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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1886

Page

2

Granville’s Retirement Shapes Liberal Leadership Prospects

The retirement of Earl Granville from public life is unlikely to alter English party balance. Rosebery is poised to assume leadership in the House of Lords, likely proving a match for Salisbury in upcoming debates and potentially succeeding Gladstone.

Earl Granville House of Lords Mr. Gladstone Lord Rosebery Marquis of Salisbury

Blocking the Blacklist and Tax Saving Question

The author opposes employer blacklists used against strikers and boycotters. He criticizes stopping interest on bonds as a misdirected tax relief, noting years of reduced interest without tax cuts and questioning who benefits from preserving costly public works while taxes remain high. The Sun opposes tax reductions tied to such interest savings.

United States

Senate to Hear Petitions on Evidence and Witnesses

A historical critique argues the Senate must permit petitioners to present evidence and issue process to secure witnesses. Refusal to listen would imply seats are subject to sale by millionaires as a compliment to a friend. The dispute centers on whether to heed Mr Hoar's decision before or after his change of mind.

Senate Hoar Frye

Senate Cuts River Harbor Bill By One Quarter

The Senate whittled an $18 million river and harbor bill by 25 percent fearing a veto and sent it forward. Critics say the move preserves wasteful projects and phrases like the Hennepin canal as a costly start toward $7 million overall, despite reductions. The House now faces the display of political maneuvering and possible further changes before a presidential decision.

Senate House Hennepin Canal

Salisbury’s coalition cabinet offer gains credibility

The report that Salisbury may form a coalition cabinet with Liberal Unionists seems likelier than him yielding the premiership to Hartington. A three or four Liberal lineup is debated, with Chamberlain’s availability doubtful. A formal coalition hinges on Conservative majorities and dissenting Liberal attitudes, while Irish policy remains unresolved amid Home Rule pressures from Chamberlain, the Whigs, and anti Gladstonites.

Lord Salisbury Lord Hartington Henry James Goschen Mr. Gladstone Chamberlain

Boycott Hit Ebret Brewer Over Trial Testimony

The Post recalls a boycott aimed at Ehret a prominent New York brewer whose testimony helped convict defendants in a notable trial. Ten men visited a Third Avenue saloon and ordered beer but declared they refused Ehret's brew, leaving the tab unpaid. Many saloonkeepers removed Ebret beer signs and vowed to switch breweries.

Post Theiss New York Ehret Barrett Ebret New York Times Third Avenue George Ebret

Boycott Denounced as Brewers Stand With Ehret Case

A labor meeting denounces the boycott against Mr Ehret amid protests from 500 of his employees to the Central Labor Union. Brewers unite to back Ehret against paycotters aiming to extort money or force him out, while New York courts face responsibility to punish the conspiracy.

Central Labor Union Brewers’ Association Ehret Theiss

Walter Besant Helps Open The People's Palace In London East End

The People's Palace in London's east end owes much to Walter Besant the novelist who described such a resort in his story Al Sorts and Conditions of Men and has worked to turn the fictional ideal into a real institution for the poor.

People’s Palace East End London Sunday Review Walter Besant

New York Tribune Criticizes English Press Tone

The New York Tribune claims the English press never credits America unless forced to and notes that this stance mirrors the attitude of party organs including the Tribune toward the administration.

The New York Tribune America Tribune

New York Citizenship Triggers Pythias Reference

Washington correspondent reports William A. Simmons now registers as a New York citizen while traveling. The poet Squire, now a New Yorker of authority, is linked to Simmons role as a Pythias to his Damon. If J Lawrence Sullivan follows, the nation’s grief would overflow.

Washington William A. Simmons New York Squire New Yorker Simmons Pythias Damon J. Lawrence Sullivan

Critique of Washington Coverage on a Cranky Congressman

A Washington correspondent described the congressman as alert and clear headed and a strong civil service reformer and advocate of a sound currency. The evening contemporary’s diehard tone is criticized for lacking decency in reporting a member lying sick with a dangerous illness.

Congress Washington

Temp swings mark Fort Keogh range in meteorology

A Fort Keogh Mont report notes 120 degrees in the shade and winter winds that drop to 60 degrees below zero, illustrating an extraordinary 180 degree range. The remark riffs on the old Fort Yuma joke about heat and blankets, highlighting unusual climate extremes in the region.

Fort Keogh Mont Fort Yuma Yuma

Cadets Praise Hingham as Watering Place

The Cadets are greatly impressed with Hingham’s qualifications as a water ing place. The observations highlight the town as a suitable resort and potential site for rest and refreshment during their travels.

Hingham

Opinion Clippings Spur Debate On Governing Issues

A collection of editorials argues over Congress tariff policy river and harbor funding and temperance politics. Columns from Manchester Union Worcester Spy New Haven Register Springfield Union Philadelphia Times Boston Post Providence Journal Springfield Republican Portland Advertiser Charleston News and Courier Mobile Register Philadelphia Press urge prudence in spending and caution against partisan leverage while noting public support or doubt for policies and leaders.

Stage Life of Mary Anderson Proves Miss Anderson a Gypsy Ideal

A critical look at William Winter’s The Stage Life of Mary Anderson argues that the book is a lavish, untempered tribute. The reviewer notes excessive praise, calls the prose a gush, and questions whether the volume offers genuine criticism or mere adulation of Miss Anderson and her career.

Miss Anderson Mr. Winter Mary Anderson Rosalind Charlotte Cushman George J. Coombes

The Head Station a novel of Australian life review

A critical notice of Mrs. Campbell Praed s The Head Station. The reviewer faults the book for lacking personal experience despite lively English heroine Gretta and two lovers. It echoes Geoffrey Hamlyn while praising a single memorable passage about Widderin and the Derby. New York edition 1886.

