Political tariff talk across papers in 1890s debate
A collage of editorials and letters from multiple papers discussing Blaine nomination prospects and tariff policy. Mentions include Grover Cleveland, Samuel J. Tilden, Morrison bill, tariff reform, and party divisions across Illinois Michigan Iowa New York Connecticut Vermont West Virginia and Missouri with notes on delegates and local election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Blaine
Pennsylvania
Manchester Union
Texas
Thurman
Houston Post
Republican Party
Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Springfield
Tilden
Portland Advertiser
Wayne County
Detroit
Greenbeck
Michigan
Norwood
Jim May
Baltimore Sun
Morrison
Buchanan County
Iowa
Samuel J.tilden
Greenbackers
West Virginia
Hancock
Bayard
Denver
Payne
Cleveland
Portland Argus
Geo. M. Landers
Connecticut
Gen. Hawley
Congress
Portsmouth Times
Leverett Saltonstall
Newton
Philadelephia
Republican Tariff Commission
New York Star
New York
Massachusetts
Nashua
N. H
Vest
Bob Lincoln
Withington
Del
the Caledonian
Hiram Atkins
Vermont
Ben Butler
Detroit Free Press
Deu
Notable Moves and Roles in 1900s Public Notices
Rumors place Charley Litchman in New York to edit an anti monopoly paper. Walter H. Page of the Raleigh State Chronicle to deliver La Grange Institute address on May 30. Jeannette bill aims to raise Herbert W. Leech’s compensation from 300 to 660. Navy Lieut. Emory offered 100000 to resign. Sherman hosts reception for daughter Mrs Thackara in St Louis with 200-300 guests. William A. Hovey resigns Merchants Electric Light presidency to edit Electrical Review in New York. Silas Gurney to become Merchants’ president.
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Charley Litchman
New York
Butler
Walter H. Page
Raleigh
N. C
State Chronicle
la Grange
Herbert W. Leech
Jeannette
Sre
Lieut
Emory
Navy
Greely
Huisrich
St. Louis
Sherman
Thackara
Washington
William A. Hovey
Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Company
Electrical Review
Alc Iovey
Silas Gurney
Tremont House
Merchants
Willis Hodes hanged at Wast man Georgia for murder
Willis Hodes colored was hanged at Wast man Georgia Friday for the murder of Lizzie Jones colored. The New Jersey legislature adjourned sine die. senate refused to confirm Alen L. McDermott as railroad commissioner before adjourning. Ex-Chairman Clurch of Iroy New York listed at $91,000 in mayor’s annual message. Willis C. Clifford of West Stephentown New York held for examination on forging pension check signature. Telegraph neglect caused Pan Handle railroad collision near Wheeling Junction injuring two brakemen and a fireman.
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Willis Hodes
Wastman
Lizzie Jones
New Jersey
Senate
Alen L. McDermott
Chamberlain Clurch
Iroy
N. Y
Common Council
Willis C. Clifford
West Stephantown
Prissa White
Steubenville
Pan Handle
Wheeling Junction
Breakemen Fisher
Wrigit
Flaherty
Tariff Debate Shapes Republican Strategy at Washington
Special dispatch from Washington details Republican aims to reform the tariff, shift duties away from favored Northern districts, and open sugar rates first. Speakers Weblborn Hurd Morrison Russell and Chace push protectionist ideas contrasting Manchester and Lowell wages, with emphasis on how tariffs affect Southern and Georgia industries.
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Washington
Weblborn
Texas
Frank Hurd
Morrison
Russell
Chace
Massachusetts
Manchester
Lowell
United States
Pennsylvania
New England
Georgia
New Jersey
Friends of the Protective System
Kentuckian insults the Speaker in House rebuke
Washington April 18 Congressman's remarks sparked a rebuke as White of Kentucky assailed Gov Murray of Utah during debate on a postoffice appropriations bill. The scene drew applause from both sides after Speaker Carlisle urged focus on the measure. Senate actions covered include river mail service funding and bankruptcy bill briefings while Worcester and New England flood reports detail rising waters threatening mills, bridges, and dams with widespread damage.
