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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post presents editorial coverage of regional politics and national events with a Democratic-leaning stance. Aiming to inform readers across New England with timely reporting and opinion pieces on governance and public affairs.
The critic argues Dingley claims taxes on luxuries but figures show wool, woollen goods and sugar bear the heaviest burden, totaling over 64 million annually. He asserts the new McKinley bill taxes the poor to raise funds while taxing rich luxuries lightly and protecting wealth.
The Supreme Court's freight rate ruling condemns all restraints on trade by combinations of capital. It asserts the decision embodies public welfare and broad justice, undermining trusts and placing enforcement responsibility on the executive branch to suppress such combinations.
A critical view denounces Congressman Dingleys concession on a McKinley tax on education. The piece argues the revised plan still blocks US scholars and restricts import of books and apparatus, condemning McKinleyism as hostile to learning and progress. It predicts voter rejection next November.
The British House of Commons discussed a warning that merchant ships bound for Crete could be searched by agents at Crete ports. The piece notes the blockade may be a non issue for the United States and questions Britain’s role if a concerted European policy enforces Ottoman integrity. It highlights shared ties with Britain and anxieties over Christian and Turkish power dynamics.
The remark asserts that the American public will support the stance taken at England's insistence and frames the action as driven by English demand. It reflects political alignment with a British request as publicly endorsed.
The gas and electric light commissioners fail to offer practical safeguards for poisonous gas use in Boston. The minority report argues for full operation of coal gas plants to cut carbonic oxide, proposing city cooperation with gas firms or else prohibit dangerous gas and return to less poisonous coal gas. Preservation of life is stated as the priority, with regulation of water gas considered but not guaranteed.
An iron-girder laden four-horse team jumped into Joy Street from Mt. Vernon and careened toward Beacon before the driver saved by a sharp curb-side maneuver onto the sidewalk. The event crushed the curb but left horses unscathed and uninjured. Further notes comment on busy lunch spots, dining habits, a forged meal check case against Vernona Jarbeau, a partition wall sign contest between bootblacking shops, and the Saunders family longownership of a Salem New Hampshire property with lake and multiple acres.
The Clerical Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Massachusetts approves the endorsements of a special commission that investigated management of Commonwealth charitable and reformatory institutions after its own inquiry.
In Boston during Lent a six part course of Professor Wisner’s French lectures drew private salon audiences led by Mrs Rollins Morse and Mrs De Forest Danielson. The lectures aim to be a fashionable social duty more than a passion for language.
A distinguished Englishman in New York hides from a famed detective named W- who has tracked him by photo and paper. The London Times reports a nobleman’s treachery in a trust for a widow, prompting a chase from Scotland Yard to New York.
A fashion note details a full long skirt with iridescent embroidery on the hem and a matching bolero jacket. The outfit features a low neck with a green silk yoke, small coat shaped sleeves, and a metallic button on the left. A rough iridescent straw hat with green and violet accents completes the ensemble.
Boston women renew cycling fervor at Columbia rink in Colonel Pope’s building aided by fashionably busy social season. Mrs Jack Gardner’s theatre visit shows restless nerves and a spectator’s whispered verdict on Fitzsimmons victory sparking gossip about her next romance.
The bride to be should choose a travel gown of the best affordable material. Rough fabrics are unsuitable. plain substantial goods are preferred. Crap d ete or lady's cloth are top choices. if costly, opt for ceviot or fine serge. Brilliantine makes up petite outfits.
Washington reports no changes in Treasury assistant secretaries before April 1. Wike Curtis and Hamlin resigned after March 4. Secretary Gage asked them to stay while reviewing the ground. Hamlin told Gage he wants to resume his law practice by April 1 and cannot stay past April 15.
Angier Chemical Company of Boston advertises a free pamphlet on consumptive tendency with druggists selling remedies at 50 cents and one dollar.
A prominent Providence social figure attracts whispers as she courts a handsome young English baritone years her junior. The singer's European tour follows a Boston and Providence stint, with her departure soon after a Lakewood visit rumor. The Germanic voyage to Europe left Wednesday, and the married woman had not reappeared in Lakewood by then.
The Marquis of Salisbury avoids gloves. Elizabeth Bisland writes a play for Miss Georgia Cayvan. Herbert Spencer declines Cambridge University’s doctor of science offer. Mrs. Leland Stanford donates her San Francisco mansion and collections to Leland Stanford Junior University. Mr Bailey of Texas, 34, leads the House. Reed admires him. Sweden informs Canada of Andrée’s forthcoming Spitzbergen balloon voyage early summer. George H White, Howard alumnus, to be honored with a reception. Hattie K Miller of Santa Barbara is a pioneering female motorman on electric streetcars.
A daily meal plan lists breakfast with baked potatoes buttermilk biscuit doughnuts cereal coffee lunch and dinner of boiled white fish egg sauce beet pickles fried cabbage and more followed by supper of meat hash and cream toast. A cake recipe concludes with a plain cake instructions and seasoning.
A collage of quips from early 20th century papers includes marital banter about sermons, a memory anecdote from a railroad accident, and light exchanges about education, judges, and beach shows. It closes with a cartoonish exchange about a selfish class leader and youthful schooling.
A reader writes to the Post complaining that editorials oppose tariff legislation. The writer argues the paper objects to the bill rather than critique specifics and urges patience to see Senate scrutiny. The letter closes with a warning to business readers about sensational political editorials.
Alice Stone Blackwell from Dorchester argues at a legislative hearing that non taxpaying women should not be denied voting rights. She cites indirect taxes and women who devote themselves to home and family as peaceable voters likely to support moral causes. She questions evidence of harm from non-taxpaying female voters.
Dr. John F. Dowsley urges a permanent association of New England boards to standardize dentistry exams. Attendees at the University Club favor state board examination for all candidates, and a committee led by Dowsley with Parmlee Keefe and Barrett plans a June meeting.
Ex Mayor William R Grace plans a Grace Institute of the City of New York to be funded by his bounty. The charter grants tax exemption to 2 million dollars and aims to assist indigent young women through trades and domestic arts instruction with non sectarian intent, likely run by Roman Catholic nuns.
The Dominion Parliament in Ottawa opened this afternoon with a speech from the throne by the governor-general. He voiced regret that ordinary receipts were still inadequate to cover charges against the consolidated revenue and urged tariff revisions and economy in administration to restore equilibrium.
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