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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1890
Page
4
The Boston audience saw Adelina Patti in Rossini's Semiramide with Fabbri Vicini De Vaschetti Castelmary and Marcassa. The review praises Patti while critiquing staging, scenery, and some performers, noting strong vocal technique but mixed orchestral and dramatic execution.
The Kansas farming community faces widespread foreclosures with over 1800 farm mortgages in a single law firm’s hands. A petition asks Congress for relief, arguing tariff reform could aid farmers by lowering costs and boosting prices. The piece notes varied newspaper reaction to Mr. Lopez's federal election bill, criticizing partisan hypocrisy in ballot reform debates.
The Ways and Means Committee favors reimposing the duty on the package value, raising the rate on decorated crockery from 60 to 70 percent. Redwood Pottery of Cincinnati and Low Tile Works of Chelsea, notable American makers, decline to join the request for protection, arguing their work stands on merit and that the U S should maintain its lead despite tariffs.
The House committee favors a Chicago backed measure by adopting aPresident issued proclamation to invite foreign nations once a $10,000,000 fund is shown as raised. The fair would go toChicago with 1892 as the target and a potential dedication October 12, 1892, delaying the exhibition to 1893.
The House quickly approves the bill to transfer the Revenue Marine to the Navy Department after a decade of consideration. Officers had opposed at times but now back the change, arguing it will benefit the service and its personnel by aligning peacetime duties with greater support and privileges.
The proposal promises permanency of tenure, regular promotions, and pensions for disability and retirement, asking that these benefits be granted to naval personnel who have long deserved them and earned such assurances.
The anticipated full committee review of McKinley’s tariff bill signals limited changes from the Senate version, with sugar duties and internal taxes shaping the dispute. Critics deride protections for wool and iron, while shifts in lead ore, hides, and Mexican smelting taxes risk broader trade effects and higher living costs.
The resignation of Chancellor BisMARCK seems now accepted amid differences with Emperor William II. The dispute center explores Windthorst's demand over the Hanoverian Guiria fund, but the deeper causes are likely social and labor policy pressures. Biismarck’s age and opposition in a new Reichstag shape the uncertain political course.
U S delegates at the International Marine Conference urge Congress to carry out conference conclusions. They push hard to retire injured seamen, require better lights for Grand Banks fishing vessels, use mechanical fog signals, and fund experiments with fog signals and lights. They also propose naval action to destroy derelicts and wrecks and advocate offshore signal shapes for calm weather.
The college settlement in New York City, featuring residents from Smith, Vassar and Wellesley, runs eight clubs for girls and boys, a Sunday kids group, and a Penny Provident Fund station. It operates as a communal boarding house with bath facilities and a growing museum, attracting two hundred youths and expanding its influence beyond the neighborhood.
Mr Parnett and associates avoid clear demands and resist old terms. A Boston lawyer visited the House, and in talk with T P O Connor asked what they wanted. O Connor replied that they should not seek what they already have and that many people share that sentiment.
Visitors observed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston between noon and 4 pm show strong interest in antique casts Japanese art and American paintings. Critics note better lighting in the new wings and a general sense of needing more time to study the exhibits.
The Park Theatre audience witnessed Signor Salvini's Othello with powerful passion and fine detail. Critics praised his intensity though many questioned the portrayal's alignment with Shakespeare. Supporting actors fared less well, with Miss May Brooklyn earning rare praise while George Fawcett and Virginia Buchanan disappointed in key roles.
My Barnes of New York will play at Globe Theatre next Monday with a long cast including Emily Rigl Sheridan Bloch Effie German and Robert Hilliard. Annie Yeamans returns to Daly's company and signs with Harrigan for next season. Lillian Russell renews with Rudolph Aronson for two years, reportedly the highest paid comic opera singer in the country.
Woburn March 18. The Board of Aldermen adopted an act allowing the city to execute the late Dr John Cloughs will provisions for gifts to the public library art gallery and free beds at Massachusetts General Hospital. An Alderman Goddard measure to form a sewer committee with power to hire a civil engineer was adopted, Goddard and Kenney named to the committee.
The notice reports that last night and Thursday afternoon’s receipts will cover all expenses for the opera company with the remaining six performances yielding profit to Mr. Abbey. It notes hopeful expectations after prior misfortunes and promotes tonight’s performance with Mme Ordica as Leonora in Il trovatore.
Professor Marshall reports Jumbo the elephant has reached Tufts College from Bridgeport and will be housed at the Barnum Museum. A four horse team carried Jumbo from Old Colony depot to campus, doors and sills removed for entry, as students and the Glee Club sing Jumbo Cantepic.
A reflective panorama covers Patti the opera star, Irish St Patrick's Day theater, and global curiosities. Notes on Gladstone, Daly's rare library, centenarians in Lesbos, and a comical Comte de Paris letter reveal cultural tastes, literary collecting, and social ironies of the era.
The poem honors Oliver Wendell Holmes as a teacher of song and cheer for decades. It praises his melody and wit as balm for harsh New England winters and a source of warmth at hearth and fireside. T. W. Parsons of Scituate-by-the-Sea signs the tribute.
Governor Goodell stayed away from visitors yesterday due to paresis. The Davenport estate to New Haven Orphan Asylum is valued at 24 000 to 30 000 dollars following Miss Jeannette Monahan’s death. Bramann named to succeed Volk mann at Halle University amid faculty disfavor. Mrs Sutherland Orr seeks letters of Browning and notes her literary circle connections. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Mrs Ward entertain at Chestnut Street readings, drawing a cultivated audience and strong ticket demand.
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