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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription rates and delegate counts for various states and regions dated May 25, 1892. It notes total delegates as 455 with 8 needed for choice, alongside mail and distribution details.
Readers respond to the Post appeal for Carney Hospital with early subscriptions totaling $570, including $100 from Colonel Albert A. Pops and $100 from Rupert Treat Paine. The piece urges fifty $100 subscriptions and outlines a $10,000 fund plan to replace the lost Legislature grant, praising Carney Hospital’s universal benefactions.
A letter from Albert A. Pope of Columbus Avenue endorses a plan to raise $10,000 for the Carney Hospital and includes a $100 check. The note reflects strong sympathy with the hospital's charitable aims and notes such letters as gems in the Post mail bag.
A letter from Robert Treat Paine of Boston dated May 24 extols Carney Hospital for its noble unsectarian spirit and excellent patient care, enclosing $100. A separate wire telegram from John E. Russell of Leicester, dated May 24, requests inclusion among fifty.
Patrick Meehan of Jamaica Plain writes to the Post supporting a plan to raise ten thousand dollars for Carney Hospital and volunteering as one of fifty donors contributing one hundred dollars each. May 23.
A letter from I. Rernosky in Boston on May 24 encloses $60 as a subscription toward the $10,000 Carney Hospital fund. Signatories include Sadie Lillie Waller Maurice Ray and Eva Rosnosky. The note is courteous and formal.
Merchants L Gans and Co Boston send ten dollars to the Carney Hospital fund with best wishes. The letter endorses the noble cause and urges support from readers. The note comes from the tailor shop at 269 Washington street.
Friends of humanity in Boston rally to aid Carney's humanitarian project, urging locals to contribute and volunteer. The appeal highlights community impact and invites participation from residents, churches, and philanthropic groups to expand relief efforts.
The mayor’s pruning of a large loan order reshapes the measure into a leaner borrowing plan. Critics say the act improves original log rolling waste by reducing total funds and reworking details to focus on a prudent, timely borrowing amount and more sensible expenditure.
The Senate rightly refused to engross repeal of a short lived collateral inheritance tax law. The principle is equitable, demands little or no burden, and can be extended further. The statute moves toward equalizing taxation without increasing industry’s burden.
A bad practice collapse tied to bolstering rotten ventures with respected names. The Georgia Alabama Investment Company advertised itself using officers like General Borler as president and directors such as James W. Hyatt and General Burner, drawing trust from Massachusetts investors who now face losses.
The text argues that investors trusted reputation tied to former state officials and executives. It condemns using prominent names to bolster failing ventures, calling it an abuse of public confidence and morally irresponsible to mislead the public, even if the endorsers did not intend deceit.
The piece urges Senator Hill to withdraw before Chicago’s looming convention, arguing he should seize the opportunity to do a handsome act. It notes rumors of a letter of withdrawal denied by authorities, and contends one month remains to act or risk irreparable damage to his reputation.
Editorial argues to repeal the old tax qualification by court action or legislative change. It urges prompt legal challenges to void the tax requirement and prevent its restoration under any form. The piece condemns a Boston Republican scheme and anticipates Attorney General input as decisive to securing universal manhood suffrage.
Boston seeks authority to condemn land and erect a new City Hall. Senate approved the measure despite opposition grounded in site choice and cost concerns. Proponents say the city must have the right to decide location and building type without legislative refusals.
Harrison allies concede a Blaine challenge may force a withdrawal. Blaine’s stance could decide the presidential nomination, placing the President in a humiliating, awkward position while Blaine deals with pressure from party leaders and officials.
The article argues public doubt about Blane's sincerity in denying a convention nomination. It suggests he should write another letter refusing to stand, even if it makes him seem foolish, letting Harrison face the coming defeat. Blane was pressed to speak out before the convention meets.
A Philadelphia clothier's letter to A. Shuman of Boston praises a large engraving titled One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities. The sender lauds Shuman's likeness amid many Massachusetts luminaries, saying the honor surpasses being among McAllister's Four Hundred.
In yesterday’s House proceedings Representative McKvoy of Lowell, among the Legislature’s youngest, sat in the Speaker’s chair with credit during a lively debate. General A. P. Martin leads a party to Gettysburg for the High Water Mark monument dedication on June 2, using a Jersey City sleeping car and New York hotel meals. E S Willard the English actor attended a 4:30 to 7 p.m. reception hosted by Mrs. Ronald Stuart at the Ludlow, with 150 guests and roses among the flowers. Rabbi Solomon Schindler weighs in on public schools, arguing that both male and female instructors must share the care of the coming generation in a June Arena piece.
