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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1888
Page
4
A Boston correspondent recounts Marshall Jewell's 1876 postmaster resignation as told in Washington. The piece blends social scenes with theater notes from the period includingRich, Mansfield, Daly, and the Lily Clay company reviews and crowd scenes.
Heston Post questions the need for broadening School street given current park and court house expenditures. He notes light vehicle traffic but heavy foot traffic and urges uniform sidewalk width. He mentions Niles block rebuilding and future projects to widen paths near Province court and Parker House.
Pennsylvania convention in Harrisburg tomorrow is expected to repudiat e Randall's tariff stance and endorse President Cleveland and his tariff reform plan. The gathering will likely back the Mutts tariff bill as aligned with party pledges, undermining Randall and his allies.
The New York World and Philadelphia Press publish Blaine delegate tables showing he leads with about 377 to 389 votes and potential gains from California Iowa New Jersey and other states. Editors say enough remaining votes could exceed the 411 needed to nominate, while Blaine remains silent letting the figures carry the narrative.
A House finance committee report outlines a bill to relieve veterans and their dependents by state funded support, funded locally by towns and cities. Critics warn the measure would turn Massachusetts into a pauper’s paradise by inviting destitute veterans and homeless families to seek aid statewide.
Massachusetts faces budget strain as the mayor vetoes orders for July celebrations and a Saturday half holiday for city laborers. He argues the city cannot fund festive events while failing to pay for work already done and signals opposition to a salaried day laborer corps. The veto pressures the council to focus on essential business.
The article analyzes Judge Kelley's stance against Republican efforts to craft a substitute for the Mills tariff bill. It notes a lack of party unity and predicts continued opposition strategy as unresolved differences hinder coalition building. The piece cites Tribune and Boston Journal urging revenue reform to show potential shifts.
The American minister to France, McLane, returning to New York briefly, comments on French municipal elections. He notes 36 000 communes and says results favor Republicans, while predicting no civil war and asserting the French people do not seek such conflict. He maintains diplomat tone and signals cautious optimism.
The French admiralty tests cellulose derived from cocoanut fibre for ship hulls, claiming it could create unsinkable vessels. In trials at Toulon a cellulose case closed after a shot, and a water tank test showed self sealing. If proven, it could transform naval design and ship safety beyond armor debates.
Mr McLane comments on French public mood praising universal suffrage and free institutions. He calls Boulang er a clever politician and notes the new deputy may not be fully trusted, while declining to predict his future actions. Reading between the lines, McLane holds Boulangist influence in low regard.
Mr Epmund Yates of the London World visits Florence and inspects Queen Victoria’s trunks. He describes them as old shabby boxes from a fashion long passed, a finding that the paper calls scandalous and praiseworthy for journalistic boldness.
The Bureau of Ethnology in Washington completes a dictionary listing true names and synonyms of all tribes and villages known since European settlement. It includes histories of wanderings and village components. It notes the Mohawks alone have about 200 names or spellings.
Roberts Bros. prepare Mr. Tangers Vacations and Roger Berkeley's Probation. Paper editions announce No Name titles by Louise Chandler Moulton Arlo Bates and Judge Tourgee. Barnes presses Battles of the American Revolution fifth edition. Longman publishes John Ward Preacher in English edition. Badminton Library adds Boat ing Cricket with other contributors. Swan Sonnenschein releases Ireland in 8 based on Madden Lives of the United Irishmen. Annie Thomas debuts Love's a Tyrant.
After Saturday’s Museum performance, Miss Isabelle Evesson left for Chicago to star as Fuchsia Leach at McVickers. Her Chicago engagement delays plans to sail for Liverpool next Saturday with Mrs. Evesson and Miss Gertrude Franklin. Meanwhile, manager J M Hill faces a possible contract dispute with Miss Margaret Mather and may consider Miss Maude Banks as a replacement if needed.
Allying fortunes with Mr Hill, Miss Mather faces Miss Banks in a lively public contest as Mr Hill’s many enterprises limit his support. The Wilbur Opera Company opens the Grand season May 28 with Merry War featuring a strong cast and setting.
The Bostonians’ second week features Balfe’s Bohemian Girl with a cast led by Count Arnheim W. H. Macdonald and Thaddeus Tom Karl and Florestein J. A. Montgomery. Agnes Huntington dazzles as the Queen of the Gypsies. Juliette Corden and Riccardo Ricci receive mixed notices. Tonight Fatinitza follows.
President Carter of Williams College returns from Florida in good health. Sarah Bernhardt entertains guests from a throne with canopy. Rev Dr Leonard of Brooklyn, rector of St Johns Washington, to be bishop of southern Ohio at 40, youngest in episcopacy. Henry G Marquand owns costly piano and billiard table. piano cost 46000, table 26000. Mrs Kate Tryon of Portland makes her debut lecturing on William Black word pictures. Dr Tanner opens a vegetarian foundling hospital in New Mexico for forty infants. Ik Marvel Donald G Mitchell lives modestly at Edgewood Conn at about sixty, living on book revenue.
The New York World questioned Mr. Blaine in Paris asking if he would accept a nomination. He gave no direct answer and remained in blooming health, according to a Springfield Republican report.
The Springfield Union notes a split in Virginia Republicans as a sign of progress. Mahone is criticized as a drag on the party while John 8. Wise and his followers from the convention are seen as inevitable. The shift could lead to a reorganized, more hopeful GOP in Virginia.
The President vetoes a resolution allowing Boston to improve Castle Island as a public park, surprising locals who believed the island held Army interest. Boston officials will defer to Secretary Endicott and General Sheridan, and expect Castle Island to lose its historic Fort Independence status for a modern fortress.
The Philadelphia Call argues against relief measures tied to a one year duty free import of rebuilding materials after the Chicago fire. It questions if a tariff is a tax and if removing it temporarily raises prices, noting lumber was exempt due to Michigan lumber barons protests and claiming it shifted tax burden to neighbors for profit.
Quote captures Blaine avoiding explicit public remarks as a candidate. The New York World notes he avoids direct statements that could be read by voters while a writer might interpret his intent.
The editorial defense of keeping a two thirds vote to override a veto argues the veto power protects against careless or harmful laws, praising the constitutional safeguard as proof of framers foresight and the need for checks on Congress. It notes Congress’ historical caution and the president’s evolving role.
The list names in alphabetical order the contributors to the No Name number of Lippincott's Magazine. Included are H. H. Boyesen, Helen Gray Cone, Rebecca Harding Davis, Edgar Fawcett, Henry Harland, Sidney Lanier, Joaquin Miller, Dr. Weir Mitchell, Mrs. S. M. Piatt, and Henry D. Thoreau.
A mix of satirical notes and random anecdotes from theater, politics, and society. Boulangers grand pronouncements, Lawrence Barrett buying a farm, and Brooklyn’s anti-dyspeptic cooking club headline a collage of humorous items. Legal notices and New York life vignettes round out the column.
A reader questions the impact of protective tariffs on wool prices citing historical drops from 60 to 33 cents and Judge Lawrence’s claim that double the duty would cut prices 30 percent in five years. The letter argues wool growers face adverse effects from protection and appeals to public opinion.
A 2360 foot artesian well at Place Siébert Paris is completed after 22 years of work. In Breslau Germany a 54 foot high chimney is built entirely of compressed pasteboard blocks with a silicius cement. The Génie Civil notes possible revival after electric shock using a cold water douche applied to the full body.
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