Forests and electoral reform loom in April Boston news
Boston Morning notes push for American Forestry Association plan to create a commission to manage forest reserves on mountain slopes and headwaters. It lauds Providence elections showing secret ballots curb corruption, and predicts broader gains for honest voting and gubernatorial choice. It also mocks tariff fights over citrus in Florida and cites debate over mayoral appointment powers and municipal control.
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American Forestry Association
Public Lands Committee
House
Congress
Randall of Pennsylvania A Distinguished House Leader Dies
The article honors Samuel J. Randall, long time Pennsylvania representative and House leader. It notes his parliamentary skill, fairness, and firm stance for economic policy, highlighting a complex stance with protected monopolies, and remarks on his integrity and the loss his death brings to the nation.
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Samuel J. Randall
Congress
Pennsylvania
Randall
IngraIlLs and Lea on Harrison's first year
Two leading Republicans, Senator Ingalls and Henry C. Lea of Philadelphia, offer starkly contrasting views on President Harrison's first year. Ingalls praises patronage discipline and prudent appointments, while Lea condemns patronage use and warns of Democratic gains in 1892.
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Harrison
Ingalls
Henry C. Lee
Philadelphia
Lea
Harrrison
Cleveland
Benjamin Har‘*rison
Ingalli
Harrgrson
Congress
Republican Party
Political clash over Leas verdict and Harrison appeal
The debate pits Mr. Lea described as a Republican from conviction against Mr. Harrison whose account must be judged by the people, reflecting contrasting views on popular sentiment and political value.
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Lea
Emperor William as a Peace Maker in Europe
Rumors of a major European peace plan circulate as experts weigh if a general disarmament move is possible. A German France rapprochement could stabilize Western powers and curb Russia’s influence. a Franco German accord might end hopes of a Russia alliance and shift balance toward a united front to the East. The Times hints at Swiss Alsace Lorraine Belgium neutral federation, but reports are speculative. Von Caprivi’s rise signals policy shift, yet true peacemaking requires decisive statesmanship from the German emperor.
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Russia
France
Germany
Europe
Alexander
Italy
Great Britain
William
New York
Switzerland
Alsace-Lorraine
Luxembourg
Belgium
Times
Paris
von Capprivvi
Bismarck
A Social Revolution and the Training of Women
The piece argues for training girls in a money making craft to ensure self support during hardship, while noting the paradox of wealthy women losing leisure to new duties. It questions why protective training remains scarce and whether a social shift is needed to reallocate time and responsibilities among classes.
Liberal Education for Women and Public Libraries Debate
A lead essay argues women need liberal education and practical training to handle reverses and life demands, not money alone. It cites Carnegie libraries as progress while warning about censorship and cultural influence. Notes a hair customs tax tale, diamond syndicate manipulation, Gladstone diary satire, and Balzac house demolition as reflective of era concerns.
Controversy Over Historical House And Opera Plans
The piece notes Bazac's house once owned by Branson and sold to Mme. de Boruscuito for 5000, risking loss of its literary flavor. It laments funds spent on Oberammergau improvements, previews Munich theatre work, and mentions Lucille Saunders excelling in London opera. It also cites Belgian King Leopold’s choice to skip Salambo in Brussels to honor Stanley.
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Paris
Balzac
Mme. Sato- Mon DE BoruscHiLp
Berryer
Bazac
Branson
Mme. Pe Boruscuito
Lucille Saunders
London
Saunders
Noblesse Oblige
Leopvolp
Belgium
Notable Victories of Recoveries and Travels Across Elite Circles
Personal reminiscences and movements of prominent figures include Tennyson's full recovery from illness, Mrs. Grant drafting a memoir of her husband, Acton selling Aldenham Hall library, Barrett's health improving in the south of France, Senator Stanford planning visits to German baths after Congress adjourns, Stanley relocating to Hampstead for months, the German Emperor and Empress to tour Norway aboard Hohenzollern in late June, Archbishop Corrigan arriving in Rome for a Pope audience, and General Lew Wallace seeking a pension for Mexican War service with plans to donate if granted to a county orphans' home.
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Tennyson
Grant
Lord Acton
Aldenham Hall
Lawrence Barrett
France
Stanford
Congress
Stanley
Hampstead
London
England
Norway
Hohenzollern
Corrigan
Rome
Lew Wallace
Montgomery County
Handel and Haydn Society Ends 75th Anniversary With Israel in Egypt
The Handel and Haydn Society closed its seventy fifth anniversary festival at Music Hall with Handel's Israel in Egypt. Soloists Clementine De Vere Clara Poole Edward Lloyd Myron Whitney William Ludwig. Lloyd and Whitney received strong praise for tenor and bass roles while Poole and De Vere showed artistry but limited power. The performance marked a fitting end to the festival and echoed the composer’s death anniversary.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Music Hall
Israel
Egypt
Clementine de Vere
Clara Poole
Edward Lioyd
Myron W. Whitney
William Ludwig
Zerrahn
Lloyd
Ludwig
Miss de Vere
Bachelors in Boston Rooms Cost A Thousand Yearly
The writer notes a new upscale Exeter Street apartment designed for bachelors, renting suites at 300 dollars per room per year plus 100 dollars for a bathroom, totaling about 1000 dollars annually excluding meals, and compares with other proposed bachelor lodgings. He questions the impact on marriage while praising clubs and housing as fashionably independent options.
