Civil service changes and French politics in 1889
The Boston Post notes 9500 new U S appointments since March 4 with 200 departmental changes and a press tone praising the nonpartisan aim. It contrasts Harrison’s efficiency with Cleveland’s, and discusses France’s Chamber of Deputies, Boulangers’s exile, and a political truce aiding reform and prosperity in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Fiarrison
Chamber of Deputies
General Boulanger
France
Samoa Conference at Berlin Isolated Reports Reach
After silence, new details emerge on the Berlin Samoan Conference. Mr Phelps says negotiations proceed without interference, while a three Samoan three foreigner board of control is nearly agreed, leaving indemnity from Germany as the main dispute. If factual, commissioners may have secured Samoa autonomy and neutral rights for the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Phelps
Associated Press
Germany
Apian
BayaRo
Samoa
Fadhunter
Old Flint
Jorkins
Lufkin
Meacham
Flint
Springfield Union
Rep
Times
Tanner
Commissioner Black
Washington Post
Black
Diplomats rely on banquets to sway talks
The piece notes how dinners shape the three nation discussions with officials hosting meals in sequence. It highlights Count Herbert Bismarck opening with a banquet and promises a larger closing ceremony, while American and British delegates entertain in turn. It suggests wine and meals may influence outcomes more than formal talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bis-Marck
Critics attack civil service in Massachusetts debated
A Boston correspondent challenges claims about clerks in state charitable institutions and confidential positions, defending civil service as fair. The piece critiques The New York Tribune and Mr Carnegie on tariff policy, wage cuts, and protections, arguing manufacturers act in profit interest under tariff rules and that working people were not bargaining partners.
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Boston
Springfield Republican
Civil ‘Service Commission
Harr
New York Tribune
Blaine
France
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
War Tariff Party
Tribune
Lopez
Lichman
Cleveland
Carnegie
Dupry
Quay
Foster
Sunday Law Debate After State Supreme Court Decision
The author notes a Boston Sunday law shift in 1887 allowing daily production and sale of goods, then discusses a test case by Manzynski on Sunday cigar sales. The piece questions enforcement by police against apothecaries and druggists, highlighting Hebrew cigar sellers’ grievances and urging impartial application of the law.
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Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Boston
Manzynski
Boston Police
Opposition to the Boston Board of Public Works
The Board of Street Commissioners opposes proposed public works reform. It argues the new board concentrates power, props up partisan aims, and risks increased spending. It defends electing commissioners since 1870 and warns against transferring judicial and street planning powers to an executive body. The piece cites risks to city growth, governance balance, and prudent land and damage handling.
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Board of Public Works
ForBeEs- Tall
Allen
Morton
General Burrill
Boston
Board of Street Commissioners
Board of Aldermen
Hart
Committee On Cities
Leisured Boston Life and Springtime Reflections
A Boston observer contemplates rising leisure among the city’s classes in springy May scenes on the Common and Public Garden. He contrasts outdoor pleasures with urban saloons, and muses on country visits, avian joy, blossoms from apple trees to honeysuckle, and the cultural chatter of club life.
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Boston
Park Street
Flagstaff Hill
Scotland
Mayor Hart’s Secretaries Appointment Sparks Debate
The record notes that evasion of the law by Mayor Hart in appointing two private secretaries reverses a plain statute interpretation for this purpose. The matter centers on administration and not on altering the system itself.
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Hart
Statement on protective system and equal prosperity for industries
The passage remarks that no system can guarantee equal prosperity to all industries at all times, acknowledging a truth that Carnegie’s workers anticipated before the Tribune’s Pittsburg edition reached readers yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
the Tribune
Pittsburg
Public taste and gossip in interviews reveal literary leanings
The piece complains about pervasive gossip surrounding public figures and the obsession with personal lives of actors and authors. It notes that interviews often discuss literary tastes, finding some breadth in choices like "The Duchess" while lamenting the public’s fascination with trivial exposure.
Paris Cheers Burrato Br Show Drawing 30000
Paris audiences including President Carter attended the Burrato Br spectacle as bands blended Yankee Doodle with Marseillaise. Parisians, used to Arab Fantasies at the Hippodrome, welcomed the Western themed act and its popular appeal along the Seine.