Geoffrey Hamlyn Campbell- Praed Australia Gretta Campbell- Praea Henry Kingsley Sam Buckley Widderin Sheikh Abdullah Epsom England Ardturas

Largest sale of pictures in city by Scott Leighton to Adams House

Scott Leighton sold eleven paintings to George G Hall of the Adams house including The Three Veterans and The Pas ture. Also offered were The Midnight Arrival and The Trawlers by Walter F Lansil. Paintings to be hung in the Adams House parlors.

Scott Leighton George G. Hall Adams House Leighton Art Club Walter F. Lansil Adams

Magazine of Art August number frontispiece Rossetti engraving

The August issue features Rossetti's En re Ancilla Deemini as frontispiece with mixed reception. It includes extensive reproductions from Gotch, Hale, Michel, Ribot, Dupre, Couture, Monticelli, and Raphaels works, plus studies and Japanese drawings. Articles cover Current Art, The Rapid Spell, Dionysius Sea Faring, Animals in Decoration, The Royal Academy, The Academy and Rodin, Japanese Pictorial Arts, and more, with W E Henley and J Fulleylove contributing the Poem and Picture.

Magazine of Art Rossetti Eeece Ancilla Deemini Gotch Charles Santley British Society Hale Academy Dionysius Michel Ribot Dupre Coutoure Monticelli New York Raphael Spasimo di Sicilia Christ Cross Meyerheim London Francis Watt Andrew Lang W. J. Nettleship J. Penderel- Brodhurst The Royal Academy Paul Lerdon M. Rodin Williams Thomas Gordon Hake Chronicle of Art and Art Notes

Keppel Buys Entire Le Brun Millet Etching Collection

New York financier Mr. Frederic Keppel purchases the complete Millet etching collection by Le Brun, the only set of its kind. Le Brun spent 32 years compiling it and obtained works from the artist or Sensier, author of a Life of Millet. Keppel owns every unique proof and states, including the one lithograph destroyed after its single proof. he plans a fall exhibition in New York.

Frederic Keppel New York le Brun Millet M. le Brun Sensier Miller Keppel Mr. Keppel

Swinburne’s mixed verdict on Byron and Keats in prose

In Dr. H Stoddard’s New York Mail and Express excerpt, Swinburne’s critique targets Byron and Endymion. He praises prose translation of Childe Harold while denouncing Keats’s Endymion as obscure and bloated. The piece contrasts rhetoric and poetic meter, noting translation’s power and literary missteps.

H. Stoddard N. Y- Mail and Express Algernon Charles Swinburne Encyclopedia Britannica Byron Childe Harold Swinburne Keats Endymion Adonais Blackguard Landor

Cadets Interfered by Rain at Camp Review Day

The First Corps of Independent Cadets faced rain disruptions at camp this week curtailing drills and reducing spectators to under 200. Governor Robinson and staff attended, with afternoon review at 4 PM before officials sailed back to Boston.

Appleton Icknor Dalton Rodney United States Army Whipple and Stearns Wellington King Berry Sixth Regiment Elijah H. George Robinson Boston

Malden Prominent Citizens Back Mayor on Liquor Laws

At Temple of Honor Hall a group of leaders endorsed the mayor for enforcing liquor laws and urged a mass meeting to celebrate his stance against licenses. The drive led to court actions against 24 liquor nuisances and closures for two large saloons. Citizens report water hose fees and possible lawsuits as water board curtails use amid drought fears.

Malden Temple of Honor Hall Barrett Opera House Richards John Ivan Wiliam Wood Michael Stead Nicholas Welch Michael Nash James Boyle William Shanley James McGovern Joseph Ryan Water Board

Boston Turnverein plans Bezirch Turnfest in city Aug 21

The Boston Turnverein prepares for the Bezirch Turnfest in New England starting August 21 for three days. Participating Turnverein groups include Boston, Providence, Worcester, Springfield, Clinton, Manchester, Lawrence and Dedham with a Turn Hall reception, gymnastic exercises, harbor excursion discussion, and a Spy Pond picnic expected to be the grand German celebration in Boston in years.

Boston Turnverein New England Providence Worcester Springfield Clinton Manchester Lawrence Dedham Turn Hall Spy Pond

Expensive Webster Place Street Plan in Charlestown

Public debate centers on laying out Webster place private way. Street commissioners estimate 24600 to complete, common council passes order, aldermen refer back. Extra grade damages funded by loan. likely recommendation for 60000 improvement on property assessed at 45000.

Webster Place Charlestown Board of Aldermen Common Council

Salem Carpenters Weaken Over Ten Hour Battle

Salem carpenters on strike for nine and a half hours a day face wavering as a Builders' Association member, who agreed to nine hours, works ten. Knights of Labor may order a restart to ten hours or the union may return to ten hours. In nearby towns carpenters already work ten hours. The association recently voted to keep a nine to ten hour tie.

Salem Carpenters Builders’ Association Knights of Lebor Associaton Joseph M. Wightman Kilborn Boston Warrenton Street Warren Street Amasa Davia Amos Wells Nathaniel Ireland Emily Goodridge

Quotations and quips from city papers across humor and satire

A mosaic of short items from diverse papers includes witty asides on Ruskin and Burns, notes on Chicago nine stealing bases, jests about wine and dogs, and sketches of Paris aristocrats wood carving, New York surgery, and brushfire politics. It weaves clips from Washington Post to Philadelphia Call and Brooklyn Eagle into a single digest.

Chicago Nine Detroit Free Press

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