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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1889
Page
4
The Boston Post reports that nothing more remains to be done in the Samoan matter except for official assent to commissioners arrangements. It notes Germany’s greater concessions and hints the German Foreign Office may be impatient, while humorously remarking the American delegates may be enjoying themselves a bit too much to hurry.
The Czar's remark that Montenegro's prince is Russia's only sincere friend spurs active correspondents to stoke a new war scare. The flurry lags this year and may fade within a week with little definite information. Only the German Emperor William might mind the Czar's observation.
Rhode Island rushes to overturn the two year old system with a repeal vote slated for the 20th of the month. The piece argues the law worsened intemperance and vice, and that lawmakers retreat to the only remedy after acknowledging failure.
The Times notes Parliament’s short break will spark full political skirmishing for ten days led by Mr Gladstone who travels Cornwall delivering addresses on Home Rule. He is unlikely to announce new terms, but the tour signals intense debate while Conservatives lack a matching speaker as Lord Randolph Churchill departs to Norway.
The Springfield Republican portrays Governor Ames pressing legislators for votes on his costly State House extension. It accuses him of treating the matter as a personal favor, sidestepping constitutional boundaries, and rallying rural members to back his plan. Concerns rise about a politically tainted commission.
The Toledo Produce Exchange and Detroit and Cleveland Boards of Trade renew a petition against railroads over west to Boston freight discrimination. They argue five cent biases harm New England consumers and Western producers, broadening the issue beyond export to all New England. The recent reopening may gain support from Eastern business groups.
The 51st Congress faces an October extraordinary session aimed at changing House rules to curb minority filibuster power. Republican managers seek rapid action on contested elections and party control, with support from Chicago Tribune and New York papers. Randall cited as key Democratic strategist amid looming partisan turmoil.
The piece argues against a special Congress session to push Republican legislation. It warns such a struggle would only damage the party, predicting Randall would again align with Republicans on key policy. It suggests the session serves campaign machinery and mentions Loper’s poll guarding plan, but opposes aiding the current regime.
The Johnstown dam failure devastates Pennsylvania valley in a catastrophe rivaling Mill River. Officials fault lack of precautions and aging dam while warnings existed, and relief funds are urged nationwide with Boston urged to contribute. The fate of thousands rests on swift aid.
Proceedings at the latest public meeting of the civil service commissioners confirm the prior impression about examinations in the New York Customs House. No member of the local board has been proved to have connived.
A Boston district report criticizes civil service exams for night inspector posts as poorly run. Witnesses allege repeated questions over five days in 1887 and widespread leakages, with some applicants showing prior knowledge and biased scoring. Accusations include officials copying questions, while malice or jealousy may influence commissioners.
London truth recalls Wellington on Queen Victoria’s name, Lowell at Elmwood, Miss Hope Glenn’s Paris wedding, Jane Cobden’s politics and style, Browning’s society life, Whittier’s Walt Whitman tribute, and Bernhardt’s five costume scenes in Dame aux Camélias.
A collage of witty excerpts and captions from various papers including the New York Tribune Harper's Bazar Life Bostonian and Indianapolis Journal. It mocks civil service portraits, railway etiquette, tariff talk, social curiosities, and political figures with light satire and domestic vignettes. The tone blends humor about editors readers and public life across several cities.
An appeal in the Post calls attention to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It highlights work to support dependents, curb child peddling, and place children in temporary and permanent homes. The column stresses trust in leaders and urges donations to fund its charitable mission.
The Post columnist TAVERNER suggests a Boston pride gift for the cruiser Boston. A carefully chosen library is favored, with travel and fiction volumes, and possibly a silver service if funds permit. Consultation with sailors is advised to balance reading tastes ahead of the ship’s arrival on Monday week.
A roundup of new titles and translations from Scribners Houghton Mifflin and other publishers. Stevenson and Osbourne announce The Wrong Box with copyright protection. John Fiske The Beginnings of New England. Lowell Aldrich collaboration. Wright The Ice Age and related works. Abbott Days Out of Doors. Pendleton In the Wire Grass. Lindau Luce. Thomson Travels in Atlas and Southern Morocco. Villari Savonarola translation. Washington letters collection from the Long Island Historical Society with Peale portraits and Betty Lewis notes.
The Ryegate Granite Works property sold Saturday at south Ronate Vermont for 16610 dollars. Frank Deming of Wells River bought the plant, which had cost about 100000 dollars in 1885.
The Music Hall hosts the summer Promenade Concerts with a crowded audience and well filled gallery. The 50 member orchestra plays chiefly Symphonists with Kunz as concertmaster. Neuendorff’s ambitious program draws mixed praise while selections from Rheingold disappoint. Luminary Lacome piece charms the crowd as Neuendorff is warmly greeted and wreath awarded. The series is praised as a delightful, inexpensive summer amusement.
The Atlanta Constitution warns that failing to nominate Grover Cleveland would repeat 1880’s Tilden setback in favor of General Hancock, shaping the 1892 campaign with strong party critique.
A Southern iron company sold 65 561 tons in Ohio and 6 777 tons in Pennsylvania within a year, locating the pinch in the iron business with precise focus.
Congressmen Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and J G Cannon of Illinois are praised as the most successful office beggars in Washington. The Springfield Republican notes they get all they want and the promise of more.
The Hartford Courant notes the choice of Carlos French, a Mills free trader, as Connecticut’s national Democratic committeeman. The piece interprets this as a significant sign that William H. Barnum is dead, and very dead.
Philadelphia Times hints public figure Blaine may be secretly preparing a major action. The note suggests a potential war with England as a bigger outcome than any internal politics. The piece frames the possibility as a surprising, significant event worth attention.
The June Century issue reviews Kennan's The Convict Mines of Kara with stark contrasts of prison horror and reform efforts. It discusses Mrs Campbell on Woman's Work for Women and education in the arts, plus Spinello and Corot sketches and notes on Lincoln, Chase, and Canada US relations. A short verse by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell honors Decoration Day.
The $10 annual subscription fund for the Museum of Fine Arts has grown to $10.67. Trustees hope to attract several hundred more subscribers to meet the $15,000 goal.
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