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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1889
Page
4
In PRestow Post dated September 16 1589 the Nationalist Club answers critics of the Speaker’s allies. The General Court of 1889 is faulted for wasting time on schemes and trivial matters, with public confidence eroding. The piece mocks Corporal Tanner and warns against his federal return and possible support from Brooklyn Republicans.
The Baltimore led the official naval trials with 20.2 knots average over three hours, surpassing the Cunard liner Etruria's best 19.6 knots. Captain Schley reports no delays or accidents and full satisfaction aboard. Cramp shipbuilders take pride in the achievement.
The practice of trial by press in New York reaches a peak in the Young Napoleon Ives matter. A published tale accusing Ives of forging Christopher Meyer’s initials to enroll him as a partner in railroad schemes provokes a protest from Ives’s counsel. Jurors at home may read such stories, challenging court dignity.
Opposition grows as importers warn of harm to commerce and delays. Three blocks needed could cost nearly 5 million, far above the 2 million Congress appropriated for the combined sites. Critics label the funding as Democratic waste while the issue deepens.
The London dock strike ends with expected government intervention to reorganize dock management. Analysts foresee labor grading by value, regular employment, and business methods replacing past chaotic practices. Shipowners may accept reorganization and abandon new dock-building plans to avoid cost and competition.
A conference at the Association of Wool Manufacturers in Boston marks a push to reduce war tariff control, with a move toward a clear policy favoring tariff reform on wools and woollens. Ohio wool growers demand adoption of Senate wool schedules as part of protecting their industry.
The piece notes Sir Edwin Arnold, a journalist, avoids blanket condemnation of America and provides carefully considered opinions on select topics. His interview reveals restraint and a keen sense of current political and general affairs, reflecting his worldly perspective.
An amusing column notes the queen's Bath in Venice with marble tub and silk drapery while fleas crawl from Cambridge in Cambridge streets near Harvard Elms. It humorously ponders flea spread, education, and economic law ideas, joking about cats and dogs drawing fleas away.
Lord Tennyson releases The Throstle while Ex Secretary Endicott and Miss Endicott sail from London. Authors Black and Guiney pursue projects. Dvorak rewrites Dimitri. Edison to exhibit phonograph in Berlin. Swinburne’s hair color noted. Bartel’s health improves. Niksch conducts first concert on his birthday. Contemporary lectures by Sir Edwin Arnold at Harvard.
A Boston observer weighs autumn and September Atlantic voyages for passengers planning winters abroad. He contrasts comforts in Europe with New England life, noting travelers seek sun in Southern shores while winter in Rome or Naples tempts some, yet warmth at home in Boston remains preferable.
Music Hall opens an 10 o clock auction for seats to the symphony rehearsal. Arthur Nikisch is profiled as the new conductor with a long career in Leipzig Vienna and Boston. Autumnal excursions to the White Mountains are extolled with notes on scenery air and hotel staff including collegian waiters and Brown University Glee Club performances.
New York daily recounts Sir Edwin Arnold on his way to Boston sharing frank views on Walt Whitman praising his poetry and noting its spiritual light. He calls Whitman underappreciated, praises his ode to death, and discusses Herland Washington interviews and American politics, literature, and cross Atlantic ties.
A compilation of quirky captions and brief notices, including jokes about oysters and cranberries, remarks on Browning and Blaine, a hair rope claim in Japan, workplace humor about whiskers, and Parisian literary honoraries. A Saratoga earrings anecdote closes the collage with a comic twist.
A compilation of editorials and notices from several papers critiquing Blaine in Bar Harbor and the present administration. It cautions against the politics of reassigning inept officials, questions tariff and protection policies, and urges timely political action for Crapo’s Worcester caucus effort.
The Springfield Republican notes with disapproval that Tanner loses one post only to be replaced in the Washington specials as register of deeds for the District of Columbia, now held by James M. Trotter a capable but Black Democrat. The piece condemns the patronage practice as shameful and common and implies political manipulation by the President.
In the sixth Assembly district the Republican Association denounces civil service as it exists, charging it benefits opponents of the party. The piece mocks “the Boys” for impatiently seeking offices, notes spelling lapses, and compares to Tammany’s earlier exam struggles, implying changes in pass rates.
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