Legislature Splits On Ballot Reform In New Jersey
The New Jersey Assembly passes a satisfactory ballot reform bill while the Senate adopts a doubtful substitute likely to block reform this session. Connecticut bars constitutional prohibition from the people, weakening the prohibition push in western counties and depressing Massachusetts advocates as the issue loses ground.
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New Jersey
Assembly
Senate
Connecticut
East
Massachusetts
South American exhibits to shine at Paris Exhibition
Ecuadorian representative remarks Parisians will witness the wealth of South America as nations erect pavilions on the Champ de Mars. He predicts Parisians will learn the region's vast market potential and compete with Germans and English for South American trade, while noting the impact of China policy on U S commerce.
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Champ de Mars
Ecuador
New York Evening Sun
Party service urged for officeholders under Harrison policy
The New York State Republican Association backs party service as a duty of officeholders under Harrison. It argues that those who neglect this duty should lose party support. The piece cites Postmaster Pearson’s removal for party purposes and notes a Massachusetts Legislature vote against prohibition driven by party machine pressure.
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Harrison
New York State Republican Association
Washington
Postmaster Pearson
Chicago
State House
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Organized Humbug Power Declared Not a Matter of Opinion
The remark frames the issue as a test of organized humbug rather than personal belief, emphasizing the force and reach of organized deceit in public discourse. It portrays the situation as a display of organized manipulation rather than a clash of viewpoints.
Limits of temperance legislation debated by advocates and critics
A editorial-essay argues against universal prohibition, led by Senator Hoar, favoring gradual regulation over statewide bans. It cites Mr Charles Worcester Clark on law’s limits and emphasizes local option, moral consensus, and practical restraint as the sober path, noting concerns about enforcement and liberty.
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Hoar
Charles Worcester Clark
Massachusetts
Clark
Porter named census superintendent sparks public doubt
The appointment of Rupert P. Porter to lead the Eleventh Census is questioned due to his tariff stance and editorials. Critics argue the successor of General Walker should command broad public trust and impartiality in statistics.
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Porter
General Walker
Wiiaur
Cobden Club
Republican Party
Rupert P. Porter
Harrison
Walker
The Oklahoma Craze Opens Indian Territory To Settlers
Reported massing on the borders and a promised influx of 15 000 to 20 000 settlers as Guthrie Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Times loom. Boomers travel by wagon and train while General Merrier braces for disorder amid crime and opportunity.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Guthrie
Oklahoma Times
Oklahoma City
Mrrrier
Regular Army
California
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Arkansas
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
New Territory
Chicago
Cambridge
Caldwell
Kan
Committee hearing on massive capital increase
Yesterday a committee closed its hearing with no remonstrants. The proposed increase of 10 million dollars would double the capital stock, allocating 2.2 million to retire bonds, 0.8 million for a new building, and 7 million to extend long lines linking principal cities nationwide.
Empress of Austria Said to be Insane in Ill Health
The report claims the Empress has become insane due to long illness and nervous disease. The Emperor is also unwell, and the death of Prince Rupert is thought to have worsened her condition. Some suggest Archduke Charles's son could soon accede the throne.
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Austria
Prince Rupert
Archduke Charles
Dark Secret captain plans July ocean crossing with son
The piece recounts Captain Andrews failed summer attempt to cross the ocean in a dory, calling it hazardous, and notes the owner of the Dark Secret will try again in July with a companion to ease loneliness and risk. It condemns the ambition for notoriety despite the danger involved.
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Andrews
Paris to light Boulevards with electricity this year
From July to November the Parisian boulevards will be lit by electricity, replacing gas in the capitals of Europe. Gas has held its own, pleasing those who prefer the warm lamp glow to the harsh white light, though electricity may brighten the streets further.
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Europe
Palmer Denies Dissensions In New Players Club
Mr A M Palmer denies rumors of discord within the new Players Club and Boory's disappointment in his scheme. He states the organization offers many opportunities for usefulness and issues an authoritative reassurance about its aims and progress.
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A. M. Palmer
Players’ Club
Boory
Von Bulow’s Beethoven Concert Pleases Stoic Audience
Dr. Hans von Bulow performed the Beethoven cycle’s final concert to a small, attentive crowd hindered by poor weather. The program highlighted the grand B major sonata op. 106 and Diabelli variations, with a cautious but striking account of the colossal piano work. The reviewer praises the pianist’s technique and varied tone, notes a cold opening with the A major sonata, and laments the absence of the conductor’s broader classical interpretation in this visit.
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Beethoven Cyclus
Anton Diabelli
von Biilow
Beethoven
Herr von Bilow
Herr von Biilow
Allamarcia
Mozart
Leporello
Bach
Chopin
Stuttgart
von Bilow
von Bislow
Herr von Bulow
Shipping, scholarship, and a portrait request in Boston
In Boston, debates on the Denmark steamship fleet, education in naval architecture, and a formal request from Boston lawyers for a permanent portrait of Chief Justice Marcus Morton mark a lively civic moment. The letter from Morton confirms willingness to sit for the portrait, as a tribute on his approaching seventieth birthday.
