Paris Republicans seek closer union in new Chamber
The Paris journals hint at a stronger Republican fusion in the forthcoming Chamber of Deputies. La République Française and L'Estafette back efforts led by Say, Rigor, and allies Flogourt and de Freycinet, while Ferry’s leadership is questioned. US urging free trade clashes with protective default. South American delegates attend Congress, seeking influence amid limited immediate gains.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
la République Francaise
M. Reinacch
L’estafette
M. Ferry
France
MM. Say
Rigor
MM. Flogurtt
DE Freycinet
Senator Manderson Faces Scrutiny Over Pension Gift
The Nebraska senator is scrutinized for his handling of a gift to Corporal Tanner. The New York Tribune defends him, claiming the sergeant-at-arms spoke for the matter, while Manderson portrays charitable motives. The episode suggests political meddling and a reconsidered beneficence that led to Tanner’s removal before wider fallout.
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Washington
Tanner
Manderson
Wyman Criticized For Reciproc ity Views At Niagara Falls
The article condemns Mr. Erastus Wyman for urging reciprocity with Pan American delegates at Niagara Falls. It notes his tariff analogy as a barbed wire fence and argues subsidies for rapid communications are insufficient without productive gains. The New York Tribune rebukes Wyman for speaking to South American representatives and questions the focus on subsidies.
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Erastus Wyman
Niagara Falls
New York Tribune
Congress maneuvers amid Pan American talks influence
The article questions Mr Blaine's stance on Mexican ore policy and Secretary Winthrop's course as Pan-American commerce aims to extend. A New York Herald explanation quotes a South American delegate noting U S resolve against European encroachment and hints at Monroe doctrine influence shaping the talks.
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Blaine
Pan-American Congress
Ryan
Mexico
WinDom
Winxoom
New York Herald
Atchison Plan for Bond Refunding and Consolidation
The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe directors present a plan to replace existing bonds with 4 percent mortgage bonds and 5 percent income bonds, plus cash subscriptions, to reduce fixed charges and avert foreclosure. The scheme aims to consolidate interests, fund improvements, and restore earnings, while noting potential objections from California Southern and Chicago Kansas Western holders and relying on conservative projections.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Treasury
Atchison
California Southern
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Kansas
California
Elevator delays and naming woes in Boston and White Mountains
A Boston reader recalls stalled city elevators and reflects on the public response. The piece laments odd naming of New England woodland paths and ridicules Bowdoin square as a clearing, urging wiser use of Indian names like Chocorua Ossipes and Pequawket to suit the landscape.
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New England
Harvard
Bowdoin
Bowdoin Square
Boston
White Mountains
White Mountain
United States
Happy Valley
Waterville
N. H
Union
Osceola
Tecumseh
Taverner
The Race Issue in the South Contested by Laneston
John M. Laneston filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives an intriguing document as part of his contest. The note appears in the race issue coverage, highlighting legal and procedural steps in the contest. The report notes potential implications for proceedings in the representative chamber.
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John M. Laneston
House of Representatives
The Ancestry of Washington and Its Genealogical Quest
The essay reviews the search by the New England Historic Genealogical Society into the ancestors of Grover Washington. It notes that George Washington knew little of his family before his emigrant great grandfather Joan Washington, whose lineage sparked interest in tracing noble progenitors and the origins of great men.
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Lawrencx
Virginia
Isaac Herd
Lawrence Washington
Sulgrave
Brington
Lawrence
Charles Sumner
State House
Colonel Cuester
England
Joan of Thrapston
Lawrence of
Oxford
Purleigh
Washington
Henry F. Waters
Salem
Chester
Joan Harvard
Washingtons
Sulgrave Washingtons
Mr. Knowling
Reavers
William
Ampniuis Wasarxaton
Evizasetta Fitzmersert
Susanna Brune
Tring
Eliza
Colonel Carster
Luton
Lawrence Wasa Hington
Lawreence Washington
Varneyss
Sanpys
Spencers
Fitzherberts
Waters
Lawrence WashHington
Suigrave
George Washington
James J. Goopwig
Hartford
Grerce Washington
Wellington
Marlborough
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Gzover Washington
Grovcr Washington
Joan Washington
The Black Cat Praises Dixey and Warns on The Seven Ages
Le Chat Noir lauds Dixey's latest burlesque as a visual triumph praised for crystal like radiance and Japanese garden splendor. It warns readers not to take the rave literally as a mundane viewer may be disappointed by The Seven Ages.
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le Chat Noir
Mass meeting in Chicago sparks radical rhetoric
At a Chicago mass meeting anarchists cheered the red flag while the Stars and Stripes was hissed. A speaker predicted Chicago could become the Paris of America not from a World Fair but due to hidden labor discontent ready to ignite a fiery revolution. The trial convictions discussed seem to be losing impact.
