Irish visit sparks Conservative debate over policy
The piece notes Lord Breen and Mr Morley’s Ireland tour gaining political traction. It questions a potential move against them, cites recent visits by Lord Hartington and Gosener in support of the Unionist cause, and warns Mr Shaw-Lefevre faces trouble if he speaks in a proclaimed district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lord Breen
Moriey
Blunt
Mr. Balfour
Lord Hartington
Gosener
Shaw-Lefevre
Lord Ripon
Tariff Talk Dominates Saturday Club Discussions
The Saturday clubs largely debated tariff issues with dining statesmen engaging sympathetic audiences. Colonel Crommank criticized Colyar’s claim that tariffs create a home market, noting Southern and Northern mills compete, and that the tariff provides little protection where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Copman
Norfolk Club
Colyarr
South
CoLtyak
Colonel Coommann
Albany ceiling may collapse causing political maneuvering
The New York State Assembly heard a report from experts on the Albany chamber ceiling. It warns the stone roof must come down due to cracked ribs and settling arches. Politicians reacted with maneuvering to shield or block the large appropriation for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Assembly
Commission of Experts
Guy Fawxliss
Capitol
Albany
Labouchere on Ireland Coercion Policy Critique
Mr Labouchere evaluates Ireland coercion, arguing Truth shows National League meetings persist, campaigns continue, and government achievements are meager. He cites suppression harms and notes limited political gains, predicting Parliament will hear only minimal praise from critics next month.
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Labouchere
Ireland
National League
League
William M O’brien
Baufour
Irate Irish Evils and Parliament’s Hope for Reform
The substantial fact is undeniable that coercion under the present government has failed. The key question is whether they will have the moral courage to admit it and seek a more satisfactory remedy when Parliament convenes.
Senator StaNford proposes Treasury check on federal building funding
Senator StaNford, chair of the committee on public buildings and grounds, urges sending all federal building appropriation bills to the Treasury supervising architect for review. He argues this would curb wasteful spending on post offices nationwide, but peers doubt the architect can know distant village needs better than others. He says Congress should deny funding where need is not clearly shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Committee On Public Buildings and
Treasury Department
Congress
Taverner
Llive
J. B
N. S. Evening Post
Eliot
Harvard
Europe braces for crisis as Russia faces pressure to choose war or peace
A European dispatch argues that Germany Austria and others push Russia toward a decisive choice. It notes Russia could dominate if war comes and highlights military balance including Russia's ironclads Italy's navy and Britain's potential aid. The piece contends Czar's decision will shape a possible clash or peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Austria
Italy
Italia
Great Britain
Rioting in Shenandoah coal strike signals dangerous turn
Reading company miners at Shenandoah Pennsylvania clashed with non union workers in a weekend riot. A few were wounded, no deaths or major property damage reported. The dispute reflects rising violence as union demands spread and employers arm for suppression. The piece links unrest to broader wage demands by the Knights of Labor Wyoming and Lackawanna fields, with potential statewide and national consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Company
Shenandoah
Penn
Lehigh
Knights of Labor
Wyoming and Lackawanna Fields
Pittston
Wyoming
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
Congress
New England
Russia’s possible two pronged strike on Constantinople and Germany
The text argues that Russia may aim two decisive blows by sea targeting Constantinople from the Black Sea and Germany’s northern coasts from the Baltic. It notes prior Batoum movements and Crimea fortifications as evidence, urging that Russia’s naval power must factor into any assessment of its strategic options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Constantinople
Black Sea
Germany
Baltic
Batoum
England
Crimea
Today's Centenary and a Shakespeare Cipher Debate
The issue opens with Mr Goopely's centennial address on Massachusetts ratification of the Federal Constitution, praising his scholarship. The text then reports a Chicago clergyman proposing a cipher linking Sir Walter Raleigh to Shakespeare, tracing italicized words and page numbers to suggest hidden authors.
