Private interest behind public policy in imperial ventures
The author notes Washington’s closed press environment and laments limited public focus on the financial and business underpinnings of political, naval, and military actions. Mention is made of the Samoan affair, the Alaskan fur seal dispute, and the German Plantation Company financing German colonial ventures as hidden drivers.
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Washington
America
Behring Straits
City of Paris makes record Atlantic run to New York
Letter from New York recounts the City of Paris fastest August crossing six months docked for six months, with 5d 19h 18m passage and a 509 mile highest daily run. Passenger celebration lauds American pride and ship’s American design as guests hail Captain Watkins and Carnegie.
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Paris
New York
City of Paris
Atlantic
Ireland
Queenstown
Milesrun
Jude
Bous
Sandy Hook
Greenwich
Watkins
J. A. Kasson
Lowa
Russell Harrison
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Illinois
England
India
Europe
America
W. Gordon McCabe
Senator Warwick
Carnegie
Joseph Medill
Chicago
Clarence W. Barron
Banquet at Quincy House Honors Great Incoherence
The Red Men's Social Club hosted a banquet at Quincy House on the twenty-eighth Sturgeon Moon with about fifty gentlemen in attendance. Fred Kobie presided and H. L. Lenner of Chelsea served as toastmaster as speakers included Dinsmore, Downes, Parsons, Russell, Taft, and Conley among others. Ex-Governor Robinson stayed at Tremont House, and a long list of arrivals from various cities followed.
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Red Men
Quincy House
Incohenee
Sagamore
Fred Kobie
IL. P.lenner
Chelsea
William Simpson
Tapleyville
D. O. Downes
Boston
United States
O. J. Parsons
New Jersey
Grand Council of the
Messrs
Charles ©. Conley
Philadelphia
Charles A. Russell
Gloucester
Edgar S. Taft
William P. Dinsmore
H. Patton
Joshua S. Simmons
Dr. C. Burr
Fred Dobie
Robinson
Tremont House
Parker’s
Hiram Woods
Baltimore
G.S. Ball
Worcester
Ernest E. Hunt
Central Bluffs
W. James
Chicago
John Allinger
J. Wilson Leaker
H. M. Sweat
A. Freeman
Kansas City
A. C. Warner
Detroit
Vendome
G. Cheney
Montreal
A. C. Renfel
Toronto
Charles F. Eastman
Odiorne Point
James A. Eddy
Troy
N. Y
Hi. M. Neally
W. M. Sneed
Memphis
H L. Liggett
St. Louis
O. W. Powers
Salt Lake City
W. A. Jackson
Utica
James Biddle
American Bar Association Opens Twelfth Annual Meeting
The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association opened in Chicago at the Methodist Church block. President David Dudley Field spoke on changes in statute law, codification, and the lawyer’s duties to speed justice. Afternoon papers by Henry S. Brown and Walter B. Hill examined judicial independence, federal courts, and the administration of justice.
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Chicago
The
American Bar Association
Methodist Church
Washington and
Clark Streets
Lyman Trumbull
Illinois State Bar Association
Ethelbert Callahan
Chicago Bar Association
Francis Lackner
David Dudley Field
Association
New York
Hale
Congress
Field
Law School
University of Chicago
Messrs
Howard Payson Wilds
Walter George Smith
Philadelphia
Mr. Field
American Commonwealth
Christendom
England
Edward Otis Hinkley
Baltimore
Francis Rawle
Henry 8. Brown
Michigan
Walter B. Hill
Georgia
Brown
Mr. Hill
Supreme Court
Court reform effort faces slow progress and delays
The piece notes a plan that must be done by sixty five district judges, nine circuit judges and the Supreme Court justices, detailing how it caused ruinous delays and compromises even for litigants favored by the Circuit or District Court. In the evening a reception was held by the Illinois State Bar Association for the American Bar Association at the Union League Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Illinois State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Union League Club
Peace convention debates Chinese immigration at Mystic
New London Conn Aug 28 peace convention at Mystic opened with Alfred H Love chairing and poems by Mrs Frances E Harper. Speakers urged letting Chinese come and repealing exclusion laws, arguing equal rights, labor needs, and national peace. Resolutions called for immediate repeal and broad immigration tolerance.
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New London
Frances E. Willard
Charles H. Eaton
New York
Alfred H. Love
Frances E. Harper
Hamilton Wilcox
New York City
China
Timothy Whipple
R. J. Richards
Ida H. Benham
Levi K. Joslyn
Providence
Dr. Miller
Mystic
J.J. Copp
Groton
United States
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic Camp Meeting in New Hampshire
New Hampshire veterans gather at Weirs on Grand Army day with about 6000 attendees. Officials, regimental reunions, and speeches by notable leaders mark events through the day, with plans for Governor Goodell and high officials on the main encampment day. The reunion notes officer elections, historical efforts, and a record 1167 veterans registered at headquarters by nightfall.