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Chicago
Paris
America
Spres
Frretpen
London to Publish Dramatic Works of Thomas Robertson
The dramatic works of Thomas Robertson will be issued in London and accompanied by a memoir from Robertson's son and six portraits, offering a comprehensive biographical and visual set.
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Thomas Robertson
London
Robertson
New Books Dampier by W Clark Russell
A review discusses Dampier as an action figure with clear naval writings yet questions if he fits the English Worthies series. It notes his captaincy and potential literary influence on Defoe, while praising Russell's biography for readable detail and avoiding overquoting.
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Dampier
England
Clark Russell
Defoe
London
Darapier
Ringrose
Cooke
William Dampier
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Recora
Little, Brown & Co
Price
Excellent Suggestion on Pension Decisions
The Savannah News argues that Assistant Secretary Bussey should reverse his stance on pension payments to dishonorably discharged soldiers. It frames his actions as reversing prior pension decisions and urges accountability.
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Bussey
Savannah News
Tariff Theory Questioned by South American Visitors
The Providence Journal notes a vivid debate as South American visitors hear the claim that high tariffs promote trade, warning of the danger that they may try a higher tariff to curb imports, returning home with the idea intact.
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Providence Journal
Ind
Electricity destroys Tialmage's Tabernacle in Brooklyn storm damage
A thunder storm struck Brooklyn as electricians had just finished wiring. Lightning entered through oven lines causing fire and damage to the tabernacle. The Baltimore American Democracy notes this event as a caution for science to advance control of electricity.
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Tialmage
Brooklyn
Baltimore American Dem
Convenient Houses and Practical Plans for Builders
A review of Convenient Houses with Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper by Louis H. Gibson. The book blends architecture with domestic usability, detailing sections on the architect wife journey through the house and kitchens, plumbing, heating, plus fifty house plans and guidance on affordable home ownership and monthly payment schemes.
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Gibson
Lous H. Gibson
New York
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
Noted critics on Bret Harte and Saltus stories
A literary notice reviews Bret Harte’s The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales, deeming most stories strong but criticizing A Knight-Errant of the Foot-Hills. It also surveys The Pace That Kills by Eagar Saltus as sensational and unpleasant, and praises The Curse of Carne Hold by G A Henry as lively adventure with boyish tone.
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Bret Harte
Dedlow Marsh
Telegraph Hill
Captain Jim
Boston
Hougston, Miffin & Co
Price
Mr. Saltus
Eagar Saltus
Chicago
New York
Belford, Clarke & Co
Carne Hold
Mr. Henry
G. A. Henry
Frank F. Loveil & Co
Notable Arts and Health Reports Across Europe and America
Cardinal Manning is in feeble health. Otto Hegner the boy pianist sails for this country. Mrs. Cleveland will devote the winter to oil painting studies. Pauline Lucca to tour Russia starting Oct 15 and will not return to the United States. Max Alvary returns to the German stage with a strong Siegfried at Carlsruhe. Lord Tennyson’s health reported fully restored after warm English weather. Wilkie Collins’s last story Blind Love nearly finished. Walter Besant to complete it from Collins’s synopsis and reminiscences.
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Cardinal Manning
Otto Hegner
Cleveland
Pauline Lucca
Russia
United States
Max Alvary
Tts Rentrée
Siegfried
Carlsruhe
Forster
Life of
Ens
Many items crowd a curious old time page
A survey of scattered notes reports on a money making scheme called the mint, attacks on the Carpet Trust, remarks on corned beef and bacon, aging colleges, German emigration, a proposed iron bridge across the channel, and various light anecdotes. Also noted are a Yale shift to free trade, a Parnell protest in Edinburgh, a Russian clock at Borki, a Hillsdale sight restoration, a trotting dog named Dock in Kansas City, and other brief curiosities.
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Mint
Carpet Trust
Fatherland
United States
Henry Charles Westover
Prince of Wales
Victoria
Australia
Jones
Bones
Philadelphia Inquirer
Eliot
Yale College
Lincoln
Sumner
Grant
Ireland
Borki
Hillsdale
Mich
Kansas City
Dock
Exposition Track
Henry Cabot Lodge the reformer and the navy yard fate
A critical portrait of Henry Cabot Lodge in the 1889 Massachusetts campaign. It notes his civil service reform stance and his controversial tenure over patronage at the Charlestown Navy Yard, framed by a Middlesex Club speech and public reaction.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Simonon W. Boxxys, JR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lodge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Middlesex Club
Bostonians
Navy Yard
A4luinius Curtius
George Washington
Commonwealth
Harrison
Nahant Statesman
United States
Congress
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North
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Lanaston
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Republican Party
Quay
Ohio
Foraker
William Pitt Kellogg
Louisiana
The
Times
Mississippi
Chalmers
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