Evansville Journal critiques Harrison on bad appointments
The Evansville Journal accuses Mr. Harrison of knowing Ed Hornaday’s character as government land agent and cites other similarly bad Indiana appointments. It warns of a political reckoning in next year’s campaign and notes Indianapolis municipal votes suggesting public opinion shift at Harrison’s home.
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Evansville Journal
Indiana
Harrison
Ed Hornaday
Indianapolis
Hamprison
Czar’s Berlin Banquet Speech Sparks War Talk
The Czar’s short Berlin banquet address thanking hosts without pledging closer ties fuels war scare chatter. He spoke in French, not German, drawing comment in Berlin and Paris and prompting speculation about tensions, though a wider war is not certain.
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Berlin
William Sr
Paris
Bye election snaps seat from government amid Liberal gains
The North Buckinghamshire bye election saw another seat won by opposition forces. Peterborough also swung, Elgin and Nairn increased Liberal majorities, and Unionists pressed hard. Mr Chamberlain claimed a miniature general election. Liberals gain ground, government urged to adopt conciliatory Irish policy.
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Buckinghamshire
Peterboro
Elgin and
Nairn
Gladstone
Chamberlain
Lord Sarns Bury
Fall of forged ballot box charges hurts Ohio Republicans
The Ohio Republican campaign collapses after proof that documents accusing Congressman Campbell of a money interest in a ballot box were forgeries. Campbell offered no denial, then the truth emerged. Hatstead admits the accusation, but the blow undermines his candidacy and party morale.
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Ohio
Campbell
Congress
Murat Hat- Stead
Halstead
Honest Scholar in Politics in New York and Massachusetts Clubs
Restoration of New York Custom House officials sparks protest over reinstating tobacco inspector George C Hammill amid underpayment scandal. Bay State Club denounces graft while Middlesex Club shows defensive stance in civil service reform debate highlighting honesty versus deceit.
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New York Custom House
Harrison
George C. Hammill
Hammill
New York
Connecticut
Bay State
Middlesex Clubs
Middlesex Club
Exror
Bay State Club
Henry Casor LopcGe
Lopge
Lopém
Congress
United States
Republican Party
Extror
Cleveland
Eliot
Henry Lee
Charles R. CapMann
Henry L. Pierce
Democratic Party
Base in Gratitude to the Men Who Made Republican Success
A short phrase praising the men who made Republican success possible appears in a public program or inscription. The wording suggests motives of loyalty and gratitude within a political context.
Senator Ingalls Under Fire From Kansas Political Point
A Kansas observer argued against reelecting Senator Ingalls citing his three terms as unproductive and overly partisan while Kansas has outgrown him. Ingalls defended himself claiming strong leadership and Senate chairmanship, prompting critics to reassess his stature and "gall and bitterness" as traits.
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Kansas
Ingalls
Washington
Alexxander Pope
Kansas City
Senate
Ingalis
Reform movement praised for honesty and patriotism
A quotation lauds a reform movement as unique in political history. It describes the group as drawing honest scholarship and intelligent patriotism to the front of the party advocating civil service reform.
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Party of Reform
Naval manoeuvres planned by Navy Department
The Navy Department outlines a next year naval manoeuvres programme with a squadron of evolution to Europe next month returning by mid summer. It envisions two fleets for attack and defence and tests fleet efficiency off our coasts. The plan aims to showcase ships including the Boston Atlanta Chicago Yorktown Dolphin Petrel and more to build public pride and test capabilities.
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Navy Department
Europe
Irish
Liverpool
Glasgow
Queenstown
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Yorktown
Dolphin
Petrel
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Charleston
San Francisco
Newark
Vesuvius
Herreshoff
Concord
Bennington
Atchison Reorganization Promises Stable Earnings and Bonds
The article forecasts a forthcoming bondholder offer for Atchison reorganization with Septembers earnings published. It argues Kansas business has recovered, forecasting October and November nets around 1.5 million and 1.4 million, and asserts the plan could raise security values while avoiding a receiver. It warns famine risks and discusses bond terms and market effects.
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Atchison
Kansas
Beacons of Trade Shape Boston’s City Home and Arts
Boston markets expand with Tremont street druggist and others opening branches, reshaping Beacon Hill with Tiffany glass, Dutch silver, and antique wares. The piece notes slow branch growth in Boston versus New York, and recalls Moses Williams at the 1880 Old South commemoration, mourning the passing of early city leaders.
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Washington Street
New York
Boston
Tiffany’s
Sloanes
Tremont Street
Beacon Hill
Tiffany Glass Company
Athenæum
Bagdad
Shiraz
William the Silent
Moses Williams
Boston Hussars
Old South
Williams
Nikisch Leads Ambitious Debut Concert At Music Hall
The opening concert of the Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch wowed a large audience with a varied program including Wagner Die Meistersinger Vorspiel Beethoven Rosamunde and Schumann Symphony No 4. Critics praised his memory grip and expressive force though noting a more dramatic Beethoven reading.
