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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1887
Page
4
Subscriptions listed for daily and weekly editions with varied terms. Rates include One Year nine pounds, Six Months four fifty, Three Months two twenty five, One Month seventy five cents. Weekly Fridays one year twenty one dollars. Note about second class matter and payment details.
The Boston editor questions a preacher who asks to drop income from 4000 to 3000 arguing the move tests his principles. The piece then analyzes Lord Salisbury's political standing and hints at possible successors like Arthur Balfour or others, noting Conservative fragility and Gladstone's view of rivals.
The first America Cup race ended with the Thistle defeating the Volunteer in light winds. The result boosts American hopes to keep the cup at home for another year, though weather tomorrow could alter outcomes.
The Caroline Islands draw international notice again after a Protestant missionary expulsion sparks debate. The Pope’s past arbitration on German trade and Spanish jurisdiction looms as a possible model, while Catholic interests may be indirectly affected. The piece hints at a Vatican role should ecclesiastical disputes be settled by a powerful mediator.
The New York port collector draws a fine distinction between gardening and preaching over the English clergyman case. A Scottish gardener was sent home, while the Holy Trinity caretaker may remain, under a view that preaching is not labor. Mr Magone cites labor law limits, calling the sending home of the gardener equally ridiculous.
Salisbury's evident ill health alarms the government he leads. His continental tour and stay at a Dieppe chateau follow medical advice, with his physical unfitness for the post and absence from England during a critical period read as clear proof.
A large Worcester audience heard the Worcester County Musical Association’s thirtieth festival opener at Mechanics Hall. The fifty-strong Boston Symphony Orchestra contingent performed Berlioz and Verdi under Carl Zerrahn, with mixed reviews of soloists and orchestral sections. The evening featured Bruch’s Arminus with Mme. Hastreiter lauded, while Mr. Lawton’s Siegmund and Mr. Hubbard’s Verdi aria drew criticism.
The Massachusetts Republican State convention is set to “register” support for last year’s ticket with no drama. The only contested post is attorney general, likely chosen by Governor Ames. A Blaine protective tariff mood and general platform pledges are expected, while abolition of internal revenue taxes will be left to party organs.
The piece discusses potential Russian German French and British alignments amid frontier incidents. It imagines a chain of conflicts across Europe, involving Austria Bulgaria and Turkey, with England entering to protect the Sultan and France seeking Syria, while Italy weighs in on related clashes.
The piece portrays Greece and Serbia joining a tangled struggle while Britain’s government collapses and Lord Salisbury and Lord Hartington depart. Liberal Whigs rally behind Gladstone as alliances shift, Turks are expelled, and England sides with Russia in a pell-mell of shifting groups. The scene reflects a confusing era of European diplomacy with no stable cause or flag.
British effort led by G Jenner finds Mexico rich in resources and ripe for investment. German traders already dominate exports to Mexico, while English exports lag due to distribution via German houses. Mexico’s mining capacity and soil fertility could quintuple and decuple output with capital and leadership, making exports the key growth path.
Mrs Bernard Revee accuses Mrs Lanarry of unequal treatment after Lanarry mounts the same play in New York following Revee's London premiere of As in a Looking Glass. Beene writes a letter to the London Era detailing her view of the dispute.
M. Munkaesy begins sketches for the Burgtheater Vienna and is nominated for Litteris et Artibus, a new Austrian order for men of letters and artists. President Cleveland plans a Western and Southern trip by special train covering about 4500 miles.
An essayist argues that Boston and other cities will shift from solo and small firm practice to large corporate legal houses. He compares training in New York with Boston and predicts that salaried clerks and extensive staffs will replace briefless barristers, transforming access to law and client solicitation.
The Daily Commercial Bulletin reports a quiet week in commission circles with hand to mouth demand for seasonable goods. New orders for spring fabrics like ginghams and zephyrs were placed for later delivery while jobbing trade stayed fairly satisfactory. Cotton goods remain firm, heavy wide prints unsettled, dress goods in fair demand, and men's wear woollens in better request.
Alboro notes the medical examiner determines the so called skeleton found in Williams pond is only sticks and shavings with no human remains.
Consul Baker cites Terra del Fuego as rich in farming, forests, and minerals while Argentina plans colonization. The Tyler Tribune editor jokes about material in downtrodden form. A 1655 acre tract near Wilmurt Lake in Herkimer County sells for 20000 dollars to form a private club. Shakespeare theories surface as a London music teacher is linked to the Bard. A steamboat superstition ties ministers with white horses to accidents. A Punch cartoon riffs on aristocracy rising from modest origins. Winnipeg survey work by Lieutenant Gordon seeks bay outlet navigation near magnetic pole. Esquimaux trade from New Bedford noted as £15000 yearly. The Dominion reviews northern trade questions.
It is gratifying to know that the accounts of Marshal Banks of Massachusetts are entirely correct. May the old statesman soldier live long to enjoy his office and discharge its duties while keeping his eye on the cashier.
John K. Cowen and his Independent associates oppose the German machine in Maryland politics. Cowen balances a large law practice with public causes, despite pressure from friends and critics. Supporters say the machine claims threaten Maryland democracy. critics note his ties as a legal adviser to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
From the New York World Democratic edition an urging appeals for an emergency called session. It argues Congress should address the surplus issue amid financial anxiety and protect executive officers from improper discretionary spending. The piece frames the surplus question as a matter for representative deliberation by the people.
A colored farmer’s children were barred from a local Indiana school as white pupils walked out, reflecting race prejudice over segregated schooling. Dearborn County leans Democratic while Fort Scott's Kansas county is Republican, showing partisan divides in the issue.
A Galignani correspondent notes sixty one women have reached Mont Blanc. English women 32, French 15, Russian 4, American 3, Swiss 2, and one each from Prussian, Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Austrian. Eleven did with husbands. French climbers lead this season with 39 ascents, followed by English and American participants seeking guides or Alpine Club members.
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