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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1888
Page
4
The Home Market Club will host Congressman Butterworth of Ohio for a forthcoming joint discussion. The talk will challenge his stance on commercial union with Canada and a universal high tariff, promising a lively defense of his position and possible insights into the club’s own views.
In Paris M de Lesseps reports to an extra Panama Canal Company meeting that 1889 completion is unlikely. He now predicts 1890 transit by a lock canal while tide level design remains ultimate. The company plans a new loan of 120 million dollars amid Nicaragua progress.
The Indian Rights Association led by Dr James E Ruoaps and Herbert Welsh argues that voluntary groups have driven reform in Indian treatment beyond official acts. They praise the general land in severalty bill as a step toward civilization and call for continued support, information dissemination, and public sentiment shaping.
The text notes doubt among Republicans over Roscoe Conkling as a presidential candidate. A Pittsburg club letter and Conkling's reply are discussed, stressing that he denies aspirant status and calls the honor a sign of personal kindness. Albany politicos deem him politically dead and unlikely to revive.
The New York Times prints a facsimile of a put on Union Pacific stock issued by Congressman S. W. Wirrg of New York on January 28 for sixty days at 49. The episode follows Speaker Carlisle ordering removal of stock speculators’ telegraph from the Capitol and alleges House members traded by wire during sessions. Mr. Whith is named in connection with this claim.
The speech claims a representative bet on Union Pacific stock tied to congressional action, with the telegraph company confirming the denial. Critics say such speculation by lawmakers jeopardizes integrity and compares unfavorably to past Senate abuses over railroads and conflict of interest fees.
An editorial argues for reducing taxes on salt hemp tin plate lumber and wool to boost New England manufacturing. It cites wool taxes and timber protection as burdens and forecasts price and trade benefits, plus a note on divorce detectives and safeguards in Massachusetts law.
In Chicago Mrs Heaton Manich died by suicide highlighting abuse of detective work in divorce cases. The piece argues that sensational or improper evidence gathering by researchers undermines morality and decency, noting state laws insufficient to curb such methods. It questions guilt in the unclosed case and urges reform.
The piece criticizes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for a prolonged strike against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line. It argues wage disputes are misrepresented, notes high daily mileage and pay levels, and warns against broadening conflict with a nationwide call to arms.
Since 1874 75 Harvard professors ran popular summer courses in chemistry botany geology for both men and women teachers. A supervisory board now controls the schools with courses in botany chemistry French German geology history physics topography offered in July and August using university libraries labs and museums. All are admitted on equal terms.
Harvard announces summer sessions expanding botany chemistry physics and language offerings for teachers and mature students nationwide. Professors Shaler Warrin Goopal eg discuss morphology chemistry physics experiments and surveying while field work and museum study enhance instruction at Cambridge and nearby Rhode Island Connecticut and New York venues.
Mrs. James Brown Porter brought a stunning Worth gown collection to New York for display. After a week, the dresses were stored in a Manhattan warehouse and Porter now performs in St Louis in the play Loyal Love wearing older dresses. The note questions whether high art is valued in St Louis as in New York.
After his acquittal Mr. Return M. Squire lamented the 247 men who shook his hand on his walk from court to his counsel’s office. He called the display “disgusting” and implied those who had ignored him in office behaved hypocritically. The remark reflected his disdain for public reaction and his own sensitive nature.
Professor Lyon of Harvard recently wrapped a lecture series in the city that drew larger crowds than expected. Philadelphia has donated a substantial sum to the University of Pennsylvania for excavations of Babylonian temples and palaces, prompting Boston to match the spirit of support for learning and original research.
The Brooklyn paper notes Blaine loyalists resist backing any successor and many Republican papers echo this reluctance. If the national convention picks him, Blaine would accept the nomination, but the party must decide the candidate.
An editorial argues that courts ban unlawful combinations that restrain trade, but trusts persist. It urges public prosecutors to act in the name of the people to enforce laws against these injurious associations and curb their ascendancy.
The Commercial Advertiser reports critics of the treaty denounce restrictions on supplies in Canadian ports while opposing the plan to admit Canadian fish duty free. They argue some favor buying bait, food, and seafaring crews in Canada to cut costs and sell dear in the United States, portraying the stance as unpatriotic.
The obituary recalls Thomas “Tom” Robinson, Boston painter and dealer in art, his Paris training under Troyon and Courbet, his Boston and Providence connections, notable paintings in the Paint and Clay Club show, and his strong im passion for Millet and Daubigny. It notes his farm near Providence and death after a varied career in art dealing and painting.
Wool traders on Federal Street show quiet mood after tariff bill moves to free wool. Prominent members admit they prefer no change but fear West wool growers demanding compensation. Some would support free raw material in theory, yet worry about long term effects and potential boycotts.
The essay The Teaching and Influence of Saint Augustine by James Field Spaulding is reviewed along with critiques of Allen's Continuity of Christian Thought. Also covered are Thomas Starr King lectures Substance and Show, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island reprint, The Tailor Made Girl satire, and Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Prices and publishers listed.
Personal notices include UC president Horace Davis linked to George Bancroft and Thomas Starr King’s daughter as his wife. Pittsburg inventor Arthur Debaugsett plans a 150000 dollar air ship 650 feet long, cone shaped and 140 feet diameter. Abel triplets total 716 pounds. Mrs Cleveland has shaken 100000 hands with the President nearly doubling her.
A varied catalog lists new and notable titles including Only a Coral Girl by Gertrude Forde and The Shakspere Hour by William R. Thayer. Other works span religion philosophy poetry and history with publishers in New York Boston and Cambridge.
Harvard University announces a week of events spanning chapel prayers at Appleton and Wadsworth House, Semitic studies, College Faculty meetings, lectures by G R Carpenter and Ernest Rhys, readings from the Odyssey, debates on fisheries treaty, a vesper series, a Harvard Union debate on Canada annexation, an orchestral concert by the Boston Symphony, and a Friday Divinity School service with additional Saturday morning English literature class notes.
A collage of notes on horse racing culture pepper trade and fashion. remarks on Clara Kellogg’s whooping cough. a wedding gift nest pendant worth 700 in gold plus coins. a tense scene at a concert. art exhibition intrigue about matching tapestry background. police inspector McCausland returns to duty after illness.
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