Debate on army bill and vessel naming measures
The article notes Von Moltke urging a stronger German military system amid a tense European scene while also highlighting two U S measures aiding shipping. One fixes vessel name changes to avoid duplicates with clear markings on bows and sterns, backed by Captain Julius A. Palmer Jr and the New York Maritime Register, reflecting shipowners’ view of practical benefits.
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Reichstag
von Molike
von Moltke
Europe
Germany
Argus
Boston
Philadelphia
Battler
C. W. Morse
B. W. Morse
Wm. H. Smith
A. Heaton
Wm. F. Green and Son
Wm. F. Green
William C. Green
Julius A. Palmer, Jr
New York Maritime Register
Washington farmers resist tariff tricks in free trade fight
Washington dispatch notes farmers push amendments to protect agricultural interests amid tariff debates. President Harrison weighs in with silver coinage questions, aiming for limited free coinage in a bill he might sign. Daily Advertiser urges a presidential policy message, but doubt remains on Congress receiving help.
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Washington
Boston Journal
House
J. M. Thompson
Illinois Patrons of Husbandry
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Daily Advertiser
Congress
Inflation debate echoed in House and Senate clash
The discussion hints at a split between the House and the Senate on a costly policy. The speaker notes Mr. Harrison lacks boldness and private respect, making public consensus unlikely. The only hopeful sign is potential disagreement between chambers before final action.
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Harrison
House
Senate
Spoils Versus Merit In Republican Thought
Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson, nearing retirement, defends a spoils oriented view of republican government drawn from his brief service under Harrison. He argues political office serves personal and party gain, while tolerating some merit system elements to avoid a fixed officeholding class. Congressman Butterworth contrasts with Clarkson, criticizing office brokerage and stressing independence from party machinery.
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Clarkson
Harrison
Iowa State Register
Washington
Doubtles
Clackson
United States
Congressman Butterworth
Ohio
Butterworth
Congress
National Republican Committee
The Edmunds Idea on a National University Bill
Senator Epm Mu Nobs introduces a Senate bill to establish a national university in Washington as a celebration of Columbus discovery. The proposal faces strong opposition due to fears of government controlled education and questionable governance structure. The plan would place a cabinet led board and twelve citizens in a nine year term with appointments by Congress.
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Epm Mu Nobs
Washington
Senate
New World
Columbus
Eomunds
Board of Regents
Congress
Proposal for a Partisan National University
The article argues against a bill to create a national university run by a partisan board. It warns such control could steer instruction and appointments for political ends, undermining scholarly independence. It notes guarantees against sectarian teaching are insufficient to remove broader dangers, and questions the bill’s political viability.
Philadelphia high license shows mixed results in liquor control
For nearly two years Philadelphia operates a severe high license law. Saloons are fewer and police report fewer arrests for intoxication and disorder. Yet illegal liquor persists in clubs and speak-easies, with bottlers selling in quart quantities and cups to evade limits. Officials debate issuing more licenses to curb underground sale, noting overall declines yet acknowledging unintended consequences.
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Philadelphia
The
New York Times
Times
Jast
the Times
Director of Public Safety
Similar Law Could Shape More Guarded Action
The passage argues that under a comparable law outcomes could improve with tighter safeguards and greater discretionary administration, outlining potential accomplishments if protections and oversight are enhanced.
Kennan and the Century’s Blacked Out Pages
The article lauds Mr. Kennan and Century Magazine for exposing Russian tyranny and the Siberian mystery, calling the blacked out pages a government certification of truth. It contrasts Kennan and Srantry as daring, critiques Russian oppression, and notes the rising public outrage and possible reforms amid debates on immigration law and tariff policy.
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Kennan
Century Magazine
Kmman
Srantry
Siberia
Russia
America
New Republican Paper Planned in Providence
A Providence syndicate pledges a quarter million to launch a new Republican paper led by ex Governor Wetmore and Isaac Potter with Charles Fletcher and Knights among the investors. A plant is ordered and the promoters aim to enter the fall congressional race. The organ will be anti Aldrich.
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Republican
Providence
Wetmore
Isaac M. Potter
Charles Fletcher
The
Knights
Smoking and open electric cars raise seating and safety questions
A Boston writer debates in favor of limiting smoker seats on new open electric cars, noting two instead of three per car and comparing with German practices. He recalls testing night rides to Franklin Park, discusses the allure and dangers of open cars, and raises questions about licensure, food requirements with liquor, and how immigration and American drinking culture influence enforcement and court challenges.
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West End
Franklin Park
Second Strauss Concert Draws Larger, More Boisterous Crowd
ARTHUR WELD reports a bigger hall and stronger applause yet notes flaws in the program and orchestral balance. He criticizes weak viola and cello sections, excessive brass, and a vulgar Eduard Strauss arrangement before Beethoven. The piece selection favors dance music, with Wagner and Faust numbers poorly judged. The crowd encore featured the Blue Danube amid renewed enthusiasm.
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Adam Steersman
Richard Wagner
Eduard_ Strauss
Rubinstein
Vienna
Eduard Strauss
doHann Strauss
Johann Strauss
Ernst Gillett Ammeer
Schubert
Boston
Eduard
Enius
Ohann Strauss
Josef Strauss
Johann
Agai
Beethoven
Arthur Weld
Byalws committee tax plan for Hull bakers
Alderman Raphael aims to move at the next bylaws committee meeting to tax all bakers from Hull selling bread in the city alleging unfair competition with Ottawa bakers who are heavily taxed. The Ottawa despatch notes political risk to Quay, while the Providence Journal questions Butterworth’s retirement.
