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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1890
Page
4
A Boston observer notes after a shower that revived grass, cleaned vines, and restored color while admiring the city’s skyline viewed from West Boston bridge. He recalls age, social entertainments, vandalism at King's Chapel burying ground, and a series of mistaken identities faced by the writer in daily encounters.
Boston edition reports Mr Blainr’s second letter to Senator Frye criticizing subsidy advocates. He refutes the idea that trade follows the flag and questions using ships to carry outward United States cargoes while limiting inward traffic from Latin America, signaling a nuanced stance on subsidies. The piece notes Mr Beatye’s intent to frame the illustration nonhostile to subsidies, but underscores the clear significance of the argument.
The article analyzes party platform pressure for a service pension bill costing about 1.33 billion dollars and the New York Tribune’s editorials against the plan. It notes mass applications, claims agents earning large fees, and tensions in Connecticut politics over Governor Bulkeley and Lieutenant Governor Merwin amid pension debates.
The passage describes fraudulent schemes around war pensions with agents in Illinois and Washington using partners among editors and pension officials. It notes that agents promise swift pensions for fees, with profits split among pension staff, local agents, and editors, implying a broad conspiracy to harvest $10 per case.
Mr Edward Atkinson writes to the New York Evening Post urging constant action and vigilance to prevent destructive fires. He calls for exhaustive study of the Western Union fire, a full report on its spread, and for owners to reexamine their premises for similar risks with lessons from Boston's fires and mutual insurance success guiding reforms.
The State Secretary reports ongoing correspondence on Behring Sea seal fisheries negotiations. The piece notes Blaine’s aggressive rhetoric but weak, inconsistent effort failing to progress talks, amid clerical errors and disputes with Crown representatives and new leaseholders.
The article argues for a negotiated basis of Behring Sea rights, critiquing Mr Blaine's exclusive jurisdiction theory and urging agreement over conflict. It cites arbitration as a practical tool to avert war, referencing Bayard and the Peace Congress alongside Tennyson’s dream of global federation.
A banquet in London for the International Parliamentary Conference featured speeches by statesmen and jurists arguing arbitration as a practical method to settle disputes. They cited the Alabama Claims and growing peace in Europe, noting armaments deter war while commerce sustains a peaceful balance, and urged nations to submit grievances to tribunals rather than force.
The Baltimore Sun is criticized for undervaluing living writers and praising some antique figures. The piece notes snobbery in Newport’s “freedom of the city” honors and cites a shift in musical touring, then praises General Goswor n as Chicago's fair director. It ends with the Dahomey king seeking peace after defeats.
Corporal Tanner lectures before five Inday school assemblies while Secretary Proctor heads to Washington for a visit to the National Armory at Springfield. Hannibal Hamlin is described as a tireless New England fisherman. Captain Tillman, South Carolina Farmers' Alliance leader, is 43, blind in one eye, taxes on 1800 acres, and runs a dairy with thoroughbred Jerseys.
The Rocky Mountain News is sold to a Republican syndicate backed by Senator Teller Governor Cooper and ex treasury Brisbane owners of the Denver Times for 400000. It will merge with the Times and operate as an evening and morning paper with Republican politics.
The Dramatic Mirror urges managers and actors to back the citizens' movement for fair municipal government. It argues theatres suffer under political extortion and blackmail from officials, and calls theatre professionals to participate in a non partisan, principles based effort to seek honest administration at the ballot box.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court in Concord held session in the Senate chamber with nine candidates sworn in to practise before the courts. Chief Justice Doe issued a lengthy opinion ruling that sex is not a disqualification for bar admission, addressing Mrs. Marilla Ricker of Dover. Exceptions in Sullivan county pauper cases were overruled.
In Boston the Museum remains the lone active theatre sharing patronage with Oakland Garden. Fauvette enters its third week on Monday with strong appeal, while Roland Reed starts his annual engagement on August 18. The fiftieth season opens September 1 with a new melodrama.
A wide slice of theatre chatter and listings from Boston and New York. Mentions upcoming plays and actors including A Divided House, Old Jed Prouty, The Sea King, Beau Brummel, and The Soudan. Notes on dramatic schools, new companies, and anticipated performances with dates, venues, and key figures.
Obituary notices report the death of Portland merchant W H Milliken aged fifty eight at the Parker House from apoplexy. Also announced are deaths of Belgian composer Edouard Gregoir and Rev J Milton Peck formerly rector of St Pauls Malden, plus Nathaniel R Locke aged ninety seven, pioneer in Methodism and abolitionist.
The cargo of the steamship Idaho sailing from Montreal was the port’s most valuable ever, excluding 269 cattle and 88 sheep, valued at 672000. The loss is expected to be total, though fully insured.
Prayer text invoking God’s providence to defend against evil and to seek only necessities for the body and soul. Signed by Tr. W. Parsons from Scituate-by-Ocean on July 25.
Mr Blaine plans a cyclone cellar for future safety and provisioning rather than relying on outside gifts. The National Democrat notes Blaine as Secretary of State, praising his diplomatic shrewdness wealth of knowledge and aggressive Americanism cited by the Albany Journal.
The Chicago Evening Post argues Chicago should loudly trumpet its greatness and vitality. It contrasts public pride with national reception, asserting the city’s energetic stance will continue to be proclaimed despite opposition and objections to national force bill debates.
The incoming Democratic city committee will meet in the Meiona on Monday evening to organize. The old committee will meet at 5 p.m. the same day to hear statements regarding protests filed from ten wards.
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