Notable figures and events in brief overseas and royal circles
Personal notes list United States minister to Mexico Mr Ryan as ill. Admiral Porter and wife spend summer in Jamestown R L. The oldest living college graduate, Rev Herman Halsey D V, born 1814, Williams College 1811, turns ninety seven. Mabel Stevenson, teen singer, to perform for Prince and Princess of Wales twice this week. Emperor William hosts Pfoven Insel garden fete with Chancellor Von Caprivi and Reichstag leaders present. Socialists absent at supper.
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Admiral Porter
Jamestown
R. L
Herman Halsey
D.v
East Wilson
Niagara County
N. Y
Williams College
Mabel Stevenson
New York
England
Princess of Wales
Arthur Paget
Earl Brownlow
William
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Reichstag
Postal notice of payment and remittance details
Entered as second class matter. All money sent at the sender's risk. All checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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Post Publishing Company
Booneville Sheriff Cranmers Death and Lynching Tension
In Booneville Missouri Sheriff Cranmer is mortally wounded by a prisoner in the county jail. A mob gathers demanding the prisoner’s lynching, but the dying sheriff pleads for lawful process and dies after directing the crowd home. The town’s duty over passion is praised. The rest outlines tariff politics and political intrigue around Blaine, Harrison, and Croker in New York.
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Booneville
Cranmer
Missouri
Pennsylvania convention tests Quay grip in faction fight
Harrisburg hosts the Republican State convention with open struggle against Senator Quay, aiming to curb his control. Delamater is favored for governor, Hastings and Stone also vie, while Magee and Romney implications color the stakes and national party implications loom.
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Quay
Pennsylvania
Dilammater
United States Senate
Hastines
Philadelphia
FirLer
E. A. Montoory
Monroora
QuaAy
Magee
Hastings
Stone
Philadelphia Press
Senator Quay
Romney
Delamater
Richard
Drna- Mater
Henry C. Lea
Harrison
Republican Party
Lea
Politician Confesses View of Politics as Business
In a candid remark Mr Crooker says politics is a business, a view that frames the ongoing investigations as part of the broader conduct of public life. The confession arrives amid efforts to sort arrangements and other discussions surrounding the case.
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Crooker
Naif
The Way of the Farmers Alliance in North Carolina
The Farmers Alliance pushes a six question pledge for Congress candidates in North Carolina. The list, titled The demands of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, requires signatures confirming approval of each demand before election.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Charles Dickens
Hannibal Chollop
Elijah Pogram
North Carolina
Congress
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Census warfare flares between Minneapolis and St Paul
Minneapolis residents conduct a rival census prompting arrests of seven enumerators on fraud charges. The St Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Tribune accuse methods as unseemly. A deputy marshal seizes papers while disputes threaten to escalate into a broader city conflict amid ongoing census logistics.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Lake Michigan
Missouri River
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Northwest
United States
St.Paul
Minneapolis Tribune
Twin Cities
Alliance Pledges Threaten NC Campaign Candidate
The piece describes how the Alliance seeks lawmakers to pledge support or face opposition. In North Carolina's sixth district H. C. Jones refuses to sign, while rival S. B. Alexander signs to gain backing. A demand calls for abolishing national banks, with Alexander temporarily opposing banks by transferring stock to his sister.
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United States Congress
Alliance
Toto
North Carolina
H. C. Jones
S. B. Alexander
Alexander
Congress
Breep
House of Representatives
Harvard Law School catalogue notes vast student rolls and 3 percent missing
The article outlines the annual and alphabetical lists at Harvard Law School from 1817 to the present, detailing entries, exits, degrees, and present addresses. It notes 5470 law students recorded with 183 lacking information, a little over 3 percent, and highlights the catalogue’s value for graduates and researchers.
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Harvard Law School
Atlantic July number features Murfree Craddock serial and essays
The July Atlantic contains the Murfree Craddock serial opening and Mrs. Deland’s Sidney, plus Dr Holmes on longevity and the Jewish question. Essays cover horses by H C Merwin, athletics in American colleges, biographical pieces on Lee and Phillips, Odysseus and Nausicaa, and a Shaler study on the African problem. Canadian poet James Russell Lowell’s sonnet is highlighted with a Browne volume aside.
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Fannie Murfree
Holmes
H. C. Merwin
Merwin
Albert Bushnell Hart
Richard Henry Lee
Wendell Phillips
James Russell Lowell
Thomas Browne
Flower de Luce
Apollo
Notes from a Boston Saturday Afternoon in the City
The narrator, in Harvard Law School catalogue reflections, recalls early alumni and deaths from 1824 onward, noting scholars like Moody, Caleb Cushing, Sewall, Holmes, Motley, Lowell, and others. The piece discusses romance in student listings, then shifts to amateur photography craze, Saturday hours, and urban change, ending with a meditation on modern work and leisure compared to past eras.
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Harvard Law School
Moody
Ohio
Caleb Cushing
Samuel E. Sewall
Building laborers strike gains support amid union session
The striking building laborers met in session and initiated eighty five members. The Brick Layers' Union held a lengthy meeting and discussed the strike, noting that most large contractors have granted the laborers' demand.
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Brick Layers’ Union
Ibis
Brookline High School principal reappointed after stir
On June 9 Brookline School Committee failed to reappoint Principal Frederick T. Farnsworth. After a petition from teachers and parents, Farnsworth was reappointed for a further year. J. C. Packard of East Greenwich was named sub-master to replace W. H. Desper, long ill, with W. H. Rolfe filling the interim role. Packard is a Wesleyan graduate.
