The Bells of Haslemere at the Museu Impresses Audiences
The fiftieth performance signals strong public favor for The Bells of Haslemere at the Museu. Critics praise its coherent scenes and fidelity to nature, while noting efforts by Pettitt and Grundy, with strong turns by Everson Craigen Barron and O Leary, and commend the stage pictures and scenery.
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Pettitt
Grundy
Davenport
Miss Everson
Miss Craigen
Villaiy
Boyd Putnam
Coulter
Wilson
Reuben Armstrong
Salaries for Post Office Clerks Should Be Legally Set
In Boston on March 21 1888 discussion centers on raising clerk pay. The proposal by Mr Blount to give the Postmaster General a limited fund for distribution is criticized as unsatisfactory and calls for a definite legal provision fixing the rate of increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blount
National House Committee
Eccentric Senator Blatr Pushes Confederate Veteran Aid Bill
The Senate weighs a bill by Senator Blatr giving civil service jobs to disabled ex soldiers of the Confederate army. Southern Senators deny desire for passage, while critics call the proposal absurd and fanatical. The article mocks Blatr’s apparent distorted ingenuity and past education bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Blatr
Senate
New Hampshire
Blarr
City council approves kindergarten funding for next year
Both branches endorse a proposed $20,000 kindergarten appropriation in the budget. The Mayor’s earlier veto due to overall budget cuts is not seen as opposition, and approval is expected after possible reductions elsewhere to meet financial needs.
Influence of Prince BISMARCK on the new German Emperor
Berlin debates Prince BISMARCKs leverage with the next German Emperor amid Friedrien health concerns. Observers note possible push for constitutional reforms, while the autocratic or anti-Jewish crusade sentiment remains debated. The text highlights the Emperor’s sincerity despite poor health.
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Bismarck
Germany
Berlin
Friedrien
Tariff Bill Faces Tightened Vote Outlook in House
Analysts gauge support for the Mruts tariff bill with 143 solid Democrats and four Independents plus four tariff reform Republicans. Six wavering Blandalll supporters and six Louisiana Democrats loom over sugar provisions as lawmakers decide fate. With 163 votes needed, prospects are slim but not completely dead, as coalitions form among key blocs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Randall
Louisiana
Supreme Court Divison Likeliness Over Telephone Case Replay
The draft notes suggest the Supreme Court could split if the telephone cases return for hearing. It is probable the court would divide with Justice Laman aligned to the dissenting minority. The government case remains a key factor in any renewed consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Justice Laman
Possible path for patent suit over five year BELL patent
The article weighs whether a government filed suit to annul a patent could proceed through trial testimony, Circuit Court, and Supreme Court within the remaining five years of life of the BELL patent. It notes division of the court is possible but unlikely and that Judge Cort’s ruling could stand if the patent favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Cort
Reeis
Gray
The
Times
Patent Office
Witput
Perper
Bintines
Louisiana
New Orleans
Treasury surplus and Aldrich bill discussion in Senate
The article analyzes the growing Treasury surplus and the Aldrich bill proposing refunding 4 percent bonds at 2 percent while allowing banks to issue notes up to par value. It contrasts bond refinancing with direct debt payment and cites President Cleveland on prudent use of surplus amid tax policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States Treasury
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Cleveland
The Final Arbiter Opinion Sparks Times Controversy
The piece argues the New York Times extends its jurisdiction over Supreme Court determinations and has overturned a Bell Telephone patent ruling. It accuses the Times of bias, misreading facts, and lacking charity for courts that disagree, asserting the opinion misstates Dowp case facts and suggests collusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Supreme Court of the United States
Bell Telephone
the Times
New York
Times
Dowp
Local government bill aims to form county councils
The British House of Commons considers a comprehensive local government bill creating elected county councils with control over police lunatic asylums workhouses reformatories and sanitary duties. It divides the nation into districts with women ratepayers voting and transforms the Metropolitan Board of Works into a city council. The plan omits Ireland and Scotland, prompts Liberal and Tory reactions, and signals a major reform clash ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Metropolitan Board of Works
London
England
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Lord Salisbury
Grimpstone
Squires
Reform prospects in London governance proposal debated
The text argues that reorganizing London governance under a new name would not reform and could hinder investigation by a commission urged by Lord Randolph Churchill. It stresses the need for a clear critique of the current system before any reconstruction. It warns that creating councils in other cities requires caution and scrutiny of subsidiary provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Randolph Churchiln
London
Metropolitan Board
Lord Randolph
University Extension lecture shows high interest in England
A London University Extension lecture by Sir James Pacer drew crowded attendance as a sign of growing demand for higher education through local lectures. The piece notes 5662 entries and 4193 attendees last year, with 612 certificates awarded, and discusses Cambridge and American models of extending university study beyond campus.
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James Pacer
University Extension
London
England
Norton
America
London Society
Cambridge
James
Socrates
Plato
University of Cambridge
Society For the Promotion of
Lowell
Mahomet
Lowell Institute
Harvard
Chicago
Janauschek to Appear at Museum This Season
The museum engagement of Mme Janauschek in our city promises a notable theatre event. She has long embodied high dramatic ideals and is widely regarded as a great actress of our era. After a recent interruption, she will perform in large cities again to attract discerning audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Janauschek
Mme
Janauscherk
Missing Mrs Upperton Feared Buried In Snow Drifts
News in brief notes that Mrs Marry Upperton of Redding Comn is missing since Tuesday's storm and may be buried in snow drifts near her village. Also reported, Charles H Tidndike of Concord NH a leading Prohibitionist filed forty four cents against liquor sellers and warrants issued for saloonkeepers. Rhode Island lawmakers postponed a bill for a free text book system.
