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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1889
Page
4
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The editor declines to return rejected manuscripts and will ignore anonymous messages. Writers must include their full name and address as a guaranty of good faith, though these details will not be published.
The notice lists page placements for department sections. The Financial Department appears on page six the Commercial Department on pages six and seven and the Ship News on page three.
Iowa politics show strong support for ballot reform as the next Legislature prepares to act. Governor-elect Borts advocates reform, matching Democratic platform goals, while Republicans shift from opposition to broad public backing.
The conference adopts key amendments including a clear definition of an overtaking ship and a special signal for steam vessels under sail. The new rule states that bearing changes do not make the overtaking ship cross until fully past and clear, eliminating previous confusion and ensuring ships keep clear.
The article notes that veteran voters influence appointments in Alabama and Louisiana. It cites removal of F G Sheppard, a Union colonel and G A R post leader, to install a Kansas Greenbacker. In Louisiana, an ex Confederate gets the marshal post over General Badger, highlighting campaign rhetoric.
The Indianapolis News argues tariff reform education influenced voters in Ohio and Iowa, where farmers backed legislative candidates aligned with tariff reform. It notes Ohio will send a tariff reformer to the Senate, and Iowa could have done so, despite Senator Allison’s efforts.
The Hon. Elvisan A Morse of Canton writes to the Boston Journal denying any support for boycotting Harvard College. He says his Norfolk Club dinner remarks invite a separate and different construction and explains what that construction should be.
A letter attributed to Morse suggests free trade changes at Harvard College and a shift in presidency. He hints at paneling the curriculum and installing Canton leadership, backed by eminent Republicans, including Hoar and Hawley, while denying extinction of the college.
A city mayoral pledge to remove offices from partisan politics is challenged as violated. The critic notes Hart’s early actions and appointing decisions show partisan influence, with officials named Nugent Jones Meehan Bain Clark Howared Bromwich Prescott Laforme cited as political payments. Independent Citizens’ support fades as the partisan machine tightens control of the municipality.
The report outlines a comprehensive agenda for the International Congress with committees on customs union transportation postal and telegraph networks sanitary rules lighthouse fees and harbor costs. It also covers uniform weights and measures patents banking law and international arbitration. Outcomes depend on directing labors to weightier subjects.
The article discusses congressional prospects on two topics: customs union and water transportation. It notes management by the Secretary of State and expects valuable outcomes if reciprocity is included, such as free sugar and wool, rather than a narrow mutual exclusion.
New York Dock Commissioners and aides face an expanding investigation into water-front leases and rentals. Testimony cites large discrepancies in pier revenues and alleged withheld funds, fueling calls for radical reforms in municipal management of the valuable waterfront.
The Duke’s article defining Cory Democracy draws sharp criticism from the Saturday Review. It argues the new Toryism incites class hatred and class robbery, labeling the mild humanitarian socialism as dangerous despite its stated aims.
The dispute over the new ordinance banning organ grinders and brass bands heats up with strong opposition. Organ players gain more sympathy than bands due to harsher tuning complaints, and critics warn New York would become a nervous resort if the ban stands.
The piece notes that soldiers may suffer larger losses next year unless surplus is reduced as per contract. It also mentions Republican editors avoid blaming soldiers for party trouble and cites no fatality in Cincinnati where a lineman was injured but survived, highlighting risks in the current electric system.
Brazilian delegates pull out of Washington Marine Conference and await clarity on who they represent and what their mandate will be.
A Boston columnist explains historic Swan House hauntings as natural phenomena. Footsteps echoed from room shape, cellar figures were lead statues, and a nocturnal chase was a sport-minded youth. The piece argues credulity harms health and happiness while praising rational clarifications and light satire on local statue names tied to baseball.
The Hon. William M. Evarts receives a Washington reception while Bill Nye battles pneumonia in Staten Island. Corliss becomes North Dakota chief justice at 31. Stowe is mildly demented. Proctor lectures in Charleston as Rosenborg Castle restoration and royal patronage surface. Ohm statue planned in Munich and cross‑country benefactions link Germany, England, France, Austria, and Italy.