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Paris
London
Seine
New Form of Chewing Gum Promoted by Broadside
A broadside extols a new form of chewing gum described as entirely free from impure ingredients. The claim notes that prominent graduates and professors of chemistry endorse the product, while acknowledging the statement may be superfluous.
Banquet planned in honor of Senator Sherman arrival in London
The Radical members of the House of Commons propose a banquet for Senator Sherman upon his London arrival. Also noted are a Boston wedding, sympathy addresses to Gladstone from Minnesota and Wisconsin officials, and various transit and diplomatic items including Mr. Robert T. Lincoln securing a Cadogan Square home and the Navy’s Professor Winlock named curator at Smithsonian.
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House of Commons
Sherman
London
Edgar Mumford
Boston
Rose Skeel
New York
Roswell Skeel
Irvington
Gladstone
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sandringham
Queen Victoria
Lord Lorne
Norfolk
Edward Eggleston
Henry Ward Beecher
Collins
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Hill
Headly
Ohio
Henry W. Grady
Atlanta
Bourke Cochran
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
England
Cadogan Square
Liverpool
Lincoln
Allison
Theresa Stoughton
A. B. Stoughton
Washington, D.C
California
Senate Committee On
Canada
Miss Stoughton
Eugene Hale
James Gordon Bennett
Khartoum
Stanley
Gordon
Cupples
William ©. Winlock
United States Naval Observatory
Bureau of International Exchanges
Smithsonian Institution
J. G. Kidder
Winlock
Harvard
Naval Observatory
Pitt's Benefit at Museum Presents Money with strong performance
The Theater notes a large audience at Henry M. Pitt's benefit displaying a solid rendition of Alfred Evelyn in Lord Lytton's Money. Pitt's artistry earns praise while he modestly credits the company and stage management, with Miss Addison, Mr Wilson, and Mr Mason receiving cautious commendation amid a generally smooth evening.
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Pitt
Henry M. Pitt
Museum
Field
Alfred Evelyn
Lord Lytton
Miss Addison
Wilson
Mason
Continental Theatre
Weather musings and light satire mix in late 19th century chatter
A collage of humorous quips on weather, politics, society, and editors from various papers. Jests about a weather trust, Wagner opera, Prohibition jokes, a miner's sly fate, and a Worcester auctioneer tale color this collection of satirical bits and wry observations.
British Publisher Sends Amusing Note to American Author
The Hartford Courant discusses a note from David Douglas of Edinburgh offering to reprint Annie Trumbull Slosson's Fishin Jimmy with possible alterations. The piece highlights British piracy of American works and mocks the publisher’s naiveté as a sign of ongoing friction between American authors and British publishers.
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Hartford Courant
New Princeton Review
Jimmy
Annie Trumbull Slosson
Messrs. A. D. F. Randolph & Co
New York
David Douglas
Slosson
Douglas
Pavio Dovitatas
Castle Street
Edinburgh
Davin Douglas
Missouri reform bill becomes law amid political fallout
A Missouri election reform bill signed by the governor on Saturday narrows opposition to ballot reform, with Governor Hill and Pennsylvania and Maine Republicans among the few major opponents. The Labor Tribune criticizes tariff effects on steel wages, while industry and political notes discuss labor, tariffs, and appointments and denials in Washington and Philadelphia media.
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Missouri
Hill
Pennsylvania
Maine
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Chica
Harrison
Clara
Pape
Troy
Boston Record
Underwriters’ Association
Lowell Courier
Nevada
N. O. Picayune
Hartford
Kansas
Oklahoma Terror
Foreman
Chicago Tribune
Prohibition State Committee
Lamb
Rice
Rhys
Rhees
Rees
Bryce
Ap Rhys
Lloyd Bryce
North American Review
Worcester
Century Club
Templeton
The
Ames
Mr. Russell
William A. Russell
Lawrence
Labor Tribune of
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
High
America
Elliott F. Shepard
Army Manufacturing Company of
Philadelphia
Wade
New York ‘Times
Army
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