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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1889
Page
4
The Boston Post notes Rhode Island voters face abolishing the state constitution ban on manufacturing and selling intoxicating liquor amid nationwide prohibition setbacks. It frames Rhode Island as a challenging test case with three years of prohibitory enforcement and predicts a temperance gain from abolition.
New York's Register of Vital Statistics reports the tenement districts show a lower death rate than private houses in 1888. The general rate fell from 28.18 to 26.38 since 1869, while tenement deaths dropped from 28.35 to 22.55, likely due to more large tenement buildings and sanitary oversight.
Dr. Tracy argues that smaller houses with locked doors resist inspectors and that poorer, more outdoor living shows less sanitary risk than well furnished private homes. He notes carpeted rooms and wall coverings may harbor microbes, while luxury conveniences and modern heating threaten health.
The Indianapolis inspection by commissioners Lyman Roosevelt and Thompson substantiated charges against Postmaster Wallace. They found at least three clear violations of civil service rules and implied his claim of immunity in Harrison's city.
The civil service commission discharged three illegally employed clerks including Charles F. Moors and criticized Postmaster Wallace for dereliction of duty. They ordered strict adherence to lawful examinations and warned against political influence, deeming the clean sweep a boost to reform.
The article accuses Corporal Tanner of turning the Pension Office into a Pension Agents Bureau to benefit claim agents and bolden millions in fees. It cites a overhaul of rules expanding pensions to unworthy claims and criticizes favoritism toward a key agent while warning the system may not be reformed without removal of the commissioner.
The text warns that moderation is needed in pension business until a proper investigation can occur. It notes that a deficit in the vast pension appropriation will compel action even with a partisan Congress.
The article argues that Britain's naval buildup will prompt rivalship from France Italy and others while noting that France already fields a strong navy. It discusses ship types like fast cruisers torpedo boats and coast defence vessels and questions heavy ironclads and public debt implications for France and the UK.
The article discusses England’s land transfer bill proposed by Lord Halsbury, aiming to end primogeniture in favor of equal land division among heirs. It contrasts with US land laws and notes the potential impact on inheritance practices, literature, and social norms.
The plan to spend a summer holiday on a luxurious catamaran house-boat is described. Professor Bent has commissioned a larger, more elaborate craft with spacious apartments, double cabins, a billiard room, and many other luxuries. He and guests will cruise Nova Scotia this summer.
The Popular concert drew the season’s largest audience, with Harvard Glee Club led by A Martin Taylor delivering polished student songs. Notable pieces included Lacome Estudiantina Waltzes with orchestra, and solos by W Lockwood R M Fullerton and R C Bullard as Neuendorff’s fine orchestra supported the program. Arthur Weld notes the concerts promote American cultural life with German summer leisure values echoed in local enjoyment.
The Boston American Opera Company presented Lucia di Lammermoor and will perform Fra Diavolo. Faust and Maritana are listed for next week. In Chicago, Mr. Stuart Robson begins a new season in Steele Mackaye's elaborate An Arrant Knave with period costumes and scenery. The Henrietta is also planned with Frank Mordaunt as Crane’s part. Robson's company includes Woodward Radcliffe Wooderson McLean McGreevy and Lindermann Mar Florence Burley, with Hayden as manager and Shay as business manager.
The speaker argues that if a presidential election win influenced appointments in the pension bureau as a reward for campaign labor and contributions, the country faces intolerable shame. The issue centers on Dudley's appearance in connection with the pension bureau and political influence.
The Philadelphia Record laments the current reform mix and argues for a return to the old spoils system. It claims officials should face removal bluntly and that political axe should not ruin the official’s reputation.
The piece notes President Harrison’s stance that wholesale post office changes weaken the party in power. It cites his March 26, 1886 Senate speech denouncing Cleveland era removals on charges and argues party strength would shift with personnel changes in Indiana and beyond.
A Boston writer recalls Quincy Tufts old time dry goods shop and memory driven exploits by John Gilbert. He also comments on journalist John M. Francis and a weathered Plymouth Rock wish, then sketches Dresden festivities, Wettin and Hohenzollern lineages, and a striking Turkish visitor who calls Americans dull in his own tongue.
The silver wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Harrison D Wiggin was celebrated at No 35 Prospect street Somerville with about one hundred guests. Guests were members of the Washington Canton Patriarchs Militant I O O F of which Wiggin is a prominent member. The evening featured music games and decorated grounds with Chinese lanterns.
A Boston water commission and city officials toured the Sudbury River system visiting basins in Ashland and Hopkinton. They considered Basin No. 6 and Whitehall Pond as potential sources and weighed costs including 750000 for Basin No. 6 and 450000 for Whitehall Pond development. The group noted Whitehall’s muddy bottom and stumps and the two thirds ownership by Jordan Marsh & Co. Their conclusion favored meeting growing demand with the new Basin No. 6 while delaying Whitehall Pond due to high costs and uncertain need.
The Boston Old Schoolboys Association held a Nantasket outing with a 1 o'clock fish dinner at Atlantic House. Over seventy five members and many ladies attended while President L L Willcutt toasted memories of schooldays and the public schools. Members shared reminiscences of Eliot school and Boston life, ending with a 5 o'clock return boat.
The regular meeting of the New England General Ticket and Passenger Agents Association met at the Pathfinder Railway Guide office yesterday morning. A Boston Merchants' Week Committee present by invitation discussed arranging Merchants Week in September next and will report after consulting with all lines involved.
A chatty miscellany notes paralyzed infant industries by a castor oil trust and riffs on politics weather and society. It teases DeVoe prophecies, Pennsylvanian prohibitions, Boston society, and a New York car driver’s survival with quips about electricity. It recalls a London stage retort by Miss Grace Hawthorne and a lighthearted office joke about closing Saturdays.
Dr Rounds named New Hampshire commissioner to the Paris exposition sails for Europe today. Governor Warren of Wyoming Territory meets Governor Ames at the State House. Warren is a Massachusetts native who served in the Forty ninth Regiment in the Rebellion. Chevalier Amedee visits Roxbury institution led by Brother Joseph and finds it in excellent condition. The remains of John Sevier are reinterred in Knoxville after seventy four years in Alabama, with a $20000 monument planned over his grave. Swarthmore elects Professor William Hyde Appleton temporary president to succeed Dr Magill. Appleton a Harvard graduate, Greek professor for seventeen years. St Gaudens touts his Dr McCosh statue as his best work, unveiled at Princeton with the subject partly leaning on a pulpit desk.
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers visited Lawrence to view the sewage purification station at the invitation of Hiram F. Mills. In Boston a monthly meeting discussed lumber treatment for railroad ties, algal growth in water supplies, and lessons from the Johnstown dam disaster.
A joint meeting of trustees and committees discussed the dedication of the new Cambridge Public Library. The program is scheduled for Saturday June 29 at 3 p m and will be quiet, inside the building.
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