Blaine Backers use Buffalo as lever for New York delegation
In Axpany New York March 25 the Republican State committee favors Buffalo as the state convention site to block Frank Hiscock’s chances and push Chauncey Depew as a Blaine advocate. Blaine allies press Depew sentiment in Buffalo while excluding Sherman supporters from New York delegates.
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Axupany
N. Y
Sprdau
Republican State Committee
Buffalo
Blaine
Frank Hiscock
Chauncey M. Depew
James J. Belden
New York
Hiscock
Platt
Depew-Miller
Depew
New York Tribune
Erie County
Harrison
Indiana
Gresham
Merritt
Curtis
St. Lawrence
Chicago
Sherman
Noted Shifts in Thought from Science to Economy
The passage contrasts political economy with earlier natural science notions, suggesting the former offers more astonishment or novelty than prior conceptions in natural science. It frames the shift as significant within conceptual development.
Tariff Debate Shows Sharp Clash Over Free Trade and Protection
The Tremont Temple audience heard Benjamin Burrer Worth defend protection while Wheeler argued for free trade. The report praises Wheeler’s clear, cogent case and notes Burrer Worth’s reliance on half truths and evasions. It calls Burrer Worth’s stance a defense of wartime tariffs but not conclusive.
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Benjamin Burrer- Worth
Wheeler
Tremont Temple
Butterworth
Atlantic
Ohio
Mr. Wheeler
Hoar's Partisan Remark on Chief Justice Succession
The report cites Senator Hoar calling out President Cleveland over a hoped replacement for the late Chief Justice. He says the president will select from his political party and questions whether such a lawyer can fill the chief justice role. Hoar's partisan stance is described as strong even amid death.
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Hoar
Warre
Cleveland
New York Sun letter praises cruiser Atlanta in heavy seas
A Sun letter from an Atlanta officer reports the cruiser rode heavy weather with little water onboard and an average speed of 3 14 knots per hour. The writer claims the sea would not hinder the two eight inch guns, suggesting a hopeful dawn for an efficient navy.
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New York Sun
Atlanta
Smallpox Cases Linked to Circassia Arrivals in Brooklyn
Brooklyn health officials trace three recent smallpox cases to the steamship Circassia which arrived in New York on the 16th. Two patients were steerage passengers and one a seaman, from different European origins, with a fourth New York case also linked. The case raises questions about quarantine laxness and calls for accountability.
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Brooklyn
New York
Europe
Brooklyn Board of Health
Texas Special Session Aimed at Tax Relief Lessons
The Texas governor calls a special session to craft tax reduction amid a nearly $2,000,000 treasury surplus. The writer suggests extending a street railway committee’s junket to Texas to learn from Texas methods, arguing the trip’s cost would be similar and more valuable than insights on cable railroads.
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Ross
Texas
Treasury
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Washington Street
Beacon House
Milliken House
Boston
Senator Barrin’s Arctic Channel Scheme Remembered
The article recalls Senator Barrin of New Hampshire and his 1879 proposal to extend the Bay of Fundy channel through Labrador to Hudson Bay and dig a Mississippi canal to create a warm water flow to melt Arctic ice and open a Northwest Passage.
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Congress
Barrin
United States Navy
Senate
Lay of Fundy
Gulf “of St. Lawrence
Labrador
Hudson’s Bay
Mississippi River
Northwest Passage
New Hampshire
Balfour faces coercion policy amid Youghal clash
The piece portrays Mr. Batfour as bold in pursuing Ireland coercion, resisting prudence, while Unionists and Conservatives dislike harsh measures. Youghal’s meeting sparks a proclaimed ban and a forceful dispersal after speaker William O Brien presses on, raising questions about O Brien’s persistence.
Mr Bayard's Letter on the Fisheries Treaty Declared Valuable
The paper advocates public access to diplomatic explanations as a public good. It endorses Mr Bayard's letter as a cogent, authoritative restatement of the treaty’s historical and legal aspects. It asserts rights defined by the 1818 treaty and notes substantial gains for American fishermen.
