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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for DAILY and WEEKLY editions with terms for payment. It notes second class matter status and risk on mail, with payment payable to the Post Publishing Company. It provides the Washington Office address at 1420 New York Ave Room 37.
The Century feature surveys composite photography from Francis Galton and Stoddard, with eight portraits showing group likenesses from Smith College and Northampton social circles. It tracks Lincoln’s life in three periods, notes Sut Stanton, Van Rensselaer essays, and Partridge sculpture plans, plus local court-house derricks and a 19th century fist fight memory on State Street.
The paper lists sections for the Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven while the Ship News appears on page three. This composition note guides readers to the correct page locations for specific content.
The Boston Post reports estimated six hundred deaths from the Nice earthquake and over two million dollars in Mentone property damage. The figures underscore a winter marked by global disasters in life and property.
As Congress nears dissolution, signals split on an extra session. Key bills remain pending and rushed passage seems unlikely. Lawmakers face a tough choice between last minute action or calling a special session for successors.
Congress remains divided over non interaction with Canada with no session legislation likely. The Senate backs limited retaliation by withdrawing fishing vessel privileges. the House demands presidential power to halt land intercourse. The dispute centers on giving the President broad authority to end cross border trade.
The piece argues the bill should be left undone as a veto fear could delay progress. It notes opposition in committee over principles and details, hoping sentiment grows in Congress to stop the measure. It suggests a veto would settle the question during Mr. Cleveland’s presidency, but a quiet shelving is acceptable.
A Central Labor Union of New York meeting heard a delegation of George Enret brewery employees request removal of a months old boycott. They argued the boycott harms workers and families while the target shows little suffering. The nonaffected members voted to table the appeal and maintain the boycott, illustrating the tension in collective action under POWDERLY'S maxim.
Partisan critics claim Mayor ordered removal of police signal boxes in South Boston. Superintendent Flanders clarifies the boxes were installed by a private company seeking city payment and attached to fire alarm poles, risking fire department efficiency.
The article defends Mayor against claims he ordered boxes and wires removed after five days to avoid interference. It argues the Journal misquotes chairman Mr. Wailiner and accuses partisans of inflaming a quarrel between the Mayor and the board for political aims.
The South Boston and Cambridge railroads resume regular night service signaling an end to the strike. Leaders of the Knights of Labor are blamed for delaying arbitration and sparking layoffs as 4000 displaced workers crowd New York streets and 500 Boston plumbers seek work elsewhere. Arbitration is urged over coercion, with emphasis on avoiding further disruption.
In a Boston Theatre address Justin McCarthy argues that the Irish can govern themselves, highlighting recent Irish practical achievements to counter doubts about national character. He notes the Irish, though impulsive, show prudence and self restraint in significant moments.
The passage argues that Irish misgoverned by England shows the need for self-rule, comparing with France. It asserts Ireland will prove capable once it has a Parliament, countering claims of incapacity, and notes French behavior under provocation to illustrate misunderstood governance.
A weekly women’s etiquette paper argues for cook table rights, prompting debate over dining arrangements and servant labor. The piece contends cooks deserve choice between their own table or the mistress’s, challenging conventional servant-master dining norms.
Detail of Mrs Druse execution for the murder of her husband in Herkimer New York. Reported lengthy public effort to spare her including petitions letters telegrams and a possible Assembly action. The narrative describes the crime involving a gun pistol rope axe and the complicity of a 14 year old nephew and her daughter.
The Lent season will be observed at the Reformed Episcopal Church on Dartmouth street with a series of lectures on Revelations every Tuesday at 3 o'clock by the rector. A parallel series of sermons will be delivered on Thursday evenings by clergymen from other denominations.
In Boston, the celebrated writer William Dean Howells turns fifty. The piece notes his long career from Venice to the Atlantic Monthly and his influence on American letters. It recalls his early work, editorials, and vivid depictions of city life.
Miss Rosina Vokes and her company drew a large audience for Pinero’s The Schoolmistress a clever farce at the Park Theatre. The performance featured strong turns by Weedon Grossmith and W G Elliot with praise for others, though some excess in Miss Vokes’s acting noted.
Mrs Langtry opened the season with Lady Clancarty a four act romantic drama by Tom Taylor at the Boston Theatre. The plot set in 1696 features William of Grange Princess Anne Lord Spencer and a French smuggler with smugglers and Jacobites adding color while Lord and Lady Clancarty meet unknowingly.