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Goopely
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Delaware
Shakspiere
Chicago
Donneliy
Bacon
Watrer Barrieu
Henry IV
Warrer
Walter
Sir Walter
Suakspeay
Raleigh
Ralegh
Rale
Ralega
Rawleigh
Rawley
Rawly
Sir Walter Rawly
Lord Burirngu
King Jams
Publishers' Weekly January 21 Looks at International Copyright
The issue includes a copyright number with a comprehensive synopsis of the international copyright movement to date. It presents the U S law, the International Copyright Union treaty text, Caner and Hawey bills, Henry Clay reports from 1887, Copyright League documents, and addresses. It also reprints related articles and lists books by active American authors, offering valuable data for readers concerned with copyright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
International Copyright Union
Caner
Chavter-Owzcat
Toiling Toboggan and Old South Lighting Plea in Boston
A Boston letter describes a crowded fence around the Albion site on Beacon Street and proposes a covered plank walk after demolition. It notes the Corey Hill Toboggan Club scene with cautious praise, attire quirks, and comments on Old South Meeting House lighting, plus a Q A about dog choices for J. B. with Bulldog suggestions.
Intercollegiate Athletics Debate Echoes Harvard Role
The N S Evening Post argues colleges should abolish intercollegiate contests and restrict athletics to supervision. It urges Harvard to focus on intellect and spiritual development, discouraging rivalries and expense while fostering unity and character.
Portraits and people of note from 19th century reports
A collection of brief sketches and anecdotes: William E. Gladstone delays a Florence portrait by Thaddeus. 1882 Cornell graduate Frank R. Luckey pursued ministry after acting. G E Hamilton the Judge cartoonist is an Ohio native. Senator George recalls a large silver watch. Mrs Fox receives military burial honors in Ireland. Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of John Tyler, is nearly blind and in Louise Home. Miss Minnie Freeman, teen Nebraska heroine, is 19. Notables on Indian agency salaries include Washington and Grant. Butler earns 4 dollars a month. Irving and Colfax in territory roles. Frank R Stockton teases readers with the tiger or lady question. Captain Smith Cook of Kentucky, 7 feet 5 inches, seeks Kentucky House doorkeeper post.
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William E. Gladstone
Florence
Thaddeus
Pope Leo
Gladstone
Ireland
Frank R. Luckey
Cornell University
Yale Theological School
New Haven
G. E. Hamilton
Judge
Ohio
George
Mississippi
England
Fox
Connaught Rangers
Transvaal
Letitia Tyler Semple
Tyler
Louise Home
Washington, D. C
Semple
Minnie Freeman
Nebraska
York Methodist College
George Washington
Grover Cleveland
Henry Clay
Edward Everett
U.S. Grant
Matthew Arnold
Benjamin F. Butler
Nevada
Washington Irving
Washington Territory
Schuyler Colfax
Frank R. Stockton
Washington
Boston
Mrs. Stockton
Mr. Stockton
Kentucky House of Representatives
Young Men Democratic Club Forms in Massachusetts
The progressive wing of Massachusetts Democrats formed the Young Men's Democratic Club of the State in Boston. Its platform centers on tariff reform and civil service reform, aligned with the President, aiming to anchor a vigorous, reformist party program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrats
Massachusetts
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Boston
N. Y
No One Could Have Done More For Cleveland
The piece argues that Cleveland’s policies were shaped by political constraints and Republican acquiescence. It contends the President quietly secured Democratic control without drastic moves, and that any other Democrat could not have achieved more, citing the New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hill
Flower
Hewitt
Senate
Johnson
N. Y. Herald
Ind
Voluntary reduction on steel rails sparks tariff debate
The Pennsylvania Railway Company orders 30 000 tons of steel rails at 3150 per ton, split among Pennsylvania Steel, Cambria Iron, and Edgar Thompson Works. A proposed $11 per ton duty on rails debated, with English prices around $20.50 per ton illustrating market parity and possible relief for American rail producers.
