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Editor's Notice on Submissions and Anonymity
Publication seeks manuscripts with full name and address for good faith. Anonymous communications ignored and rejected items not returned.
Parnell Ill Report Shocks London Parliament Outlook
A London report claims Mr. Parnell is seriously ill and may not withstand another session of Parliament. The Nationalist party would suffer a severe blow if confirmed, given its fragile political position and leadership.
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London
Parnell
European stock markets bounce back amid war rumor calm
The European bourses seem to regain normal trading as war rumors fade. Analysts note stock movements follow rumors rather than solid facts and urge calm, reminding investors that peace or war is not decided by market players.
Congress committees push coast defenses and seven new warships
A conference session produced near unanimous support for liberal coast defense expenditures. Daily hearings by the conferees will hear expert testimony while the House naval committee plans seven new war vessels, with rapid action expected this session.
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Congress
Naval Committee
House
Pension arrears bill and Blair education plan spark Senate clash
The piece notes two late season schemes pushed by Republicans Sen Ingalls arrears of pensions act and Blair education bill both seen as moves to spend more. Pension bill would remove time limits for arrears applications adding up to 190 to 150 million dollars. Blair bill estimated at 70 million. Both viewed as Republican strategies to dispose of surplus revenue and gain votes.
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Ingalls
House
Committee On Rules
Henry George Criticized as Weak Leader in Labor Strife
In a letter to the Standard on February 5, Henry George is condemned for vague talk on labor troubles. The piece accuses him of offering only land monopoly theory as a cure and failing to present clear leadership for workers amid the New York and New Jersey strikes.
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Henry George
New York
New Jersey
George
Moses
Republicans Aim for Serious Contest in Indiana Senate Race
In the Indiana Senate election, the defeated Republicans pursue a strong challenge to Mr. Turpie's seat. The piece notes that after current tensions subside a calmer view may emerge, but for now the Republican House has adopted a confrontational stance.
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United States
Indiana
Turpie
Republican House of
Resolution of fraud claims and joint convention tactics
The text denounces resolutions that charge fraud and allege no legal election has been held, noting a plan to call a second joint convention amid partisan strain. It cites New Jersey Republicans preparing counterclaims after legislative contests and links the turmoil to a narrow Senate margin after March 4.
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New Jersey
Miller
Morton
New York
Senate
Railroad Attorneys Bill Faces Senate Passage and Aftermath
The railroad attorneys bill passed the Senate amid opposition and varied sentiment. Senator Evarts denounced it as illusory while Senator Beck defended its aim to bar Congress members employed by railroads from improper influence. Hoar’s substitute preserves discretion and provoked criticism as the House debate looms.
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Beck
Kentucky
Senate
Mgr. Hoar
Senator Evarts
Evarts
Congress
Court of Claims
Hoar
Dr McGlynn Defies Archdiocese With Forthright Letter
The article praises Dr. McGlynn for unflinchingly accusing Archbishop Corrigan of inconsistency and cites his refusal to fully submit to church authority. It notes his break with Rome over Mr George's doctrines and questions his prospects for retraction. It references Corrigan's views on Beecher and Crosby and mentions Cardinal Simeoni's May letter.
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Dr. McGlynn
Corrigan
New York
George
McGlynn
Ireland
United States
Harvard Aims to Supply Science Teachers for Secondary Schools
The editorial notes Harvard's plan to channel graduates into teaching science, with two hundred alumni on file and a card catalogue linking aims, experience, and salary. It argues Harvard graduates are well prepared for immediate classroom work and that the movement toward progressive scientific instruction will boost demand for qualified teachers.
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Eliot
Harvard
Cambridge
Friends of
Cardinal Prefect Warns Public Scandal Over McGlynn Case
The cardinal prefect condemns Dr McGlynn as renewing past errors and stoking public scandal. He notes how political and national passions complicate a priest's ministry and questions the broader implications of suspending the pastor of St Stephen's beyond land ownership debates.
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McGlynn
the Propaganda
St. Stephen’s
End of the World Foretold by Sun’s Dwindling Heat
Sir William Thomson warned in a London Royal Institution lecture that the sun’s heat will fail within ten million years, rendering Earth unable to sustain life. He argued a sun existence beyond twenty million years is absurd, while the ten million year horizon offers relief from religious doomsayers.
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Sir William Thomson
London
Royal Institution
Sir William
William Thomson
Boarder Kills Landlady Admits It Flatly
New York Herald reports a boarder murders his landlady and confesses his crime plainly. The sensational detail outlines the fatal act and the suspect’s admission as printed in the startling headline.
