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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1890
Page
4
In Brooklyn Bannum arranged free passes for Aldermen prompting a canceled meeting and a license fee shift to 500 per day. The piece tucks in Persia astrologers, church splits over dancing and theatre, Caprivi’s Bible and rifle policy, a Chicago club remark, and New York memorial arch fund progress.
Ex Secretary Whitney and his wife depart New York for Europe this morning, with plans to reach the continent shortly. The trip signals a new chapter for the pair as they leave American shores amid the bustle of the season.
Boston reports cover a New York orchestra entering the city amid a labor clash over contract labor law. Editorials praise artists while condemning Congress for stiff measures. Governor Nicholls denounces the Louisiana lottery and calls for no state control by gambling interests.Debates over soldier votes and pensions loom as Quay and Harrison clash in national party politics. Treasury asks for more funds to enforce the alien labor law amid broader political tension.
The article argues the law is impossible to enforce and mainly hinders desirable immigrants. It highlights New York cases where low-class Italians were sent back from Pennsylvania mines. It notes additional funding would create more civil service jobs without fixing the law, underscoring its futility.
A suffocating panic grips Eastern Republicans as editorials clash over silver coinage. The Boston Journal and Daily Advertiser argue whether President Harrison can or will shape party policy, with reports he has yet to commit and may defer to caucus decisions.
The article discusses the fallout between Henry Morton Stanley and Emin after Stanley’s rescue of Emin, highlighting national rivalry between England and Germany in East Africa. It cites Emin’s move to Germany and Stanley’s call for English action, signaling a brewing Anglo German tension and broader imperial stakes in the region. Sir Francis de Winton’s May piece in the Nineteenth Century is noted as context.
Representative Hemenway pushes a moderate liquor bill and calls for full enforcement of the law. A heated House vote follows as Republicans and Democrats clash over prohibition and police interpretation. Critics note temperance Republicans who supported enforcement while opposing the measure.
The May Popular Science Magazine centers on John Fiske's portrait of Edward Youmans and his work, detailing Youmans as an enthusiastic, hard working lecturer who shaped public opinion through lyceum lectures. Spencer and other contributors round out the issue with studies on justice, laws, and school programs.
Boston reader describes erecting the Tremont street facing gravestones at King’s Chapel Burying Ground, urging restoration to flat alignment for taste and historical accuracy. The note commends the Episcopal City Mission and shares a long Jack Tar letter about sailors, manners, and public decorum, while criticizing loud chit chat in horse cars.
Cavaliere Cantalamessa, long known to American readers, has settled in Rome and won the competition among forty artists to decorate the dome of the Bank of Rome building on Via Nazionale. His design features two groups of colossal figures representing Finance Law Economy and Industry Agriculture Commerce. This honor caps a notable career with notable works in the United States at Mt. Auburn and Forest Hills.
Burrato New York May 13 Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott of Colorado and Mrs Frances Metcalfe Bass of this city will be married at St Pauls Cathedral tomorrow in a ceremony tying the Colorado senator to Mrs Bass.
A distinguished audience hears H E Krehbiel describe the instrument’s growth from Homeric bowstring origins to the pianoforte. Demonstrations feature historic instruments by M Steinert and pianist Conrad Ansorge, with a vivid program and high praise for all performers and organizers.
A dense collage of short comic lines and notes covers politics jokes social chatter and a barometer idea. It includes quips about Congress laughter over gags and a Belfast sea captain barometer and mentions Emin Pasha and Marquis Tseng with a critique of Taunton and Worcester Gazette style humor.
Edward C Cabot shows twenty one watercolor landscapes from a summer in England. The Boston architect favors bold mountain scenes and rural British vistas with delicate color and artful composition. The frontispiece Glen Orchy and Canterbury Cathedral are highlighted as notable works. The exhibition runs until the 17th.
The Amateur Athletic Union board set the Western championship for Detroit in June. All round championship on Staten Island grounds June 10, Eastern championship on the same grounds June 28. Annual championship in Washington September 13. Claremont Amateur Athletic Club of Brooklyn expelled.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie laid the corner stone of a new Music Hall at Seventh Avenue and Fifty Seventh Street in New York. The building is to cost 1.6 million dollars with 0.5 million donated by Mrs Carnegie. Several speeches were delivered.
The County Democracy county committee voted to expel Police Justice Murray for failing to substantiate charges against Maurice J. Power, leader of the organization, in a May meeting in New York.
The Newsboys' Reading Association directors thank contributors for the year's work and note annual expenses of 2500 dollars. Checks may be sent to treasurer Charles E. Mixer at 55 Kilby Street. List includes Friend 25, Loyd 10, Brimer 50, Sears 25, Mrs. Charles Stedman Hanks 100, Lawrence 25, Spalding 25, Boston Globe 100, Boston Herald 100, Pratt 5, and others.
The Boston Flower and Fruit Mission begins its season on Friday May 16. Its Parker Memorial building rooms will be open Tuesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 to 12 for donations of flowers plants fruits fresh vegetables jellies and eggs to be given to the sick and elderly in homes and hospitals and medical dispensaries around the city.
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