A late Act theatrical review notes Clancarty’s plot threads and Langtry’s performance. It praises her onstage presence and gown but criticizes voice control and climax management while highlighting Weaver Everill Pattison and other performers. The Boston engagement drew a large audience and flowers for Langtry after the third act.
Robert B. Mantell returns to the Globe Theatre in J. W. Keller's Tangled Lives with a vigorous if not definitive performance. Eleanor Carey and Erie Shannon share notable turns while Kate Stokes charms as Janet Wailen. The cast also includes Nelson Wheatcroft Archie Lindsay and others. Mantell’s engagement runs two weeks.
Brisk presentation of Bronson Howard comedy The Banker's Daughter drew a large Bijou Theatre audience last night. Charles L. Farwell played John Strebelow with clear judgment, Winnifred Sweet shaded by color, Marion A. Erle enhanced Florence St Vincent Brown with humor, and G Washington Phipps was well handled by J F Crossen. Other performers included W H Sambrook George W Maddox Charles Norris G P Jacques G H Clarke and Mrs Laura Linden and Eva Pollock.
The note highlights final weeks of Held by the Enemy at the Museum and Boucicault’s extended Hollis Street run. It mentions Kerry preceding Fin Mac Cool, a special Thursday matinee for theatre professionals, a likely new Boston Ideals company led by Barnabee Macdonald Karl and Marie Stone Macdonald, with Lindley to direct music. Abbey travels nationwide for Camille and Patti plans, remarking on a 50 000 mile ten month touring record.
A. A. Gardner is named associate editor and J. A. Ruland becomes secretary of the Daily Crimson, with W. D. Clark resigning. H. S&S. Sanford becomes regular editor as a Harvard law review is planned with first issue in April. The editorial board includes Beale Ellis Hayes Mack McKelvey Morss Wigmore Winkler Davis Hobbs Lee Williams Merriam Nutter. McKelvey to be editor in chief Mack business manager. Rev Joseph Cook to speak Wednesday at Sanders Theatre on New Temperance Issues.
The Somerville school committee accepted Miss Adelaide S. Hill’s resignation from Highland grammar school and asked the city to appropriate 180,000 for the current year. The budget increases by 40,86 over last year with specific allocations for salaries, truants, and text books. Joshua H. Davis was re elected superintendent. New hires include Miss M Ed Emerton at 425 and Miss M S Murcha at 600 in Highland school eighth and second class respectively.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and short quotes from various papers. Items include a jab at U S Congress over baseball abstinence, Stanley denying reporters access to his expedition, a Boston artist famed as a drunkard, a New York whiskey non intoxicator, a Treasury line redefining antiquity, sailor bills, chilly weather banter, a pancake death, a restaurant fly gag, and organ grinder jokes from multiple papers.
The Providence Journal notes it is premature to celebrate the river and harbor bill's defeat this year. It warns that while small projects may be killed now, larger infrastructure efforts are expected to succeed next year.
The Philadelphia Times urges soldiers to expose pension frauds and remove shirkers and bounty jumpers from the veterans’ roll of honor. It argues veterans must be honest with themselves and others and take action against deadbeat pensioners.
The Manchester Union notes that while Blaine is out of political life, friends interpret his absence as potentially tied to the election of Senator Ingalls to the presidency of the Senate. The piece treats the topic as a speculative, non political curiosity.
The Chicago Herald argues for an extra Congress session to reduce taxation rather than increase spending. It calls this the best possible legislative investment to eliminate the surplus and achieve fiscal restraint.
A New York World editorial suggests Protectionists are wise to avoid squandering surplus as Democrats might spend it badly. The piece commends cooler heads and notes the unexpected country-wide benefit of prudent fiscal restraint.
The piece notes that a Republican like Mr. Ingalls is especially interesting as partisan support grows. It adds Kansas senator Ingalls as Blaine’s counterpart and a potential strong force, while suggesting his religious views could hinder further advancement if nomination trends continue westward.
The report notes little chance of action this session on the international copyright bill while ample time is given to pauper pension Blair education and many private and public bills. The measure is described as high justice and expediency but lacks adequate attention, not creditable to Congress.
The piece argues saving habits and economic education improve workers' condition. It urges labor leaders to oppose strikes and boycotts and to focus on teaching economic principles, predicting swift progress.
The Baltimore Sun notes a vast array of spring bonnets with names like Sentry Artress Fleet wing Sybil La Fleur Estrella Celeste liga Juliet appealing to fashionable tastes. Ex policeman William O Rourke of New York was given a life sentence for the murder of Roundsman Montgomery.
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