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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1889
Page
4
Doston Post condemns the Postmaster General’s plan to cut government telegram rates to one tenth of previous levels. The paper argues grants of telegraph rights were for nation building and communication, not to exempt the government from paying fair charges for services.
MAHONE of Virginia uses patronage from Mr. HARRISON to shore up his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The convention is set for the 20th next month, with time and membership shaping it into a MANoNnr convention. Nomination may shift party unity as alienated factions grow alongside a southern Republican protective effort backed by the administration.
The effort to reach a compromise at Homestead Steel Works is praised as creditable to the workers. It suggests Mr Carnegie should have his managers aid employees in finding a workable basis to settle the dispute. The piece notes criticisms of philanthropy claims linked to his offer to spend 1.5 million to force a 20 percent wage cut and connects this to his alleged contributions to Quay’s political fund.
The Journal reprints a delayed letter from a correspondent addressing trade with South America and the broader issue of commerce. It contrasts prohibitive tariffs and subsidized steamship lines with learning by experience and urges illumination of the commercial side beyond partisan framing.
A Post reader protests a reference linking Mr Rupert Lincoln to past ministers and assigns blame for a sneer at Mr Lincoln. The letter defends Lincoln’s selection as minister to Great Britain as a matter of lineage rather than merit, noting his upright character despite the association.
The speaker argues that the current Lincoln position has been held by men of proven statesmanship and learning. Previous successors Adams Motley Lowell and Phelps are cited as upholding this tradition. Lincoln bears a great name but adds no new luster, reflecting poorly on the President for the contrast.
A lengthy analysis questions the reported abdication of Premier Blaine as a mid-summer fancy rumor in Washington. It examines health, cabinet friction, and Blaine's influence over patronage, arguing his continued control would shape a lasting settlement of railroad policy through possible combinations versus free competition.
The West faces a renewed railroad crisis as the presidents’ fragile modus vivendi appears moribund. Reports indicate a revived plan first proposed two years ago to form a railroad trust, aiming to secure the scheme’s ends amid mounting tension and interlocking interests.
A government suit against American Bell questions patent validity and fraud in obtaining the Bell patent. The Supreme Court left undecided whether Drawbaugh’s priority could defeat Bell, leaving a split among justices and shaping the case’s strategy. The defense argues no fraud and challenges priority while Bell seeks to limit testimony to fraud.
A Boston editorial reflects on Eastern Yacht Club races with Mayflower Fortuna and Gitana, urges support for smaller boats, and recalls Warren family history at Roxbury's Warren House. It notes Joseph Warren and General Warren, a fire of antiquarian memory, and laments the coming removal of the Auchmuty house for a new business building.
Mrs Langtry sails for Europe on Saturday. The Persian minister sails from New York to Havre. Dr Edward Everett Hare and wife stay at Winter Harbor for a week. George Kennan, the Siberian explorer, at Cape Breton for summer. Miss Mary Shaw, Shaksperian actress, at home in Boston. The King of Denmark to attend Princess Louise and the Earl of Fife wedding. Mrs Dallas, once Miss Glyn, dies. Philip James Bailey releases fiftieth anniversary edition of Festus. Mr Gladstone declines liberal offer to write a political romance. Grave of Mrs Tyler near James River close to Monroe’s grave. Miss Bancroft bruised after a Newport horse accident. Professor Palmer and wife to return in September to Cambridge. Grand Duke Constantine, Czar’s cousin, publishes book of poems. Kendals give farewell London performance, receive enthusiastic reviews. Secretary Proctor returns to Washington with son and secretary after illness. American delegates at Paris Women’s Congress. May Sedual and Greenwood Smith speak. Miss Eleanor Gilbert Beal rests at West Roxbury after stage season. Herr Von Hortig Kruger settles in New Haven as editor. Queen Victoria relaxes standing rule on divorced women at drawing rooms with permission. Baroness de Fahnenburg’s will contested in Louisville. charity bequests to Lexington, Ky homestead for white Protestants. Frederick Taylor, 87, Royal Society president, dies. noted water color painter with Highland and rural scenes. contributed to 1831 exhibitions and painted works with Scott’s themes.
Thomas Lowry of Minneapolis stated that Senator Washburn of Minnesota faced temporary embarrassment due to political duties but quickly converted securities to meet maturing obligations. He declared Washburn financially sound and of high integrity willing to sacrifice all assets to pay debts in full.
The Baltimore Sun reports a rainy day kept the presidential family indoors. The President reviewed cases before the Justice Department. later ex Senator Davis guided him on a drive with Secretary Windom and Halford. Windom supports cabinet meetings from Deer Park while Halford offers travel to keep current on public business.
A blaze at the Shales and May furniture factory on Newman and Dorchester streets damaged the two story wooden building and its $18,000 to $20,000 stock plus $10,000 in machinery. About 25 cabinet makers and 18 carvers faced losses as alarms from multiple boxes tracked the blaze. Damage total estimated 12,000 to 18,500 with insured portions. Firemen saved the Dorchester street end and two alarms followed for separate small fires nearby.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from early 20th century papers features seances sailors and clever quips. It highlights Alexander Graham Bell on child speech, Phunny man humor, and a portrait of Hubert Herkomer as a versatile artist and designer excelling in painting, engraving, architecture, music, writing, and stage work.
Lightning struck the Consolidated Oil Company tanks in Sr. JosEpuy Missouri, causing a fire that destroyed the tanks. Loss is listed at 75000 dollars with insurance coverage noted.
The August Atlantic will feature Mr. Lowell’s five page poem How I Consulted the Oracle of the Gold Fishes. Bellamy’s Looking Backward German translation by Rabbi Solomon Schindler appears from Houghton Mifflin. Harriet Beecher Stowe biography by her son to be issued by Riverside Press. James Dwight on lawn tennis to contribute to Scribner’s with photo studies. Charles Dudley Warner Studies in the South and West, with Canada chapter. Miss Jewett contributes Dan’s Wife to Harper’s Bazar. Scribner’s August frontispiece portraits Lord Tennyson. two articles on his birthday. Pennells’ Our Journey to the Hebrides in Harper’s and other items.
London letter notes Augustine Birrell emerging as a young Gladstonian figure. He has authored Obiter Dicta and lectured on Gibbon, with a late marriage to Lionel Tennyson’s widow. Morley’s praise and patronage may have helped his West Fife bid and imminent Commons entry.
London Despatch reports Robert Browning’s fierce apostrophe to Edward Fitzgerald amid a new memoir of Fitzgerald and unprinted letters. The Atheneum prints Browning’s lines and editorial remarks condemn the vulgarity and defend Fitzgerald.
Newark July 14 arrangements are under way to form a leather syndicate or trust with the city as the center for patent leather. Nine tenths of this country’s patent leather is produced here. Preliminary steps are being taken to have the trust ready to operate upon the return of George A Halsey or Samuel Howell from Europe.
New Haven July 14 Mamie Doolan 12 daughter of Christopher Doolan drowned in the Housatonic River at Birmingham while playing in a boat. Boys pushed the craft toward the dam and urged her to jump. They could not rescue her.
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