McLane Rebuke and Bribe Trial Treated Across Transatlantic Lines
The Paris press praise Mr McLane for condemning violence against a free government while contrasting American views on Anarchists. The piece also covers the New York bribery case verdicts and ongoing trials of the Chicago bribery ring members, detailing who is jailed, who turned state's evidence, who fled, and who remains to be tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
McLane
Chicago
Temps
France
United States
Journal Des Deébats
New York
McQuade
Jachne
Jadine
Fullgraff
Duffy
Canada
Dempsey
DeLacey
Sayles
McCabe
Reilly
Cleary
O’ Neil
German Army Reconstruction Bill Faces Reichstag Vote
The Reichstag may pass the army reconstruction bill despite a recent postponement. Opponents lack overwhelming public support to block it, while supporters cite European tensions. Critics warn increased military strength could hurt Germany’s industrial and commercial prosperity.
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Reichstag
Bismarck
Germany
von Moltke
South Carolina conspiracy law aims to protect contracts
The proposed measure would deem any interference with employer and workman contracts a conspiracy and misdemeanor with fines or imprisonment. It states the law applies regardless of race or occupation and argues it protects labor and capital from outside interference by organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Knights of Labor
Wreck of the Atlantic marked by suspected mismanagement
The Atlantic wreck off the California coast where about twenty five sailors are believed to have died is treated as a possible crime rather than a disaster. Questions arise over safe porting and seaworthiness with rotten timbers and ill secured boats exposed after the sea damage.
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California
The Quarrels of Labor and Knights of Labor Dissolution
English socialist Dr. Aveling reports socialists in the West discovering socialism. The piece details disintegration in the Knights of Labor as Powderly era funding fights provoke resignations and new unions. District Assemblies in St Louis New York and Chicago show divisions while a New York state official leaks the ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor Organization
Powderly
Middle States
General Executive Board
Order
Richmond
New Jersey
Knights of Labor
Knights
St. Louis
District Assembly 101
New York
Central Labor Union
District Assembly 49
Chicago
New York State
Organized Labor
Mr. Powderly
Defence of Our Coasts and Urgent Funding Plan
The House passed Cox’s resolution directing a coastal defence scheme with at least 50 million dollars in appropriations. A president appointed commission from army navy and civilian members would prepare a comprehensive plan to safeguard major seaports against rival powers and protect national territory.
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Congress
War
Navy Departments
National House
Cox
Committee
Army
Navy
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Spain
Canada
Cuba
Broncho John Preaches Socialism on New Mexico Ranch
Ogee a cowboy from the plains named Broncho John denounces capi talism and extols socialist doctrines in crude yet edifying fashion. Dr Aveling seizes hope from agitation among cattle ranches in New Mexico, while critics note Socialists in a museum as cheap curiosities at ten cents admission.
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Ogee
Plains
Aveling
New Mexico
Tenderfoot
England
America
Alderman Orders Sewer Work to Prevent Roxbury Flood
Alderman Maguire introduced an order at the board meeting directing the superintendent of sewers to stop a Roxbury flood from Stony Brook overflow. The move contrasts with a prior board stance that floods were no immediate threat while funds were found for D Street paving and a Roxbury greenhouse. Critics say the order cannot be funded from existing sewer remnant and marks buncombe to mandate work without payment capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Maguire
Roxbury
Stony Brook
Finance Committee
D Street
Buncombe
Labor groups diverge into skilled and unskilled unions
The piece notes a split between skilled trades unions and unskilled Knights of Labor with Powderly failing to unite them. It predicts growing division as new antagonisms emerge and criticizes attempts to consolidate labor groups for selfish or political aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Battenbergs Stir Royal Spats Across Europe
A clipped discussion notes the Battenbergs provoke fine line tensions as Prince of Wales refuses to sponsor Baby Battenberg and the Czar frowns on public interest. It suggests a potential royal rapprochement if rival monarchies unite against a common foe. The piece frames high官 families as enemies by marriage and hints at unlikely alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battenberg
Prince of Wales
London
St. Petersburg
Balmoral
Tzarskoi- Selo
Battenbergs
Albert Victor
England
Alexander
Russia
Palmistry expert sparks New York intrigue over deceit
A palmistry expert now drawing attention in New York claims it is impossible to tell a lie while the hand remains at rest. If true, it could have saved much trouble by exposing deceit, casting doubt on the open palm as a trustworthy sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Investments in the South Reflect Capital Move
The Savannah Times reports Perry Co plans moving their Albany New York plant to Pittsburg Tennessee River near Chattanooga employing 1000 to 1500 workers. New Hampshire manufacturers buy Barrett Mills at Augusta GA to expand book Manila and newspaper production using 40000 to 50000 cords of wood. Ensley Land Co forms in Birmingham AL with 10 million capital to build a town four miles from Birmingham on Village Creek near Pratt Coal and Iron four furnaces.
