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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1887
Page
4
Local notice lists daily and weekly subscription prices for the Post Publishing Company with terms for payment and mailing, notes second class matter status, and indicates all money sent at sender's risk with checks drafts and money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Houston Post notes growing trouble in Manitoba with half-breeds and Dumont, a lieutenant of Riew, rallying former followers to a renewed insurrection. If attempted, the Canadian government would face substantial difficulties. the report recalls the prior capture of Rim’i after burning much gunpowder two years ago.
The yacht Thistle proves capable in successive races and appears a formidable Atlantic challenger for the America's Cup. Enthusiasts claim she may be the fastest British vessel of her size and could make September’s contest highly competitive. The challenger for the cup may face an uncontested British title this year.
The Liverpool Post details how Conservatives and Unionists allegedly used coercive methods in Cornwall to attack Home Rulers. It reports intimidation of agricultural workers by landowners, secret meeting arrangements, and covert Liberal maneuvers to avoid recognition, suggesting a brutal political climate.
From a politician's view the governor fills the Tarbox vacancy with a Republican, praising party loyalty and experience. The choice favors Major Merrill a Lawrence post office veteran with long party ties and perceived soldier vote strength. The piece argues he will learn in office and bolster the State House alliance.
News outlines a New York project to build a Protestant cathedral with a six million dollar budget. It aims to become the mother church for both unchurched and churched communities and to rank among the world’s great cathedrals for size and beauty.
A plan for a grand New York cathedral four times the size of St Patrick’s would serve public and religious uses. If built as proposed, it would lead other cathedrals in scale and usefulness and attract donations from both inside and outside the proposing denomination. Bishop Porter’s letter is expected to mobilize broad public support now.
The House backed moving the veterans exemption bill toward calendar placement by a 4 to 1 vote, signaling anticipated passage. Critics warn Senate defeat for the measure and warn it could undermine civil service reform and injure the Republican party’s standing. Senator Pilsbury argues the proposal degrades veterans and risks nullifying the civil service system.
The article weighs the economic and social impact of a large influx of immigrants, noting sharper job competition and varied adaptation. It cites Edward Atkinson estimating 700,000 new arrivals this year and questions how soon they will find work and settle into American society.
The piece argues immigrants are a productive force who will buy local goods and help grow the economy. It notes English criticism of foreign workers, especially German and Russian Jews, in clerical and trade jobs and compares England’s small foreign population with the United States’ capacity to absorb wave after wave of newcomers.
A reader question prompts a discussion of culture as intellectual good taste. Culture is defined as judgment with taste, acquired through engaging with literature and human nature, not mere intellect or refinement alone. It requires sincerity, openness, and a love of the abstract, with simplicity as its note and progress likened to invention.
The article reflects on culture as the disciplined simplicity created by habit and education, likening it to training a horse. It notes a New York court likely settling a case over Miss Mayp Harrison with a birthday dispute, and reports Robert Louis Stevenson’s delicate health and possible consumption after a steerage voyage to the United States.
The English object to Britain's new double florin minted coin feeling it resembles a silver dollar in size. A UK journal notes the coin will likely be called a dollar, illustrating American influence spreading across the water.
A San Francisco veteran C D O Kelly aged eighty is noted for Palo Alto celebrations. ex Governor Pattison’s portrait will join state gallery works in Harrisburg. Florence Kolloch a successful Universalist minister from Englewood is described with family in health professions. references to General Strother and other notables. land syndicate buys Mariposa Grant. Ben Perley Poore quips about funeral funds. Rev F C Bolles to leave Salem for Bleeker Street Church in New York.
The Chicago Herald notes Blaine and Sherman as leading Republican hopefuls since Cleveland’s inauguration. It cites past defeats for Blaine and wartime scars for both, while Western press hints Sherman inherits strength. Sherman travels widely and courts southern sentiment, threatening Blaine’s early momentum in 1888.
A rumor spreads that a New York citizen secured the manuscript of the Pickwick Papers. The piece notes Dickens often did not preserve complete drafts, cites Oliver Twist as not fully kept, and mentions George W. Childs of Philadelphia owning the only fully known manuscript of one Dickens story.
A California man C F Bonynge bought a shoulder knot set with seventy five brilliants for 5000 dollars while London resident. Mr Seligman of New York bought a 542 pearl neck lace row for 3200 dollars. Tiffany & Co New York purchased four rows of the same necklace for 86000 dollars. Randall & Co New York bought a necklace of fifty eight pearls for 6460 dollars. Ogden Goelet of New York bought a pearl and brilliant brooch and two pearl bracelets for 26650 dollars. Tiffany & Co also bought a sapphires and brilliants comb for 8600 dollars.
Art notes announce Christ Before Pilate by Munkacsy opens at Horticultural Hall next Monday and stays through the summer. In the American art galleries prize fund exhibit, gold medals were awarded by exhibitors to Robert Blum William L Dodge Horatio Walker George Maynard Carlton Wiggins J Francis Murphy F D Miller J S Hartley George Hitchcock and D W Tryon.
In Boston a misty harbor scene near a marine artist's studio blends fog and sun as June nears. The writer recounts east winds, tarpaulin clad sailors, and a vivid view of the State House dome, then wanders through letters on Shakespeare criticism and local street life with a wry, observant voice.
Colonel A. S. Buford of the Richmond railroad spoke at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Virginia elections. He said the Mahone party is collapsing with Mahone and Riddleberger now enemies and each faction backing Democratic success. Democrats expected to carry the Legislature and elect a successor to Riddleberger. Governor Lee John L. Barbour and others named as potential Senate candidates.
Colonel William H Hidell argues that Southern support for protection is virtually absent and that Georgia Democrats remain aligned with tariff for revenue. He notes opposition from key mills and iron interests, attributing protectionists to aims of land and resource monopolization, while farmers remain skeptical of the system.
The piece notes a $900000 wage loss from Chicago building trades during a strike, remarking on its potential to fund an anti poverty effort. It also comments on young leaders, praising Florida’s Pasco at forty one and a Florida House speaker at thirty as sounding wiser.
Richmond's editorial critique charges Mr Cable with offense to Southern sentiment for his writings and predicts cooler receptions elsewhere as he travels. The piece decries perceived disrespect and anticipates ongoing controversy in the South.
The Boston Herald reports Senator Hoar attacking Mugwumps for lacking clear policy on the Mormon question and failing to declare a stance on saloons. He suggests they may align with Republicans on the matter while noting his own difficulty in forcing a point.
In a round of 19th century editorials, the Herald questions Sherman's bid to revive Mason and Dixon's line post Appomattox, noting Americans favor forward unity over retrogression. It also critiques Blaine’s Europe trip as a rest and potential setup for a dramatic political pivot if nominated, while reporting Richard Daley injured at American Print Works in Fall River after a belt incident.
A miscellany of items reports on currency and finance, religion, politics, crime, and science. Protests in Canada and reforms in New York and Chicago mix with embezzlement talk, a heat of social topics, a large Baltimore lunch, and curious science anecdotes from New Jersey to Beaver Falls.
At the New York Chamber of Commerce meeting the harbor’s defenceless state was discussed and the city urged to self defend if government action fails. A resolution was adopted endorsing Secretary Whitney for creating a naval reserve of merchant seamen.
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