Political speculation and scandals in Massachusetts politics
The piece discusses senatorial chances for Mr. Dawes in Massachusetts with emphasis on youth in the Republican party and the risk of replacing an entrenched incumbent. It notes the Indian and tariff issues, Western Massachusetts support, and how a Hopedale case showed influence by a single manufacturer. It mocks local corruption and parallels with New York reporting on evidence and guilt.
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Mr. Dawes
Massachusetts
Sill
Robinson
Butler
Hingham Boy
Dawes
Western Massachusetts
Hopedale
South’s rapid industrial growth fuels hope for future progress
The article highlights Southern industrial expansion in early 1886 with about 36.6 million in capital across new and expanded mills and factories. It notes diverse sectors from furnaces to tobacco to lumber, praise for labor-capital harmony, and warns against subsidized schooling, predicting the South will lead in ten years if allowed to develop unimpeded.
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Walsh
New York Bribery Season Opens With Aims And Accusations
The bribery trial season starts in New York amid mixed prospects as prosecutors rely on witnesses who have previously sworn contrary statements. The Shaler case collapse and Broadway surface railroad allegations expose police and city officials, showing a pattern of corruption and flawed prosecutions.
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Shaler
Monmouth B. Wilson
Waite
Uncle Sam and His Railroads Bill to aid subsidy debt
The committee on Pacific railroads reports a bill to ease government debt tied to subsidized lines. US subsidy bonds totaling 109 million dollars rise by over 1.5 million yearly and mature in about twelve years. The plan offers semi annual payments with 3 percent interest, funded to cover principal and interest over fifty nine years, aiming to preserve through traffic profits without immediate dividends.
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Law and Order League Faces Setbacks in Boston
The Law and Order League pursues Sam Jones's advice to dismantle local justice structures but meets stern resistance. Its push to centralize police control falters as counsel is exposed and the judiciary committee favors repealing a prior district attorney rights abridgment.
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Boston Ward Divisions Move to Third Reading Amid Controversy
The Stevens bill for ward division in Boston advances to a third reading after amendments. If the commission fails to deliver by May 31, the committee on cities gains power to draw the plan. Critics question who validates the commission and fear the committee will push a partisan solution harming citizen satisfaction.
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Frnny English Comments On Cleveland Administration
The London Telegraph claims greater official purity under President Cleveland but cites a Telegraph example noting sixteen of twenty four New York aldermen arrested for bribery with Broadway tram car railroad. The text mocks ties between Cleveland and these arrests, comparing to Gladstone.
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Fragmented speech on English understanding of government
A snippet notes that the English cannot yet grasp the size and independence of a local system of government in the country. The fragment hints at national pride in local autonomy and constitutional structure.
Oregon disaster court shows misjudged verdicts and doubts
The Scottish News analyzes the court of inquiry on the Oregon disaster. It argues the evidence disproves prior theories and claims the wreck was due to the schooner being overtaken by Oregon, criticizing the Wreck Commissioners' Court and warning the public about relying on it for maritime causes.
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Oldest Delaware judiciary with four veteran judges
Delaware's bench, the oldest in the nation, comprises Chief Justice Joseph P. Comegys aged 73 Judge Wotton over 80 Judge John W. Houston nearing 80 and Chancellor Willard Saulsbury at 66. Their four ages total nearly 300 years, averaging about 75 years.
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Witty miscellany from national weeklies and critics
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various periodicals. Items include satirical lines about professors, editors and politicians, snippets on theater figures, writers and public notices, plus a parade of humorous exchanges and brief cartoon-style observations.
Parley of Springfield Senators Shapes Up for Chair and Roles
The Springfield circle discusses who may preside in the Senate and who could fill the lieutenant governor post. Senator Phillips is praised for past chairmanship, Norris seeks higher office, and exerts party whip influence. Clerk McLaughlin impresses as a parliamentary authority to country members.
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Noted World Figures and Local Anecdotes Highlight European and American Life
Rome hosts Plon Plon at a grand dinner with King Humbert. Scotland's George Stirton dies at 101, reputed Europe’s oldest Freemason. Carnegie tours Georgia and Florida with his Democracy. Thomas Mercer, buried in Philadelphia, exhumed after 38 years and found petrified. Senator John I Mitchell rests in Wellsboro, unlikely to return before Congress adjourns. Georgie Ives to wed Baron Meyer of Dresden in June. Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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State House Notes and Legislative Reactions
Discussion spans the dome tank risk, May 5 reception for Lieutenant Governor Oliver Ames, park land loan delays, and Marblehead Representative Sam Roads avoid splitting his town. Debates cover Boston ward division, committee power plays on cities, and a water gas repeal vote with a split stance between Republicans and Democrats and between representatives and senators.
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Public Voice on Tariff Law Turns Back Tax Burden
A letter to the editor blasts the 1883 tariff clause on wrappings as bungling and in effect unlawful. It notes New York collectors taxed coverings, merchants protested, a New York suit failed, the Supreme Court reversed, and about 12.66 million dollars previously paid may be refunded to importers, with consumers bearing the burden.
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Tax justice under tariff law debate
G W South Easton argues April 26 that an illegal tax taken under tariff law should be repaid to remedy the wrong, and questions whether any system robs the people more than a protective tariff.
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Feminine Fancies and the Belle of the Ball
A satirical column rails at society living and youth discipline from a Belle’s gown filled with long routines of morning to late-night events. It ponders training of society women, critiques school discipline, and ends with a note on Queen Blanche of Castile inspiring wigmaking in medieval times.
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Bowdoin Square Baptist Church Society Meeting Report
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