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Post Publishing Company
New York
Nassau Street
Ernest F. BrrMincHuan
Washington Orrick
Corcoran
Fifteenth Street
Budget of federal jobs swells as Congress votes large
In Washington last week the House advanced a budget for federal buildings with appropriations nearing 1.5 million and favorable reports on nearly 3 million more. The president seeks about 25 million for the current year with a river and harbor bill to follow, amid broad concerns about unchecked expenditures and party blame.
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House
Washington
Congress
Trial of Squire and Flynn on Conspiracy Begins in New York
The long delayed trial of Roan M Squire and Maurice B Flynn for conspiracy opens in New York after Judge Lawrence overruled the demurrer. The case revolves around a December 1884 letter proposing to control the department of public works in exchange for votes to confirm Flynn as commissioner. The judge cites a conspiracy to pervert or obstruct justice and the administration of laws, marking a unique episode in municipal politics.
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Roan M. Squire
Maurice B. Flynn
New York
Lawrence
Squire
Department of Public Works
Flynn
Atlanta University Appeal At Park Street Church
Professor Horace Bumstead and General S. C. Arm Strong spoke at Park Street Church to urge public benevolence for Atlanta University. The school, now serving 500 students from primary to collegiate levels, faces loss of an $8000 state appropriation and seeks funds for current operations and an endowment to reduce reliance on annual gifts. The effort highlights the university’s wide influence as educators across the South and its expanded programs in industrial arts, farming, and domestic economy for girls.
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Atlanta University
Park Street Church
Horace Bumstead
University
S. C. Armstrong
Hampton School
South
Russia’s Balkan Chess Moves Hint at Broader War risk
The article weighs European diplomacy with focus on Russia. It cites Brim Marck’s speech as revealing Allied aims, while noting the Czars government pursues a high-stakes choice between clear eastern designs or open hostilities. The scenario echoes Bismarck’s era fears of Bulgarian entanglements and possible war.
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European Chess Board
Russia
Brim Marck
Europe
Bismarck
Bulgaria
Negotiations over peace and Bulgaria control continue
The text notes ongoing nonacceptance of an invitation and a long series of proposals from last week. It suggests Russia will claim peacemaking while seeking practical control of Bulgaria, and other powers doubt such a claim. The duration of talks without result remains the central question framing the "game."
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Russia
Bulgaria
Principles Not Persons In Blaine Withdrawal Debate
The piece argues Blaine’s withdrawal should be final and beneficial to the Republic. It praises President Cleveland’s tariff stance and predicts a higher plane campaign. It envisions June conventions nominating men of proven character aligned with distinct governmental policies.
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Blaine
New York World
Jones
Mgr. Blaine
Republican Party
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Tariff Reform League
Carnegie plan argues debt payment via market purchases
In an excerpt from the North American Review Andrew Carnegie contrasts earlier monthly debt payments with a modern debt policy. He argues true surplus only after debt is paid off and supports paying down debt by purchasing government obligations on the open market at prevailing prices.
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Blaine
Sherman
Frye
Andrew Carnegie
The
North American Review
Europe
Carnegie
Carnegie and the Government Bond Debate in a Turbulent Era
The piece critiques Carnegie's bond purchase plan and government debt policy, arguing it would cost the nation more through interest loss and market manipulation. It cites current bond maturities, predicts market reactions, and contrasts with alternatives while noting political stances on taxation, tariffs, and Home Rule.
Parliamentary Truce Shows House of Commons Rule Change
The new procedure limits sittings from 3 PM to midnight with an hour for routine business, a move aimed at curbing opposition and speeding government measures. Despite Gladstone and Parnell signaling good faith, observers fear the truce is hollow as Irish members grow impatient yet remain disciplined, awaiting a fresh clash.
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House of Commons
Gladstone
Arnell
Samira
Parnell
Tim Healy
Tanner
Is this a Boston notion or a London telegraph hint
The London Daily Telegraph reports a new profession for women in Boston called the artistic or professional caller. The essay analyzes how a social envoy could navigate hostesses, guests, and varying salon tastes, arguing the idea would ease social duties and bring efficiency. It praises the Boston woman who conceived it and suggests a humane society recognition.
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London Daily Telegraph
Boston
London
Telegraph
Robinson
Bar Harbor
Humane Society
The Spencer Collection and the Value of Bulk Exhibitions
The author discusses how contemporary exhibitions of new pictures may be inferior to large curated collections. Aiming for tangible bulk, collections include varied ranks of artists, noting even top names can miss in a given year, while private or institutional holdings yield greater cohesion and impact.
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The
Popular Science Monthly
David A. Wells
Atkinson
Evolution
Darwin
Mr. White
Spencer collection on exhibition offers rare painter study
The Spencer collection in New York features eight landscapes by Roussnau, two by Davmany, six by Diaz, three by Dupre, and two by Corot. It highlights the Fontainebleau group’s color and the period of Minter, including five paintings from his early period beside The Gleaners. The exhibition promises an educational chance to study color and peasant-life poetry in painting.
