Reformers In Earnest At Mass Tariff Reform League Dinner
A Massachusetts Tariff Reform League dinner at the Hotel Thorndike drew 90 to 100 members, far exceeding expectations, with calls for a tariff for revenue only. George S. Merriam’s letter and Emerson W. Judd’s remarks framed the push as a moral principle against class taxation, while participants noted Chicago conference insights and plans for renewed education and action.
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Massachusetts
Tariff Reform League
Thorndike
Harrison
Henry W. Lamb
Emerson W. Judd
League
Chicago
George S. Merriam
Springfield
Josiah Quincy
Henry L. Pierce
John M. Forbes
Joseph S. Ropes
Joseph B. Morse
John S. Farlow
Winslow Warren
Jabez Fox
General Hazard Stevens
Dana Estes
Archibald M. Howe
Grenville Norcross
Osborne Howes
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Henry H. Edes
William Aspinwall
L.S. Brigham
Vermont Tariff Reform Association
Quincy
Cambridge
M. M. Holmes
New England Furniture Exchange
Morton
Nebraska
Senate
Republican Party
New England
Henry George
Grover Cleveland
Lincoln
Cleveland
Judd
George
Merriam
Emvaraon W. Judd
Sec
Mass
Empire State
Boston Post Notices and Address Details
Entered as second class matter all money sent at the sender's risk. All checks drafts and money orders payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. New York Office Broadway and Wall Street Bripeman Birmingham and Co Agents Washington Office Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street.
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New York
Broadway and
Wall Street
Bripeman, Birmingham & Co
Washington Ofice
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Ship News on Third Page Delivers Maritime Updates
The newspaper directs readers to the sixth and seventh pages for financial and commercial departments while the ship news appears on the third page with coastal and vessel notices.
Congressman Cogswell Denies Cabinet Invitation Amid Harrison Picks
The Doston Post notes Cogswell denies being invited to General Harrison's Cabinet. It argues the incoming President may choose mediocrity, citing Massachusetts GOP decline and a lack of strong candidates. The paper warns the cabinet may disappoint in dignity and ability if Harrison continues his current search.
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Cogswell
Harrison
Massachusetts
Address by James P Foster at Republican League Convention
James P Foster presided over the annual convention in Baltimore. In his address he praised keeping the pledge against pauper labor while noting tariff benefits to manufacturers and urged proper disposal of surplus revenue with the line The people can spend it.
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Republican League of the United States
Baltimore
James P. Foster
Foster
League
United States
Oil at Sea Highlighted in Pilot Chart Excerpt
Captain Kartowa of the Hamburg American line offers a comprehensive study on oil use at sea. The prize winning essay explains practical applications in rough weather, taking on pilots, towing, and anchored conditions, detailing waste pipes and bags as effective methods.
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Kairlowa
Hydrographic Office
Kartowa
Hamburg Nautical School
Monthly Pilot Charts Show Atlantic Traffic History
The Hydrographic Office highlights the value of monthly Pilot Charts as a complete historical record of the Atlantic Ocean area vital to global shipping. Reproductions from past issues offer insight for mariners and the public into ongoing ocean travel and commerce.
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Hydrographic Office
Atlantic Ocean
Congressman's Restraint Sparks Tense House Clash
Congressman Cowles chafes at Speaker Car Lisle's use of authority, asserting limits on parliamentary control as the House debate intensifies and power dynamics unfold.
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Cowles
Carlisle
House tactics in tobacco tax repeal bill showdown
The piece criticizes Speaker driven moves to rush a repeal bill at session end. It argues Cowles and Randall seek to empower a war tariff majority to override a long held revenue policy. The writer warns that Democratic defections cannot justify the fundamental wrong.