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Arthur Nikisch
Cesar
Nikisch
Coriolanus
Beethoven
Rosamunde
Schumann
Capellmeister
Leipsic
Seidl
Gericke
Conservatory
Richard Wagner
Tavern Club
Arthur Weld
New York Critics Question Kenpats A Scrap of Paper
Critics in New York rail against Kenpats play A Scrap of Paper with faint praise. They label the wife British and compare her to Rost Coghlan while sneering at visiting success, revealing provincial bias.
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New York
the Times
Suzanne
London music hall licensing clashes spark reform debate
The County Council in London faces a storm over licensing music halls as members claim censorial powers. Critics warn reformers lack sweetness and reasonableness while a furious press and pulpit row rages, echoing past clashes over larger reforms.
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London
French Conservativeslean Toward Alliance with Republicans
French conservatives grow more inclined to join hands with the Republicans to uphold the present government despite political differences. The note suggests the exile on the island of Jersey will find this development displeasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonely Island
Jersey
Impulse Play Attributed Shift Sparks Authors Debate
The New York Sun calls Impulse another ProeKo play, but Mr. B. C. Stemenson had previously been credited as its author, creating a dispute over authorship.
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New York Sun
B. C. Stemenson
Notable figures make moves as season changes
Admiral Porter plans to leave Newport for Washington Thursday after rapid improvement. W S Gilbert to publish Foggerty's Fairy. Rev F W Sprague resigns to join Brattleboro church. Mrs Lawrence Barrett and Miss Barrett back in Europe, lodging at the Vendome. Congressman Randall hopes to join Congress in December. Alexander Cochrane and family return from Europe to Commonwealth avenue. Governor Hill and exposition committee fly to Atlanta for Piedmont exposition. Miss Rachel Sherman sails to Europe for winter with Minister Whitelaw Reid's Paris household.
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Admiral Porter
Newport
R. L
Washington
W.S. Gilbert
Foggerty
F. W. Sprague
Peabody Universalist Church
Brattleboro
Amélie Rives-Chanler
Catulle Mendes
Lawrence Barrett
Miss Barrett
Atlanta
Rachel Sherman
W. T. Sherman
New York
Europe
Whitelaw Reid
Paris
Tremont Theatre Opens With Praises and Critics
Boston’s new Tremont Theatre opened under Abbey and Schoeffel with luminous interiors and a 1790-seat auditorium. Report notes practical layout and safety features but criticizes excessive decoration and jarring nonessential details.
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Boston
New Theatre
Messrs
Abbey & Schoeffel
Tremont Street
Transatlantic number debut highlights Ibsen Maupassant and Zola notes
The first issue of the Transatlantic semi monthly magazine features Ibsen Rosmersholm and an excerpt, Hugo de Struger's Dance of the Harvesters, plus Maupassant Mother Savage and a Zola interview. It also notes new books from Little Brown and Co and upcoming editions from Longmans Green and Funk Wagnalls.
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Elzevir
Hugo de Struger
Ibsen
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co
Dumas
Ireland
Jeremiah Curtin
Dr. Warren
Comte de Vigny
Angier
James Russell Lowell
Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls
New York
Longmans, Green & Co
Greece
Germany
France
England
Andrew Lang
Jacomb-Hood
H. J. Ord
A Romance in High Life and Balloon Marriages
A miscellany of social squibs and anecdotes from high society and missing historical notes. Highlights include Union Trust strain rumors, letter carriers as preachers, and colossal wagers about hotel and theater life.
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Union Trust
White Mountain
Keene
Eiffel Tower
London
United States
E. W. Abbott
Massachusetts Reformatory
McGovern
Schliemann
Athens
The
Arsakion
San Francisco
Thomas A. Edison
Europe
Mr. Edison
Congress of Naturalists
Heidelberg
Munich
The Quarterly Journal of Economics October 1889 Review
The October issue surveys international trade theory and bi metallism with Bastable and Patten. It covers farming land depreciation in the East and social reform movements led by Belamy, with notes on West farming, the Nationalists, and East London labor.
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Quarterly Journal OF Economics
Quarterly
Journal of Economics
Bastable
University of Dublin
Patten
University of Pennsylvania
India
Great Britain
Atlantic
Walker
A. H. Peters
N. P. Gilman
C. Huntington
C. Huntington. Mr. Peters
Eastern
Middle States
Peters
Bellamy
Gilman
Mr. Huntington
East London
Charles Book
Huntington
Taussig
the Quarterly Journal of Economics
Harvard University
George H. Eliis
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Boston Post
Milk
Weere
Doston Bost
Copley Square
New Tremont Theatre
Scribner
M. Allen Starr
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