Dororthy Hancock White Passes at Ninety in Boston
Obituary tribute to Dorothy Hancock White of Boston detailing her lineage to Governor John Hancock and Dorothy Quincy, her life in the Hancock house, and close ties to historic figures. It notes her late husband Ferdinand E White, her devotion to St Pauls, charitable work, and memories of the Revolutionary era with emphasis on social dignity and propriety.
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Dorothy Hancock White
Boston
John Hancock
Dorothy Quincy
Beacon Hill
Bostonian Society
Hancock House
James Scott
Madam Scott
Federal Street
Milton Place
Lexington
Earl Percy
Boston Common
Lafayette
Madan Scott
White
St. Paul’s
John Gardner
Benjamin Franklin
Ferdinand E. White
Advertiser and Courier
John Adams
Fairfield
Conn
Philadelphia
Congress
D’estaing
Dorothy White
Boston Journal Attacks Saltonstall Removal
The Boston Journal, biased against the removal of Collector Saltonstall, bears on Beard and questions the party line. It faces lukewarm support from its own party while critics label the move as political patronage and argue it disregards presidential protest.
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The
Boston Journal
Saltonstall
Mr. Beard
Beard
Massachusetts
Four-Year Term Misconception in Federal Appointments
The article refutes the belief that a four year federal officer term runs from appointment, arguing that a December 1885 appointment was only temporary and expires with the next Senate session. Removal cannot occur until the Senate acts, as the four year term starts from that point.
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Francis A. Osborn
Senate
Fire service reform and costs in Boston discussed
The second of Mr Edwardp Atkinson's important communications urges cautious review of adding steam fire engines. He favors independent emergency apparatus to prevent fires, cites elevator shaft dangers, roof hydrants, and elevator well water devices. He critiques the costly City Police Board pay and dog-license income, arguing current arrangements waste funds and call for reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epwardp Atkinson
Atkinson
State Board
Fire Department
Board of Police
Boston
Pensioning Every War Veteran Under One Bill
A New York congressman introduces a sweeping pension bill claiming to cover all veterans who served at least three months from 1861 to 1865, including those with illnesses or accidents. Critics call it impossible, costly, and a blatant redistribution, arguing it would greatly burden the treasury and distort fiscal policy.
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Congress
Payne
New York
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
New York Evening Post
Peter
Paul
Fire safety reforms urged by ATKINSON in ten year review
Buildings from fhe and the facts and figures presented repay careful study. ATKINSON argues preventing fires from spreading floor to floor is key, urges water use provisions, and warns against marble or stone above the first story resting on cast iron posts that fire could undermine. The piece marks an important contribution to a vital discussion.
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Atkinson
Republican rule on riders sparks factional clash in Congress
The new House rules allowing riders to appropriation bills drew fierce debate. Republicans McKinley and Cannon fought to preserve the rule, but it was amended amid bitter opposition. The change, though defeated, drew notable party support for reasoned concession.
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House
McKinley
ReEp
Treasury
Cannon
City costs rise under State board policy say Boston critic
The passage argues the State Board increased expenditures and payrolls, inflating costs to the city and harming efficiency. It condemns higher transportation charges and stock watering, urging a return to prior policies with fair compensation for carriers and broad business coalition against unjust taxes.
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Commonwealth
Sale by Auction of New Stock on Railroads
A historical note on requiring railroads to offer new stock at public auction when market value exceeds par value. The measure mirrors a 1871 statute later repealed due to lobbying. The article reflects on how railroad stock premiums influenced legislative choices and the return to reenactment.
A Donnybrook Fair and a World's Fair Debate
The piece questions lifting the World's Fair bill in New York and weighs sites for such an event. It argues New York’s suitability, warns of partisan obstruction, criticizes Chicago and St Louis, and suggests Congress fund civic temper reform. It also notes Miss Voxes plans for multi act theatre and comments on Secretary Tracy continuing in cabinet after a bereavement.
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New York
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Pratt
Depew
Deeppew
Abram S. Hewitt
Grant
Pyatt
Chicago
St. Louis
Congress
Max O Re ll on English stage through French spectacles
Max O Re ll offers observations on the English stage in the Dramatic Mirror noting his views are not final judgments. He argues the English stage has made a dis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max O’rell
English drama critique notes changing tastes in theatre
The speaker, now living in England for sixteen years, reflects on English and American stage trends. He cites a shift from liking dialogue to action and notes contemporary English dramatists improving the scene despite some reliance on adaptations from French works. He comments that English audiences prefer plays with a decisive ending, while the final act often disappoints, offering critics material for thoughtful consideration.
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England
Rupert Buchanan
Max O’rett
Dismissal Over Morning Greeting At Dary Company
Mr Avaestin Dary dismissed a company member for omitting to say good morning. The discharged actor claims punctilious standards akin to a Pinafore captain. Haworth did not perform Hamlet as promised at Grand Opera House. a contemporary praised his success. Stay at home for news.
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Avaestin Dary
Dary
Haworth
Hamlet
Grand Opera House
Politicians Parrot Me Too Motif as Pyatr Revenged
The line shifts to rival politicians echoing Mr Pyatr saying me too signaling a turn in political fortunes. The phrase reflects cyclical retribution in public life as opponents align, signaling a broader political realignment.
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Mr. Pyatr
Power of Partisanship Versus a Written Constitution
Editorial note from Philadelphia Record critiques the Supreme Court and argues that after a century a written constitution has not proved resilient against partisan assaults. The piece reflects early 20th century concerns over judicial neutrality and political influence on constitutional governance.
