Whiskey plank sparks Republican journal clash
The Boston Post reports a split among leading Republican papers over the whiskey plank in the party platform. The Indianapolis Journal supports free whiskey, citing Chicago resolutions, while the Boston Journal disputes that reading, risking embarrassment for both sides as readers seek the correct interpretation of the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago
New England
Boston Journal
Indiana
Massachusetts
Manufacturer’s War Tax Talk Stirs Massachusetts Crowd
A notable speaker at a Republican flag-raising in a Massachusetts town urged war taxes during peace to boost labor pay. The speaker, a prominent manufacturer who shifted part of his business to cut wages, faces local scrutiny as workers see him speaking for himself more than for labor. The pauper labor scare relies on the scarecrow effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Weill
Taverner
President Career LAND veto blocks railway through Indian Territory
President Career LAND vetoes a bill granting a right of way to the Fort Smith Paris and Dardanelle Railway Company across the Indian Territory. He argues the move violates treaty principles and jeopardizes tribal land tenure. The veto aims to advance allotment policy by reassuring Indians of the administration’s good faith.
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Career Land
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
National Colored Citizens Conference at Indianapolis Endorses Cleveland
The Indianapolis gathering of representative colored citizens closed with resolutions backing Mr. Cleveland and tariff reform. It marks a national move toward independent political action for a race long claimed by one party since enfranchisement, with broad representation beyond any single state.
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Conference of Representative Colored Citizens
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Gathering urges colored citizens to break old alliance
A group praises a meeting that formally counsels colored citizens to abandon their traditional political ties, calling it progress toward intelligent citizenship and a move welcomed by those prioritizing competent governance over party loyalty.
Congressmen Russell Deflects Tariff Hearing Attacks
Congressman Russell argues high tariff advocates misrepresent the MILs bill as undemocratic, saying the Ways and Means majority acted to prevent minority obstruction and public hearings would have undermined bill passage. He cites a letter to Congressman Wuhrne as key evidence and notes Waitine’s past warning is now clarified.
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Russett
Ways and Means Committee
Ings
Russell
WuHurne
Waitine
Mr. Russell
Immigration inquiry targets Italian immigration abuses at New York port
Congressional committee examining immigration at New York focuses on Italian emigration practices. Testimony from Italian vice consul and industry insiders describes coercive contracts, boarding-house exploitation, forced purchases, and high passage costs. Officials cite broader need for cross border regulation to curb such abuses and protect incoming workers.
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Committee of Congress
New York
Italy
Italian Emigration Society
New York City
Hoar
Boston
Bureau of Statistics
Atlantic
Tariff Critics Clash Over Inequalities and Free Materials
A heated discussion on tariff inequality returns in a Republican meeting coverage. The piece argues that calls to fix tariff inequalities often mean higher duties, while Dawes’s old critiques warn such revisions create new disparities. It contends free raw materials are essential for prospering industries like wool and highlights Meredith and Stevenson as figures in literary form and popularity debates.
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United States
Conor Lopce
Henry L. Dawes
House of Representatives
Dawes
Henry Clay
Meredith as a Popular Novelist and Its Limits
The piece analyzes how novels, including Meredith, rise with contemporary manners and fade as tastes shift. It contrasts popular mainstream writers like Scott and Dickens with writers known to coteries, noting that living authors may gain fashion yet struggle to become universally popular. It discusses publishers’ efforts to broaden Meredith’s appeal and the fleeting nature of literary fashion.
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Meredith
Brownryn
Meredithians
Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Richard Feverel
Shakspere
Diana of the
Mr. Mrrephu
Harry Ricch‘mond
Rhoda Fleming
Feverer
Beauchamp
Diana Merion
Walter Savache Lanper
Scott
Dickens
M. Henry Forevier
The
Figaro
Balzac
France
Bauzac
Georgk Merrephru
Mr. Mexeprin
Compulsory marriage for dynamiters proposed in Chicago note
A humorous take on legislation after Mrs Hronek surrendered dynamite. The piece cites Hronix as a would be assassin linked to Gary and mentions dynamite stored in a basement accessed by police through Mrs Hronek. It muses on forcing dynamiters to marry and jokes about possible brides like Mrs Parsons, with threats of blowing neighborhoods skyward.
