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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1888
Page
4
A second class master entry appears for New York Acencry located at 140 Nassau Street. The notice records a filing or listing with address details in the old city directory notation.
The Editor states no manuscript will be returned and no attention will be given to rejected submissions. The notice sets no obligation for authors to seek further consideration or response.
The Boston Post reports rumors of a possible Austro Roumanian military convention, said to rest on no stated ground yet considered probable. The piece notes Balkan states fear Russian ambition and see Austria as a natural ally with aligned interests.
The New York Assembly debate on the high license bill included a humorous amendment from Mr McKenna proposing that no building house more than one liquor saloon. He hinted the target was the New York Times building. Mr Wissin attacked the bill claiming ruin to small liquor dealers, but his fears failed to unsettle non liquor sellers.
The New York board of health faces criticism for allowing the steamship Britannia with smallpox to pass quarantine. The paper argues for stricter inspection after similar lapses with Circassia and multiple cases in Brooklyn, urging the ship to undergo quarantine again until safety is assured.
The fall of M. Tiard’s ministry follows a long build up by opposition forces in the Chamber of Deputies. Radicals and Monarchists push revision while Boulang er’s supporters claim a win, but the defeat reflects the cabinet’s inability to present a strong policy. No lasting harm to France is anticipated.
The Dawes bill adds to last Congress reforms a broad extension of rights for noncitizen Indians living on or off reservations. It ensures suing, contracts, and business access, allows land exchanges, and adds judges, court commissioners, and appeals to integrate tribal law with U S courts. It requires a common school system on reservations and aims to enforce emancipation. The measure has broad support but awaits congressional action and gubernatorial reaction to a prior veto.
The New York Assembly approved the high license proposal by 66 to 61 after a partisan fight. One Republican was absent. Representative Bagley of Greene County cast a pivotal vote and advocated limiting intoxicants, while an amendment by D. Bagley cut license fees from 500 to 300 dollars minimum and 2000 to 1000 dollars maximum.
The British government remains strong as Parliament adjourns for Easter. While Irish affairs expose Unionist resistance to coercion, the administration enjoys gains from Goschen's budget and the local government reform measure. Victory hinges on Conservative discipline, but the government holds credit as the session pauses.
The piece notes Sir Epwin Arnold has published a death poem for Kaiser WithelM in Asiatic Quarterly Review. It highlights this as his first poem since knighthood and suggests strong reader interest. The text includes stanzas praising the Kaiser and expressing sympathy with Germany.
The Transcript argues that a British or American matron would judge the ethical value of art more directly than a professional critic. It says the matron's view on art ethics speaks with independence from sophistry, challenging critics to reflect on journal influence.
Prince Pedro of Brazil plans marriage to Princess Henriettsa daughter of the Count of Flanders and niece of King Leopold of Belgium. The princess is 17. Also noted is Andrew Carnegie leasing the Cluny Macpherson estate in Tiverness shire Scotland for grouse shooting next season as the finest in the country.
The week features Mme Modjeska at Hollis Street Theatre with a heavy Shakspere lineup including Measure for Measure and Cymbeline. Praise for Eben Plympton and Miss Mary Shaw accompanies notes on other houses, repertoires, and upcoming engagements at the Museum and Grand Opera House.
The writer surveys Easter signs in Boston as nature awakens and fashions shift from winter to spring. He notes lilies in windows, Easter cards evolving, April Fool themes, and a comical array of deceptive confections. He recalls auctioneer tales of art, a Cambridge electric car episode, and a vivid horse head painting linked to E Booth, 1883.
The painting Christ on Calvary by M. de Munkacsy is shown at Old South Church after a New York run. Critics note strong dramatic effect and rich color but call the religious sentiment weak and the display theatrical, with technical faults yet notable composition and animation.
The narrator reflects on the memory of a woman’s fine qualities of head and heart and acknowledges the living evidence of her artistic capacities. It is hard to accept that her brush will no longer bring vitality to subjects she so sympathetically understood.
In Huntington Hall Lowell on March 30 Hon A W Beard spoke to Lowell Republican Club about protection tariffs. He denounced Wheeler’s Jamaica Club and Tremont Temple remarks, argued 1887 prosperity, defended national protection, and asserted the need for unified national policy against free trade.
The column surveys assorted notes including John P. St John’s move to California and possible vineyard war, queens absence from Parliament, a Washington congress of women in leap year, and a chi newspaper ad for an “unmitigated liar.” It also jokes about lawyers as mechanics, Shropshire ewes lambing in Maine, and industry quips on publishers and temperance zeal.
Music review of Mr. and Mrs. Max Voyrich's second delayed Steinert Hall recital. Mr. Voyrich's highly emotional piano style received praise for delicacy in nocturne and verses, while overemphasis in some finale sections drew critique. Mrs. Voyrich shown equal technique and dramatic ability, especially in Frisch Schutz aria Wie “Nate mir der Schlummer.” Wagner, Schubert, and Schumann songs praised. composer-leaning remarks note Voyrich’s stronger piano technique than composition.
In a letter to the editor dated March 30, 1888, Wontate argues the proposed salaries for Supreme and Superior Court judges remain too low. He notes $6000 or $5000 base pay plus travel allowances, compares them to Boston mayoral pay and English judges, and questions republican economics and merit in filling two new Superior Court seats.
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