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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
4
The dedication marks a city state and national tribute to the poet and citizen. The memorial’s art enhances Boston while telling its story and teaching its lessons. It honors a man whose sterling worth rare talent and warm unselfish heart earned respect and affection.
Massachusetts delegates and sound money Democrats reject a free silver push. The key fight centers on a sound money plank aligning with Democratic doctrine and prior victories. With a strong platform, capable candidates will follow. leaders like William C. Whitney set an example by prioritizing Chicago over Europe.
The piece criticizes a St Louis platform plank seeking admission of remaining territories as states, arguing the move would cheapen the Senate and electors. It accuses the Republican convention of backing a meaningless platform and urges public protest to prevent cheap states and compromised governance.
The Silver bolters at the Republican convention issue a weak appeal. The piece lacks passion and fails to move the public, even as Senator Teller would likely have offered stronger rhetoric had he written it.
The St Louis convention failed to commit the Republican party to McKinleyism, opening schedules to protect wool, coal, sugar, and woollen goods while proposing discriminating duties on foreign imports. Critics condemn this as a revival of a discredited tariff policy that could trigger a global trade war and harm commerce.
The piece attacks the Republican platform for amending the currency plank to appease silver advocates. It argues the change allows possible silver inflation by enabling a future silver purchase bill or resumption of silver coinage. Congressman Walker of Worcester warned of this danger months ago, highlighting ideological compromise.
The St Louis platform mirrors Congressman Walker by forbidding compulsory government silver purchases and silver coinage beyond existing policy. He argues any platform must explicitly ban these moves to satisfy sound money interests.
The Boston Sunday Post teases a remarkable feature about a wealthy suburb’s death chamber where bodies are kept until decomposition, cremated, and ashes scattered in a garden to avoid burial alive. It previews articles on voting machines, convention politics, union stations, Cuba filibustering, and diverse features for the next issue.
The Watertown selectmen held two hearings on street railway track locations. The West End Street Railway seeks a double track on Mt. Auburn street from the Cambridge line to Galen street with a five cent fare promised by Vice-President Cummings.
A short inspirational quote asserts that aligning with truth conquers opinion more effectively than shaping truth to fit opinion. Epictetus is cited, tracing to AD 9, offering a stoic reflection on integrity and perception.
The Observant Citizen notes returning workers from vacation and highlights W F Fitzgerald the copper czar in New Hampshire praise for his waistcoat. Charley Dillaway of Dillaway & Starr is celebrated on the Boston stock exchange floor after telegrams about his dealings with Wales and English figures. E W Cary reports the Triumphal Post March, tied to the Boston Post editor, as a year’s success. A pigmy goat birth at Barum & Bailey’s circus is recorded alongside a $20,000 Arabian gelding owned by John O’Brien. Alderman Presho is praised for Carnival success, and late-night repair crews in Tremont and Washington streets work for higher pay. Charles L Ay is named as a prominent Boston businessman.
The Rev. Peter MacQueen will depart New York for Greece to present King George I. with Henry O Meara's poem Our Laurelled Sons and an autograph Sicilian Octave, plus a Boston banquet menu engraved for Olympic victors. He bears Mayor Quincy and Princeton Professor Sloane letters and supports keeping the Games at Athens.
Nahant and Bass Point see record crowds as excursionists swell daily. The Nahant line reports full passenger lists on every trip and ninety minute runs from Lincoln's wharf near the North ferry. booked excursions fill almost every day next week while the gravity railway project nears completion at Nine Point.
Great Agnostic barred as Col Robert G Ingersoll's name is withdrawn from the Ardsley Casino Club membership list. The club house sits in a 200 acre Hudson park at Ardsley between Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, drawing Hudson River residents from Yonkers to Sing Sing in summer.
Three students from the ninth grade protested Principal John C. Mackin's refusal to promote them. The school committee compelled the award of diplomas after tense correspondence. Mackin resigned, claiming the students were not mentally fit for promotion.
In fall 1849 a Polish sailor named Radka recounts a chilling sea story aboard the Wilna. Captain Ivan, a brutal commander, strikes terror, sells his soul, and a black sea bird foretells doom as a second voyage ends with Ivan found dead, monstrous and unrecognizable, amid spectral visions.
Daily table hints outline a dinner plan featuring lamb fricassee with green peas and scalloped potatoes, plus bread, desserts, and a fish croquettes recipe. It also lists a sardine salad, vegetable salad, dates with cheese, and tea or coffee. The note is signed by Mrs H P Edgecomb of 63 Blossom Street Chelsea.
East Boston stands by its guns as the East Boston Free Press notes the Boston Post's remark that free transfers are buried in Massachusetts Senate debates. The West End victory is seen as temporary and a 1897 legislature majority may push a free transfer bill. Endorsing steadfast support from faithful representatives is urged to defend constituents.
