Merchants Fight Tariffs and Free Trade Pleas Across Boston
The Merchants' Association criticized a silver bill and urged repeal, urging Congress to heed public welfare. The letter notes Massachusetts Republicans like Loper shifting positions and calls for reform on navigation laws, free coal, crude iron duties, and wool on the free list. It argues New England senators should back the House bill for cheaper, better clothing for all.
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Massachusetts
Merchants of
Boston
Merchants’ Association
Lodge
Congress
Democratic Convention Urges Cleveland Nomination
The Massachusetts Democratic conventionopens today and is expected to declare for Grover Cleveland as the nominee. Tariff reform and an honest dollar are named as core planks, with Cleveland framed as a platform in himself and the clear choice of the masses. The delegates are seen as knowing the expected outcome.
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Boston Merchants hail Loper assault on coinage act
The Boston Merchants Association on Wednesday praised Mr. Loper for opposing the Republican coinage act and used the occasion to recall the broader public welfare debate.
How It Was Done Rhode Island Defeat and Democratic Lessons
The piece argues Rhode Island’s Republican victory came through heavy organization and alleged corruption, blaming weak Democratic local management and biased press coverage. It predicts Democratic defeat turn to November and calls for a broad, outside effort and systemic change to win.
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Rhode Island
Aldrich
Congress
Holland
Democratic Committee
Independent Press
Democratic Press
Providence Journal
The
Telegram
First Tariff Reform Bill Passes House by Wide Margin
The House approved the tariff reform measure by 192 to 60, removing raw wool from the free list and reducing duties on woollen goods. Supporters hailed it as a key step against the McKinley tariff system, calling wool the corner stone of protection and noting the tax share from tariff duties in government revenue.
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House of Representatives
McKiNvey
Ohio
Wilson
West Virginia
Rhode Island Republicans See Plurality Shrinking Over Time
The article notes Rhode Island Republican plurality in presidential years fading from 6344 in 1880 to 173 in 1888 and 2000 this year, with the total vote rising to 55000, predicting the plurality may vanish by November and tempered celebration over another term for the party.
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Rhode Island
Brown
Wardwell
Cleveland
Blaine
Free ships debate and SHERMAN's 1872 stance in the Journal
The Boston Journal is accused of dodging SHERMAN's real views on free ships. The piece recalls his 1872 Senate bill proposing foreign built ships be admitted free for American registry and argues his support would have revived the U.S. carrying trade. It questions why the Journal won't print his true position and contrasts past logic with current claims.
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Boston Journal
New England
Senator Sherman
Journal
John Sherman
United States Senate
Senate
Sherman
Growing Rhode Island Democrats Rise in Governor Race
Rhode Island Democrats show sustained growth from 7000 votes in 1880 to over 25 000 this Wednesday while Republicans and Democrats combined tally the 1884 totals. The piece argues the party’s vitality merits state leadership despite a Republican plurality from controversial methods.
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Rhode Island
Cleveland
Selected for Work Democratic campaign committee appointees
Washington April 7 Chairman Mitchell of the Democratic congressional campaign committee has appointed the following executive committee to manage the details of the work J R McCreary Ky J F Andrew Mass J R Whiting Mich A McClellan Ind William Mutchler Penn Benton McMillin Tenn Thomas J Geary Cal John D Alderson W Va George Johnston C C and Tromas Bowman Ia
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Washington, D. C
Mitchell
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
J. R. McCreary
J. F. Andrew Mass
J. R. Whiting
Mich
A. McClellan
Ind
William Mutchler
Penn
Benton McMillin
Tenn
Thomas J. Geary
Cal
John D. Alderson
W. Va
George Johnston
Tromas Bowman
Early 1900s quotes mix in a chaotic Lawrence saloon tale
A garbled newspaper snippet mentions a lone saloon license in Lawrence Massachusetts a reference to Cleveland columnists and Emperor William. It touches on foreign policy protection for Russian Jews and a curious note about Anita Baldwin marrying for stability alongside financial musings by Andrew Carnegie and a remark on American industry.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Cleveland
William
Rhody
Andrew Carnegie
Russia
Borrowe
Milbank
England
Anita Baldwin
The Oct roon at the Boston Museum' strong cast thrills crowds
Boston audiences packed the Museum for matinee and night shows of The Oct roon with a star cast led by Charles Barron E L Davenport George Wilson J B Booth Charles S Abbe George C Boniface H G Lonsdale Miriam O Leary and Evelyn Campbell The program promises The Oct roon again tonight and tomorrow and mentions Richelieu for Baron's benefit plus Little Em ly next week and Miss Bennett's Kim curtain raiser on Boston visit.
