Labor unrest and tariff reform divide Boston’s reformers
The Advertiser criticizes reformers who favor tariff revision and praises Republicans for controlling tariff change. It notes Chicago labor tensions between Knights of Labor and Armour Packing Co over 10 hour workdays, fearing violence as strikes and boycotts intensify. It also reviews Dr. Aveling’s Faneuil Hall address, dismissing his call for communal property and contrasting with Mrs Parsons’ militant stance.
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Dr. Aveling
Faneuil Hall
Parsons
Mrs. Parsons
New England
Connecticut nomination woes raise GOP candidacy doubts
In Connecticut second district ex Postmaster Sperry declines to run as Republican. Hartford Times says cause is Governor Lounsbury’s failure to meet funding expectations across districts. Warns that CT’s rotten borough system could let the Legislature choose the governor elect rather than the people.
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Connecticut
Sperry
Hartford Times
Lounsbury
Cleveland
Waller
Turmoil Over Tariff Views and New York Mayoral Race
A printed critique laments the Advertiser for bias while noting shifts in tariff debate as Western and Southern Democrats favor revenue tariffs. The piece surveys Theodore Roosevelt’s Republican mayoral bid, Hewitt and George campaigns, and Tribune alignments on tariff reform, concluding with conflicting visions of urban reform and property taxes.
Pressing to Death Nervous Disorders in Children in Schools
The article comments on Dr. Charles Follen Folsom of Boston and his pamphlet on nervous disorders in children related to public schools. It warns against over pressure, citing a Massachusetts girl whose early brightness faded under intense study, and outlines his limits on school hours, outside work, and promotions to prevent harm to child health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Corey
American
Charles Follen Folsom
Boston
Folsom
Record slanderer apology follows Lodge and Andrew remark
The Boston Post remarks on a slanderous attack and a compelled apology. It recalls Henry Cabot Lodge’s Music Hall defense of Andrew, declaring him a faithful friend and noting the line about preferring to cut off a hand rather than attack him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Henry Cabot Lodge
Andrew
Unified Democratic Nomination Possible in Fourth District
A plan proposes uniting all contestants to offer the nomination to Mr Collins, who could keep his current post if a unanimous request is made. It notes Mr ONeil may oppose such a union or ally with Republicans again, while a joint nomination for Mr Daecey and Mr Martin would reflect the district’s democratic will and likely be accepted by Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
Collins
O’neil
Daecey
Martin
Jean Valjean
Trowbridge
Boston
Henn
British Isles
Taverner
Roosevelt and Hewitt Clash Over Party, Ideals Divide
A heated debate contrasts free government by diverse citizens with socialist reform. The issue pits the founders democratic idea against theorists, blaming grievances as foreign to our system. Roosevelt is seen as the Republican machine candidate with defections toward Hewitt, while George lingers as a potential spoiler.
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Republic
Mr. Roosevelt
Committee
Hewitt
George
Roosevelt
Boston Society Attends McCarthy Reception and Tramp Encounter
At St Botolphs a gay reception honors Justin McCarthy with Irish pride on display as Boyle O Reilly and Bernard Carpenter wear green. A strolling author describes a moonlit city walk, a wary tramp, and reflections on life, tramps, and foreign shows in Yankeedom with a still vivid, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Botolph
Justin McCarthy
Boston
Boyle O'Reilly
Bernard Carpenter
Lyon Playfair
Port
Julian Hiawthorne
Atlantic
The German Ivy And Boston's Early Yachting Scene
A discussion on ivy varieties contrasts English ivy with Boston’s German ivy adorning new Back Bay architecture. The piece notes German ivy’s yearlong appeal, beauty in autumn, and ability to hide new construction while praising Boston’s adaptive landscaping. It also reports on a sensational cable report about Rev. A Stopford Brooke’s alleged insanity being untrue, plus observations from a tavern about yachting culture, boats, and weather suited to different craft.
