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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1888
Page
4
Boston Dost notes the London Times may avoid large costs in appearing before the Parnell commission. The paper says it spent heavily on the O'Donnell trial and expects more for libel suits in Scotland, yet the meaning of its stance on the inquiry remains unclear.
Glasgow welcomes the steam ship State of Georgia soon after its overdue status was announced, showing that fears for her safety were unfounded. The voyage was slowed by weather, similar delays hit Anchoria and Catalonia arriving in Moville and Queenstown.
A Cooper Union gathering in New York last evening urged renominating Mayor Hewitt. Republican and Democratic attendees praised his two year record, with James C. Carter calling Hewitt the right man and warning against untried replacements. If County Democracy also backs Hewitt, Tammany’s opposition may lose influence.
In Detroit Blaine denounces Cleveland vetoes as harming soldiers while Colonel Coppman at Newton Centre defends the president. The exchange centers on pensions for Civil War veterans and the political divide over veteran relief and the soldier vote. Copman praises Cleveland as people's magistrate and champion, contrasting Blaine's stance on pensions.
The idle flummery of the imperial visit to Vienna has now reached the second stage of its development, suggesting the affair is entering a more formal or ceremonious phase. The text hints at bureaucratic or ceremonial procedures shaping the visit's progression.
The scene at the railway station shows William II in Austrian dress and Francis Joseph in Prussian uniform embracing in a sympathetic tableau. Observers note royal courtesies rarely affect policy, arguing such gestures often breed misread signals and may harm rather than help politics. Germany and Austria remain rivals despite the display.
The Democrats of the third district unanimously nominate Joan F. Andrew for Congress to succeed Morse. His views align with tariff reform and independents who have long shaped district votes, showing strong support in past elections. Andrew’s capacity to mobilize reformist voters is highlighted by Ward 11 results.
The majority Senate finance committee report denounces the tariff bill as campaign bluster and reframes its aim as relief for struggling industries. It cites higher duties that burden farmers with lumber and textiles while claiming to aid many sectors, warning of a grand benevolence that harms the poor and supports only a few.
A correspondent argues government purchases favored lowest bidders, noting foreign made blankets tested as all wool and superior in price and quality to American options. The piece also discusses cooperative stores, their potential benefits, cash system savings, and moral gains from distributive cooperation in reducing costs and promoting honesty.
The report argues that surplus funds should have been promptly returned through bond purchases rather than kept, depicting Republican tariff revision as a tax on consumers, especially the poor, to boost corporate profits and bond holder premiums.
A Massachusetts cooperative store in a 2700 population town reports rising sales since pay weekly wages began and claims over 1000 woollen mill workers benefited. It says rival shops faced boycott but eventually declined as cheaper goods attracted customers, saving members over 10000 in ten years.
Critics disagree on the new GILBERT and SULLIVAN opera with cables noting witty dialogue and ingenious parodies while others deem the piece stilted and unlikely to achieve popular success. The music is described as consistently sad and the plot contains grim elements such as an executioner and headsman axe, yet anticipation for the production remains high.
The North German Gazette notes that Germans crossing the French frontier would be moved from culture to barbarism and warns against complaining about clashes with French customs. It recalls Berlin's passport controls last summer causing travel hitches through Alsace and uncomfortable encounters with local customs.
Newport honors Grovar Bancrorr on his eighty eighth birthday with neighborly attentions and remembrances from distinguished visitors. The historian’s long, healthy life embodies the old adage mens sana in corpore sano.
The junior class meeting elected Dexter president by acclamation with Woods as vice president and Endicott as treasurer, who declined. Higginson resigns as secretary. Offices to merge into one with Hunnewell as secretary-treasurer. Marshals named Wilton Slocum and Dexter for the presidential procession. Crehore captain of the crew. Mazree and Slocum to lead nine and eleven. Tennis results list Sears Tallant and Brown. Sears to represent Harvard in intercollegiate tournament with Shaw or Brown as the other representative.
The Stoddard lecture season began at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn with a talk on Old England. Mr. Stoddard shared travels through historic places with specially prepared illustrations. A large audience gave enthusiastic applause and praised his charming presentation.
