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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1890
Page
4
Boston plans a paid-free corps of fifty young physicians to visit tenements, report sanitary conditions, advise care, and provide disinfectants. The piece also covers political debates on federal troop use at polls, cloak makers’ strikes, and rail safety concerns across the United States.
The National Tribune backs bigger demands from Grand Army leaders, urging passage of the prisoners of war bill and other pensions. A cost analysis estimates pauper pensions at 50 million yearly and total costs near 2.0 billion, over two thirds of six years of wartime government income.
The lat session of Congress added four new states and captured a Montana senatorial seat, boosting Republican majorities in the Senate from two to ten and, via presidential acts, to fourteen, with seven more votes in the House. The silver inflation vote reflects this shift, signaling broader opposition to eastern conservatism and drawing criticism of party managers.
The essay defends spontaneous Independence Day celebrations while urging moderate limits on firework excesses. It condemns rowdiness but favors education over repression, noting patrols can curb danger. A burst of poison scare from New York ice cream injures many, prompting caution, and Heligoland debate questions scenery and value of cession.
Supreme Court of New York holds a stable keeper who withholds a known dangerous habit of a horse is liable for injuries. The keeper said the horse was safe, but the court ruled the customer should have been informed. The note on English postal jubilee shows labor demands, while bond issuers stress gold coin payments. It critiques Congress on honesty of financial terms.
The Springfield Union cites a maxim about party politics and honesty, notes Pennsylvania Republicans applying it, and tells of a German cornet player who killed himself to avoid seeing painted faces. The piece serves as a stark warning on the dangers of front-row seats and shattered illusions.
Baron Wissmann visits Halle to see his mother while Mrs. Logan visits New York briefly. Walter Webb arrives in New York after a Europe trip. Rosina Vokes and husband sail to England aboard the Britannic with her season to follow in the United States. Miss Vokes plans a short vacation before touring. Rev H Mabie accepts a western secretaryship with the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society based in Chicago. Dr Talmage’s income totals substantial sums from church, publishing, journals, lectures and writings. Lillian Blanche Fearing, Union College of Law Chicago senior, is blind yet excels. her mother aids her daily. Henry M Stanley’s first American appearance set for Nov 11 at the Metropolitan Opera House to benefit the Fresh Air and Convalescent Home at Summit NJ. Marquis Tseng receives posthumous honors as Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. Richard Stoddard marks 75th birthday with a reception and a forthcoming talk on old English poetry at Greenfield summer colony. Next Tuesday Stoddard will present a new talk on the same subject.
A letter argues the lobby is an excrescence in the body politic and should be abolished not regulated. It asserts lobby influence breeds corruption and blackmail, and that voters should purge legislature by rejecting candidates backed by the lobby, empowering the people to select men of integrity.
An 1890 Boston letter argues police should not carry clubs openly, claiming constant exposure breeds brutality. It urges placing clubs out of sight to reduce abuse and curb barbaric conduct by officers.
A Boston columnist urges a restrained Fourth of July celebration focusing on enduring principles of independence rather than loud fireworks. He critiques the Public Garden decorations as artificial and distracting, praises the garden’s broader color displays, and recalls Dr. Tucker Tuckerman’s funeral at St. Paul’s Church, noting his American musical contributions and loyalty to Boston.
Tomorrow's celebration in Salem begins at 7 am with a parade along a long route from the western gate through Washington square Winter Bridge Pleasant Isex Turner Derby Union Harbor Lafayette Leach to Orne and back to Washington square where an ovation will be given. At 11 am a boat race on the North River precedes three engrainments at Mechanic Hall. Afternoon shows, a band concert, and the square illuminated by arc lights complete the program.
John W. Nowell of Flint Me. whose store burned May 24 was arraigned at Saco yesterday on the charge of arson. He gave bonds for his appearances next Wednesday.
The July issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics from Harvard opens with Edward Cummings on cooperative production in France and England, tracing growth and failure causes and suggesting profit sharing as a future form. It also covers The Residual Theory of Distribution by Frederick Hawley, Horace White on The Silver Situation, a biographical sketch of Fréderic LePlay by H. Higgs, and notes on Goschen’s English debt conversion scheme.
The July Universalist Quarterly opens with a critique of doctrinal theft rather than clerical copyright issues. Notable pieces include MacLane on Early Documents in British History and Knight on the Theology of Matthew Arnold, with Homiletic Review featuring sermon and expository sections. An article honors Samuel Moley, English philanthropist, by Rev. Dr. Ludiow.
The July Harvard Monthly opens with Professor Josiah Royce on a neglected study of modern English literature in a philological spirit. He criticizes superficial criticism that ignores scholarly ideals and warns against glow-worm excesses by young critics. The remainder features several creditable undergraduate contributions.
St Nicholas returns with a July number packed with stories and pictures for youth. Notable items include E J Glave's Six Years in the Wilds of Central Africa and Walter Camp's baseball installment. Mrs Pennell writes Cycling with illustrations by Mr Pennell. the issue also presents stories poems and other engaging material.
The Outing July edition offers cheerful travel essays and sketches by contributors. It covers health and pleasure rambles to Carthage and Tunis, Europe, Yellowstone Park, and western regions. Illustrations vary, but the magazine generally serves its periodical niche.
Literary notices list Putnam Sons forthcoming titles including the second volume of Heroes of the Nation on Gustavus Adolphus by C A Fletcher and The Jews Under the Romans by W Douglas Morrison, plus science, history, and poetry works, translations, and a new Shakspere Society series. Many items are announced with authors, series, publishers, and dates.
A collage of anecdotes and oddities from New Orleans to New York. A German shepherd on Ellis Island, a seven foot barbecue pie in Columbus, Ga, and a catacomb inscription in South Russia accompany notes on Herbert Ward, a broom man in Union Square, and waiter tipping manners.
Springfield Republican reports Clarkson argues the Republicans seek empire, declaring their victory would bound the republic by salt water. The editorial urges his immediate return to the capital.
The platform calls for tariff reform ballot reform tax reform civil service reform and opposes corruption. It argues Pattison is a strong yet questioned choice while warning that party foes will rely on the force bill and McKinley tariff to influence November results. The varied editorials praise Pattison or critique the Democratic stance amid Pennsylvania politics.
Reports to Bradstreet's show 5466 mercantile failures in the United States in the first six months of the year, down from 6918 in the same period last year. Aggregate liabilities reach 62,667,962 with assets of 30,025,116, compared to last year's 67,411,711 liabilities and 32,803,940 assets.
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