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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1890
Page
4
The Boston Journal reports on Mayor backed moves to place MECHAN as street department head via JONES confirmation, noting the aldermen’s weakness. It critiques party bias in the House silver bill, cites Queenstown and City of Rome dispatches, and warns of a silver market boom fueled by speculative circulars amid Republican support for inflation.
An editorial urges free wool as the only permanent basis for the industry, arguing tariffs on imported wool harm domestic producers while free wool benefits consumers. It contrasts the Wool Consumers Association with the National Wool Manufacturers, noting that tariff opponents claim duties raise prices and hurt buyers, and that carpet wool faces even harsher burdens. The piece calls on wool merchants and manufacturers to support a free wool policy to lower prices without hurting profits.
The text defends free wool by criticizing high duties as protecting domestic wool growers. It notes prominent manufacturers backing the Wool Consumers' Association and asserts their competence, success, and civic virtue. Joining firms are urged to align with a generous, winning cause.
A Boston Citizens' Association statement analyzes a proposed silver bill strategy to divert bank note redemption funds and sinking fund deposits from the Treasury. It warns of using trust funds to finance inflation while urging Mayor to study labor costs and city wages for street work and public policy action before the dry season.
A Boston group formed recently aims to monitor public money and investigate municipal conduct. It announced an April plan to probe Mayor Hart's administration, but has since shown public inaction on city expenditures as the new financial year begins.
Mr Henry L Hicaison donates twenty acres on the Charles River to Harvard for an athletic field. The marsh nearby will be developed at expense saved by the practical gift and will ease crowding on existing grounds, allowing more outdoor exercise for students and teams.
The editorial voice critiques press tempering humanity and questions editors. Albany lobbying for Cable Railway stock gains and Governor Hin’s veto leads to vanished value. British Postmaster refuses off duty meetings with stenographers under threat of strike. Public Garden floral emblem scheme draws mockery, Chicago and Boston outraged. New York rapid transit hampered by a bill error needing a proof reader. Chauncey Deven weighs in on the World’s Fair, predicting strong Chicago support and New York’s disappointment.
The text criticizes European powers for dividing Africa without consent or rights for Africans. It claims statesmen quibble over the plunder and use suppression of the slave trade as a pretext, while pursuing commercial gain through expeditions.
In Boston, a seasoned observer laments frequent drownings of seven youths in Dorchester Bay and urges stricter gatekeeping for boat hires. He warns amateurs lack wind-sense and risk wrecks amid gusty west winds, urging competency checks and safer practices for hire boats.
George Keeley Radcliffe, a Haverhill native and former printer for the Haverhill Gazette and other papers, died in Haverhill yesterday at age 69. He worked in Exeter and Dover New Hampshire and published The Ramroad, a radical temperance paper. An anti slavery activist, he is credited by friends with aiding the campaign that sent General Banks to Congress. Two sons survive him.
At Chickering Hall last evening a full audience enjoyed a McLeod pupil recital. Performances ranged from four hands to arias and quartets, with strong piano solos by Miss Jeanette Arnold and Miss Annie Deane drawing praise. The event highlighted refined technique, expressive playing, and several encores despite some less striking numbers.
The President and family were back at the White House yesterday. Oscar Wilde declined an invitation to the Thirteen Club dinner in London, criticizing its aim to abolish superstition as dreadful. A postmasters committee was appointed by Mr Wanamaker to collect designs for door plaques. Also noted are arrivals on the steamship La Bretagne including Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, a benefactor of a Catholic university, and details about Paul Peel and Major Pond’s contract with Henry M. Stanley for fifty lectures starting November 11 at the New York Metropolitan Opera House.
Dairymen protest the Supreme Court decision on original packages contending it allows mislabeled oleomargarine to enter markets like New York undetected. The National Dairyman's Association plans a vigorous campaign to combat all original packaging schemes and defend state labeling laws.
A Springfield Republican item notes a legislative plan to award double salaries to chairmen of committees on bills in third reading. The piece questions why only some chairs should be paid extra and asserts representatives and senators go to the State House to do their best for the public.
Acting President Remsen of Johns Hopkins supports Harvard's proposal to shorten undergrad study to three years. He notes the clash between earlier graduation and lengthening professional education, arguing most educators will approve the change as a progressive step for U.S. education.
The Brookline selectmen held a daytime hearing on laying out Walley street with H D Chapin trustee for Edward S Philbrick estate speaking in favor. Later hearings covered Linden place and Coxcoch trees extension with Clement Fay and others representing property owners and the Aspinwall Land Company speaking. decision deferred.
A mosaic of social sketches and local lore from New York City and environs. References to Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Lannon at the People's Theatre, census anxieties, street disruptions, Ward McAllister’s society project, Cornell scholars, and Westchester scholarship winners. Quips on Brooklyn Bridge painting, English vanity in names, New Jersey jokes, moonlit streets, and a high society pug party with Miss Katos dogs and London observers.
Cardinal Newman, now in his ninetieth year, attended mass at the Birmingham Oratory for Whit Monday celebrating St Philip Neri. The crowd showed keen desire to glimpse the venerable cardinal, who, aided by two clergy, slowly made his way to deliver a benediction. Relics of St Philip were displayed and flowers adorned the chancel as banners proclaimed the saint’s devotion.
Army and Navy Gazette reports Chief Engineer A. S. Green is detached from Chicago duty and assigned to special duty with the water works at Hot Springs Arkansas. Commander Allen D. Brown is granted a one year sick leave of absence.
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