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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1891
Page
4
The Boston Post lists payment details for subscriptions and notices. All money sent should be payable to the Post Publishing Company and sent to the sender’s box. Checks drafts and money orders must be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Multiple Boston venues list shows for this evening. Hanlon Walter Martinetti at 2 and 7:45, Betty's Finish and The Solicitor at Boston Museum, Duff Opera Company in Dorothy at Goose Theatre, Caspar the Yodler at Grand Opera House, Miss Fanny Davenport in Cleopatra at Howes Street Theatre, The Fairies Well at Park Washington street, and Captain Swift by Madison Square Company at Tremont and Tremont Street venues.
Boston reports a quarrel in the Irish party may persist unless Justin McCarthy withdraws from the anti-Parnellite leadership. Parnell and O Brien resist yielding, McCarthy claims majority Irish support, blocking reconciliation efforts and implying a drawn stalemate despite pacific gestures.
Private London reports say Britain debates a peaceful Newfoundland fishery settlement with France and colonists on a brink of bloodshed. Sir Ambrose Surah, Bahamas governor, is touted as ideal for Newfoundland due to local roots, trade interest, and a record of stabilizing affairs, potentially easing popular anger.
English engineer J H Brixs visiting Atlantic shipyards praises American shipbuilders for quick grasp of new naval design problems. He predicts continued progress could outpace rivals, countering subsidy critics. He urges liberal tariff and navigation laws to let private industry grow with larger non government customers.
A Buffalo report describes a newly formed legislative syndicate to watch and steer bills in Albany. The group aims to manage legislation on a large scale under tight leadership, guiding Tammany Hall aligned Assembly members on how to vote. Similar past groups like the Black Horse Cavalry are noted but not elaborated.
The statement argues the current result is not unusually scandalous and attributes any perception to shifting human nature rather than the events themselves. It suggests a need for cautious interpretation of social behavior and public reaction.
An important hearing is to be given today at the State House on the proposed constitutional amendment for biennial elections of State officers and Legislature members. The subject has been debated long, and the Legislature is urged to complete action begun last year to relieve annual election strain and improve legislation. Public opinion remains unchanged since the 1890 resolution.
The retirement of Senator Ine Galls is portrayed as a deserved consequence of a party loss in Kansas and a shift by a new monetary faction. He is depicted as a demagogue with no real political principles, whose eighteen years yielded no lasting policy or notable achievement. The piece condemns his rhetoric and questions his private character, concluding that his removal may allow his domestic virtues to flourish elsewhere.
The Transcript reports President Harrison plans to use patronage to vex rival senators who opposed the force bill. A Washington dispatch says talks with Pennsylvania delegation discuss allotment of spoils in a vacant district, framing public office as a tool of political retaliation.
A government row unfolds as the President defends his stance against party policy while Pennsylvanians rebuke Mr Cameron for opposing his party. Delegates urge censure and resignation, accusing lawmakers of treachery and of treating the judiciary as spoils to be allocated for political action.
A tall man with a long beard is chosen mainly by the Farmers Alliance and secondarily by the Kansas Legislature to succeed Senator Ingalls. W. A. Peffer, a 60-year-old former lawyer, Union Army veteran, and journalist, is described as of high moral worth but poor political judgment. He advocates free coinage of silver, government loans on real estate, and the Alliance warehouse scheme, and has shifted his tariff stance. The piece laments the farmers’ choice and calls Peffer an ignorant fanatic, while noting he may be an improvement in Washington.
The New York World questions who among recent decade actors rivals SAugrat and Bern Harpr. It cites Bowry Boorn and Madame Janauschek as two examples who have delivered brilliant performances within the last ten years.
The piece notes Paris authorities dictate withdrawal of the play Thermidor as public sentiment shifts. It urges Mr. Sarpon not to lose heart and to seek production opportunities in this country, suggesting persistence despite the setback.