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House
Washington
MrMillan
White
Kentucky
Gov. Murray
Utah
United States
Charliste
Congress
Money
Mississippi
Miller
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Struggle in the East report on Mahdi and Khartoum events
In a Cairo despatch Sir Evelyn Baring receives Gen Gordon's April 9 report. Tegeba tribes have twice defeated the Mahdi with heavy losses. Zebhr Pasha may go to Khartoum under the khedive but not Gordon. Nubar Pasha hopes Zebhras departure will pacify the Soudan. Indian police seize proclamations said to emanate from the Mahdi. Cholera deaths rise in Calcutta. Inchgarvie arrives with two fatalities. A man found hanged in a Pesth forest. police blame anarchists. Six church boxes robbed in Paris. Crown Prince Rudolf receives the grand cordon of the imperial order of Osmanieh.
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London
Cairo
Evelyn Baring
Gordon
Khartoum
el Obeid
Tegeba
Zebehr Pasha
Nubar Pasha
Zebhr
Soudan
Semla
Suez
Inchgarvie
Bassein
Calcutta
Pesth
Paris
St. German VP
Rudolf of
Austria
Imperial Order of Osneanich
Excise Board Refuses Licenses in New York Bargain
The excise commissioners refused to renew Harry Hill’s license amid police backing and political pressure. A license was also rejected for Billy Madden’s sporting resort and saloon. Trials included Loubat v Union Club over a tower reinstatement, while Barr faces divorce suit allegations of residence fraud in New York. Agnes Booth wins $1650 in a Park Theatre contract case.
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New York
Excise Commissioners
Harry Hill
Excise Board
Hid
Billy Madden
Sullivan
Joseph Loubit
Clerman
Union Club
Tower
Court of Common Pleas
Loubat
Barr
Boston
Johanna
Bostonuthorities
Coxe
United States Circuit Court
Robbery on a Train Near Poplar Bluff
John G. Telford, a passenger aboard an Iron Mountain train from Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Ireland, was robbed of $17,500 near Poplar Bluff, Missouri. C. M. Dennett, described as an express messenger, was arrested on the train by a Gould system secret service officer and the money recovered. Dennett is said to have worked on a western line and is described as an eastern traveler.
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St. Louis
John G. Telford
Iron Mountain Road
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ireland
Poplar Binuffs
C. M. Dennett
Secret Service
Dennett
Testimony on Jeannette rescue voyage and leads decision
The House naval affairs sub committee hear Lieut Danenhower describe the Jeannette expedition's ice lead entry and boat equipment. He criticizes DeLong's lack of instruments, notes the risk of ice closure, and recalls conduct of Collins Dunbar Newcomb and Captain De Long. Journal entries recount hunger and survival efforts after the ship went down.
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Washington
Danenhower
House Naval Affairs Committee
Chipp
DeLong
Melville
Dunbar
Collins
Newcomb
Mare Island
Jackson
Mr. Newcombe
Danenhouer
Mr. Collins
Dr. Ambler
Isss
Ninderman
Noros
Alexue
Democrats of Oregon Favor Tariff Reform and the Old Ticket
The Democratic state convention at Dallas Oregon adopted a platform calling for for feiture of unearned land grants regulation of interstate commerce and a tariff for revenue limited to government needs Delegates to the national convention were chosen and John Myers was nominated for Congress by acclamation Resolutions backed Tilden and Hendricks for president and vice president
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Dallas
Ore
John Myers
Congress
Tilden and
Hendricks
Oregon
New York City
Arthur
Young Girl Falls Into Charles River in Suicide Attempt
Early Friday a young girl jumped from the River Street Bridge into the Charles River and was rescued unconscious by a tug crew. Police withhold her name at parental request. the incident follows local legal actions and other city notices including a Brighton outrage case and various arrests for forgery theft and a theft from a railroad shop.
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Charles River
River Street
Charles Jacobs
Jamaica Pond Ice Company
Pawtucket
R. I
Gilbert Chase
Chase
Brighton
Pemberton Square
John Hammiil
Richard E. Haferton
John Doyle
Somerville
Coleman Rich
Sixth Division
Old Colony Railroad
Boston
Dr. Hunt & Haskell
South Street
New E. B. Smith & Co. Store At West Street Opens
The West Street store at No. 19 by E. B. Smith & Co. draws old friends and new patrons with a rich stock of Lincrusta Walton papers draperies and French English goods. Show windows display paper stock draperies and metal ornamentation while interiors feature madras velours and light tones. Special artists provide color and coordination designs under Mr. Smith.
