Royal and literary notices from London and Paris
Ex-King Milan plans to reside in Paris while Mr T Adolphus Trollope prepares more reminiscences and H Rider Haggard announces a new novel Beatrice for next January. Various royal, literary, and cultural updates include Empress Victoria joining the Catholic Church, Browning’s new poems titled Dramatic Idyls Jocoseria, and poetry attributions.
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Augusta Victoria
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England
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Robert
New Hampshire Legislation Moves Various Measures
In Exeter and Amesbury railroad incorporation and agricultural development bills pass in the Senate. The House sees many petitions for municipal women’s suffrage. The capitol removal joint resolution goes to the insane asylums committee. A use of $60,000 for the State Normal School is debated and tabled. Investigations into the Grafton County Almshouse appoint and the Kensinton election case proceeds. A patent medicine bill faces opposition from 123 Nashua druggists. Ballot reform hearing includes Ladd Colby Dana Moore and McKinney in support and opposition.
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Senate
Exeter & Amesbury
State Capitol
Manchester
Committee On
State Normal School
Grafton County
House Committee On Elections
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Kensinton
G. B. French
Nashua
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Hall
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Dartmouth College
R. H. Dana
Boston
C. Moore
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Notice of Page Placements for Financial and Ship News
The Financial and Commercial Departments will be found on the Sixth and Seventh pages, and the Ship News on the Third page. This item directs readers to where business and maritime sections appear in the next issue.
France and Britain clash over naval spending in 1889
The French Chamber of Deputies approved a credit of 58 million francs over five years to build warships, following Britain’s similar grant. The move, aimed at naval strength, risks retaliation and tensions between France and Great Britain, though both nations dominate naval power in Europe aside from Italy.
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Great Britain
Italy
Europe
Petrel gunboat returns from trial voyage
The Petrel built by Columbian Iron Works at Baltimore, about 870 tons, is designed for coast and river service with light draught and good seagoing qualities. It made 13 1/4 knots on natural draught and 1250 horsepower, with a four hour forced-draught trial planned likely to push speed toward 15 or 16 knots.
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Columbian Iron Works
Baltimore
Yorktown
Wheat crop outlook hints Dakota yield drop may strain world supply
Reports warn of a potential 80 million bushels reduction in Dakota wheat harvest amid a broader shortfall in European regions and other producers. If other American regions fall similarly, global comfort could be affected. Harvest is pending, with Russia Hungary Roumania and others likely delivering little more than last year. America may need to fill the gap, Dakota’s result could shift market advantages.
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India
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Western
Europe
Southern Congressmen push recognition to back Speaker bid
The Fifty first Congress faces a push by Southern Republicans to demand recognition as a condition for supporting a Speaker candidate. Hank of Tennessee and McComas of Maryland are named as potential contenders amid charges the President neglects the South in cabinet and other high offices. Rhode Island liquor bill seeks high license system replacing prohibition with town level licensing and state control over issuance and fees.
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McComas
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Kansas Idea Sparks Civil Service Reform Debate in Washington
Washington dispatch surveys Judge Perkins of Kansas denouncing civil service reform with a breezy Western bias. It cites his claim that examinations favor East college breds and district politics, while contrasting official Commission reports showing West and East parity in appointments. notes Count Torstor’s shift to art studies and plans for a major treatise on art.
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White House
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Illinois
Irish Leaders Withdraw From Special Commission Proceedings
The Irish leaders led by Mr Parnell withdraw from the Special Commission proceedings amid a long running probe. The minority holds seven teen seats in a three seat majority, able to demand terms or force an election. Opinions vary on the impact, with charges of unfairness against the judges deemed unlikely to sway those who followed the inquiry closely.
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Mr. Parnell
Special Commission
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Parnell
Legislature Eyeing Amendment Amid Changes Ahead
The Legislature begins its consideration today and will watch closely how the amendment is manipulated and changes before enactment into law. The process, up for scrutiny, promises debate on the form and impact of the proposal.
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Count Tolstovs Activity and Rumors Recalled
Rumors swirl about Count L N Tolstov abandoning fiction after hopes he would rival War and Peace. Reports cite his sharp critique of Moscow University celebrations of Saint Tatiana and the January feast, urging soberness over revelry, though censorship constraints hinder full philosophical statements.
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L. N. Tolstov
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Tousier
Death of Mrs James R Chadwick in Birmingham noted
The Boston Post reports the death of Mrs James R Chadwick in Birmingham England on a Saturday after two years abroad for health. She was known for kindness, sociability, and domestic devotion, leaving Dr Chadwick and young children who will miss her. Her father was Dr George H Lyman of Boston.
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Birmingham
Eng
Chadwick
Europe
George H. Lyman
DANGER FROM MOUNTAIN RESERVOIRS WARNING OF FLOOD RISK
A Washington dispatch warns that proposed Powell era arid land reservoirs in mountain regions threaten vast flood danger for Conemaugh Valley and surrounding plains. It notes engineering limits, potential foundation failure, and inspectors’ difficulty in ensuring safety of huge embankments for downstream communities.
