Recommendations for coast defense and army reform in 1889 report
General C C Howard urges better coast armament and a safe explosive, Americanite, adopted by Standard Oil. He backs deserter penalties, shorter enlistment terms, improved rations, and proposes three battalions per infantry regiment plus a switch to a magazine rifle. He warns against reorganizing artillery into a separate corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. C. Howard
Atlantic
Point Barrow
Standard Oil Company
Howard
Crook
THAT BAPTIST DELEGATION CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL
A delegation of colored men led by Rev William Gray met Attorney General Miller to discuss outrages against Black voters in the South. They cited a witness threatened with assassination during Florida election fraud trials at Jacksonville. Miller pledged federal laws would be enforced and officials and witnesses protected where federal jurisdiction applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Baptist Convention
William Gray
Miller
South
Jacksonville
Florida
Secretary Proctor Seeks Assistant Secretary of War
The article notes Secretary Proctor plans to renew calls for a permanent assistant Secretary of War. The War Department is large with 1500 city employees and 11,000 nationwide. Navy officers prefer the Bureau of Navigation head as acting secretary, opposing a civilian in the chair, influencing Secretary Tracy to drop the assistant idea after entering office last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proctor
Congress
General Schofield
Army
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Tracy
Admitting the New States Proclaimed by Cabinet
The proclamation admitting new States into the Union was presented to the Cabinet at its regular meeting. It is understood to have approval from members and will be issued once formally prepared at the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Miller
State Department
Loss of Whaling Steamer Lucretia Reports From Arctic
A private dispatch from Captain William Lewis in San Francisco states the whaling steamer Lucretia of New Bedford has been lost after sailing to the Arctic. Built at Bath in 1877, the 276 ton vessel had reentered service under Captain Whiteside and reported two whales taken. the Alton arrived from the Arctic with Sept 27 catch data. The owners, including Captain Lewis, had insured the vessel in London and the tragedy mirrors the fate of Bath built vessels Attleboro and Mabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Berprorp
Edgar R. Lewis
William Lewis
San Francisco
Alton
Newth
Arctic Ocean
Lucretia
Whiteside
Bath
Pacific Ocean
George Smith
Mellen
Arctic
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hore
Indian Ocean
Lewis
London
Attleboro
Mabel
Pan American Congress Papers Outline Key Topics
Washington Nov 1 The Pan American Congress papers list topics and authors covering customs union uniform systems of weights and measures patents copyright extradition criminal treaties lighthouse regulations and skins sanitation. Noted contributors include Warner P Sutton Arnold J Johnson John B Hamilton C Mendenhall F A Seely and John G Moore with memorials from boards of trade responding to a June circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Warner Pp. Sutton
Arnold J. Johnson
Lighthouse Board
John B. Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
C. Mendenhall
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Treasury Department
F. A. Seely
Patent Office
D. Appleton & Co
New York
John G. Moore
State Department
Boards of Trade
Navassa Rioters Arrive in Baltimore Harbor Under Arrest
The revenue cutter Ewing brought the brig Alice and its Navassa rioters to Baltimore after a long voyage from the Capes. District Attorney Hayes and Deputy Marshal Cole led warrants numbering 124 for murder to riot against the detainees, with 31 charged as they boarded the Ewing and companions from the Romance were taken as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltrmore
United States Revenue Cutter
Ewing
Alice
Capes
Navassa
Lot M. Morrill
United States
Thomas G. Hayes
Legrand Cole
G. Morris Bond
Mr. Hayes
Captain Baker
Wing
Cape Henry
Yayes
Maryland
Baldwin
Romance
Morrill
Chesapeake
Point Lookout
Baker
Hayes
Bond
Marshal Cole
Mr. Roby
Navassa Company
Mayes
Commissioner Bond
Laanch
Cole
Pension office court to settle large pension cases
General Raum heads a pension court with Butterfield and Van Mater as board of review, quickly certifying pensions after brief facts and law are presented. Investigations reveal irregular reratings for related employees, with potential dismissal talks and a conference with Noble to decide remedies and possible refund or cessation of payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raum
Pension Office
Interior Department
Noble
New Telegraph Rates In Force Across Government Offices
Government department heads announced today the new telegraph rates for public business, set yesterday by Postmaster General Wanamaker, and effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theovernment Service
Wanamaker
Prosecution of Political Circulars Debated by Civil Service Commission
The Civil Service Commission revisited whether persons connected with sending political contribution circulars to Washington officials can be prosecuted. It reviewed existing evidence and awaited further material. If names of recipients are provided, those individuals will be summoned and questioned, and additional action will follow if evidence suffices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Miss Ames
Lucia True Ames
Boston
Houghton, Mi
Fin & Co
Harvard University Calendar for the Week
