Wisconsin canal appropriation sparks Senate clash
True to its canal fixation the Senate tacked the Wisconsin canal appropriation of 150000 onto the river and harbor bill, a scheme exposed as improper yet approved. Knights of Labor in Wisconsin move into politics to oppose Governor Rust for downing the Milwaukee anarchist mob, praised for preserving lives and property. The Knights’ stance against law enforcement contrasts with Rust’s decisive action and Illinois officials’ weaker conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Senate
Wisconsin
Senate
Knights of Labor
Rust
Milwaukee
Ofllinois
Paul Hamilton Hayne Dies in Augusta Poet of the South
Paul Hamilton Hayne died yesterday in Augusta Georgia. The Southern poet shaped American letters with grace and spirit and a soil rooted quality. He befriended both Northern writers like Bryant and Curtis and Southern linked Sidney Lanier. His first poetry volume appeared in Boston in 1854 and he trained in periodical literature. His name remains a lasting ornament to letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Augusta
Bryant
Curtis
Sidney Lanier
Mr. Hayne
Boston
Senate judiciary panel undecided on Beck railroads bill
Mr Edmunds told the Senate the judiciary committee handling Senator Becks bill barring lawmakers from railroad work backed by government funds cannot agree on bill form yet. He suggested a measure likely to meet the bill’s aims but called Becks plan too sweeping. The outcry that sparked the bill may linger despite the explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Beck
Congress
House tariff bill fate hinges on Ways and Means report
The text notes uncertainty over Mr Randall's tariff bill's fate in the House. It suggests an adverse report from the Ways and Means committee, potential amendments via Morrison's bill, and possible voter sentiment after prior pledges. It also mentions the Priscilla yacht undergoing keel modifications and comparisons to Puritan and Boston yacht design as New York yachts improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Morrison
Morrison
Atlantic
Ier
New York
Boston
Vengeance From America Aids Irish Autonomy Drive
The London Times notes Americans of Ancro Irish descent are sending large donations to push legislative agitation for Irish autonomy under Mr. Parnell. The piece cautions the English press to recognize that American vengeance does not always equate to dynamite, given the scale of support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
America
New York Seeks Tax Relief From State Board
The piece argues New York City bears a larger share of state taxes than its share of benefits and urges the State board to grant relief. It contends the city must seek funds elsewhere to fund memorials and civic decorations, echoing that charity begins at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Board
Empire State
Vetoed pension bills spark heated House rhetoric
The House debate over vetoed pension bills grows in intensity with rhetoric eclipsing the substance as members accuse the President and pensions committee of bias and farce. Sharp exchanges reference wounded cavalry in the war while party lines and motives are questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Pensions Committee
Portland schooners seized at Shelburne face fines and sale
Three Portland schooners seized at Shelburne Nova Scotia will be stripped held and finally sold unless the $400 fines are paid. The case follows broader tensions over fisheries treaty rights and Canadian customs rules. The Adams and the Doughty remain disputed with Britain, while Canadian policy pressures aim to discourage U S fishermen from renewing treaty terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Shelburne
N.S
United States
Adams
Doughty
Government of
Great Britain
State Department
Bayard
Halifax
Washington
Nova Scotia
Custom House
Dominion
Canada
French taste and widening views on English and Russian letters
The article traces French literary conservatism fading as critics like Taine and Vogue praise English realism and Russian novelists. It notes Emile Montegut and Brunetiere expanding French sympathy for English authors and Tolstoi and Turgeneff, with George Eliot admired for qualities beyond traditional French tastes. The piece highlights Vogue’s Le Roman Russe and its preface praising cross-border literary insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Madame de Stael
M. Taine
M. Emile Montegut
M. Brunetiere
Turgenff
Count Tolstoi
England
America
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Vicomte de Vogue
Europe
Richardson
Dickens
Thackeray
George Eliot
Flaubert
Turgeneff
Tolstoi
Duke
Adam
Bede
Silas Warner
Dinan
Lisbeth
M.de Vogue
le Roman Russe
Mayor Grace Calls Amendment to New York Liquor Law
Mayor Grace urges revision of New York liquor laws for places of amusement arguing current rules bar licenses at concerts and entertainments. He notes Boston music halls show the law is too harsh on respectable venues selling beer and light wine while pledging strict enforcement of existing regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grace
Board of Police
Boston
Quondam Bostonian Defies City Hall Oversight