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Savannah Times
Perry & Co
Albany
N. Y
Pittsburg
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
New Hampshire
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Birmingham
Ala
Ensley Land Company
Village Creek
Pratt Coal and Iron Company
Dickens Pickwick Papers Edition Praised In Two Volumes
A review notes the new two volume edition of The Pickwick Papers edited by Charles Dickens Jr with an introduction and notes. It highlights engravings and calls the edition the best yet, reflecting on Dickens as a modern author fifty years after the original 1837 publication. It discusses Henry M. Baird’s The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre in two volumes, praising its moral instruction and historical clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Macmillan & Co
Dickens
Charles
Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Price
Beacon Street
Back Bay
South End
West End
The Lazy Minstrel review by a New York paper
A praised collection of light verse by J Ashby-Sterry known for playful society poems. The reviewer notes gentle satire without bite, celebrating boating pleasures and watering places with light puns and delicate feeling.
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Ashby-Sterry
J. Ashby-Sterry
New York
Scribner & Welford
Bairds History of the Huguenots and Henry of Navarre
The review lauds Professor Bairds History of the Huguenots and Henry of Navarre as a thorough study of 1574 to 1610, tracing the struggle for religious liberty in France. It profiles Henry III and Henry of Navarre, notes Catherine de Medici and the Guises, and highlights Bairds fair, balanced judgments and vivid portraits of heroic figures on both sides.
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Baird
Henry of Navarre
France
Charles IX
Henry III
Catherine de Medici
Henry
Ile
Catherine
Henry II
Europe
Maximilian
Venice
William of Orange
Duke of Savoy
Elizabeth
Marshal Damville
Professor Baird
Navarre
Holy League
Henry of Valois
Books for Young People Review
A period notice reviews current children's titles from the Century Company and other publishers. It highlights The Boys' Book of Sports edited by Maurice Thompson as especially attractive with practical outdoor instruction and vivid illustrations, alongside Red Beauty Footprints in the Forest and Horatio Alger offerings.
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Century Company of
New York
Maurice Thompson
Marvin
Nature
William O. Stoddard
Edward S. Ellis
Otr
Fennimore Cooper
Horatio Alger
Joe Wayring
Harry Castleman
Mary J. Safford
Miss Alcott
The
Century Company
Philadelphia
J. B Lippincott & Co
Price
Porter & Coates
Horatio Alger, Jr
Atlantic
Crowell & Co
Joe Warring
Louisa M. Alcott
Boston
Roberts Bros
Yule Tide and Handel History in Cassell and Perkins pamphlets
Book notes praise Cassell's Christmas Annual Yule Tide for its tasteful illustrations and five fine pictures by Clark Yeend King Ludlow Dodd and Waller. It also highlights Perkins History of the Handel and Haydn Society Part II, covering 1817 to 1851 with engaging musically themed content.
