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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
4
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Any person who cannot buy The Post at news stands in Boston and neighboring cities on street cars and railroad trains or in other customary places will oblige us by reporting the fact at this office.
Tremont Theatre shows Edward S Willard in The Middleman on Tremont Street. Hollis Street Theatre hosts Augustin Daly's The Last Word at 7 45. Gene Theatres presents Work and Wages at 7 46. Bustos Theatre offers Wolves of New York at 7 45. Boston Museum presents The Magistrate near Scollay Square. Paxx Theatre features Helen Barry in A Night's Frolic. Grand Opera House has Alexander Salvini in Don Caesar de Bazan at 7 45. Howard Street venue Night Owls at 8.
Immigrants arriving January to March at Baltimore Boston New Orleans New York Philadelphia and San Francisco totaled 8 661 for the period with 4 800 at Baltimore and 2 250 at Boston and 299 at New Orleans 4 807 8 661 731-86 048. Week ending May 16 shows Philadelphia and other ports with a total of 19 116 arrivals.
The passage criticizes the federal government’s remedy as improper and inexcus able. It notes Mr. Davis’s claim of refunding a direct tax as a profit-driven scheme by Washington claim agents. Senators deny Davis earned from his influence while governors favor refusing payment and courting the courts. The piece even hints at abolishing the state lobbyist service at Washington.
A Boston term extension bill failed after Mr. Wilson of Boston reversed his stance on mayoral appointment power. Mr. Mellen of Worcester supported annual elections, deeming it thoroughly American, a position that hindered a broader reform.
The House adopted the Post’s advice and referred the street railway franchise bill to the Rapid Transit Commission, to be created by a Senate bill. The Post argues for cautious, impartial study to inform intelligent legislation and prevent hampering the commission, with the public and legislature gaining valuable information. The piece notes that various states’ delegates are tallied and discusses the birth of a new political party in Cincinnati, criticizing its emotional but financially driven platform.
Indictments have been filed against five men for the murder of the Indian Few Tails during the Sioux disturbances in Dakota. The federal government directs authorities to aid local prosecution. United States Attorney Sterling aids at Sturgis to ensure justice. The push aims to prove whites will be held to account and restore trust with the Sioux.
Attorney General backs legal payment to T Davis for refunding direct tax. Governor Russell opposes, asserting payment would violate federal act and misappropriate funds. Public sentiment leans with the governor, citing breach of Congress statute and misuse of money.
Radical farmers and labor delegates formed a new party in Cincinnati promising radical reforms. It seeks to abolish national banks, issue Treasury notes, and freely coin silver. It advocates government control of railroads, tariff reform, and limits revenues to essential government expenses. The February convention is expected to broaden representation, though Cincinnati showed a strong agrarian bias. Delegates by state included Alabama two, California two, Connecticut one, Illinois eight and a half, Kentucky five, Louisiana two, Michigan eleven, Maine two, North Carolina one.
A New York letter questions the Post editorial on buying in the cheapest market and slavery, arguing consumers need not seek ethical purity in every purchase. It defends buying cheap-made goods, warns boycott harms workers by lowering demand, and contends reform should focus beyond consumer pressure.
The article surveys a season of regular concerts by prominent ensembles and soloists. It notes Mouli s chamber series praised for novelty and finish, alongside Sunday orchestral and popular performances and varied song recitals with multilingual programs, including German and English offerings. An opera presence is mentioned but not detailed.
A survey of the season reveals a crowded Boston musical landscape with operettas grand concerts and private performances. Pianos dominated stages from athletic to intellectual players while brass bands guitar banjo harp and vocal ensembles added variety. Notable figures include Dx Pacu MANN whose pianoforte prowess drew praise, and ensembles like Handel and Haydn Society presenting new works. Audiences preferred German singers with applause rarely tied to pitch or technique. The piece laments poor acoustics in available halls and calls for better venues and healthier listening conditions.
