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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1881
Page
4
Those who already receive THE WEEKLY GLOBE free for a year by sending a small subscription offer, those unable to form a five member club but able to secure fewer subscribers, and those seeking a light winter income are respectfully asked to send a postal with their address.
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Consul-General Adams from La Paz argues chincona trees could be grown in semi tropical US regions. Bolivia's method grows trees to ten feet in five to six years for bark sold as quinine. He faults tariff policy for harming American manufacturers and notes a drop in bark imports.
The article notes John Dillon’s arrest as a replacement for Davitt in leading the Land League. It cites Parnell on deep bench strength, with over 100 capable leaders and twice that many trained to take the reins if jailed. The text claims the Irish people remain organized, disciplined, and unmoved by government tactics, awaiting a new executive after the election.
Critics argue that in this country the lunacy system treats patient correspondence as dangerous and tightly controlled. Letters are forwarded to lunacy commissioners and, if a doctor withholds a letter, it must go to the commissioners. Patients’ complaints are often treated as proof of insanity, while elsewhere they are allowed to reach a higher authority.
The Post Office Department now requires that letters for patients be delivered unopened unless a legal guardian authorizes staff to read them. This modest advance follows prior limits and hints at further reforms. The proposal envisions monthly reports to the superintendent and the current State board, expanding oversight and addressing power abuses.
A trenchant critique questions the fame of bonanza wealth, arguing Flood Mackay O'Brien and others are merely lucky, ordinary men with barroom pasts. It skewers press adulation, notes their lack of true genius, and emphasizes wealth as the sole distinguishing feature. The piece also laments partisan corruption in the Garfield era and observes shifting interest rates reflecting longer–term global financial trends.
The report notes that in both Australia and the country covered, interest charges are easing rapidly. Analysts say the downward trend mirrors tightening monetary conditions, with banks lowering borrowing costs and households feeling some relief in monthly payments.
Democratic senators hold the balance as Republicans clash over Judge Robertson’s confirmation. They will vote on merit, not faction, and back proper appointments while avoiding alliances with Conkling or Garfield. The fight now centers on prestige, influence, and the administration’s authority in New York.
Senate ratified a China immigration treaty, signaling a step toward managing entry. Critics urge stronger measures to exclude paupers and criminals, arguing assimilation is unlikely and urging Congress to enact laws to curb the yellow tide.
The passage notes that treaties with China and accompanying laws would bar Chinese labor, easing tensions and enabling stronger relief measures for white workers facing economic hardship and competition from Chinese laborers.
The Boston proposal for a four years hence international exhibition promises strong local and national benefits if funded and organized. Railroads hotels and merchants would gain, with potential expansion of markets in the Americas and beyond, but $2 000 000 to $3 000 000 must be raised and reciprocity treaties secured before any certainty.
Dublin hosts 1100 delegates at a meeting on Gladstone land bill marking a new era in Ireland. Parnell chairs as vows democratic principles, self reliance and educated citizens. Delegates from Galway Kerry Dublin Limerick Cork voice clear opinions, minority pledges support to majority.
A damaging batch alleges M. Rochefort blames Gambetta and allies with influential financiers linked to Credit Foncier Algerien for pressuring the Bey of Tunis to grant a railway concession from Bone to Gueima. A mistress of Roustan aided the plot but the Italian consul at Tunis, Signor Maccio, foiled it amid fresh political tensions.
Debates at Dartmouth College reflect faculty and alumni tensions over President Bartlett. The piece notes the institution's strength and urges restraint, while comparing similar tensions to broader politics including tariffs, protection, and tariff advocates. It also covers President Garfield's Virginia stance and allied political maneuvers, emphasizing prudence and public impact.
The Boston Herald accuses President Garfield of knowing Brady sought to profit from Star route mail contracts. It argues he betrayed trust by aligning with a man perceived as a successful Indiana citizen and Bell stock speculator, challenging his integrity and the electorate’s prior view of his honesty.
A compilation notes broad adoption of electric illumination by over sixty Western and Southern steamers, claiming a substantial drop in steamboat hazards. It also surveys global markets and political squabbles, from Suez shares rising to 43 million and partisan frictions involving Conkling and Garfield, plus brief notes on Ireland, Italy, and California politics.
A miscellany of witticisms and brief notes including remarks on Bob Ingersoll, an old monitor turret for a bedroom, fashion and armor, quarantine caused theater imports in Japan, Mahone and Riddleberger political ties, Carlyle and Macaulay jests, jokes about wardrobes and drinks, a Zulu in King William's Town, Massachusetts education costs, a Georgia barnstormer critique, and a Philadelphia News anecdote about a cannons and a drowned plumber raised by artillery, all in a public gossip column tone.
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