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Boston
Octoroon
Charles Barron
E. L. Davenport
George Wilson
J. B. Booth
Charles S. Abbe
George C. Boniface
H. G. Lonsdale
Miriam O'Leary
Evelyn Campbell
Raissar
Kim
Bennett
Fletcher Ladd Admitted to U S Supreme Court Practice
Fletcher Ladd of this city was yesterday admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Francis Willard of the WCTU will speak next Thursday evening at Berkeley Temple on A White Life for Two. Miss Sarah Sherburne of Commonwealth avenue returns home in early spring from California resorts. Ex Governor A H Rice visited the Kennel Club show. George H Lloyd, known as Ferguson, attended the ballgame. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr enjoyed the beach dog show at Mechanics Building observing kennel tricks and catalogues.
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Fletcher Ladd
United States Supreme Court
Francis Willard
Berkeley Temple
Sarah Sherburne
Commonwealth Avenue
Pasadena
California
A. H. Rice
St. Bernards
Mrs. McKee
New England Kennel Club
Baby McKee
McKees
Brookline
Huntington
George H. Lloyd
Ferguson
Lloyd
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Mechanics’ Building
Judge Holmes
Notable Maine Figures In Local Church and Education News
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Healy of Portland is 62. Gilbert B. Littlefield of Biddeford becomes Old Orchard High principal. George W. Ellery of Newport donates a French musket to the Newport Historical Society. Warren P. Skillings of Seattle, a Portland native, plans for the Washington building at the Columbian exposition. Ex-President Cleveland invited to visit Boston and Maine officials in Sorrento for a summer speech, with potential Bangor or Augusta stops and talks in Reed’s district.
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Bishop Healy
Portland
Gilbert B. Littlefield
Biddeford
Bowdoin College
Old Orchard
George W. Ellery
Newport
R. IL
Newport Historical Society
Warren P. Skillings
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Charles W. Skillings
Cleveland
Frank Jones
Boston & Maine
Sorrento
Whitney
Lamont
Bangor
Augusta
Reed
All Round About and Notable Names in Society
Herbert Spencer avoids meals with others while Jules Verne’s illness halts writing. Ex King Milan of Servia witnesses weddings in Paris. Ex Premier Mercier of Quebec offered $10000 yearly as chief legal adviser to the Grand Trunk railway. Edward Baldridge, famed as a bold short seller, once a Buffalo dry goods merchant. Mrs. Cleveland favors pansies, Mrs. Harrison orchids. Emerson Bennett, once a popular novelist, now 70, in Philadelphia, still writing at night.
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Herbert Spencer
Jules Verne
Milan
Servia
Mercier
Quebec
Grand ‘Trunk Railway
Edward Baldridge
Grocers Plan One Million Dollar Staten Island Refinery
New York April 7 A proposed opposition sugar refinery would be formed by a union of 100 wholesale grocers subscribing 1,000,000 dollars and locating the plant on Staten Island with tide water access. Erastus Wiman is named as treasurer and possibly custodian of funds.
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New York
Staten Island
Erastus Wiman
Crespo's Dim Star Blasted In First Brash Defeat
A Panama letter reports General Crespo defeated near Ortez with government forces occupying the area. Crespo fled and is believed in the country. Unarmed troops, discipline failures, and halted arms blamed for the setback. Other leaders may join. unrest spreads with high prices and popular fear. Rumors of plots grow as 900 prisoners remain held without trial.
