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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
4
The article argues the McKinley tariff on imported lumber endangers white pine forests by hastening depletion within 10 12 years. Lumbermen and paper makers oppose the duty, which critics say serves no protection, accelerates forest destruction, and risks water supply and flood control for future generations.
The piece argues the West might trade a duty on hides for removing the internal revenue tax on alcohol used in industry. It claims freeing industrial alcohol would help Western farmers by expanding the corn market, while hides mainly profits the Chicago Beef Trust. It notes Republican tariffs favor trusts, and a deal could benefit all if made to support wool schedules.
The House will consider substituting Representative Rourke's free transfer bill for the street railway committee report next Tuesday. The public demands free transfers now and hopes for open, decisive action in session. Supporters warn against delaying and urge passage without opposition.
The Fifty fourth Congress Senate failed to ratify a bilateral arbitration treaty with Great Britain. The author notes the proposal would have marked U S leadership against war and promoted civilization. Yet the practical effect remains minimal since policy has long favored arbitration over force.
The piece argues Republicans are divided over the tariff bill as Senate changes from McKinley era Dingley plans toward a Senate version. It labels both bills as illogical and notes party executives call the measure emergency or temporary, with no sincere acceptance from any faction.
The piece criticizes Republican leadership for eroding principles and failing to enact a McKinley tariff. It laments extended uncertainty as Congress, urged to act by March, stalls and signals no new tariff before the fall.
A State Senate discussion questions reform zeal toward Boston and warns against league politics using legislative power to shape the city. It proposes attaching the referendum to municipal legislation and cites the City Council reorganization bill as an example of direct public decision making. The piece also notes a Boston school controversy, resignations, and a nautical anecdote about exaggerated sea stories.
The Observant Citizen notes swan boats and rowing craft ready for season in the Public Garden with few patrons due to a keen east wind. Articles mention Herbert Putnam traveling to Europe for librarian conferences, a Massachusetts court case on wrapping bread with pink string as a trademark, and anecdotes about a blind man helped across streets. Other items report parades in Charlestown, civic reflections on Chicago and New York, Paris fire relief by Boston volunteers, and Maine prohibitionists opposing Frank Jones’s barley push.
A young missionary Infelice wanders the plains at night under moonlight. A native Turk abducts her, but Harry the doctor races to aid them. A crash of swords ends both lovers, and the Turk vanishes on horseback saying revenge is sweet.
A large Dallas audience attended the unveiling of a monument to Confederate heroes erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The ceremony featured the introduction of Mrs. Stonewall to the crowd, creating a notable moment in the event.
Jackson and her children receive ovation as she acknowledges. Paderewski declines fees for Scotch concerts at Sir A C McKenzie’s Philharmonic Society. gold medal awarded to a select few, including Arabella Goddard and Adelina Patti. Long seeks consul role for Florence or Rome with an ornate parchment submission. England remembers grand women born before Victoria, including Mrs Gladstone and Baroness Burdett Coutts.
The New York Assistant District Attorney Moritz Rosen thal was formally indicted for aiding and abetting Cupid. On hearing the indictment he grew pale but read the grand jurors’ cordial congratulations. Lady Elspeth Campbell promotes drawing room bagpipe fashion in Britain. Sam Stevenson of Kansas joined Cuban patriots, was captured, and faced a choice between execution or swearing allegiance to Spain. He wrote that he was a patriot not a fool.
May social gossip notes a string of Boston bachelors amid engagements and marriages as Mr Hugh Whitney announces engagement to Miss Eleanor Shattuck daughter of Dr George B Shattuck. Other named figures include Dr Roland Whitridge and Tim Adamowski while Mrs Whit tier and Miss Polly Whit tier attend weddings and visit relatives in Brookline and Boston.
A Boston club event last Friday drew a large crowd with a mob like push. The reception committee led by George Beals and Harry Otis struggled to exclude disruptive elements. The highlight for the women present was a racket match where Hollis Hunnewell Jr defeated Quin Shaw Jr to cheers from many ladies.
At the Jarley wax works the crowd applauded a charity entertainment led by Miss McCobb of Portland as Mrs Jarley. Notable turns included Holker Abbott as an eastern porter and Percy Houghton as Achilles with strong costume work and keenness.