J Rollin M Squire, once of Boston, leads New York City Public Works and shows audacious resistance to mayoral investigations. He refuses to allow mayoral appointees to compel subordinates to provide documents for examination, citing his authority and flouting scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rollin M. Squire
Department of Public Works
New York City
Showig
Artemus Ward
City Hall
Grace
What Miss Cleveland Says and Editorial Freedom Cited
The passage questions labeling Chicago magazine content as sole authorial voice, arguing periodicals often reflect editorial intent rather than the editor's own statements, citing common practice in magazine publishing and the North American Review as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Miss Cleveland
North American Review
Allen Thorndyke Rice
Washington Irving Meets Central Indian Ruler in New York
A notable meeting in New York City linked Washington Irving with a Central Indian potentate amid mixed society. Irving maintained calm while Tippoo Said showed suspicion, but the two figures formed bonds, and Irving gained a place of fame in Central Park as representatives of two continents established an order of precedence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
India
New York City
Knickerbockerdom
Tippoo
Central Park
Industrial education in labor movement sparks unexpected bake practice
A history of labor education highlights surprising outcomes from strikes. Lynn bakers, once unlikely to bake in public view, show how protest spurred new skills and awareness within the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Sunset Cox Return Hoped To Congress Next Winter
The writer hopes Sunset Cox will return to Congress next winter, criticizing the current wit in that body as of inferior quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Cox
Congress
Free Niagara marks first year of success and change
Free Niagara has completed its first year and is a success. Local reports indicate it has no fewer brides no less fashion and a large increase in sober minded economical people. No one has sympathy for the old time sharks that should have known better than to infest inland waters. Only the sharks complain of the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Niagara
King
Coles
New York
Tibby
Pidg
Mrs. Courtlandt
Caroline
Miss Ann
Courtlandt
Night Watch
Barton
Howe
Mr. Howe
E. W. Howe
Boston
Icknor & Co
Moonlight Boy review and Deer Park gossip satire
The piece satirizes Transatlantic reporters at Deer Park and mocks the American political scene around President Cleveland while praising and critiquing E. W. Howe’s novel A Moonlight Boy. It details Howe’s book contrasts King the foundling with Courtlandt family life and notes strengths in specific scenes and characters.
Boston University plans for Mt Vernon street theological school
Major remodel of former Thayer and Hayes houses on Mt Vernon street for Boston University’s theological school progresses. The project, overseen by architect William G. Preston, will add seven floors and new facilities including gymnasium, chapel, classrooms, library, and dormitories for about ninety students at an estimated cost of 50,000 dollars, with total estate value over 200,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Thayer
Frances B. Hayes
Mt. Vernon Street
Corporation of
Boston University
William G. Preston
Augustus Lathrob
Leander Greeley
The Saunterer by Charles Goodrich Whitney reviewed
A review of The Saunterer a collection of Sunday Springfield Republican nature pieces from 1873 to 1881. Whitney the saunterer guides readers through spring to winter with observations on arbutus woodchucks birds maple sap and other natural subjects interspersed with verses. The book blends nature with men and books and reflects Emersonian influence and Burroughs like temperament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
the Saunterer
New England
Mr. Whiting
Thomasa Kempis
Whiting
John Burroughs
Emerson
Charles Goodrich Whitney
Ticknor & Co
Eclectic July magazines review and notices
The July Eclectic Magazine offers politics by Matthew Arnold and criticism from William Archer. Brooklyn, Decorator and Finisher, Harper's Young People, and Massachusetts Magazine summaries cover interior design, furniture, and biographies, highlighting various articles and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Lady Martin
Shakspere
Longfellow
Macmillan
William Archer
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Leavenworth
Mary Anderson
Theodore Child
Ralph A. Cram
Harper’s
Lucy C. Lillie
Massachusetts
Daniel Rolins
Pepperell
Harrinsburg
C. 5S. Spaulding
Robert R. Livingston
James Hughes Hopkins
Collection of sharp witticisms and political quips from Texas Siftings
A long assembly of snippets with satirical remarks about District Attorney Corkhill, Recorder Smyth, pirates of politics, and judge dodges. Items mock political figures, weather, and editors in a rapid-fire collage from various papers.
Sharp warning on Canadian law and race prejudice
A compilation of editorial snippets urges vigilance against Canadian customs seizing ships and condemns racial segregation of soldiers. It critiques the jury system, questions pension vetoes, and notes Minneapolis aims to host a future Republican convention while warning against stagnation of the stalwarts.
