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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1891
Page
5
The article notes that serious injuries are not anticipated but warns the true risk lies elsewhere. Colonel Wright leads the tariff investigation while the Yellow Metal’s outward flow draws attention to broader economic concerns and potential policy impacts.
Washington reports Treasury officials fear currency risks from new notes though gold reserves and silver certificates dominate circulation. Rear Admiral Gherardi declined Brooklyn command, Commodore Greer excused, leaving Captain Erben, a New York native, to lead the Brooklyn navy yard and head the list of captains after a storied Civil War career including Fort Pillow and Vicksburg operations.
The Senate directed a comprehensive price inquiry to Colonel Wright of the Labor Department. His team will collect wholesale and retail price data from about sixty eight cities from June 1889 to late 1889, aiming to analyze tariffs’ effect on prices across the nation and compare regional variations. The study focuses on price lists rather than partisan conclusions, with New York Philadelphia and Boston likely to be the most detailed.
Secretary Tracy yesterday announced Captain Henry Erben as the new commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, succeeding Admiral Braine who is nearing retirement. The move ends expectations in naval circles and marks a major leadership change at the yard.
The Solicitor of the Treasury rules David F. Miller of St. Johns New Brunswick born Milwaukee but raised abroad cannot be a US citizen. He lived abroad involuntarily until 21 and then remained in the country his youth, implying renunciation of allegiance after over thirty years away. Miller plans a mill at Estfield Kings County New Brunswick and sought duty-free lumber for export to the United States.
J H Pillet of Montreal urged Mr Moore to free Leda Lamontaigne a French Canadian held in Sherbrooke Jail Canada. Pillet says Canadian authorities had no right to imprison her for contempt when she was extradited on an arson charge but not tried. He argues she should be liberated.
The State Department forwarded a Mexican note summarizing 1889 trade where Mexico exported 62.5 million dollars and 80 percent went to the United States while imports totaled 40 million dollars with 56.6 percent coming from the United States. Data on railroad shipments are undercounted due to incomplete reports, yet export trade to the United States rose despite recent restrictive measures.
The Canadian Parliament will not revisit reciprocity on wrecking privileges this session. Mr. Kirkpatrick says his wrecking bill will not be reintroduced, as the Government plans to discuss the entire matter at the trade conference in Washington beginning in October.
The President had a busy day meeting many visitors in the East Room and taking brief chats with Cabinet officers. He received several hundred callers, though no Cabinet meeting occurred.
R C Spencer Jr wins the Rotch travelling scholarship for architects. He must depart for Europe before Sept 1 for two years of study abroad at $1000 yearly, sending quarterly measured drawings to the Boston Society of Architects. Born in Milwaukee 27 years ago, he is a Wisconsin graduate and recent Boston designer.
The First Baptist Church Sunday School marked its seventy fifth anniversary with a short address by Rev. Phillip S. Maxom. The event included class recitations, singing, and the superintendent Z. O. Whiting’s report. A highlight was the Italian Mission and Baptist Bethel Sunday Schools performing songs.
The Citizens' Association of Boston replies to Henry Whitney and Josiah Quincy, arguing Whitney's statements misrepresent the bill and that the proposed franchise shifts power from local boards to the Railroad Commissioners, creates new burdens, and binds state lawmakers for decades. It urges public verification of facts, defends the association bill as protective of the public interest, and critiques sudden calls for security of tenure.
A catalog of new works with titles and authors including Grace Livingston Furniss W D Howells Orrin Stevens and Charles Scribner’s Sons. Also noted are Appletons Dictionary Darwin Beagle voyage essays on literature and art and various illustrated editions and translations.
A catalog-style listing of fiction volumes from various publishers, naming authors such as Octave Thanet, F. Bookins on Smith, Charles Humphrey Roberts, James Lane Allen, Arlo Bates, Annie Ramsey, and others. The notice enumerates titles including Otto the Knight, Down the Ohio, Flute and Violin, A Violin Obligato, Not to the Swift, Germinie Lacerteux, Mont Oriol, Mademoiselle Renée Mauperin, In Spite of Himself, Widowed Wife and Wedded Maid, The Laird O Cockpen, A Woodland Queen, Monk and Knight, In the Heart of the Storm, A Little Irish Girl, and The Rudder Grangers Abroad with publishers and cities.
A committee with representatives from labor organizations and nationalists clubs petitioned the City Council to allow use of Faneuil Hall on the evening of May 25. They also drafted a call for an indignation meeting to protest the West End franchise bill currently before the Legislature.
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