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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1889
Page
4
The text assigns responsibility for the Pension Office scandal to the administration, noting that supporters will whitewash the issue while the main opponent hopes to retain the official in office. It portrays a partisan battle over accountability and leadership under Harrison.
The brief note reflects on the modest benefits of current traffic conditions in New England, highlighting smoother travel and quicker commutes as the region adjusts to evolving transportation patterns.
The Doston Post reports the Treasury Department plans to ease enforcement of the contract labor law, blaming congressional legacy from the Arthur administration. Cape Vincent customs officials are told to slow prosecutions, acting only on solid complaints, as the secretary shifts responsibility to the new Congress.
In the troubled Ohio Republican canvass, a letter from Senator Sherman at Paris offers cautious assurance. He welcomes the plan to take the stamp for Foraker mid September and calls the nomination wise under the given conditions. He notes disappointment over Harrison spoils and says people care little who holds offices if they are good men, though Murat Hatsreap holds a different view.
In Parliament Mr Morey plans another motion on royal grants after Mr Labouchere's amendment was defeated. The debate reveals growing public opposition to royal expenditures though support for the Prince of Wales and sympathy for his family persist. Taxpayer patience has limits and the issue will need resolution.
Burlington Free Press calls for a thorough investigation into ex-Commissioner Black's handling of the Pension Bureau. The urging editor disputes the Boston Post's stance and questions allegations of Buack as hard-hearted or a generous process inventor.
The inaugural address shows doubt in meeting civil service reform goals while the administration pushes changes to broaden access and enable partisan use. Salary shifts reduce Democratic clerks to lower classes, with Republican appointees favored. In New York Customs House, hundreds of surveyors are moved to positions that allow quick dismissal after August 1, enabling replacements.
The forthcoming Treasury decision shifting to a bond system for Canadian cars entering the United States would enforce a de facto embargo on Canadian rail traffic. It threatens higher freight costs, restrained exports to Canada, and broader intercountry disruption, harming New England industry already taxed by protectionist policies. Leading Boston business leaders urge Mr Wixom to resist such measures and preserve reciprocal trade with Canada.
The article analyzes General Boulangers bids in 88 cantons and 40 arrondissements, noting he may win in some districts but likely be deemed ineligible. It cautions against treating results as a genuine measure of popular will, cites US Supreme Court views on state action, and discusses local Boston notices and public nuisance concerns.
In Boston, plans for projected improvements around India Wharf reflect progress in the district. The wharf, dating from the early 20th century, once symbolized foreign trade and romance of distant ports, but has faded as East and West India traffic waned, while Nahant steamboat operations remain a partial nod to its historic associations.
A survey of prominent figures including Lord Tennyson turning eighty, General Sherman pursuing the 1892 New York exposition, and Ex-President Cleveland vacation plans. It notes Bruce Joy sculpting Matthew Arnold, Johan B. Schroeder's overseas voyage, and Dr Cyrus Adler's Cooper Union lecture on the Black Obelisk.
A collage of anecdotes and observations from a late nineteenth century press page. Jokes, literary quips, science notes, and brief vignettes mix with a Wyoming lynching tale and a royal marriage coronet detail, all presented in compact, period-tinged prose.
The Daily Advertiser misuses the Fourteenth Amendment to argue for a state action remedy. It ignores that private or municipal bodies act only through appointed agents, and that citizens cannot bind a state except via its official officers. Civil Rights cases since the war have repeatedly examined Southern affairs.
A New York figure once famous as the king of the dudes now writes letters for a Sunday paper on Department topics and dress. He warns against abandoning swallowtail coats, lampooning attempts to reform dress codes while condemning the mislabeling of evening attire as a dress suit.
A critique in the Herald argues popularity does not equal artistic merit. It contrasts Miss Mary Anderson with renowned names like BERNHARDT RIIS TORI or Mme Janauschek and American actresses Annie Clarke Booth Morris, questioning whether Anderson measures to their caliber.
Comstockism runs deep as the Vigilance Society censors books and imprisons a publisher for M Iona works. It now threatens reprinting English dramatists provoking protest. One firm has destroyed stock of Boccaccio and other classics amid fears of unauthorized censorship. The movement is called silly morality harming literature's purity.
Mrs Joan Sherwoop of New York, famed for amiability and a social gift, is named Officier d Académie by France’s Minister of Public Instruction. The honor recognizes her contribution to literature, notably a manual of etiquette, surprising many of her friends and readers.
Secretary Rusk has received an appeal from Wyoming noting a scarcity of marriageable women there compared with grass seed and garden sass. The correspondent emphasizes the promise of “honest, faithful and industrious husbands” for those moving to the territory, highlighting a chance for the Agriculture Department to influence the situation.
R H Dana of Boston argues in a letter to the editor that a caucus held late risks manipulation under the new ballot act. He urges citizens to assemble to influence the caucus or prepare nomination papers ready to file if the caucus is improper. The note is dated July 27 in Boston.
Harper's August presents Miss Woolson's Jupiter Lights with Abbey and Parsons illustrations and a Dobson poem. Miss Wilkinson's Humble Romances offers a village life motif, while Theodore Child debates Russia with rich iconography. Wells Champney surveys fifty years of photography, including Daguerre.
Chicago reports comedian William Harrison known as William Cos grief died of heart disease in Peter Seat saloon located at 14 State Street yesterday.
English commentary notes the Parnell Commission settling quietly while British Tories feel relief at the outcome. The Springfield Republican remarks that the London Times gained little from its libellous journalism, calling it a notable example of English conservatism.
Editorials criticize President Harrison for considering a close ally for the Supreme Court and for avoiding meetings with campaign followers seeking minor offices. The papers view the stance as a line between personal influence and official duty, praising the cabinet as the proper channel for patronage discussions.
The Philadelphia Press warns that English investors buying in the Northwest risk alien ownership limits. Territories cap foreign stock at 20 percent and some Western states have similar laws. If they overcharge or provoke resentment, legislative action could target alien investors.
Washington Star argues spoilsmen quarrel over civil service reform with factions calling the law a fraud and an empty sham. It contends the law cannot be both dead letter and active obstruction and suggests Democrats should “get together” to reduce public confusion over reform efforts.
At about 10 30 last evening William Martis ten Oscar Murphy eleven and Lafayette Murphy fourteen were arrested by Station 5 officers for breaking and entering a fish store at Montgomery and Clarendon. The same youths were earlier arrested for breaking into Horan Bros hardware at 1395 Washington and placed on probation.
London letter notes Mrs Gladstone as tall poised and elegantly English in appearance yet describes her as more than a decorative figure. She accompanies her daughter Helen at the Parnell commission, taking meticulous notes for Mr Gladstone and digesting them into a narrative to save time, proving a trusted ally in national affairs.
The Austrian steamer Saida, expected yesterday from Newport, had not arrived by last evening. Rumors it lay outside Boston Light were likely sparked by the Antwerp steamer Merika's midnight arrival. No Saida was seen near the harbor. Captain Hallett of the Herman Winter reported no signs of the vessel. When the Saida arrives, she will proceed to the navy yard and be greeted with a salute.
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