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Railroad Gazette
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Cambria Iron Company
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Committee of Ways and Means
London
Middlesboro
Liverpol
Liverpool
New York
New
Penny postage? no, keep two cents for now
The Philadelphia Times (Ind.) argues against a one cent stamp, noting the Postoffice Dept. loses millions on two cent postage and urging maintaining current rates until profits appear, praising the U.S. postal system as unrivaled and efficient across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Unite States
Philadelphia Times
Ind
Faced Backward in Republican Tone on Taxes and Southern Question
A Democratic World editorial criticizes the Republicans for clinging to old issues. It questions their opposition to war tax reductions yielding 140 million dollars yearly and their willingness to revive the buried Southern question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
N. S. World
Dem
Oddities and opinions from distant clippings in Blakely paper
A mixed array of notes and anecdotes covers selfexile warnings from a Blakely editor, court judgments, tax debates on whiskey, curious foreign rail and tobacco facts, a Cape Town liar, lobster trade stats, and a cannontelegraph anecdote about early Erie canal news timing.
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Blakely
Inc
Louisville
United States Sapeerae Department
Patti
California
Walt Whitman
Cape Town
du Plessis
United States
Russia
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Germany
M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
Europe
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Denmark
Norway
Austria
Canada
New York
Buffalo
Albany
New York City
Literary Notes on Biographies and New Publications
A review notes a forthcoming authoritative biography of John A. Andrew by a nationally renowned writer with access to key papers. It also mentions Roberts Bros new Hannah More by Mrs Yonge, Hedge essays, Nelson & Sons Royal Upper Class Reader series starting with Great Authors from Goldsmith to Wordsworth, and Ruskin related reissues with updated plates and unpublished etchings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Andrew
Messrs
Roberts Bros
Hannah More
Yonge
Hedge
Thomas Nelson & Sons
Goldsmith
Wordsworth
George Allen
Orpington
John Ruskin
Fine Pair of Mares Faith and Hope Sold in New Haven
Mr W P Balch sold to William Neely of Bolton Neely New Haven Conn the bay mares Faith and Hope dam by Lexington Chief and Magna Charta. Faith ran a mile in 2 23 Hope in 2 28 1 4 when owned by William Edwards of Cleveland They are 15 4 hands sound never sick or lame and easy to drive.
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W. P. Balch
Live Stock Commission
William Neely
Bolton & Neely
New Haven
Faith
Hope
William Edwards
Cleveland, O
Lexington Chief
Magna Charta
Reading for Longfellow Memorial in Cambridge
Mrs Charlotte Fiske Bates organizes an authors reading at Sanders Theatre Cambridge on Monday February 27 the poet Longfellows birth anniversary Proceeds go to the Longfellow memorial fund The event has the support of the memorial association expected speakers include Holmes Howe Cranch Hale Higginson Winter OReilly Bates Lathrop Moulton Tickets go on sale Friday February 10 at Sever s Cambridge Cupples Hurd Boylston St Boston and Ditsons music store
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Longfellow
Charlotte Fiske Bates
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Longfellow Memorial Fund
Nho
Memorial Association
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Julia Ward Howe
Christopher P. Cranch
Edward B. Hale
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
William Winter
John Boyle O'Reilly
Arlo Bates
George P. Lathrop
Louise Chandler Moulton
Sever’s
Cupples & Hurd’s
Boylston Street
Boston
Ditson’s
Seven story building planned on Albion site with new show windows
A seven story structure will rise on the Albion site currently being demolished. Granite iron and copper will be used in the construction. Lower floors will house Houghton Datton with exceptionally large Beacon Tremont street show windows. Upper floors will be offices and business suites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste of the Albion
Houghton & Datton
Beacon
Tremont Streets
Burglars Break In At Simpson Weiss Store
Burglars forced entry through a broken glass vane at Simpson and Weiss 535 Washington Street. They opened the door at 4 AM Sunday and packed a trunk with ladies' cloaks but left them behind. No other items were disturbed.
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Simpson & Weiss
Washington Street
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