Peace restored in Samoa as Kinbleely disciplin es Mullin
In Samoa peace or an armed truce returns, easing the task of new administration. Admiral Kinblely stays at Apia awaiting an American warship, disciplining Commander Mullin of the Nipsic for failed Auckland passage. In New York, Republicans in the eleventh assembly district demand spoils go only to enrolled party members, signaling machine alignment and local benefit. The note likely targets Wigpom and Wanamaker to reinforce machine control, a Canort Lopes caucus tweak seen as improvement. Harrison should approve.
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Samoa
Auckland
New York City
Custom House
Wigpom
Wanamaker
Henry Canort Lopes
Harrison
Dam Owners Held Responsible for Losses in Dam Disaster Verdict
The jury finds insufficient waste weir and weak construction for the dam and holds the owners culpable for not making it secure. The ruling attributes responsibility to the dam managers of the South Fork Fishing Club while urging accountability for others who allowed the threat to persist.
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South Fork
Labouchere backs federation plan for United Kingdom
Mr Labouchere and allies endorse federation for the United Kingdom in Truth test, supporting Ireland Home Rule with separate parliaments for England Scotland Wales and a united Imperial Parliament. He criticizes Imperial Federation as moonshine but notes future needs for closer union with colonies or possible separation.
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Labouchere
Bhaplaugh
United Kingdom
Batfour
Asquith
Oxford
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Great Britain
Civil service reform aids Washington as a stable clerk corps
The Washington Star argues for reform highlighting a lasting clerical body in the capital. Stable tenure benefits city prosperity, improves public service, and turns clerks from transient residents into property-owning, invested citizens, aiding both local interests and government efficiency.
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Washington Star
the Star
Washington
Coroner's Jury Rules on Conemaugh Disaster Death
A coroner's jury seated at Cambria City returned a verdict in the death case of one Conemaugh disaster victim, concluding the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fatal incident and naming findings.
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Cambria City
Conemaugh
Readiness and evasions in tariff question debate
A Boston editorial questions Republican Congressmen on tariff effects in New England. It cites inquiries from the United Question Clubs about taxes on iron, coal, wool, potatoes, and other goods, urging clear answers from Morse and Dawes amid claims of general principles and political evasion.
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Andrew
Messrs. Russell
United Question Clubs
War Tariff Party
New England
Massachusetts
Canada
Nova Scotia
Erisan A. Morse
Boston Journal
Question Club
Free Trade Democratic Party
Mors
Morsr
Dawes
Brattleboro
Mr. Daves
South
Boston
Inquiry questions spark tariff reform debate at Worcester Spy
The Worcester Spy objected to questions posed to Senator Hoar but the Secretary of the United Question Clubs offers to adopt any list prepared by the Spy. Reformers promise no obstruction to inquiry and urge Congressmen to face their duty to constituents.
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Worcester
Hoar
United Question Clubs
Germany and Switzerland in a tense power struggle
The piece analyzes German pressure on Switzerland over alleged revolutionary threats and the broader Franco Italian and French responses. It discusses Swiss neutrality, Swiss defense readiness, and questions whether Germany could seize or override Swiss independence, noting potential regional consequences and the limits of force.
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Europe
Germany
Switzerland
Prince Bismarck
Berne
Norddeutscher Zeitung
Republic
Italy
Lucerne
France
Success in Sports and the Moral Edge in U S Rowing
An essay argues that victory in rowing and other sports hinges more on brain and morale than muscle. It notes Harvard and Yale may differ in material, yet intelligence, captaincy, and a captured spirit decide outcomes, with baseball showing a similar moral factor at high proficiency.
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Harvard
Yale
United States
A Call to Shield Boston Trees From Development
A editorial urges Boston to place Common and public squares under park commissioners with a forester to protect trees and curb damage from heavy teaming and street railways. It warns that without a new location for Boylston Street works, trees may be cut, harming beauty and costly avenues, unless an expert supervises pruning and planning.
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City
Boylston Street
West End
Boston
Doocve
Arnold Arboretum
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Paying
West End Company
Vines, Newport Tower, Cups, and Two Adventurous Travelers
In Boston the Arlington Street Church vines were removed due to friable brownstone and ivy damage, with Newport’s Round Tower cited similarly for mortar weakening. A new Boston Latin school challenge cup near Park Street recalls last year’s winner Roxbury Latin, sparking debate on yearly trophies. Two young men plan a moneyless country trek by hay work, boxing acts, and clever disguises, driven by adventure and perhaps curiosity about day labor life.
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Arlington Street
Trinity Church
Newport
Washington Irving
Park Street
Boston Latin School
Roxbury Latin School
Barnes
Graphologist guesses at authors in New York Herald
The New York Herald reports on handwriting analyses of well known authors. Amelie Rives is described as wildly imaginative with strong nerves, Julian Hawthorne as diplomat with temper not inveterate. Edgar Savius allegedly elegant minded and others praised for refined minds and high culture.
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New York Herald
Amelie Rives
Julian Hawthorne
Edgar Savius
Hoymes
Epa
Fawcett
Pension clash over novelists widow aid in Commons
Mr Walter Besant seeks a government pension for a deceased novelist's widow. Mr W H Smrrx replies that honors go to serious writers, not fiction. The claim is disputed as Commons convenes today and the rail bookstall owner faces criticism for his stance.
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Walter Besant
W. H. Smrrx
Egypt Exploration Fund Needs Five Hundred Dollars More
William Winslow reports additional subscriptions for the Egypt Exploration Fund and urges further donations. The note lists multiple donors with amounts from 5 to 25 dollars, totaling 245 dollars so far. The appeal notes that about 500 more will complete the current year's funds and invites smaller gifts on the same terms as patrons.
