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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1888
Page
4
Rostov Post reports on Friday morning March 9, 1888 that Emperor Wilhelm I, despite yesterday's death rumor, remains alive and shows signs of improvement. The aged ruler’s apparent tenacity amazes observers as Germany awaits further word with mixed optimism and grief.
A State Senate vote of 20 to 12 endorses a definition making any beverage with 1 percent alcohol intoxicating. The article condemns the move as preposterous overreach by the temperance faction and laments the Legislature’s liberal addition of senseless laws. It notes the blue book bulging with such measures and argues the vote cannot truly render 1 percent beer intoxicating.
The scandalous remarks by Senator Ingalls damage his prospects for the Republican nomination if Blaine withdraws. Reed of Maine doubts he could have spoken so badly, and party sentiment shows he is stepping outside the field of decent candidates. The incident sparks dismay among conservative Republicans.
A fire department report on the Union Square Theatre in New York says the building is virtually destroyed and should be rebuilt with a different plan. The superintendent of buildings questions the walls and proscenium, while an owner calls the report prejudiced and incorrect. Authorities will decide amid public sentiment and ongoing reconstruction oversight.
Lord Harrington and Mr John Buiur speak frankly about Mr Grapstone and Home Rule in a charged exchange. The address underscores strong views and unfolds with public interest in the policy debate.
At a reception in Ipswich on Wednesday evening, Mr. Brigut attacked the Gladstone bills as ruinous to the Liberal party. He argued that half the electors favored Home Rule and mocked opponents as hyperbolic. Lord Hartington countered with claims the Gladstonian schemes were dangerous and dishonest.
The House commerce committee backs a postal telegraph bill creating a Post Office Bureau of Postal Telegraphs. It would build trunk lines across states to connect all towns with 500 or more people, employ operators, and integrate telegraph services into the postal system with a first appropriation of 3 million dollars.
A government bill and its accompanying report suggest a path to a fuller discussion of the subject, but reviewers say it cannot be accepted as a satisfactory closing statement. The text indicates ongoing considerations and potential future actions without final resolution.
A court order directing the Wabash receiver to accept freight and uphold common carrier duties is praised. It condemns attempts to coerce Burlington by boycott, notes public rights and court protection, and argues for uniform legal standards across railroads while opposing intimidation of others. It then shifts to education, advocating kindergarten integration into public schools, outlining benefits for practical work and domestic life, plus cost estimates and Philadelphia precedent.
The city is invited to acquire Mrs Suow’s free kindergartens and incorporate them into the public school system. Fourteen schools with about 800 pupils and trained kindergartners would anchor a municipal program based on Froebel methods emphasizing awakening perception and active learning over rote fact memorization.
A London despatch notes that letters from General Garvey to his sister, published today, may cast doubt on Gladstone’s judgment in sending him on a mission that ended badly. Queen Victoria’s sympathetic notes to Miss Gordon accompany the Garvey letters, signaling her stance alongside the Tories in the 1835 election.
At Scruprys in London an early edition of A Tale of Two Cities sold for over £29 while Our Mutual Friend fetched £24 and Memoirs of Grimaldi edited by Dickens's father but attributed to Dickens brought over £31 at the auction.
Arnold Krug reviews Brahms Symphony No. 8 in F major noting its heroic and graceful contrasts, concise model structure, and majestic finale. Also mentions Krüg’s Prologue to Shakespeare’s Othello as modern orchestral music, played at last winter’s Boston symphony concerts.
The People s Entertainment Society of Boston funds inexpensive weekly and monthly entertainments for poorer city residents. Beginning with a North Margin Street hall, five cent tickets included refreshments. larger ten cent concerts followed. The group plans expansion to South Boston and Roxbury, with deficits covered by subscribed supporters, aiming for self reliance.
In Boston I saw a bas relief bust of Louisa May Alcott by W Rickettson in a bookseller’s window the only portrait she allowed. The piece features a knot of hair and sympathetic eyes set in a red velvet frame amid small axle greens. An unrelated note recalls Cochituate Hall, the Albion site, and Mechanics' Apprentices Library origins, plus an old one horse carryall sighting and a passing glance at a pretty young woman.
John G Wetherell of Hudson sues Boston and Maine for 10000 in damages after a crash at Vemple street crossing Nashua. Measles epidemic reported with nearly 200 cases in North Brookfield. Governor Hill to attend Knights of St Patrick dinner March 17 at Hotel Brunswick. Prohibition convention date moved from June 6 to May 30 in Indianapolis. John alias Kid McManus sentenced to four years in state prison for burglary in Bridgeport. Newfoundland steamers Hercules and Lady Glover sent to Fortune Bay to curb bait sales to French fishermen. Identified death of Eugene L Dixon found frozen in Salem pasture and taken to North Reading hospital. Naomi Home in Pittsfield receives 15000 bequest for widows and indigent families.
