Notable Figures in Brief: Reed's Aide Forrest Goodwin and Others
Reed appoints Forrest Goodwin as private secretary while Edwin Arnold pens a Christic epic in Japan. Austria licenses Dr Rosa Kerschbaumer as a pioneering female physician. Agnes Booth will skip the Madison Square Theatre tour to spend summer at Masconomo House. Philip Bright shifts to Home Rule ranks. Dr L B Clifton hatches a valuable new moth specimen. Dartmouth professor Rufus Richardson departs for Athens to direct the American College, after a last night serenade and gift. A carved wooden devil to Bismarck, a $3500 antique. Eddie Moore, 12, New Orleans piano prodigy, excites crowds. Edward Bellamy to lecture at Chautauqua, requests expenses only. Herbert Gladstone praised, famed as 5 o'clock tea statesman and suffrage ally.
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Speaker Reed
Forrest Goodwin
Edwin Arnold
Japan
Rosa Kerschbaumer
Austria
Agnes Booth
Madison Square Theatre Company
Masconomo House
Philip Bright
John Bright
L. B. Clifton
Earl of Rosebery
Rufus B. Richardson
Dartmouth
Hanover
Athens
Greece
American College
Bismarck
Italy
New Orleans
Eddie Moore
Gottschalk
Chautauqua Assembly
Edward Bellamy
Herbert Gladstone
America
England
Pension bill dwarfs army costs while New York voters ponder prohibition
The piece critiques a 97 million dollar pension appropriation arguing it exceeds the nation’s needs and cites comparisons to Germany’s army. It condemns Windom’s tariff and the New York move to amend the constitution to ban liquor, portraying it as political posturing. It notes a shipowner’s bounty scheme and tariff evasion risks, and questions who defeated the copyright bill with reference to Illinois Republican Payson.
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Allison
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Germany
Journal
Payson
Illinois
Lowes
Journal Skewers Democrats Over Legislative Debate
The Journal defends its stance on the bill, noting Democratic speakers Wilson and Breckinridge were sidelined while Republicans spoke. It claims the vote was evenly split and dismisses partisan opportunism as a misleading device. Rockwell opposed the bill and Candler dodged, per the Washington correspondent.
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Wilson
Breckinridge
Washington
Rockwell
Candler
Republican Surrender on Silver Inflation Plans Stirs Debate
The piece reports that Republican Senators caucus concessions move toward James of Nevada bills with full legal tender certificates and bullion redemption. It notes financial pressures from silver speculation, critiques party discipline, and warns of broader economic effects.
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James
Nevada
Boston Journal
Washington
Senate
House
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Stock Exchange
London
Increased duties and heavier burdens in McKinley speech
Major McKinley, as Republican leader in Congress, outlines the party stance on tariffs. He asserts increased duties as central to policy and says leaders will impose greater taxation while using protective duties to secure support. The speech signals the party’s declared future tariff direction.
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Major McKinneEy
Republican Party
Department of Human Industry
McKinley
Mints
Major McKinstey
Major McKinley
Congress
House
Public Bar Debate in Boston Calls for Lawful Enforcement
A Boston column highlights interviews with Board of Police members on the public bar question. It notes Governor Brackett’s and court readings of the liquor law, opposing a table sale without meals, and urges officers to enforce the law clearly in the city.
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Board of Police
Boston
Public Bar
Osborne
House of Representatives
Brackett
Sprout
Worcester
Durant
Cambridge
Law and Order League
L. Edwin Dupey
League
Supreme Court
Merchants Plan Large Protest Over McKinley Tariff Policy
New York import merchants prepare a major demonstration against the tariff bill. A committee of 100 and a gathering of about 1000 merchants are expected to present their case in Washington. The rhetoric warns that tariffs would provoke nationwide opposition and heightened protest once policy aims advance.
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GEASS
New York
Washington
Springfield Republican
Census objections spark debate over data gathering
The Hartford Evening Post argues newspapers should resist a census request to survey employers with more than twenty workers. It contends government should not obtain voluntary data and endorses personal, compensated, thorough census work to ensure value.
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Hartford
Evening Post
Notable speakers listed in Chautauquan roster
The Chautauquan list includes Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky Rev. Dr. John A. Broadus of Louisville Ky Hon. Theodore Roosevelt of New York Dr. H L Wayland Dr R T Ely Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer ex president of Wellesley College.
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W. C. P. Breckinridge
Kentucky
John A. Broadus
Louisville
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
H. L. Wayland
R. T. Ely
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Public Garden Magnolias and Smokers Retreat Rebuild In Boston
A Boston letter praises the Public Garden magnolia display and contrasts tulip beds as garish. It welcomes plans to clear the Smokers' Retreat gravel and stones, restore benches, and attract refined visitors, while noting humorous placards on transit and the proposed Aggravate Avenue name for the Cambridge bridge road.
