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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1890
Page
4
The Boston Post notes subscription rates and mailing details, with the Publishing Company address and an editor’s notice declining to return rejected manuscripts. It warns against anonymous communications and requires full author identification for communications.
Music on Winter street and Hamilton place at 7 45 The Bostonians perform Robin Hood at Boston Theatre Washington street at 7 45 The Soudan plays Globe Theatre Washington street at 7 45 Money Mad at Tremont Theatre Tremont street at 8 Edward Harrigan performs The Leather Patch at Hollis Street Theatre Hollis street at 8 James O Neill performs The Dead Heart at Park Theatre Washington Street at 8 Faust Up to Date at Boston Museum Tremont street near Scollay square at 7 45 The English Rose at Grand Opera House Washington and Dover streets at 2 and 7 45 Love Finds a Way at Howard Athenaeum Howard street at 8 Rentz Santiey Burlesque Company.
The notice outlines page locations for department sections: Financial on page six, Commercial on pages six and seven, and Ship News on page three. It informs readers where to find respective content within the issue.
In New Jersey the Tuesday election defeated the constitutional amendment to restore the clause allowing special legislation for cities. Voter turnout was light and among ballots cast, at least 90 percent opposed the amendment, amid concerns over prior bankruptcies in Elizabeth and other cities.
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association opened its exhibition with promise of strong displays once machinery is set up and spaces filled. A National Civil Service Reform League dinner follows, with notable guests including Grotan, Curtis, Bonaparte, Swirt, Foulkne, Rogers, MacVeacy, Wheeler, and Russell. Debates are proposed between tariff reformers and Republicans as the Ohio races loom, but the high tariff party favors quiet support and fund-raising continues.
Harvard University faces a recognized lack of adequate reading space in Gore Hall. Students have organized to raise funds for a new building, with details outlined in today’s news columns. The effort is described as a significant undertaking supported by alumni and friends of the institution.
Alumni endorse a reading room project to benefit students and university life. A reading room could cost 150000 to 200000 for construction, with an architectural addition planned to enhance the campus. Funds are needed now to remove the obstacle and realize this integral improvement.
The Civil Service Reform League hears Mr. Curtis defend reform while critiquing Republican pledges. He finds no real extension of reform beyond a few postmaster changes and calls out gaps in repealing laws and appointing by fitness over politics. The piece notes rising public opinion and occasional pro reform stances amid partisan debate.
The intelligence and conscience of the people press the civil service reform movement forward with force and persistence, a push that suggests eventual, irresistible momentum.
South Carolina politics swirl as Tillman secures Democratic gubernatorial nomination amid anti Tillmanite opposition. Judge Haskell threatens to bolt on a rival ticket, warning of minority rule and potential Negro bloc impact. A Columbia meeting of colored voters is planned for the fifteenth to weigh the crisis.
A Boston area case recounts a night patrol gunfire that killed a child after a police officer fired into the air to halt two boys in a moonlit garden. The officer is jailed for manslaughter while authorities examine park procedures, training, and the appropriateness of discharging firearms in neighborhoods. The piece calls for scrutiny of instructions given to officers, enforcement of gun use rules, and accountability for policy lapses.
Senator Edmunds spent most of last week in Vermont after being sent home by his physician in Washington. General A W Greely, chief of the Weather Department, and Mrs Greely were in the city yesterday and started for Washington in the evening. D Albert the pianist plans to stay near Berlin for the year and return to this country in 1892. Thomas Moran has a Venetian gondola now at Redhook Pond near Easthampton. Miss Kate Marsden leaves for the Caucasus to study leprosy with licenses from the Empress of Russia.
The Springfield Republican notes three Republicans in the Senate joined the minority in voting against the tariff bill, as in the House. It argues Western men opposed the wool and woollens tariff of 1867 and asserts that true industrial interests of the region have had little representation in Congress.
Five Worcester ward representatives were nominated by the Republican party with broad support. The Worcester Spy notes critics say none can clearly explain or advocate important measures for constituents or general welfare in the House.
Everett P Wheeler argues in a Boston letter that true protection for Massachusetts lies in resisting the tariff policies of McKinley era advocates Quay, Wanamaker and Carnegie. He urges voters to elect representatives who remove trade restrictions to boost local exports and industry.
In Boston JT lauds Mr Anagnos director of the School for the Blind after his Europe visit where he was named a member of the French Academy of Arts and Sciences. The essayist praises his humanitarian toil, the Perkins Institution link, his Athens influence, and his impact on education for the blind amid Boston’s cultural ties. He also recalls Thomas Prescott and other scholars honored abroad and notes a benevolent Mrs Winchester. A stray column ends with a warning about neglected horses at stations and theatres risking passenger harm.
A collage of jests and anecdotes notes political hustling and talk of sweating systems, plus light sketches about dyspepsia love, Comstock’s book ban, a gas joke, and Miss Peters. It concludes with London gossip on Lady Nicholson, Maine court ships, a marriage tale, a New York misadventure, and Lord Hartington’s Balmoral vexations.
The letter from Major J. Henry Gould declines the Republican State Auditor nomination amid a cloud of past rumors. The state committee faces action while factions lobby for Charles K. Ladd or Willard Howland to fill the vacancy, with Howland retracting after committee guidance. A petition to postpone action circulates among Gould supporters, asserting his integrity and innocence.
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association opened its seventeenth triennial exhibition on Huntington avenue with ceremonies led by Governor Brackett and Boston officials. The article describes notable displays from R. H. White & Co. and others, art galleries, a paper pavilion by Alfred Young, and varied demonstrations as visitors tour booths, machinery, and crafts for sixty days.
Henry W. Lamb of Brookline is set to address Dover tonight at a meeting arranged by the New England Tariff Reform League.
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