Maid and the Moonshiner opera at Standard Theatre
New York Times reports James C. Duff will stage a new comic opera The Maid and the Moonshiner at the Standard Theatre mid next month. Edward Solomon wrote the music and Charles H. Hoyt the libretto in a trial run with Hoyt admitting fear of reception. Miss Lillian Russell is slated for the heroine with Signor Brocolini likely to play the hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
James C. Duff
Standard Theatre
Edward Solomon
Charles H. Hoyt
Hoffman House
Mr. Hoyt
Hoyt
United States
Europe
Lillian Russell
Brocolini
Wakefield man found on railroad tracks seeks death
George Colby of Wakefield was found in a helpless condition on the railroad near the Washington street bridge in Malden. He told rescuers he was tired of life and wished to die as a passenger train sped toward his position. Baggagemaster Holden pulled him from danger moments before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
George Colby
Wakefield
Washington Street Bridge
Holden
One-Act Theatrical Bill At Boston and Nearby Venues
E D Tannehill's company presents Fun on the Bristol at Boston Theatre with evening performances. Also Love's Vow at the Museum nightly. Horticultural Hall hosts a fruit and flower show while Music Hall offers Promenade Concerto. Oakland Garden features Muldoon's Picnic and strong ads nightly. Oriental Garden presents concerts each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
E. D. Tannehill
Bristol
Horticultural Hall
MUSIC
Oakland
Muldoon
Oriental Garden
Obituary notices from several towns dated July entries
Death notices list individuals with dates, ages, and residences across multiple towns including Cates Chelsea Bates East Bridgewater Taylor Boaboro Carrow Boylston Mathews Dorchester Brown Weston Cordia Longmeadow Elliott Somerville Higgins Medford Woods Hyde Park. Entries note survivors and locations with brief desde?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cates
Chelsea
Sarah E Cates
Park Street
Bates
East Bridgewater
Eliza J
Moses Bates
Taylor
Boaboro
Varnum Taylor
Annis E
Mathews
Morss
Dorchester
Edward Odell Morss
Brown
Weston
Rebecca H
SW Brown
Cordiaa
Longmeadow
Ruth Anne
Francis T Cordis
Elliott
Rumford Point
Mare D Elliott
Higgins
Eat Somerville
Mary A
Paine
Tufts
Medford
James Tufts
Woods
Hyde Park
Katie A
John Gods
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Post
Post Publishing Co., Publishers
Washington St
Boston Weekly Post
Daily Post
Post: Publishing Company
Hoston Post
National Treasury
Deer Park
Jones
Robinson
Charing Cross
Arnold
Elijah Pegram
White House
Cleveland
County Kerry
Deer’ Park
Grover
NEW Books
Boston University Theological Students
Dover
N. H
C. W. Clement
Mass
Saunterer
Cranks
Corkhill
Guiteau
Smyth
Pennsylvania
Bayne
Stockton
Texas
Norristown Herald
Hallett
Treasury
New Orleans Picayune
Louisiana
Lowel! Courier
Burlington Free Press
Sullivan
N.Y
Vance
Portland Press
Puck
Farragut
Garland
Texas Siftings
Canadas
Ore
Oregonian
Chicago Times
Detroit Free Press
Minneapolis
National Republican Committee
Minneapolis Tribune
Mugwump
Fall River News
No. Y
Providence Journal
West
Gartford Courant
Mr. Solomon
Mr. C. H. Hoyt
al Twents
Goivan
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington
Boston Theatre
E. D. Tannehill’s CO
Fim
ST. George Hussey
George Richards
Music Hall
the Music Hall
THE
Milk Street
James T. Eldredge & CO
State St
Joha Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
Hill & CO
Coffin & Henry
Iowa
Des Moines
Kidder Press Mfg Co
York Mfg Co
Lowell
Tremont and Suffolk Mills
Mass Mutual Ins Co
Merchants and Miners’ Trans Co
Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Co
State of Massachusetts
Ford
OVO Central National Bank
Concord Granite Co
Concord Granite
City of
Ae Hide and Leather Nail
Benk
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Cambridge Rd
Colorado
Og & Lake Champlain
Lowell Mfg Co
Cambridge Rd Co
McKay Metallic Fastening Assn
Boston Gaslight Co
Union Metallic Fastening Association
Norway Plains Mfg Co
Everett Mills
National Bank
Sonica
Burlington and Quincy
Burt & No
Lanod Grant
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
B. E. Woolf