London Academy confirms Mrs Montague Butler must resign as Girton tutor, shocking college authorities. Gladstone spends two months tidying public and private papers, destroying thousands of letters, then sorts kept ones chronologically. Brooklyn Eagle reports Mrs Elizabeth Tilton going blind while her son Carroll plans marriage to Miriam Blauvelt. Mrs W H Pelton sails for New York to live with her mother. Munemitsu Mutsu and his refined wife impress Washington society. he speaks several languages and entertains with cultured, original conversation.
In Boston, Judge Charles Devens is praised as a fitting addition to the Peabody educational fund board, replacing ill Theodore Lyman, with Winthrop and Green already serving. The column recalls Alfred Ainger’s dog story, praises the M S P C A, and notes a wheel of commentary on Keokuk’s great grandson visiting Boston with Hampton students, linking past and future Native progress.
A prominent mass meeting at Cooper Union renominated Mayor A. S. Hewitt, with leaders from both parties urging unity beyond party lines. Speakers highlighted Hewitt’s control of 25,000 city employees and $15 million annual disbursements, along with influence over $40 million in local taxes, arguing the need for proven honesty and business ability in the next mayor.
End of hostilities at Squantum pending court ruling on Boston water board rights to lay pipes across the causeway. Harbor and land commissioners heard Boston's petition for a water box and siphon at Neponset bridge for Long Island water supply. Quincy contesting the plan. Turner and Patrick McLaughlin waived readings, pleaded not guilty to assault, case continued to Oct 19 with $5000 bonds each.
The New York Tribune notes that the Senate will not adopt free trade in lumber or salt and recalls Levi P. Morton’s vote for free salt trade. It anticipates Hawley’s reaction to the tariff bill and cites his past stance against abolishing direct taxation and removing duties on whiskey and tobacco. The piece foreshadows Hawley’s response to the current measure.
The New York Tribune labels the tariff bill not a free trade measure, noting the free list lists only eighteen items while omitting many important goods. It mocks tariff advocates, cites editorials on Tom Torrey’s tariff talk, and predicts Mills bill would not end free thought but force reasoned debate on protective duties.
Two recent arrivals to Cleveland are described as converts to the Republican doctrine of the past. Judge Dickson of Ohio, a pioneer Republican and Lincoln elector, denounces the party name as turning back time and enforcing medieval absolutism. Professor Van Dusen of Brunswick, formerly Republican editor, says the party now cries free trade while echoing its own tariff reductions, claiming the party deserted him.
The American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions held an afternoon session in Cleveland on October 4 1889 accepting Dr Samuel Harris Yale College as a corporate member resignation. New corporate members elected include Francis Clark Ezra Farnsworth Payson W Lyman and Chester Holcomb. Storrs reelected president with a prudential committee listing further ministers and eldridge torrey. Next meeting planned for New York October 1 1889 with Llewellyn Pratt delivering the annual sermon and Arthur Little as alternate.
Jacksonville Florida October 4 official bulletin for 24 hours shows 75 new cases and 1 death, bringing total cases to 271 and total deaths to 271. Boston contributes to Jacksonville relief fund now totaling 18 513 95 dollars.
Snappy snippets joke about luck, marriages, lawyers, doctors, and lovers. Quips from the Richmond Dispatch and New Orleans Picayune touch on social foibles. Observations on Berlin liquor, corn crusher ads, tobacco cuts, and library shelves mingle with playful dialectical bits and a toast to Thanksgiving crops and a church rivaling a vaudeville act.
At Adrian Michigan Blaine spoke to about 12 000 people defending tariff policy and opposing internal taxes arguing 1868 record shows opposition to internal tax on lumber while endorsing tariff protection He said whiskey tax should continue except for uses in arts and medicine as in the new tariff bill and urged the nation to choose now for a generation.
Worcester reports an afternoon collision between a westbound freight on the north track and an eastbound freight on the south track near Westboro and Gratton. Fourteen cars and both locomotives were damaged or derailed. Tracks are blocked. damage estimated at $15,000. no injuries.
The common council met to approve printing 1500 more copies of building laws and rescind the Ward 22 stone crusher purchase but adjourned due to no quorum. The September treasurer’s statement shows receipts of 1,838,006 49 and payments of 2,780,004 70, leaving a balance of 3,0?8 81,206,620 83. The city auditor’s exhibit lists expenditures at 8,972,576 54 and unexpended balances at 5,107,921 21.
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