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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1894
Page
4
Vacation travel floods streets with brown faced travelers from coast to mountains as Atlantic steamships and long railroad lines push returning tourists home. The city’s gates reopen to autumn’s call, school doors swing wide and the home season begins anew.
Movement in the print cloth market indicates a path toward stabilizing conditions in Fall River and New Bedford. Prices rose from 25-8 to 27-8, stock reduced from 800,000 to about 500,000 pieces, and weekly sales reached 152,000 pieces. The shift supports resuming production without wage cuts, echoing Mayor Coughlin’s suggestion of a summer vacation to avert wage reductions. The strike remains orderly, with production stoppage framed as a vacation to align supply with demand.
The United States protests the arrest and banishment of American citizens by Nicaragua. It insists on proof by free and open trial, not as a pretext for confiscation. The U.S. demands evidence of meddling and reserves the right to respond if none is shown.
Sailing season soured by clashes between Vigilant and Britannia with Cape May cup race in doubt. Critics decry quibbling and perceived breaches of fair play as Royal Dart Yacht Club cancels Friday’s race on a technicality, threatening the season finish.
The piece criticizes Mr. Gould as a wealthy man buying his way into yacht racing while the Vigilant, though an American boat, earns only irritation and resentment in British waters. The writer argues Gould is not a true representative American yachtsman and laments the match culture.
The piece notes Labor Day becoming a national holiday under a Democratic Congress and administration, marking a new tariff era. Boston plans a 10,000-strong labor parade, with similar celebrations nationwide. Regattas games picnics and sports highlight the festive spirit and joyous relaxation of the day.
The piece defends a wave of personnel changes at the city internal revenue office as civil service reform. It praises the regular purging of long-time officials as necessary, arguing loyalty to party should not shield officials from removal, and credits Internal Revenue Collector Donovan with prudent, vigorous action.
A poem recounts a peach in an orchard that inspires Johnny Jones and his sister Sue to bite it. Their actions lead to fatal consequences and a grim ending with them buried under daisies. The verse closes with a farewell from Eugene Field.
The Observant Citizen Patrick F O Neil jokes after painting the Old South steeple. A man with a painted chin whisker demands reparation and is told to preserve the whisker as a relic. Also profiles John Brown Ward 13 councilman in South Boston and labor leader James H Ratigan of the Pioneer Labor Federal Union.
A man attempted to enter City Hall through the mayor’s private entrance. Patrolman Griffin blocked him and directed him to the public door. Fifteen minutes later Mayor Matthews and the man’s identity were revealed as the mayor’s father Nathan Matthews Sr., who shared a laugh with the mayor. Commodore Richard F. Wall and Vice-Commodore William Scanlan of the Sumner Fishing Club depart East Boston for a two week trip in New York state.
A collection of brief sketches and anecdotes about women of prominence and notoriety. Describes Mrs. W. T. Agnew’s bear shot in Olympia, Lincoln and temper, Mrs. Blaisdell’s fly screens, Sadie Monroe Swift’s cycling feat, Mrs. Waite’s political row in Colorado, Sarah Bernhardt’s defiant independence, and a quip on male perceptions of such behavior.
Board of Police Commissioners discuss enlarging regular police strength, focusing on Division 12 where City Point station has only thirty officers. Captain Walker says rapid City Point population growth requires about ten more men to cover routes, but Mayor has disapproved any increase. Other stations also short of manpower, with potential need for 200 more officers.
Representatives of German sugar interests met to form a protective union to shield the beet sugar industry and allied sectors from competition and hostile laws. They sent a deputation to Freiherr Mar Schloss von Bieberstein requesting government protection against the new American tariff. The government acknowledged possible tariff trouble and pledged prompt attention.
Emperor William visits Charlottenburg for the consecration of a new marble sarcophagus honoring Emperor William I and Empress Augusta. The ceremony is described as grand, with the imperial family, the grand general staff, and most of the court in attendance.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from early 20th century papers. Bits cover domestic life and social quirks, including a blind wife, a policeman at the door, twins named On and Off, ice cream vanity, and a boastful sales pitch parody. Strong entities include Zeitungs Lesebuch, New York Herald, Philadelphia Record, New York Weekly, Life, Newark Ledger, Indianapolis Journal.