A Delusion and a Cheat on Tariff Reforms
The Detroit Free Press criticizes tariff reform supporters as deluded and deceitful. It argues that allies of tariff and industry refuse genuine revision, oppose outside suggestions, and push reforms only in their own interest, labeling the decline as unsupported and stating reforms cannot be achieved this way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Tariff
Industry
Friends of the Tariff and of Industry
Detroit Free Press
London Conservative Clubhouse Described in London News
The proposed London Conservative Club rises on a freehold site with 200 feet of frontage, a wedge shaped river view, and a turreted top. Architect calls it a German Renaissance rendering with octagonal halls, vast coffee and smoking rooms, and extensive servant quarters. Cost about £100,000, capacity 6000, 5000 members already, awaiting 1200 candidates, with Lord Abergavenny as a guiding figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Conservative Club
National Club
London News
Heidelberg
Strasburg
Bremen
Friends of
London
Lord Abergavenny
Mir. Folis
Henry George Advocates Land Confiscation in U S
The Washington Post notes Henry George’s belief that popular government in the United States has failed and that he supports confiscation of all land without compensation, a stance tied to his view on social problems and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George
United States
Washington Post
Dangerous Man and the Candidacy of George
The Hartford Courant criticizes George as revealing dangerous socialistic tendencies and incapacity for leadership. It suggests an honest man warped can be more dangerous than a dishonest one and likens George to leading a second French revolution with anarchists and socialists in New York cheering him on.
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George
New York
Hartford Courant
President not favoring senators sons' appointment
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the President does not favor appointing senators sons to office. It remarks it is remarkable when a senator desires his son to hold an office by appointment, suggesting the boys should work up in the same way as their fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Elkins Likely To Remain Out Of Senate Race
A West Virginia report quotes a sorrowful note that Stephen B. Elkins will not seek to replace Senator Camden in the United States Senate. The piece laments the loss, suggesting steady water supply, good crops, and few strikes might steady the nation enough to endure.
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West Virginia
Stephen B. Elkins
Senator Camden
United States Senate
Elkins
Philadelphia Times
Mugwump Followers See False Free Trade Plot
The Philadelphia Press reports that after the mask had been removed followers realize mugwump leaders misled them. The movement was not toward higher politics but an attempt to steer part of the Republican party into free trade alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Call for reform in congressional districts and municipal officers
The Commercial Advertiser urges better government, criticizing New York’s congressional representation as a national reproach and calling for reform in both federal districts and local offices to achieve good home government and proper representation at the federal seat.
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New York
Dangerous Character Op-Ed on Knights of Labor Role
The piece characterizes the professional organizer as dangerous at his best and fatal to the cause at his worst. It argues the Knights of Labor attracted the worst members of the profession, making the order's downfall inevitable in time.
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Knights of Labor
N. Y. Post
Republicans sharpen gains in Maine and Pennsylvania race
The Philadelphia Record notes Congressman Tom Reed of Maine campaigns against Pennsylvania Democrats, while Blaine of Maine travels by rail to join the contest. The piece suggests Republican nerves and hints Beaver’s majority could grow similarly to Blaine’s, leaving readers to speculate on windward outcomes.
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Tom Reed
Maine
Pennsylvania
Brother Blaine
Beaver
Blaine
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor urged to secure fair wages for colored workers
The Providence Star argues that if colored members in the South receive fair wages and full liberty, social relations between races could be guided by the same rules that govern relations among other people, suggesting potential for better intercultural conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
South
Providence Star
Need of the Day at Labor Reform Meetings
A Springfield Republican note urges able men grounded in political economy to attend labor reform meetings and argue with socialists on their ground. It argues state control of productive industry is dangerous and warns that eliminating private competition would hinder progress, but claims few speakers clearly make these points at meetings.
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Togo
Springfield Republican
Opinion on importation of labor by John Sherman
The Chicago Herald notes John Sherman now firmly believes that labor imported on contract should be prohibited. It asserts the labor market is glutted and that interest in the timing of bar barriers is minimal. It also mentions a thief who stole a horse and did not care about locks after the prize was secured.