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Cassell
Joseph Clark
Yeend King
Hal Ludlow
Frank Dodd
S. E. Waller
Boston
Lew Wallace in Boston and Sangerfeldt Water Colors
In Boston, General Lew Wallace charms with modest manner while his lecture fee of $100 a night supports travel. his visit spurs talk of his novels’ popularity. Artist T O Sangerfeldt opens a Charles Street studio exhibit of seventy-five watercolors highlighting New England scenery from Mt. Desert to Isles of Shoals and Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Charles Dilke
The
Athenæum
General Wallace
Boston Society
T. O. Sangerfeldt
Charles Street
Bar Harbor
Isles of Shoals
Newcastle
Wentworth
Portsmouth Harbor
Quebec
Edinburgh
Mixed Humour and Notes from the Era
A collage of wry observations and jokes from various papers. Topics include stamps on milk, stock speculators reading the Bible, editors and doctors dueling with quills, a San Francisco victory speech, a button scanning machine, overcoat tails, moonlighting poets, Boozer Prohibitionists, John Bright on ancient languages, a snow song, tram waiting proverbs, John Walker lecturing in New London, diamonds in Kentucky, Hazen leaving the Weather Bureau, a seaside bride, hats and bonnets, Nat Goodwin’s new farce, ballet cuts for cost saving, and wedding ring metaphors.
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Texas
New Haven News
Chicago
San Francisco
Sweet Bay
Buy
South Carolina
Boozer
John Bright
Philadelphia
John Walker
Great Western Pugilist
New London
Connecticut
Current Comment on Jury System From Albany Argus
A brief editorial notes that intelligent, honest jurors should be guided by evidence and free to change opinions. It argues current practice mocks this by excluding people who have formed opinions on popular subjects from the jury box.
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Albany Argus
Painful Effort Over Fisheries Debates
In a Manchester Union note the writers deride Republicans for their feverish attacks on fisheries policy, now conceding they overstated that Secretary Bayard was a harmless relic.
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Bayard
Manchester Union
Tariff debate naysayers fear loss of loyal followers
The Philadelphia Record notes Republicans fear enslaved followers would abandon loyalty under tariff talks in Congress. It argues protectionists stay bound by self interest while revenue reform will endure.
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Republican Party
Congress
Philadelphia
The Greatest Need Tax Reduction Demands
The Philadelphia Times editorial calls for tax and revenue reduction and urges lawmakers to remove obstructionists to meet the country’s greatest need.
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Philadelphia Times
Internal Revenue Reform Urged Against Outrage System
The Atlanta Constitution calls for genuine revenue reform by repealing or reforming internal revenue laws, arguing the tax system has become oppressive and comparable to autocratic Russia, a sentiment not tolerated in any country including Russia and the United States.
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Russia
United States
Atlanta Constitution
Tariff Reform Debate Question From Chicago News
The Chicago News questions why protectionists in Congress block Morrison’s tariff reform bill. It ponders if lawmakers fear constituents will oppose the bill or be swayed to support it, highlighting party and voter tensions over tariff policy.
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Congress
Morrison
Chica Grews
Revival of Known nothingism and immigration influence
A Chicago Herald quote notes curiosity at the revival of Knownothingism after its long dormancy. It argues that the foreign born population has grown to a level that now exerts strong influence, yet recent immigrants seek to reimpose barriers in milder form.
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Chicago Herald
Congress debate on sea coast defence and navy funding
A Washington Post editorial argues that approving $50 000 for coast defence and $50 000 100 for a new navy would improve the nation’s finances credit and public approval, noting every informed congressman understands the case.
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Congress
Washington Post
The Future Judged by the Past
Commentary notes large numbers of savers lost money to Wall Street magnates as outside buyers padded insiders' fortunes. The piece warns the pattern will recur and future hauls will happen when the net fills again.
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Wall Street
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Cincinnati
NEW Books
Pickwick
Fleury IV
Monach
Veiicas Baird
Henry M. Baird
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Lazy Minstrel
Wallace
State House
James Lodge
Abbie L. Alger
Charles Lamb
Yonkers
Kentucky
Philadelphia Press
Hazen
Weather Bureau
Nat Goodwin
National Opera Company
Texas Siftings
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