Magazine Notes on Longman's July and Current Literature
Longman’s Magazine for July offers a mixed bag of verse and prose including E Nesbit and Dorothea Gerard pieces, with new items from Lang and others. Current Literature debuts as an eclectic review with varied contents, some praise, some criticism, and notable criticisms of its selections and departments.
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Dorothea Gerard
Daniel Deronda
George J. Nathan
W. H. Hudson
Henry Reeve
Grant Allen
Alfred W. Hunt
Bamborough Sands
Andrew Lang
William Sharp
Anstey
Henley
Henry James
R. H. Stoddard
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Butterworth again defends protection amid trade push
In a July 23, 1888, column a declared protection advocate says nations seek larger trade areas. He notes Benjamin Butterworth and Republicans voted against the Minus bill. The piece argues the bill would boost commerce more than any prior act, contrasting rhetoric with action.
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Benjamin Butterworth
Buttersworth
House of Representatives
Congress
Ohio
Ben Butterworth
New England Capitalists Eye Southern Railroads As Virginia Soil
Boston bankers see large opportunities in the South for railroad holdings amid rising Southern industrial activity. Debts and collection uncertainties temper optimism. Evrerett P. Wheeler cites wage and tariff principles, noting protectionist rebuttals remain absent as arguments against tariffs gain traction in wage discussions.
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Boston
New England
South
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Prohibition tent campaign gains ground in New England states
The Prohibitionists push a tent campaign across western states and into Connecticut, where large crowds hear speakers and the effort boosts third party votes. Analysts note unusual strengthening of Prohibition support this year, aided by Republican free whiskey platform, likely increasing Cleveland electors' plurality in Connecticut.
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Interior
New York
Connecticut
Hartford
Tolland
Fisk
Cleveland
Passage of Mills Bill Boosts Tariff Reform Prospects
The New York Tribune lauds the Mills bill as a moderate tariff reform that breaks from perpetual protection. It notes 162 yes to 149 no in the House, credits public opinion shifts and leadership by Cleveland and McCullough, and predicts further reform in both chambers with emphasis on free raw materials and reduced duties shaping a broader fiscal policy.
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House of Representatives
Mrs
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Henry DiLay
Arthur
Antoun
McCuLlLoca
Cleveland
Manning
Mirus
Mituis
Morrison
New England
New York Legislature ends session with prison reform act
The recent New York Legislature session cost 3500 dollars and produced a sweeping prison labor reform. It abolishes the state account plan, forbids contract labor and machine use, and requires convict-made goods to be used within state institutions under a board’s supervision, burdening taxpayers with costs.
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New York
Crosby
Aqueduct Commission
New York City
Aqueduct Board
Huu
Pompeii spectacle delights and soils Boston crowd on Huntington
A Boston observer reports on the Pompeii exhibit on Huntington Avenue, noting curious pronunciation jokes from a Brookline car conductor and the Saturday night audience’s mix of scholarly instruction and casual amusement. He praises color and design blending while criticizing lackluster music and some ungraceful performers.
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Pompei
Pompeii
Blaine Campaign Opens With Simple Planned Welcome
The letter from Blaine’s side eases uncertainty and signals a modest, inexpensive opening. Bou telle at Chicago relays private guidance, while managers arrange a naval display of steamboats, a dock escort, a window parade, and a Metropolitan Opera House reception, all to begin Harrison era with a buoyant, informal boom.
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Boutelle
Chicago
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Harrison
Tariff bill changes favor textiles and light goods
The proposed tariff changes benefit textile manufacturers and alter dutiable lists for woollen and cotton goods, linens, iron products, earthenware, paper, and chemicals. Reductions offset duties on materials, preserving substantial protection and mirroring the 1882 tariff commission plan. A New England senator notes Eastern states face no prejudice as the bill faces Senate votes.