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New York Herald
Justifiable homicide debated by juries says reader
The passage argues a boarder may bear partial fault and admits it, suggesting juries of dissatisfied boarders could find him not guilty of homicide. It frames moral blame and potential acquittal as pieces of a broader, controversial view.
Italo Campanini Writes From New York on Verdi Opera
The once aloof tenor Italo Campanini becomes a newspaper correspondent sending a concise cable despatch to the New York Times about Verdi's upcoming opera. The note, though brief, is solid journalism and sets a noble example for fellow tenors as Raphael de Correze notes there are many marquises and few true tenors.
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Italo Campanini
New York Times
Verdi
Signor Campanini
Raphael de Correze
Great New York strike shows humor and appetite
The New York dock strike displays both humor and seriousness as Italian workers, hungry after breakfast by 6, demand lunch with the slogan no cat, no can work. Employers yield and send workers to a nearby restaurant. the strike ends shortly as a success.
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New York
A Boston Trip with Conductors Dogs and Library Train Boys
A Boston writer recalls riding horse cars with a conductor who compares farming to city work. They discuss fare tricks and cold weather, then observe women with dogs on Washington street, including a collie a deer-hound and a pug. Returning from New York, a train boy promotes a new literary movement with brisk catalog sales.
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New York
Africa
Asj
New Haven
Worcester
Boston
New England
Travelled Critics Link Boston and New York Ideas
A pondering passage compares literary currents from Boston and New York shaping rail road literature. The author wonders whether the critical faculty in traveling vendors mirrors external influences or a shared occult effect across distant readings.
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Boston
New York
Ideals Present Adina in Boston Theatre Adina
The Ideals staged Adina in Boston last night, an English adapted Donizetti opera bouffe from L Elisir d Amore. The cast included Mlle de Lussan as Adina and Mr Karl as Nemorino with strong Doctor Dulcamara by Mr Barnabee. notable singing and stage work balanced by a sluggish first act and variable chorus. The season ends with Martha matinee and The Bohemian Girl evening.
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Donizetti
Adina
Boston
Mile
Zélie de Lussan
Nenorino
Tom Karl
Belcore
W. H. Clark
Dulcameara
H.C. Barnabee
Giannetta
Mena Cleary
Angelo
Bertha Lovejoy
Mlle. de Lussan
Jilamara
Barnabee
Clark
Martha
Fourth Annual Fairbanks and Cole Concert Planned
Messrs Fairbanks and Cole will present their fourth annual concert in Music Hall on Wednesday evening of next week. The programme includes banjo mandolin and guitar solos duets trios and quartets with other novelties. Mr Marshall P Wilder is specially engaged. The Boston Theatre season features Ideals with Victor Fra Diavalo Martha Adina Bohemian Girl and a grand farewell. Freddie Archer leads the Redemption as a new oratorio. Boston Oratorio Society chorus exceeds 450 with 65 from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Box office opens Sunday at 6. National Opera Company returns on the 14th for a one week run. Lorraine opens at Globe Theatre February 14 with a distinguished cast. Kneisel quartet performs next Tuesday at Chickering Hall with Virginia Rider. Euterpe third concert Wednesday features Mozart Beethoven and Schubert works by the Listemann quartet.
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Fairbanks and
Cole
Music Hall
Marshall P. Wilder
Boston ‘Theatre
Martha
Adina
Mlle. de Lussan
Boston Theatre
Frederic Archer
America
London Crystal Palace
Boston Oratorio Society
Boston Symphony Orchestra
National Opera Company
Harry Standish
A. M. Barbara
Kneisel
Chickering Hall
Virginia Rider
Schubert
Beethoven
Dvorak
Harvard Calendar Week of February Events at Harvard
Harvard University schedules a busy week with Appleton Chapel services led by Rev. Alexander McKenzie D D Sunday evening and weekday prayers. Semitic Seminary talk February 7 by John Orne Jr. Vesper services begin February 10 with a weekly 5 p.m. concert and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs February 12. Mid-year exams conclude February 12.
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Harvard University
Appleton Chapel
Alexander McKenzie
D.D
McKenzie
Wadsworth House
Semitic Seminary
John Orne, Jr
Lowell Street
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Mrs Winslow Gives Dramatic Reading in New York
Mrs. Erving Winslow of Boston, a dramatic reader of uncommon skill, entertained a ladies audience at the Misses Furniss residence in New York. Her selections moved listeners to tears and smiles, and she is expected to give a course of private house readings during Lent.