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Spencer
New York
Roussnau
Davmany
Diaz
Dupre
Coro
Fontainebleau
Corot
Daubigny
Fontaine“bleau
Jean Francois Minter
Angelus
Minter
Travel comforts for actors in England vs America
Mr. T. W. Robertson states traveling theatrical companies face fewer hardships in England than in America. English hotels outside big cities are generally better, lodging easier to find, and salaries allow a comfortable life. Fewer long jumps between towns and three night engagements are common, with better dressing rooms and overall conditions aiding health and comfort.
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T. W. Robertson
England
America
Ropertson
Robertson
The Mission of Journalism Recalls Herald Self Praise
A Virginian journal hails the New York Herald in grandiloquent terms as the leading newspaper. The piece paints the Herald as impartial and benevolent across causes, praising its patriotism and longevity while lampooning its self laudation.
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New York Herald
Herald
New York
Pleasures of Bohemian Boston Seen in the Hub
A Boston Bohemia is described as refined and cordial where arts thrive and social distinction rests on achievement. The piece notes late suppers after theatre, shifting habits, and debates whether English style hours will take root among lawyers, doctors, and financiers while young women seek beauty sleep on Saturdays.
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Ul. Quinn
Boston Tome Journal
the Post
London
Boston
F.fs
Bohemia
Bohewia
Scribner's March issue surveys electric motors and Hunt notes
Scribner's for March offers an illustrated survey of electric motors and their application in factory power transmission, with forecasts of rapid mechanical change. Mrs. James T. Fields profiles Leigh Hunt through letters, portraits, and marginal Milton notes, while John C. Ropes unanimously praises his Waterloo campaign study. The issue also presents Wells’s economic review, Darwin and evolution pieces, and brief science notes.
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Scribner’s
Mendelssohn
New York
Boston
James T. Fields
Leigh Hunt
Fields
Keats
Shelley
Severn
Hunt
John Milton
John C. Ropes
Ropes
Napoleon
Italy
Austria
Quatre Bras
Ligny
Wellington
Blucher
Waterloo
Boston Politics Echoes on Cleveland Policy Shifts
The New York Sun notes Cleveland could regain Phelps in London and dispatch a Boston figure like Charles Levi Woodbury to strengthen diplomacy. The commentary suggests this move would be the shrewdest in current political strategy.
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Cleveland
Mr. Phelps
London
Charles Levi Woodbury
Boston
N. Y. Sun Ind
Fishery treaty sparks cross border protest and demand to reject
The Philadelphia Times notes Canadian fishermen accuse Canada of surrendering rights to the United States under a new fishery treaty while American fishermen threaten to oppose it in the Senate. The piece ends with a logical inference that the treaty is probably fair and should be ratified.
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Canada
United States
Senate
Philadelphia Times
Ind
WITY Wages and the inevitable struggle with nature
In a Providence Journal opinion piece, the writer argues that human tariffs cannot shield workers from nature's forces. He contends many compete with pauper labor by using nature's resources and predicts the will of the majority will become law.
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Manitoba
West Indies
Providence Journal
Senator Hoar’s solemn charge mocks party control
The New York Ledger notes Massachusetts Senator Hoar’s solemn joke about 1874 to date lacking full party control. He quips the nation will serve God or Baal, implying the county will give government to Republicans or Democrats. The piece ridicules his devilish framing and the audience’s amusement.
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Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Baal
Hoar
Republican Party
Democratic
N. Y
All Sorts and Bits From Various Tales and Jokes
A string of brief items and quips from cultural and social life. Observations on roller skating, piano troubles, a Vienna tailor, nail trusts, college presidents, revival meetings, social customs, insurance, Langtry, a jail case, Blaine, a petrified oak near Dallas Oregon, Tallahassee midnight exits, and a humorous nursery exchange from The Epoch.
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Hofmann
Vienna
Princeton College
Cleveland
Some¢ Dime Museum
Blaine
Dallas
Ore
Tallahassee
Fla
Mamma
Marie
Frigate Constitution figureheads and Dr Holmes verses in Boston
The letter recalls the Constitution figurehead saga from Charlestown Navy Yard. It details the Jackson bust removal in 1834 after the hull head was sawn off by Captain Dewey, the public uproar in Boston and Wheeling, and the later use of timbers as relics and gifts to political figures while noting Dr Holmes’s lines may have influenced sentiment about Old Ironsides.
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London
Dublin
Dr. Holmes
A. M
Neptune
Drake
Boston
Jackson
Charlestown
Cambridge
Peabody
Harvard
Quincy
Commodore Elliott
Navy Yard
Laban S. Beecher
Beecher
Hermitage
Dewey
Wheeling
New York
Charlestown Navy Yare
Amherst
Mass
General Jackson
Commodore Hull
van Buren
Poisett
Thomas H. Perkins
Temple Place
Provident Institution For Savings
Tavernse
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Boston Post
Milk
Washington Street
Doston Post
MR. Carnegie
Secretary of the Treasury
Pacific Railroad
Bessemer Steel
Mr. Glapstonne
Guapstown
Balfour
Micharl Hicks-Brach
Lord Stanley
Ireland
Lord Randolph Churchill
Oxford
Spencer Collection
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