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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1894
Page
4
The Post adds a series on wild flowers of America that has aroused sharp public interest among readers, students, workers and thinkers. Its artistic quality and educational value appeal to the most fastidious and stimulate a desire to discover and study field and forest flowers.
In the eighth race the Yankee Vigilant outsailed the Britannia as wind and sea favored the centerboard craft. The Britannia failed to finish after an accident, while Vigilant led by six minutes when the mishap occurred. This race shows weather deciding the contest and reverses the long held view that light winds favor British cutters.
Judge McDaniel of Cambridge District Court refused to enter a complaint against an ice cream dealer who defied Mayor Bancroft’s Sunday delivery ban. The ruling challenges the mayor’s enforcing strategy, argues laws deserve reasonable application, and aims to restore public respect for the legal system.
The Boston Post urges public discussion as the city faces a Tuesday vote on the state act approving subways and elevated lines. It invites Meigs supporters and opponents, subway and surface railroad advocates, and both hopeful and doubtful voices to submit concise letters for publication in the hot midsummer season.
In midsummer, business shows dullness yet glimpses of revival linger in dry goods, as observers link improving activity to tariff bill progress. The hopeful view holds a final settlement is near, though skeptics warn dull times may extend another year.
The speaker claims Croaker is not a true American, failing to recognize the recovery power of American industry and the visible improvements around in these midsummer days.
A speaker argues that labor issues hinge not only on wages and hours but on human needs and mutual obligations. He warns people from both wealthy and poor classes that wealth can slip away and stresses society where all gain together. If every man lived these ideas, strikes and lockouts would vanish.
President Cleveland yesterday affixed his signature to the enabling Utah statehood bill, adding the forty fifth star. The process begins with drafting a constitution, popular ratification, and elections, but Utah will formally join by late 1895. Governor West is credited with making Utah a state and erasing polygamy.
A Boston column lists residents sailing today from New York to Antwerp aboard Noordland and Germanic. It profiles travellers including F. O. Tobey and Amory Clapp, and notes others headed to Paris such as Joseph Smith and Miss May Yohe, plus local remarks on Echo Bridge travel and public figures like Charley Skelton and Dan Knowlton.
The piece contrasts new deputy superintendents with traditional methods, noting horse and buggy transport for constables and changes in ash removal duties. It highlights Patrick Morrison’s former efficient ash duties versus current neglect under a new supervisor, plus a civic push to address the issue. It also praises Representative Bliss’s reform record and recounts two Boston journalists’ fogbound harbor trip ending with a long walk home.
The infant son of the Duke of York was christened Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David in a private drawing room ceremony at White Lodge. A Windsor Castle gold font bowl held Jordan River water while the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales served as godparents. General A J Pleasanton’s death is momentarily expected as he nears his stated eight years, famed as the blue glass cure promoter associated with the “Blue Grass” label.
F W Bartlett a Cambridge ice cream dealer defied Mayor Bancroft by delivering ice cream on a Sunday. Judge S W McDaniel refused to receive a complaint, citing a Supreme Judicial Court decision on acts of necessity or charity allowed under the Sabbath prohibition. The ruling discusses moral fitness and lists acts considered permissible under exceptions, including clergy, physicians, nurses, and essential services, with examples like carrying mails visiting the sick and attending funerals.
Albany July 17 A sub committee of the constitutional convention on suffrage voted 3 to 2 to report favorably to the full committee Tucker's amendment. The plan is to submit separately to a vote of the people the question of granting women the right to vote.
Peter Cavanaugh attempted to board a freight train at Waltham crossing last night. He fell between the cars and died within minutes from his injuries. He was said to reside in Haverhill.
The Minneapolis trial shows the cruiser averaging 23.07 knots, possibly the fastest, with a $50,000 premium per quarter knot above contract. Ten more contract vessels remain, including Ericsson and Katahdin, but payouts vary by ship and speed beyond guaranteed figures. The Sun notes the speed premium as a protection against capture, while the Navy recalls War of 1812 era cruisers outrunning British ships. The Minneapolis returns to Philadelphia after trials, then proceeds up the Delaware to await flood tide.
To the Editor of the Post a Boston provision clerk argues that clerks in dry goods and related trades work long hours while others close early. He describes 5 am starts, 13 to 20 hour days, limited vacations at personal expense, and urges earlier citywide closing to allow recreation and shared business hours. July 17.
A transparent jelly table centerpiece with an embedded incandescent light is described by the Chicaggy Times as resembling the feeling of a night spent after partaking of it, a vivid and unusual decor concept.
A compiled column of quips and jokes from multiple papers includes playful lines about mailboxes signs and marital banter. It notes an incident where a boat was moved from under a bridge to a nearby piazza and later returned, with residents calling for better police protection. Commodore Torrey reports a foggy, windless voyage for the Winthrop fleet en route to Portland.
An act of vandalism, likely by youths, halted a Boston train at Winthrop Highlands when a large easy chair blocked the tracks. The chair came from Grover Avenue resident Willard N. Chamberlain’s piazza. Early morning neighbors found further mischief nearby.
Letters from Malden and Boston & Maine officials dispute claims of abuse of workingmen's tickets on the Saugus branch. Officials say tickets are valid only on designated trains unless in emergencies, with delays and conduct use explained as standard operations amid the block system. Lawlor's charges are contrasted with official records and statements from conductors and clerks.
The latest naval promotions reveal how former Civil War lieutenants surged ahead after the conflict. Commodore Fyffe moves to rear admiral after four years in the rank, with long service gaps before reaching higher grades. Sicard becomes commodore, Wadleigh to captain, Curtis to commander, each showing swift climbs from lieutenant levels. Curtis alone remained briefly stalled at his old rank after the war.
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