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Egypt Exploration Fund
William Wilkins Warren
Augustus Hemenway
Robert C. Winthrop
A. G.yhayer
H. H. Hunnewell
Charles Francis Adams
Greelys. Curtis
James F. Hunnewell
Caroline Coddington Thayer
David P. Kimball
Asa Gray
William ©. Winslow
Beacon Street
Boston
Personal notes from New York to Bar Harbor and London
A compact roundup of terse society items mentions Edward Burgess in New York, Judge Thurman ill, Dean Gray and Cambridge links to Sharon Sprigs, the widow of John Gilbert at Manchester by the Sea, Miss Charlotte Bates returning to Cambridge, Edwin Booth with his daughter at Narragansett Pier, and other prominent figures in Europe and America. It notes performers Alvary and Tamagno, revivals, and society birthdays, including Mrs. Margaret Arnold’s 112th birthday, while reporting diplomats, scholars, and trustees traveling or planning engagements.
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Edward Burgess
New York
Judge Thurman
Dean Gray
Cambridge
Sharon Sprigs
John Gilbert
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Charlotte Fiske Bates
Edwin Booth
Narragansett Pier
Alvary
Joseph Parker
City Temple
London
Tamagno
Opera
America
Margaret Arnold
Washington Court House
J. Greer
U.S.N
Havre
la Bretagne
Augustine Birrell
John Morley
F. G. Peabody
Harvard
Irish Society of Boston
Parnell
William O’brien
Mary Wanamaker
Washington Society
Charles A. Bonaparte
Bay Ridge
W. T. Adams
Oliver Optic
George A. Gordon
Old South Church
Oakes Ames
Pavonia
Europe
Rubinstein
John Jordan
Philadelphia
Nazareth
Penn
the Castle
Sisters
John Eglington Bailey
Stretford
Manchester
England
Samuel Pepys
Bright
Elizabeth
Current Comment Plague of Office Seeking
Mugwumps and civil service reformers critique federal appointments as harmful and expanding toward impractical scales. Yet practical politicians dismiss ethics, prioritizing entry of themselves and allies into office. reforms gain notice among spoilsmen.
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Philadelphia Times
Ind
Between the Showers column humor in a late 19th century paper
A mosaic of quips and observations on editors, philosophers, and society notes. It references a 150-year-old Mussulman woman in India, a witty exchange on flowers, a silent street car scene, and reflections on literature and theater era figures.
Taxation Above Liberty in Reed Woodstock Speech
The article cites Representative Reed praising the tariff as key to wealth and power, arguing taxation above liberty and free institutions, with the New York World calling him dishonest. It frames Reed as capable yet not honest in asserting tariff supremacy for national strength and prosperity.
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Representative Reed
Woodstock
United States
Reed
N. Y. World
Dem
The Benificent Mr Wanamaker Opinion Piece
A New York Sun comment defends Postmaster General Wanamaker against Boston Post criticism of proposing flannel shirts for Cabinet members. The piece calls Wanamaker a capable businessman with political sense and argues the shirt idea was not a bargain counter scheme.
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Wannamaker
The
Boston Post
Rusk
Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
N.Y. Sun
Finance in Brockton and Rochester Firms Debts
Creditors meeting for 8 Wolf & Bro and 5 Wolf & Co reveals combined liabilities near 62000 with only 28000 in stock 10600 in accounts and a Rochester house mortgaged for 1200. No agreed basis of settlement emerges as 50 cent on dollar is tentatively favored but contested. A. C. Dibert of Columbia Prison is declared failed. George R. Bakeman’s Washington Street stock mortgaged 3800. owes 12300. unencumbered assets 1900. extension sought by Barrié and Collingwood firm Danford Roche & Co.
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Wolf & Bro
Brockton
Wolf & Co
Rochester
Wolf
A. C. Dibert
Columbia, D. C
George R. Bakeman
Washington Street
Danford, Roche & Co
Barrié
Collingwood
Ont
Question Clues and Reply From Mass Question Clubs
Reader letters urge Hoar to answer tariff questions while Samuel Morse replies July 5, 139, defending protective policy and urging American markets for domestic manufacture. Morse promises votes in Congress will favor labor and manufacturers, highlighting loyalty to Republican policy and national prosperity.
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Congressman Morse
Massachusetts
Canton
Mass
Samuel W. Mendum
United Question Clubs
Boston
Free Trade Democratic Party
Congress
New England
Republican Party
Exssan A. Mors
Train kills elderly woman and granddaughter in Newportage
In Newportage a fast Erie train struck and killed Joan Fover aged 70 and her granddaughter Carrie Orr aged 9. Fover was deaf and did not hear the approaching train. In Ayer a Boston freight hit and killed an unknown man at Sandy Pond this morning, presumed lying on the tracks.
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Cleveland
Newportage
Erie Road
Joan Fover
Carrie Orr
Fover
Ayer
Boston
Sandy Pond
Deerfield Summer School Opens Amid Large Attendance
At Deerfield summer school opening there was a large turnout. Dr Grace Peckham of New York edited Home Maker health column read an essay on Popular Superstitions Relating to Health. A spirited discussion followed with many well known participants.
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Deerfield
Greenfield
Grace Peckham
New York
Marion Harland
the Home Maker
Welly Champney
James R. Hosmer
Isol Hall
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Lam
Athletic Club
Edward Everett Hale
Taverner
Rain District
Eeu
Lord Tennyson
Mussulman
India
Anding
Mr. Jones
Texas
Westminster
First Baptist
Waldoboro
Lewiston Journal
Maine
Sevakton
Miss Gushington
Aba
Peses
Beok
Eugene Pield
K. A. Marie Dodgrs
John E. Russell
William E. Russell
George P. Hoar
Sam
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