Obituary notes the death of Jean Jacques Weiss a French journalist and theater critic once with Journal des Debats. It highlights his clear style biting sarcasm and conservative yet adaptive views on drama as a mirror of his era. His essays in Paris journals collected in Le Theatre et les Moeurs include Sarah Bernhardt in America from Figaro.
A Boston woman sues a Saco mother for 400 dollars seeking to determine the legal value of chaperones. The case appears to be a test of chaperonage powers and limitations with no current authoritative text. An eminent New York authority could supply essential legal literature on the subject.
In Boston a writer praises Black Beauty for promoting humane horse care but warns against overreacting by removing blinders and check reins too quickly. He notes dangers of docked horses and cruelty in disposing of worn horses, urging testing temper and restraint in use. An amused letter from a reader is also mentioned.
A collage of quotes, witticisms, and notes on culture from various papers. Observations range from naval architecture to stage memorabilia, with jokes about political figures, a conjecture on Coney Island, and a famed Players’ Club steel safe housing bric a brac and relics of actors.
The text presents a prayer titled for Trinity Sunday invoking Almighty Father and the unity of worship held at one shrine. It prays for constancy in faith, defense from powers adverse to belief, and reverence of the holy Trinity, ending with the doxology World without end.
Whitelaw Reid hosted a grand reception and ball at the American legation in Paris last evening with 1400 invitations issued including the diplomatic corps and elite of the American colony. Tschaikowsky plans a US tour. Brower gains Democratic gubernatorial traction aided by his daughter. Wanamaker grandchildren visit Europe. Dartmouth 1851 class to mark 40th Hanover commencement with notable survivors.
The Eastern Conference of the Primitive Methodist Church closed its annual session in Scranton on May 21. The division creates two conferences with the Eastern Conference covering New England while the Pennsylvania Conference includes Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. The Eastern Conference will meet next May at Fall River and the Pennsylvania Conference at New Castle, Pennsylvania.
A traveling observer chronicles Texas progress from Denison to Fort Worth and Austin to San Antonio in April 1891. He notes crops heading out, late cultivation due to rain, barbed wire fences, and heavy flies. Fort Worth pulses with electric cars, water, tall buildings, and a saloon boom, while Austin sees a burning cotton compress and a grand capitol dome. San Antonio features new plazas, wood block streets, booming suburbs, and a busy electric-car scene with mixed crowds. the military post houses 5000 soldiers.
Boston attorney William Gray Brooks analyzes the killing of General Barrundia in the United Service Magazine. He argues the case hinges on international law, treason as a political offense, non extradition, and a vessel in a foreign port, noting the American flag did not offer the expected protection.
The Dorchester club hosted Whitney of the West End Railway Company at Field's Corner Robinson Street. W. K. Bird introduced Whitney who warned that rash legislation could ruin the company and Dorchester residents would not have electric cars this year.
The Cambridge School Board met last evening. The Committee on Accounts and Estimates report was adopted. Miss Minnie A. Noyes and Miss Mary H. Parsons were confirmed as teachers at Agassiz, Miss Ada M. Litchfield for Allston, and Miss Malvina Joslin for Lowell. Resignations from Dana and other staff were noted. salaries set for Addie F. Clary at 570 and kindergarten assistants at scales up to 520 after three years.
Lankester's comedy The Guv'nor was staged at the Museum last evening with George W. Wilson as Theodore Macclesfield. The show drew a large crowd and the season will close with The Magistrate tonight and tomorrow matinee, then Miriam O'Leary in The Octoroon on Saturday. A summer season opens next Monday with Kellar the magician and Mrs Kellar.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith aged 101 in Brooklyn plans a reception to mark her first anniversary of birth. Born near Yonkers she is the oldest of seven, with eighty nine descendants. She remains sharp, reads papers with glasses, and favors direct taxation on incomes.
Newburyport May 21 The Rev G A Andrews of Essex was found guilty by the Superior Court after being tried on charges that he set his store on fire to collect insurance.
A speaker laments sleepless dawns and lists morning annoyances from a four a.m. dog yaps to a late riser newsboy, ends with a curse on all who wake early. The verse blends whimsy with sharp dislike of those disrupting peaceful sleep.
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