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Suffolk
Vinton
Morton
Robert Gordon Hardie
New York
Marcus Morton
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Court House
syoF _S. Bartlett
W. G. Russell
John Lowell
George QC
Shattuck
A. 8. Wheeler
R. M. Morse, Jr
E. R. Hoar
John C. Ropes
Lewis S. Dabney
J. Lewis Stackpole
George Putnam
William Caleb Loring
Causten Browne
Thomas P. Proctor
Uriel H. Crocker
Clement K. Fay
Edward W. Hutchins
Alfred Hemenway
Lewiston L. Scaife
E. C. Bumpus
Alfred D. Foster
Horatio G. Parker
Charles Pelham Greenough
Henry G. Nichols
Asa French
Alfred D. Chandler
Henry D. Hyde
James ©. Davis
Francis C. Lowell
Charles Theodore Russell
Charle Theodore Russell, Jr
A. Churchill
A. E. Pillsbury
Richard Olney
Joseph B. Warner
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
J. H. Benton, Jr
F. W. Balch
Samuel Hoar
Taverner
Advocating Rapid Transit in South Boston Meeting
Prominent South Boston citizens gathered at Gray's Hall last evening to push rapid transit plans. The forum drew a large turnout and showed strong public interest in improving local transportation.
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Boston
Gray’s Hall
Obituary of Col Edward P Nettleton Boston Lawyer
Colonel Edward P Nettleton dies at his Boston residence after a long career in law and Civil War service. Born 1884 in Chicopee Falls, he taught and led schools before serving as captain and later colonel in the Western Bay State Regiment. He held key legal posts in Boston, including city solicitor and corporation counsel, and was honored by Mayor Hart with a mourning period and flag half mast.
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Pembroke Street
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Chicopee Falls
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Liberty
Lynchburg College
Virginia
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Western Bay State Regiment
New Orleans
Butler
Nettleton
Weitzel
Emory
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Alexandria
Alabama
Massachusetts
Springfield
Harvard Law School
United States
New York & New England Railroad Company
Myreee
Jeary © . Tucker
Pace Hiter
J. T. Tucker
The
Loyal Legion
Robinson
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Colonel Nettleton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Law Department
Death of ex county treasurer Chauncey C Churchill 73
Chauncey C Churchill ex county treasurer of Norfolk county died at his Dedham residence on Village avenue aged 73 after a illness of complications. Born September 26 1815 in West Fairlee Vermont he moved to Salisbury then Dedham where he worked for Merchants Woollen Co. He served as county treasurer from 1855 and was deputy internal revenue collector from 1864 for five years. He leaves a widow Pimelia two children Chauncey S and Isidore Maria married to Charles H Leeland.
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Chauncey C. Churchill
Norfolk County
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Dedham
Vermont
West Fairlee
Salisbury
Merchants’ Woollen Company
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Allin Evangelical Society
Pimelia
Benajah Sabin
Chauncey S
Isidore Maria
Charles H. Leeland
Sore Aspects of the Tariff Question in Economics
The April 1889 issue highlights Taussig on tariff effects showing industry gains where machinery and labor saving methods exist, and continued imports where they do not. Dexter reviews cooperative savings and loan associations and warns about building and loan operations. The issue surveys English and Austrian theory with Wicksteed and Bonar, notes on current topics, bibliography, and concludes with Houghton on Italy’s specie resumption.
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Quarterly Journal OF Economics
The
Journal of Economics
Taussig
Dexter
New York
Massachusetts
England
Harvard Journal
Philip Wicksteed
Jevon
James Bonar
Bonar
Bohm-Bawerk
Houghton
Italy
the Quarterly Journal of Economics
Harvard University
Boston
George H. Ellis
Franklin Street
Oddball satire and letters amuse readers in scattered items
A collage of humorous notes and quips from readers and editors. Items reference Mayor Grant slogans, Oklahoma telegraph news, Mississippi widows, Philadelphia financiers, nautical talk, and a mix of literary jests from New York papers, including Twain and Beecher anecdotes.
Illness and health notes outline prominent figures
Mr Stanton Blake is ill at his 201 Beacon Street residence with pneumonia. The will of Mrs E Vanderbilt Allen bequeaths $3 million to six heirs including five living children and issue of a deceased son. A correction clears T W Higginson from Worcester ties as he serves on Cambridge Rindge School supervisory committee. George William Curtis improves and expects resumed activity within a month after a leg injury last summer.
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Stanton Blake
Beacon Street
E. Vanderbilt Allen
Commodore Vanderbilt
T. W. Higginson
Worcester
Cambridge
George William Curtis
Long Island
Curtis
Infelicitous comparison of Hoar and Bright critics
The Boston Herald notes an ill chosen Sunday comparison between George F. Hoar and John Bright. Both have merits, yet their public careers show almost no common policy ground. The Herald contrasts Brights broad approach with Hoars consistently opposite stance.
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Post
George F. Hoar
John Bright
Civil Service Reform Under Question in Republican Rhetoric
Harper's Weekly remarks on the Presidents removal of a capable civil service official and the appointment of a party politician as New York postmaster. The piece argues this action threatens reform aims and echoes Republican concerns about executive patronage and reform movement backlash.
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Harper’s Weekly
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