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Boston
Exeter Street
Huntington Avenue
Tom
Charles and
Beacon Streets
Eclectic news notes on literature to crime and courage
A collage of brief items spans literary jests about epitaphs and blond heroines, a Garden Concert anecdote, and a Southern editor’s notice. It notes Gainsborough works destroyed by fire, Millet’s Glaneuses acquisition for the Louvre, Miss Kate Field’s public persona, Mme Alboni at a Paris benefit, and Sibyl Sanderson’s absence. It recalls Prince of Wales and Disraeli dining anecdotes, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific voyage and visit to Father Damien’s Molokai, and a Michigan sheriff’s wife subduing an escaping prisoner, signaling Western women’s grit.
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My Howells
Fliegende
London
Crystal Palace
Rome
Louvre
Millet
Mme. Pommery
Rheims
Kate Field
Washington
Mme. Alboni
Paris
Sibyl Sanderson
Prima Donuna
Miss Sanderson
Mme. Albani
Prince of Wales
Halifax
Disrael
Buckinghamshire
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pacific
Father Damien
Molokai
Light
Michigan
Daughters of the West
De Pachmann Concert at Chickering Hall in Chopin Focus
Vladimir de Pachmann, famed Russian pianist, appears in New York delivering a Chopin only program at Chickering Hall this afternoon. The set includes Op 58 Sonata, Op 23 Ballade, Op 55 No 1 Nocturne, Op 25 Etudes Nos 2 and 8, Op 46 Allegro de Concert, Op 29 Impromptu, Op 28 Nos 21 22, Op 41 No 1 Mazurka, Op 64 No 1 Valse, and Op 31. Tickets are on sale at Music.
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DE Pachmann
Vladimir de Pachmann
New York
Chickering Hall
Chopin
The Youth as Mrs Kalisch Appears in Boston
A reader praises Mme Kalisch in the Eli jah performance deeming her portrayal of The Youth as a beautiful and artistic gem. The writer argues the critic overlooked the depth of Kalisch's personification and rendition. The letter is dated Boston, April 10.
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The
Post
Elijah
Mme. Kalisch
Co. Oh. W. Boston
Dramatic Notes on Boston Theatre Lineup and Events
Richard Mansfield opens at the Boston Theatre next Monday in Richard II, followed by A Parisian Romance and other plays. Edmund Kean debuts April 28, The Silver Falls comes May 5 with Lugene Tompkins directing. A Mansfield benefit for Mr M Glenen next Saturday features A Brass Monkey. Clover ends this week to make way for Millocker’s Beggar Student. Vincent benefit tickets go on sale April 24 at Museum with prices from 75 cents to 2 dollars, many at 5 dollars. Attractions include Museum company, McCaull opera, Gondoliers, Prince and Pauper, Mansfield, and Mendelssohn Quartet. The Millionaire by H Gratton Donnelly debuts in New York on the 14th with a strong company. Rumor hints at new mechanical stage effects unseen before.
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Richard Mansfield
Boston
Prince Karl
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Edmund Kean
Silver Falls
America
Lugene Tompkins
M’glenen
Tremont Theatre
Vincent
Museum
McCaull Opera Company
Gondoliers” Company
Prince and Pauper” Company
H. Grattan Donnelly
Dan Sully
New York
Invitation to an Independent Vote Cited Across Papers
A Providence Journal editorial urges ballot reform as a path to independent voting for citizens. Multiple papers comment on Blaine's changed views and argue the South’s “negro question” will improve with time, education, and honest appeals to responsibility rather than expedients.
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Providence Journal
United States
Enc Aone
Springfield Republicans
Ind
Absolute Appointment by the Mayor in New York
A New York Evening Post piece argues the mayor’s expanded appointment power makes the mayoral race crucial. It warns that Tammany influence grows with the office and calls for uniting the city’s industrious voters to keep out active Tammany politicians from the chair.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Boston
City Hall
Tammany Organization
Tweed
Tammany
N. Evening Post
Mr Lea's Bargain in 1888 Political Battle
A Philadelphia Times editorial accuses Mr. Lea of aiding a 1888 political battle fought on practical lines. It claims victory relied on practical politics with Harrison Wanamaker Quay and Lea, discarding civil service reform and expanding patronage, pensions, and taxes to serve political ends.
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Lea
Harrison
Wanamaker
Quay
Mr. Lea
Piladelphia Times
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