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Panama
Galveston
Guayra
Crespo
Ortez
Aranjo
Merida
Batista
Valencia
Caracas
Palacio
Laguayra
Pension Possibilities In Raum Inquiry產品
In Washington on April 7 the Raum investigation revealed a claim that congressional secretaries sold claim status to pension attorneys. Samuel R. B. Hersey was cited with Ragan and Co and H C Peet receiving $8 per claimant for status updates, calls tied to slips signed by Representative Cooper of Indiana. Hersey also worked for Brookshire of Indiana and Ganta of Ohio, though links varied.
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Washineton
Raum
Enloe
Congressmen
Samuel RB
Hersey
Ragan & Co
Kenton, O
H. C. Peet
Columbus
Ind
Representative Cooper
Indiana
Brookshire
Ganta
Ohio
Cooper
Soliloquy on Massachusetts Politics by Ned Glines
A Massachusetts Republican leader, ex-Senator Ned Glines of Somerville, is described as a picturesque local figure whose potential political cogitation suggests he would express himself in a distinctive manner if he weighed political matters.
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Massachusetts
Ned Glines
Somerville
Am Glines
Congress
Burns
Jim Fox
Fox
Senate
Deacon Simpson
Aleo
Democratic Party
Charley Gallagher
Cabot Lodge
Harrison
Minneapolis
Courts Take Up Case In Secretary of State Fight
New Haven April 7 Judge John M Ham overruled the demurrer in the quo warranto suit of John S Phelan vs R Jay Walsh for secretary of state and placed the case on the trial docket The judge held the General Assembly has refused to declare an election since a Supreme Court decision and that the courts may act as a co ordinate branch to perform their function in deciding the issue of facts
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New Haven
John M. Ham
Superior Court Today
John S. Phelan
R. Jay Walsh
Candate
General Assembly
Hall
Supreme Court
Morris-Bulkeley
Five Smallpox Cases In Tenement House
Health officials report five smallpox cases in a single tenement at No 1825 Second Avenue New York. Two Miller children on the top floor were sick with chickenpox but found to have smallpox. John Troy's body lay on the floor beneath, with two Moeseid children ill in bed. A metal casket was ordered for the deceased and the children were moved to Riverside Hospital.
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New York
Miller
Second Avenue
John Troy
Moeseid
Riverside Hospital
Walt Whitman Poem Found Among Papers for World’s Fair
Purmapeventa April 7 reports a Columbus landing poem found among Walt Whitman’s papers. Horace L. Traubel, Whitman’s literary executor, plans to offer the poem to World’s Fair managers for consideration.
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Walt Whitman
Columbus
Horace L. Traubel
Whitman
Acres of Flame Burn Twenty Five Acres of Woods
An alarm from Box 25 brought the fire department to South Hingham at noon today where about twenty five acres of woodland were burned over. By strenuous efforts the department barely succeeded in saving the house and barn of Mr. Aaron Swan.
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Sorra Hirneram
South Hingham
Aaron Swan
Car Inspector John Myers Dead in Charlestown Yard Crush
John Myers a 40 year old car inspector from Melrose was killed in Charlestown yesterday forenoon when he was crushed between two freight cars in the Boston & Maine railroad yard. The accident occurred in the yard where he worked, and authorities began a search for witnesses as part of the investigation.
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John Myers
Boston & Maine Railroad
Charlestown
Myers
Melrose
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Doston
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Sunda
Yank Hoe
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William Jerome
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Richmond
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Marion and
Belle
Frank Keenan
Park Theatre
Hob Fitzsimmons
den of Lions
Neil Burgess
Colonel Boone
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Crabtree
Puffy
Edward
Harry Kennedy
Star
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Koster & Bial’s
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Lucier
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Leclair
Leslie
Salambos
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Actors’ Fund
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Globe Theatre
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Eight Bells’’ Company
Hole In the
Pauline Hall
the Tremont
Sie
Hiawatha
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Primrose & West
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Europe
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Boston Theatre
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Cadi
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Rint
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Hollis Street
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Tremont
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Sination
Vention
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Walt
Musical Matters
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Bumstead Hall
Franz Kneisel
Otto Roth
Louis Svecenski
Arthur Nikisch
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FE. Rose
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Mebul
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Gretry
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