A collage of short jokes and quips from various 19th and early 20th century papers. Items include playful banter about bicycles and fashion, lines about social status, and humorous exchanges on language and wit sourced from publications like Tit-Bits the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Washington Star.
A reader argues Princess Mary of Bavaria as Queen through the female Stuart line. He cites Princess Henrietta's marriage to the Duke of OrLeans and a daughter who married Victor Amadeus of Savoy, linking Stuart and Savoy lines. The letter notes Cardinal Henry IX and Catholics’ exclusion shaping the claim and expresses Jacobite skepticism.
James A. Herne will leave the stage for the pulpit this Sunday at St Pauls Church in Chicago where Rev. Dr. A. J. Canfield presides He will deliver a sermon titled The Drama and explains his view that theater should entertain without debasing morals while seeking a high standard for American drama.
The article describes a new circular skirt style shaped as a full circle with a small central waist hole. The pattern divides the circle into halves, leaving the back portion uncut to fall in full.
The design features a four gore front with three gores meeting at the waist, forming a hybrid gored and circular skirt. It introduces a graceful circular back with a long front, sides, and a narrow silk gimp trimming the seam. French skirts sweep the ground, a style not widely adopted here.
A dated home menu lists breakfast items such as sliced bananas rolled oats with cream and coffee followed by a dinner of pea soup rib roast beef and fresh lettuce. Supper features cold beef cheese toast and pineapple compote with cookies. The text includes detailed kitchen procedures and ends with a signature from Mrs George B. Sewell of Dorchester Massachusetts dated April 23.
Samuel Dunlop of 44 East Brookline Street Boston writes of a beloved ship and a Pilgrims book. He asks what poet named the vessel and honors ancestral memory, hoping the relic be wafted safely to Plymouth Bay.
The annual May dance of the Moses Mendelsohn and Bay State lodges I O F S of I was held last evening in Minot Hall. The hall was decorated with care and dancing continued until 3 o clock this morning.
The Luther Associates held an entertainment in Association Hall last evening with songs and poems by famous authors. The program included illustrations of places and incidents via stereopticon, enriching the reading.
The House and Senate clashed over military affairs with lobbyists tied to generals Peach and Bridges. A key House move rejected Boston and Maine stock issuance while Cove Street Bridge passed. Debates centered on city staffing rules and January 1898 retirement for department heads as engrossment nears.
The House debated a militia bill aimed at removing Brigadier-Generals Peach and Bridges. Lobbying by their staff and officers was criticized, with calls for postponement and amendments rejected. Proponents argued soldiers deserve rights and promotion paths, while opponents cited constitutional issues. Adjourned without a vote.
In the Senate a confrontation with Representative Jeremiah J. McCarthy of Charlestown ensued after weeks of effort to push his alderman bill through the House. Senator Folsom led the attack on McCarthy's tactics calling him unable to take defeat, while Senators Towle and Davis also mocked his push for influence and criticized the bill’s handling.
The House spent over an hour on a bill by Mr Cowee of West Boylston for a payment to the Societe St Jean Baptiste for damages caused by the metropolitan water system. The petitioners' committee voted to withdraw the petition. By 92 to 49 the House substituted the bill and sent it to the Ways and Means Committee.
The House passed to be engrossed the bill terminating the investigation into the Massachusetts Mutual Benefit Life Association. An amendment for a complete report of the commission findings was adopted. The Ways and Means Committee reported against paying the investigation expenses, with funds to be collected from the association.
The Senate docketed Mr Bradford's bill to accelerate grade crossing abolition and a reed and rattan craft employment limit was rejected. Irwin moved for land acquisition powers for street railways and reconsidered rifle-range land authority. Putnam pressed bands issuing for cities towns counties to third reading. Dallinger moved third reading for Boston building rules. Normal School funding proposal discussed. outcome rejected. Summary budget audit bill referred to next General Court.
Benjamin F. McKinley, uncle of President McKinley and at Station F, pursues the local postmastership with strong backing. Within a week supporters gathered about 1,000 signatures on a circulating petition. His friends say motive is not kinship but qualification for the office.
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