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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1891
Page
5
Amusements column lists Poday at Boston Musicum Tremont near Scollay square at 8 PM. Amphitheatre Huntington Avenue presents Last Days of Pompeii at 8. Mystic Park Medford holds a July meeting with timings 2 27 and 2 30 clauses.
A New York faction of Republicans contemplates dropping the McKinney tariff issue as the party's failing issue. With the field diminishing, commentators warn the party may abandon the vulnerable plank, effectively leaving the political ship as it sinks.
The Boston Journal reports confusion over who authored the anonymous summing up. A note by Mr Lopee denying writing the reply to the secretary of the Republican Club was accidentally printed under E W Burpett signature. The piece urges printing Burpert’s real letter to clarify authorship and expose motives behind partisan criticism.
The critic warns that Wanamaker’s mail subsidy plan requires a large government ad spend and a debt-backed expansion, including about 30 million dollars to build new vessels. Without this investment, profits may go to existing favored lines, signaling the start of a broader subsidy policy.
In a New York interview returning from Europe, ex Headsman of the Post Office J S Clarkson describes widespread misery and squalor he witnessed among peasants. He argues free trade would temper conditions, contrasting German hardship with protectionist policy, noting rising bread and potato prices and bankruptcies. He criticizes Clarkson for not touring more of Germany to learn about distress under protectionism.
Comptroller Mryrxzs of New York writes to Superintendent Porter to address errors in Census Bulletin No 82. He notes that county and city expenditures were not separated and that extraordinary costs reimbursed by citizens are lumped with city totals. He also says salary expenditures have been counted twice.
In a summary, Mr Miyers shows New York ordinary expenditures are 27 million instead of 49 million and per capita spending is 1779 rather than 3230. The Post noted Boston census errors. Porter’s New York blunders mirror prior misstatements. Partisanship alleged, but incompetence deemed likelier.
A London gathering at the Hotel Metropole honors the adoption of the International Copyright Law. Lord Monkswell chairs a discussion praising U S progress, while Minister Lincoln critiques English policy. The event aims to strengthen cordial ties between British and American authors and supporters.
The British House of Commons likely bids farewell to W H Smith as leader. Sm ith’s quirks earned Old Morality. successors include Goschen Hartingveron Chamberlain and Hicks-Bhacu, with Hicks-Bgacu favored if available. The piece weighs party support, popularity, and possible promotions.
The Ohio Democratic convention report on free coinage narrows the margin as a sign of strength, with Governor Campbell not listed among silver inflationists. Washington dispatches note leadership remains in safe hands, while business leaders in Boston show mixed sentiments and urge strong opposition to silver inflationism. The piece argues that free coinage alone will not appease inflationists and warns against political immorality showcased at Cleveland.
A New York Tribune defense of James G. Blaine depicts him as a composite statesman equal to Webster Marcy and Seward. The piece lauds his diplomacy at Berlin Rome and London, and praises Pan American aims, while noting lingering questions about credit and prior diplomacy by Bayard and others.
The piece argues against debasing currency via silver acts and free coinage, labeling inflationists and endorsing sound finance. It compares Republican and Democratic positions on silver production and minting, urging opposition to both free coinage and sub-treasury schemes as imprudent economic policy.
The piece observes writers crossing into new genres and notes Jeroms K Jeroms departs from his comic roots with the diary style. It questions editors incentives and quotes a friend asking Jerome to write sensibly about Germany and the Oberammergau Passion Play.
A long critique covers Jerome's works New Lamps for Old and In Stage Land, praising wit and satire while faulting sentimentality in The Diary of a Pilgrimage. It notes German subject matter, reactions to German women, and comedy versus dignity, then touches beaver farming in Georgia, grip contagion, wife beating incidents, a costly New York wife, and a Halifax iceberg news roundup.
Pompeii hosted about 8000 spectators for a Press Night with firework designs themed to the event. A portrait of Mr. Haskell, president of the Press Club, appeared in colored flame and a design urged the boys not to boil copy that evening. The panto mime impressed, and the artist Mr. Paine staged fireworks rivaling London Crystal Palace displays. Tonight is Grand Army night with portraits of General Grant and Commander-in-Chief Veazey to be shown in fireworks.