Harvard listings show lectures debates and services across campuses from Sunday to Friday including Appleton Chapel lectures by Rev Williamson Smith Trinity College and talks on German literature Canada US relations by Hon J G Bourinot at University and Divinity School venues with evening schedule details at 7 30 p m and 4 15 p m across Sevel and Level 11 rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Appleton
Williamson Smith
Trinity College
Semitic Seminary
Rahab
Leviathan
G. R. Freeman
Sevel
Harvard Union
University
Divinity School
Francke
Canada
United States
J. G. Bourinot
House of Commons
Massachusetts Reform Club Dinner at Parker House
At the Parker House this afternoon the Hon. George S. Hale will discuss the aims of the Massachusetts Reform Club and propose constitutional changes. Sherman Hoar will address why young men are leaving the Republican party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Reform Club
Parker House
George S. Hale
Sherman Hoar
Republican Party
Balfour Sees Hypocrisy in Picture Gallery Admiration
Mr. Arthur Balfour addresses Hertford callers on art education saying most gallery praise comes from guidebooks not the works themselves. He argues many paintings were meant for different surroundings and warns readers rely on names and terms rather than real viewing experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Balfour
Ireland
Hertford
Eng
Forign Gallery
Murray
What is Good in the Heart and Mind
A reflective verse ponders the true good as diverse voices answer with order knowledge truth pleasure love beauty freedom home fame and equity. The poem ends with inner quiet overtones, revealing the final adage that kindness is the word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Court
School
Equity
Florida lands captured by large rail and land syndicate
One of the Souths largest land deals has been completed consolidating all unsold lands in Florida of the Brant rail and steamship system under the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida. Sanford serves as headquarters with Col D H Elliott as general agent, uniting over 6 000 000 acres under one management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
South
Florida
Brant
Associated Railway Land Department of Florida
Sanford
D. H. Elliott
National Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Harrison
The Proclamation sets aside Thursday November 28 as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer. President Benjamin Harrison urges Americans to gather in worship, thank God for peace and harvests, and reflect on divine guidance for present and future prosperity. Secretary James G. Blaine authenticates the document in Washington on November 1, 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Benjamin Harrison
United States of America
James G. Blaine
New Books and Papers of Asa Gray Reviewed
A noted editor curates Gray’s vast scientific writings, surveying fifty years of botanical progress with major papers, obituaries, and essays on diverse topics. Companion reviews include Mississippi memoirs by Davis and child education works by Nichols and Redway, highlighting objective teaching and practical geography tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Gray
American Journal of Science and Arts
de Candolle
Siebold
Agassiz
von Mohl
Hooker
Darwin
Bentham
Ball
Gray
Japan
American Society
Charles Spraine Sargent
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Gustavus Vasa the Liberator of Sweden Review
A critical summary of Paul Barron Watson’s The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa. The work uses Swedish archives to portray Gustavus Vasa as a strong yet flawed leader, depicting Danish oppression, Swedish patriotism, and the shift to Protestant rule. The reviewer notes its clear narrative and historical significance though it favors monarchy over republican outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Vasa
Sweden
Denmark
Gustavus
Washington
Svy Paul Barron Watson
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Obituary of Arthur F. L. Norris, Longtime New Hampshire Lawyer
Arthur F. L. Norris, aged sixty eight, longtime New Hampshire bar member, died in Concord after a full career in Lowell, Boston and Lynn. Native of Pittsfield, Dartmouth 1845, studied with uncle Moses Norris, began practice 1846, active until health declined a year ago. Notable students include Lewis W. Clark and Joan M. Berry. He leaves a widow, four daughters and five sons including Arthur P. Norris, John M. Norris, and Traell Norris of the Portsmouth Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. L. Norris
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Pittsfield
Dartmouth College
Moses Norris
Norris
Lowell
Boston
Lynn
Lewis W. Clark
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Joan M. Berry
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Arthur P. Norris
John M. Norris
Aree ‘Traell Norris
Portsmouth Times
Deaths Notice of Francis Quinn and Others
Other deaths report Francis Quinn of Cambridge aged 77 at 13 Remington Street widow 73. Also notes M Tschernischevski exiled son of a priest editor in 1853 and works on Nihilism and Mill. Deacon Cyrus Butterfield Tyngsboro elder in Unitarian circles dies aged 86 leaving a son and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Quinn
Cambridge
Remington Street
Boston
Quinn
M. Tschernischevski
St. Petersburg
Siberian
John Stuart Mill
Cyrus Butterfield
Tyngsboro
A Critique of Eli Thayer’s Kansas Crusade Book
A reviewer argues the volume serves as a heated partisan attack rather than a clear historical memoir. It portrays Thayer as tempering sharp rhetoric with scant sober history while praising some aspects and harshly denouncing abolitionists Garrison and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
