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Senators Fault Fuller Nomination in Judiciary Committee
The Boston Post criticizes New England senators on the judiciary committee for reporting back the nomination of Melville Fuller without recommendation. It deems the action petty partisanship and calls the majority’s silence childish and lacking high minded judgment.
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New England
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Epmunds
Hoar
Melville V. Fuller
Senate
Fuller
Criticizes Senate over Fuller nomination conduct
The piece attacks committee members for spreading baseless anonymous charges against Fuller while refusing to officially oppose the nomination. It cites a New York Tribune despatch suggesting partisan motives and fear of harming the future chief justice, calling the conduct ignominious.
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Fuller
New York Tribune
Washington
FuLner
Epmunps
Supreme Court
Fitchburg chair maker touts US methods ahead of English rivals
A Worcester county chair maker asserts his shop and peers are fifty years ahead of English manufacturers, with machinery far superior and wages higher than Austria. He cites forty cents per hour for some work versus fifteen as typical in Austria, and notes a large export business. He uses these points to challenge protection theories and argues American methods yield skilled, well paid workers competing with pauper labor abroad.
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Fitchburg
Worcester County
Austria
Civil service reform praised for ending political wage levies
President Cleveland's enforcement of the civil service law is hailed for ending the practice of levying political assessments on government employees. The New York Sun notes broad department support and highlights the disappearance of maneuvers to extract wages, especially from female clerks and staff, marking a significant reform since Garfiel d era concerns.
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Governor Foraker Defends Trade Tactics at Springfield Speech
Ohio governor Foraker testifies about his role in Chicago nomination exchanges amid factional strife. He denounces critics and asserts, We saved our honor, in a Springfield speech delivered Saturday evening.
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Ohio
Chicago
Suerman
Springfield
Infernal scoundrels and calls for clearer charges
The text argues that delegates claim to be safe and not in danger except in the imaginations of “infernal scoundrels” with no honor to save. It cites Governor Foraker and connections to Cooper, Braine, Sherman, and Alger, urging more definite indictments for clarity amid factional quarrels.
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Foraker
Cooper
Pennsylvania
Sherman
Alger
Gettysburg Reunion Deepens Union Patriotism in Boston
The Gettysburg Civil War veterans gathering, linked to Independence Day, highlights renewed fraternal ties North and South. Noted speakers General Lonestreet and Mr Greater William Curtis frame a tone of peace, unity, and reconciliation on a battlefield now remembered for shared heritage. The event underscores the shift from old sectional passions to a united republic.
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Army of the Potomac
Boston
Grand Army of the Republic
Lonestreet
Greater William Curtis
Republic
Republicans at Odds Over Free Whiskey Plank
The piece argues Republicans push two core appeals taxes on food clothing shelter versus no taxes on whiskey, noting Chicago platform demands repeal of tobacco taxes, arts spirits tax, higher import duties, and possible repeal of internal taxes. It cites Boston Journal New York Evening Post Wheeling Intelligencer and a Greenfield Mass. newspaper reflecting regional attitudes.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Internal Revenue System
Greenfield
Mass
Franklin County
Republi
Mugwump Choice and Cleveland versus Harrison Debate
The Mugwump must vote for the candidate best aligned with reform principles rather than party loyalty. The piece contrasts General Harrison as a clean but untested candidate with Cleveland, praising his civil service reforms and merit-based appointments, including his impact on the New York Post Office.
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Sherman
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Divorce bill sparks tale of a Parisian adventurer case
A woman recently divorced seeks a new husband through a matrimonial agency. Two married men scheme to claim her large dowry. one poses as suitor while the other vouches for him. The bigamist flees with her dot and jewelry, leaving her single again and wary. The anecdote mirrors themes from Les Surprises du Divorce, suited to theater or literature.
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Monsieur le Maire
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Paris
Yale and Harvard May Race Oxford Cambridge Abroad
Referee Mr Herman Orcvrien offered to cover Yale crew expenses for a summer voyage to England to race Cambridge or Oxford. English crews are disbanded and unavailable until later. Journal notes a potential annual international contest between the domestic Harvard Yale victors and British crews.
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Harvard
Yale
England
Cambridge
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Washington Gallery Soldier Ignores Session to Watch Fuller Nomination
A young handsome soldier sits in the Senate gallery attending all sessions and watching debates. He is said to drink in the discussions from his corner as the chamber considers Mr. M. W. Fuller for chief justice, whom the Senate has not yet confirmed.
