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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1890
Page
4
Boston Dost reports on legislative action in the U S Congress and state assembly, noting debates over stock company capitalization, silver coinage impacts, and a carbonate ore duty. The piece covers McKintry backed tax moves, farmer influence claims, and testimony in the Croker Grant case including Halloran and Adams remarks and hints at mayoral generosity.
The remark notes the episode is only one part of the overall allegation and its outcome remains uncertain.
NH Representative Orren C Moore argues that the McKinley tariff bill favors New England by reducing sugar duties and aiding mica mining and paper industries. He cites proposed duty changes on wood pulp and wool as further support, urging Massachusetts Republicans to reassess perceived neglect.
The Florida State Board of Health report highlights progress after the 1888 yellow fever epidemic. Dr Porter details a quarantine system, inspector staff, Charleston station inspection, a disinfecting pen at Mullet Key Tampa entrance, and guidance to county boards. It notes sewer studies and garbage disposal efforts, promotes rational health laws, and aims to protect public health without hampering business.
The article notes unresolved yellow fever causes in Key West last year and cites Dr Porter urging a Tampa Bay style maritime sanitation station at Key West. It argues sewerage reform and broader health officer discretion are needed, while praising statewide sanitary improvements.
The Boston Journal mocks a Sherwin Williams letter claiming tin plate duties won’t raise consumer prices. The piece argues higher costs would flow to can makers and buyers, risking higher canning ware prices and reduced wages for 750,000 workers. It notes industry leaders warn tariffs will ruin tinware sectors, while science and engineering show how new devices arise from basic principles.
A Naples contingent reports the Pope favored Cardinal San Frico for successor, a choice that could ease Vatican Rome relations but faces opposition from the power behind the papal throne. The piece also notes mislabeling of phonograph news as electrical, railway timetable changes upcoming with warmer weather, and Grand Army officers in undress uniforms.
They are a fine lot of men seen daily on the streets around the new headquarters. They served their country in time of need and returned to citizenship to make their own way. Pension-grabbing is furthest from their thoughts.
In Boston readers debate marking the Washington statue to aid strangers, amid a broader critique of city streets. Dr Langmaid links dust, mud, and poor macadam watering to rising throat ailments, urging a consistent watering program and better street upkeep.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett visits Atlantic City while Ex Queen Isabella tours London and plans Windsor calls. Ex Senator John B Jones faces asylum, and Stratton with Theodore Jones return from England France and Germany. Queen Victoria to distribute honors incl Sir John Lubbock and Marquis of Lorne next Saturday. Jues Kono earns first Asiatic degree at Victoria University Coburg. Queen Victoria congratulates Mr Stanley on engagement and knighthood prospects. Baroness Coutts launches fund to buy him a residence.
English artist Henry Holiday, tied to Gladstone and Morris, visits Boston. He discusses Nationalism and art with Edward Bellamy and will lecture Thursday at the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union hall on 98 Boylston street. He argues that economic leisure enables beauty in art, and will trace art through slavery, serfdom, and the wage system.
Boston review notes Daly troupe brings The Great Unknown to Hollis Street Theatre. Cast including Miss Rehan Mr Lewis and Mr Drew praised for clever acting but the piece is described as trivial farce with little wit. Overall critique warns of performance deterioration under rigid training.
Review notes Salvini’s Lagardére performance as romantic and vivid yet lacking in comic timing and mimetic skill. John Lane, Archer, Henderson, and Holmes praised. audience applauded despite awkward management and long waits between prologues. Afternoon Salvini performances noted for four weeks with Thursday and Saturday shows.
Maud Banks daughter of General Banks staged Jeanne d Arc in French tonight in Fallu River the second such performance in America. The show follows a Marlboro Miss appearance and marks the first American funded by a French speaking company. The audience proved large and enthusiastic with plans for an extended French tour.
The first production of L. R. Shewell's The Stepdaughter opened tonight with Annie Ward Tiffany known for Shadows of a Great City as Biddy Rowan. The play, written for her, features a fresh plot and situations and is hailed as Shewell's best effort with a strong supporting company. Robert Wallace, who fled with 46000 from a relative, has been arrested in Havana.
The Supreme Court affirms a Circuit Court ruling for Southern Kansas Railway against the Cherokee nation. It holds the Cherokee nation is not a sovereign state and that the United States may exercise eminent domain within the United States. Damages for the right of way are resolved in favor of the railroad. Also reports a New York bond offer by Roosevelt to fund International and Great Northern paper debt.
The Essex Institute held its annual meeting at Plummer Hall with the same board of directors as last year. Secretary Brooks reports 464 museum donations from 126 donors and 351 active members, with sixteen deaths. Funds limit manuscript classification work and extra help is unavailable.
The annual college report notes higher enrollment and a shift of student conduct duties to the Students' Association. Beneficiary funds rose by 12500 dollars, plus a 200 dollar Aid Society scholarship and a Conway Institute scholarship for a freshman. New facilities and upgraded observatory equipment accompany curricular additions and compulsory hygiene instruction by the resident physician. Renowned lecturers include Edwards Bascom Robinson Harger Young Remsen Sedgwick and Walker.
The group met in Second Church vestry for tea and discussion led by Rev. Charles F. Dole and Rev. Minot J. Savage on making Bible study an adjunct to art and literature. Officers elected J W Porter as president and Horace S Sears as vice president. new directors Miss Louisa Parker and Philip G Wright joined. treasury stood at $75.
At an adjourned Women's Christian Temperance Union meeting the police matron system and the new female prison facility were debated. Annie Duren spoke on Tombs abuses, and others cited conditions of female prisoners. A memorial protests the Court House detention site as unsuitable and urges enforcement of the 1886 law.
Washington May 19 The Supreme Court today holds in favor of coupon holders on all points in several suits against the State of Virginia arising from laws that blocked acceptance of coupons for tax payments. The decision reverses the Virginia Court of Appeals in each case.
A collage of witty exchanges, social foibles, and quirky anecdotes from a periodical page. Jests about blotting paper as a cure for worry, reflections on German gutturals, and humorous dialogues reveal a society keen on satire. Notes on the Old South Church clock and Brooklyn bridge ticket fraud add urban texture. A Glasgow pin mystery, pawnbroker tales, and Paris gossip round out the chatter.
Messrs Estes and Lauriat publish a fine two volume edition of George Eliot's Homola with Florentine photo-etchings and vellum binding plus an Edition de Luxe limited to 250. Stevenson praises it and calls it a tale of abominable crime and vengeance. Public Opinion offers $50 $30 and $20 prizes for essays on education with a June 15 deadline. Marie Bashkirtseff Journal of a Young Artist edition 25 cents. John Wiley Sons announces Ruskin works in a twelve volume series at $1 each, including Sesame and Lilies and The Crown of Wild Olive.
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