Cushing Torpedo Boat Sets Speed Record at 25 Knots
The torpedo boat Cushing powered from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to New Haven in 4 hours 44 minutes, covering about 120 miles at nearly 25 knots. The vote on fire department funds and Navy Yard politics are cited as examples of administrative strains and political influence shaping public works.
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Cushing
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New Haven
Navy Yards
Brooklyn
Tracy
Brooklyn Yard
New York Times
the Times
Navy Yard
Washington
Pamlico
Philadelphia
Vermont
North Carolina
Jack
California
Palo Alto
Morgan
Belle Hamlin
Helen M
Galassi
Antonio Fantini
Milan
Fire prompted funding for protection measures in the city
The article argues that delays in spending money set aside for disaster protection must be excused. It notes a Thanksgiving Day fire spurred a successful movement to increase protection funds, with borrowed money used for part of the project. It warns against diverting funds for sewers and schools to cover deficits, saying public sentiment will not tolerate such acts.
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Dooaue
Census Bureau
Washington
United States
South
Force Bill Echoes From 1875 Debate In 1890 Context
Republican senators now split over the Davenport force bill. The 1875 measure drew harsh opposition from Dawes Garfield Hawley Hoar and Pierce, who warned the bill would subvert state rights and concentrate federal power at the polls. The current debate echoes those concerns with emphasis on protecting constitutional rights and resisting partisan overreach.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Messrs. Dawes
Garfield
Hawley
Hoar
William Walter Phelps
Henry L. Pierce
Dawes
G. F. Hoar
General Hawvey
Pierce
Lam
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Solomon
Washington
Republican
Hawary
Massachusetts Voices Against Federal Interference in 1875 Debate
In 1875, Henry L. Pierce of Massachusetts denounces a late session bill as ill-timed and partisan. He argues for local self-government, cites existing laws, and denounces efforts to expand federal power over states, warning against political motives and the loss of civil liberty.
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Henry L. Pierce
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Speaker
Jefferson Davis
John C
Joan C. Breckinridge
Pierce
Central America’s Salvador: geography and volcanic dangers
A historical overview of Salvador's size, population, and governance notes its four departments and San Salvador as the largest city. The article highlights the region’s volcanic activity with sixteen peaks, earthquakes, Lake Ilopango’s crater activity, and repeated quake damage. It also mentions mineral springs and silver mining prospects in the north.
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Salvador
Central America
Republic of Salvador
New Hampshire
San Salvador
L[lopango
Mexico
Little Republic
California
Business Failures Reported Nationally and Canadawide
The Mercantile Agency reports 197 total business failures in the past seven days in the United States and Canada 175 in the U S 22 in Canada. This compares with 199 last week and 202 the week before. The year ago period showed 209 failures, including 191 in the United States and 18 in Canada.
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New York
R. G, Dun & Lo
Ke, Kussell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Boston in Summer By The Sea Of The City
The author contrasts Boston summers with visitors away in the mountains and seashore. He praises town life, cites Mr. Tetlow on health and manners, and notes the Cynic’s city visits and growing rural estate. He laments the Old Elm fence decay and urges a sturdy replacement for reading inscriptions. He questions a dog-hater and defends dogs’ value despite hydrophobia concerns.
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Boston
Saratoga
John Tetlow
Girls’ High
Cynic
Tetlow
Jetter
Freight yard smash kills two Lynn Glue horses
In Salem on July 11 a freight yard accident killed two valuable Lynn Glue Company horses that were feeding with bridles off. The wagon was wrecked and the driver injured. Tonight bids for Canal street work were rejected as over the $60,000 appropriation, with land damages at $8,000, and a further appropriation expected.
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Lynn Glue Company
Reed Fund
the Willows
Canal Street
Dutch Gap Canal
Washington Street
Broadsway
Federal Election Law Expansion Moves Toward Centralized Control
The N 3. Evening Post argues the Lodge bill greatly widens federal supervision of elections. It shifts power from state canvassers to federal appointees, allowing supervisors to review registrations, canvass ballots, and even place federal winners on the rolls, with penalties for noncompliance.
