Distaste for Slavery and Political Cynicism in Postwar Debate
A dated polemic disparages slavery’s supporters and decries sectional bitterness. The writer urges unity between North and South, critiques Democratic and Republican Party aims on tariffs and surplus, and endorses the Prohibitory ticket as offering a live issue. The piece cites Mills bill debates and Blaine’s influence, arguing both major parties lack real issues.
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Gettysburg
James G. Blaine
Thomas Reed
Maine
Boston Journal
Webb
Washington
Reublicans
Cleveland
Colored leaders cancel Tremont Temple debate
The planned joint debate between John J. Smith and J Gordon Street, both colored candidates, was canceled after Street accepted a venue and date but Smith declined to participate. Street had proposed Tremont Temple for September 3, with conditions on expenses and engagement. Smith indicated he would not meet Street in Tremont Temple.
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Messrs
John J. Smith
J. Gordon Street
Tremont Temple
Twelfth Baptist Church
Phillips Street
Political notes on Democratic and Republican organizing in several towns
Hyde Park Democrats organize a campaign club chaired by G Chick withJohn B Neal as secretary. A committee drafts a constitution and bylaws. Medford Democrats appoint a resolutions panel on West Medford postmaster Duane. South End Republicans form a Harrison and Morton club with officers listed. Brookline and South Weymouth clubs appoint officers. Newton Democrats elect Edwin O Childs as chairman with mass caucus upcoming. A plea for party harmony in Charlestown urges unity against Republicans. Somerville Republicans set caucus date Sept 6 and note death of M Sibley.
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Hyde Park
William Hare
Ward
W. Clements
David Hopkins
Francis Henson
John Blair
Republican Club of
Rockland
Amos Rowe
Eben P. Rowe
Alden
Lynn
Brookline
George M. Towle
Llewellyn Powers
Jacob P. Bates
W. R. Chester
John W. Candler
George N. Carpenter
William H. Lincoln
William Whitman
R. G. F. Candage
W. W. Potter
F. L
H. B. Reed
Charles H. Whitman
John A. Fogg
E. B. Nevin
Charles W. Hastings
C. W. Fearing
George F. Hayden
N. F. Vining
C. Cower
Newton
Edwin O. Childs
Bernard Early
Bunker Hill
Robert A. Southworth
Senate
Doherty
Charlestown
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Thurman
Somerville
Dana W. Bennett
Edwin Sibley
M& Sibley
Where the Money Goes Senator Explains Expenditure Rise
Washington Aug 28 The Senate discussed the government budget with Senator Allison delivering the keynote speech. He detailed a fifty eight million annual increase justified by growth and national service needs noting a nineteen million surplus after sinking fund liabilities and comparing Cleveland's four year spend to Garfield and Arthur.
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Washington
Sprecrar
Senate
Allison
Iowa
Cleveland
Garfield
Arthur
Eck
Hale
Administration
Drag Net Civil Service Committee
Blackburn
New York
Postoffice Department
Congress
Civil Service Administration
Pennsylvania
Randall
Allentown
Youngstown
Sioux City
Columbus
Council Bluffs
Bar Harbor
Greenville
U S. C
Helena
Ark
Beck
Democratic House of Representatives
Post Office
Treasury
Army
Navy
Public Library
Government Printing Office
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
T. Louis
Geological Survey
Saulsbury
United States
West
Maine
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Pischigeri
Mr. Blackburn
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Senate Debates on Hoar Edmunds Resolution and Civil Appropriations
The Senate debated Hoar's resolution with Edmunds amendment calling for copies of communications with Great Britain over Welland canal tolls and fishing trade, and discussed the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. Allison defended increased appropriations and contrasted administrations, while Hale Beck and others criticized the administration's spending and civil service handling.
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Washington, D. C
Hoar
Mr. Edmunds
United States
Senate
Great Britain
Welland
North American
Dominion
Bond
British North America
Allison
House
Disgusted Senator Avoids Committee Report
The speaker refused to reconvene the committee and avoided reporting the testimony. Maine’s member allegedly conducted secret testimony without notice, while others insisted all evidence be printed and shown in the Senate for review. The conference report remained unsettled as the Senate met in secret before adjourning.
House Debates Leaves as Breckinridge Objects
In Washington Aug 28 the Speaker tabled requests for leave of absence. Mr Breckinridge of Kentucky opposed non illness waivers while Mr Grosvenor of Ohio sought ten days for personal business to speeches in Maine. The motion to grant Grosvenor leave passed. Holmes asked to suspend public land laws except homestead. Payson secured an American register for vessels Josephine and M C Hopper. The Oklahoma bill went to committee. Payson favored open lands to homesteaders, opposed by Springer, adjourned at five.