A postman testifies to Russell laughing at the indignation over his order demanding dissatisfied firemen abandon faulty uniforms and receive refunds. Russell defends authority, says the chief runs the department, and that critics, including Councilman Miller, cannot control him. He asserts no one has a life mortgage on the city and that anyone unhappy may resign.
Senate committee hearings on government bond sales reveal J Pierpont Morgan and associates pressed for immediate European funds to avert a panic. W E Curtis warns of crisis and outlines terms offered by the Morgan syndicate while Aug Belmont and others discuss negotiations. John A Stewart declines to reveal bond prices.
The stone house on Winthrop Highlands stands out as guests arrive for the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A J C Pope. Going's Orchestra plays as flowers and decor transform the interior into fairy bowers. Over two hundred attendees, including Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Lynn and many Boston and Winthrop residents, share tokens of esteem in gold silver and glass.
The final Huntington avenue performances close a Boston run described as the most successful yet. Despite earlier bad weather, every show sold out with crowds turned away, and the season reportedly surpassed past Barnum & Bailey appearances in both quality and novelty of acts.
The Malden Board of Fire Underwriters held its second annual banquet at the United States Hotel. Elected officers include President R. B. Leighton Melrose Vice President John M. Corbett Malden Secretary William D. Serrat Malden Writing committee H F P Bosson Wakefield Clare Hartshorn Wakefield E S Wall Melrose J P Holden Malden G W Green Medford and J E Ober West Medford. Guests included Hon George R. Jones Melrose M C Barton New England Insurance Company and Chief Flanders Wakefield fire department.
From Jacksonville the steamer Three Friends, from Charleston the Commodore, and the schooner Stanbury set sail toward Cuba. They cleared as coastwise vessels and aim to reach Cuban shores with minimal passengers and cargo, despite Spanish vigilance. General Francesco Leyte Vidal leads the Three Friends expedition with Colonel Nunez in charge of the Commodore. The Stanbury carries 500 tons of ammunition in its hold.
The Journal correspondent in Havana cites June 17 dispatches noting continual loss of American property and detentions in Cuba. American Frank Larrieu, owner near Cardenas, imprisoned in Cardenas with unclear cause while property is destroyed. Colonel Pratt allegedly killed forty blacks and twenty white tenants near Matanzas eight miles from the city on June 12, with victims including old men and children as peasants provided food to patriots.
The funeral for Miss Harriet Jones, a Cambridge English High School graduate who died recently, was held at her parents home on Union Street. Simple prayers preceded burial in Cambridge Cemetery with many graduates in attendance. Floral tributes included a broken column from late classmates.
Reports from Yokohama confirm ten thousand people drowned by the tidal wave accompanying the earthquakes in the northern provinces of Japan.
News from New York reports Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. remains seriously ill with rheumatism at the Wilson home where his engagement to Grace Wilson is postponed. The elder Vanderbilt warned disinheritance if the match proceeds now, prompting a year’s delay and potential future sanction if both sides agree.
East Side police were twice called this week to quell a stampede of school children who yelled that the devil was in the school house. At Grammar School No. 22 the children rushed toward the door, shrieking and crying. The janitor halted the rush and teachers regained order. The cause remains unknown in a densely populated district.
Concord June 19 Principal James S. Garland distributed awards at Concord Home School. Mathematical prize went to Howard C. Turner of Arlington with honorable mentions for Arthur C. Wyman of Valley Falls R I Norcross N Hartwell Fitchburg. Classical prize to Charles Garland with honorable mention Samuel P. Goddard J Louis. French prize to Artmore Robinson of New York with honorable mention Norcross N Hartwell. Literary and editorial prize for the Minute Man went to Arthur C. Wyman and English composition prize to Franklin Thompson of Brooklyn N Y.
Frederick Vilslar of Haverhill sues Gale Shoe Manufacturing Co for 20000 over four fingers lost on a dying-out machine on Duncan street. James Quimby a minor sues Bradford town for 4000 over highway defect injuries. Eli Rosengard of Haverhill sues Boston & Maine railroad for 20000 over injuries from a derailment at Ballardvale during the big freight last spring.
Society pallbearers at St Patrick's Cathedral attend the Requiem for J Garmendia the club man with many club members among the pallbearers including J Gould Elisha Dyer Duncan Elliott Arthur Herbert Duncan Emmett Worthington Whitehouse Alphonse Navarro Eyrene Kelly Jr Brockhurst Cutting William Cutting James Iden Harriman Guilford Horry Frederick Coudert Jr Louis Greer Lieutenant Bridgeansn Newbold Edgar and Andrew Miller.
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