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Erving Winslow
Boston
Furniss
New York
Mr Gilbert Talks Of Work And Piratical Protection
In a Pall Mall Gazette interview Mr Gilbert sits in Harrington Gardens glorying in the progress of the Buddygore rehearsals. He explains his stage planning system using a color coded block model and scale platforms to rehearse daily in his library and vows to fight American pirates for rights and fees.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Gilbert
Harrington Gardens
Mr. Gilbert
Opera
Savoy
Savoy Company, and Then Mr. Gilbert
Massachusetts
Mexican Chocolate Craft At Baltimore Reception
Mme. Romero hosted a reception featuring a Mexican girl from the Aztec Village making native style chocolate in a recessed dining room window. She demonstrated a red earthenware brasero stove, grinding chocolate cakes with cream sugar and cinnamon, then heating and serving from a silver urn to guests.
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Baltimore
Mme. Romero
Literary Notes on American Novels and Series
John T. Wheelwright’s forthcoming A Child of the Century is set mainly in Washington with scenes in Boston and Europe before converging in the capital. Scribner’s will publish in about two weeks. Harris contributes Aunt Fountain’s Prisoner to Scribner’s Magazine. Cassell & Co. expand American novels edition with Trajan and others, including The Common Chord by H. K. Elliott, featuring The Story of the Ninth Word and a Fredericksburg battle opening.
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John T. Wheelwright
Washington
Boston
Europe
Messrs. Scribner
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Trajan
Henry F. Keenan
Stoddard to Present Dickens and His Prayers Matinée
At Music Hall this afternoon John L. Stoddard kicks off the third in his matinée series. He will speak on Charles Dickens and His Prayers with illustrations showing scenes from Dickens life in England and places on the continent and in America he visited.
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Music Hall
John L. Stoddard
Charles Dickens
Dickens
England
Continent
America
The Seven Ages of Woman and Other Tidbits
A miscellany notes humorous lines about the seven ages of woman and social quirks. It cites misquoted letters jests, libel fears in New York World portraits, dialogues about weather and trains, and satirical quips on authors and readers.
Retaliation May Intensify Coal Strike Pressure
The editorial calls for broader strike impact on commerce and industry arguing retaliation will extend to coal. It warns of endless injustice if retail coal dealers in New York and nearby areas cut supplies to strikers.
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New York
Vicinity
Manchester Union Dem
Prejudice Cited in Senators' Rejection of Matthews
Albany Argus notes Republican Senators voted against Matthews not on Democratic arguments but on Ingalls of Kansas declaring a Black man a monstrosity to be suppressed. The piece suggests if Matthews were a Republican heeler, Ingalls would have praised him.
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Matthews
Ingalls
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Bill Seen as Lawyer Benefit
The interstate commerce bill is blamed as benefiting lawyers, enabling federal reach into private railroad contracts within the Central Traffic Association and potentially declaring such contracts illegal. Critics from the New York Graphic argue the bill serves legal interests over public policy.
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Central Traffic Association
N. Y. Graphic (Ind
The Benefit of Coast Defences in Federal Spending Debate
The Philadelphia Record argues that using the federal surplus for coast fortifications is a clever political scheme. It notes elections favor big contracts and cites Napoleon on artillery, suggesting coastal defense spending could shape coast state outcomes.
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Napoleon
Providence
Philadelphia Record
Ind
War Taxes and Tariffs in War and Peace
The Chicago News argues a long running tariff scheme keeps home products protected after a removed internal tax. It says all tariff revenue is war tax, and urges reducing import duties before cutting whiskey and tobacco revenue. The piece frames tariff policy as the first tax in war and last in peace.
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Congress
Chicago News
Dependent Soldiers Pension Bill Critique Letter
The Philadelphia Times urges President to veto the dependent soldiers pension bill and explain the refusal, arguing the government should liberally pension loyal soldiers while denying access to impostors seeking pensions. It says opening Treasury doors to all would insult the legitimate veterans.
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Treasury
Philadelphia Times
Puritan Boston Sunday Museums Policy Praised
Puripan New York contemplates Sunday openings for public museums and galleries to aid workers, noting Boston has long practiced this, and asks if New York lags or awaits the new mayor's decisive reform.
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New York
Boston
N. Y. World
Randall's Insincere Tariff Reform Bid Attacks Taxes
The speech mocks Mr Randall appealing to tariff reformers to back his bill. The aim is not relief but to erase taxes not burdensome to hinder reducing those that are. Randall's tariff bill faces expected failure due to its perceived insincerity.
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Randall
N. Y. Thuet
Opera protest blocks funding for American Opera Company
The Ministers' Association of Philadelphia calls the company's performances immoral and vicious aiming to halt subscriptions. The Chicago Herald notes local jealousy and predicts America lacks a fully national moral opera company until Chicago starts one.
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Ministers’ Association of
Philadelphia
American Opera Company
America
Chicago
Chicago Herald
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