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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1893
Page
4
Former Lt Governor Brackett leads a brisk campaign drive backing Greenhalge as the strongest Republican nominee, though past judgments on Allen Haile prove fallible. Ex Postmaster Hart and Attorney General Pillsbury also weigh in, leaving a clear verdict elusive.
At noon settlers flood into the Cherokee strip to begin a heated land grab under the homestead law. Officials warn of brutal fights as strong factions push to dispossess the weak, signaling a final, decisive moment in opening vast agricultural land to white settlement. The Indian Territory and reservations are deemed irrelevant in this race, marking four centuries of dispossession since Columbus.
Ten thousand passengers rode into Chicago in a single train split into ten sections for visitors to the World's Fair. Other trains with similar headcounts departed daily from the East and West toward Chicago as rail rates dropped to a reasonable figure. The surge in public interest followed rate reductions, and the author notes the potential to sustain this flow if the exposition lasts longer, praising railroad industry pragmatism and public participation.
Andrew Carnegie, during a Boston visit while moving from the White Mountains to the Berkshire hills, remarks that the country has been led to view manufacturers as robber barons. He notes his long absence from the United States, living abroad in castles and engaging in shooting.
On Page 17 this Sunday, Gold Heart spotlights a community revival of the old craft market. Local artisans will showcase jewelry, pottery, and textiles with new stalls opening near the riverfront. The piece notes event dates, participating groups, and community support.
The piece contrasts foreign prejudices with American belief that manufacturers deserve no more favor from government than any other citizen. It argues Carnegie would understand local sentiment if he witnessed worker suppression, as historical Homestead concerns showed, and asserts that ordinary citizens, not robber barons, define national opinion.
The Republican State committee asserts it will oppose any nominee whose selection could jeopardize the ticket at the polls. It names no specific person, but recalls past threats against Hart Greenhalge Pillsbury Walcott and Haile Allen Brackett, arguing the jeopardy threat applies to any such aspirant. The note implies the same risk will apply this year regardless of the individual.
A call to abolish mining camp states by annexing adjacent territories argues that senators from these camps cannot be ousted by voters. It proposes annexing Utah to Nevada and similar consolidations to reduce political power, contending Congress has authority to redraw territories for this aim.
Governor McKinley of Ohio, the first Republican since the November 1892 election, announces a campaign on tariff maintenance. The piece questions his stance against the nation’s decision and asserts Congress must abolish McKinleyism, reflecting Democratic gains and demand for policy change.
Senator Stewart publicly retracted on the Senate floor a recently made charge that a Washington newspaper received pay for its editorials. The retraction reflects well on Stewart while the original slander is seen as typical of the Republican press and the party’s talking points.
The piece notes a recurring accusation that tariffs are backed by British gold in campaigns. It claims the charge appeared in 1888 and 1892 against Cleveland and asks if any retraction was ever made. It adds that Senator Stewart is somewhat better than average for his party in this regard.
A writer recalls a juror’s close shave joke by Judge Bishop and notes local figures including Commander Jack Adams receiving many invitations. The piece travels through street lore, horse racing at Mystic Park, and mentions residents like Paul Bourget, Helmholtz, Keith of Sagamore, and Bell Telephone official Henry Hubbard, with brief social notes.
A collection of humorous lines and exchanges from late 19th to early 20th century papers. Snatches range from Stageland and Buffalo Courier to Detroit Journal and Vogue. The snippets critique social pretensions, marriage, finance, and travel with pithy dialogue and character sketches.
Cambridge railroad hearing debated the West End Street Railway Company petition to lay electric track on Brattle and Craigie streets and other routes. City officials and remonstrants argued over Brattle street rights, with opposition preferring Mt Auburn street. Hearing postponed to next Friday at 10.
Articles of incorporation for the Sharon Estate Company are on file with Hudson County Clerk in Jersey City. The firm will begin with 8 million dollars capital, 4 million paid in, and aims to operate ferries wharves piers storage warehouses and ships nationwide and abroad. Projectors include Charles W. Pierson Francis G. Newlands William G. Gulliver Henry B. Laidlaw Darius O. Mills Frederick H. Sharon Harvey A. Herrolad and J Milton Ferry.
Boston Post records show the sick baby service fund totaling 479.44 after adding 100.00 and 379.44 previously acknowledged. The post doctor’s report lists 3646 total calls and 1238 cases treated on Sept. 14 and 1527 on Sept. 15 across Sept. 14 to Sept. 15. Dr. C. D. E. Ball is referenced in the report.
The second week of Venus the new comic opera by E B Rice begins at the Park Theatre Monday. The show has drawn crowds nightly with a strong company and elaborate scenery. Laura Schirmer Mapleson closes her week at the Hollis in The Fencing Master. Peter F Dailey’s A Country Sport thrives at the Columbia with May Irwin in the cast. Hoyt’s A Trip to Chinatown ends its second week at Tremont. Dixon the boxing kangaroo headlines at Austin Stone's Museum. The Palace Theatre houses Rentz San t ley burlesque with top acts, while the Bowdoin Square Theatre stages The Lost Paradise.
The Sisters of Charity of Mt. St. Vincent near Halifax have purchased a site in Wellesley Massachusetts for a new branch. Martha Jordan of Dallas Texas is the first colored woman in the United States to train as a dentist studying at Denver University. Helen Gould stated that wealth without knowledge of enjoyment is a wretched state. Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt inherits Peter Cooper’s Dutch Bible with family data. Mrs. H. H. A. Beach of Boston cites that between 1615 and 188 women produced 163 musical works including operas and cantatas. A girls cricket club is planned with the South London Polytechnic. Miss Helen Smith asserts cricket benefits girls more than tennis and has educational value.
A fragmentary line ponders the breathless clarinet as a type the poet Jain might embody. It reflects on singers who have never wholly lived their minstrelry, implying a distance between performance and inner truth.
Rev Frederick Rooker vice-rector of the American College in Rome arrives on Britannic bearing papal letters to Mer Satolli and Cardinal Gibbons. He also presents a stone carved portrait of the Pope in a gold frame studded with diamonds, a Vatican masterpiece.
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