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Weirs
N. H
Semerau
G. A. R. Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Martin A. Hayes
Lake Village
John W. Ela
Chicago
Dana W. King
Nashua
C. E. Hapgood
Boston
William Shurtlet
Manchester
White
Greeley
John C. Linehan
Penacook
Thomas Cogswell
Gilmanton
William Badger
U.S.A
Governor’s Island
Wears Landing
First Regiment
Stephen G. Abbott
West Swanzey
J. D. Drew
Lawrence
Mass
J. M. Clough
New London
Daniel Kidder
North Groton
John D. Cooper
E. L. Kimball
John &. Waldron
E. D. Dodge
Albert N. Flynn
Daniel B. Newhall
Andrew J. Sargent
H. L. Ingalls
J. B. Sanborn
Second Regiment
A. K. Thompson
Concord
A. L. Hail
G. Little
W. Montgomery
G. G. Davis
J.P. Hubbard
Edwin Plummer
Tash
Henry Concord
Charles H. Dore
Charles E. Foster
Samuel M. Joy
Hazen B. Martin
Idney A. Lowd
Third Regiment
Daniel Eldredge
Ross C. Duffy
J. M. Morse
Lancaster
Charles H. Allen
Thomas Robinson
D. Arthur Brown
Fifth Regiment
E. H. Marston
Somerville
E. W. Smith
Webster
S. W. Nutter
Milton
L.C. Furnald
Melrose
J. R. McCrillis
Marlboro
H. H. Weston
Stephen B. Tarlton
Fourteenth Regiment
W. H. Sargent
D. H. ‘Thompson
D. “ Fellows
J. C. Grandy
U. P. Hall
J. W. Locke
Jonathan Turner
L. Frank Liscomb
Jonathan Miller
John L. King
E. O. Smith
H. W. Saroon
R. D. Buzzell
A. K. Wallace
Calvin Aven
Cavalry
H. H. Morrison
Charlies W. Stevens
Ira W. Duntley
Joshua P. Smith
Dr . French
H. Wilson
H. A. Sanborn
Alan A. Hall
E. H. Bean
W. W. Tuttle
Charles Parsons
BE. H. Smith
Lowell Association
A. W. Stockwell
William Clifford
P. T. Gammell
Charles H. Flanders
Frank C. Wasley
Erastus Newton
Elmore R. Fife
C. W. Philbrook
N. N. Wheeler
Lowell
National Association
A. 5
Twitchell
Gorham
W. O. White
T. M. Fletcher
Littleton
Warren Myers
A. S.switchell
M. M. Collis
Granvillege Conn
S. L. Wellington
Grand Army Encampment Proceedings and Pensions Debate
Delegates discuss pension reforms and ritual changes as about 25,000 attend the National Soldiers Home gathering. General Sherman heralds the crowd with a farwell speech, while officers are elected and committees push for expanded veteran pensions and a strong national standard.
Barton and Mrs Logan Relief Funds Report Declared
The president's report shows departments and detached corps had expended 54479 dollars in relief work. The afternoon session proceeded with routine matters.
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Barton
Vermont Meeting Opens With Record Attendance At Rutland
Rutland Vermont August 28 opening day of the fifth annual Vermont Association of Road and Trotting Horse Breeders meet draws about 10000 visitors from New England New York Pennsylvania Maryland Kentucky Ohio and Canada. About 1000 horses on grounds mark a premier display with stalls shown this morning and races in the afternoon. Hotels are packed and expected attendance may exceed 15000 tomorrow with top attractions planned. Prominent stallions include Aristos Ben Franklin Thought Clay Lambert Ned Wilkes and many others.
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RutLand
Vermont Association of
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Kentucky
Ohio
Canada
Aristos
Ben Franklin
Thought
Clay Lambert
Ned Wilkes
Leicester
Alexander
Garthwait
Young Columbus
Engineer
Braintree Wilkes
Roland
Redcat Red Spot
H. H. Franklin
Ben Fish
Evi Aristos
Matterhorn
Whang-Hi
Bismarck
Eastern Bay
Hiland Gray
Egbert
Morgan
Wilkes
Ambition
Peerless
Ben
George K
St. Valentine
St. Julian
Wilkes McGregor
Lambrino
Star
Franklin
Barney
Lambart
Sherrywood
Aristotle
General Warren
Fearnaught
George Franklin
Police Shootout in Oxford Ends in Fatal Wounding
In Oxford North Carolina two Black men shot a policeman five times during a confrontation. Police captured the suspects after a large white pursuit and threats of lynching. The sheriff held custody amid fears of a jail attack by angry Black residents and possible broader trouble.