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E.B. Smith & Co
West Street
E. B. Smith & Co
Madras
Smith
A Colored Clergyman Resigns Over U S Frustrations
Rev. T. G. Harper of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion conference resigns in Newburgh New York saying he dislikes the country which is free only in theory. He cites caste ostracism of colored men and notes he was hired from British Guiana to teach at Centenary college but was dismissed for color. He plans to join the Protestant Episcopal church and return to British Guiana. Bishop Moore confirms the resignation.
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Newburgh
N. Y
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Conference
T. G. Harper
British Guinea
Centenary College
New Jersey
Protestant Episcopal Church
Moore
Kurper
League steamship lines unite on steerage cuts
Agents from different steamship lines, after dissolving the North Atlantic conference, held private meetings in New York and agreed to uniform steerage rate reductions to Liverpool. The New York to Liverpool fare on conference steamers drops to 18 dollars, 17 dollars on the National line, a three dollar cut overall. Vernon H. Brown of Cunard hinted further reductions could follow if needed.
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New York
Liverpool
National Line
Vernon H. Brown
Cunard Line
Two Burned in Boston Fire at Friend Street Rear
Fire alarm from box 4 at 7 50 A M Friday reported a blaze in the rear of 255 Friend Street. Explosion from a lamp or stove intrusion caused the blaze. Sivria Antoto and her four year old child were badly burned, the child taken to hospital, the mother likely fatally injured.
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Boston
Friend Street
Sivria “Antoto
Stearns & Co Showcases New Fashion Novelties and Home Goods
The popular store 2 H Stearns & Co highlights new artistic clothing and dainty home furnishing trifles. The lower store offers season’s best goods, with art department showcasing original embroidery and fine fabrics. In underwear and baby lines, products are five star quality, domestic yet rivaling French imports, with continued improvement yearly.
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2. H. Stearns & Co
Whiskey pool prices dip amid market dullness in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on April 18 a three cent decline in high wine negotiations stirred whiskey circles. Sales came from pool members, with the fall seen as a dull market response and a glut of Kentucky goods for sale. Manufacturers say the drop was self defense due to rate cuts by pool members, notably in New Orleans, and a pool resumption could reassert price control.
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Cincinnati
Whiskey
New Orleans
Phillips Memorial portrait of Wendell Phillips and Curtis eulogy
Tremont temple memorial service for Wendell Phillips drew a large crowd with Gov. Robinson, judges, and notable figures in attendance. George William Curtis delivered the eulogy, praising Phillips as a private citizen and public reformer whose eloquence shaped American liberty and humanity. The piece also notes yacht racing gossip and upcoming regattas for South Boston Yacht Club with prize schedules and course details.
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Wendell Phillips
Tremont Temple
Gov. Robinson
Executive Council
George A. Bruce
John F. Andrew
M. P. Kennard
E. 5. Tobey
N. P. Banks
Seamuel May
W. G. Bowditch
John M. Forbes
Samuel Longfellow
Thomas W. Higginson
Abby W. May
Ednahd D. Cheney
James Freeman Clarke
Robert P. Hallowell
Julia Ward Howe
William Lloyd Garrison
H. B. Blackwell
John G. Whittier
BP. Livermore
J. T. Fields
R. C. Waterston
So Wush
J. C. Chappelle
F. Smith
B. F. Campbell
Solomon Parsons
J. Bb. Kendrick
Theomas J. Gargan
William Warren
Robert Treat Wayne, Jr
Henry H. Sprague
Henry Lyon
Edward Everett Hale
Brooke Hereford
Sarah H.southwick
Joshua B. Smith
Joseph Cook
Phillips Brooks
B. Aldrich
W. D. Howells
Henry Cabot Lodge
President Elliott
Harvard College
Justin Winsor
William Endicott, Jr
H. P. Kidder
R. H. Dana
Robert C. Winthrop
Temple Quartet
M. J. Savage
Temple
Mary E. Blake
Belle Cushman Eaton
Charlotte Cushman
Boston
America
Wendel Phillips
George William Curtis
Curtis
Massachusetts
Phillips
Liberty
Amphion
Thebes
Carolina
California
Minnesota
New York
New England
American Republic
Garrison
Superintendent Webber Charged With Heavy Peculations
Washington dispatch reports charges against Moses Webber superintendent at Boston navy yard for using government workers and materials to craft private items. Affidavits from Kelley Wilson Marrow and Choate detail creating brackets frames and other pieces for Webber and theft of yard property, prompting push for his removal.