The editor comments on Blaine’s growing magnetism and Harrison’s battery needs, questions the authenticity of last week’s Grant letter, and notes Sweden sending Salvation Army aid while Talmage plans a Swedish preaching tour. The piece mentions a expected reciprocity idea and a talk between Blaine and Harrison about the presidential race.
A poem denounces assassination plots against the infant King of Spain, urging murderers to strike at kingcraft itself while sparing the child. It portrays the monarch as divinely right yet vulnerable and condemns tyranny, calling for the infant to survive.
The Springfield Republican notes that Massachusetts Democrats must pick a national committee member. If Chicago delegates choose Josiah Quincy, he would be the wisest choice to lead the national campaign. The current national committee member is Colonel Charles D. Lewis of Framingham.
Helen Keller attended a charity tea on Beacon Street to aid the kindergarten. Mrs Julia Ward Howe Bishop Brooks and Dr Hale were present with flowers Bon bon tables and music by blind children. Dr Anagnos directed the event, and the Spaulding mansion hosted guests from 3 to 6 pm as dollars were raised for the kindergarten.
A reader letter praises The Post as Boston’s first paper to cover the Chicago to New York relay race. The writer thanks the paper for comprehensive cycling reports amid bad weather and rough roads, noting the extraordinary effort of riders under adverse conditions. Maplewood Margaret Krawoop signs the missive.
A May tea in a grand Boston home centers on Helen Keller greeted by Bishop Brooks and Dr. Hale. Guests include Julia Ward Howe, Edna Jocelyn, and many dignitaries such as Mrs. Edward Winslow and Mrs. James S. Sumston. The event highlights Keller’s charity work and social reception as a rising figure in society.
City Hall yesterday hosted the sub committee on the 17th of June celebration. The grand event will be a barge race with over twenty crews entered and thirteen gold medals for the winners. A four paired working boat race is also planned with prizes of 100, 50 and 25 dollars for first through third place.
A collection of light quips and exchanges features a salary whistler, a bargain remark, a redressed ducking by two negatives, a waiter joke about spring chicken, and a lawyer pressuring a desertion case. Weary Watkins laments, a sea serpent question leads to drink, and a landlady offers work. The court scene ends abruptly with a decree.
A fragmented clipping with humorous quips about a dog with fleas and witty lines from editors and columnists. Notable bits reference the Boston Courier, Chicago News, Charleston Spirit, and Lowell Courier, touching on go in a man, regret over lacking girls, oath lying, and reassurance about farm strawberry patches.
Albert Johnson 18, once returned from a two month private school stay in West Newton, disappeared for a second time after a day in Palmers. Father travels, school staff say he has friendly play and good studies yet chose a life among tramps, who urged him to go home. Johnson was last seen in a dark suit with short pantaloons and a soft hat.
For Discovery Day Almany New York May 24 General Palmer commander in chief of the G A R cooperates with the national Columbian public school celebration executive committee. The effort aims to impress 12 million pupils with a powerful patriotism lesson as the nation marks the fourth centennial of America's discovery and urges half a million veterans to assist.
In Baton Rouge on May 24 the Senate and House ballot for United States Senator shows Jonas 44 Adams 27 Gibson 26 Caffrey 17 Blanchard 11 Burgee 4 Mahoney 1 The two Houses will meet in joint session tomorrow to canvass the vote and a joint ballot will be taken daily until a result is reached.
On the Queen's birthday, Prince George of Wales receives dukedom Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney. Sir Julian Pauncetote, British minister to Washington, is awarded the grand cross of the Order of the Bath. Chief Justice Lacoste of Quebec is knighted.
In a Dorchester letter dated May 23, 1892 Lucy Stone argues that a true government of the people requires universal suffrage for all adults including women. She condemns male only voting as an oligarchy and urges young men to ensure every eligible adult votes and has it counted.
The State convention of the Ancient Order of Foresters opened in Worcester on May 24 with D A Cronin of Boston as grand chief, Mayor Harrington extending welcome, and Supreme Deputy J J Clain of Lewell delivering the response. About 200 delegates attended as the local court had a parade and a grand ball that evening.
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