Resignation of Sir Charles Warren Dominates London Debate
London discusses Sir Charles Warren resignation with Home Secretary Matthews taking fire from critics. The Standard harshly criticizes Mr Matthews and hints the wrong man may have resigned. The House debates follow, signaling political trouble for filling the late commissioner's post and future complications for the government.
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Charles Warren
London
Mathaews
Matthuess
Sir Charles
Liberal wins Dewsbury bye election by 2110 majority
In Dewsbury yesterday the Liberal candidate secured the seat formerly held by Serjeant Siuon with 6071 votes to 3961 for the Unionist. The turnout set a new record, exceeding 1886 general election totals by 2168 votes, with the Unionist 248 votes behind the Liberal candidate.
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Dewsbury
England
Serjeant
Siuon
Arnold Forster
Steam heating expands as railways adopt steam beat systems
Railway progress pushes steam heated trains as Rock Island plans through routes from Chicago to Council Bluffs and beyond. The move undercuts stove objections, showing uniform systems can be adopted with time and effort across state and New York lines.
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Chicago
Rock Island Road
Council Bluffs
New York
Republican City Convention Shows Caution on Nomination
The Republican city convention last evening avoided a mayoral nomination urged by partisan locals and treated the school committee issue as partisan. It could have endorsed a Democratic offer for a joint non-partisan ticket and given it a fair trial. The twenty five member committee on schools may still recover by pursuing non-partisan action the convention did not.
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School Committee
Democratic City Committee
Forcing Newspaper Circulation by Employer Subscriptions
Mr Evuiorr F Surparp criticizes the Home Market Club plan to boost high tariff newspapers by employers subscribing to enough Republican papers for every worker. He argues such artificial circulation is not novel and tends to devalue the papers as recipients read them lightly. The piece condemns forced growth schemes and their weak results.
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Evuiorr F. Surparp
Surparp
Home Market Club
Home Market Club debate on tariffs and worker newspaper reads
The text argues workers in factories and mills may choose newspapers advocating views contrary to the Home Market Club, suggesting they do so because they prefer them. It also posits workers would likely continue this pattern even if employers provided a free high tariff newspaper.
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Surparp
Home Market Club
Policy Debates Show Taxation at War Rates and Expansive Pensions
Public policy talk at Home Market Club dinners outlines a Harrison administration leaning to high tariff taxation and vast spending to avoid tax cuts. Generals Alger and Miller advocate pension expansion and subsidies while examining tariff reform. critics warn against debt growth and bond market risks as Briane has yet to define official policy.
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Braine
General Harrison
Home Market Club
Blaine-Harrison
General Alger
Miller
New York
Harrison
Treasury
Department
Great West
Michigan
Mr. Briatne
General Harnson
Minter
Hoar
Congress
Nrelson W. Alpricu
General ArGrr
Grant
United States
Blaine- Harrison
Alger
Secretary of the Treasury
Protestants versus Home Rule debated at London banquet
The Irish Nonconformist clergy hosted Lords Salisbury and Hartington in a political gathering showing Ulster Presbyterians united against Home Rule. The piece argues loyal Liberal principles remain despite anti Home Rule fears, and that trust in Irish governance should extend to Dublin within an imperial framework.
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Lord Salisbury
Lord Hartington
London
Ireland
Ulster
Mr. Gladstone
Westminster
Massachusetts
Washington
Dublin
Noted Boast of Statesmanship Collides with Ruling Claims
The passage critiques the leaders’ declared superiority in governance, highlighting a clash between their boasts and actual capacity. It points to discrepancies between rhetoric and practical ability, suggesting overconfidence in ruling matters.
A President With A Policy Debate In Republican Ranks
A Republican statesman condemns a president having a policy calling it dangerous while arguing a president should convey information and recommendations to Congress. The piece cites Cleveland's tariff message as a model of policy and notes a trend toward preferring mediocrity over strong leadership, warning of weak government without a strong executive.
