A New Social World in Washington After 4th Events
Washington scene shifts as the Cleveland era ends with Mrs. Cleveland and former hosts fading from White House life. The piece weighs incoming Harrison cabinet figures, civil service reform hopes, and social shifts among prominent families, noting doubts about leadership style and party loyalties.
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Washington
Ceveland
Whitney
Fairchild
Endicott
White House
Oak View
Grasslands
Worcester
John E. Russell
Mr. Blaine
Mr. Noble
Mr. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Teac
Harrisons
Harrison
Cleveland
Sherman
Allison
Aldrich
Senate
McKee
Republican party divides over civil service reform and appointments
The letter argues appointing and retaining Democrats by a Republican president is treason to the party. It claims party backers oppose civil service reform for Democrats and warns General Harrison will learn the party’s narrow bigotry within four years, signed Conant.
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Harrison
Conant
Treasurer-Elect Roscoe Indicted for Bribery in Syracuse
Syracuse March 17 Benjamin W Roscoe city treasurer elect was indicted on a sealed charge of offering a bribe to Alderman Candee to secure votes for treasurer The indictment followed a Republican council caucus dispute over appointments Roscoe posted $5000 bail Roscoe a member of Roscoe Bros fruit firm had a respected reputation prior to the charges
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Syracuse
N. Y
Benjamin W. Roscoe
Charles E. Can Ee
Rosoe
Roscoe
Common Council
Seger
Eighth Ward
Sager
Seager
Jones
Candee
Roscoe Bros
Dredging Powow River Poised To Link Amesbury With World
At the Amesbury Board of Trade meeting officials pressed dredging Powow River aided by a $3000 Congress appropriation. A navigable channel would lower freight costs, attract coal and merchandise, and mimic river schemes in Lowell Lawrence Fail River and Glasgow.
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Amesbury
Amesbury Board of Trade
Powow
Congress
Chicago
Lowell
Lawrence
Merrimac
Exter
N. H
Clyde
Glasgow
Scotland
Deliberate death of Phelix Clark in North Adams
Phelix Clark, 28, of North Adams, died last night after drinking a poisoned solution at home. The New Haven Northampton Yard incident in his past left him mutilated and reportedly driven to despair, with his sister finding him unresponsive and a doctor unable to save him.
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Norra Adams
Phelix Clark
Clark
New Haven
Northampton
Troops Rebel at Fort Niagara in Mutiny and Desertions
General row erupts among United States troops at Fort Niagara New York as soldiers complain of cruel treatment. Seven men break for Canada, bayonets and weapons used, several rioters wounded, fort gates closed, outsiders barred. Escaped soldiers report grievances to General Meigs while denying disloyalty.
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Burraxo
N. Y
United States
Fort Niagara
Canada
St. Catherine’s
Ont
Meigs
Rescue at Black Diamond Mine Ends After Fifty Hours
Peter Near shalsky of Carmel Penn emerges at 4 PM after fifty hours trapped in the Black Diamond colliery breast. Thousands cheer as rescuers reach him. injuries are limited to nervous prostration and minor wounds.
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Carmel
Penn
Peter Nearshalsky
Black Diamond
New Pie Puzzyr Sparks Demand in Boston and New York
The New Pie Puzzyr draws thousands in New York with high demand. G. W. Simmons & Co at 32 to 44 North Street secured a few gross on Saturday and will give one to every boy patron in their Boys' Department or sell one to any caller in Boston.
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New York
Boston
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
St Patrick’s Day concert draws 6000 Irish-Americans in Boston
A Boston St Patrick’s Day celebration at the Mechanics’ Fair building drew about 6000 to hear John Boyle O’Reilly speak on Irish rights and Home Rule. Mayor Hart presided, praising audience support while speakers stressed 7000 attendees and ongoing Irish national causes. The program featured Irish songs by Murchison Lennon and Clifford, plus Katherine O’Keefe’s illustrated lecture at Globe Theatre for the Working Boys’ Home benefit.
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Mechanics’ Fair
John Boyle O'Reilly
Society of St. Cecilia
Hart
Thomas J. Gargan
Frederick QC. Prince
M. T. Donahue
W. W. Doherty
Thomas H. Duggan
Edward J
Mr. O'Reilly
Parnell
Ireland
Father Barry
Globe Theatre
Katherine O’ Keefe
O’keefe
Boston
Forty Hours Devotion Ends At Cathedral with High Mass
Crowds attended the Cathedral services as Arch Bishop Williams presided over the closing rites. Rev. Leo P. Bolan led the celebrant duties with deacons Welch Corcoran O Donovan and Nagle. The day featured Gounod and Mercadante music and sermons praising Saint Patrick and Irish faith. Large audiences filled both day and evening services.