An audience of over two thousand attended the sixth annual benefit of the Theatrical Mechanics Association Boston Lodge No. 2 at the Boston Theatre. The program featured Miss Allie Akerstrom in Annette the Dancing Girl, Franklins from World's Museum, Marlow and Regan from Howard Atheneum, Mlle Zeke de Lussan with Fra Diavolo numbers, the Kernell brothers, McShane the midget, Digby Bell with McCaull troupe in Boccaccio, Fannie Bloodgood and Allie Smith medleys, ventriloquist Harry Kennedy, DeWalt Hopper, Marion Manola, Indian club by John B. Duffy, Baby Lou Kivian reel hornpipe, Miss Bessie Gilbert cornet solo, Glenroy brothers bone and fishth acts, BE. Hood recitation, Carlton quartet, Miss Netlie E. Smith songs and dances, the Boston Ideal Banjo Club, The Montgomery Five, Bijou trio, and John Barker's Gaiety company in The New Road. Orchestral numbers were conducted by E. M. Catlin, George Loesch, Louis Baer and Adolph Nowak.
Leah the Forsaken will be played at the Boston Theatre on Monday evening to benefit ticket agent Mr. Hurley. Miss Margaret Mather stars with Milnes Levick Frederick Paulding and others in a strong company. Mather also appears in multiple shows this week while Hoodman Blind draws big crowds at Grand Opera House.
Special despatch reports Colonel George W Morse, noted inventor and engineer, died yesterday morning in Washington from heart inactivity and age. Born 1812 in New Hampshire, he helped develop printing machinery in Boston, worked in England on ordnance and the Morse breech loading gun, later served as Louisiana state engineer, and lived in Washington for over two decades. He was a nephew of Professor Morse, inventor of the telegraph, and will be buried at Oak Hill after a Saturday funeral.
The Rev. William Henry Ryder former Roxbury pastor and long time Universalist leader in Chicago died of pneumonia. Abigail R. Taylor mother of Col. Charles H. Taylor of the Globe died at 69 in Charlestown. George Friend Gloucester fish dealer died at 69. Rev. Russell Jennings of Deep River Conn a wealthy clergyman and banker died. he funded Baptist churches sending about 3000 to about a dozen congregations in three years, totaling at least 200000.
Wendell P. Garrison advocates individual action to reform parties. Citizens may question candidates and invite reports, with costs covered. He suggests convention reforms including signature pledges and caucus driven platform decisions to shrink convention size toward Senate scale.
S D L of Cambridge Mass challenges Mr Higginson's claim about Coleridge's ode to the Duchess of Devonshire. She asserts the poem contains multiple allusions to Teil and cites a refrain about Tell, arguing Higginson has not yet found his set of Coleridge.
The residence of the late W. W. Corcoran at Washington is now deserted except for caretakers. All servants have been dismissed and family members have dispersed to various locations.
A collage of historical snippets notes imperial household costs, a London carpenters’ bias joke, Iowa coal palace talks, temperance politics shifts, and international figures. It highlights European rulers’ fortunes, London betting life, and Mazzantini the famed matador with broad, colorful portraits.
The Philadelphia Times reports Manley, Blaine's lieutenant, sending a congratulatory despatch to Whitelaw Reid that Maine's Republican victory is nationally significant. The piece suggests Blaine supporters in Maine push for renomination, elevating Maine as a high-water mark while Western Republicans show uncertainty about their own states.
The piece urges Republican leaders to condemn Mr. Ingalls openly and record the rebuke, noting his motives against the President stem from personal resentment as an office seeker, while arguing the broader political aim aligns with recent Republican rhetoric. The source cites the New York Times.
A Harper's Weekly commentary warns that new legal powers enable monopolistic combinations to crush competition and fix prices. It argues laws regulate corporations yet smooth names mask conspiracies harming public welfare, urging full exposure and corrective action by the American people this political year.
A portrait roundup cites Agnes McClellan, a 15 year old Seward Democrat editor, and John Brown Jr of Put-in-Bay visiting California. It notes Congressman Scott’s chef pay, Sir Frederick Bramwell’s Bath meeting, Lord Bramwell’s role, and Elmer Cummer’s fatal Cadillac locomotive incident. It also covers Dr D Hayes Agnew’s 50 year medical anniversary, William Morris the Socialist’s politics, and J B Miller’s resignation from Scribner’s Magazine’s editorial staff.
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