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Congress
Bayard
Secretary of State
Bayarpd
William L. Putnam
O Brien Defies Edict with Likely Public Backing
The article notes that defying the chief secretary amounts to fighting air as lives could be lost without gain. O Brien remains undeterred by prudence, hoping public sympathy in Ireland and England favors him over BALFOUR. The Youghal incident may strengthen parliamentary opposition. BALFOUR is described as lightly handling the new complication.
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O’brien
Ireland
England
Balfovuk
Youghal
Vhcomme
Balfour
Ohio Dog Case Marks Advance in Canine Jurisprudence
A recent Ohio court decision overrules Lymus's case, declaring dogs are property and could be stolen. The opinion satirically cites St Bernard hospice lore and literary lines to illustrate the shift from medieval common law toward recognizing dogs as property.
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Ohio
Lord Coxe
Lymus
St. Bernard Pass
St. Bernard
Oluo
Lyymus
Pere
Burns
Byron
Newfoundland
Judge Huners Clears Ohio of Night Break-In Accusation
In a ruling by Judge Huners the State of Ohio is absolved of a charge tied to a night time break in. The decision removes the reproach previously leveled at the state and closes the matter.
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Nsion House
Furandi
Huners
Ohio
Prince Oscar of Sweden Marriage Sparks Royal Split
The London Truth says Prince Oscar's marriage to Miss Manex caused a royal family split. The man has lost royal titles and privileges and now relies on an income of 1500 pounds a year, testing his sincerity.
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Prince Oscar
Sweden
Manex
London
Ruddigore
The Stage and Its Changing Drama of Sport and Steam
The essay argues that professional athletes and oarsmen find stage openings as venues for dramatic spectacles. It links aquatic theatre to naval, slum, and horse-race plays, noting material progress on stage while questioning artistic direction. The writer ponders art seeming to walk backward as industry expands.
Hypnotism and crime debate in Popular Science Monthly
The April Popular Science Monthly analyzes hypnotism's dangers to morality and potential links to crime, with E L Richards on athletics and other science topics. Notable pieces include Chinese superstitions and portraits of David Wells, along with Waterloo campaign notes and Stevenson’s Purvis et Umbra.
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Popular Science Monthly
A. Bing
C. Féré
Huxley
Leibnitz
Schopenhauer
E. L. Richards
Adéle M. Fielde
Mel
Sam
Philip Snyder
William Dawson
F. W. Clarke
F. Neumann-Spallart
David A. Wells
Wells
Cornwall Magazine
General Greely
Scribner’s
John ©. Ropes
Waterloo
W. P. P. Longfellow
Henry M. Field
Gibraltar
Robert Louis Stevenson
F. J. Stimson
Higginson
Boston letter recalls Tremont Temple debate and city scenes
The writer reflects on a Tremont Temple audience lively with questions and quick judgments amid a Boston scene. He notes anecdotes about Chief Justice Waite, future Beacon House plans, Huntington Avenue bridge sights, and a rag-picker incident revealing class bias and social privilege.
Inspector Byrnes Denies Bribery in Waterbury Fugitive Case
New York report says Inspector Byrnes disputed a dispatch claiming detectives took money to locate fugitive Thomas A. Burgess wanted for abducting 15 year old Magie Barnes. An officer from Waterbury named Thomas Dodd supposedly sought help on March 5. Burgess was arrested.
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New York
Byrnes
Waterbury
Conn
Thomas Dodd
Thomas A. Burgess
Magie Barnes
Burgess
Isysnes
Dodd
Trade conference bill to promote freer American trade
The Home Market Club notes a recently passed House bill to fund a conference with South American republics and Mexico aimed at freer trade. The measure provides $100 000 and ten appointees to discuss an American customs union and mutual trade promotion among American nations. Senators Sherman Frye and Evarts are on the reporting committee.
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Mexico
House
Senate
Sherman, Frye and
Evarts
Home Market Club
Springfield Republican
Ind
A Fearful Menace Trusts and the right of self-defence
A Washington Post editorial argues trusts threaten the body politic and demand self-defence. It asserts trusts kill competition, enslave workers, and propose legal avenues to curb cross state commerce under federal authority.