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Raphael
Hull
Ottawa
Dracut to Vote on Lennon License Refund and Schoolhouse Matters
In Dracut on May 15 a town meeting will be held to decide whether to refund John Lennon’s license money and to address schoolhouse issues. Lennon’s liquor saloon was found stripped of all business appurtenances amid rumors the business wasn’t truly closed, with some town opinion leaning toward allowing a wholesale operation but doubt persists about public tolerance.
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Dracut
Lowell
John Lennon
Lennon
Notable Early 20th Century Legal and Cultural News Highlights
Licenses granted to prominent figures include Mrs. Myra Bradwell of Chicago as attorney and counselor by the State Supreme Court. Miss Sarah Orne Jewett nears recovery from illness at South Berwick. Tweets on public life mention Rev. Sam Small seeking a Prohibition party seat in Fulton county’s Georgia House. Frank Leslie’s fiancée plans a wedding to Marquis de Leuville next month. A Newark statue honors inventor Seth Boyden with a mechanic pose. David Dudley Field to lead American Peace Society delegation to London’s Universal Peace Congress opening July 1. Betsy Averill, 103, the oldest government pensioner, from New Preston, Conn., owes her pension to War of 1812 service by her husband. Died showman Seth O Crosby, once allied with Forepaugh and Van Amburgh. Septimia Randolph Meikieham, Thomas Jefferson’s surviving grandchild, 76, lives in Georgetown supported by her Patent Office clerk daughter. Alice McGee of Warren, Penn., on the bar at 21 after topping the local exam. Henry Ward Beecher’s statue by J Q A Ward depicts him in cape and hat addressing a public meeting.
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Sarah Orne Jewett
South Berwick
Sam Small
Fulton County
Georgia House of Representatives
Frank Leslie
Marquis de Leuville
Seth Boyden
Newark
N.J
Boyden
David Dudley Field
American Peace Society
Universal Peace Congress
Westminster Hall
London
Betsy Averill
New Preston
Seth O. Crosby
Brewster, N. Y
Thomas Jefferson
Septimia Randolph Meikieham
Georgetown
D.C
Eclectic Quips in a Frenzied Column of 19th Century Snippets
A collage of quotes and anecdotes spans politics, theater, art, and society. Notable items include a jocular jab at the barroom and a joke about a judge. a census enumerator refused hospitality. cultural notes on Secretary Blaine’s linen, New York book stalls, and Napoleonic love letters. Also commentary on English sparrows near Fifth Avenue, Holbein and Velasquez portraits up for sale in England, and hints of Boston art interest. The column blends humor with social observation and literary tidbits from Harper’s Weekly and related papers.
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Blaine
France
Miss DeWitt
McCluskey
Lawrence American
Mr. Vaux
Congress
Queen Victoria
Senate
New York
New York Tribune
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Buckingham Hotel
Buckinghamshire
Hans Holbein
Velasquez
Moroni
England
Lord Radford
Longford Castle
Holbein
Thomas Wyatt
John Leland
Adrian Pulido Pareja
Madrid
Clarence Cook
Museum
Berlin
National Gallery
London
Boston
Napoleon
Josephine
Wordsworth
Jacques
James Payn
News of
Paradise
American
New York Sun
Chantilly
Harvard Canoe Club Spring Races to Run on Charles River
Harvard University plans its annual spring canoe races on the Charles River basin next week, starting from the Boston Athletic Association boat house. Events include sailing, novice, tandem, deck and open canoes, with entries due by noon on race day.
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Harvard Canoe Club
Charles River
Boston Athletic Association
Hutchinson
Tilton
Upham
Goddard
Winthrop
Jones
Watriss
Nelson
Perkins
Uphall
Kelton
Burgess
Bow
Miller
Earle
Post
Hathaway
Cummings
Vail
Keyes
Davis
Glee Club
Pienan Sodality
Sanders Theatre
Institute of 1770
Nathaniel Thayer Robb
New York
Harvard Athletic Association
Polo Club
Bernard Walton Trafford
Fall River
University Eleven
George Richmond Fearing, Jr
Matt Haven
George Ebenezer Burgess
Boston
George Bety Blake
Louis Adams Frothingham
Samuel Craft Davis
St. Louis
J. Davis
Marshall
Samuel Chew
Philadelhia
Columbus Alvert Baldwin
James Abercrombie Burden, Jr
Troy
N. Y
Volo Club
Popular
Pi Eta Society
Society Theatre
Gilbert
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Edmunds
Epmunds
ErisAn A. Morse
Ep Mundss
MR. Kennan
Ward’s
Randall’s
Blackwell Islands
Deer Island
Chicago
National Fair Commission
McKintey
Ben Burterworry
Supreme Court
Boniface
Dr. A
Reed
Supreme Court of the United States
Pachmann
Chickering Hall
Chopin
M. de Pachmann
Liszt
Schubert Rigaudon
de Pachmann
Mme. de Pachmann
Henselt
Quay
Dudley
Tanner
Providence Journal
Springfield Republican
Myra Bradwell
State Supreme Court
Alice McGee
Warren
Penn
Henry Ward Beecher
J. Q. A. Ward
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