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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1887
Page
4
Newspaper notice lists Dairy Daily subscription prices for various periods and repeats mailing terms. It also notes second class matter entry, sender risk for payments, and where money orders should be made payable. Editors refuse to return rejected manuscripts and require full name and address for all communications as a good faith guaranty.
A brief note states that the disturbance is justified under constitutional action. The fragment references procedural support without detailing parties, dates, or locations.
The note outlines where to find sections in the issue. Financial and Commercial Departments appear on pages six and seven while the Ship News is on page three.
The city’s press and citizens praised the Republican convention’s quiet elevation of ex-Governor Gaston as a mayoral candidate. The morning's notices highlight growing non-partisan support and the unifying tone shown in nominating Gaston.
The Post withholds direct observations on Thanksgiving day, deeming it a time for restraint. Readers are invited to ponder President and state proclamations, sermons, and family gatherings that mark the nation's holiday without overt commentary.
Lord Salisbury at the Conservative conference in Oxford warns that opponents will block legislation on English matters until the Irish question is resolved. He vows vigorous resistance and urges drastic repression, noting the House’s preserved parliamentary privileges. Mr Gladstone leads the opposition, a skilled tactician he faces.
In Providence Rhode Island a constitutional majority rule prevented selecting a mayor as the Republican candidate led with a plurality while a split Democratic vote produced a citizens candidate with over 1200 votes. The outcome delays a new election by ten days and notes a drop in Prohibition votes to 288.
The Colorado Coal and Iron Company appeal receives a decision with wider impact than the Max-Well grant ruling. The court confirms fraud in a single case and extends legal protection to many similar acts, noting the land involved carried a mortgage of 3 5 million dollars secured by preemption in the names of sixty one patentees.
The Supreme Court reverses a Circuit Court ruling that land must revert to the government after fraud. It holds that the government cannot recover from innocent purchasers. The decision affects vast timber, mining, and agricultural lands held by those who bought fraudulently, hindering Interior Department efforts to reclaim the public domain.
Anti admin sources report Republican senators will challenge the legality of Putnam and Angell serving with British commissioners at the fisheries conference. The argument hinges on constitutional authority, precedents, and Senate disapproval of the method, with notable newspaper voices split on the issue.
The city council should not convert paving department workers to permanent salaried staff based on hours worked. The mayor, charter, and civil service rules govern hiring and pay, not stray council actions. The press condemns the move as unnecessary and potentially costly, urging adherence to existing laws and market wages.
The North German Gazette claims a forged letter from Prince Bismarck deceived the Russian Czar but the piece is dismissed as absurd conjecture. The piece notes misread Berlin treaties, Russian sympathy, and questions the value of fast mail-service logic with ships and contracts.
The New York Times lauds the foreign mail service for efficient arrangements with steamship lines at legal rates. It argues despatching mails by fastest ships benefits speed, asks why other nations do not adopt this practice. It notes subsidies influence European mail facilities and English line restrictions shape outward and inward mail costs.
The writer commends Epwarp H. Sothern for his artistic insight and strength on stage in The Highest Bidder. Despite inherited doubt about talent, he is named one of America’s most promising young actors with intelligence, culture, and earnest study. The piece hopes his success signals a broader public taste.
The Transcript has long denounced Swinburne poetry and now prints his verse To a Sea-Mew from the English Illustrated Magazine as a cautionary example for young poets. The piece appears amid others in the eclectic contemporary.
A Virginia Methodist conference passes resolutions condemning theatre as promoting irreligion immorality and vice. The document urges church members to oppose the theatre. The piece suggests Emma Apport could help correct clerical misunderstandings of the theatre in Virginia.
The observer notes abundant turkeys in Boston markets despite traders' glooming mood. He recalls a theatrical doppelganger trend with Edwin Booth lookalikes across the country, citing a senator and several others who imitate the famed actor for distinction.
The piece muses on human motive inconsistency and imitation from Macaulay to Booth. It recalls a New York street scene where 1000 coats were given to boys for charity and a college undergraduate who faked poverty to escape a course, only to be found out and punished later.
Susan B Anthony builds suffrage clubs in Indiana as women’s movement grows strong. Joseph Parker ends US tour and sails home December 10. Harry Oliver rises from clerk to iron magnate, near Senate bid, age under 45. Francis Murphy of Chicago temperance work progresses. The Earl of Dysart in New York described as red headed Scot with wealth and Calvinist views. Mayor Hewitt of New York is seen in his office, diligent and reserved at his desk.
The tariff question in Pennsylvania, center of tariff literature, sparks a clash over whether policy favors free whiskey or free wool. The issue is presented in a clear, intelligible manner for readers.
The Providence Journal argues that federal offices should be filled by the best fitted regardless of residence, rejecting population-based spoils. It contends the apportionment system preserves an outdated idea and urges law changes to align with merit-based selection.
A Northern Post op-ed argues against repealing liquor taxes claiming the levy reduces consumption and preserves essential tax revenue. It asserts abolishing the tax would force higher taxes on food and clothing, harming the public and violating sound finance principles.
The Atlanta Constitution warns that harsh Sunday laws provoke resentment and violence, arguing moderate enforcement is needed and that excessive legislation would trigger unprecedented public excesses and widespread opposition.
A Graphic excerpt laments the harsh realities of daily press work. It condemns lack of social life for journalists and praises the unseen, diligent writers whose names rarely appear beyond their writing rooms.
The December issue features Captain Charles King’s From the Ranks as the lead story. Mrs. Lillie recalls Jenny Lind with vivid anecdotes and charity deeds, complemented by contributions from Miss Janet Edmondson and others, including poems by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and notes on Sir Julius Benedict.
The December Harper's presents a strong array of short stories led by Miss Rives's Inja and Craddock's Day in Court with vigorous prose. It notes Miss Phelps and Baylor, plus Howells, Aldrich, Abby, and Curtis contributions, with illustrations by Dielman and others.
A collage of brief observations and quips on topics from Dutch gin to Barnum, Alaska horses, New York crime, turkey day musings, politics and predictions, Mormon temples, ballet notes, and pedestrian races. It surveys opinions, curiosities, and trivia with light humor and sharp asides.
From the London Athenaeum obituary notes Alfred Domett born 1811 and educated at St John’s Cambridge. He left without a degree, journeyed in Europe and the United States, spent 29 years in New Zealand, wrote Ranolf and Amphialon and Flotsam and Jetsam, and died last week at his house in St Charles Square.
Dramatic notes announce The Exiles at the Boston Theatre next Monday with a large cast including Schelm F Losee Marda Lussiers Forrest Robinson Count Vladimir Tliane F G Boss Ross Colonel Polkine J Dean Carcassin D J Maguinnis Nicholas Popof W H Crompton Prince Pierre Russell Hanting Rudolf Frank Ek Lamb Yoltoi W J Wheeler Sergeant Major R Varian Jelto wich C A Warde Romandi R S Finley Aldle Nadege Lanine Grace Thorne Countess Vallane Lanine May Merrick Scenic effects to match original. A Run of Luck to close at the Boston Theatre this week. Matinees Wednesday Thursday Saturday.
Edward W. Clark of Tumphrey and Twisden suffered serious injuries yesterday when a bulkhead separating a 150 ton coal bin collapsed. The incident caused coal to topple onto him, injuring him severely in Marblehead.
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