France and Argentina shake up trade and politics
The piece notes France’s 15 to 33 cent import duty on grain to retaliate against the McKinley bill, arguing higher costs hit farmers. It reports President ConMan’s forced resignation in Argentina amid Buenos Aires rebellion, with PEL Legrini poised to take over and stabilize finances. Also covered is Louisiana Anti-Lottery League’s critique of lotteries, plus a New York Central railroad strike that disrupted travel as workers abandoned posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Conman
Buenos Ayres
Pellegrini
Criman
Anti-Lottery League of
Louisiana
New York Central Railroad
Eighty-sixth Street
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Illinois
Reprehensible Strike Tactics and Customs Bill Impacts
The piece argues strikers’ conduct harms public perception and doubts their grievances. It notes promotions should favor seniority sparingly, favors faithfulness and intelligence, and highlights rising import duties under a new customs bill. It cites New York malt extract duties rising from 659.70 to 121.20 and predicts broader rises in crockery duties, with protests over constitutional challenges to counting a quorum.
Critique of Hoar's Force Bill and its partisan flaws
The Senate report on Hoar's Force Bill exposes omissions that reveal the bill's core threat to state authority and electoral fairness. It condemns federal interference in elections and the partisan judiciary while noting strong business and merchant opposition to renewed sectional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Senate
United States
Hoar
Joan I. Davenport
Risep
House
Congress
New York
Hiscock
Washington
Debated Means of Execution and Literary Tastes
A discussion on lethal electricity and gun projectiles weighs how measurements and body resistance affect death outcomes. The piece compares Auburn’s methods, notes uncertainty in current and voltage thresholds, and critiques sensational foreign literary trends versus English and American novelists. It also mentions meteor showers, a France murder case, ice trade economics, and Chicago's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Northern and Southern harmony threatened by Force Bill
Republicans and Democrats Independents Mugwumps and Prohibitionists sign petitions opposing the Force Bill arguing that it would halt progress, alarm capital and harm both races and regions. Intelligent colored citizens also voice opposition as Congress debates restoring power. If any reason remains in Congress, public sentiment should prevail over managers folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
A Plea for English Fiction in a Changing Era
A reader argues against foreign fiction dominating taste, noting that many admirers remain loyal to traditional standards. The piece critiques enthusiasts who seek art revolution through Russian and Scandinavian works, asserting no widespread shift in allegiance to those reformist ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torstor Or Maupassant
Hower
Freip- Ing
Thackrmay
Dickens
Scorr
Groree Evior
Jang Austin
Troitorr
Rrapr
Corins
Harper’s Magazine
Macleod of
Dare
New School
England
America
France
Totsrot
Winttan Braox
Cuomas Harpy
Georck Merrphy
Mys
Richardson
Miniping
Toaster
Mr. Wana- Maker
Mr. Comstock
Kreutzer
Sonata
Mr. Howarts
Mr. Goss
Russia
Scandinavia
Quoted Remarks Stir Debate Over Public Sentiment
The article records remarks attributed to Augustine Dazy praising Americans as humane yet criticizes a harsh comparison about Kemmler and London counts showing differing motives. It notes the tension between displayed indifference and harsher judgments in public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aucustine Dazy
Decorative Boston Decor Sparks Competition and Culture
A Boston observer details an evolving festival of street decoration with rival houses seeking grander displays. He notes dramatic color, late-night work, and a striking but flawed Washington portrait near City Hall. He also reflects on George Hillard, his character, works, and the Athenaeum’s fitting home for his bust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hillard
Athenaæum
Choate
Prescott
Atheneum
Notable Social Ties Highlight Elite East Coast Scene
Mme Janauschek stays with friends in West Chester park while Empress Friedrich works on a husband biography assisted by Field Marshals Moltke and Blumenthal. Lord Brassey, 53, to wed Hon Sybil Capel, daughter of the late Viscount Malden. Bertie Shelly violinist and mother host a Cape May musicale for President Harrison. Miss Virginia Schley to marry Ralph Montague Stuart Wortley. Schley family ties to Maryland and the Richmond & Danville Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Janauschek