New South
Thayer
Garrison
Phillips
Maness
John Brown
Horace Greeley
Eli Thayer
Edward Everett Hale
D.D
New York
Harper & Bros
Recollections of Mississippi Autobiography Excerpt
A brief excerpt from an antebellum Mississippi memoir by Reuben Davis. The piece contrasts Northern and Southern standards and critiques religion public conduct and legal ethics through the author’s recollections of court life politics and society in Jefferson Davis era Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Reuben Davis
Natural History Made Easy Review
A critique of The Walks Abroad of Two Young Naturalists translated from the French. The work aims to popularize science by storytelling but fails to engage as narrative or serve as a strict manual. It yields limited entomology and marine biology notes with ample illustrations and crude translation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Beau
America
Charles Beaugrana
David Sharp
M.B
F.L
F.Z.S
New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
Price
Merchants and Insanity Tale Tests Paine's Celery Compound
The New York Mail and Express reports on Richard D. Young a perfumer who suffered insanity under business and family pressures. He credits Paine's Celery Compound with his recovery and urges early treatment for brain and nerve troubles noting witnesses from Miller's Hotel and Turkish Baths and the Mer chantville asylum confirm his improvement and endorse the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Richard D. Young
Young
William St
Mr. Young
Paire
E. P. Miller
Miller’s Hotel and Turkish Baths
West 26Th St
S. Prestor Jones
Merchantville
N. J
Paine
Philip S. Tilden
Tam
Younge
The Last Assembly Ball and the Fate of a Voice
A critical review finds Foote's The Last Assembly Ball overdrawn and unconvincing, praising Mrs Dansken but faulting the Brutus scene and final tragedy. Ames Memoirs of a Millionaire earns measured approval for philanthropy, while Metzerott Shoemaker is judged uneven yet with a healthful tone and some drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hallock Foote
Frank Embury
Mary Harlock Foote
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
School Books Use and Forgetting in Brief Lessons
A compact reflection on geography education noting that recall fades quickly after class. It contrasts what is learned in school with what is forgotten, citing the misery of memorizing capitals and trade terms. The passage implies that enduring understanding is harder than short-term recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Book notes critique of Panin lectures on Russian literature
The review finds Panin’s Lectures on Russian Literature as mostly unremarkable in content and form though intermittently insightful on Gogol Tolstoi and Turgénier. It notes Panin’s tendency toward theory and his misfit blending of philosopher and artist roles, with occasional commendation of his remarks on humor and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Panin
Mr. Panin
Turgénier
Mr. Howells
Sir Walter Scott
Pushkin
Gogol
Tolstoi
New York
G._P. Putnam's Sons
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
Death by Self Destruction Shocks New Bedford Broker
The body of George Hi. Latham a cotton broker for Barry Thayer & Co. was found in his New Bedford office with a bullet wound to the head. Officials deem it a suicide, with despondency cited as the probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Thackeray
Mr. Cross
George Eliot
Dickens
America
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Miss Peale
Japan
Margaret Peale
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
W. K. Clarke & Co
Price
George Hi. Latham
Barry, Thayer & Co
New Bedford
Epidemics and unrest thread late 19th century news
Elmira endures diphtheria typhoid and scarlet fever fueled by June floodwater and sewer gaps. In San Francisco Ug Yuen murder verdict trails Mok Sem. six attackers sought. Hatfield McCoy feud widens in West Virginia. Mrs Brown killed, John Blumfield wounded. 250 armed.
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Elmira
N. Y
San Francisco
Ug Yuen
Mok Sem
Yuen
West Virginia
James Brown
John Blumfield
McCoy
Hatfield
Company of State Rangers
Texas
New England
Bold & Fisher
Abilene
Kan
Governor Smith
Leeward West India Islands
Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Smith
Leeward Islands
United States
Charles Adams
Burke
Passumpsic Road
John H. Hannan
Boston & Maine
Malden
Shetucket Lodge
Norwich
Conn
E. A. Rogers
Holyoke Young Men’s Christian Association
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Axtel
Milton
W. Va
Haley-McCoy
Harts Creek
Parker
United States District Court For
Western District of Arkansas
Fort Worth
Easton
Denver
Col
Flanagan
Hickey
Ilids
Grand Island
Union Pacific Railroad
Hoff Malt Extract Tonic Warns Against Imitations
Eisner and Mendelson Co announces Johan Hoffs Malt Extract as a nutritive tonic. The firm warns the public about imitators and notes the Johann Hoff signature appears on the bottle neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johan Hoff
Johann Hoff
Eisner & Mendelson Co
Barclay Street
York
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the Picture Gallery
Ake
Joan Boye O'Reilly
NEW Books
Davis
Confederate Congress
W. F. Nichols
A.M
D.C. Heath & Co
Jacques W. Redway
D. C. Heath & Co
California
MLO Lelcher
Mt. Diablo
Potosi
Con
Cal
Crown Point
Savage Commonwealth
Sierra Nevada
Gould & Curry
Union Con
Hale & Norcross
Yellow Jacket
Metzerott
Louis
Ernest Clare
Sally Price
Richards
Metzerott, Shoemaker
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