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Congress
House
Senate Committee On Appliations
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Senate Committee
Allison
Senate Committee On
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Mills
Pension Bureau
Cleveland
Secretary of War
Chief of Engineers
Washington, D. C
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Grosvenor
Ohio
Maine
Weaver
Iowa
Mr. Grosvenor
Holmes
Indiana
Paysen
Ilinois
Josephine
M. C. Hopper
Oklahoma
Payson
Springer
Theatre Notes at Grand Opera House Week Offers Variety
Neil Burgess stars in Vim or a Visit to Puffy Farm with Joseph Palmer as support. Di Fatta Bowler Hawthorne Quartet and Lilly Clay appear in various acts at Howard Athe neum Oakland Garden and Hollis Street Theatre. Proctor Knight present Over the Garden Wall at Grand Opera House Labor Day. The Lights of London opens Grand Opera House week with The Two Sisters at Boston Theatre next week.
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Grand Opera House
Neil Burgess
Puffy Farm
Burgess
Joseph Palmer
di Fatta
Bowler
Hawthorne
Lilly Clay
Howard Atheneum
Robinson Crusoe
Willie Edouin
Oakland Garden
Muldoon
Hollis Street
Labor Day
F. F. Proctor
George 5
Knight
London
Denman Thompson
George Ayer
Boston Theatre
Obituary notes Thomas Pedrick and John Walsh
Captain Thomas Pedrick died yesterday in Lynn at age 70 after a life at sea and as a leading Lynn boot and shoe manufacturer later returning to Marblehead to continue shoemaking. John Walsh, founder of Walsh Worsted Mills, died in Lowell at 58, a pioneer in American worsted production with earlier Roxbury work.
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Thomas Pedrick
Lynn
Marblehead
John Walsh
Walsh Worsted Mills
Lowell
Roxbury
Calling for More Money for Irish Leader Fund
Lincoln Neb Aug 28 President Fitzgerald of the Irish National League of America writes to state delegations outlining Parnell facing Scottish jury after failing before British Parliament and London courts, urging immediate contributions to aid the Irish leader. Funds to be sent to Rev Dr OReilly Detroit Mich for remittance.
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Lincoln
Neb
President Fitzgerald
Irish National League of America
Parnell
London
O'Reilly
Detroit
Mich
World harvest report shows mixed grain crops across Europe
The official harvest report notes wheat in Italy, France, Great Britain and Russian Podolia at 20 to 25 percent below average, with Austria-Hungary, southeastern Europe and Egypt 7 to 80 percent above average. Barley is down 1 to 26 percent in Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, France and Egypt, while Germany is average and Moldavia up 26 percent.
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Vienna
Italy
France
Great Britain
Russian
Podolia
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Egypt
Germany
Moldavia
Scully to Sell His Farms Under Alien Land Law
In Lixcoun Illinois on August 28 it is reported that William Scully alias Lord Scully will offer his farms for sale and liquidate all property in the state. Enforced by the alien land law his rack rent system is broken up as tenants refuse to pay rent.
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Lixcoun
William Scully
Lord” Scully
Scully
Libby Prison To Be Sold Again At Public Auction
Libby Prison in Ripon, Virginia, will be sold at public auction within ten days after default on the second payment. W. H. Gray, who bought the property in February and then sold it to a Chicago syndicate, failed to meet sale terms.
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Libbey
Ricumonp
Libby
W. H. Gray
Chicago
Revilers of the President Weaken British Allies Claims
The Philadelphia Times standard bearer argues British and Republican alignments shift public opinion. It contends current press hostility to the President reflects Republican solidarity with Britain and fear of harming American industry at English hands.
Life of Maury Man of Science and Ocean Observer
New book reviews Captain Maury as a pioneering American scientist. The memoir highlights his role in founding the national hydrographical and meteorological efforts, his wind and current charts, and his influence on ocean navigation and the cable project. It traces his rise from humble beginnings to international recognition and notes his lasting impact on weather forecasting and marine science.