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Doogne
Cambridge
Theatre events deliver diverse bills at multiple Boston venues
The Theatres column previews major shows this week including George W. Wilson’s benefit at the Museum with Married Life and Solon Shingle. Daly’s Passing Regiment revival features Pitt in the lead. Mary Shaw departs Hollis Street in A Drop of Poison as Derby next week.
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George W. Wilson
Daly
J. B. Mason
Mary Shaw
Hollis Street Theatre
Philadelphia
J. B. Polk
Polk
Union Square Theatre
Thorne
Parsell
Mr. Stoddard
Maude Harrison
Sara Jewett
Thompson
Augustin Daly
London
Hollis Street
New York hotel tale and ocean liner note
A Parisian styled chambermaid with an Irish brogue in a New York hotel raises chuckles about fancy. Norddeutscher Lloyd plans a fast steamship named Spree. A Boston accent on minor social banter and a scene on a Brookline streetcar highlight everyday urban life.
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New York
Vienna
Norddeutscher Lloyd Company
Spree
Webdle
Mabel Fledgebey
Gibson
Easter Prayer by T W Parsons
A devotional invocation seeking divine inspiration and pure hearts to guide merciful thoughts into good deeds through Christ's name. The short prayer expresses gratitude and supplication for spiritual guidance.
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T. W. Parsons
Multiple 19th Century Accidents and Crimes Reported
A carriage crash at Howe street in Westboro injures Miss Connors severely while Mrs. Lane and Miss Sheahan escape with minor bruises. Lida Mason, who shot her lover Percy Rich en route between Frankfort and Winterport, has vanished. Rich remains critical. Hydrophobia cases suggest dog infection via other animals per Dr. Paul Gibier. The 12th anniversary of First Baptist Church in Haverhill observed. A band of horses crossing near Andover, South Dakota, were struck by a freight train, eight horses died and the engineer was badly burned. Railway Age reports 1100 miles added to US track in four months, none in New England. Simpson dry dock at Brooklyn Navy Yard opened. Puritan monitor docked and pumped out quickly. New York Legislature adjourned sine die. In equity, George Rice loses Standard Oil Trust shareholder rights case. Postal Telegraph Cable Co raises capital to 10 million. Detective Thomas Lynch fatally shoots Samuel and wife Stoddard in Rochester and surrenders. Chester Minnesota farmer Constantine Schaeffer kills wife and child then dies by suicide. Lexington lynching case affidavits and counter affidavits. state seeks indictment of lyncher.
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James Lane
Miss Connors
Sheahan
Westboro
Howe Street
Old Colony
Lida Mason
Percy Rich
Frankfort
Winterport
Rich
Paul Gibier
New York Pasteur Institute
First Baptist Church
Haverhill
W. W. Evarts, Jr
Andover
United States
New England
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
New York Supreme Court
George Rice
Standard Oil Trust
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Thomas Lynch
Samuel Stoddard
Rochester
N. Y
Constantine Schaeffer
Chester
Minn
Lexington
D.C
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Washington Street
The
Post Publishing Company
Corcoran Building
Ship News
Boston Dust
Windom
Wixpom
Republican Congress
Massachusetts
New York Tribune
the Tribune
New York Herald
Treasury
Herald
Liverpool
Joan H. Dovallas
General Grant
Presbyterian Hospital
Evan Allen
Fort Ticonderoga
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Laplace
H. B. Cuarity & Co
Knights of
Order of the Garter
Caares
Wurtemberg
Paris
la Royne Ie Veuir
Belgium
Boma
Congo Free State
Hans S. Beatriz
Bref
the Theatres
Iolanthe
Globe Theatre
Phyllis
Esther Palliser
J.C. Campbell
Strephen
Marie Jansen
Frederick Warde
Park Theatre
D’ennery
Alexander Salvini
Grand Opera House
Naples
Messrs. Proctor & Mansfield
Captain Lagardere
Salvini
Jean Renaud
Union Square
Dumas
Don Cwsar
Man In
Council of Ten
Venice
Messrs
Proctor
Silver Falls
Vernona Jarbeau
A. M. Palmer
the Tremont
Jack
Miss Harrison
Messrs. Stoddard
Holland
Butler
Mr. Barrymore
Post
Rose Coghlan
Newburg
Saratoga
Cohoes
Scehnectady
Troy
Augustus Pitou
Louis Ludovici
Francis Reinau
Francis Wilson
Europe
Audran
Senator
Star Theatre
Crane
Pacific Slope
Mr. Crane
Star
Charles I. Dickson
Henry Doblin
M. 8. Curtis
Lewis Morrison
New York Theatre
Rosina Vokes
Henry Arthur Jones
the Middleman
National
Antwerp
Brusselg
Ghent
Tammany
McCann
McGinty
Benson
Penman
Ferguson
Rosalie Peters
Fevertew
Cadby
Chappie
Miss Hankinson
Harlem
Chubb
Adam Giesmann
Brookline
Boyston
Tremont
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