New York Weather and Racing Notes Mix With Ice Rates
In sizzling readings the Knickerbocker Ice Company issues a new circular: large users face 90 cents per 100 pounds, families see a near-rate increase as warm weather spurs artificial ice demand. A Detroit race between Palo Alto and Jack draws attention as breeding crosses gain prominence. A Times survey rattles New York cosmopolitan image with lists of names at Long Branch ball and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Detroit
California
Palo Alto
Jack
Long Branch
Toplitz
Schwarz
Rothschild
Marks
Baearrach
Doz Grau
Rising
Linberger
Hymen
Friend
Waxelbaum
Sullivan
Duffy
Moloney
O'Grady
O'Reilly
Maloy
New Berlin
New Dublin
Argentine Crisis Persists Amid Protests and Tariff Debate
Information from Buenos Ayres indicates the Argentine government remains destabilized despite a suppressed revolution. President Ceellman issues a boastful proclamation, while Western farmers push for free trade. The piece notes Blaine’s tariff stance, opposition to the Louisiana Lottery, and calls for U S. House virtue to block harmful measures. It also discusses Liverpool’s dock expansion and port capacity issues in New York and increasing vessel sizes, plus Kansans facing population stagnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
London
Ceelman
Kansas Population Growth Fears Amid Census Shortfall
The article notes Kansas likely to rank near the bottom in population growth with losses totaling over 10 000 across ten towns including Salina Abilene Concordia Clay Centre Beloit and others. It attributes the decline to last year’s Oklahoma migration and poor crops, citing factors like distance from markets and limited timber and mineral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Salina
Abilene
Concordia
Clay Centre
Beloit
Oklahoma
Unpopular Measure Stirs Colored Citizens at Faneuil Hall
A New York Herald survey reports tepid support for the Davien Port Force Bill among intelligent colored citizens and some Republicans across North and South. Views from Unwenry P. Downing and others warn the bill would provoke white resistance, race tensions, and hurt Southern prosperity, while some northern and southern Republicans oppose the measure for undermining harmony and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil Hall
North
South
New York Herald
Unwenry PF. Downing
Rapine
Murner
Radical
St. Joseph
J. A. Enphotr
Republican Party
Sixcott
Garison
Sumner
Sub treasury bill drawn in bold relief by farmer alliance
A satirical critique of the sub treasury bill proposed in Congress. The piece outlines how counties would obtain government warehouses to lend farmers 80 percent of stored crop value in treasury notes, with 1 percent interest and 20 percent held as warehouse receipts. It warns of currency inflation, market disruption, and government involvement in price manipulation, noting the Farmers Alliance pushing the measure across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Farmer
Daily Champion
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Louisiana Lottery Company
Congress
United States
Boston Journal
Home Committee
House
Journal
Lottery Company
Louisiana
Treasury
Sub-Treasury
Farmers’ Alliance
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee Republicans oppose Force Bill in platform
The Tennessee Republican convention condemned the Force Bill while backing Congress's right to pass election laws. Led by Governor candidate Lovuts Baxter, the party declared confidence that no such law would disrupt business interests in any section of the country, signaling a protest against the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Crurrorp, Esq
Martinsburg
W. Va
Republican Party
Raleigh
N. C
South
Ewart
North Carolina
House of Representatives
G. P. M. Turner
Memphis
Tenn
Turner
Janison
Senate
Minnesota
Nebraska
Belden
Tennessee
Lovuts T. Baxter
Congress
Rechanism Critics Ravage London Theatres
A chorus of adulation marks a London outbreak of Rechanism among critics. The phenomenon first appeared during Daly's Lyceum engagement and worsened after As You Like It. Earlier outbreaks in New York and later in Boston are noted as serious cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Critics Praise Miss ReHAN Rosalind in England
The piece reports that London critics largely praise Miss ReHAN as Rosalind in a Shakespearian revival, with some fault finding by a few reviewers. It notes mixed reactions, amid overall acclaim, and mentions Mr Winni as ARCHER critiquing certain overacts. It also touches on other topics and a dated U.S. patent milestone and odd legal curios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Saturday Review
Mr. Daly
Miss Rehan
Rosalind
East
Drew
Orlando
Times
Carment Scorr
Telegraph
England
Mr. Winni
Archer
Miss Rn- Wan
Mosalind
Archrer
Miss Rusman
Miss Renan
Mme, Carré
Henry James
Teaver
Celia
Miss Reiman
Miss Regan
Feats Of Advertisers And Ducks At Beacon Hill
In Boston the author notes a relief in theatrical advertising horses now harnessed freely and adds a third pony to the parade. He observes gunfire near Blue Hill with three ducks startled, discusses a local law on September hunting, and recalls a humorous scene of a man with a watermelon after an electric car accident as proof that paragraphers are vindicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Hill
Green Lodge Road
Jim
Beacon Hill
New York Heat Fatalities Reported as Temperatures Rise
New York news reports a sultry day with a 3 pm thermometer at 88 degrees. Nine heat prostration cases occurred, six of which proved fatal, highlighting the danger of extreme heat on city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Fremont's Will Offered for Probate
General Fremont's will was presented in the Surrogate's Court in New York today. Dated August 19, 1864, it leaves the entire estate to his widow with no other beneficiaries named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Fremont
