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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1890
Page
4
Daily and weekly subscription terms are listed, with rates for one year six months and three months. It notes second class matter and sender risk for payments. The editor will not return rejected manuscripts and anonymous communications are ignored unless accompanied by full name and address.
Listings for multiple venues on Winter and Tremont streets show matinee and evening performances. The Soudan Shenandoah Squatter Sovereignty The Dead Heart Ray Little Emly The Step Daughter and Kernell's Vaudevilles feature across venues including Music Hat Mechanics' Hall Boston Theatre Tremont Theatre Hollis Street Theatre Taemont Theatre Grand Opera House and Howard Athenaeum with times at 2 and 7:45 or 8 depending on venue. Names include Edward Harrigan Maggie Mitchell James O'Neill and others.
The article reports on reactions to calls for a force bill from Senators and Congressmen in the South and North. It notes Mr Muror Halstead's condemnation as an attempt to revive Grant era policy and his critique of Massachusetts lawmakers. Halstead’s stance is contrasted with claims of partisan manipulation and integrity.
The New York Court of Appeals sustains the civil service law against unconstitutionality claims. The ruling upholds appointment conditions for the Civil Service Commission limiting factions to two from any one party, rejecting arguments that it deprives citizens of constitutional rights.
The New York Maritime Register argues that subsidy schemes fail elsewhere and will not revive U S shipbuilding or shipping under the new tariff. It notes Congress has negated foreign trade growth, so subsidized shipping offers little advantage for exports or imports, a reality subsidies ignore. The piece critiques belief in repeal of economic laws by legislative action.
The H. A. Cesar & Co. circular in M. Y. World outlines new tariff details for Velvets plain price 1234 to 17 percent cents and Velvets cruise 5 to 0 cents plus Plushes 422 to 20 cents.
The report notes the administration reestablishing the system of assessing clerks in Washington for party expenses mirrors past legal violations allowed for Manone. It says Quay and Jarrison sought to install him as boss in Virginia, according to Republican correspondents.
The article contends clerks’ campaign work now skirts civil service law, shielding offenders from indictment. It notes Malone’s team avoided Civil Service Commission action for a year and warns campaign fund collectors from Ohio and elsewhere may face similar protection, arguing reform rhetoric is weakened by this loophole.
Senator Carlisle tells New York World the Treasury will likely run a deficit this year as expenditures soar beyond receipts. He cites $425,000,000 already appropriated and over $46,000,000 more needed for pension laws, plus large new public building and naval spending. He warns the excess may surpass Secretary Winthrop's estimates.
Blumenthal Bros. & Co. notes in a New York World trade circular that plush items will rise after tariffs. Plush by the yard costs five to six fifty to six seventy five, with plush garments up about ten percent. A plush jacket jumps from nine to ten dollars, a plush sacque from twenty to twenty two fifty, and other circulars announce similar advances.
The People's Municipal League slate in New York blends ideas from the League, County Democracy and Republican groups. Francis M. Scorr is named for mayor, praised for public service and experience in municipal affairs. Other candidates include Myers for comptroller, Gorr for district attorney, Bellamy for county clerk, and Corsa for sheriff, all seen as capable and acceptable choices.
The Commercial Advertiser argues for a trustworthy judicial ticket and civic duty in New York. It notes high character and integrity, urging voters to back a government promised to be honest and efficient, while observers nationwide watch the fidelity of citizenship at this critical moment. It also discusses clothing taxes affecting different social classes, detailing tax changes on woollens, broadcloths, plush sacques, sealskin sacques, cotton and silk handkerchiefs, and linings.
The piece critiques scholars in politics who let partisanship distort learning, citing Hoar and Everts as examples, and contrasts them with respected outsiders like Hoan and Evarrs. It tracks reactions of past critics to Burns, Keats, and Jane Austen, and notes New York and Brooklyn census results highlighting urban population estimates and public reception of literary debates.
An 1890 tariff act increases duties on musical instruments parts and strings by 48 to 100 percent. A large gathering of wholesale houses in New York Boston Chicago Cincinnati St Paul discussed the timing and manner of the price rise and unanimously resolved to implement the increase immediately for all dealers.
A review of Spreysen son s Early Reviews of Great Writers surveys critiques from Edinburgh to Blackwood's and others between 1786 and 1882. It highlights bold prophecies that failed and notes how critics often misjudged literature and trends, including Mme de Stael's De l Allemagne.
Manufacturers of fish meats and all canned foods already raise prices on a higher basis as tin can costs increase under the new tariff, with a large canner noting consumer prices will soon climb.
Don Gurrry, once eluding capture after escaping the Flatbush Insane Asylum, returned to confront the superintendent and shoot Dr. Lucyo dead. The case raises questions about guardianship and control of dangerous patients. He was arrested after the murder.
The Philadelphia Press argues that imported cigars exaggerate tariff alarm and says Democrats speak for millionaires, while domestic makers using Sumatra wrappers announce steep price hikes, claiming the McKinley tariff requires a 35 to 40 percent rise on ten and fifteen cent cigars.
