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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1890
Page
4
The notice outlines submission policies including sending money at sender's risk, making checks payable to the Post Publishing Company, and not returning rejected manuscripts. It also states the Washington office address and requires full name and address with communications for proof of good faith.
A list of showtimes for multiple venues including Mechanics Building Huntington Avenue Mechanics Fair Music Hall Winter Street Hamilton Place Boston Theatre Washington Street Soudan Money Mad Tremont Theatre Edward Harrigan Leather Patch Hollis Street Theatre Dead Heart Park Theatre Faust Up to Date Boston Museum English Rose Grand Opera House Love Finds a Way Howanp Aten&Am Rentz Santley Burlesque Company at 2 and 7 or 7:45 or 8 depending on venue.
The Financial Department appears on page six, the Commercial Department on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three, guiding readers to the relevant sections of the issue.
Washington Times correspondent reports a five story Congressional campaign HQ in Washington with many clerks. Quay allegedly uses federal office holders to fund the Pennsylvania effort, targeting Ohio Kentucky and Maryland. Clarkson and aides push Arro for party power and potential presidential bid amid Harrison chatter.
A naval correspondent notes the Baltimore cruiser's fifty percent power use on the Stockholm voyage, achieving under forty tons of coal daily and still making even twelve knots. The piece also questions a Figaro interview with Signor Crispi and reports Boston merchants voicing street cleanliness concerns amid ongoing reform efforts.
Signers mainly local Washington street business owners describe the neighborhood as outrages and unwarrantable due to dirt affecting stores and health. The Mayor promises to meet reasonable wishes for clean streets, cites ordinances, assigns department responsibility, and suggests a public hearing before the Board of Aldermen. The piece notes turning this into a municipal campaign issue may be wiser and more practical.
The Post responds to letters about a Roxbury police shooting of a boy, arguing that officers must base actions on confirmed felonies and avoid shooting when a surrender is possible. It critiques the officer's firing either at fleeing youths or to intimidate, calling the act illegal or unfit and urging strict duty and accountability.
The London Times is accused of meddling in American relief to Ireland with odd claims that Ireland does not need aid and that U S charity would be presumptuous. The piece argues the Times remains influential despite Pigott forgeries and that reverence for it is fading as scrutiny grows.
The Comte de Paris arrived in New York aboard the Germanic with his uncle the Prince of Joaville and his son the Duc dOrleans. He is welcomed for his Civil War service, his historical writings on campaigns, and his enduring French American friendship, despite opinions on his government.
The article critiques The Times and Mr. Balfour over Ireland famine claims and the American relief committee. It argues the relief appeal is nonpolitical, rejects the notion of distress being exaggerated, and defends transatlantic aid as sincere, not electioneering. It cites the Paternoster Review figures on potato yield and condemns alleged British indifference.
In Syracuse a hostile crowd hissed James Owen O Connor during a performance of Hamlet. Tomatoes and potatoes were hurled from spectators, disrupting the show as critics noted that disapproval should stay within limits to avoid a public disturbance.
The London debate over licensing music halls intensifies as the British Matron demands propriety, arguing performances attract improper patrons. County council wrestles with licensing a venue hosting trapeze acts amid propriety concerns, while the Matron’s zeal is noted for straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.
The article argues that contrary to the belief that wealth concentrates among the rich, England saw a real drop in pauperism. It compares 1832 with 1588 showing population growth from 14 million to 28 million while paupers fell from 1.2 million to 800 thousand, signaling a more even wealth distribution aided by natural growth.
The piece notes a rapid fall in cigarette use in New York. It comments that higher cigar prices expected from the McKinley bill may revive the habit. It suggests New Yorkers quit now to better rival Boston in intellectual aims.
In a Pickwickian aside, Speaker Reed lauds the current Congress on its return journey as notably worthy and level headed. His remark evokes a schoolboy’s first composition, declaring the Yosemite Valley the highest mountain in the world, as cited by the New York Herald.
The Providence Journal notes that Congress has passed an extravagant pension bill, a large subsidy to silver mine owners, a tariff bill harming commerce, a bounty system for domestic products, and an expensive river and harbor bill. The paper questions whether the country will approve these achievements.