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Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Harrrison
Congress
Senate
Cuzeer- Land
House of Representatives
Republican Party
English artist Waren Crane embraces Anarchism
The English artist Waren Crane openly adopts anarchism and declares socialists aligned with the Chicago mob portend a world regeneration. He cautions that the theory invites may bring undesirable practical outcomes, noting many adherents might recoil at concrete consequences.
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Waren Crane
Howets
Crane
Chicago
English versus American girl debate sparks defense of countrywomen
Mr Lasooucners weighs in on the English American girl comparison praising independence and mental alertness of American women. The Herald misdefines missy as sissy though the term more often insults a girl displaying feminine traits.
New York Tribune Praises Miss Anderson in Winter's Tale Impersonation
A critical note from the New York Tribune via Mr. Winturum Wynter extols Miss Anderson for her dual impersonation as Hermione and Perdita revealing life's stern truths, melancholy color, and heroic humanity. It argues art's higher form isn't always the most alluring when youth and joy beckon.
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New York Tribune
Winturam Winvyter
Miss Andrerson
Hermione
Peruita
Womannhood
Miss Anderson
Palmer’s
Booth-Barrett
Fifth Avenue
Lyceum
Madison Square
London
The
Standard
New York
Mr. Winter
Rumors and Personal Notes From National Figures
Rumor says President Cleveland may be named next president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Mrs. Grover Cleveland remains a president in the Eastern Association of Wells College. Joseph Chamberlain and wife plan to return to Washington then London. William Wirt Henry writes of Patrick Henry with inherited manuscripts. The New York World previews next Congress including John F. Andrew. Verestchagin praised for looks and languages. Emperor William the German matches breaker, concerns over Greek royal marriages. Chamberlain’s wealth, upbringing, and London residence outlined. Wedding attendees described as refined English gentlemen.
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Cleveland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Grover Cleveland
Eastern Association of Wells College
Joseph Chamberlain
Washington
London
William Wirt Henry
Richmond
Patrick Henry
Henry
New York World
Congress
John F. Andrew
Andrew
Massachusetts Senate
Boston
Verestchagin
Germany
France
George
Greece
Marguerite
Comte de Paris
Sophia
Prussia
William
New Candidate for Speaker Named in Political Dispatch
A New York Sun despatch suggests Joseph G Cannon of Illinois could become Speaker of the House in the Fifty-first Congress. Western ideas may shape policy, with Harrison’s administration seen as favoring Western finance, tariffs, and unity. Cannon, re-elected for a ninth term, stands as a strong contender alongside Reed and McKinley.
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House of Representatives
New York Sun
Keifer
Frank Hiscock
John A. Kasson
Reed
McKinley
Joe Cannon
Illinois
Harrison
Thomas B. Reed
William McKinley
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Ifty-First Congress
Joseph Gart
Preservation of Boston milestone sparks funding debate
In Boston a plan to embed the historic Four Miles to Boston milestone in a sidewalk alarms readers. The piece argues against erasing inscriptions and suggests relocating the relic to the Bostonian Society for safekeeping, noting the milestone’s ties to local history and Paul Dudley.
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Boston
Post
Paul Dudley
Grove Hall
Bostonian Society
Literary notes on Meredith Oliphant and 1889 Wide Awake
The Athenæum discusses George Meredith’s new volume A Reading of Earth and a later titled The Empty Purse. It notes Mrs. Oliphant’s On the Dark Mountains and her Tulloch life, plus recent literary deaths. Wide Awake promises 1889 stories by Coolidge Boyesen Trowbridge Luska and others, and Roberts Bros. announce Counter Currents and a seven volume Shakspere edition with a Dyce text.
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George Meredith
Athenæum
Mary
von Schulze
Heidelberg
M. A. de Bolathier de Bragelonne
Paris
Wide Awake
Susan Coolidge
Messrs
H. H. Boyesen
J. T. Trowbridge
Sidney Luska
John Strange Winter
Bootle
Andrew Long
Benton Freemont
John Burroughs
Roberts Bros
Counter Currents
Shakspere
Alexander Dyce
Theatrical Gossip Signals Busy New York Week
The week brings Sothern in Lord Chumley and Dockstader’s minstrels in Boston, with Little Lord Fauntleroy ending its run. Shenandoah and other premieres loom. Kellogg’s opera company and Campanini concerts add to a packed theatre slate, amid praise and controversy.
