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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1888
Page
4
In the Alabama election dispute the House affirmed the sitting member's seat. The debate devolved into a war era wrangle over sections and individuals with Boureelle of Maine delivering sharp rhetoric. The piece notes loyalty gives way to business and warns Republican leaders against partisan appeals.
Arnold B. Sanford of Fall River’s Globe Yarn Mills disputes proposed tariff on cotton yarns and argues wages stay high because workers can seek better pay elsewhere. He writes Representative Davis noting mills would prefer more protection. Stockholders have received 6, 6, 9, 6 and 8 percent dividends from 1883 to last year.
The lower House moved the bill granting women license voting rights forward, likely to be noted in progress summaries. The Senate has twice rejected it by equal votes and is expected to again oppose, despite governors urging justice. The piece criticizes inconsistency between voting on license and desired municipal suffrage for women.
Lord Charles Biresford urged reform of the war office and admiralty, criticizing a slow defective system. The government faces awkward choices, while Lord Randolph Churchill looms with a plan to delay. Churchill’s stronger stance on retrenchment signals a serious push for reform.
A proposal by Congressman Hirr of Illinois suggests a joint resolution to create a commercial union with Canada. The idea would extend the United States tariff and customs administration over the entire North American continent.
The text argues that if Canada signals a wish for a commercial union with the United States, a three member commission would craft a tariff plan to unify revenue systems and tax schemes. It warns the proposal aims to extend protectionist doctrine and likens it to a sweeping religious conquest, noting strong opposition to the scheme.
The ways and means committee plans to merge the internal revenue measures with the tariff, aiming a sweeping $25,000,000 revenue cut. It preserves whiskey taxes, eases enforcement, extends bonded periods for fruit brandies, and trades reform for compromise. This departs from President Cleveland’s stance that taxes on necessaries should bear the burden.
An international marine conference bill moves through Congress. Both Senate and House measures aim to set rules of the road at sea, flag and night signals, fog signals, wreck dangers, storm warning, life saving services, and preservation methods. Five congressional delegates would be chosen, with pay concerns debated. The President would oversee appointments. expenditures would be detailed to Congress.
The piece urges an international marine conference led by the United States to reduce shipwrecks and loss of life. It cites dangers from vision and color blindness among sailors, reports by Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Bickerton, and notes Sweden England and the UK press the issue. Congress schedules an Oct 1 1888 meeting in Washington but cautions on lead time for nations to participate.
As tensions rise among continental powers, diplomatic efforts to avert conflict are strained. Russia seeks an excuse for aggression, pressuring Turkey to intervene in Bulgaria, while Germany and Italy’s alignment with France complicates mediation. The Triple Alliance’s strength limits concessions, and pacific moves from President Carriers administration add to the uncertain outlook.
In death Miss Alcott ends a meaningful chapter in juvenile literature. She and her best books shaped a humane, practical view of girlhood, moving away from didactic sentiment toward ethical, example driven stories of home life. Her influence strengthened a healthy, accessible style that resonated across generations. Cambridge correspondent T. W. H. notes her lasting impact and reflects on a misquoted Coleridge reference.
The New York World denounces La Tosca as a sin against art and decency, urging withdrawal. Yet the paper grants space to opinions elsewhere and boosts public curiosity by framing the dispute, noting the play’s brutal reception among viewers.
A petition to Columbia College trustees seeks an annex for women with signatures of influential supporters. The plan mirrors Harvard’s coeducational model, proposing an independent school with the same instructors, sparking hopes for broader educational access without full coeducation.
Immigration data reveal a sharp rise in foreign visitors with 689 musicians allowed entry. While some contributed to symphonies and musical culture, many likely joined itinerant street bands or performed uneasy entr’acte pieces for theatre audiences.
A reader disputes a Post critic’s view on Coleridge’s ode to Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire arguing the verse uses William Tell as text while praising a motherly duty rather than the Duchess’s own verses. The letter emphasizes the poem’s aim as a tribute to simple motherhood.
The Boston audience enjoyed Arthur Whiting's second Steinert Hall recital featuring Kneisel and Whiting in a Brahms violin piano sonata, Dvorak Gypsy songs sung by William Winch, and Rheinberger’s E flat quartet. Critics praised the performance and noted the Ballades by Brahms were less successful.