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Tariff Commission
New England
Senate
Republican ‘Party
Socialites and critics recall old Paris luncheon tales
Mile Cerrint Monratano once met SAINTE-BEUVE at a luncheon. A Palais Royal green room remark from CELINE says she lunched with an old man named Bruve. Mile Demay notes Ernest Renan's fame now known, and praises a more polite concert hall than a theatre a third century ago.
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Paris
France
M. Renan
Mile
Mile, Demay
Renan
Demay
Dremay
Monsieur ‘Renan
Cerrint Monratano
Sainte-Beuve
Lais
Celine
Palais- Royal
Bruve
Ernest Renan
London Theatres Extend Season Amid Sickness Quiet
The London theatre season lingers with shows at the Gaiety Lyceum and a few others while main houses close. The Taming of the Shrew and La Tosca share the stage amid varied offerings as audiences savor both Shakespeare and modern drama before summer curtails the schedule. Mr Daly plans a final week in town before a Stratford memorial performance, fully booked. The prospect of Americans performing Shakespeare in England pleases locals.
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France
St. James
Covent Garden
The
Comique
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Mme
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Lyceum
Daly
Stratford
Shakspere
Ancient gravestones found on Bosworth street in Boston
The writer notes a discovery of old grave markers in what may be a former cellar on Bosworth street. Dating from 1675 to 1728, the stones suggest interments on private grounds after the Old Granary burying ground. The find has nostalgic appeal and could interest genealogists and the Bostonian Society. Tavener.
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Bosworth Street
Holmes
Montgomery Place
Lucius O’ Trigger
Boston
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Taverner
Notable Americans Abroad And Domestic Wills In New York Papers
Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson of Baltimore, niece of ex President Buchanan, will spend next month at Rye Beach New Hampshire. Carl Schurz remains abroad likely until after the presidential campaign. Mrs Emery A Storrs leaves 40000 to her son George for life, then to his children or to St Lukes Hospital as a memorial fund. Miss Martha A McConnell, elected deaconess of McKeesport Reformed Presbyterian church, editor of the Journal, to be ordained this fall. Thomas Nast may return to political prominence this fall, plans cartoons for Harrison and Morton with a New Jersey arrangement.
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Harriet Lane Johnson
Baltimore
Buchanan
Rye Beach
N. H
Carl Schurz
New York
Schurz
Kiel
N. Y. World
Emery A. Storrs
George
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Storrs
Martha A. McConnell
McKeesport Reformed Presbyterian
Washington
Penn
Journal
Pennsylvania
Miss McConnell
Thomas Nast
Liberty
The
Harpers
Pacific Coast
New Jersey
Harrison and
Morton
N. Y. Tribune
Revolutionary push to nominate governors by GOP rank and file
The Springfield Republican notes a supposed revolutionary effort to push top candidates out of the Republican gubernatorial race. It argues such a revolt would be beneficial if the party voters could nominate their own candidates, but sees no signs this is feasible.
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Italy
Pompeii
Egypt
Bulwer
Arbaces
Anthon
Vive la
Springfield Republican
Ind
The Right Kind of Talk on Aqueduct Commission
The New York Tribune notes Mayor Hewitt vows to appoint four independent men to the aqueduct commission who will outvote him when he errs. The editorial expresses confidence in a people trusted commission but hopes Hewitt is never outvoted.
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Hewitt
Aqueduct Commission
N. Y
From Bad To Worse In Chicago Platform Debate
The Chicago platform framer blundered by opposing the internal revenue system and by declaring the party would favor free whiskey in any contingency, worsening public perception as evils of whiskey loom larger in national history. The New York Evening Post condemns the stance.
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Chicago
N. Y. Evening Post
Ind
The Parting of the Ways in Politics
A political column from the New York Times (Indiana edition) denounces both major parties. It argues intelligent voters are repelled by the Republican platform and moral tone, while accusing party leaders of seeking labor and immigrant factions instead of broad public welfare.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Tis
N. Y
Protest Meeting in Montreal Demands Action on Immigration
At a mass meeting by the Central Trades and Labor Council in Montreal on July 21 attendees adopted resolutions opposing pauper immigration and against contract labor, urging immediate government action by legislation similar to the United States. Several Members of Parliament spoke in support.