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Mr. Sothern
Lord Chumley
Hollis Street
Dockstader
Boston
Lord Fauntleroy
Globe
Park
Miss
Free Raw Materials Supply Boosts American Mills
The New York Times notes potential policy shifts favoring free raw materials like wool, arguing it could lift export trades. Mills in Biddeford, Lowell, Nashua, and Piedmont are already leaning toward overseas markets, while U S wool on the free list could reshape import routes and boost domestic manufacturing.
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New York Times
County Committee
Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Times
Pepperer
Biddeford
Massachusetts
Lowell
Mass
Jackson Company
Nashua
N. H
Williston
ereOt
Clifton Mills
Clifton
S. C
Piedmont
S.C
William R. Grace & Co
Neuss, Hesslein & Co
London
South America
Australia
Africa
Varied Humor and Social Snippets From Old Papers
A collage of wry remarks and anecdotes from early 20th century journals. Jests about politics, theater, and daily life mix with quips on advertising, fashion, and social norms. Notable bits reference Marblehead sympathy, a New York Herald monument fundraising, and a Rutland butter cache note, plus brief exchanges on gas bills and Munchausen.
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Providence Journal
Kansas
New York Herald
Marblehead
Litchman
Knights of Labor
Indianapolis
Chicago Times
John A. Logan
Harrison
Smith
Chicago
America
Rutland
Potts
Texas Siftings
Benson
Market crowd debate about spending surplus
A fragmentary poem style note describes a crowd of men in a Home Market Club scene, shouting and planning a spree to spend a surplus. The speaker, J. T. W., laments feeling alone and sees the Market as a serious grind.
Current Comment on Trusts After Republican Victory
A New York World editorial comments that trusts have surged since Republican success, accusing monopolists of knowing their friends and signaling favorable market impact for corporate power.
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N. Y
Promises of Prosperity Spark Gilded Era Promise
A New York Herald pamphlet voice proclaims the GOP pledge of unparalleled prosperity and invites readers to support the forthcoming era with decisive action, urging collective momentum and public backing.
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N. Y. Herald
Ind
Mugwump: Conscience Vote May Stay In Politics
The New York Times Industrial section notes that choosing conscience votes could lead to more wholesome politics than biased or liquor votes. The Mugwump is likely here to stay, influencing results when party action is poor and diminishing when actions are creditable, and must be reckoned in safe calculations.
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Burlington Free Press
Louise Imogen Guiney
Crispus
Natick
British and Foreign Bible Society
Africa
Berlin
Transvaal
N. Y
Wanted More Schools in Farm Regions Vote
The farming communities of the West and Northwest rejected tariff cuts. With mortgages on farms and farmers taxed to poverty, residents urge relief and education, hoping for more schools as Fort Wayne Sentinel notes the sentiment.
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West
Northwest
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sentinel
What It Means Editorial From New York Tribune
The Philadelphia Telegraph quotes a New York Tribune editorial arguing for a clean sweep of Democrats after Republicans, praising civil service reform advocate Curtis, and describing the political downfall of party bosses as President Harrison pursues reform.
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New York Tribune
Cleveland
Harrison
Curtis
BG Wellaire
Crnel
Philadelphia Telegraph
Paving the Way for a Sweep
The Philadelphia Telegraph argues against claims that Cleveland's federal appointees are criminals. It notes the Republican Senate rejected most nominees, defending the merit of Cleveland’s selections and the civil service choice as generally fit and proper.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Senate of the
United States
Civil Service
Philadelphia Telegraph
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John T.kirkland
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Signore del Puente
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Will Carleton
Star Course
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Poston Theatre
Helen Barry
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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J. H. Gilmour
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Minnie
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