The Boston Orchestral Club, led by Mr. Chadwick, shows improving cohesion and freedom in a varied program. Selections include the Son and Stranger overture, Merry Wives of Windsor, Auf der Wacht, Delibes Coppelia music, Bach aria, and Saint-Saëns septet with Foote solos.
Louis Maas presents a program featuring Beethoven trio in B flat, Rubinstein sonata in F minor with Franz Knueisel on viola, and Brahms quartet in F minor in Miller Hall.
The Honorable William C. Endicott visits Salem due to his father’s illness. Prince Ferdinand’s Bulgaria tour yields about 50 000 in gifts, dwarfed by Russia’s large-scale funding of treason. Frances Victoria Alexandra, tribal name Over the Sea, is baptized in Manchester by Little Chief’s daughter. Sivori tunes Paganini’s violin in Genoa before royal delegates. J D Hammond may lead the University of Georgia as chancellor, brother of ex-Representative Hammond. Mrs. Cleveland walks Washington streets with her dog Kay and looks well. Sidney Dickinson may tour the Pacific and the British colonies after California lectures. Otto, the German minister, is a bachelor, continuing a line of unmarrieds among ministers to the U S. Baron von Alvensleben also bachelor. von Elsenbecker brought a wife, none others served as hostess for fifteen years.
In Trenton on March 6 the New Jersey Senate approved the local option bill by an 18 to 8 vote despite Governor Green's veto. The House had already passed the measure.
In Boston a city council member presents a handsome bound volume honoring Paine and Burgess for defending the America's Cup. The morocco binding bears the city seal and features thirteen illustrations, including photographs of victorious yachts and English contestants. The piece notes public reaction, debates about tax expenditure, and observations on marble wear in the post office. It also mentions Frederick A. Ober and Louis K. Harlow preparing European trips for lectures and painting assignments, plus a playful note about the Cynic in Taverner's column.
Professor E. S. Morse of Salem delivers the final course lecture on natural science at the marine biological laboratory. He will discuss the kinship between the highest animals and their near relatives using a blackboard, not a stereopticon, in an engaging, illustrated presentation.
Nearly eight weeks have passed since George E Jenks of Concord New Hampshire left home with only a cyclopaedia subscription and an order book. He was known as a reputable former business owner and public servant who last was seen in Boston the day after departing. His absence has left his wife and three sons in distress while authorities search for clues and the fate of the missing man.
Army Orders from Washington dated March 6 announce Second Lieutenant Benjamin M. Pursell of the Signal Corps is appointed to act as inspector on certain property at Titusville Pennsylvania. Captain Francis L. Jones is responsible for the property.
A scattered column of satire and anecdotes cites topics from divorce rates in Chicago and prohibition in DC, to political nominees and comic exchanges about General Fisk. It notes railroad ticket profits in California, moonlight branding quirks in Texas cattle law, and Richmond's electric streetcar heaters.
The Albany Argus reports voices against the tariff bill now before Congress naming the sugar trust coffee trust rubber trust borax combination cordage trust salt combination and barbed wire trust as key opponents to the measure.
The Philadelphia Times notes that the final choice for president remains with independent voters who will study candidates and platforms and vote according to current times, while party leaders tout victory. It adds that regardless of the result, the sun will rise and the flag will fly over the Capitol.
The Springfield Republican proposes a multi facet tariff debate featuring Mr Butterworth in alternating roles as protectionist free trader and tree trader. The plan assigns 45 minute speeches for each stance with sequenced rebuttals and cross questioning to energize discussion.
The New York Evening Post notes George W. Cable’s long article on the Negro question shows him discouraged and lacking remedies. It argues he misreads Northern and Southern conditions, cites examples from Brooklyn theater segregation and school lawsuits, and questions equal progress toward equality.
The Suffolk branch of the Woman's Board of Missions reports a treasury surplus of about 1600 over last year at its tenth annual meeting held at Central Church Jamaica Plain. Mrs F St Gross and Mrs J B Goodrich provided music while Mrs S W Schneider, Mrs Frank Wood and Mrs J B Capron spoke. Miss Koka a Japanese visitor studying Cambridge kindergarten was thanked for mission work in Japan.
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