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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1891
Page
4
Bostox Mustery Tremont Street near Scollay Square shows Last Days of Pompeii at Niobe. Ampuitnavarre Huntington Avenue presents 8 o clock showings.
A New York police commissioner declares that a club is a defender for officers only used to protect from bodily harm in a good cause. He argues citizens have rights too and urges this view be remembered by the force and public alike.
A brilliant naval officer, Lieutenant Mines, must retire due to color blindness. Secretary Tracy considered retention given past service, but the law dictates retirement to avoid setting dangerous precedents. The piece argues laws serve the general good, preferring the officer’s retirement over risking disqualifications for others.
Reports of riotous demonstrations against foreigners in China and killings of missionaries emerge from multiple sources. Lieutenant Commander Marriton notes that Chinese oppose religion and that natives are troubled where missionaries are stationed, with a general outbreak against foreigners. The piece discusses reciprocity and U S policy amid anti Chinese sentiment and the Exclusion Act.
Minister Annorr reports to the State Department that Colombia regards the international railroad project with great favor and interest. Manufacturing is limited and agriculture is backward, with Indians weaving cloth, straw mats made, and hats produced in small amounts.
The article notes enterprising locals backing an international railroad under Minister Albett, with discussions on routes. Some believe the main terminus lies in Colombia and advocate swift steamship connections from New York and New Orleans. Anbott outlines a Magdalena River to Andes route, envisioning vast future commerce.
The New York Tribune reports Senator Sherman held a private talk with Governor Foraker amid rumors of factional intrigue in Ohio. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette urges Republicans to avoid a split that could cost McKinley the Senate race, praising Sherman’s past statesmanship while condemning Foraker and the party’s drift.
Twenty six Hayti residents travel from Port au Prince to New York and are interviewed about the country. M Firmin, former minister in Hippo lytre’s cabinet, offers general comments chiefly on the boundary dispute and customs payments. He declines to discuss the massacres, hinting many deaths since May 28 were...
A brief dispatch discusses private quarrels and a massacre allegedly instigated by the government. Ministers blame malcontents and question the republic's openness, noting officials refused to publish full information. The piece laments fear of retribution for views and summarizes Mayai HiproLyTre era policies.
The War Office cites quasi education as a fault in soldiers, contrasting with the Seventh Regiment of New York noted for discipline and initiative. Frederick Remington lauds their steady, soldierlike conduct, urging more education, not less, to strengthen future officers and citizenry.
A New York Daily News city editor faces misdemeanor charges under a new law for publishing accounts of executions at Sing Sing. The statute requires only announcing the fact of execution and forbids details, but many papers published full descriptions and images. Critics warn judges and prosecutors may pursue editors broadly for news coverage.
The piece mocks New Jersey quirks noting Asbury Park and Ocean Grove morality headlines. It references a recent bathing suit outbreak and a Sunday closing movement, with an episode where bathing suits figure prominently in local events.
A columnist riffs on New Jersey seashore dress rules sparked by an Asbury Park incident. A jealous wife accuses a man teaching a woman to swim, while city tightens bathing-suit regulations. The piece links the spat to town factions, Mayor Capulet, and a broader look at local morals.
The piece critiques Mr Woolley’s stance that the Bible bans alcohol and contrasts it with Greek scholarship on oinos. It also comments on Mrs A W advocating pipes, and defends a wife’s spending rights. A London lecture by Guapy Eveyn is noted as highly eloquent.
Adolph D. Pape filed two libels for 5000 dollars each plus funeral expenses in District Court on behalf of Michael Hayes administrator of Cornelius Hayes and Maggie Regan administratrix of Willie Regan. Hayes and Regan were removing dynamite from the steamship G. R. Booth at her South Brooklyn dock on July 14 when an explosion killed both men instantly.
Varied items note Newport hosting a flower show with incoming spring buds. New Orleans to inaugurate a paid fire department. political speakers in Ohio backing Governor Campbell. The piece also mentions urban culture, travel, and light social quips from periodicals and jokes.
The Springfield Republican critiques the Alliance borrowing scheme, likening it to Micawber. It argues the plan lures debtors with very low rates and contingent repayment, prompting farmers to borrow beyond their needs to cover old loans, risking deeper debt and long term burdens.
Doubt rises whether shipping men will take the Government offer. If they act wisely, contracts for ten years may be closed, making lines self sustaining and subsidies pure profit. Neglect could end the chance, as future Congresses may discard subsidies and delay profits.
A Harper's Weekly editorial critiques Republican leaders in Pennsylvania and Connecticut for party tricks and dishonesty to argue against supporting McKinley tariff candidates. It condemns the idea of protecting high tariffs as just or American and questions the loyalty of Republican elites.
After months of public confidence in the McKinley era the Evening Post notes the iron trade’s collapse. It argues the measure failed to deliver promised prosperity and calls the period the worst in iron trade history, reflecting broader economic trouble.
A letter to the editor from A. M. Bripaman in Boston on July 23, 1891, corrects the club meeting narrative. The by laws were referred to a five member committee and unanimously adopted without debate. The session lasted about an hour with a twenty minute wait for the committee report. No discussion occurred on affairs of State or grave matters.
In Boston the summer crowds pass a nearly blind fiddler on Washington Street opposite the Old South. The writer notes the fiddler’s lack of income, imagines a penny could sustain him, and proposes humane charity. He then praises the Intelligent Can for warning when a lamp is full and muses on applying its principle to social virtues like temperance. A minister’s half price ticket to Harmony prompts reflections on ministers and Cambridge divinity students.
PK. M. Boston July 23 reports on the Workhouse Infirmary Nursing Association efforts to replace pauper helpers with trained nurses in almshouse hospitals. The eleventh annual report argues for paid nursing staff, proper training, and probationers, noting 1865 guidance and current directors urging hospital conditions, care quality, and reform to curb improvidence while improving health facilities.
One thousand people will dine at the Casino with two tents for overflow. A special express train from Old Colony Station will carry Governor Russell and guests, stopping at Buzzard's Bay to pickup Mr Cleveland, arriving Sandwich about 11. Speeches from Judge Thacher and notable invited figures will follow. Over 200 guests travel from Boston by a separate train. tickets available at the Young Men's Democratic Club. Governor Russell plans a Sunday stay in Chatham.
Major Von Wissmann earns a papal officer title in the Pius order. A Lake County paintings collection from Hon. Stephen Coleridge’s birth opens in London to praise. East Indian Parsee Bomanji Petit, son of Sir Winshaw Petit, is among visitors. Actor Robert Mantell forms a cricket team with fellow stars to face Staten Island. Chantilly’s chateau and park will gain nation ownership after the current owner’s death, with premier works now on view. A Madeira relic paper-knife bears the legends of D D Porter and W T Sherman, recalled by the American consul wife, linking two famed generals.
A letter defends the Civil Service Record and the Railroad Commissioners against a charge of overstepping authority. It notes differences over legislative intent, cites higher court overturns, and affirms Mr. Crocker’s actions as conscientious and aimed at public safety. Boston author A. H. signs July 23, 1889.
July 23 report from Girnkravrar notes thirteen additional skeletons recovered from the beached hull of the ill fated steamer Utopia. Authorities describe the find as part of ongoing salvage efforts and identification work.
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