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Washington
Senate
M. W. Fuller
Harrison Converts 1800 Men to Methodism in New York
A report notes Harrison in New York has converted about 1800 men to Methodism. The piece clarifies he is not the Indiana Harrison and that the conversions are religious, not political or military in nature.
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Harrison
New York
Indiana
Americans Honored in Japan by Rising Sun Decorations
The Japanese government conferred decorations on three Americans. H. W. Denison, adviser to the foreign office, received the third class Order of the Rising Sun. J. A. Waddell, former professor of civil engineering at the Imperial University, received the fourth class. Horace Wilson, once a professor at the University of Tokyo, received the fifth class. The honors acknowledge their services.
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Order of the Rising Sun
J. A. Waddell
Imperial University
Horace Wilson
Tokio
Century for July review notes travel and war pieces
The July Century offers a Siberian travel essay by Mr. Kennan, a Sinai desert piece by a photographer, medical notes on disease germs with disinfectant cautions, and a naval focus on the Albemarle ram. Lincoln biographies, the Trent affair, and a Gettysburg poem are discussed alongside random reminiscences on a pet dog and a Breckinridge art free-list controversy.
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Sinai
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Buckley
Lincoln
McCiellan
Trent
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Will H. Thomson
Lights on Commonwealth Avenue Malls in Boston
A Boston observer praises the new electric lights on Commonwealth avenue malls, noting improved safety and a novel suspended-rod setup while critiquing the number of lamps and the effect on garden vistas in the Public Garden. The piece also comments on landscape design, summer-house plans, and decorative treatments near the Washington statue and summer house, urging moderation to avoid overcrowding.
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Washington Monument
Friends of Labor Silent on Lockouts Across Regions
The editorial questions where prominent labor allies like Mr. Anderson of Kansas Mr. O Neill of Missouri and Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts stand amid 100 000 workers locked out of furnaces and forges It accuses tariff supporters of inaction and suggests a blame game if the Mills bill is implicated urging investigation into the Carnegie look-out two months ago.
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Kansas
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Missouri
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N. Y. Evening Post
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Motive they dare not avow in judge selection debate
The article questions why Edmonds Evarts and Hoar joined with Ingalls to report Fuller for chief justice without recommendation. It argues they delay confirmation possibly to force vacancy for a Republican president or for own advantage, though they deny such aims. The piece accuses them of acting against professional standards and ethics.
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Edmunds
Mr. Evarts
Hoar
United States Senate
Kansas
N. Y. Times
A Fatal Defect in Tariff Policy Opinion
A Philadelphia Record editorial argues that cheap whiskey cannot solve tariff burdens. It condemns the tariff for enriching trusts and monopoly, warning the public misreads Americans who seek lower taxes that bypass the public treasury via tariff diversions to monopolists.
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Meaning of the cry of protection debated
The Commercial Advertiser argues protection means forcing buyers to pay inflated prices. It questions why the government should raise duties to shield American manufacturers when high tariffs keep prices above value, pushing consumers toward cheaper foreign goods. Protected monopolists seek legal compulsion to buy domestically.
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al Yo. Commercial Advertiser
Platform Without Influence on Iron-Worker Employers
The piece argues that political platforms exert little sway on iron-worker employers as mills shut down over current prices. It notes manufacturers face depressions independent of tariff changes and urges wage-earners to consider who benefits from high duties.
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Chicago
N. Y. World
Dem
Doctors Save General Sheridan After Near Death Experience
Washington doctors recount a dramatic revival of General Sheridan after pulse and respiration stopped. They credit a galvanic battery and improvised chest compressions for reviving him. Despite illness, he planned a Nonquitt trip, remodelling a cottage, and expressed determination to sail, with naval ship Swatara described as a rough sea carrier in the account.
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General Sheridan
Boston
Jersey
Massachusetts
Navy
Mixed Bits of Wit and News Echo Across Time
A mosaic of humorous quips, political musings, and social note items from a late nineteenth century pages. It touches on patriotism, baseball, travel, legal jokes, and theater salary trivia with names like Napoleon Queen Victoria and Rachel appearing amid reflective lines about politicians and public life.
Notable 19th Century Figures and Gossip From America and Europe
A digest of social notices and reminiscences: Rev. F J Kennedy named vice rector of the American College in Rome. Ex-President Barnard of Columbia crowned doctor in several fields. Frederic Coudert summers at Metuchen NJ with large cattle holdings. Cleveland vacation plans in Adirondacks. Queen Victoria linked to German army affairs. Astute remarks on actresses and theater guests including Miss Ailsa Kraig and Ellen Terry in London notes.
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