Majestic Rival Ocean Racer Heads for New York
Aboard the White Star steamship Majestic en route to New York, a sister to Teutonic, experts expect rivaling speed but doubt it will greatly shorten the current six day Atlantic crossing. Public interest sharpens as new ships postwar progress outpace older feats. In city news, New York installs a new street cleaning commissioner Beattie, who vows to study options before choosing a system to deliver cleaner streets and personal oversight.
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New York
Majestic
White Star Line
Atlantic
Teutonic
Etruria
Paris
Beattie
Lord Randolph Churchill shifts toward Home Rule stance
The article notes Lord Randolph Churchill edging toward Home Rule as he criticizes coercion and urges Conservative caution to avoid wrecking the party. It also reports Republican delays on the direct tax bill in Congress, possible opposition to a service pension bill, and a North Dakota charity seed loan scheme tied to elevator companies facing allegations of discreditable motives.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Lord Randolph
Mr. Balfour
Boston Journal
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
North Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
No. 1 Hard Wheat Controversy and Wool Tariff Debate
A lengthy critique charged elevator companies with overcharging loaned wheat and supplying lower grade wheat to needy farmers. The piece shifts to tariff talk, noting National Association of Wool Manufacturers leaders praise tariff schedules yet criticise carpet wool duties. It cites Mr Waitman opposing certain measures while urging manufacturers to concede to Delano and Harpster.
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Wurr- Man
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
New England
United States
Whitman
Ohio
Waitman
Delano
Harpster
House of Representatives
Mr. Whitman
The Montana Senators Contested Seat Fraud Exposed
The piece accuses Republicans of manipulating Montana elections to gain Senate seats, detailing the Montana constitutional adoption dispute, the Silver Bow precinct 34 vote exclusion, court orders, and the apparent graft that led to bogus seating while praising the rightful Democratic outcomes and criticizing Senator Hoar for backing the Republican claimants.
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Sanders
Power
United States Senate
Montana
Senate
United States
Silver Bow County
Republican Board of County
County Board
State Board of
Messrs
Maginnis and
Clark
Massachusetts
Hoar
Montana Senate Seat Won On Flawed Balloting Claims
The text accuses the election under Australian ballot rules and strict registry of flaws such as misapplied clerk signatures and improper handling of the certificate. It charges the US Senate will accept the results to gain two seats, asserting the Republican party cannot afford the moral price of such a gain.
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United States Senate
Montana
Republican Party
Adriatic Not At Fault In City of Paris Rescue Row
The Adriatic’s captain defends his course after leaving the disabled City of Paris off the Irish coast with a small steamer by her side. He says he offered to tow to Queenstown, not New York, and remained for six hours aiding signals and rescue efforts before moving on. The piece also surveys debates in New York on insurance law, banking proposals, and public corruption, contrasts with English justice, and touches on Mormon revelations and European rulers.
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White Star
Paris
Queenstown
Repents
Roperts
New York
Alders Gate
Watkins
Roberts
Legislative Evils in New York Lawmaking Bodies
The New York Legislature driven by distant interests faces bribery risk as lawmakers rely on reforms against powerful corporations. Bills target steamship tax exemptions, Pullman tax, insurance trial evidence limits, city telephony rates, and telegraph pricing. These measures reveal how reform can be used as leverage against favored firms.
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New York
City of
The
New York Times
Pullman Company
Supreme Court Hears Demurrer in Bond Suit
New York April 7. Argument heard in the Supreme Court on a demurrer to the Belden complaint in the Hocking Valley railroad bond recovery suit. Stevenson Burke and others are named. Decision reserved.
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New York
Supreme Court
J. J. Belden
Hocking Valley Railroad
Stevenson Burke
Boston skyline and art notes in city columns
In Boston the Sears building is expected to gain two stories to regain prominence beside the Ames and Rogers structures, while debates over Public Garden paving continue with a preference for plank walk preservation. A gallery at St Botolph Club features dog portraits by Elizabeth Strong, including a renowned collie and a Baroness Rothschild spaniel, praised for lifelike expression and humor.
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Sears
Court and
Washington Streets
Ames
Rogers
Old State House
King’s Chapel
Parker House
Elizabeth Strong
St. Botolph Club
Connecticut
Paris
van Marcke
Louvre
Salon
Rothschild
St. Bernard
Miss Strong
Shabby Imposition of Legislative Committee Junket
Springfield Republican laments the costly and wasteful legislative junket with about $11,000 spent this session versus $6,000 last year. Massachusetts Republican organs confront tariff threats and Democratic ideals, described as pitiable and heartless by Providence Journal. Dr. Miner of Boston criticizes newspapers for printing his remarks, while Philadelphia Press notes coverage.