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Supreme Court
Philadelphia Record
English Investments in America
A New York Commercial Advertiser editorial argues English capital in American industry poses no threat and offers ample opportunity, but warns that recent investment levels carry dangers for English investors amid expanding enterprise and cross Atlantic finance.
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America
N. Y
Boston art commission proposed to judge monuments designs
The Philadelphia Ledger endorses a plan to create an art commission in Boston to pass judgment on designs and sites for public monuments memorials and other artworks, arguing the move could spare the city from tasteless additions forced on a reluctant public.
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Boston
Philadelphia Ledger
Ind
No Need for Federal Aid for Schools Says South
The Charleston News and Courier argues against Blair bill linking federal aid to education. It notes states can fund schooling, cites the South's spending of over thirty seven million this year and more than one hundred million since 1865. It stresses local support and opposition to Treasury-funded national education.
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South
United States Treasury
Charleston News and Courier
Dem
Mr Blair's Remarks Question Sanity of Senator
The New York Evening Post notes Mr Blair's speech casting doubt on state school progress. It cites Texas school fund growth and Arkansas schooling spending as evidence, and claims the North's common schools tremble or die, suggesting a commission de lunatico ingguiriendo may be needed.
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Blair
Texas
Arkansas
United States
N. Y
Evening Post
Ind
Auction Sale of Railway Stock Sparks Public Interest
The Legislature should approve a bill requiring railroads to sell new stock at auction. Critics say distributing shares at cut prices benefits stockholders but hurts the public, arguing the practice is stockwatering and disguises extra returns to railroads. The Springfield Republican notes newspapers side with the public in opposing the scheme.
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Boston & Albany Company
New York and
New Haven
Delaware & Hudson
Inpringsfield Republican
Mr Atkinson's Plan Urges Fire Service Investigation
A Post letter by Edward Atkinson urges thorough inquiry into the current fire service before approving further spending on steam fire engines. The Transcript questions who would conduct such a probe amid political influence and criticizes the fire boat's effectiveness at the Paul's establishment fire, noting public uncertainty on several points.
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Atkinson
Edward Atkinson
Paul
Appalachian Club Reception at the Vendome
The Appalachian Club held its annual reception last evening in the State suite at the Vendome. President George C. Mann and ladies greeted members and friends from 7 to 8 30 with supper served. Germania Orchestra provided music and an art display of summer trip views was shown. Professor C E Faye presided and introduced President Mann who gave an address. Ushers were Alvin K. Bailey Cheever Newhall A B Fox O B Cole C M Saville and Charles Wheeler. The reception committee included Miss M A Knowles Mrs J H Shorndike Boston Miss Ellen L Sampson Newton and Miss Lucy G Putnam Lexington.
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Appalachian Club
the Vendome
George C. Mann
Germania Orchestra
C. E. Faye
Mann
Alvin K. Bailey
Cheever Newhall
A. 8. Fox
O. B. Cole
C. M. Saville
Charles Wheeler
M. A. Knowles
J. H. Shorndike
Boston
Ellen L. Sampson
Newton
Lucy G. Putnam
Lexington
A Two-Cent Stamp and Frail News Vignettes
A collage of brief items from late 19th century chatter mentions postage stamps, theatrical quirks, Shakspere and Reed, Vienna gossip, King Milan, and jokes about Brahms, plus notes on Andrew Carnegie funding libraries, Miss Mary Anderson’s marriage status, Browning and Lowell on American opinion, and an electric grinder for chemists. The mosaic blends humor, curiosities, and landmark figures with scattered dates and places.
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Shakspere
Reed
Vienna
Milan
Chicagro
de Groot
Allie
Albert Smith
Angelus
Chinese Organ
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Robert Buchanan
Richardson
Clarissa
London
British Geographical Society
Stanley
Somerville Journal
Hans Bilow
Brahms
Herr Brahms
Valerie
Austria
Francis Salvator
Ische
Maine
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Robert Browning
James Russell Lowell
America
Mr. Lowell
Browning
Reminiscences of Debuts in Many Lands by Mme Modjeska
The February Arena features Mme Modjeska recalling her career beginnings in poverty and her rise at the Imperial Theatre Warsaw. The piece links Polish theatre to officials and nobles, notes her birth place Bochnia, and includes a portrait of Modjeska and General Fisk.
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Mme. Modjeska
Imperial Theatre
Warsaw
Poland
Sergius Moukhanoff
Constantin
Mme
Mare Calergi
Marie Calergi
America
Europe
Nesselrode
Alfred de Musset
Chopin
Liszt
Wagner
Bochnia
Hodgson
Bixby
Browning
EL. H. Cgardener
Ouida
Amélie Rives
George Eliot
H. H. Gardener
Clinton
Fisk
Henry George
Rum Power
Independent Canada Proposed at Montreal Liberal Meeting
At a public meeting in Montreal on February 7 the French-Canadian Liberals adopted a resolution denouncing the loyalty address to the British Crown as inappropriate and calling for an independent Canadian nationality, reflecting strong desire among the people.
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Canada
Monttreal
Spectar
World's Fair Bill Rowing Amid Football Feud
Albany Feb 7 The World's Fair committee met at 9 AM and Saxton amendments were agreed to but no compromise on incorporator names. Another meeting scheduled for Monday. The village is believed doomed.
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Albany
N. Y
Saxton
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