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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1888
Page
4
The Atchison engineers resume duties after a rapid return from a dispersal of the strike. The move, seen as brute force against the community, could expose leaders to conspiracy charges. The Burlington road dispute also ends with workers displaced by replacements. A warning emerges from the episode.
Professor James F Babcock argues in an interview that ordinary beverages like spruce beer and root beer exceed 1 percent alcohol. The piece notes risks of the proposed law labeling many foods as intoxicating and the need for licenses to sell soda water under such measures.
The Boulangér incident sparks Paris uproar among factions but critics say the general lacks broad support. Pro Boulangér partisans tout votes for him in districts with open seats while government stability remains unshaken amid noisy protests.
The Home Market Club faces calls to discipline Governor Oliver Ames and Congress member Benjamin Butterworth over protectionist stances. Massachusetts manufacturers urge no goods be added to the free list, while Butterworth downplays lumber protection. A North Easton petition objects to the Ranpaut bill, arguing it favors Pennsylvania and harms New England iron users. The piece criticizes reciprocal taxation between Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
The Ames company protest is described as out of harmony with the Home Market Club policy which prioritizes protecting every body at the expense of everybody else.
General Adam Badeau pressures for a share of memoir profits alleging authorship. He had long depended on Ulysses S. Grant for favors and offices, complicating the claim as Grant’s loyalty supported Badeau through public and private adversity.
Mr. Bennett C Wilson obtains a court order allowing an inspection of the Keely motor machines with explanations of exterior and interior workings and operating theory. Wilson claims to hold inventor rights and seeks a thorough review amid ongoing debates over the device and its reputed secret. The timing coincides with Don Nelly's Baconian cipher publication.
The Philadelphia Times canvass of Republican sentiment in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota shows no clear consensus without Blaine. New York hints at nomination by acclamation for Blaine, while Minnesota farmers favor limited tariff reform. Public direction awaits the convention.
A large protest petition from about three hundred New England manufacturers opposes any revision of the war taxes and free raw materials. The piece contrasts with the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League petition, highlighting the Home Market Club’s stance against tax relief and suggesting voters will see through their motives.
A critical examination denounces the Home Market Club petition for tariff protection as self serving and hypocritical. It contrasts historical advocates like Henry Clay and Garfield with modern business leaders who seek tax shields for private gain, while warning against privatized subterranean rights for electrical infrastructure and urging public regulation.
A city petition seeks a twenty year exclusive private concession to lay and maintain underground conduits for all electric wires. Critics warn the science is unsettled and the public should retain control, fearing private monopolies and universal conduit use would mirror a toll road.
The 1750 will of Judge Pau Duphey of Roxbury left £133 6s to Harvard for annual lectures. Subjects include natural religion, Christian doctrine, Roman Catholic critique, and minister ordination. Lectures began 1755 and ran to 1857. trustees now seek a lecturer under 40 to discuss the fourth subject.
Richard Heard reviews Mr. Perabo’s second Chicker ing Hall recital. The program mixed piano violin pieces, piano solos by Rubinstein Henselt and Raff, and notably six newly surfaced Beethoven works. The standout was the great trio, performed brilliantly, though the pianist’s role often underplayed during ensemble passages.
Life profile honors Reverend Dr. Andrew P. Peabody now 77, famed Harvard figure and former Plummer professor. The piece recalls his youth in Beverly, Harvard ties, Portsmouth ministry, long editorship of the North American Review, and lifelong influence on students and scholars. It closes with a lively note on a city street carriage ride and the charm of four young theatergoers.
A New York World critique by W. J. Florence condemns horse play comedies and wooden soldiers on stage. He argues such productions degrade dramatic art, lower public taste, and set false standards of criticism, warning managers and audiences alike.
A correspondent highlights Mr. Vanderbilt's new French chef who views his role as a gastronomical director rather than a cook. The piece praises simple fare delicately cooked and suggests American kitchens suffer from poor preparation and widespread dyspepsia. It urges more chefs with that philosophy for millionaire palates.
A child named Mabel Smith almost fell from a moving Boston excursion train near Nicholson station Mississippi. She landed in a blackberry bush and, after twenty minutes, was spotted by the cannon-ball train engineer, stopped the engine, and was safely returned to her anxious parents.
The Springfield Republican decries the Boston Post writer Taverner for claiming audiences remained seated through the concert and for praising Bulivan’s failure as a civic disgrace. It notes Boston culture’s pride in an American ideal mocked by a Boston poet and sculptor’s tribute.
A collage of quips and anecdotes notes Canadian weather guesser Wiggins, Boston snow absence, a philosopher thief, Ohio end-time chatter, and assorted jests about duels, fog horns, mourning papers, and a Picasso of fruit. It mocks politicians, insurance quotes, and a Philadelphia theater sketch.
Robert McCrone of Thompsonville is praised as the Nutmeg State’s most consistent vegetarian at 65 with over forty years meat-free. The piece also sketches Mary Anderson, Booth, Steele Mackaye, Modjeska, Sara Elliott, Mile. Zucchi’s Paris marriage, and Cornwell’s London journalism move. Two Irish baritones Ludwig and McGuckin are noted for Broadway appearances, with light gossip on Leddridge and onstage looks.
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