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Fontaine Maury
Captain Maury
Meteorological Bureau
Virginia
Tennessee
Old Colony
John
Matthew
Sam Houston
West Point
Navy
Falmouth
Pacific
Potomac
Southern Literary Messenger
Washington
National Observatory and Hydrographical Department
Maury
Sir John Pakington
England
Rio
India
China
California
Australia
Congress
Navy Yard
Memphis
San
Lakes
Ilinois
Leopold
Prussia
Spain
Sardinia
Austria
Brazil
Chile
Hamburg
Bremen
Weather Bureau
Army
Calhoun
West
Missouri
Senate
Atlantic
Cyrus Field
Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury and contested loyalties
The biography details Maury’s complex career across the Navy and observatory, noting political foes in Congress and Jefferson Davis, his shifted roles during the Civil War, and his eventual exile to Mexico and England before returning to Virginia. It highlights his scientific contributions to torpedoes, cinchona, and coastal defense, and praises his private life and enduring public memory.
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Smithsonian
Navy
Naval Retiring Board
Maury
National Observatory
Senate
Jefferson Davis
Congress
Mississippi
Florida
Isthmus
Panama
Nicaragua
Virginia
Norfolk
Darien
Amazon
Herndon
Brazil
National
Richmond
Constantine
Russia
England
Mexico
Maximilian
General Lee
Cambridge
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Matthew Fontaine
U.S N
U.S.N
Diana Fontaine Maury Corbin
New York
Scribner & Welford
Italian Dante Society Backed by Florence Mayor
The Marquis Pietro Torregiani of Florence backs the Academia della Crusca in founding an Italian Dante Society. He cites democratic spirit driving the young nation as a motive for expansion. Mrs. Moulton publishes Swal low Flights from England. George Kennan writes Exile by Administrative Process for September Century and questions Siberian exile reform. He notes Russia’s plan to restrict prisoners in European Russia, not abolish exile. ministers have opposed such reforms.
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Pietro Torregiani
Florence
Accademia Della Cruscani
Cambridge Society
Dallo Spirito Democratico Della Nazione Giovane Prende
Moulton
England
George Kennan
Siberia
Kennan
Russia
London Spectator
St. Petersburg
Europeanussia
Council of State
Justice
Finance
Interior
Man Dies After Fifteen Foot Fall From Roof
W M Brewer of Nashua slipped while inspecting his roof and fell fifteen feet to the pens, dying from injuries. Dr J M Harlow and wife of Woburn were thrown from a carriage on Green Street. Mrs Harlow suffered spine injuries and Dr Harlow was bruised. Hancock Congregational Church marked its centennial with an historical address by Rev H Gulick. New Hampshire Board of Agriculture held its third annual field day at Boar's Head Hampton Beach yesterday.
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W. M. Brewer
Nashua
N. H
J. M. Harlow
Woburn
Green Street
Insolvency Notice for John H Wilsch er of Somerville
Third meeting of creditors in Cambridge Middlesex will be held December 13 at 9 in the forenoon. Creditors may appear and present claims while the assignee’s account is presented and may object to its allowance. W A Sheenan Assignee, Boston, July 26, 1888.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts, Superior Court
Suffolk
Soren
Boston
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
John H Wilscher
Somerville
Cambridge
William A. Sheenan
Proposals for Gould Island Lightstation construction
Proposals will be received at the Lighthouse Engineer's office in Omkinsville New York on September 20 1888 at noon for furnishing all materials and labor for the construction completion and delivery of the Gould Island Lighthouse Rhode Island Narragansett Bay The budget is about £7300 Plans specifications forms of proposal and other information may be obtained from the office The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities D P Heap Major Engineer US Army Engineer Third Lighthouse Districts
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Omkinsville
N. Y
Gould Island
D. P. Heap
U. S. Army
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Theatre Notes
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NEW Books
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Royal BakinGe Powder Co
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C. T. Walker
Walker’s Horse and Carriage Bazaar
Portland
Lancaster Streets
W. I. Balch Tve
Balch
Horatio Harris & Co
State Street
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Trustees’ Sale
Kangor
Chas, S. Pearl
Mortagee
William H. Smith
Wellfleet Savings Bank
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
South Boston
Suffolk Glass Works
Lowland
Hichland Street
John Muay
Commissioners
Franklin Kin
Henry Wilson
Lewis J. Lamb
Thomas Kemp
Wm. C. Williamson
Lemberton Square
T. Walker
W.P. Bald
Richards & CO
Comemonwealth
Massachu
Glenwood Street
Felton
Wm. E. Ford
Charl Brown
Charles R.ay Ferson
Koston
George W. Soren
Gaston & Whitney
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