West Chester Park
Empress Friedrich
Moltke
Blumenthal
Lord Brassey
Sybil Capel
Viscount Malden
President Harrison
Cape May
Bertie Shelly
Stockton
Ralph Montague Stuart-Wortley
F. M. Montague Stuart- Wortley
England
Schleys
Maryland
Schley
United States Navy
Earl of Wharnecliffe
Richmond & Danville Railway Company
Portsmouth
Yen
Theatrical Gossip and Opening Weeks in New York Theatres
The city expects large crowds next week as Hollis Street opens a season with Fred Stinson's A Divided House. Major casts include Maude Banks Sara Holmes and W F Owen. Grand Opera House presents A Fair Rebel with Miss Fanny Willette and Edward Mawson. New York venues Star Theatre Palmer's Lyceum and Shaftesbury feature various plays and star performers. Sothern injured, Winifred Emery slated for Barrett tour. Irving and Wallis updates complete the circuit of stage news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street
Fred Stinson
Mesdames Maude Banks
Sara Holmes
Messrs
W. F. Owen
Thomas L. Coleman
Robert Taber
Charles H. Bradshaw
Boston and the Globe
Harry Kernell
Gorman
Howard Atheneum
Faugette
Grand Opera House
Fanny Willette
Edward R. Mawson
William J. Scanlan
Kelle Bucklin
Leslie Tillson
Walter J. Brooks
J. P. Keefe
Jacques Martin
William D. Ingram
Frank Harris
Maurice Pike
United States
Louis Scribe
Europe
New York
Star Theatre
Gus Thomas
George Manville Fenn
I. H. Darnley
Jack
Robert Hilliard
Georgie Drew Barrymore
Alfred Maltby
Jane Stuart
Sidney Drew
Red Hussar
Palmer's
Marie Teipest
Edward Solomon
Winifred Emery
Wilson Barrett
Mr. Irving
Miss Emery
Vaudeville Theatre
London
Post
Sensational gossip from old papers on fashion and feud
A column links a mix of oddities from bakers strikes in Lisbon to a jewelry ring of Charles I. It notes the Pope's rooms, a lost memorial ring, the Czar in Odessa, Archbishop Williams stance on decorations, and a West Chester gossip case about Ivy Quick and Wood, all in a brisk, humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Pio Nino
Sir Charles Dilke
Charles I
London Athenaeum
Charles Dilke
Odessa
Williams
West Chester
Penn
Ivy Quick
Miss Quick
Wood
Writers Warn of Wool Duty’s Ripple Effects on Clothing
A letter from Boston argues that raising wool duties boosts woollen prices and clothing costs, harming tailors, workers, and wool growers. It predicts a chain reaction: higher duties raise material costs, push buyers to inferior fabrics, and force further tariff hikes across related trades, until wearers bear the burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Tailors
McKinley
Toada
Boston
Painter Alfred D. Stebbins Dies After Fall from City Hall Roof
Alfred D. Stebbins a 31 year old painter fell from the roof of City Hall this afternoon and died instantly. He leaves a widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maruboro
Aug
Alfred DD. Stebbins
City Hall
Prayer for mercy and request in faith at Scituate Harbor
The author T. W. Parsons from Scituate Harbor signs a prayer dated August 4, 1890. It asks for mercy in hearing servants prayers on the tenth Sunday after Trinity and that God grant desires for their eternal good through Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
T. W. Parsons
Scituate Harbor
March of Time Exhibit Opened Henry Sandham Painting
The article notes Henry Sandham's new Grand Army painting is now on display as part of the March of Time exhibition, drawing attention from local art patrons and history enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Henry Sandham
Grand Army
Henry Sandham
Sandham
O. O. Howard
Joseph R. Hawley
John M. Schoneld
Jeremiah Rusk
Benjamin F. Butler
Russell A. Aicer
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
George F. Thompson
John G. Adams
Charles Carleton
Coffin
Clara Barton
General Custer
Bickerdyke
Julia Ward Howe
Mary A. Livermore
John A
San. Wile
Maine
Bar Harbor
Messrs. Jordan, Marsh & Co
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Boston Post
Post Publishing
Washington Street
Wrensten
Eynaco
Notary Gourre
Hirsch
Pall Mall Gazette
Kemmler
Great Warehouse
Boston Atheneum
George 5. Hillard
New York Historical Society
J. A. Jackson
Florence
Italy
Webster
Everett
Sumner
Wendell Philips
George Hillard
Woodbarrow Farm
Lyceum Theatre
E. H. Sothern
Mr. Sothern
Bronson Howard
New Rochelle
Daniel Froham
Lyceum
Dramatic Mirror
Henry Irving
Herman Merivale
Lowestoft
Norfolk
Cromer
Poppy Land
Algernon Swinburne
Frederick Locker
George RK. Sims
Lancaster Wallis
Shaftesbury
London ‘Telegraph
Robert Buchanan
Paris
Republies
Lisbon
Halstead
N. Y
RS. V. P
Burgh
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