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Washington
Herald
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Moses Webber
Boston Navy Yard
George Kelley
Webster
A. P. Wilson
Patrick Marrow
Kelley
William Choate
Moses H. Webber
Choate
Webber
Instantaneous Photographs of Explosive Blasts At State Street
In West Somerville amateur photographer S C Hopkins captured three blasting scenes using atlas powder. Lead ledge blasts used 125 pounds from lldvi holes. a 10 hole 90 pound blast. and an ice blast with 449 pounds under 15 feet of water. Prof J B Hadley organized the shoots in March attracting wide interest in Somerville and New York.
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No. 231
State Street
West Somerville
S.C. Hopkins
J. B. Hadley
New York
Stockholders to Meet in Portland for Board Changes
The American Electric and Huuminating company stockholders will hold their annual meeting at 93 Exchange Street Portland on Saturday May 21. It is expected that several important changes will be made in the board of directors as stock ownership has grown stronger and new capitalists may seek representation.
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Board of Managers
Phillips Brooks
Mary R Charplot
Edward H. Clement
B. S. Codman
A. L. Cooolidge
M. M. Curtis
Charles L. Flint
Elizabeth P. Gray
Francis B. Hayes
Mary Hemmmenway
Julia Ward Howe
George Abbot James
Clara B. Kimball
Aboy H. Manning
Mary B. Moors
Edward Osborne
Mary B. Parker
Charlotte H. Redtern
James Reed
Geo. C. Shattuck
Josephine Tilton
Joseph Waren
Carrie Warren
William P. Wilson
William Power Wilson
Charlotte H. Redfern
J. H. Warren
Charles E. Warren
G. C. Shattuck
J. H. Denny
Mary R. Charplet
F. T.gray
A. B. Parker
George C. Shattuck
F. B. Hayes
Joseph H. Warren
M. D
B. R. Curtis
Manning
Parker
Gray
Wilson
American Electric and Huuminating Company
Exchange Street
Portland
Legislature Debates Fortnightly Pay and South Boston Flats
Senate reports adverse on indexing public statutes and approves bills on town parish dissolution and land take for South Boston flats. Several measures shown: divorce by absence, workhouse commitments, receiverships, church incorporation, and refunds for colonial records. Friday session sets 11 am start and reconsiders street railway cash fare bill.
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Senate
Whittier
Committee On Expenditures
Pillsbury
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
First Parish
Townsend
Campbell
Commonwealth
Boston
Boston Harbor
South
Merrimack
James M. Barker
Highland Congregational Church
Lowell
Committee On Claims
David Pulsifer
General Court
New Plymouth Colony
Committee On
Loring
Thayer
House Debates Fortnightly Pay Bills and Local Legislation
The house, with Speaker Marden presiding, reconsidered a bill on assessment and casualty insurance, sent to Insurance. Several measures were debated including shad limits on Taunton and Nemasket rivers and a Brant Island civic incorporation. Fortnightly payments for manufacturers drew mixed views, with support from Daggett and Wolcott and opposition from others. The session adjourned to the afternoon with further actions on divorces, Woburn library trustees, and public safety in steam engine use.
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Marden
Oakes
Westfield
Winter
Springfield
Taunton Great River
Nemasket
Brackett
Boston
Brant Island
Civb
House
Senate
Woburn
Superior Court
Woburn Public Library
Judiciary Committee
Berkshire
Willcomb
Ipswich
Grand Stand Wings Nearing Completion at Boston Grounds
The new left and right wings at the Boston grounds will add about 1000 seating places, with a modern fence now 12 feet inside the old one, doors for access, and fewer peep holes. Pythians beat the Bostons 3 0 in polo at Chelsea, while other polo and ball games were scheduled across Boston and New England. John A. Sullivan of Bangor won the Maine skating championship with 49 miles 9 laps in 5 hours.