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Oxford
N. C
Sale of Oregonian Railway To Huntington Approved
Bond holders meet in Dundee Scotland and unanimously approve the sale of the Oregonian Railway to C P Huntington for £180,000. The report notes vast freight growth on the Chicago & Alton and Northern Pacific plans under Henry Villard, plus road coal traffic, harvest trips, and new eastern connections via Zanesville.
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London
Oregonian Railway Company
Dundee
Scotland
C. P. Huntington
Chicago & Alton
Indianapolis Journal
Streator
Braidwood
Alton
Ilinois
Norembega Tower Rises At Stony Brook Mouth Waltham
In Waltram on August 28 Spectau J-Built of common field stone rises a circular 40 foot high tower at Stony Brook near Charles River marking the site of the lost city of New England. The structure will be 12 feet at the base with a hollow center and stairs to a lookout. Inscribed North Tower erected by E. N. Horsford of Cambridge. Completion in weeks, cost unknown.
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E. N. Horsford
Cambridge
Maine
Horsford
Whittier
Inventor Charles Lovering Arrested for Insanity
Maupen August 28 Charles Lovering a jeweller by trade was arrested for insanity. He claimed a New York firm wronged him over a diamond setting invention and lost his mind after the alleged fraud. In a week he pawned 200 dollars worth of diamonds from the Boston Loan Co and bought thirty Medford houses. He said he had 50 000 in a Boston bank and planned more purchases before being sent to Danvers Asylum.
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Maupen
Charles Lovering
New York
Boston Loan Company
Medford
Boston
Danvers Asylum
Sewer Department Inquiry Votes Information Request
A special Common Council committee debating the sewer department during Seth Perkins's term adjourned after a session at City Hall. The panel, led by Chairman Fanning, discussed the Mayor's inquiry results and voted to have Superintendent Charles Morton provide any information on irregularities during Perkins's predecessor's administration.
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Common Council
Seth Perkins
City Hall
Fanning
Perkins
Charles Morton
Sew- Cto
John P. Brawley
Sewer Department
Orry
Boston
Robert ©. Fanning
Thomas N. Hart
Hart
Boston Sewer Department inquiry moves to hear from ex-superintendent
Boston city records reveal a probe into the sewer department during ex-Superintendent Seth Perkins. Mayor Hart, Charles Morton and others outline information, with hearings planned and invitations issued for officials to testify. The probe focuses on methods, accounts, and pipe purchases from 1887 to 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Boston
John P. Brawley
Charles Morton
Seth Perkins
Boston Post
Morton
Perkins
Veterans Reunion of Nineteenth Massachusetts Held in Watertown
About 100 comrades attended the annual reunion in Watertown with a business meeting and lunch. Captain J P Riley presided as toast master while General E W Hincks spoke on the Presidents. Officers were elected and the regiment plans to publish its history. Several comrades have died since the previous gathering and a December reunion was set for Boston.
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Watertown
Specia
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Regiment
J. P. Riley
E. W. Hincks
Cambridge
United States
J. G. B. Adams
State House
G. E. Teele
G. T. Coppins
Newton
Jack Dawson
Dunn
R. E. Rich
J. W. Sawyer
G. W. Barry
New York City
Edmund Rice
Regular Army
Texas
J.S. Fletcher
Georgetown
Mass
Boston
Rappahanock
J. C. Chadwick
William A. McGinnis
E. K. Davis
George T. Coppins
E. Fogg
Charles A. Newhall
Joseph W. Sawyer
James Kelley
John C. Chadwick
John G. B. Adams
Charles
Palmer
Ansel D. Wass
John Chapman
John F. Allen
Michael Lyon
Late ship news lists arrivals and cleared vessels
