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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1889
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes list prices and mail details for the Boston Post. Mentions weekly Friday issues with a six dollar annual rate and one fifty cent daily rate. Notes payment instructions and office addresses in New York and Washington.
The water supply committee holds Tuesday morning session on allowing towns to take water from great ponds without compensating for water power injury. Authors stress the issue’s grave responsibility and widespread impact on water privileges and local establishments.
Lord Randolph Churchill argues the new Admiralty proposal should be viewed with suspicion due to the body directing funds and the bill's large sum. He accuses long-term mismanagement and corruption of plundering taxpayers and suggests this appeal for funds may end public patience.
The 1886 exile decree against the Duc d Aumale is revoked, a move welcomed as strengthening the republic. The chamber's vote 316 to 147 signals public support, while Constans argued the act was not political. The duc is popular as a former soldier who donated Chantilly to the Institute of France.
The House advanced a resolution to discontinue publication of the Province Laws amid unseemly haste and discourtesy toward the special committee investigating Commissioner Goodell. Critics cite omissions of protests from the Bar Association and Historical societies and dismissive handling of testimony from ex Governor Claflin and W H Whitmore.
In a contested veto override the board of aldermen pushes to place Dr Bartletts fountain in the Public Garden. The common council will decide Thursday evening, with critics urging restraint against crude local ideas and defending the citys conservative governance.
A brief editorial remark decries a proposed nuisance at the Public Garden and urges the council to condemn it emphatically.
The 6000 Fall River weavers struck over wage rises amid wartime cost pressures. Editors urge use of state arbitration to avert extended disruption, linking broader industry distress from Ames Shovel Works to wool and iron sectors and warning against political change as a cure.
The piece critiques Labouchere’s Truth on Sir Julian Pauncefote, calling him a mediocre appointee and accusing the ministerial rise of “kicking upstairs.” It details Pauncefote’s career path from colonial judge to legal secretary and eventual Foreign Office advisor, suggesting unfair portrayal by Labouchere.
The heated discussion over the Boston and Albany stock increase pits public interest against railroad profits. Critics warn a $10,000,000 raise raises rates and reduces wages, while a $5,000,000 plan could fund needs without harming citizens.
In a Boston reflection, the author contrasts New York fixed outside door knobs with Boston swivel latches, arguing Boston trust and liberal hospitality. The piece extends to social portraits, including Alexander Mossback at a club, noting his frugal attire yet daily wine.
The discussion centers on whether Massachusetts can tax travel and transportation to fund stockholders of the Boston & Albany Railroad. A critic questions a railroad magnate's potential purchase power, while noting the stock total and the lack of resulting control, stressing the bill’s impact on people and local industries through taxation.
Ottawa reports Sir John Thompson's amendment to repeal section 5 of the copyright law requiring Canadian printing or publishing within three months with a possible two month extension. It also notes a licensing scheme with royalties and bans certain works. The piece then reviews Boston's Hollis Street Theatre premiere of The Pearl of Pekin, praising costumes but deeming text and music merely mediocre.
M Coquelin returns to Boston with a strong program led by Le Mariage de Figaro at the Park Theatre. The critic praises his Figaro for pure French comedy and notes supporting turns by Duquesne Barely Mayer and Kerwich, with a favorable first-night reception and promising billings for Shomons Jean Dacier and Bartley Campbell's The White Slave at the Grand Opera House.
The Howard Atheneum Star specialty company opened a week at the Boston Theatre delivering nonstop variety. Ida Heath astonishes with dancing and rapid costume changes while Chinquevalli and acrobats impress. The troupe’s high quality is praised as among the best in the country.
The Noyes & Cobb gallery on Park Square and Boylston Street fills with new portraits and canvases. Couture works, Virgil Williams head, Corot scenes, Verhas genre pieces, and Richards marine highlight a diverse show. Ross studio suites planned on St James Avenue signal growing artist housing needs in Boston.
The article recounts a Boylston Club concert at Music Hall, notes Damrosch’s Met duties affecting his Chickering Hall lecture on Siegfried, and highlights Mme Albani’s farewell concert with Osgood's chorus and Gounod's Gallia. It previews Boston Theatre’s season opener with the Metropolitan Opera House company performing Rheingold through Tannhauser, with pricing and advance sale dates.
The Duke of Newcastle married Miss Florence Candy at All Saints London. Eight maids wore cream serge with astrachan jewels and blue silk vests. Pages bore the train in Louis XV style. The bride’s dress was white and silver with a blue travel costume. Four lergymen united the couple as the choir sang.
A man in Hartford has worked in forty six trades and forms a one man trade union. The piece references New Mexico politics and satirical exchanges from various papers including the Philadelphia Record and the Indian Daily News. It notes playful courtroom and social banter across entertainments and diaries of the era.
A review praises Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn for adventure and bold ideas with a piratical heroine, and examines Julian Hawthorne’s Constance and Calbot's Rival as superior to his later work. It also notes Sidney Luska's Latin-Quarter Courtship and Harland's Mr Sonnenschein's Inheritance with mixed results.
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