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Evening Post
Circuit Court
Congress
No Pessimist Views Needed in Crisis Says Christian Union
A Christian Union editorial rebukes Senator Hawley and the New York Tribune for labeling Bishop Potter a pessimist. It argues the nation needs leaders who recognize danger yet inspire action, citing Civil War-era courage as the model for facing peril and summoning national effort.
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Hawley
The
New York Tribune
Bishop Potter
Potter
Christian Union
Mr Blaine Seen Plotting Against Party Leaders
Washington circles suspect Secretary Blaine of schemes to thwart leadership rivals in his party. A Southern Democrat in Congress blamed Blaine for authoring a magazine critique of Mr Reed’s Speakership. The article suggests Blaine aims to curb Reed, limit McKinley’s tariff influence, and possibly position for a future national convention.
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Washington
Blaine
Congress
Reed
Mr. Reed
McKinley
Harrison
Ind
Harvard Quinquennial Draws Criticism from Alumni
Andrew Oliver argues against the Harvard Quinquennial translating Latin names into English. He condemns misnaming, loss of clerical capitalization, and awkward abbreviations. He calls the new catalogue inelegant, unscholarly, and vulgar, urging restoration of the old Latin form.
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Harvard
Mariyena
Bishop Huntington
New York
D.C. L
A.M
M.A
Mass
Bass
Massachusetts
Bishop Bass
Cambridge
Andrew Oliver
Odd assorted clippings from American and English papers
A collage of curious items covers topics from a New Hampshire milkman and a ship Yantic on a practice ground to temperance wit and Sarah Bernhardt knee rumors. It notes a Baltimore desk once used by General Lee, a Utah bishop rumor, an Oberammergau cock tale, a South Shields lifeboat memorial and a Pall Mall Budget quip about poodles.
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United States
Chatham
Lawrence American
Brooklyn standard-Union
America
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
London
New York
Utah
Inspector Lee
Prince of Darkness
Mr. Lee
United States Engineer’s Office
Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Pall Mall
Torpedo Steamer Cushing Makes 120-Mile Run
The torpedo steamer Cushing arrived this afternoon from the Brooklyn Navy Yard after covering 120 miles in four hours and forty four minutes. It will depart for Newport in the morning.
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New Londoyn
Conn
Cushing
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Newport
Collect for the Sixth Sunday After Trinity
A devotional text invoking God to fill believers with perfect peace and love, seeking grace beyond human understanding and the fulfillment of divine promises through Jesus Christ.
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God
Jesus Christ
Notable Appointments and Travels Across Europe and America
General Polavieja is named captain-general of Cuba. Mark Twain’s eldest daughter will enter Bryn Mawr College. Empress Eugenie travels to Norway titled Comtesse dé Pierrefonds. General Boulanger seeks government pardon. Kalikaua and Princess Lilvia plan October England visit. Empress Frederick and daughters return to Germany after England visit. Baron Wissmann suffers asthma. Prof W F Harper to head University of Chicago and teach at Yale with multiple chairs. He leads Chautauqua roles and educational boards.
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Polavieja
Cuba
Mark Twain
Bryn Mawr College
Paris
General Boulanger
Eugenie
Norway
Comtesse Dé
Germany
Empress Frederick of
Victoria
England
Baron Wissmann
East Africa
W. F. Harper
Yale College
New University of Chicago
Harper
Ohio
Yale
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Ship News
Boston West
Boulanger
Bovlanger
Boston Journal
Rockwell
House
Reep
Walker
Common Council
Tropics
New York Herald
W. H. “Smith
Lords
Dsovix
Lord Ross- Bery
Merlin
Baton Rous
Mississippi
Salem Matters
Davenport
MR. Blaine
Harvard Quinquennial
Oberammergau
Peter
John Lutz
South Shields
Adventure
Tyne
Henry Greathead
William Wouldhave
Wouldhave
Greathead
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