Labor Organizations and Canadian maritime dispute debated
A Boston Post item discusses labor organizations and their mixed impact on workers, leaders and solidarity, noting the need for individual rights amid union controls. It also questions Canada’s seizure of the schooner Adams and a separate incident involving the Frank Williams, urging clarification from Ottawa on port permissions and legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Lansdowne
Canada
Adams
Frank Williams
Barrington
N. 8
Gloucester
Ottawa
A New Navy and the Call for Stronger Ships
The piece argues a heavier naval budget is likely to fail in Congress, warning of heavy responsibility if lawmaker inaction continues. It credits American innovation in naval design, urges building ships with stronger armor and powerful batteries, and stresses defending long coastlines with a formidable blue water fleet under Secretary Whitney, urging Congressional appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oval Establishment
Congress
Whitney
Various Nonsense and Political Quips Across Cities
A collage of satirical notes and brief items from the era, mentioning figures like David J. Adams, Sam treads, J C Beard, Bernhardt, and General Marston. The piece bounces through references to politics, theatre, labor, and current events, with humorous asides about names, theatres, and public life across Virginia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and beyond.
Notable Briefs From New York May News Items
A parade of society notes from New York includes Professor Ruggles of Dartmouth sailing for Glasgow with his son on May 20, Henry James's Bostonians praised by the London Times as feminine, and ex Secretary Windom in Mexico pursuing both pleasure and Tobolobampo railroad plans. Comedian Crane eyes a yacht race and Whitman prepares a Lincoln lecture near Camden.
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Professor Ruggles
Dartmouth College
Glasgow
New York
Georgia
Henry James
Bostonians
London Times
Windom
Mexico
Tobolobampo
J. F. Brines
Henry B. Anthony
Crane
Commodore Crane
Johann Strauss
St. Petersburg
Keyser
de Kalb
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Camden
Walt Whitman
Lincoln
Collingwood
Philadelphia
Brew Orleans
TRE Cromwell
Louisiana
E. V. Gages
I. m
DSON
H. BR
Freeman
North River
New Orleans
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Mississippi
Red Rivers
San Francisco
Cal
Samuel H. Seaman
J. NW. Magna
Washington Street
Boston
Scavenger
Causeway Stree
Traits Iwill Ram
Syracuse
Chicago
T. Louis
St. Louis
York
New York Central
Albany
Troy
Evese
Gardiner
Baldwinville
Athol
Oramge
Muller’s Falls
North Adams
Boyaistem
Amd
Montague
Westminster
Burnhoem Junction
Ashburnham
Deardeld
Zoer
Patchburg
Minster
Littletom
South Acam
Osru
Sirley
Ayer Junction
Greenville and
Townsend Cer ‘We
Miarspore Hmudsowm
Bawward
Hei
Wahlkham
Belmont Sd Waverley
Waverley
Ris Senaursenria
Union Market
Arg Bt
Auburn
Cambridge
Rm Tniowarene &Somerwike
Eeturn Somer
Union Square
the Wars River
B.A
Skeeintice
Adams
Country Banker Praised as Practical Finance Guide
A lengthy notice extols Mr. George Rae’s The Country Banker as a highly practical work for bankers, comparing it favorably with Lombard Street. It discusses banking manager roles, credit, overdrafts, deposits, and the virtues needed for confidence in credit, citing the author’s thirty five years in banking and humane approach. It also reviews Persia the Land of the Imams by Rev. James Bassett and other travel and fiction titles with accompanying editorials and notices on publishers and forthcoming works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rae
Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons
England
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street
London
Rae
Persia
James Bassett
Presbyterian Board
Allegheny Mountains
Julius Chambers
Porter & Coates
Philadelphia
Cresson Springs
Alleghenies
Cresson
J. B. Sword
N. A
F. C. Schell
California
T. S. van Dyke
Fords, Howard & Hulbert
Messrs. Cassell & Co
Negland
America
Joseph
Egypt
Messrs
Harper & Bros
R. R. Bowker
Call for orderly hearings in New York and New England bond case
The editorial criticizes the bond sale hearings for lacking time and discipline. It urges three days per side for testimony and a single counsel day to clarify facts, arguing the public deserves a full, orderly presentation to understand the transaction. It laments misapplication in conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uite
New York
New England
Tempus Omnia Revelat and Public Hearing Anxiety
A terse reflection on the committee room of the Maxim and tempus edax rerum. It warns that public patience grows thin and fears a hearing on any subject before a legislative committee as scrutiny increases.