Louise Lablache
Etta May Hunt
Rosa Cooke
Annie Leslie
John Howson
Stuart Harold
W.H. Fitzgerald
C. K. Boardman
Kudu
Peabody & CO
Devonshire St
Nassau St
Philadelphia
Howe & CQ
Exchange Place
Kansas
TT. B. Sweet
Pres
Topeka
Kas
GEO. M. Stearns
Oakland Garden
Muldoon’s
Horatio Harris & Co
Boots and Shoes
Lippincott, Son & Co
A S Richards & Co
Hingham, Hull & Downer Landing Steamboat CO
Gov. Andrew
General Lincoln
India Wharf
South Pier
Beir
Downeranding
Hinenam
Downer Lanpiing
Hutt
Melville Garden
Downer Landing
G. P. Cushing, Sup’t
Adams—Stetson
A Kenaic
L Wiliam Adams
Emily J Stetson
Buri—Linfield
Canton
On Vannevar
George Burt
Mabel L Linfield
Cross—Byam
Fitzwilliam
J C Colby
John A Cross
Carrie
Byam
Kendall—Garland
FW Baldwin
William D Kendall
Brentwood
Rebecca M Garland
Kingston
Shreve—King
Danville
St Paul’s Church
RG Noland
William P Shreve
Janet Lang King
Thayer Kingsley
Walter Calkins
Albert Phelps Thayer
Anna Louise
William C Kingsley
New Brunswick
Annapolis
State OF Maine
St. John
Digby
W.H. Kilby
Wit Grain
CON & CO
Bevonshire St
Congress Square
Quincy
Massachusetts Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Judicial Court
Edward P. Loring
Charles Theodore Russell, Jr
Little, Brown & CO
Washireton St
Vuete ’Eau Hotel
Crescent Beach
Boston, Revere Beach
Beachmont
Oak Island
Point of Pines
Winthrop
Ocean Spray
Ila
John A. Fenno
A. Hammond
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co
ROWE
WAARF
Nantasket
Pemberton
Strawberry
Boston and Gloucester Steamboat Co
Central Wharf
Glouces
Gloucester
Annisquam
Bay View
Lanesville
East Gloucester
Bass Rocks
Rockport
Pigeon Cove
Merchant, Ag’t
Nwatiant
Julia
Nawant
Ommon Wealth of
Suffolk
Probate Court
Bosworth
Said
Henry C. Young
P Sena
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
W.B. Hathaway
Esterbrook’s
Esterbrook Steel Pen CO
Camden
N. J
John St
New Yorks
James J. Brennan
Ellen A. Brennan
Beston
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Margaret Condon
Francis Peabody, Jr
Admr
Standard Cattle Company
Mortzne
Sears Building
G. KR. Blanchard
T. H. Perkins
A. F. Freeman
Trustees
Yesert Gillott
Crowquill
Joseph Gillott & Sons
N. Y
Henry Hoe
Fries & Sons
John
Insurance
REW England Mutual Lifeins. Co
Ben J. F. Stevens
JOS. M
Postoffice Square
A.S. Richards & CO
Reade Street
John D. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hogart & CO
White S
Townsend & Montant
St Leonard Street
Samuel Bunting's
Market Street
R. L. Day & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
State Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Charles River Street
Suncook Valley Rd
Guar
Concord R R
Francis Henshaw & CO
First Floer
Telephone
D Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
American Electrical Mfg Co
National Eagle Bank
Newton National Bank
Cambridge
R Rco
Fitchburg RR
Loston and Maine RR
Aha
Anu Woronymu Conn & Pasa Rivers
Fitchburg
Poaetan
Merliarama
Connecticut River
Worcester
Nashua
Rochester
R R Co
Roxbury Gaslight Co
Albany
Cincinnati
Burl & Mo
Union Pacific
Cons RR of
Vermont
Michigan
Oregon
Fire Insurance
North American Insurance CO
Hilly Street
Patridge Albert Boweres Legge
Spring "Garden
INS. CO
the Exchange Fire Ins. CO
I Ao A
Traders] Insurance CO
Mhits
W. F. Paige
Kaaterskill Postoffice
Greene County
Isles OF Shoals
Portsmouth
Star Island
Laigiton Brothers
Sherburne
Nantucket
J. Patterson
Museum of Fine Arts
School of Drawing and Painting
Institute of Technology
Boylston Place
Albert Hale
Musical Publications
Pano
American Song and Chorus Collection
Only &O
American Piano Music Collection
Oliver Ditson & CO
Squires Parlor
Sidney Squires & CO
Tremontielg-Thrutt
Sole Manufacture's
Hollis Street
Wiig
Eno Ul
Y - Ane
P. O
Albert Howe & Co
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Norwich & Worcester Rathcoap Co
Norwich, Conn
Second Nati Tank
G. L. Perkins
Naumberg Steam Cotton CO
Messrs
John L. Bremer & Co
H. D. Sullivan
Reas
American & Foreign Patents
R. H. Eddy
Kilby
H. Eddy
Eddy
Chas. Mason
Edmund Burke
George Draper
Baeder, Adamson & CO
P. S. Suckins & CO
Central Square
Stock Agency
Wesley P. Balgh
Keston
Elierresbuorn
EST
Jes
Kramer
Aeewere Place
Avery St
Heary Vieth
James F. OC
Hyde