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Brookline High School
Brookline
Frederick T. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
J. C. Packard
East Greenwich
R.L
W. H. Desper
W. H. Rolfe
Packard
Wesleyan
Old Lavender at the Museum and Nordeck at Grand Opera House
Boston theatergoers packed the Museum for Old Lavender with Harrigan Yeamans and Decker stars praised. new Fauvette announced for July 14 with a strong cast. At the Grand Opera House Mayo and Wilson present Nordeck, Waldemar praised. other principals led an acceptable cast as audiences approved the play through the week.
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Old Lavender
Museum
Edward Harrigan
Boston
Edwin W. Hoff
Henri Laurent
George Boniface
George K. Roncini
James A. Montgomery
W. P. Whittemore
Maud Williams
May Merrick
Therese O’leary
Nordeck
Grand Opera House
Mayo
Wilson
Frank Mayo
Waldemar Nordeck
Davy Crockett
Edwin Mayo
Prince Leo Zuiliski
Harry Courtaine
Witold Nordeck
Mary Levere
Princess Zuiliski
Mary Burress
Countess Wanda
The Sea King Delights New York Audiences
A genuine success for the William J. Gilmore Opera Company at Palmer's in New York as The Sea King by Richard Stahl opens to a crowded house. The opera, praised for entertaining but not original music, features Ed Stevens Hubert Wilke and stars Esther Palliser Lena Melville and Annie Myers. Enthusiasm runs high and a long run is anticipated.
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New York
William J. Gilmore
Annie Myers
St Pauls Church Letters on Lindsay Episcopal Call
The correspondence between St Pauls Wardens and Rev John J Lindsay centers on his 1890 election as assistant bishop of Alabama and his decision to remain rector of St Pauls Boston. Lindsay pledges to lead the parish, work with all, and strengthen the church’s future while thanking parishioners for their support and kindness.
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John 8. Lindsay
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s
Boston
Eomund H. Bennett
Joseph W. Woops
A. J. C. Lowpon
Alabama
Jouhn
Lindsay
St. Paul's Church
Marlboro Street
Esteemed Adieu Farewell For Mr Shuman Ahead To Europe
Friends honor Mr. A Shuman with a luncheon at Parker's in proof of esteem before his departure for Europe with his family. Weston Lewis presided and introductions followed. Attendees included John C Wyman Alexander Steinert O'Reilly Morse Savage and others as Mr Shuman sails from New York on the Teutonic.
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John Parker Tarbell
Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
A. Shuman
America
Europe
Parker’s
Upsenay
Mr. Shuman
Weston Lewis
John C. Wyman
Alexander Steinert
John Boyle O'Reilly
Opeld Morse
Minot J. Savage
W. W. Sias
James F. Mullen
Dr. Rowe
George B. Nichols
H. A. Pemberton
W. W. Gooch
Samuel Shuman
W. Robinson
H. G. Parker
H. Staples Potter
New York
Teutonic
Public G A R den and odd newspaper snippets
A collage of quips, jokes, and commentary from a historical page. The text Mixes talk of a public G A R den, satirical exchanges about Barr and McKinley, reflections on gifts and art, and a note on Sir Richard Burton and Lake Tanganyika.
Yale Cornell and Columbia Freshmen Two Mile Race Set
Arrangements completed for a three-school freshmen two mile race at 6 30 tomorrow evening from the Naval Station to Winthrop Point with Richard Timbell as referee. Yale is favored by some, Cornell and Columbia equally strong. Harvard crews practiced, showing potential but, per shell racing experts, may struggle to beat Yale. Coach Kirsh plans a hard race despite an ankle sprain from a post hole accident.
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New London
Bob Cook
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Harvard University
Harvard
Shell
Kirsh
New England Conservatory Alumni Banquet Recap
Last evening at the Conservatory of Music alumni reunion and banquet drew dainty maidens and escorts. Trustees hosted 7 to 8 pm with a receiving party headed by Mrs. Eben Tourjée and Frank E. Morse. Dinner followed with students as waitresses, toastmaster S. Emery, and speeches by Richard H. Dana, George E. Whiting, Edward Hale, and Edward Gardner. Officers for the new year were elected including Morse as president and Porter and Wright as vice presidents. Letters of regret arrived from Hemenway Carpenter and Munger.
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Conservatory of Music
Atthea
New England Conservatory of Music
Eben Tourjée
L. T. Jeits
Rufus
Morse
A. Emery
Richard H. Dana
George E. Whiting
Edward Hale
Edward Gardner
Philip 5. Moxom
Frank E. Morse
Frank A. Porter
Nellie C. Wright
Nellie P. Nichols
Clarence E. Reed
Emil Flynn
Everett E.truett
Edward D. Neal
J.D. Buckingham
H. A. Norris
E. F. Brigham
J. A. O'Shea
Doran. Smith
5.C. Paine
Amy Leavitt
A. B. Willis
C. P. Nelson
Agnes Whitten
Alfred Hemenway
H. Bernard Carpenter
T. T. Munger
Sidewalk Trading Meeting In Boston To Consider Ban
A Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange meeting is set for 2 p m today to act on the order prohibiting sidewalk use. A committee will report after awaiting a report from the Mayor. All interested are invited.
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Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Indictment Against John L. Sullivan in Purvis Miss
The grand jury returned an indictment charging John L. Sullivan with prize fighting. It will be called up tomorrow and a trial date set. A petition signed by leading citizens asking for a lenient fine without imprisonment will be presented in open court.
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John L. Sullivan
Purvis, Miss
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