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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1894
Page
4
A short item notes the Monte Carlo Company dividend is greatly reduced this year and attributes the drop to tariff fears rather than general hard times. The piece references a song about a man who broke the bank and mentions a repeal of the McKinley tariff as the blamed cause.
The coal miners strike for seventy cents per ton as a bare living wage. Mine owners resist, citing a tariff tax on coal and press for protection while keeping wages low and forcing workers to trade at company stores. The dispute reflects broader tax and tariff debates in McKinley era policy.
The piece argues against barring Sanders Theatre for political talks. It defends university study of political economy and government, noting lectures by competent speakers are valid educational methods. It criticizes excluding current politics from academic instruction as an error.
The education committee backs a bill to establish four state normal schools in North Adams Fitchburg Lowell and Barnstable County. It argues the plan is economical fair and deserving of unanimous support, with Barnstable County favored for the first school. The State Board of Education will decide the site.
In a speech at Trowbridge Lord Salisbury warned conservative Englishmen against Home Rule, portraying Irish Americans as pursuing with undying hatred the timid English and waiting for the right moment to push their agenda.
The text argues against fearmongering that Britain funds US campaigns and warns that both nations, shared by sensible people, should cease portraying the other as a terror or detestation to sway elections. It cites past allegations about British gold aiding Cleveland's campaign and notes believers face court consequences.
The mortal crushing of a man by an electric streetcar on Causeway Street sparks condemnation of surface running and urges protective fenders to shield pedestrians especially the frail, the intoxicated, or the careless, arguing no one should die as a result of drunkenness or folly.
Republican organs claim a Democratic loss in the third Ohio district after Sorg's victory and contrast it with 1882 and 1893 results. McKinley warned of tariff reform repudiation, while the piece argues no real revolution occurred and predicts more surprises this fall.
A Boston note recalls a German band at Tremont and Massachusetts avenues causing late night disturbance. Electric lighting upgrades at the Common may end summer moonlit meetings. Offhand mentions include John B. O’Higgins heading to Omaha and Captain Watts preparing a remodeled division. Dr George C Lorimer seeks funds for Tremont Temple rebuilding and hosts a fall ladies bazaar. Captain Thompson returns from Europe to resume duties.
Commodore George F. Perkins tops US Navy wealth lists while General Nelson B. Sweitzer leads Army wealth among officers. Mrs. Thomas B. Bartlett of Manchester gifts a life size portrait of Colonel Joseph Cilley for the Soldiers' Home at Tilton. Walter H. Woods and Marion C. Meins announce engagement as Julius H. Dreher visits Roanoke College in New York seeking college ties. General Booth of the Salvation Army garners wide admiration.
The article notes a fiftieth anniversary celebration with a 50000 jubilee gift and an international Salvation Army congress in London next month. General to lead a jubilee campaign in America, adding officers and new ventures. Also reports Captain Cornelius Nye’s ninety eighth birthday in Lynn Massachusetts and Don Thomas Mua sculpting a Columbus statue for Guatemala. Arthur Percy Fitt to marry Dwight Moody’s daughter on May 16. he is a Dublin University graduate and Moody’s former private secretary.
Dorchester reader laments fatalities from electric car crossings and urges the company and city to place life above profit. He argues that safeguards must be designed by those focused on protection, not cost, and criticizes reliance on the present gridiron as inadequate.
A Boston letter to the editor defends Coxey’s 500 mile march and urges equal treatment for the unemployed movement. The writer supports public works and a daily wage, argues authorities should hear Coxey’s group, and condemns dubbing them tramps or jailing those who refuse work.
James W. Costello Jr asks for old comrades of Company F Thirtieth Massachusetts who knew his father Private James Costello and fought at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. He invites letters to 33 Harrison Street New London Connecticut.
A letter to David Remington of Northampton Massachusetts door-keeper at the Senate Chamber may yield Costello’s sought facts. Costello, a former member of Company F, is said to know more men in the Thirtieth Massachusetts than anyone else. He is in Orange on business but can be found at the State House after Monday.
A reader asks for the president of the grievance committee and its address. The paper notes the committee has no president and identifies the chair as Charles P. Greenough, address 39 Court Street.
The Boston Post is becoming very popular with the Hebrew community in Boston. It carries engaging Hebrew news and lively reading matter with colored cartoons, drawing greater sympathy and interest from readers daily.
The Fourth Estate, a New York weekly, surveys the League of Press Clubs convention in Atlanta. It describes the event as lively and interesting and notes it obtained special wire coverage, a rarity for weekly papers.
A Washington World correspondent alleges sugar certificates trading on the New York Stock Exchange were manipulated by Senators or their agents who knew changes to the sugar schedule in the Wilson tariff bill. The piece traces a sequence from November through April showing sharp price moves and claims of insider advantage, with reference to Havemeyer, Brice, and committee actions shaping a multi million dollar flow to the Sugar Trust and its rivals.
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