Prince Bismarck Doors to Papal Warmth Upset Germans
A journal notes Prince Bismarck's thaw toward the Vatican and a plan to visit Rome with Emperor Wilhelm. It contrasts his past anti clerical stance with present cordial overtures, calling the shift humorous and a sign of changing Bavarian and German attitudes as the century turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Bismearck
Vatican
Rome
Wilhelm
Holy See
Diet
Twelve men chosen for hearing Alderman Jacbne case
In New York it takes long to pick twelve men to hear and determine Alderman Jacbne. The speaker notes Massachusetts safeguards for the accused and says if this man were in their hands they would not delay, urging his counsel to avoid further postponement while other aldermen wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
New Hampshire
Hartford
Conn
Keene
Concord
W. F. Carver
Thomas Stevens
Teheran
Russian Central Asia
Turkestan
Siberia
Pacific
New York
Alderman Jacbne
Massachusetts
East Boston Ferries
Charles Leonard
Clark
Alderman Sullivan
South Ferry
Leonard
Renomination banter and political gibes in a late 19th century vignette
A string of satirical jests on Blaine renomination, Governor Harrison of Connecticut choosing quiet Vermont, and a humorous river and harbor funding quip. The piece cites Hon Posey Stubbs, a tale of Bearwallow creek funding, and a quip about rechristening a watering trough. It also features anecdotes from San Francisco Chronicle and Puck on editorial folly and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey Stubbs
Bearwallow Creek
Mr. Stubbs
Washington
Coyote
San Francisco
Boston Library Association Holds Annual Meeting at Boylston Place
The Boston Library Society met at the library to hear the librarian Mrs. Sarah W Bigelow report year data including 9194 circulations and 26 355 volumes now housed. Treasurer D W Salisbury announced receipts of 562 658 and expenditures of 275 533 with a balance of 87 175. Trustees elected include Amory Minot Homans Wilkins Shattuck Ropes Stockton Denny Lowell Walcott, with Samuel S Shaw named secretary.
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Boston Library Society
Boylston Place
Sarah W. Bigelow
D. W. Salisbury
Messrs
Thomas C. Amory
Francis Minot
Charles D. Homans
H. W. Wilkins
George QO. Shattuck
John C. Ropes
Howard Stockton
Henry G. Denny
Edward 3
Lowell
Roger Walcott
Samuels
Shaw
Henry P. Kidder
Oliver W. Peabody
Kidder
Amory
York and New England Bond Case Ends Hearing
The closing session of the New York and New England railroad bonds hearing occurred in the State House green room. Gaston argued for the petitioners, defending Mr Field, noting his substantial $80,000 in preferred stock subscriptions and asserting bidders sought bonds at sacrifice for private gain. The judge adjourned sine die after a final eulogy of Field for linking continents with an ocean cable.
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Messrs
Field and
Sage
Clark
Higginson
Supreme Court
Field
New York
New England
Gaston
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Labor Organizations
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Senate
Wom
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Virginia
Sam
David J. Adams
Joseph Pfeiffer
Indiana
Mr. Stealey
J.C. Beard
Herr Most
Bartley Campbell
Bernhardt
Greece
Byrne
Aristophanes
Cora Pearl
Cora
Associated Press
Europe
Nashua
General Marston
Eliza Ellen Freeze
St. Paris
Philadelphia Times
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New York Assembly
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Foster
T. W. Powderly
Knights of Labor
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General Orlando Guitar
Missouri
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General Guitar
Miss Murfree
Chicago Tribune
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Murfreesboro
George Egbert Craddock
Pulaski
Tenn
James Stephen
Carlyle
Schiller
Edward C. Knight
San Domingo
Grocers’ Association
New Jersey
Haddonfield
Francis F. Browne
Messrs. White, Stokes & Allen
Bryant
Longfellow
Holmes
Stoddard
Stedman
Whittier
Whitman
Bayard Taylor
Lanier
Hayne
Harte
Howells
T. B. Read
Margaret J. Preston
Aldrich
Elizabeth S. Phelps
Lucy Larcom
Jodna Dean Proctor
Julia Ward Howe
Statesman
the Statesman
J. Scott Keltie
Messrs. Macmillan & Co
Kant
Noah Porter
Griggs
Messrs. S. C. Griggs & Co
Porter
Funk & Wagnalls
William O. Stoddard
Anna Katharine Greene
Leavenworth
Messrs. G. B. Putnam’s Sons
Andrew Lang
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren
Messrs. Ticknor & Co
Florence Warden
Fowler & Wells Co
M. Batchelder Greene
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Kannuckia
Charles L. Norton
John Habberton
Messrs. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Messrs.Cassell & Co
Scott
National Library
Frank Moore
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co
West Branch
Kathadin
Maine
Lake and Forest Club
A. J. Farrar
Lake and Forest
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Edward F. Qualtrough
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Cupples, Upham & Co
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Fernandina
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State of Texas
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Seth Sprague
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H. Mallory & CO
Profits ! Unlimited
C. S. Williams : & CO
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Saliem
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Swampscott Branch
Swampscott
Bevere
Chelsen
Everett
Saugus
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Salem
Rewburyport
Portsmouth
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Western
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wWorkingman
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T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Ugg
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Shore Line
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Toron
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W.H Kiley
Willeave
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Boston & Bangor S. S. CO
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Penobsco River
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Gouldsboro
Lamoine
Hancock and Sullivan
Sullivan
William H. Hill, JR
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Jason Collins
Lincoln’s Wharf
H. H. Hyde
Staunch India
Perdana
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