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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1888
Page
4
A Boston writer describes attending the Crispus Attucks dedication parade. He notes colorful uniforms, political figures, and John Boyle O'Reilly among the marchers. He reflects on race relations, the value of the event, and the role of rural leisure amid urban life.
The November 14 session of the Knights of Labor in Indianapolis largely reviewed officer and committee reports. A greeting from Chief Arthur arrived, with finance showing receipts and expenditures at $222,507 for the year to June 30, 1888. Treasurer Turner recommended cost cuts including abolishing mileage payments, consolidating offices, and trimming the executive board to five or fewer. The balance sheets show improvements and debts carried into Oct 31, 1888. Mrs. Barry, general investigator, detailed efforts to educate and aid working women and called for swifter improvement of wages and child labor conditions. The afternoon heard resolutions, with elections and Powderly’s role discussed for tomorrow. Membership totals cite 259,518 reported with 37,900 not reported, and a loss of at least 153,761 from the previous year.
The Hoston Post reports that the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua has formal corporate existence through Vermont legislation, promising a feasible isthmus route. Surveys show a 40 mile cut across the isthmus and 130 miles of free water via rivers and Lake Nicaragua with strong harbor advantages at both ends. The piece contrasts Nicaragua plans with Lys ERP’s failed efforts and asserts growing confidence as the enterprise forms.
Lord Randolph Churchill shows little desire to rejoin the British ministry after his Commons speech backing Louis Jennings’s motion to cut Court of Judicature estimates. The assault on Conservative fiscal policy strains party discipline and risks a government defeat, signaling possible earlier overturn of the ministry.
The Times and Mr Parnell gain the fullest hearing as the inquiry drags through tedious proceedings. Informers from The Times appear weak, while Captain O Sullivan’s testimony stands direct and potentially weighty. No decisive evidence yet on authorship of the famous letters remains.
The Democratic city committee appointed a five member panel to confer with a Republican counterpart to nominate a nonpartisan school committee ticket. The aim is to secure candidates of fitness who can win broad support regardless of party, removing influence of partisan politics from school committee selection. The move reflects a longstanding desire for a jointly chosen process, free from practical political maneuvering.
The Democratic city committee proposes a method that eliminates partisanship in candidate selection, avoids factional polling contests, and favors a sensible decision on the school question, compelling the Republican convention to consider acceptance.
The New York Supreme Court opens a test case brought by the attorney general to cancel the North River Sugar Refining Company charter. The trust’s stockholders surrendered control, futures rose in trust certificates after a Blaine Harrison election link, and observers see a possible tie between party power and trust protection.
A nineteenth century protest against exam heavy education argues exams harm physical health and misdirect aims. Led by signers including Max MUEL pen, Edward A. FREEMAN, and FREDERIC HARRISON, the piece cites intellectual and moral drawbacks and previews further critique in accompanying writings.
The signers argue that exams train only narrow memory and reduce culture. Universites produce graduates with limited outlooks, driven by marks and honors, not broad learning. Critics say the piece harms Harvard’s image and inflames unwarranted prejudice against Cambridge life.
The essay by Aleck Quest in the North American Review arouses sharp debate over Harvard morals. The writer criticizes sensationalism while acknowledging some truth about Cambridge youth, arguing Harvard can hardly be blamed for widespread dissipation among a large student body.
The Saturday Review-just as other journals abroad-notes the SACKVILLE incident and mocks the exaggerated role ascribed to English opinion by Republican politicians. It argues Americans fixate on a small English letter, while tariff, debt, trusts, and civil service reform dominate the political crisis. English influence is praised as a test of words and perception.
The sudden death of Mrs Delano A Goddard yesterday morning follows an apoplectic attack Sunday evening. A Plymouth native born in 1829 she was a devoted worker for Indian education and civil rights and a longtime Boston correspondent and literary contributor. She will be buried in Plymouth with funeral at King's Chapel Friday at 1 PM.
The notes survey Estes and Lauria t s edition of Hugo s Notre Dame de Paris with fine watercolors. Rossi the illustrator of Alphonse Daudet garners high regard, Bieler and De Murbach are strong rivals. New York dealer W R Jenkins to publish French edition this month. Harvard bookseller Charles W Sever to publish Hesper An American Drama by W R Thayer. Ticknor Co announces Wanderers a poetry collection by William Winter for Nov 17. December Magazine of Art will include Wells and Its Cathedrals by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Harper s Weekly Nov 14 features General Harrison in library and Mrs Harrison portrait with election night Madison Square scenes.
Mr Turrell the distinguished English miniature painter will visit in a week or two to fulfill several commissions. Some of his work may be seen in the lower gallery of Doll Richards which also displays carbon photographs of Franz Hals and Rembrandt. The gaiety of Hals is captured in these reproductions recalling old Haarlem. Williams Everett to announce memorial exhibition for the late J Rollin Tilton who died last summer in Rome. Proceeds will benefit Mrs Tilton. In December the Boston Water Color Society will stage a major exhibition at the same gallery.
Miss Frances Dunton and Miss Mary How gave a full Chickering Hall concert with Lang and Whelpley joining. The program featured duets by Mendelssohn Berlioz Dvorak Lassen and Giordani plus solos. The piece praised the duo while noting occasional vocal strain in furto passages. The article also previews Purdy orchestra performing Sulllivan’s Masque Music at the Boston Museum and outlines Handel and Haydn Society season plans with principal soloists and a major chorus reform to refresh the ensemble.
A collage of epigrams and humorous lines on politics and society from Puck and other papers, mocking candidates, gatherings, and public figures. It notes elections, party talk, and social quips with exchanges about Penman Opera, a Boston plurality, and a Cleveland era mood.
The Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company held its annual meeting. Reported gross earnings of 8 674 871 dollars, net earnings 3 472 821 dollars, dividends 1 800 000 dollars, operating percentage 5 14 100. Directors named include Jay Gould and J Pierpont Morgan. Gould later chosen president, Gallaway vice president, and J W McWilliam secretary and treasurer.
In a late afternoon meeting the governor and council voted 6 to 3 to place Mrs. Sarah Jane Robinson in the House of Correction in Lowell rather than the State prison. The governor has not yet approved. Robinson remains at East Cambridge, health decent, and allegations against Dr Beers surface from observers and counsel.
Justice Minister Sir John Thompson signed a warrant for De Baum extradition to the United States. The absconder will be handed to American authorities on the 24th inst. His frauds are alleged to total about $28,000.
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