The article notes a strongly republican stage tone with readers sympathizing with royalty, mentions Mrs. James Brown Porrier's forthcoming book described as racy, and compares it to Ward McAllister’s hopeful volume. It reports Chicago World’s Fair groundwork beginning with the first stake and spadeful of earth, and references the tire alarm suspension and reliance on church bells.
In Boston, workers remove a large elm bough on Tre mont street mall near West street after storms weakened it, a prudent measure to protect the row. Captain Daniel H. Barstow, a respected New England ship captain, is remembered for his era of commerce and Marine life. Dr. Durgin’s lecture on healthy homes urges carpets as disease vectors, praising rugs for easier cleaning. Funeral for Judge Curtis leaves mourners reflecting on death and its indiscriminate reach.
A letter to the Post argues housekeeping is a business, not charity, and must be regulated by true business principles. It urges high standards, prompt wages, and demanding good work for fair pay, noting the housekeeper should safeguard the home and set personal boundaries in employer relations.
Washington January 28 The British Government's argument in the Behring Sea case was completed in the United States Supreme Court and the matter now rests with the court for decision.
A detailed review of Eliot Hubbard’s recital at Chickering Hall with soprano Mrs. Seabury Ford and Clayton Johns as accompanist. The program spans multilingual pieces from Schumann, Brahms, Henschel, and Delibes, noting Hubbard’s voice as temperamented yet limited and Ford’s strong diction and expressive range. The piece highlights the challenges of setting songs to voice, the value of English translations, and the audience's strong applause for Hubbard’s artistry.
Baritone Heinrich Meyn presented a varied hour long recital at Steimert Hall aided by pianist Howard F. Peirce and violinist Jacques Hoffmann. The program featured Schumann Lieder, Loewe ballad and Saint-Saëns Rondo capriccioso among others. Meyn expressed with feeling in the Schumann cycle and Loewe ballad, while Peirce’s Liszt study and Hoffman’s Saint-Saëns portion drew praise for accuracy and nuance.
Mr Krehbiel lectures on Wagner's Nibelungen at Steinert Hall this afternoon. Boston Symphony Orchestra performs at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge with Beethoven Egmont Overture Schubert in A and Schumann A minor concerto featuring Carl Faellen. Rummel pianoforte seat sales begin at Steinert's. Recital programs include Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky, Bulow, Choene Fe Polonaise and more. De Pachmann pianoforte recital at Chickering Hall on Tuesday afternoon features Chopin works.
The February Scribner's Magazine review highlights Livingstone portraits, Keltie's Africa piece, and Michetti and Neapolitan art comments. It praises Kenyon Cox reproductions and Sir Edwin Arnold's Japonica letter on Japanese people, with plates of Mount Washington in Winter and a portrait of Karia Ghunigi. Essays include Stoddard on autographs, Wood on The Story of an Old Beau, Stockton's The Water Devil, and charming verses. A long Cravenace La Baron Briggs charade spoof appears, with editor’s note and answers later in the magazine.
The Forum highlights diverse essays and notes on public affairs and literary figures. It reviews Senator Carlisle on surpluses fading like thin clouds, Godkin on the Emin Relief Expedition, and sketches Formative Influences of Mr. Gildersleeve and Walter Lewin. It also gathers miscellaneous items, jokes, and social snatches from contemporary periodicals, with lively asides on culture and history.
L F Austin recaps pleasant reminiscences of Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes from the New Review. Holmes jokes about health and age and warns young admirers that asking after his health is a bad omen for them. He quips about misread maps and nine townships seen from a window.
Reflections discuss the book The Senator Elect from Kansas by Peffer. It notes the line The way out was written to lead into the mint and mentions Ingalls as the clever one who seems to have taken the hint.
A tribute to Dennis Miller Bunker, praising his evolving studio craft from coast scenes to upland color studies. The essay lauds his mastery of color values, tender tones, and truthful portrayal, noting portraits by John S. Sargent as first in American school and highlighting works like Jessica and A Girl in White.
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