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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1890
Page
4
Boulangers exile shocks Paris with committee disbandment
Boston discusses Boulangers Jersey exile message disbanding his national committee and declares no intermediary with supporters. The piece critiques tariff debates of 1888 and 1890, GOP protectionism shifts, Chicago World’s Fair doubts, and U S South American trade proposals. It notes Lop lies reform bill changes and election administration controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Boulanger
Paris
Jersey
Boulangist National Committee
Petition on free coal iron and coke hinges on signatures
The submission by Mr Andrew on free coal coke and crude iron faces questions over signature validity. Cape Ann Anchor Company and FAIRBANKS & Co. signatures appear proper per Washington dispatches. Petition has long been public and likely represents most iron manufacturers in New England. removing names would misrepresent vast interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisan A. Morse
Andrew
Cape Ann Anchor Company
Messrs. Fairbanks & Co
Washington
New England
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Republicans in Congress Back Compromise Tariff Stance
The Massachusetts delegation, led by Mr. Candler and others, defend a general tariff compromise. They acknowledge some bill provisions hurt Massachusetts but insist on unity for the national interest, preferring liberal concession and support for the Republican bill with pending amendments.
Massachusetts Voices Against Protective Policy Threat to New England
The piece contrasts Massachusetts legislators Andrew and O Neill with party pushers who sacrifice New England and industrial interests for party gains. It argues New England must have lower taxes on essentials and cheaper raw materials to compete abroad, while warning against concessions that erode regional representation in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Andrew
Massachusetts
West
Germany in Disguise and Europe’s Uncertain Policy
A compact critique of German Emperor William II and Berlin politics as viewed from a continental perspective. The piece weighs pacific declarations against threats to armaments, assesses Chancellor Caprivi’s role, and notes mixed signals from Bonn, Königsberg, and Reichstag speeches. It also touches on American public life, tariffs, street music, and Philadelphia policing in a broad late 19th century snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
William
Punch
Bismarck
William II
Reichstag
Königsberg
St. Petersburg
von Mourice
von Mooltke
Pacific
General von Caprivi
Mode
Roanner
Bis- Marck
CURRENT COMMENT ON SUB-TREASURY SCHEME AND PROTECTION
Telegraphed critique calls the sub-treasury plan utterly ridiculous and fear-inducing for lawmakers amid agricultural pressure. The Union notes the Boston Post favoring deprotections, questioning reform of the contract labor law and its impact on immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Post
Springfield Union
A Needed Reform on Art Importation Duty
The Philadelphia Press urges repeal of the art import duty and condemns free importation under pretence of exhibition as abuse. It says the Treasury wisely bans such importation while granting goodwill to bona fide exhibitions, but argues government revenue is unnecessary and the duty harms American art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKiyney
Clarkson
Treasury Department
Philadelphia Press
Importers Prepare to Protest McKinley Tariff Bill
New York merchants join a nationwide uproar over the McKinley tariff, planning to send a several hundred strong delegation to Washington to press Senate modifications. Reportedly about three hundred will come from New York, outraged by both the administrative customs bill and the new tariff measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Senate
Springfield Republican
Ind
Carlisle elected U.S. Senator by Kentucky Assembly
Forty Kentucky Assembly members met in joint session and elected John G. Carlisle as United States Senator with 107 votes while Republican Adams received 15. Governor Buckner stated no special election would be ordered until official vacancy notice, and Carlisle would not resign before voting against the McKinley bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LopGe
Republican Caucus Committee
Carlisle
Fankfort
John G. Carlisle
United States
Assembly
Adams
Buckner
Old Kuhn House Demolition Alters Beacon Street Views
The removal of the Kuhn house at Beacon and Charles streets creates an open gap in a dated residential area. A six story apartment planned on the site will again alter light and views, recalling West Hill and historic Charles River scenery while contrasting with the Public Garden’s floral charm. A Boston correspondent weighs social costs of longevity and manners, joking that keeping people alive is costlier than ending life, then laments declining civility among city workers and youth since the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuhn
Beacon and
Charles Streets
Chestnut Street
