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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1893
Page
4
The Boston Post outlines subscription rates for daily six months to one year and notes that New York agent A Frank Richardson handles orders. It lists payment by checks drafts or money orders to the Post Publishing Company and urges advance payment with discontinuation on expiration and requests readers to notify changes of address.
The first correction of one of Commissioner Raum's illegal rulings, opposed by pension agents, is praised as a fair start to a large reform. It is expected to save the public about 20 million dollars annually.
An Arab village muezzin at the World’s Fair falls for an American typewriter girl and contemplates leaving Islam if she weds him. The episode is presented as a striking pro civilization vignette amid fair exhibits.
A warning notes at least one cholera death in Hamburg and suspected cases in French ports. It cautions against an outbreak on this side of the Atlantic and urges cleanliness and quarantine measures as essential defenses against the disease.
The Boston Journal condemns President Cleveland for sailing on Sunday while Presbyterian Assembly divines prepared for Dr Briggs heresy trial. It questions whether clergy wasted the day more than the President, noting Sunday should be worship rest and communion with God.
Anxiety grows that the Legislature may backtrack on corporate restraint after a close vote to engrossment on the water companies bill. Officials praise recent laws requiring stock be sold at auction and state approval for leases or sales of quasi public firms, urging strengthening rather than weakening of policy.
Outside Memorial Day observances the New England wheelmen held a four day meeting. The League parade run and Waltham track races showcased cycling’s rapid rise from toy to practical sport and daily companion.
The passage of the bill placing Boston public grounds under the Park Commission is flawed. The Herald argues maintenance should not transfer to a construction-focused body yet and urges repeal of the obnoxious section of Chapter 500 with careful deliberation in the legislature.
The will of playwright Charles H. Hoyt provides that his Hoyt homestead in Charles Town New Hampshire become Flora Walsh Home a residence for indigent actresses. The mansion is being renovated with new native woods, preserving Mrs Hoyt s room with her dresses and maid Esther. Hoyt plans summer visits with friends and a grand hotel memorial to his father George W Hoyt.
The speaker argues for immediate action to correct a legislative error concerning Boston relief, asserting that delay fails the city and that passing Senator Fitzgerald's order will achieve the needed result without causing harm.
The Legislature proposals would fix minority representation at five seats and majority at seven, but voters would decide only if the city accepts. Critics call the scheme absurd and urge fair proportional options instead, arguing Boston won’t accept a forced district system again.
General Collins made a dignified public debut in London at a dinner honoring the Queen's birthday. Smalley of the New York Tribune mocks his restraint, but the article praises Collins as a model of Democratic courtesy and statesmanship.
The article argues that the nation’s business climate is suffering from the policies and outcomes of Benjamin Harrison’s administration, linking economic hardship to his governing approach and reforms.
The observant citizen notes ex representative John T. Scully a leading Brighton Democrat who has driven Governor Russell on his campaign rides will host a wedding reception Tuesday evening June 6 at 460 Washington Street Brighton. John has been married about a month. Major Susie F Swift of the Salvation Army will speak at Park Street Church at 7 45 this evening she is editor of All the World and a Vassar graduate who opposed unfair honor awards at college and helped spark reforms.
May 30 parade crowds lined Fifth avenue for Memorial Day services at Riverside Park. Grand Army posts and groups assembled late, with a speech by ex Governor Foraker of Ohio at the Grant Tomb ceremony. Infanta Eulalie visited Riverside Park and laid a garland on General Grant's grave.
New York May 30 The Recorder publishes the first direct interview with Infanta Eulalie aboard the Monmouth on the Hudson. She praises American courtesies, speaks five languages, and expresses fondness for Washington and New York while noting Spain as her home. She plans horseback riding to see the country and comments on American ladies.
In Lowell at 10:30 the B F Butler Post 42 under Colonel A R Dimon held simple services for General Butler. Adjutant Worthen praised the famed Lowell soldier and the post chaplain led prayer as veterans and fifty children from Butler Grammar School laid flowers on the grave.
The Riverview races drew social enthusiasm as The Wheel's Day continues from Page 8. The Massachusetts division of the L A W ball was altogether a success.
The Morning Parade drew about fifty cycling clubs to a route through Huntington avenue to Arlington street. Massachusetts Club won first prize for best appearance, while Somerville and Malden clubs earned corner chairs and a bicycle pump respectively. The Press Cycling Club topped in number with 139 riders, and Mt. Washington Club paid tribute at Cedar Grove Cemetery for late A. H. Colbeare.
Spectators packed the new bicycle park and crowded grandstands as riders competed in one mile novice one mile open and handicap heats. Winners included C G Williams Waltham and Mayo Chelsea with close finishes and fast times amid windy conditions.
Garrison troops visit the Naval Hospital Cemetery Chelsea to decorate 125 graves with Admiral Kimberly and retired Lieutenant Commander Soley in attendance. The Naval Brigade Band plays as bluejackets escort the retirees. A banquet follows with speeches by Admiral Kimberly Soley and others. Old First flags transferred to the First Regiment M V M as Colonel Leatherbee narrates their history. Memorial Day observances occur in Chelsea with John A Hancock Command and Theodore Winthrop Post honoring graves and attending services across Garden Cemetery Cary Avenue Church Union Park and City Hall events.
Dr. Charles M. Green of the Second Battalion Boston School Regiment says he heard no hissing as he left Mechanics Hall to present prizes. He notes no disturbance and calls reports exaggerated or false. The Boston Globe references angels with blue sashes as a stray aside.
Friends and city figures gathered at Holyhood to honor John Boyle O'Reilly. Memorials included a Gazelle ship floral tribute and a Pilot staff manuscript scroll. Early morning services followed by grave decorations from Sarsfield Guards, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Boyle O'Reilly Cadets, Working Boys' Home, and others.
The new opera by Fred Miller Jr titled The Golden Wedding opened at the Park Theatre to packed houses in Boston. Jennie Yeamans, James O Neill, and other favorites drew large crowds as the season winds down with no matinee today and the Bowdoin Square, Park, and Boston theatres wrapping up the run. The show features a strong orchestra and harmonious vocalists, with additional holiday bills at the Span of Life and Music Hall promenades drawing keen interest for opening night tables and a fifty-strong orchestra.
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