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Hronek
Chicago
Hronix
Gary, Grinnel
Bon ¥ FieuLp
Srvic
Underwriter critique shoots holes in insurance Harrison story
The Weekly Underwriter disputes a Tribune interview with a so called prominent member of the Insurance Men's Harrison and Morron Club. It says English firms do not match home company practices here, misstates assets premiums and figures, and claims the supposed broker Kennap y was the key source. The piece argues the meeting shows brokers dominate the group and that underwriters split politically on foreign fire insurance and tariff reform.
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New York
Harrison
Harrison and Morron Club
Tooley Street
Tribune
KennrEpy
Kenneph
Rambles and reputations across a varied world
Mr. Robert J. Burdette returns from a Rocky Mountain ramble of lecturing and note taking. Nicholas Crouch visits Providence, R I, once home to Kathleen Mavourneen. Bowdoin hires Dr. B L Bowen as instructor in French and Latin. Brice enjoys billiards at home after dinner. A Berlin memorial honors Countess Louise Rose for medical aid. James P Engle, Arkansas governor candidate, is a plain farmer turned politician. Miss Alice B Farley, a frail Empress planter, runs a top cotton plantation in Port Huron Louisiana.
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Robert J. Burdette
Rocky Mountains
Nicholas Crouch
Kathleen Mavourneen
Providence
R. L
Pinero
B. L. Bowen
Johns Hopkins University
Bowdoin College
Brice
Democratic National Executive Committee
Fifth Avenue House
University of Berlin
Louise Rose
James P. Engle
Arkansas
Alice B. Farley
Port Huron
Boston Letters Reflect on Women Rights and Crime
The writer discusses Mrs. Livermore’s talk on Superfluous Women, praising women’s shift to self-supporting roles and education beyond marriage. He analyzes Jesse Pomeroy’s case, arguing for life imprisonment, and shares observations on vacation choices, debt, and a neighbor’s resilient attitude amid losses.
Books Received This Week From Various Publishers
List of new titles and authors includes Uncle Tom's Tenement by Alice Wellington Rollins from William E. Smythe Co. A Winter Picnic by J and E E Dickinson and S E Dowd from Henry Holt. Madame Silva by M G McClelland from Cassell. Maiia's Revenge by H Rider Haggard from Longmans. A Virginia Inheritance by Ed Dard Pendleton from Appleton. Industrial Liberty by John M Bent from Putnam. The Independent in Politics by James Russell Lowell from Putnam. The ansat story of the United States a series of essays by F Taussi from Putnam. Doctors Disagree a Visit Vaccine by Alfred Milnes from W Alne. The White Mountains A Handle Travellers from Ticknor. The Maritime Provinces A Handle Travellers from Ticknor. For England As She Seems selections from the Notes of an Arab Sheik by Edwin Lester Arnold from Warne. Uncle Sam in Pontifical Robes from G W Dillingham.
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Madame Silva
M. G. McClelland
New York
Cassell & Co
Cassell
Maiia
H. Rider Haggard
Longmans, Green & Co
Ed Dard Pendleton
D. Appleton & C
John M. Bent
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Joe
James Russell Lowell
F . Taussi
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Alfred Milnes
London
Alne
White Mountains
Boston
Ticknor Gees Ook
Maritime Provinces
Ticknor & Co
England
Edwin Lester Arnold
Frederick Warne
Uncle Sam
John Bull Poeneere
Aio
Ames Aine
York
G. W. Dillingham
Stage News Highlights From Boston And New York
The Boston Museum opens a new season with Katie the Family Help and the first U.S. staging of A Woman Hater. The Mikado ends its run as Crystal Slipper cast unfolds at the Boston Theatre. Next week in New York the Casino offers Nady and Judge Not at Madison Square Theatre.
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Boston Museum
C. 8. Fawcett
Katie
America
Marrietta Nash
Roland Reed
Boston
New York
Museum
Bells of Haslemere
United States
C. W. Durant
Amélie Rives
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Estelle Clayton
Mor ton to attend Bay State fair with Guernsey herd
Congressman Burnett announced Levi P Morton will attend Springfield October fair and bring his Guernseys. The piece surveys Republican tariff battles and editorials across the New York press, noting Blaine aligned Republicans and dissenting voices on free whiskey. It cites figures like Allison, Thurman, Harrison, and Macbeth warning on tariff impact and German competition.