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Associated Press
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Europe
Americans Face Gloucester In London Cricket Match
The Philadelphia cricketers trailed 183 in their first innings as Brewster led with 50 and Scott and Newhall added 53 and 39. Gloucester’s side featured Scott 53 and Brewster 50, with six extras making 183. In the Americans' second innings Morgan stood firm for 47, while Clark and Etting supported, ending stumps at 195 for six down.
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Medford Town Affairs Plans New Avenues for District
At a Medford selectmen meeting Wadleigh Crowley and Clarke were named to examine boilers and the treasurer authorized to borrow 32400 for one year and 25000 for four months. The almshouse committee may purchase a hand chemical fire extinguisher. An adjourned town meeting at the Opera House considered streets between Forest and Purchase streets with two main avenues named Hall and Governor avenues to be filed for future reference.
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Schoolhouse Sites Decide Purchases by Committee
The Committee for the Purchase of Schoolhouse Sites held a special session to approve several land acquisitions for new schools. A reallocated site at Lamson and Summer streets replaces the Donnelly lot at 87 cents a foot, with about eighty feet for yard space. Additional parcels include a Lowell district eight room primary, a Dorchester grammar school, a Roxbury four room primary, Orient Heights, and a Dudley district plot, with costs ranging from $70588 to $13000, plus repairs to Walpole Street and enlargement of Florence Street. Ray Greene Huling declines East Boston High principal post. Lewis H Dutton named Lyman Evening School principal.
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Boston
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East Boston
Lewis H Dutton
Lyman Evening School
Association of Ticket Agents Formed in Cincinnati
A meeting of ticket agents from across the country led to the birth of the International Association of Ticket Agents in Cincinnati on July 16. About one hundred charter members enrolled, with William Brown of Cincinnati elected president and J O White of Boston as first vice president. Henry Lihon of St Louis became second vice president, J G Carreb of Cleveland secretary, and RW Veneman of Evansville treasurer. The next meeting is set for Jacksonville, Florida, on the second Tuesday in February 1890.
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St. Louis
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Cleveland
RW. Veneman
Evansville
Ind
Jacksonville
Fla
Notable English Actress Dallas-Glyn Dies at 66 in England
Mrs Isabella Dallas-Glyn a famed actress with a career in England and a Shakespeare recital tour of 1871 72 has died after a two year illness at age sixty six Born in Scotland to architect Gearns and a Presbyterian elder her life spanned obscure early parts to London triumphs including Lady Macbeth and a famed Antony and Cleopatra revival Her two marriages led to the stage name Dallas Glyn and she studied in Paris before joining Manchester theatre circles
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London
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Dallas- Glyn
Lady Macbeth
Dallas-Glyn
Charlotte Cashman
Midsummer riffs and jests from distant papers
A collage of quips and snippets from various papers. Notes on a leaning tower, a thief with an umbrella, a life insurance joke, Langtry, and playful banter about Yale, Welsh, and Shakespeare. Includes verse by W. E. Henley and a comic Oxford anecdote.
Blaine Learns to Wait, Adapts Impulsive Years
Providence Journal notes Blaine now exercises patience as he matures, contrasting with earlier impulsive habits. The remark highlights personal growth and self control without detailing specific events or contexts.
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Providence Journall
Public opinion settles Carnegie strike with wage cut
Public opinion has achieved another triumph by supporting the strikers in the Carnegie dispute. The firm would likely have kept the 35 percent reduction, but the press backing the workers led to a compromise. Strikers return to work with a 20 percent cut, still proving hard for many to survive on former wages.
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Hartford Courant Dp
President knew all about him in pensions matter
The President knew all about Tanner and his reckless relation of pensions. The administration halted him to avoid bankruptcy risk. The President deserves no sympathy, warned by those who knew Tanner’s unfitness, yet he appointed him commissioner with full knowledge of his past.
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Tanner
N. Y
Shrieking Critique of Civil Service Law Sparks Arrest
A New Haven postoffice letter carrier H W Cummings was arrested Friday on civil service law violation charges for soliciting and receiving political contributions. The item frames civil service as oppressive and unconstitutional, urging its destruction. The NY Sun quotes a harsh attack describing the law as a menace and nuisance to citizen liberty.
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Civil Service
N. Y. San
Newport Club Meets for Instructive Paper on Infectionous Plants
The Town and County Club convened at Mrs. W. B. Rogers residence in Boston for its second meeting of the season. Professor W. T. Sedgwick of the Boston Institute of Technology presented a paper on "Infectionous Plants." Also noted, Edison Electric Light Company completed its absorption of Weston Company and Newport Incandescent Company.
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W. B. Rogers
Boston
W. T. Sedgwick
Boston Institute of Technology
Edison Electric Light Company
Weston Company
Newport Incandescent Company
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