To all buyers of carpets, the increased duties on wool and other materials under the new tariff bill, now law, will lead to higher carpet costs. Some types may rise more than others, but every grade will be affected notably, warns L. W. & J. Sloane in a New York World circular.
The forthcoming season of old comedies at the Museum promises intelligent theatre-goers notable attention with about a dozen classical plays. Several are familiar, while two or three in the lineup are largely unknown to the present generation, offering fresh discovery despite potential obscurity.
A Boston observer recalls a Catholic temperance societies parade with varied ages and genders, bands, banners, and ornate uniforms. He notes youths smoking after, praises the event's moral aim, and comments on riding, architecture debates, and rising costs to build a new library structure.
The Charity Ball, a successful New York Lyceum production, debuts at Hollis Street Monday attracting a large Boston audience. Starred by Kelcey Cay van and a strong company, the play features Wheatcroft Le Moyne Walcot Crossman Shannon and Mrs Walcot. The Tremont concludes Squatter sovereignty as Harrian begins Cordelia's Aspirations farewell tour in Boston.
The Clémenceau Case heads to the Park Monday with a controversial studio scene that has drawn New York chatter. The rest of the program features strong casts and ongoing runs at Boston venues including The Soudsn, Shenandoah, Little Em'ly, Erma the Elf, and The Ivy Leaf, with season tickets on sale Oct 20 for a busy opening week at the Museum.
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under Mr Listemann performs tomorrow at the Boston Theatre with works by Adams Moszkowski Grieg Gounod Strauss Steck and Langey Miss Gertrude Franklin sings arias from Gretty and Herold Mr Felix Winternitz plays Ernst Otello Fantasie The Boston Symphony Orchestra opens at Sanders Theatre Oct 16 with Mozart Paganini Weber The Kneisel Quartette offers six concerts beginning Oct 20 Theodore Reichmann to sing Schumann songs Adamowski Quartet to perform November 3 December 1 and January 5 Season tickets for Kneisel concerts are on sale at Music Hall.
Mrs. Custer who has visited army friends in Montana and the Dakotas is finishing the Chicago post script of her trip and may reach home any day. The Rev F W Bailey Natick and Rev W R Callender Chicago were ordained at Natick St Pauls with Bishop Pad dock present. Robert Louis Stevenson expected in England next month to settle affairs and return to Samoa with his books.
In New Haven Harvard athletes excelled at the intercollegiate tennis tournament landing top prizes in both singles and doubles. Highlights include Hovey Tallant and Chase of Harvard delivering sharp play, with Campbell of Columbia also shining. Final singles went five sets, Hovey overcoming Campbell 25 games to 25 across five sets, as Harvard gears up for the decisive doubles tomorrow between Hovey Tallant and Chase Shaw.
Navy orders relocate officers including Captain Reed to waiting orders and Stanton to command the training ship Richmond. Higgins and Spangler reassigned to San Francisco and Newark duties while others detach from New Hampshire Mare Island and No. 2 machinery inspector duties.
A mosaic of brief anecdotes and opinions from newspapers and journals. Topics range from political barbs and satirical asides to social habits, hotel life, and Bible study trends, with jests about lovers, bachelors, and the curious “adjustable lovers gate” patent.
The text offers a prayer asking for God's help through the Holy Spirit to direct and rule hearts and teach the way to please and obey through Christ. Signed by T. W. Parsons.
A Philadelphia Telegraph opinion argues that the tariff question remains unsettled and education campaigns will continue. It opposes the force bill as dangerous and unwise, urging the North to mind its own business and noting improvements in the South and Negro progress since freedom.
Two blocks burned in Srir a nd including the Commercial Hotel Pioneer House Catholic church jail and several dwellings with losses estimated at 100000 and insurance around 30000. In Lonpox a fire struck No 90 Fen church street burning lower premises occupied by an American trading company. A Crescent Beach Crescent Beach Block Island fire destroyed Doughan's studio containing valuable pictures and curiosities, suspected incendiary.
An alarm from Box 127 at 3:30 pm reported a minor fire in a stable at 4 Cottage Street owned by John Fitzgerald caused by a kerosene lamp explosion with trifling damage. A second fire at 404 Atlantic Avenue involved IL Pickett & Co fish wharf starting in the soldering department with about 200 dollars damage.
A new Winter Hill Tariff Reform Club has been formed in Somerville with over thirty members in its first week. Headquarters are at Wheldon Hall. A tariff reform rally is planned for next Tuesday at 7:30 PM in Odd Fellows Hall with speakers Sherman Hoar of Waltham and Stephen Lyng of Lexington addressing the crowd. The public is invited.
The Brookline tariff debate set for next Wednesday is postponed until Wednesday the 22d. Disputants are not yet confirmed, but hopes exist to secure speakers Hon. John F. Russell and Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island.
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