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Boston Baseball Gounds
Pythian
Chelsea
Pythians
Bostons
Boston
Yates
New Haven
Boston Reserves
Beacons
Metropolitana
New Yorks
New York
Browns
Bristels
Bristol
Walthams
S Harvards
Cambridge
Altoonas
Cincinnatis
Cincinnati
Chicago Unions
St. Louis
Boston Unions
Keystones
Philadelphia
Baltimores
Pelea
Bond
Brown
Bristols
John A. Sullivan
Bangor
Maine
Waterville
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Picea
Boston Post
Gener
Boston Weekly Post
Post Publishing Co
Dhoston Aost
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
Joseph E. McDonald
Indiana
Telegraph and Mail
State House
Transcontinental
Endicott
Work, Strong & Co
Decker, Howell & Co
Brayton, Ives & Co
W. S. Nichols & Co
John d. Davis & Co
Boody, McClellan & Co
William Endicott
G P Denséme
The
House Judiciary Committee
Tucker
Senate Library Committee
Henry Watterson
Committee On Library
Arthur IF. Gaylord
Chicopee
Mass
Plumb
Knox
Folger
House Committee On Territories
Alexander
Cassidy
Adams
Key West
Wicker
Fla
Jones
Florida
Herndon
Alabama
House Banking and Currency Committee
Pacific Bank
John A. Walsh
House Post Office Committee
Worcester
North Pond
Ailen
Lincoln Square
Millbrook
Wainnipiscogee
Laconta
Lake Winnipiscogee
Gove’s Point
Tilton
Calais
Canais
St. Croix
Baring
Union Mills
Jackson Company
BaxGcon
Penobscot
Orono
Maine Central Bridge
Ellswworrth
Union River
Shore Line
Conroocook
N. W
Risigg
West Hopkinton
Roby
Relgn News
el Mahdi
Inadian
Gotham
Montreal
Victoria Medical School
Laal University
Laval University
Monsignor Smealders
Lieut. Danenhower
de Long
Journal of
Alexae
Edward Ambler
Markham Post Offfce
Fauquier County
Carey
Corey
Jowards
J.C. Lavery
Marine Barracks
George W.pennington
Oscar W. Farenholt
J.C. Morong
Navy Department
Newport
Rei
Rome
Offi
Navy Yard Matters
Naval General Court Martial Board
Navy Yard
J. F. Smith
U.S. M.C
Political News
Roosevelt
Hawley
MecDonald
Indianapolis
Ind
McDonald
Indiana Democratic Association
Washington City
Chicago
Hamilton
Seree
Ocean Ferry
Ki. Hi. Stearns & CO
Wleishey
Braid
Sergt. Trask
Court Street
Frank Covington
Edward Myers
Frederick Jones
Charles Davis
Charles Mahoney
Wiliam Cannon
John Thompson
James Murray
Galveston
Tex
Juliet and
Ball Streets
Martin
Mr. Curtis
Alton
Faueuil Hall
Orpheus
Faneuil Hall
Mt. Vernon Street
William F. Weld Jr’s
Nice
France
Dauntless
Enchantress
Adea
C. G. Weld
D. J. Lawlor
East Boston
Eastern
Hull
Dorchester
New Bedford
Commodore Weld
Hull Yacht Club
J. W. Therman, Jr
South Boston
Winthrop
William Neville
Nautilus
Henry Hussey
South Boston Yacht Club
North Star
Westway
Thompson’s
Rainsford Islands
Long
George’s Island
Point Alderton
Fort Warren
Gallop
Dorchester Bay
Fort Independence
Lower Middle
Upper Middle
Port Independence
City Point
William Morris
KE. G. Robinson
A. Hutchinson
T. Christian
George I. Conant
John Bertram
C. McKenna
R. V. King
Henry J. McKee
Legislature
Tilk House
Committee On the Judiciary
E. Sewall
Fourth District Court
Plymouth
Lazmpshire
Committee On Labor
O'Sullivan
Lawrence
Daggett
Attleborough
Wolcott
Beard
Baker
Beverly
Murphy
Douglas
Brockton
Frisbie
North Andover
Paine
Waltham
Messrs. Curry
Lynn
Cowdrey
Stoneham
Doherty
Bent
Stratton
Milford
Barker
Dwyer
Milk
Washington St
A. P. Moore
Sporting Matters
Annis
Connor
Collegians’ Battery
A.B. Rh
Josselyn
D. Sees
Quinlan
Dufly
Gunderson
Wadsworth
S.s
Roures Aoice Nieces
Coo
Skelton
Doron
Bassett
Clark
Barret
Gunning
Pittsburg
Alleghenys
Detroits
Metropolitans
Brooklyns
Union
Harrisburg
Providence
Harrisurg
Nationals
Cungsers
Springfields
Rockets
J. G. B. Siegert & Sons
G. W. Simmons & Co
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Washington Street
G. O. Taylor
Damon
Sudbury
Mattings
John Pray