New York
Fremont
Dramatic Season Opens as Fauvette Attracts The Museum
The article notes Fauvette remains the museum’s draw until Roland Reed’s season begins on the 18th. It previews Sept 1 for a new melodra ma, openings of theatres, and listings of attractions at Hollis Street and Grand Opera House. It covers casting for Sea King at Hollis Street Theatre and reviews of new plays and operas, plus plans for Signor de Vivo’s road concert company with Alina Alhaisa and other principals touring the U.S. and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stahl
Hollis Street Theatre
New York
Philadelphia
Messrs
R. F. Graham
John E. Clark
Charles E. Church
Mesdames
Laura Clements
Katie Gilbert
Jennie Eddy
Augusta Roche
Mark Smith
William J. Gilmore
Charles H. Yale
George H. Murray
Boston
San Francisco
Signor D. de Vivo
Mme. Alina Alhaisa
France
Spain
Italy
Russia
London
South
Central America
Mexico
Havana
New Orleans
Signor de Vivo
Don Aurelio Ceruelos
Madrid
Paria
Signor Massimo Massimi
di Grazia
Covent Garden
San Carlo Theatre
Naples
Albani
Signor
Francesco Sabatelli
Steinway Hall
Campanini
Chickering Hall
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Rowdy tally-ho coach parade through Boston streets
A letter to the editor complains last night about a group of rowdies on a tally-ho coach shouting and blowing horns as they traveled through Boylston Arlington and Commonwealth avenues, returning at 11 30. The writer questions where the police were. August 1, 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
Boylston Street
Arlington Street
Commonwealth Avenue
G. H.N
All Sorts Guilielmus Rex in Shaksvere Tale
The poem recalls a gentle figure seen by London Bridge in Shaksvere's day. Onlookers note his courteous mien and equal bearing from high to low, but miss the light behind the brow and the understated signs of his true status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilielmus Rex
Shaksvere
London Bridge
Ninth Sunday After Trinity Prayer by T. W. Parsons
Scriptural prayer asks for divine spirit to govern thoughts and speech and guide the weak to avoid ill paths. The couplet pleads for grace to walk blamelessly according to God’s will and to curb ignorance and passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Parsons
Notable society notes and literary plans abroad
Lord Tennyson in robust health. M Viener of the French legation in Mexico gravely ill. Maupassant to debut at Comedie Francaise next winter with one act verse drama A Story of Old Times. Collins and Fitzgerald elected temporary National Liberal Club members in London. William O'Brien to hosted banquet by Irish party at Holborn. Duc d Aumale relocates collections to Chantilly after Brussels stay. Actor George S Knight ill in New Brunswick with grave prognosis. Dr Edwin Checkley to bicycle ride to Chicago via Pennsylvania to Columbus starting Aug 6. Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria resembles mother and pursues entomology at Laxenburg. Rutgers president Gates likely to join Amherst. successor at Rutgers possibly Austin Scott. Mrs Erving Winslow returns to Boston after London season of Ibsen readings. plans for further London engagements and expanded repertoire.
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Lord Tennyson
M. Viener
Mexico
Guy de Maupassant
Comedie Francaise
Patrick A. Collins
John E. Fitzgerald
National Liberal Club
London
William O'Brien
Holborn
Duc d’Aumale
Brussels
Sicily
Edwin Checkley
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Elizabeth
Crown Prince of
Austria
Laxenburg
Merrill E. Gates
Rutgers College
Amherst College
Gates
Amherst
Rutgers
Austin Scott
Erving Winslow
Boston
Ibsen
Gloucester Custom House In New Hands
Gloucester August 1 William A Pew the new collector took charge of the Custom House this morning His first act was to discharge Inspectors James Crawley and Francis Burnham and appoint Benjamin Blatchford and Walter L Rowe in their places Blatchford has served as boarding officer under Captain Fitz J Bab son and is a G A R member with a war record Rowe is a young man who has never held office before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouchester
William A. Pew
Custom House
James Crawley
Francis Burnham
Benjamin Blatchford
Walter L. Rowe
Blatchford
Fitz J. Babson
Allen Post
Mr. Rowe
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Washington Street
Hoston
Liverpool
Mersey
Samuel Stopkins
Toronto
Pore
New England
Porn
A.T. Simwarr
Stewart
Pitt
New England School of Dramatic Instruction
Signor Roncuni
Rondelli
Rose Byrne
Howard M. Ticknor
Charles L. Fletcher
Mr. McKee Rankin
Bijou
New York Times
Charles Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Lala
Arquhar
Wilton Lackaye
Miller Kent
Middlesex Masheim
James Sauvage
Harry Leighton
William Gilbert
Corporal Bundy
Melville Stewart
Maybride
Julian Edwards
Dramatic Mirror
Effie Ellsler
Mesdarmes
Lillian Hadley
Marguerite Fealy
Lillian Daily
Frank Ho
Land
Adolphe Listina
Joseph Wheelock, Jr
John A. Elisler
George Gaden
Newburg
N. H
Miss Manning
Miss Elisler
St. Petersburg
Clyde Fitch
John Wood
the Court
Nat Goodwin
Gaiety Theatre
Clement Scott
Goodwin
M. Planquette
Prince of Wales’s
M. Alexandre Bisson
F.C. Burnand
Claire
Hayden Collin
Tapey
Mme. Amadi
Phyllis Broughton
Monkhouse
Ashley
Peraspera
Astor
Prince George
Newport
Mrs. Astor
Philadelphia Times
O’donovan Rossa
Maud
Laura
Harper’s Bazar
Paris
N. Y. Herald
Fledgeley
White Plains
Shakspere
Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Ferguson
Simpson
Egg Rock House
Dumley
Antwerp
Stanley
Stad
Antwerpen
Congo
Henry M. Stanley
Royal Geographical Society
Chamber of Commerce of
Prince
Clown
T. B. Aldrich
Gloucester Custom House
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