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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1889
Page
9
Washington reports the United States and Britain lead a global panel on maritime safety. Delegates discuss lighting and signaling rules, under way definitions, and pilot vessel signals while charting standard measurement practices.
A decree winding up the Wabash receivership of General John Mc Nulta was entered by Judge Gresham by consent of all creditors and interested parties. The receiver has paid all claims except connecting road balances which the new Wabash will settle. The court reserved power to retake the property if agreements fail. The receiver and bondsmen were discharged from liability.
Henry Watterson spoke in Louisville on the National Board of Trade program outlining banking reform He urged reducing the national debt to a trillion dollars funding it at low interest to create fixed securities for small holders He warned about Southern politics and pension costs urging fiscal discipline and moral restraint.
Louise Ludwig Guiney describes London animal welfare and Battersea Home views with irony. She notes affection from drivers, cruelty after dark, and the grim kennels where deported or reclaimed dogs wait for fate, while contrasting American norms and praising the Albert Memorial amid social commentary.
E. H. Ammidown resigns as president of the American Protective Tariff Association citing lack of time for private business. Rumors linked his action to wool tariff disputes, but he denies any connection and says he favored keeping wool duties unchanged. He is a woolen manufacturer.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Davies, rector of St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia for 21 years, was consecrated bishop of the eastern Michigan diocese. The ceremony at St. Peter's Church had Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter of New York officiating, with assistances from Rt. Rev. W. Whittaker of Pennsylvania and Rt. Rev. George De N. Gillespie of western Michigan.
The author argues that English actors benefit from London’s stage culture a vast network of clubs schools and daily life culture that shapes their careers and outlooks. He contrasts with American actors lacking such formal and informal training and notes the potential for a new cosmopolitan generation of English actors shaped by the city’s rich theatrical heritage.
Two G. G. Manning & Son workers hoisting a safe from Carl H. Heintzemann’s upper floor at 50 School Street had a chimney collapse. One man escaped uninjured by jumping aside. second worker George Juling was slightly hurt.
The Muscogee agency report by U.S. Indian Agent Leo Bennett warns of 35,000 intruders in Indian Territory corrupting schools and morals. It details precarious property rights, rising white and black settlement, and scarce education among the Chickasaws, with religious groups including Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and Catholics expanding efforts across the nations.
The Boston Light Infantry Tigers Company K First Regiment held a daytime armory gathering to celebrate its ninety first anniversary. Guests included Colonels Dalton and Matthews and officers from multiple regiments and corps. Captain Ames presided. brief speeches followed.
A civil service exam for police promotion opened at City Hall with examiners Thomas F. Temple Judge Fallon and William F. Davis. Forty-five patrolmen thirteen sergeants six lieutenants and one inspector took part. Board of Police restricted future exams causing dissatisfaction among officers. Veterans receive promotion priority under civil service law regardless of exam scores.
The State Board of Health conducted a hearing on Marlboro's sewage disposal plan. Dr. Walcott presided. Marlboro selectmen, Boston Water Board members Robert Grant and Thomas F. Doherty, and City Engineer Jackson attended. Jackson argued it would not affect Boston water purity, but a thorough investigation was ordered.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions wrapped its forenoon session in New York on October 18 and adjourned. Reports praised mission work in papal lands Mexico Spain Austria and China urging expanded educational efforts. Addressing the meeting were Rev. Dr. Storrs and others with plans to reconvene in Minneapolis next year.
Portsmouuth New Hampshire October eighteen rumors say Taunton Massachusetts parties negotiate with William F. Fernald to build a fifty foot beam five masted schooner capable of carrying 8200 tons of coal. A drawbridge widening cost at Portsmouth bridge prompts talk of using Noble's Island shipyard to avoid railroad expense.
The first session of the YWCA connected cooking school opened in the demonstration hall. The morning lecture focused on A Wholesome Breakfast. Next Friday at 10 o clock an appetizing luncheon will be demonstrated to the class.
Patsman James A. Philbrick of Station 15 found guilty of entering a liquor saloon on duty and staying forty minutes. He is to be dismissed from the Boston police force. Patrolman Allen Hutchinson of Station 11 guilty of neglect of duty and dismissed. Sergeant George F. McCausland of Station 13 guilty of absence without leave and reprimanded in general orders. Patrolman John J. Sharkey of Station 2 found not guilty for ejecting Luke O Dell from his place in the line at Music Hall.
The article highlights women achieving in crafts, arts, education, and medicine. Mrs Gill runs a solo shoemaking trade in a major city. Miss Annie Romberger is described as the first woman dentist in America with twelve years’ practice and about six thousand dollars yearly.
The series shows Washington facing early 1775 76 trials as Continental forces forge underfunded and divided support. Ford's selection emphasizes his steadfast leadership through winter hardships and the delicate balance of opportunity and danger in Boston.
Knickerbocker Press issues six Literary Gems in small 32mo leather bindings with photogravure frontispieces and boxed sets. Includes Brown Rab and His Friends Goldsmith Good Natured Man Curtis Our Best Society Arnold Sweetness and Light Drake Culprit Fay. Scribner’s Marvel Reveries of a Bachelor and Dream Life in two volumes impress with etchings by Moran. Riverside Autocrat of the Breakfast Table in two volumes praised. English publishers urged to rival American gains at Paris Exposition. Prices listed 60 cents each.
A review praises M. Victor Duruy's History of France as the best short history in any language and notes Mrs. Carey's abridgment and translation will widely benefit readers. It argues the need to read authorities in their original languages and cites Harvard and Brown University scholars in supporting the translation's reception.
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