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Marry Upperton
Redding
Comn
Charles H. T7drndike
Concos
N. H
Martin
Rhode Island
Compound Maple Sugar and Spring Skipping Rope Signals
A Boston reader notes deceptive labeling on pure maple sugar sold as compound and questions honesty. He observes spring signs with schoolgirls using makeshift ropes on sidewalks, then highlights J. T. Trowbridge at the International Copyright League event and Trinity Church views by Richardson, praising their impact while noting the unfinished church facade. A street scene ends with an express wagon dog thwarting a tramp with a firm grip on the intruder's arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mince
Fine Arts Exhibits Highlight Turner and Robinson Memorials
West street artist C. H. Turner presents a serious, admired portrait and figure collection including a three-quarter length woman in Directory costume and a William Warren portrait. The Providence Art Club hosts a Thomas Robinson memorial with 75 to 100 works next Monday, sale of his estate planned in Leonard's gallery likely in late April. Jacob Wagner demonstrates strong children's portraits with promising, vivid character.
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C. H. Turner
West Street
Turner
William Warren
Thomas Robinson
Providence Art Club
Robinson
Boston
Leonard
Jacob Wagner
Notable Society Notes From Washington and New York
Ex Senator Bruce travels to Kansas to visit his mother now 96 who once belonged to Virginia’s slave class. Mrs Katherine Chase may return from France to Washington with her daughter this month. The Hon Hugh McCulloch and wife celebrate their golden wedding today at their home. Helen Taylor to attend the New York Woman Suffrage Association convention on March 22. Mrs M A Crocker of San Francisco donates 10000 to the YWCA of that city for a building site. The rise in condensed milk sales benefits Hartford widow Mrs Munsill and links to Gail Borden’s fortune. Cambridge scholar Cordonn Taylor Hughes, 17, wins 2000 prize as first American in English scholarship. Consul-General Waller congratulates Hughes. Henry Guy Carleton featured as humorous essayist and dramatist with a bright career ahead. The piece praises Carleton as host and wit in society circles.
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Bruce
Kansas
Virginia
Katherine Chase
France
Washington
Hugh McCulloch
the Treasury
Helen Taylor
John Stuart Mills
New York Woman Suffrage Association
M. A. Crocker
San Francisco
Cal
Young Women’s Christian Association
City
Munsill
Hartford
Conn
Gail Borden
Cordon Taylor Hughes
Ohio
Birmingham
Cambridge
Hughes
Waller
Young Hughes
Henry Guy Carleton
Carleton
Victor Durand
New York
Dan Lamont
N. ¥. Graphic
Mayor Hewitt’s Americanism on St Patrick Flag
Mayor Hewitt sent a letter to the board of aldermen explaining his refusal to permit raising the Irish flag over City Hall on St Patrick’s Day. He presents a legal and ethical analysis, warning against foreign allegiance guiding city rule and upholding equal rights of all citizens under law.
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New York
Hewitt
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
America
Congress
Scientific notes on soapstone use and ancient art
A note discusses soapstone as a rust protecting substitute for iron and steel vessels, citing China and sandstone structures. It mentions a 12th century bronze image at Nara Japan weighing 450 tons built from many bronze pieces bonded by handaru whose composition is unknown. It covers Royal Meteorological Society efforts to study hail storms and a photography advance using clockwork printing from negatives for continuous, uniform serial images.
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Tran
China
Journal of the Society of Arts
Nara
Kioto
Japan
Oddball Fragments Highlight Late 19th Century Gossip
A collage of snippets covers tariffs on window glass, actresses advising against stage life, halibut pools, deep wells near Pittsburgh, solar heat loss, hemp headaches, shell roads in Florida, Zola clothing woes, Japan blizzards, web-footed Oregon maiden, Republican candidacy buzz, a Western Australia earls cross, electric city cars, and banking deposits. The items mix whimsical, humorous, and economic notes from various papers.
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Copper Trust
Gloucester
Lowe Urier
Pittsburg
Penn
Proctor
McKenzie
St. Augustine
Fla
Zola
Norwich Bulletin
Marshall P. Wilder
Japan
Jokio
N. Y
Oregon
Springfield Union
Union
New York Tribune
Western Australia
Fourth Avenue Line
Third Avenue Road
Jamaica Road
Asbury Park
N. J
N. Y. Sun
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Alleghanies
Ohio
California
New Vicpland
Rockies
Wool duty critique as a cruel tax
The piece denounces the wool duty as the most cruel tax, calling it an outrage forced on a patient people. It predicts future revenue reform will soften the policy and compares it to slavery in tone, urging humane change by a strong government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Reform Move Fights for Forward Path in Postal Service
A New York World editorial argues that arbitrary reform in the postal railway service threatens efficiency and mail delivery. It warns that errors and delays will harm the governing party and urges Democratic leaders to support reform over hindering it.
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N. Y
Not Magnificent nor Politics in North South Strife
A Times editorial laments the North’s rejection of Republicans due to their failed policy on Southern wrongs. It argues the party cannot win by demonizing the South while alienating Northern voters and warns of losses on tariff and protection issues.
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North
South
Lord Raglan
N. Wi ‘Times
Iud
Not a Just Measure for Massachusetts Savings Bank Tax
The Providence Journal notes the Massachusetts Legislature considers raising the tax on savings bank deposits. It argues the revenue is small relative to deposits and that taxing deposits harms savings, warns rich capital already pay full taxes, and suggests maintaining current revenue without discouraging saving.
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Massachusetts
Iman
Providence Journal
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Boston Bost
Treasury
J. T. Trowbridge
International Copyright League
Hollis Street Theatre
Trinity Church
Richardson
the Fine Arts
Mayor Hewitt
Royal Meteorological Society
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