The Times reflects on Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts in a critical editorial from 1884. It recalls his near Mugwump stance six years prior and argues ambition overwhelmed his conscience after a Chicago convention nomination. The piece laments partisan passions affecting scholars in politics.
Springfield Republican cautions delaying judgment on Mormon Church polygamy stance awaiting semi annual conference in Salt Lake City. It notes prior Sept 1 defend by George Q. Cannon and questions sincerity of repudiation amid official church signals.
The President begins a Western tour next Monday with a Cincinnati stop on Tuesday. He will visit Vincennes Terre Haute Danville and Galesburg before attending a brigade reunion and then to Ottumwa for Soldiers day. Overnight in Topeka visiting Kansas City, St Louis for the Veiled Prophet festival, then Indianapolis and return to Washington by next Tuesday morning.
This reminiscence in Boston notes George Bancroft’s long ties to the city, from his publishing milestones and a Van Buren appointment to his role as a national figure whose historical work reflects his public life. It also reflects on Boston yacht culture, club houses, and local pride as the season winds down with Gossoon and Volunteer outcomes framing civic esteem.
Personal items report Mr and Mrs Henry M Stanley arriving at Ostend and hosted by King Leopold. Mentions include Czar as largest landowner, Dumas sending plays to Paris managers, Tobin convalescing, Metschnikow joining Pasteur Institute in Paris, Bazan praised by English critic, Von Wissmann’s Africa expedition book due in November, Crampel planning new African journey, Count of Paris to be entertained in New York, Bancroft’s ninety fifth birthday observations, and weekly business failures data from Dun & Bradstreet and Bradstreet’s.
Cast details for Little Em'ly at the Museum with Miss Clarke and Miss Addison new this season plus Miss Miriam O Leary in the title role. Notes on The Step Daughter at Grand Opera House and other New York runs, updates on Shenandoah at Globe Theatre and The Old Homestead promo, and a Broadway fire-safety ticketing change with ropes in last-row standing.
Yale announces a new general reading room in the north wing of the former Brothers and Linonia Library, replacing the removed Cabinet building. The John A Porter prize topics are listed, and the junior promenade committee and freshman football officers are named as part of campus activities.
Lawrence October 3. The annual Lawrence Canoe Club races on the Merrimac drew about five thousand spectators despite persistent rain. Winners included Leslie Taylor in the canoe race, W. H. Sturtevant first in the Adirondack boat race, and Taylor with Wiggin in the single paddle tandem. Overturned crews were aided to shore and the illumination was postponed to Monday night due to rain.
The Rev. George Cressey of Bangor has accepted the call of Salem First Church (Unitarian) and will begin his labors in December.
A compilation of stray notes and anecdotes from Washington Star and other papers. Items include a Boston dog joke on the bay of Massachusetts, Mr. Quay’s fishing in Atlantic City, a photographer’s remarks, a theatre lobby quip about political signs, a Canadian rail stowaway, a Suffolk sundial find, Fernando Po misadventures in sugar cane, and a New York vegetarian who converts to meat after a chemist’s claim that meat is transformed vegetation.
The text pleads for divine grace to endure worldly temptations with patience and to resist fleshly desires and evil spirits. It asks for pure hearts and minds to serve God through Jesus Christ, Thy Son.
Harvard freshmen convened in Massachusetts Hall with senior presiding, electing George C. Lee Jr. as president and Gardner Beals as vice president. Glee Club trials selected multiple tenor and bass voices, Rowing Club officers were named, and Harvard eleven prepared for a second game today against Dartmouth with a lineup headlined by Dean and Traff ord.
Newport R I Oct 3 The Hon George Bancroft renowned historian quietly celebrated his ninetieth birthday at his Cliff residence receiving many telegrams letters and calls from friends while looking spry though age marked his upright frame a note of public affection from Newport marked the day
Montpelier Vt Oct 3 The Senate forenoon vote on Governor Paveys message Australian ballot section was referred to the committee on elections with instructions to report a bill embodying the system at the earliest possible moment The same instructions were given the house committees
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