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Congress
Washington Post
Blizzard in Agriculture Warns Against War Tariff
The Albany Argus reports that farmers bear the burden of the tariff with rising mortgages proving the harm. High protection preached in the West this fall is challenged by a coming blizzard in agricultural districts exposing pretenses and disguise.
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Congress
West
Abany Argus
Dem
Stop the surplus and tariff reform clash
The article argues to halt the monthly excess of 13 million dollars in government revenue, calling it unjust and a threat to business. It urges tariff reform to stop the surplus, warns Democrats against excessive concessions, and notes the public will judge votes on taxing luxuries and vices to sustain the war tariff on necessities.
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World
Judge John W. Bacon Funeral Held in Natick
The private funeral of Judge John W. Bacon was held at his Walnut Hill residence with the body in state from 9 to 11 am. Rev. F. E. Sturgis led the service, Thomas Hill of Harvard spoke, Dr. Sturgis gave a eulogy, and the procession moved to the North cemetery. Bears were Leonard Winch J P Adams G W Howe and W Bigelow. many judges, lawyers, and Natick selectmen attended.
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Natick
John W. Bacon
Walput Hill
F. E. Sturgis
Congregational Church
Alway
Thomas Hill
Harvard College
Portland
Sturgis
North
Bacon
Leonard Winch
J. P. Adams
G. W. Howe
W. Bigelow
State Superior
Supreme Courts
View of a new South African comet sighted in Aquarius
Pueurs New York March 27 Professor Brooks of Red House Observatory reports a fine view of the new South African comet this morning. It lies in Aquarius with right ascension twenty one hours forty minutes and declination south five degrees fifteen minutes. The comet is just visible to the naked eye before dawn and the telescope shows a bright elongated nucleus and a short spreading tail.
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Pueurs
N. Y
Brooks
Red House Observatory
Aquarius
Vanderbilt's $19 000 Cook Arrives in New York
W F Vanderbilt's French cook arrives from Paris as a cabin passenger on the La Bretagne. He lands after stating he has no contract with Vanderbilt but a verbal understanding he may become his head cook or start a business of his own. He comes with his wife child and two fellow chefs.
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Vanderbilt
New York
W. F. Vanderbilt
Paris
Mr. Vanderbilt
Fourteen Smallpox Cases On Steamship Inezia Tive
New Year items report the steamship Inezia tive from Gibraltar arriving at quarantine with fourteen smallpox cases aboard in the steerage. One case had been present on arrival, and the vessel faced quarantine measures as health authorities investigated the outbreak aboard the ship.
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Ineziative
Gibraltar
Wich
Folly and Fortune Spin Through a Wide World
A collage of remarks on Easter, politics, finance, and society spans global anecdotes. Pieces mention the Panama Canal finances, General Badeau and Grant, a French cook vogue in Chicago, Paris dining rails, and the Queen’s Florence visit with Boccaccio ties.
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Wall Street
Badeau
Panama Canal
New York
Congress
General Badeau
Grant
Illustrated Daily Papers
George
Monroe
N. C
Missouri
Dante Alighieri
Burlington Free Press
Bangor Commercial
Old Philip Winebiddle
Winebiddle
East Liberty
Penn
City of
Erie
Kansas
Commonwealth
Union
Ohio
Higginson
Herald
Pope
R. E. Lee
Paris
Lee
Dbadeau
N. Y. World
William H. Vanderbilt
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Chloe Johnson
Camille Daudier
Rachel Williams
Fleuriette Duval
Dinah Robinson
Boccaccio
Boccaccia
Prince Henry
Bratrice
Dartmouth Students Abduct Sophomore in Lively Chase
Hanover March 25 A stir on campus after a sophomore who sat in judgment in a mock college court was abducted by freshmen near the covered bridge over the Connecticut River. The victim and a companion were seized, the judge forced into a sleigh and driven several miles, then left. The escaped sophomore alerted the student body who pursued the captors to White River Junction, overtook them, and recovered the abducted man.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Connecticut
White River Junction
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