Police in Division 1 surrounded a Commercial Street house to capture the escaped convict Lynch but found no one matching his description. Inmates stated no man answering Lynch’s description had been seen nearby.
Fire Commissioners named permanent substitutes in the city fire department to begin duties this morning. John F. Doolin to Engine Company 38 P F Shaw to 31 HM Hebard to 7 J F Tracy to 21 and G J Foster to 17 are assigned to new posts.
A collage of misc items from the Chicago Post and other papers including celebrity quips about Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Jay Gould, notes on London's music hall profits, humorous exchanges, and a joke exchange. It mentions the Growler department, earthquake quips, and a Dame-like wit. Also covers copyright law celebration in London, a Minnehaha nickname push for Minneapolis and St Paul, and Loyal Legion fundraising plans plus London Times ownership details.
The piece argues that prior British support counted little against continental battles and subsidies to Napoleon's foes. Today the governing classes have been overwhelmed by working mass representatives. Parliament now favors peace unless invasion threats arise, seeking liberty to work and tax relief, making war on sentimental pretexts unlikely.
The Philadelphia Record reports on Democratic platform debates noting free coinage and income tax clauses, praising the convention for adopting silver policies by a narrow majority while criticizing the minority report and calling the shift toward cheap silver a departure from honest money and true Democratic principles.
The Philadelphia Times criticizes Ohio Democrats for backing free coinage of light-weight dollars, arguing the policy would make cheap silver the monetary standard and hurt Ohio most. It says the party should be as honest on money as on other issues, and likens them to their opponents.
The Cleveland Convention exposed a division in sentiment on silver within the Democratic Party. The split is seen as the sole weak point in the party's position, arising from how the convention addressed the issue.
In the Hartford Courant note on a recent tragedy gymnast Hanlon risked and lost his life. The piece argues that in a more civilized twentieth century such dangerous displays will be barred by law.
The Industrial World reports Dr H Fielden Briggs of Torquay tested a new electrical method for extracting teeth. He describes severe shock and pain, arguing the device offers no real advantage over existing anesthetics and questions its usefulness for all patients.
In Boston the writer notes heat and fatigue, attributes much suffering to imprudence and modern life, and suggests causes from overeating to sun exposure. He mocks July August idleness, jokes about regulations, laments animal care, and observes restaurant ads promoting food with little profit, ending with musings on weekly moods and Friday pleasures. TAVERNER.
Personalities and events span literature, finance, and royalty. Mrs J P Sutherland aka Dorothy Lundt to contribute to a McKay book on William Warren. Andrew Carnegie eyeing Farraline properties as a Highland laird. President Harrison nearing Saratoga and Vermont visit with Proctor and Edmunds, with Bennington Centennial on Aug 19. the Duke and Duchess of Fife in Brighton daily, Duchess in Bath chair, Duke on guard. William Lidderdale hailed as savior of Baring Bros, Scots-born 59, London Bank of England director for over two decades.
July 16 local bulletin quotes Pension Commissioner Raum saying he will hurry through and dump 350000 original cases on agencies nationwide before year end. He asserts big clerk force can be reduced afterward and orders have been issued to implement the plan. General Raum endorses the scheme.
A severe thunderstorm swept Providence and nearby areas causing property damage but no deaths. Lightning struck several sites including Sabin's Point boarding house owned by Mrs. Barry, shattering trees and injuring three people, with two still recovering. Quimby’s barn at Greenwood burned, and his cupola was damaged. total loss estimated around $3000. Nearby Hill's Grove saw a shock hit Quimby’s son-in-law’s house, stunning residents.
The First Corps of Cadets enjoy ideal weather as Governor Russell, Adjutant-General Dalton, and staff review the corps. Guard duty, rifle practice, and undress battalion drill impress visitors. 209 cadets remain, with Major Rogers commanding the battalion drill and Col Edmonds praised for guard training.
In Salem a probate suit seeks $10,000 against J George Little with sureties Amos Downing and John Poor. An arrest action targets Lewis Page for alleged advertising contract fraud totaling about $200. The yacht Clara and Annie S collide in Marblehead Harbor. Clara loses bowsprit, Annie S loses awning. James Reynolds gets four months for drunkenness. Naumkeag Street Railway gains pole rights in Marblehead for a single trolley system by August 15. Essex Electric workers halted turnout work after safety guard wire issue.
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