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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1889
Page
4
The March 27 1889 item notes Mr Joan Bricuts condition was grave with little hope of recovery after a long illness. It recalls his vitality in earlier weeks and the sympathy his life and humanitarian work earned among Americans.
The City Reform Club reports indictments against several men for vote buying in New York elections. Among the accused are an alderman and an Assembly member. The case signals stern punishment to deter future corruption and to curb transgressions in public life.
The House debated authorizing an increase in Old Colony Railroad stock with public sale only to mirror a Boston & Albany bonus. Critics say the vote shows weak wisdom and a desire for party consistency, not sound fiscal policy, and call for amending the bill for clearer principles.
The piece roasts newspaper allies of Mr Buaine facing possible foreign posts for backing the "Great Leader." It notes Whitelaw Reid escaping scrutiny and Markuu Ha Stead seeking Germany or Russia posts, recalling his fiery Senate denunciations and his claim that enemies were useful to him, prompting questions about current loyalties.
George William Curtis argues in Harper’s Easy Chair that opposition to elevating foreign ministers to ambassadorial status reflects caricatured Americanism and mock patriotism. He mocks Senate skepticism as lacking humor and highlights the ludicrous anti aristocratic stance in American life.
The article argues that the United States must grant official titles to its ministers to align with international manners and avoid signaling second-class status. It emphasizes that diplomatic rank is tied to seniority of service and that lack of titles harms prestige and practical business precedence.
Charles Francis Adams outlines a radical railroad reform in Scribner’s Magazine that would create a permanent enrolled workforce, a disciplinary tribunal, joint funds for benefits, and educational programs. employees gain representation in board discussions and a permanent arbitrator would end deadlocks. The plan aims to prevent strikes by integrating workers into management and ensuring mutual rights.
The piece denounces a proposed three member board of public works as a partisan, costly consolidation that would centralize patronage across pav ing, ferries, lamplighters, ashes and offal, sewerage, and more. Critics warn it shifts mayoral responsibility and risks the corruption seen under the water board.
The piece argues that railroads are fixed institutions and managers should not be pressured to guarantee permanent employee service. It suggests that as rate war and legislative harassment ease, a movement toward Adams’s proposed railroad consolidation could enable a millennial plan and a continental consolidation becoming necessary.
American delegates to the International Marine Conference gathered in Washington for the first time ahead of the October meeting. The discussion highlighted key issues such as sea rules of the road, handling dangerous derelicts, and color blindness provisions for officers or men, among other topics.
Reports praise Mr Ricu directing Sargents pupils for Electra in New York highlighting intelligence and fidelity to Greek dramatic ideals. The production aims to be as engaging and instructive as the upcoming Antigone in town.
A review notes Warner’s Harper’s Magazine piece sketches American life as a society of busy virtue. He argues Americans fear idleness and segment time into days for music art tea and charitable work. The excerpt highlights conscientiousness over restlessness and hints at broad social duties.
A noted young actress, Jota Marlowe, has joined the long list of sick performers this season. After half a year of demanding roles and travel fatigue, plus a troubling family incident in Chicago, she has interrupted her tour for a week to recover, with hopes for a speedy return and better health care.
A Boston reader comments on Dhulip Singh visiting Boston after touring New York, noting his Sikh heritage and potential future book. The piece honors Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce upon retirement, praises his naval contributions, and muses on a quirky urban juxtaposition of an undertaker warehouse above a bustling restaurant.
A dispatch from Washington reports Judge Granger of the Ohio State Supreme bench will seek the vacancy on the U S Supreme Court after Justice Matthews’s death, with ex Postmaster General Creswell as another candidate. The article condemns lawyers courting the top seat and questions the propriety of such candidacies.
The piece warns of a veto by the senatorial set against a reformer in the new administration. It frames the fight as a clash over obstructing civil service policy and foreign diplomacy under a Republican-led White House, urging public concern in Springfield.
Miss Clara Morris cancels her Baltimore engagement due to illness and travels to New York to rest. Senator Sherman and family plan a Europe trip after the Senate adjourns for rest and recreation. Ex President Cleveland returns to Havana with his party from Santa Rosa. Salamanca hosts a dinner in his honor with Cuban officials. Robert Louis Stevenson’s health improves after quitting cigarettes. F Marion Crawford also conquers the habit. Connecticut appoints Jonathan Trumbull of Norwich as a commissioner to the Washington inauguration centennial, replacing Yale’s Dana. Edward Bulwer Lytton and Alfred Tennyson, sons of Forster's Life of Dickens, are successful colonists in Australia. E B L Dickens seeks a seat in the New South Wales Parliament.
Mr Perabo offered a Beethoven recital in honor of his sixty second deathday at Chickering Hall with Listemann Fries and Miss Franklin. The program featured Quartet in E flat op 16 An die ferne Geliebte songs and the great Beethoven trio in A flat with a flawless performance by the quartet and trio members. The audience enjoyed Miss Franklin and Perabo's expressive playing and the ensemble's refined interpretation.
A Parker House meeting planned the Boston Theatre public event for March 31 to support the Parnell defense fund with Hon. William McAdoo as orator. The Forty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment held a reunion at Young's with 34 members, and plans for Nantasket Beach. Notables arrival list at Vendome Parker Tremont Adams and tavern hotels includes numerous names across New York Philadelphia and Boston.
A collage of stray items and jokes from a late 19th or early 20th century paper. Mentions Painted Post as a western town, New York’s 400 bartering for Revolutionary era ancestors, Mrs. Potter in Camille, and light exchanges about cane gifts, tobacco, matchmaking, and a humorous dog at a Worcester drugstore.
A collection of newspaper opinions on union rights and political matters. Whitelaw Reid is denounced by New York printers, Connecticut ballot reform nears, Halstead taunts Senators, and the Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati Gazette are discussed for partisanship and editorial missteps amid local conventions and rivalries.
Miss Julia Marlowe fell ill at the Leland Hotel in Syracuse and will not perform this week. Doctor A H Brown diagnosed exhaustion from overwork and throat strain, with a week of rest needed before resuming duties in Cleveland on April 1. Her company stays at the Leland.
Indications say the Naval Academy at Awwnapouis Maryland will add about fifteen acres to its grounds. The campus already spans multiple acquisitions including thirty three acres in 1845 and 1858, four acres in 1866 and four more in 1874. The new addition will give the academy a water front on three of its four sides.
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