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Burnett
Springfield
Levi P. Morton
Allison
Chicago News
Ind
New York
Ribune
James G. Blaine
Porter
Indiana
Thurman
Michigan
Republican House
Eugene Hale
John Bull
N. Y. World
America
Ben Harrison
The
Tribune
Indianapolis Journal
Harrison
Republican Party
New York Times
Blaine
Paris
George A. Macbeth
George A. Macbeth & Co
Pittsburg
Penn
Germany
United States
Pennsylvania
British Authors Support Copyright Bill Progress
A London banquet for American authors signals English literary support for international copyright. The piece notes British authors back the bill as a cure for piracy while publishers oppose, and cites broad Congressional inaction as the only barrier to passage this session. It urges action to ensure enactment.
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Times
London
England
Congress
House
Echoes of the day in brief humorous notices
A collage of light satirical items notes quirks of the era from bluefish trolling to dog days and base ball talk. It mentions Creedence of revivalists, a defaulter Pitcher possibly facing prison, politics and congressmen, a London woman who puckers with gooseberries, and local springs near Grantville Georgia with varied waters.
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Duluth
Mich
New Jersey
Harrison
Pitcher
Burlington Free Press
Rembrandt Smith
Velasquez Jones
Lowell
Whistler
London
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Current Comment The Negro in the South
An Atlanta Constitution editorial argues that blacks should seek justice from Southern Democratic administrations rather than national Republicans. It claims Georgia blacks are better off under Democratic rule and notes Governor Bullock, a Republican, plans to vote for Democratic Governor Gordon’s reelection.
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South
Georgia
Bullock
Gordon
Atlanta Constitution
Varnish Industry Growth From Tariffs Spurs U S Makers
A varnish business veteran argues tariffs hurt early on but now foster growth. He notes 1869 duties on gums blocked domestic firms, yet 1870 gun duties removal spurred competition. Today ten varnish makers exist where one stood, with more workers, better wages, and exports to England France Germany Austria Spain and Australia.
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United States
England
France
Germany
Austria
Spain
Australia
Boston Transcript
The Battle of Intellectual Pigmies
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports Senators, led by General Hawley, railing at the President for commenting on Congress. It notes Cleveland’s rebuke was justified as the Senate passed 127 pension bills in fifty minutes. The piece warns that future vetoes may spark further charges against Congress.
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Hawley
Congress
Cleveland
Senate
Treasury
Philadelphia Telegraph
Music Hall Promenades by Tomzhi at Boston venue
Notable singers spend summer near Boston and the Music Hall management presents a strong next week with Apollo Quartet performing Monday. Quartet members are George J. Parker George W. Want A B Hitchcock and D M Babcock, regarded by connoisseurs as supreme among similar groups. Further engagements to be announced Sunday.
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Tomzhi
Music Hall
Boston
Apollo Quartet
George J. Parker
George W. Want
A. B. Hitchcock
D. M. Babcock
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Immigration Inquiry
Mrs. Livermore
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Omeroy
Waterman
Pomeroy
Jesse Pomeroy
Leannot
Uncle Tom’s Tenement
Alice Wellington Rollins
William E. Smythe Company
J. and
E. E. Dickinson
S. E. Dowd
Henry Holt & 10
Oakland Garden
Eliza
Sam Lucas
Uncle Tom
Kate Partington
Topsy
Jere McAuliffe
Marks
Boston Theatre
Robert E. Graham
Eddie Foy
Harry Allen
Tom Martin
Ernest Tarleton
James Ryley
Charles Warren
Ida Muelle
Delma Dolaro
May Yoho
Jessie Villers
Mamie Cerbi
Maude Waldemere
Ada Chamberlayne
Rose Frank
Ruth Stetson
Beatrice Mooney
Coryphees
Mile, Qualit
Mile
Dorot
Oreste
Blanche Lee
Lydia Thompson
Violet Cameron
Axe and Crown
Mrs. Potter
Anthony
Cleopatra
George Parsons Lathrop
New
American Opera Company
Gustave Heinrichs
Philadelphia
Grand Opera House
Fra Diavolo
Faust
Lucia
Louise Natili
Alicia Varena
Clara Poole
Lizzie MacNichol
William Castle
William Xanten
Alonzo Stoddard
Frank Vetta
Charles Bassett
Countryman
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St. Louis
Grantville
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