Mr Browning provides a prefatory note for Mrs Browning's Poetical Works detailing her birth on March 6 1806 at Coxhoe Hall West Durham and baptism records. He disput es claims of Greek tutelage noting she was largely self taught and shared early study with her brother Edward. He also criticizes other misstatements about her youth and education.
The Arena edited by B O Flower launches in Boston as a serious monthly rival to North American Review and Forum. Notable contributors include Minot Savage Murray and Rabbi Schindler on religion and history in schools. Price is 5 a year, 50 cents per issue. critics note printing quality and suggest tighter type and uncut edges.
The notes review Edwin Arden in Barred Out at Grand Opera House and cite no major changes this week. Details cover Hands Across the Sea at Museum with its hundredth performance planned midweek, and extended runs of The Rivals and Roger la Honte at Park and Hollis Street. Other productions include Our Flat and Bluebeard Jr at Tremont, The Senator at Hollis Street, and an Emma Judd opera company engagement. Dan Daly begins a star run at Howard Athenaeum in Upside Down, with a well-mounted, costumed company and new tricks and scenery.
Letter to the Post complains that recent plank walks on the Common are broken, patched, and dangerous after dark. The writer warns of possible damages suits if authorities do not take immediate action.
The assembly at the post hall 1151 Washington Street drew about ninety members of the Armed Battalion for escort duty. Major E. D. Sanborn directed the floor with a aids corps, while the Armed Battalion Band Orchestra led by C. W. Swett provided music and the event ran until midnight. The next assembly is scheduled for December 3.
The Architectural Club at 6 Hamilton Place hosts a well attended exhibition of pen, ink, and pencil drawings for The Century Magazine by Joseph Pennell and Harry Fenn. Critics note artistic freedom and draftsmanship, with Pennell’s York Cathedral and Windsorr images praised, while Fenn’s colonial scenes and New York Library study receive emphasis. the show will soon be withdrawn for new works.
Despite a severe storm the Universalist Social Union drew large crowds at the Thorndike Hotel for its first regular meeting of the season. Guests included Rev. Charles F. Lee of Charlestown James W. Clarke of the Globe East Boston leaders and Miss Gertrude Pratt.
A ceremonies morning review as ships led by the Chicago pass up the river. Commodore Walker and officers salute Secretary Tracy and ex Secretary Whitney while the Dolphin’s crew shares a salute. Marines parading and bells ring as Minnesota crew cheers.
An extra north bound freight on the Boston and Maine railroad derailed a gravel car and a hand car at East Pepperell after traveling too fast. Workers escaped by jumping clear as the wreck occurred this morning with no injuries reported.
A jumble of humor and fact cites sayings about laundrymen and hair dressers ahead of notes on a Sanskrit Euclid find in Jeypore India. It reports bans on prohibition towns, a joke about Mr. Barnum, and guidance on pronouncing Ibsen. It notes a corean book collection and a London dinner, then details theatre incidents including a fire at Staleybridge Royal Victoria and a blade accident at Irving's Lyceum with a near-miss for actors and a grazed spectator.
The Boston Journal resumes reformer role between elections and condemns the evils of money in politics. It should send marked copies to Hon. Matthew S. Quay and Postmaster Wanamaker.
The Philadelphia Record notes allies of Senator Allison of Iowa fear the tariff bill's defeat as Republican support fades. Allies seek Democratic votes to block a rollback, but Democrats in the Iowa Legislature are unlikely to aid a tariff monopoly champion.
The Perry county feud has claimed three lives in a long running blood feud. The piece notes that critics view the killings as expected in a strongly Democratic region, while pointing to Perry county as a Republican stronghold in eastern Kentucky with election vote margins.
A Springfield Republican analysis notes Republican papers admit party ties loosened by recent elections. The St Louis Globe Democrat says ties sit lighter than years past and parties must reckon with a growing force. An additional party organ cites rising particularism affecting managers' plans.
An Evening Post editorial questions Boston residents’ alleged inability to govern themselves in regulating liquor and police affairs It argues that Boston has improved under local elections and criticizes Republican calls to place police control under the governor It compares Boston with New York and Brooklyn and asks whether self-government capacity is waning or temporary decline.
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