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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1889
Page
4
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A Boston newspaper column critiques Republican stance on civil service reform as presented at Tremont Temple, contrasting the text with the commentary. It questions political appointments, calls for candidates of high character acceptable to the party, and warns against treating offices as spoils while noting broader social issues in domestic service, Dorchester athletics, and urban growth.
Boston Dost reports the 1892 Alger presidential bid inching toward a vice presidential choice with Gorr of West Virginia named as a possible running mate. The piece notes Gorr's bluffing reputation and discusses judicial security amid recent attacks on judges, asserting Massachusetts already has robust protective common law.
Letters to the New York Sun imagine a sky scraping liberty pole with an elevator and tower topped by a flag. Others propose a giant hole with an inner elevator. Rev Davin Swine of Chicago touts an Annex of Thought to host Europe and England leaders for deep reflections, while a summer school of philosophy seems nearer to his line than a Fair.
The letter explains why Mr. Haxingison declines the post of commissioner of pensions. He praises policy for veterans yet regrets the decision after talks with the President and Interior Secretary. The piece accuses the move of placating the Grand Army and hints at political maneuvering around Tanner and Coupiey.
Frederick Law Olmsted of Brookline argues against using Central Park meadows for the World’s Fair. He supports detached buildings elsewhere in the park and stresses the need for a water gate on the North River to connect the celebration with navigable water. He believes New York’s seaport advantages should shape the site and that Congress will weigh this next winter.
The newspaper cites that WILKIE Cousins reportedly left about 60 000 while Matthew ARNOLD was worth 35 000 at death. The text notes the substantial labor both men invested during their lives and implies a disparity in final fortunes.
The passage compares Collins and Arnold, arguing Collins wrote for the masses while Arnold served the minority. It suggests Coxuris had greater business ability than Arnold and could accumulate more. It also notes it is surprising Collins did not amass a larger fortune despite popular success.
The Saratoga GOP gathering reveals Boss Platt as the unseen master, with Warner Miller disinclined to run and Pratt maneuvering to control nominations for Democrats. The platform appears sketchy, civil service reform vague, liquor policy solid, and tariff politics dominate debates as Washington influence edges New York toward machine politics.
In four new states most races lack vigor with party fighting mostly absent. Only Montana features a clear tariff reform plank by Democrats, while Washington and the Dakotas show perfunctory contests and no real tariff debate from the dominant party.
The piece discusses the city labor shift from seaside and mountain homes to urban households. It argues about managing domestic servants including foreign workers, wages, and expectations, noting services, living conditions, and the need for skilled labor. An ironer is mentioned as an expert in finishing tasks.
Commentary notes confusion over Sir Eowiy Arnott’s appearance with conflicting newspaper descriptions from Boston and other cities. The piece contrasts WilKin Collins and Matthew Arnold fortunes, arguing Collins’s broader audience versus Arnold’s minority appeal, and questions why Collins did not leave a larger estate given his work.
The American yacht Speranza from Toledo and owned by Commodore George H. Ketchum arrived Sept 18 with Captain and Mrs. Webster aboard. En route from Gaspee to Port Hawkesbury the vessel faced Southeast gale and heavy weather, sighted whales and mackerel fishermen near the Magdalenes, and plans to return to Boston.
A Springfield Republican comment mocks Warner Miller’s reception at Thomas C. Platt’s Saratoga convention calling him a smiling martyr and suggesting he belongs in a caricature show. The piece contrasts Miller’s halo-like reception with ridicule.
An unsigned New York Times letter attacks Massachusetts Republicans for praising the national administration. It accuses them of undiscriminating partisanship over Treasury policy and misreading negotiations with Germany as strength. The piece mocks praise of civil service reform as political dogma.
Reports include M Eiffel's expected Quebec visit for a $5,000,000 St Lawrence bridge project, Wilkie Collins estate to an adopted daughter, Leroux the parachutist drowned off Reval, a Stanford monument favored in California, Washburn’s return from Switzerland for a three week visit, Justice Field declining a banquet, Sophie Marie Apenes’ Trinity Church wedding, large London subscription for Rev Mackonochie memorial, Helen Gregory first Trinity Toronto BA, a Geneva portrait of George Eliot, a bronze General McClellan statue planned for Philadelphia City Hall, and the Antietam battle anniversary August 17 1890 as unveiling date.
Samuel L Caldwell D D LL D ex president of Vassar College died suddenly at Providence Rhode Island after a brief illness aged sixty nine He was born in Newburyport November 13 1820 and graduated from Colby University in 1839 and Newton Theological Seminary in 1845 He served as a Baptist pastor in Bangor Maine from 1846 to 1858 and at First Baptist Church Providence from 1858 to 1873 He then taught church history at Newton until 1878 when he became Vassar College president He resigned in 1885 and moved to Providence where he lived thereafter He was a learned thoughtful preacher with a passion for the professor’s chair and broad social gifts that drew many devoted friends.
George Dodge of Salem died yesterday at ninety two after a life at sea and forty years running a ship chandlery in Salem. The Duke of Coimbra, brother of Portugal's king, born November 4 1847, died. he served as general of division and inspector general of cavalry.
In Cambridge yesterday the New Church Theological School opened with 10:30 AM services led by Rev. Joseph Worcester and others. The ordination of Rev. Burton Crankshaw as pastor of Second Baptist Church, East Cambridge, followed with a full service and fellowships. Union City Mission Sewing School in Cambridge to start winter sessions October first with 20 more teachers wanted. J F Batchelder of Medford, about 45, died of apoplexy while walking to a new house on Orchard Street Cambridge.
A collage of items including gossip about actors and playwrights, curios about pensions, a joke about sea sailors and auctions, social quips about Mrs McCarty and a dead husband, plus terse reports of an English plasterer winning a fortune, aging officers, a French sea monster sighting, and a Norwegian iron age burial with a carved cloak and interlaced rings.
Creditors of Horace S. Shepard meet at Cotter & Jenney offices to discuss his firm’s finances. The committee fails to value assets or identify liabilities, recommends insolvency with composition. A tie vote prompts a new committee to pursue insolvency, and further insolvency actions are noted for related debtors and firms in New Haven and New York.
Boston letter urges Mr Higginson to hold alternate Thursday rehearsals and potential Sunday afternoon winter concerts to widen access and lower prices. Proposes interwoven programs mixing familiar masters with new works to suit diverse tastes, noting Sunday band concerts in summer as a precedent.
A reader from Gloucester writes to deny Le Chat Noir claims that Emma Eames bought up Paris papers to secure her Grand Opera position. He says there is no foundation, calls the charges lies, and praises her voice and stage presence after hearing Miss Barnes at Salle Brard.
Milwaukee Wis Sept 26 Special to Evening Wisconsin reports a brisk snow storm from northern and western Wisconsin today. Temperatures are low as the wintry weather continues to affect travel and daily activities.
Rocxville Connecticut September 26 Antoine Lombre a Holyoke Massachusetts bricklayer was killed when he stepped from the end of a projecting plank inside the new Memorial Hall tower. The plank gave way dropping him sixty feet to the ground where he died instantly.
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