Louisiana legislature support for governor against lottery
The June 2 1890 item notes a likely Louisiana Legislature majority against the state lottery and active committee work investigating bribery. It also recalls BisMarck’s postempire stance toward Frenchmen, and praises a Cambridge sermon on pension reform, while reporting Steelton Pennsylvania’s anniversary speech calling for free trade and national maritime strength. Immigration testimony in Chicago is highlighted for advocating radical immigration policy.
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Louisiana
Nichols
Immigration views stir debate on nationality and aliens
The speaker claims current immigration is more undesirable than ever, labeling Russian and Polish Jews and Southern Italian natives as unwanted. He urges educational provisions in immigration law and advocates publishing naturalization intentions for scrutiny, while praising many Germans as intelligent potential citizens. The critique of Russians and others remains contested.
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Italy
Raiter
Standpoint on McKinley tariff seen from Dingley speech
A Boston Home Market Club dinner speech by Congressman Dingley is criticized for portraying the McKinley tariff as reducing duties on common goods. The piece argues the bill mostly raises rates for poorer consumers while sparing luxury items, citing specific examples from towels to braids and buttons. It attacks Dingley’s stance and cites a Broadway of protectionists including Peleg McFartin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingley
Home Market Club
DineLry
Rockland
New England
Dina@ey
Dinebury
Rolief
Messrs. Buren, Richards & Co
Maine
Republican Party
Peleg McFartin
Outrek Ames
Nahum Stetson
Joan H. Rexp
Albert N. ParLin
Standpoint of Examiner Clouds McKinley Bill View
The text notes Mr William E Corriin and Mr James C Warr among others while critiquing Mr Dinatey's approach to the McKINLEY bill. It suggests the observer is deluded or hallucinatory in interpreting the measure, implying a biased or unreliable examination of the bill and its aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willliam E. Corriin
James C. Warr
Davin B. Gurney
Dinatey
McKinley
Bill
East Africa for the Germans in imperial debate
Negotiations between Britain and Germany over Africa intensify with interviews by the German Emperor and Sir Percy Anderson’s Madrid assignment. Public sentiment in Britain leans toward caution, fearing jingoism and unclear gains, while commercial dates and colonial rivalries shape policy and press commentary.
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Great Britain
Germany
William
Berlin
Percy Anderson
Lord Salisbury
Stanley
Portugal
Africa
Lord Salisoury
Dr. Piters
Uganda
Lake Victoria Nyanza
England
Mr. Stanley
Punch
Francis DE Winton
Central
India
Manchester
Lord Satissary
Hard Facts for Farmers on Tariff Export Prices
Tariff Reform cites manufacturer correspondence showing farm implements sold cheaper abroad than in the United States. Exchange notes indicate 10 percent domestic premium, with export goods boxed and delivered in New York. For common farm tools, the discount abroad may exceed 19 percent, benefiting foreign buyers over small US farmers.
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New England
Engineering and Mining Journal
McKinnney
Maine
Mississippi Valley
Ments
New York
Debated tariff bills and fiscal drift across papers
Democratic papers condemn the McKinley tariff as partisan and self serving while editors from Denver Times and Baltimore Sun note that Congress faces Vance Stanford and Ingalls bills. They warn lavish government spending fuels demands for more, signaling drift toward paternalism and centralization amid party demoralization.
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Denver Times
Vance
Stanford
Ingalls
Congress
Baltimore Sun
Dem
Notable World Figures on Flights and Marriages
General Cogswell heads to Washington while Bavarian Prime Minister Baron Von Lutz resigns due to ill health. Mis Bilbisco becomes the first woman admitted to Paris’s bar. Snider rents Stanley Matthews’ Washington home. Lady Annie Blunt, Byron’s granddaughter, lives in Egypt with family. Mrs Langtry sails to America after London season. Seodorovna, escapee from Siberia, reaches Paris, now consumptive. Henry M Stanley plans October U.S. lectures and a Westminster Abbey wedding on July 12. Fernald exits Peabody Press to rejoin Boston journalism. MP William O’Brien to wed June 11. Dillon best man. Raffolovich to be confirmed by Cardinal Manning. Hayman signs with Bronson Howard for a mid-season play. Valleyrand memoirs reportedly coordinated with Calmann Lévy. Rev Sam Small elected president of Methodist University in Ogden, Utah. Governor Goodell of New Hampshire visits Concord. timing of duties undetermined. Walt Whitman marked by 71st birthday with a Philadelphia dinner. Duke and Duchess of Connaught tour Buffalo then Quebec en route to England.
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General Cogswell
Salem
Washington
Baron von Lutz
Miss Bilbisco
Roumania
Snider
Minneapolis
Stanley Matthews
Annie Blunt
Lord Byron
Egypt
Mrs. Lang
Westminster Abbey
John P. Fernald
Peabody Press
Boston
William O’brien
M.P
Brompton Oratory
John Dillon
Raffolovich
Cardinal Manning
Sam Small
Methodist University
Ogden
Utah
Southern Methodist Conference
Northern Methodists
Goodell
New Hampshire
Concord
Antrim
State House
Walt Whitman
Philadelphia
Robert G. Ingersoll
H. C. Harned
John Harrison
Miss Balch
Boston publishers shift to Wharf District history note
The article observes publishing houses and presses moving toward the wharf area near Purchase street and Oliver street in Boston. It notes Fort Hill’s loss and the enduring historic ties of Oliver street, Purchase street, and nearby landmarks with figures like Samuel Adams and Oliver Wendell Holmes, while highlighting firms such as T. Y. Crowell, D. Lothrop, Little, Brown, and Robt s Bros and the Old Corner Book Store, and the drift away from Tremont and Washington streets toward greener, lighted districts.
