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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1887
Page
4
Publisher details list subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, payment terms, and mailing details. It notes New York and Washington offices and states editor policy on manuscript submissions and anonymous communications. Continuous rates include daily one year nine dollars, six months four fifty, three months two twenty five, one month seventy five, weekly one year one dollar.
The issue notes where to find the Financial and Commercials on pages six and seven and the Ship News on page three, guiding readers to locate related sections.
The November 7 1887 report notes a Dakota election to decide splitting the Territory along the 46th parallel for potential two state admission. Territory population is 568 477 with 149 000 square miles. southern Dakota favors division. Northern Dakota would gain about 190 000 people in 75 000 square miles, about three per square mile. Local option in counties also on the ballot, boosting turnout expected.
The referee in the Henry George case declares that the group now called United Labor party in New York cast over 50 000 votes for its mayoral candidate last year and expects Supreme Court approval today. The decision affects the Grorge Republican alliance by permitting 812 paid agents at polling places funded from public funds, described as a public hiring scheme.
The incident of German entry into Paris showed three officers entering the city unsupported by troops. Some believed Bismarck ordered provocation for a sack, but it appears neither he nor German authorities knew of the move. The drumhead court martial would have condemned the officers, reflecting misplaced blame due to strict German discipline.
A document signed by Spies ScHwAb and FrepEn urges clemency for the Haymarket defendants. It claims the meeting aimed to protest murder rather than commit it, though FrepEn signaled the bomb and the plan to use it was laid with familiarity of tools and rehearsals in Chicago.
The discovery of a collection of bombs in the cells of condemned men yesterday serves as a stark rebuttal to claims of harmless intent from those professions. The incident underscores ongoing tensions and questions surrounding executions.
The Hon. Joan E. Russet aids the Democratic candidate in Rhode Island as Judge Bradley campaigns on tariff reform. Last year Bradley had 5426 votes in a Republican-leaning district while Dixon, CHacr, and others trailed. with only one Republican candidate this year the Prohibition vote may raise Bradley’s plurality enough to match or exceed prior totals.
The editorial discusses tomorrow’s state election and doubts about Governor Ames’s reelection, noting that votes may reflect distrust of the Worcester convention and opposition to party machines. It warns about quarantine mismanagement in New York, calls for federal aid, critiques Tom Platt's control, and reflects on water supply debates and a Sunday paper versus church rivalry.
New York faces cholera arriving from Italian ports with shiploads at quarantine. Officials push for federal action after criticism of local measures. Mayor Hewitt asks the President to urge Italy for stricter vessel clearances from cholera regions.
An essay argues water supply and sewerage as civilization’s key public works. It notes the rise of civil engineering, cites Boston’s daily 30 million gallons for 400,000 residents, and discusses source quality including springs and lakes amid diverse delivery challenges.
Henry Irving condemns the combination system spreading in England and America. He urges reestablishment of stock theatres, arguing actors learn their craft through repeated practice and stock companies, with London as the sole English city offering such training.
The writer visits St. Pauls in Boston and notes a formal, high church service led by an English rector. He admires the preacher, laments excessive commentary, and observes an impassioned anarchist circular distribution by a calm, Teutonic young man. The piece contrasts English-style sermons with radical pamphleteering in Tremont Street.
Dr Graetz the eminent Jewish historian marks his seventieth in Breslau while active in writing and lecturing. Mrs Max O'Rell nears London society circles with her husband likely arriving here soon. Henry Holt and family sail to Antwerp to spend winter in Europe. Jeannie Youmans takes editorship of Popular Science Monthly. A Breckinridge statue to be unveiled in Lexington with Blackburn Beck and Buckner speakers and a soldiers’ turnout. Sir Frederick Middleton ends long service and retires with pension. Cameron expected as successor. A Boivin anecdote about misdirected New Year decorations leads to a Legion of Honor honor.
In a Philadelphia Record opinion, the tariff is blamed for higher coal costs after miners earn an 8 percent wage increase while coal prices rise 20 percent in the market. The piece argues workers receive a fraction of the value while consumers bear most of the burden.
The Providence Journal laments the ongoing clash between two leading papers the World and the Sun in sharp personal squabbling. The author notes the vigor would please Jefferson Brick but calls it a discouraging feature of American journalism filled with puerile ribaldry.
Eugene Hale and Mr. Carnegie echo Blaine does not seek another nomination for the presidency. A former editor, Blaine knows the advertising trick of turning an announcement upside down and labeling it Dont read this.
A Chicago News (Ind.) opinion piece asserts that working class ballots outnumber capitalists and stresses that united, honest advocacy can win redress. It proclaims no class dominates the ballot in America, praising this as the system’s safety and glory.
The author asserts three years of Democratic rule brought prosperity and unity across regions. The speech claims law and order, home protection, and honesty in office, dismissing the call for change and contrasting with Republican wishes for change.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts a chrysanthemum exhibition at Horticultural Hall starting Wednesday at noon. Prizes totaling over 70 dollars will be awarded for the best twenty named plants with top awards of 100 75 and five dollars. The event runs Wednesday through Friday with both halls filled by orchid fruit and vegetable displays in addition to flowering chrysanthemums.
The Bicycling World event drew five bicycle starters with three dropping out. Hollingsworth of Indiana beat Rhodes by twenty yards after a final burst, time 8h 14m. Beazley quit early in a Chelsea tricycle race while Child of Boston finished solo after 46 miles and then broke down. Child was awarded the race with a 3h 40m clocking, a record attempt thwarted by the failure.
Critics faulted the overture to Beethoven Ruins of Athens as monotonous while praising Miss Emma Judi for refined taste and moving performance in Hauptmann Faust aria and Mozart selections. Fuchs Serenade for strings impressed, though brassy intonation at times spoiled the opening. Schumann Symphony received stronger reception. next program features Violin Concerto in Poggio, Rubinstein symphony, with Mr. C M Loeffler as soloist.
Rev. John C. Ager of Brooklyn spoke at the New Jerusalem last evening on Providence. He analyzed atheism, defined Christ as modern science presents, and argued misfortune stems from human resistance to divine will. Freedom enables voluntary love of God, not mechanical subjection.
The British peace commission will be banqueted next Thursday evening by the Commercial Club at the Hotel Vendome where it will be based during its Boston visit. Speeches are planned by Sir Lyon Playfair Mr Cremer and others with guests including Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Rev Phillips Brooks. A public meeting will be held Saturday night at Tremont Temple under the American Peace Society with notable participants listed.
A collage of wry notes on politics culture and quirks. Jokes about Cabinet harmony, counterfeit gum, and a man chewing through paper tarts at the Casino. References to Bartley Campbell Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde opera tenors and Krumbhaar linger in a light, humorous style.
The Cambridge water board celebrated the let on of water from Stony Brook into Fresh Pond on Saturday. Guests included Mayor Russell city officials ex mayors ex presidents of the common council heads of departments legislators from Cambridge Waltham Weston Watertown Lincoln and press reps. A tablet was unveiled at the pumping station after a tour of Stony Brook works and a dinner at Woodland Park Hotel Auburndale.
A Monday evening event on November 7 from 8 to 10 features a grand Strauss night by Baldwin's Cadet Band at the Mechanics' fair. The program lists Strauss marches overtures waltzes polkas and solos including El Dorado The Warbler Acceleration Wiedermaus Schnellanter Non E Ver One Thousand and One Nights Merry War and Scherzo finale.
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