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Montrieal
Que
Central Trades and Labor Council
United States
Dover Captain Damrell Family Horse Rescue Tragedy
While members of Captain J. F. Damrells Dover family were riding the horse panicked and bolted. A nearby field hand rushed to help. In the wagon were five ladies and a grandchild. two on the front seat suffered severe injuries including a broken leg and internal injuries from the horse’s blows.
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J. 5. Damrell
Dover
Captain Damrell
City of New York steamship to be largest passenger vessel
The City of New York, built at Clydebank by Thomson, is nearing completion. At 10,500 tons and about 20,000 indicated horsepower, it will be the world’s most powerful merchant liner. Features include twin triple expansion engines with a separating bulkhead, five decks, extensive first and second class accommodations, and a large illuminated interior. The ship boasts 700 first class passengers, 860 second class, and emigrant berths, with electric lighting and a powerful night searchlight for navigation.
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Inman Line Steamship City of
New York
Clydebank
James
George Thomson
Channell
Italians Rally in Philadelphia Over Immigration Ostracism
About 2000 Italians gathered in Kelly's Hall to protest claims they are a pauper class and to oppose potential congressional investigations. Resolutions urged lawmakers to reject any law of ostracism against immigration, arguing it contradicts liberty and the nation’s civilization.
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Philadelphia
Kelly’s Hall
Congressional
Oil well diggers killed in Lima glycerine blast
Stephen Phillips and Fred Newman were killed Saturday in Lima Ohio when nitroglycerine exploded during well work. The two oil field workers were mixing glycerine to shoot a well when the blast occurred, causing their deaths.
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Stephen Phillips
Fred Newman
Lima
Loose talk and crowd-pleasing curiosities from the era
A collage of satirical quips and brief items covers politics, opera, newspapers, and social mores. It notes Indian baseball, tariff debates, sugar and sand, a famed newspaper column, dress trends, deadhead rail fares, temperance humor, a punchline exchange about Marley, an Australian doctor offering funeral aid, and a look at diamond market control led by Central and Kimberly companies.
Art at Lasell Sees Large Additions to Seminary Gallery
Lasell Seminary plans a notable expansion of its art collection with 41 new pictures this year. The acquisitions include twenty German paintings bought in Berlin by artists Stade mann Hildebrandt Sellmayr Gracb Meyer Von Kremen and others. Also added are works by G Thompson J W Dansmore Henry O Ryder and more. New watercolors by C W Sanderson include winter landscapes and wood interiors. Copeland Southern genre pieces join the list and Still Longing for the Old Plantation is paired with When My Ship Comes In from earlier purchases.
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Lasell Seminary
Berlin
Stademann
Hildebrandt
Sellmayr
Gracb
Meyer von Kremen
G. Thompson
J. W. Dansmore
Henry O. Ryder
Thomas Robinson
C. W. Sanderson
Cathedral Glen
Catskills
Beech _ Woods
Salisbury
Copeland
Defeat of Boss Rule in the Senate
Washington dispatch reports that Fuller’s confirmation signals the end of boss rule in the Senate. Republicans rebelled against the judiciary committee’s decree, with Edmunds Evarts failing to secure unanimous obedience. The piece notes a new Senate era despite a nonadverse but evasive committee report on Fuller.
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Washington
N.Y. Evening Post
Fuller
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Edmunds
Evarts
Judiciary Committee
Coral Reef in Red Sea Causes Shipwrecks
A coral reef near the Red Sea mouth was found to lie in the shipping lane after the Avocet founder in May 1887 and the Teddington later sank nearby while inquiries were ongoing. Despite multiple searches, the reef shows only 15 feet of water over 40 yards diameter, with no shallow-water signs to warn passing vessels.
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Avocet
Red Sea
Board of Inquiry
Teddington
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