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Fort Hull
Purchase Street
Oliver
T. Y. Crowell & Co
D. Lothrop Company
Journal of Commerce
Fort Hill
Boston
Trimount
Oliver Street
Tory
Andrew Oliver
Oliver Wendell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Gelcher’s
Samuel Adams
Washington and Tremont Streets
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Roberts Bros
New Court House
Little, Brown & Co
Estes & Lauriat
Washington Street
Lee & Shepard
Milk Street
Ticknor & Co
Boylston Street
Tremont Street
George William Curtis
Tennyson
America
Fine Arts Review of Boudin and Related Works at Chase's Gallery
The Boston article surveys Eugéne Boudin’s harbor scenes in Chase’s show, praising his sea atmosphere and nautical movement. It notes Abbot Thayer, Laura Lee, C. E. L. Green, and Mantenard works, plus pieces by Winslow Homer, Ridgway Knights, John Johnston, and Walter Gilman Page. The piece also mentions gallery notes, artist origins, and connections to Gloucester Harbor and Trouville with related commentary.
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Chase’s
Eugéne Boudin
Corot
Millet
Dupré
Troyon
Courbet
Paris
Boston
Gloucester Harbor
Boudin
New England
Middle States
Chase
Desmond Fitzgerald
Brookline
Durand-Ruel’s
Gloucester
Harvey
Foster
Trouville
Normandy
Havre
Holland
Abbott Thayer
Charlestown
Laura Lee
C. E. L. Green
Mantenard
Doll & Richards
Ross Turner
J. Foxcroft Cole
R. Burleigh
Winslow Homer
MacKnnight
Theodore Wendel
Williams & Everett’s
Art Club
Walter Gilman Page
Page
Westland Avenue
Artsy Snippets from A Century Ago Echo Humor and Theater
A collage of wry vignettes, from a joke about health and life insurance to a humorous Denver dining glare, with notes on a Brooklyn widow's diet, a torn dress case in Indianapolis, and a witty theater anecdote. It also recalls Pope Leo XIII's chilly chapel era, Victoria Vokes' Washington debut, and a family memory of the Vokes troupe.
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Boston
Western Massachusetts
Harper’s Bazar
Mary Ann Rhodes
Brooklyn
Indianapolis
Ind
Alexander Hamilton
Harlem
Richmond
Mr. Hamilton
Knebworth Banqueting Hall
Christian
Leo XIII
Sistine Chapel
Victoria Vokes
Kate Field
Washington
Cresswick
Surrey Theatre
Vokes
Miss Vokes
Fred
Postmen on bicycles and pavement material debate in Boston
The writer praises bicycle use by letter carriers in outlying districts, noting it speeds rounds and reduces fatigue. He contrasts wagons with bicycles, discusses Boston macadamizing material choices, criticizing pudding stone for friability and proposing crushed granite as a durable alternative that, while costlier, would endure road sweeping and provide a permanent pavement.
Drowned in Horn Pond at Woburn Maine River?
Edward O Rourke aged about nineteen died after a sailboat with a deaf mute companion overturned off Hudson's Grove on Horn Pond Woburn. The boat sank and O Rourke went down with it while Herndress swam ashore. His body was recovered from the treacherous part of the pond about two hundred feet from shore.
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Woprury
Horn Pond
Woburn
Edward O’rourke
William Herndress
O'Rourke
Herndress
Hudson’s Grove
Harvard Captures The Cup At Intercollegiate Meet
New York reports the fifteenth annual Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America meeting at Berkely Oval. Harvard led, setting five intercollegiate records including J P Lee’s 220 yards hurdles in 25 14s and a new world mark in 220 hurdles. Yale Princeton Harvard dominated events from sprints to distance races, with Columbia winning the tug of war.
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New York
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
Berkely Oval
J. P. Lee
Harvard
Sherrill
Dohm
Williams
Lee
W. B. Curtis
New York Club
C. H. Sherrill
Yale
Luther Carey
Princeton
F. W. Robinson
W. C. Dohm
W. G. Downes
W. H. Wright
H. L. Williams
H. Mapes
Columbia
G. K. Fleming, Jr
R. H. Davis
H. B. Hallock
Amherst
P. W. Davis
Havard
C. O. Wells
W. W. Ellsworth
A. M. White
W. W. Gregg
F. MelIfraime
F. A. Borchesling
L. H. Williams
G. RK. Fearing
B. C. Hinman
C. Jefferson
H. Detniller
J._ Fearing
S.ein
H. N. Janeway
Yein
H. Elrock
N. Wt. Alien
Hawkeye reports Supreme Court contrast in Iowa package ruling
Judge Huston cites a U S Supreme Court decision once cited in 114 U S Reports page 622 as parallel to the Iowa package ruling, noting the prior case held property imported remains in the consignee's hands as part of the state's mass of property after arrival. The Hawkeye highlights the overlooked decision and its opposite conclusion.
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Bur
inGcTon
the Hawkeye Today
Huston
United States Supreme Cou T
United States
Iowa
Consignee
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Boston Post
Post Publishing CO
Milk
Keewene
Post Publishing Company
Doston
BisMarck
German Empire
Cardinal Wotsley
Edward H. Hall
Cambridge
Hal
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Penn
Sparrow Point
Lurher
Burt
Massachusetts
Congressional Committee
Chicago
Roster
Chicago Staats Zeitung
East Africa
London Gas & Coke Company
Thames
France
Grand Army
Andersonville
Camp Douglas
Reep
Mr. Rexro
Mr. Daly
Richard Dorsey
New York Times
Miss Renan
Rosalind
Stead
Review of Reviews
London
Church
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Chen
Hotel Niagara
Falls
Quebec
the Fine Arts
Eugene Boudin
Dr. Robinson
Brown University
Otto Grundmann
Sebi Bane
Williams &Verett
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