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Walliams
Leo P. Bolan
Welch
Corcoran
O’donovan
Nagle
Williams
Thomas Hurly
Gounod
Father Bolan
Father Gudery
Everett
Patrick
Down
Ireland
L. P. Bolan
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Robert Fulton
O'Neil
Ryan
Richard Barry
Grover Cleveland attends Friendly Sons of St Patrick event
Ex-President Grover Cleveland appears as a private citizen at the 105th Friendly Sons of St Patrick anniversary banquet at Delmonico's New York. He sits beside Mayor Grant, receives a warm ovation, and delivers remarks emphasizing national unity and the duties of American citizenship.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Delmonico
Joseph J. O'Donoghue
Grant
St. Patrick
United States
Everett P. Wheeler
John 5
Virginia
Charles P. Daly
Elbridge T. Gerry
Delancey Nicolls
Roswell P. Flower
Ireland
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
George Washington
Henry Ward Beecher
Staes
Minera Spring Water Promoted by 8 8 Pierce & Co
The great house of 8 8 Pierce & Co announces Minera Spring Water for hotels clubs and trade in bulk or bottled Londonderry Lithia Water in quarts pints or half gallon bottles. Prices are listed by case dozen or bottle and the firm pledges reliable service.
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Minera Spring
Pierce & Co
Londonderry Lithia
Religion and the Intellectual Upper Classes Sermon
President M H Buckham of the University of Vermont preached at King's Chapel on Religion and the Upper Intellectual Classes using John vii 48 as text. He argued Christianity resists vulgarization yet speaks to both elite and common life and urged worship and study of Jesus Christ.
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King’s Chapel
M. H. Buckam
D.D
University of Vermont
Salvation Army
Buckam
Jesus Christ
Perin Replies to Schindler Over Prohibition Debate
The Rev. George L. Perin rebuts Rabbi Solomon Schindler’s anti prohibition lecture, arguing that constitutional prohibition is essential for public welfare. He accuses Schindler of misleading claims and challenges him to cite official data from Kansas, Iowa or Maine showing prohibition spreads evil and lowers per capita liquor, urging factual proof.
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George L. Perin
Shawmut Avenue
Schindler
Linad
Deer Island
Massachusetts
Kansas
Iowa
Maine
Union
Liberal Movement Among French Protestants Taught
Rev. Narcisse Cyr spoke at West Church on the Liberal Movement Among the Protestants in France. He traced persecution from Nantes to Louis XIV, noted growth since Napoleon, and urged American Unitarians to fund liberal education for French ministers to reach peasant communities.
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Narcisse Cyr
West Church
France
Amsterdam
America
Old School Street
Louis XIV
Geneva
What is known of St Patrick The Rev Brooke Herford at Arlington Street Church
The Arlington Street Church vesper service featured Rev Brooke Herford discussing St Patrick. He noted Patrick's limited surviving details yet his strong impact, saying Patrick, born about 380, preached in Ireland from age 40 for 33 years, converting Ireland to Christianity. He credited Patrick with establishing schools and monasteries across the island.
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Arlington Street
Brooke Herford
St. Patrick
Ireland
Patricix
Green Isle
Saint Patrick’s Exalted Refugees and Patric’s Legacy
A fragment praising Ireland as a refuge in the Saxon era and asserting St. Patrick’s lack of efforts to found it. The speaker contends the world benefits from the lives of men like Sr. Patric who lived there.
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Europe
Ireland
St. Patrick
Sr. Patric
Constitutional Prohibition in Kansas Advocated by A G Bradford
Attorney General S B Bradford spoke at People s Church on constitutional prohibition in Kansas. He argued it removes liquor traffic permanently unlike license or local option and cited reduced crime and pauperism since 1883, noting Dodge City as an example of reform through prohibition.
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S. B. Bradford
Kansas
People’s Church
Dodge City
Call for expert audit of Boston sewer department finances
A Boston letter to the Post urges a nonpartisan expert audit of sewer department spending under the deposed superintendent. It questions $1,500,000 in expenditures, proposes comparing material use with city plans, warns of potential contractor collusion, and suggests using city engineers and surveyor to conduct the review. Signed C. J. W., Boston, 1889.
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Sir
Boston
Sewer Department
City Hall
Perkins
C. J. W. Boston
Centennial ball as New York social showcase drawn from McAllister circle
The New York social world unites behind a grand centennial ball to reflect government, states, and old families. Tickets exceed 6000 under Ward McAllister with strict rules favoring notable residents. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland adapt to New York life as reporters follow their movements. Mrs. Cleveland seeks rest while remaining a social figure. Harper's Bazaar honors Mary L. Booth and sketches her career as writer and editor.
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New York
Madison Square Bank
Ward McAllister
McAllister
Committee of
R. B. Hayes
Levi P. Morton
Cleveland
Lispenard Stewart
Astor
Harper’s Bazar
Mary L. Booth
Miss Booth
City of
Harper Bros
the Bazar
S. 8. Conant
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Boston Museum Company
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Lillian Carll Smith
George J. Parker
Lon F. Brine
Leon Keach
Sons OF ST. Patrick
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Hoyt
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