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Cowles
Randall
Chamberlain signals cautious compromise in Irish policy
The speech in parliament shows Mr Chamberlain denying withdrawal from the Unionist position while urging constructive proposals instead of pure opposition. He favors progressive Ireland legislation as a bargaining invitation and hints at a possible half way approach to Home Rule within Liberal plans. The move appears as a shrewd compromise rather than surrender.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Ireland
Gladstone
Canada Acts to Extradite Fugitives in New Asylum Bill
The Dominion Parliament introduces a bill offering to surrender fugitives guilty of listed crimes to any requesting government, retroactive to cover those already in Canada. It aims to curb crime and promote reciprocity, criticizing U S inaction on extradition treaties and urging broader international cooperation.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
Weapon
Great Britain
Weeldpdon
Great Lakes
North America
Senate
New York Episcipalian Federate to Elect Archbishop Power
The Episcopal Church in New York forms a Federate Council uniting five dioceses and naming Bishop Potter as archbishop in effect. The council, meeting annually, will handle state church business not needing general convention approval. Critics warn the move risks politicizing church affairs and question the council’s usefulness and historic vitality.
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New York
Potter
Canterbury
York
HuntiIneton
LirrirvouHn
Long Island
Bermuda
Porter
DoAne
Albany
Coxr
Hunttington
Kingdom of God
Huntington
New York Journal Ridicules Mrs Warn on Robert Elsmere Adaptation
The paper mocks Mrs Warn's protest against the drama adaptation of Robert Elsmere, praising the play's production despite A M Palmers' refusal and alleging malign British rhetoric against American authors. It claims the protest centers on morality over money.
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New York
Warp
Robert Elsmere
A. M. Palmer
Cable
Gillette
Realism in Drama Faces New Critical Tests
The passage notes that as realism in drama grows, new critical tests will emerge to evaluate its evolving methods and impact on stage reality. It reflects on how shifting techniques challenge established standards and provoke fresh scholarly debate.
Critics urged to measure stage craft by bulk not taste
The article argues critics should evaluate theater by tangible production scale. It cites Krraury's Water Queen at Niblo's in New York using 28 400 feet of rope and 63 000 feet of canvas, plus 520 costumes and 28 000 feet of wood, noting precision despite enormous material bulk.
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Mr. Booru
Krratry
Krraury
Rumors About Amelya Rives as a Rapid Writer
A literary gossip spread claims that Miss Amelya Rives writes 2000 words per hour and once produced a 300 line poem in a single sitting without erasure. Some readers recall a Ben Jonson remark about Shakespeare blotting lines and hope the tales about her productivity are apocryphal.
Forged Letters Controversy Highlighted by London Times Stance
Republican papers attack the London Times for continuing to publish the forged Parnell letters. The piece notes prior circulation of fake quotations from the Times and other English journals despite clear proof they were inauthentic. The saying about people who live in glass houses is invoked.
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Journal
Express
London Times
Parnell
Times
Mr StarROW’s Note On Telephone Decision Reprinted
Reprint from the New York Evening Post presents the commissioner's patent opinion in a clear concise form. It summarizes the important points of the telephone decision and its implications as outlined by the commissioner.
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Starrow
New York Evening Post
Commissioner of Patents
Political debate and cabinet status in national politics
A collection of editorials and letters discuss Blaine as Pennsylvania’s favorite son and a Republican idol, the Baltimore civil service reform convention, Lamont’s salary retroactivity, cabinet dynamics under Cleveland, the Albany ceiling fraud probe, and opposition to Windom’s and Thompson’s conferrals, with Minnesota and New York Republican figures voicing firm protests.
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Blaine
The
Philadelphia Times
Pennsylvania
E. L. Godkin
New York Tribune
Baltimore
Albany
Windom
Minnesota
New York
Sabin
Republican State Committee
Sympathy for Harrison supporters in New York Times editorial
A brief editorial praises Republicans who backed Mr. Harrison and expresses relief at Blaine's defeat, offering congratulatory sentiment from the New York Times (Indianapolis edition).
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Mr. Harrison
Blaine
N. Y. Times
Ind
Panama Canal or Nicaragua Route Sparks UK Turmoil
Washington Post notes the Panama Canal plans face danger with Blaine leading the State Department and the Clayton-Bulwer treaty at risk while Nicaragua progresses, predicting strife for Britain over the next four years as Butterworth engages Canada.
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Blaine
State Department
Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
Ben Butterworth
Canada
Washington Post
Protesting Too Much Over Oleomargarine Hearing
A legislative committee heard testimony on oleomargarine as a food, praising its qualities. Advocates seek a fair presentation of the product under its proper name, arguing it should be bought and sold as oleomargarine rather than misrepresented.