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Springfield Republican
Massachusetts
New England
Providence Journal
Ind
German Opera at Boston Theatre Opens Tannhauser
A Boston Theatre note on the Tannhauser opening, praising Reichmann and Kalisch while noting uneven acting, stage limits, and mixed chorus. It cites improved lighting, strong vocalism in Wolfram and Elisabeth casting, with Traubmann as Venus and Pache and Dore in supporting roles. The conductor Damrosch earns cautious praise for a refined performance ahead of William Tell.
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Tannhauser
Boston
Hermann
Landgrave of
Thuringia
Conrad Behrens
Paul Kalisch Wolfram
Theodor Reichmann Walter
Eeee
Albert_Mittelhauser Biterolf
Arden Heinrich
Frau
Lilli Kalisch-Lehmann
Venus
Sophie Traubmann
Emmy Miron
Metropolitan
New York
Reichmann
Mr. Kalisch
Kalisch
Vannhhouser
Wolfram
Mme. Lehmann
Elienabeth
Elisabeth
Fraulein Miron
Damrosch
Chan
Perotti
Arnold
Fischer
Walter
Fraulein Traubmann
Mathilde
Mr Damrosch Delivers Clearer Second Lecture
Arthur Weld notes Mr Damrosch was more engaging, precise, and thoughtful in his second lecture though some themes and the translation of the Shoe maker's Song drew criticism. The piece casts him as earnest and improving over the previous session.
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Damrosch
Mr. Damrosch
Arthur Weld
A Boston Post proofroom man wins a family windfall
J Lucas, long employed in the Post proofroom, receives word that an English uncle has died leaving his mother $5000 and himself $2500. After other bequests are settled, the residue goes to four nephews, including Lucas. The note recalls aid given to a brother in 1849 who sent a son to Australia. Lucas plans a brief trip to England.
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J. Lucas
Boston Post
England
Australia
Mr. Lucas
Bits of Wit and World Notes From a Century Ago
A collage of quotes and anecdotes covers wit and success in towns like Shoshong, remarks on Wilkie Collins and Walter Scott, Massachusetts single women, and British empire reach. It notes a Vienna baker's novelty loaf, solar heat figures, and Daguerre and Wilkie Collins memorial plans. It ends with a satirical, ritualized description of Sho Yeé by Chinese festival practices near Good Friday.
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Shoshong
Rochester Post-Express
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Europe
Africa
Vienna
Daguerre
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
J. 5. Hartley
Daguérreotypes
Fame
Wilkie Collins
London People’s Palace
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Collins
Sho Yeé
Notable Travels and Appointments Across 19th Century Elite Circles
Personal notices list Henry M. Stanley departing Cairo for Brussels and Henry Ward Beecher style pontifications, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s voyage from Havre, Senator Edmunds health trip to the South, Mrs. Robert McKee expected in Boston, and George W. Cable slated to author William Gilmore Simms bio. Prince Albert Victor of Wales arrives in Cairo. Victor Maurel reportedly signs a three year U.S. engagement earning 100000 dollars. Morgan family receives word that Junius Morgan remains comatose after Monte Carlo runaway. Mrs. Hiram Mead named president of Mt. Holyoke Seminary. details trace her path from Oberlin to Abbott Academy and beyond.
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Henry M. Stanley
Cairo
Brussels
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Havre
Senator Edmunds
South
Robert McKee
Harrison
Boston
George W. Cable
William Gilmore Simms
Goodell
New Hampshire
Victor Maurel
Trieste
America
Prince Albert Victor of Wales
India
England
Evelyn Baring
Morgan
New York
Junius 5
Monte Carto
Manchester Courier
London
Gladstone
Prince Bismarck
Hiram Mead
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
Abbott Academy
Andover
Ancient and Honorable Artillery appoints committee for 252d anniversary
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts met at Fanueil Hall last evening to set arrangements for the 252d anniversary. Committees were named and officers listed, with Rev. William H. Savage to deliver the annual sermon and Nat Childs to write the ode. The group pledged $100 to the G A R national encampment in Boston in August 1890, and adopted Bent & Bush busby as part of the new uniform.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Edward E. Allen
George B. Spaulding
Edward Sullivan
Frank W. Dallinger
George H. Allen
Vincent Lalorme
George P. May
Charles A. Faxon
Amasa W. Bailey
Jacob Fotuler
William A. Russell
George E. Hall
Edward &. Wells
William H. Savage
Watertown
Nat Childs
John D. Long
Boston
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Flack
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Albany
MacAays
Wage Workers’ Alliance
Bureau of Engraving and “Printing
Blanford
Scott- Willliams
Lord Portman
Old England
Germany
Mormon Church
Dom Proro
Czar
Siberia
O'Donovan Rossa
Post
Lexington Avenue
Lexington
Constitution Avenue
Taverner
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