New York reports cleared steamers La Flandre Smit Antwerp State of Indiana Ritchie Glasgow Veendam Potter Amsterdam Italy Pearce Liver pool Winthrop Kage Portland Suevia Ludwig Viking Finis Dublin Salerno Richardson Dunkirk baiks Kinghorn Bentsen King's Lynn Galatea Carter London Lincoln Cattarinich St. Louis du Rhone Victoria Letmet Stettin La Mavinecia Albano Pozzuli Ariadne Johannsen Stettin Margarita Kischi Alexandria St. Anna Marion Cette schooners Tay Mcintyre Port Hawkesbury N B Holmes Lande St. John N B Lottier Scott St. John N B Arrived bark Minnie Grown Pisagua schooners Ivy Bell Bristol Me Mabel Hall Rockland Cora May St. John N B Rosier and Adra Alma N B Decorra Apple River N 5 Hyne South Gardiner Mary J. Day Richmond Me J R Bodwell Rockland Kate Foster Advocate N 5 4 8 Tyler Gardiner Drisko Hillsboro N B Ethel Gj Hawley South Gardiner Mary Snow Rockland Eagle Thomaston WIl d fire Thomaston Lousinith Thomaston Nellie Clark St John N B Fr He man Hath J D Ingraham Wille L Newton Bangor Eliza B Emery Sullivan Vineyard Shulee N S Electra Hailey Bangor R T Hay Bangor Jennie M Carter Sullivan Bess and Stella St John N B Festina Portland A Paine Rockland Helen Thompson Thomas Ole
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New York
la Flandre
Smit
Antwerp
State of Indiana
Ritchie
Glasgow
Veendam
Potter
Amsterdam
Italy
Pearce
Liverpool
Winthrop
Kage
Portland
Suevia
Ludwig
Hamburg
Viking
Finis
Dublin
Salerno
Richardson
Dunkirk
Baiks Kinghorn
Bentsen
King’s Lynn
Galatea
Carter
London
Lincoln
Cattarinich
St. Louis du Rhone
Victoria
Letmet
Ste
Hillsboro
N. B
Ethel Gj. Hawley
South Gardiner
Mary Snow
Rockland
Eagle
Thomaston
Wildfire
Louis Sinith
Nellie Clark
St. John
Fr. Heman
Hath
J. D. Ingraham
Wilie L. Newton
Bangor
Eliza B. Emery
Sullivan
Vineyard
Shulee
N. S
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Quincy
N. Marsh
Omaha
W. W. Crowd
John S. Gould
Anto Chicago
John Flynn
Adolph Nott
A. H. Lyman
George Treadway
Young’s
George C. Hunt
Is Howard
Frank Bowman
Albany
Browne Caldwell
Pittsburg
Penn
John Samuel
Horatio
Hattawai
New Bedford
Ww. H. Barstow
Crete
Franklin O. Hays
Indianapolis
John Rk. Campbell
Tremont
David Stein
N. G. Johnson
Aston
A. J. Carson
Cincinnati
G. A. Tappan and Family
Tavern
A. Stearns
E. J. Ee
Walter A. Bennett
Abbott
W. P. Goodrich
Eta
Revere
H. O. Bates
Albert T. Smith
Orange
N. J
George Proctor
Fitchburg
Crawford
P. N. Vinton
Provincetown
Elas Three
Conn
NEW Hampshire Veterans
Grand Army
Meret
Horatius
Republic
Man
Federation of the World
National Soldiers’ Home For
General Sherman
Senator Manderson
Ake
Sam
Milwaukee
Grand Tribunal
Black
Agriculture Rusk
Veteran Signal Corps
J. B. Foraker
James H. Kelley
Louis R. Fortescue
J. R. Fitch
Evanston, Ill
Charles Marcy
Eli R. Dowler
J. Willard Brown
Saratoga
Topeka
Kan
Los Angeles
Cal
Commander On Pensions
Harrison
Secretary of the Interior
Pensions
Grand Army Pension Committees
Adjutant-General’s Office
Commissioner of Pensions
M. Merrill
John S. Kountze
J. F. H. Burst
R. W. Blue
Lucius Fairchild
Russell A. Alger
General Alger
A. C. Weissert
John F. Lovett
National Department of the Women’s Relief Corps
Charity Rusk Craig
Clara Barton
Red Cross Association
Anna Wittenmeyer
Mary A. Logan
Governor Hoard
Mayor Brown
Myron Reed
Denver
Clara
Vermont
Oregonian
Huntington
Faithorn
St. Paul
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk
Henry Villard
Northern Pacific
Villard
Oregon Transportation Company
Northern Pacific Party
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri River
Blood
Cleveland & Canton
Coshocton
Zanesville
Baltimore & Ohio
Cleveland
Tower OF
Norembega
the Sewer Department
Mr. Perkins
Veterans’ Reunion
Nineteenth Regiment
B. Knights & CO
Omces
Washington &J
Eboston
Sus
Dian St
Cambridgge Port
Quincy Street
Dorchester District
Thomas Rice
Ada C. Rice
Henry C. Hutchins
Esther M. Foote
Suffolk
Softon
Dorchester
Sland
Branklin Smith
William and Camue
Smith
van Norden
Phipps
New York and New England Railroad
Isaac Howe
Howard
H. C. Hutchins
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
California
Snow & CO
North Market St
Fulton St
Richards
St. New Spoke
Kilby St
Corner Water St
Silas Peirce
Eugene E. Patridge
Charles E. Macalular
England Mutual Insurance Co
Post Office Square
Massachusetts
Beaj. F. Stevers
Jos. M. Gibbens
Ss. F. Trull
WM. B. Turner
Humphreys
Liumpuseys
Jumphreys
Humetueys’ Mephrs Co
Itoreses
Beckey Wilk
Red Wilkes
Victor
Dictator
Jay Eye Lee
Victoria Sg
Bont Treal
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