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Springfield Republican
Ind
Four Years of a Vigorous Presidency
Harper's Weekly notes the four year presidency as marked by a strong executive personality resisting party lines. It credits civil service reform gains and the restoration of elections to express the country’s verdict on public policy, viewing these as broad, commendable outcomes.
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Harper’s Weekly
Public support urged for North Bennet Street School work
In Boston letters to the editor defend the North Bennet Street Industrial School against a private image. They emphasize Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw as president and pioneer donor, call for broader public cooperation, and urge citizens to contribute to sustain its educational influence.
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North Bennet Street
Boston
Shaw
Hemenway
George S. Hale
Eighteenth Symphony Concert Preview and Highlights
Tomorrow's program features G W Chapwick and Melpomene a dramatic overture in D minor with full orchestra and brass. Berlioz Romeo and Juliet, first performed in 1839, planned choral omission next Saturday. Wagner Vorspiel to Die Meistersinger showcases leading motifs and counterpoint.
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G. W. Chapwick
Thalia
Boston
Henschel
Hector Beruioz
Paris
Berlioz
Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Boston Water Department Foreman Receives Gold Army Badge
S R Turner, longtime Boston water department worker and newly promoted meter division foreman, was honored with a gold Fifth Army Corps badge by J J Regan Richard Lynch J A Haley L P Furlong and Thomas Blake. Turner served in the Thirty ninth Regiment from Bull Run to Appomattox and was discharged June 14 1865 as a veteran of the Civil War.
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S. R. Turner
City Hall
Fifth Army Corps
J. J. Regan
Richard Lynch
J. A. Haley
L. P. Furlong
Thomas Blake
Lynch
Turner
Boston Water Department
A Snow Idyl Tops Har per's Bazar Novelette
William Black begins a new novelette in Har per s Bazar this week. The tale follows a party of English travelers in the Scottish Highlands, describing their experiences and observations during a snowy idyll.
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William Black
Harper’s Bazar
Thundering Blunderer and Witty Scribbles Parade
A collage of miscellany including mockery of the Parnell letters, fashion gossip about shell pink teas in central New York, and light jabs at Washington and Chicago. Snippets feature witty exchanges about outfits, a Toledo divorce note, a Nice weather mishap, and a faked interview with Dr. Wharton after a mistaken time line.
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Parnell
New York
Denver
Chicago
Philadelphia Record
Quillpen
Calfbound
Burlington Free Press
Washington
the Press
Harrison
Notable Visitors and Personal Notices in Washington
Judge Charles Devens guests with Justice Gray at Washington while General N. P. Banks and Mrs. Banks plan inaugura tion week stay with General and Mrs. Browne. Miss Jennie Flood becomes the richest American heiress at 25 after her father’s death. General Gilman Marston departs for Washington and resigns his legislative seat. Miss Viola Allen ends Boston stage run and travels to New York with her father. Mme. Hading praises North Americans before returning to Paris. Amelia B. Edwards blocked from Lowell Institute by a non existent constitution. Dr. Von Dollinger marks his 90th birthday with messages from Count Arco Valley and others.
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Jennie Flood
United States
Gilman Marston
New Hampshire
Washington
Ebbitt House
Viola Allen
Boston
Museum
C. Leslie Allen
New York
Paris
Mme. Hading
New York Tribune
Amelia B. Edwards
Lowell Institute
Institute
The
Tribune
Hub
von Dollinger
America
Count Arco Valley
Prince Luitpold
Bavaria
Reichsrath
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Colman
L. S. Brigham
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Green Mountain
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Joseph 8. Ropes
Hazard Stevens
N. H. Chamberlain
Boston Post
Milk
Washington Street
God Tore
Post Publishing Company
Doston
Post
the Canadian Asylum
Daniel Lamont
New York Times
Platt
Warner Miller
Whitelaw Reid
Rep
Philip H. Welch
New York Sun
Hood
Theodore Kid
Theodore
Laverner
Ss. R. Turner
Water Department
Alabama
Fakir
Bayard
Dr. Wharton
Charles Devens
Justice Gray
Capitol
N. P. Banks
William H. Browne
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