street and Forget-Me-Not, plus The Girl I Left Behind Me at Hollis, Westward, Ho! and other acts at the Tremont, Columbia, and Grand Opera House. Marquis the horse, Mile Electra, and Bubbles musical comedy are also featured with dates and venue details.
The Grand Museum patrons enjoy Meg's Money with Ida Russell in the lead and a long variety bill featuring Harry LaMarr Ilda Howell McAvoy Rogers Jessie Lindsey Addie Smith Lillian Chester Marguerite Newton Kami Kochi and a clever farce company. Morton and Echkoff with the Rose Hill English Folly company perform at the Palace Theatre, with Echkoff imitations on euphonium and trombone praised. Rush City booms at the Boston Theatre as the week continues, and next week Wilson Barrett arrives with The Manxman, a dramatized Hall T. Davies novel, already enjoying strong advance sales.
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