Beacon Street
Charles River
Mt. Vernon
Cambridge Bridge
West Hill
Charles Street
Beacon Hill
Boston
Saratoga
Strauss Concerts Delight Boston Audiences In April
An immense Music Hall crowd applauded a diverse program dominated by Eduard Strauss arrangements and Johann Strauss works. The evening featured stringed works, operetta overtures, and multiple encores, with strong audience preference for dance numbers. A final Boston season closer highlighted Vienna musicians andMme d Angels pupils with Calixa Laval Lee and about twenty BSO members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard Strauss
Beethoven
Vienna
E Rhine
Paul Schumacher
Simplicius
Johann Strauss
Sinnen
Johann Strauss Gavotte
Mendelssohn
Baron
von Weber
Boccherini
Josef Strauss
Johann Strauss the Elder
Prince Methusalem
Gabon
T‘homas Edison
Loreley
Johann Stranae
Boston
Literary News Highlights and Upcoming Publications
Literary notices announce new books from Houghton Mifflin and Estes Lauriat, plus forthcoming issues of The Season and Lippincott's Magazine. Features include Edward Atkinson on taxation, Lincoln memos, Arlo Bates story, and Mary B. Stuckney's Circumstantial Evidence. Also listed are Scottish Memorials by Macmillan, June Scribner illustrations, and Harmony in Praise music book from Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetser
New England
White Mountains
Maritime Provinces
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Eugene M. Camp
Edward Atkinson
Lincoln
New York Society
Arlo Bates
Mere Marchette
Lippincott’s Magazine
Mary B. Stuckney
Robert Kennaway Douglas
R. H. Stoddard
Julian Hawthorne
Macmillan & Co
Edinburgh
Stanley
Africa
Scribner
Jerry
Charles P. Sawyer
Russell Sturgis
Lawrenceville
New Jersey
D. C. Heath & Co
Boston
Notable Figures and Events Showcased in Society Notes
Personal updates include Dr Gatling at 86 and Mrs Frank Leslie denying marriage rumors. Royal and political items cover the Italian Crown Prince's St Petersburg arrival and June tour start. Other items note Yale’s oldest graduate Rev Wickan, and Henry Stanley’s secret engagement to Miss Tennant with Baroness Burdett-Coutts informed of the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatling
St. Petersburg
L. H. Cramer
Frank Leslie
Leslie
C. E. Bliven
Yale College
Joseph D. Wickan
D.D
Manchester
Dr. Wickan
Theodore Hallam
Covington
John C. Carlisle
Senate
George Francis Train
New York
Tacoma
Etruria
F. W. Devoe
Emmons Blaine
Davis
West Virginia Central Railroad
McCormick
Chicago
Blaine
Baltimore
Frank Lawler
Congress
Cook County
Valeria
Vienna
Murat Halstead
Lotos Club
Halstead
Alice Freeman Palmer
Emin Pasha
Tennant
Burdett-Coutts
Stanley
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
London
Cloak firm Papenbrook & Co. assigns assets and debts
Papenbrook & Co., cloak and notion dealers in Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Liabilities are about $60,000 with assets estimated at $50,000. The filing signals financial distress and potential reorganization for creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Papenbrook & Co
Whimsical Bits and Whitman Notes from The Transatlantic
A collage of light literary jests and cultural vignettes including musings on Ben Butterworth and Miss Newcome, Whitman’s cemetery view, a Windsor arrest for a hopeful suitor to Queen Victoria, arithmetic gags, Bismarck on monuments, Kensington Palace versus Buckingham Palace debate, and a Liszt dinner-time cameo with a pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butterworth
Ben Betterworth
Hartford Evening Post
Ponsonby
de Jones
DeJones
Monsieur
Lowry
Harleigh
Camden
Walt Whitman
Mr. Whitman
Victoria
Marrage
Windsor
Bismarck
Cologne
Kissingen
Manchester Guardian
Kensington Palace
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Old Court
London
Isadore de Lara
Mme. Patti
Henry Irving
Albemarle Street
Franz Liszt
Liszt
Why the Capitol Has So Much Bad Sculpture
A letter to the editor recounts an offer from a New York socialite to a sculptor to produce a Senate bust for government pay plus a $200 kickback, condemning the attempt as corrupt and harmful to art. The writer praises Edward Clark, the Capitol architect, for resisting mediocre work and aiming for quality sculpture in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Senate Chamber
Edward Clark
Ca Ital
Senate
Capitol
Burial of Mrs Hall and Daughter in Ashfield
In Ashfield on May 18 the bodies of Mrs G Stanley Hall and her daughter Julia arrived from Worcester after a suffocation incident. Theodore Fisher of Boston, Mrs Hall's brother, and Hall's private secretary accompanied them. Simple funeral services were held at the Congregational Church with Rev D O Mears of Worcester and the local pastor Rev Mr Pease officiating. The church was crowded with mourners and floral tributes. Burial took place in the cemetery on Ashfield Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ashfield
G. Stanley Hall
Julia
Worcester
Theodore Fisher
Boston
Congregational Church
D. O. Mears
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Literary News
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