Discussion editor letters debate whether women cycling is proper, with opinions supporting bloomers or skirts, praising health benefits, and urging suitable garb. Correspondents cite public opinion, modesty, and a call for inventions to ease female cycling.
The Cologne Catholic congress closed after reading a letter from the Pope urging Catholics to unite against socialistic theories that threaten public peace. It notes the need to avoid discord while preserving religious and national unity, but the event yielded no notable features.
Berlin reports sixty two foreigners in Samoa including two Englishmen and one American have petitioned Emperor William to annex the islands. The United States has largely abandoned the Samoan protectorate, signaling potential rival moves by Germany and Britain and renewing international interest in the Pacific.
The Adath Jeshurun congregation in Roxbury dedicated a new Sefer Torah at the Dudley Street Opera House. Four-foot parchment sheets, silk and gold embellishments, and sixty sheets formed the five books of Moses. Rabbi Reinstein and Rabbi Lasker led the ceremony with trustees and a torah procession.
Sunday proved a bustling day for excursion steamers and yachts with capacity crowds. The Putnam hosted the Press Bicycle Club, the Charles L Mather drew fishing parties, and the Fleur-de-Lis boasted a large party with a forty pound fish. Commodore Dixon led a Pilgrim cruise along the North Shore, with notable attendees. The Yarmouth landed 450 passengers amid large crowds at Atlantic avenue, some sharp exchanges and police presence. Repairs at Commercial wharf near completion provide new shed and berth space for steamship business.
President spent Sunday at home with his family and Dr Bryant at Buzzard's Bay. The Dolphin remains at Woods Hole prompting rumors Secretary Herbert and his daughter would visit Gray Gables today. They did not call but are expected to before returning to Washington.
The Trackman notes Boston harness craft stays strong with $50 gear lasting years. It praises an electric locomotive shown by General Electric in Lynn as a pioneer for light elevated road work. Weighing thirty tons, it reaches thirty mph with two direct drive motors, designed for smooth, quiet operation and easy roadbed adaptation.
The schooner Sarah S Smith, carrying lumber from Georgetown South Carolina bound for Boston, stranded this morning six miles north of Assateague Light. She sits bow into shore, about 200 yards offshore, and is not leaking.
The brig Jennie Hurlbut, from Jacksonville, reports that on August 18 Captain George R. Handy of Lynn Massachusetts aged 60 died of delirium tremens and was buried at sea.
This item notes the paper’s large Boston circulation and invites readers to send in want ads. Situations wanted priced at 1-2 cents per word, other wants at 1 cent per word.
Free today trial vials of Munyon's Guaranteed Dyspepsia Cure will be given away at the Post office on September 3. Over 30,000 people in Boston and vicinity report relief from stomach troubles. druggists stock the remedy.
Manhattan Island gains direct transatlantic link as the Commercial Cable Company lands its cable at Pier A Battery at noon. The land terminus moves from Oriental Hotel area to Pier A with next day connection to the Broad Street office, abandoning the Brooklyn-Broad Street land line.
Report from St Louis states Touaregs defeated a French tirailleur company, cutting it to pieces and leaving the French position serious. Delcasse asked Governor Gredet for confirmation. no reply has been received, raising hopes that communications may be broken.
London dispatch reports the condition of the Count of Paris not improved. The Princess de Joinville Prince Emmanuel de Orleans and the Duc d Alencon will arrive at Stowe House tomorrow. Paris Matin reflects on the Count of Paris with cautious reverence in exile.
Patrick Conniff a 21 year old rear brake man on a special freight train fell from the top of a car at the north end of the Freigh yard in Bellows Falls Vermont at 10 oclock last night The train passed over his body splitting him in two He was not missed until the train reached Chester and his body was taken to his home in Rutland Vermont.
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