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John Sherman
Chicago Herald
Lester Wallack the Perfect Gentleman of the Stage
The piece portrays Lester Wallack as a leading American actor and manager famed for the stock system. It details his elegant harbor in Thirtieth Street, Long Island country home Elsmere, and a theater career spanning forty years with notable alumni like John Gilbert and Rose Coghlan. It celebrates his health, manners, and progressive view on salaries amid a changing stage world.
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London World
Lester Wallack
Charles Lamb
Pope
Mr. Wallack
Delaunay
Comédie Francaise
New York
Fifth Avenue
the Park
Mon‘e Cristo
Wallack
Thirtieth Street
Broadway
Elismere
Long Island Sound
Gotham
Warlack
David Garrick
Drury Lane
London
Harry Montague
America
Wallack’s
Wallack Company
John Gilbert
Gilbert
Charles Mathews
Charles Wyndham
John Brougham
Sothern
E. L. Davenport
Charles Coghlan
Dion Boucicault
John Howson
Charles Vandenhoff
Rose Coghlan
Poised Snippets From Far and Near in a Hectic Era
A collage of notes and quips from various papers: labor convention absences in Richmond, Wind running for Congress in Wisconsin, winter layoff of top baseball clubs, and Bragg over a Wisconsin independent bid. Jests on poets, a Philadelphia reader wake up call, and odd bits on women swimming, a New York tragedy headline, and a health quip about cold feet. Also anecdotes on a Mobile sidewalks ordinance, Lucy Larcom, Cleveland retirements, Ingersoll on millionaires, a Put-in-Bay temperance tale, Seymour Haden’s etching life, Londsdale in Reston society hopes, and a diplomat’s accordion gift in Constantinople.
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Martin Irons
Richmond
Wind
Congress
Wisconsin
Burlington Free Press
Joaquin Miller
Philadelphia
J Life
New York Exchange
Lucy Larcom
Lucy
Lowell Courier
Cleveland
Chicago
Venice
National Weekly
Colonel Ingersoll
Ingersoll
John Brown
Put-in-Bay
Seymour Haden
Haden
Woodcote
Alresford
Hants
London
New Orleans Picayune
Londsdale
Reston
Lonsdale
New York
Cox
Constantinople
Lines in Memory of Lucretia Crocker
A Boston tribute from The Transcript dated October 14, 1886 honors Lucretia Crocker as helper, inspiration, teacher, and friend. Alice M. Dickey laments the loss and expresses grief, gratitude, and the wish that Crocker’s guiding influence remain with those she cared for.
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Lucretia Crocker
Ione
Alice M. Dickey
Boston
the Transcript
Don Carlos and Duchess of Madrid Inherit Vast Wealth
London World reports Don Carlos and the Duchess of Madrid reside at Frohsdorf a château bequeathed by the late Comtesse de Chambord along with a vast fortune. They expect at least three million pounds more on the death of Archduchess Marie Beatrice. The Comtesse left half a million to their sixteen year old son educated near Windsor and the rest to Comte de Bardi. The Orleans princes regret their stance toward the Comte de Chambord and slow reconciliation which would have made them millions richer.
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Don Carlos
Duchess of Madrid
Frohsdorf
Comtesse de Chambord
Marie Beatrice
Grats
Beaumont
Windsor
Chambord
Comte de Bardi
Orleans
Comte de Chambord
Comte de Paris
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Bostion
General Assembly of Knights of Labor
Armour Packing Company
Knightt of Labor
Armour Company
John F. Andrew
Post
Somerville Journal
THE
NEW York Mayoralty
Theodore Roosevelt
Albany
New York Tribune
Tribune
New York Free Trade Club
Lyric Hall
France
Democratic Party
Neanla
Japan
Mexico
Back Bay
New
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
A. Stopford Brooke
Brooke, Jr
Dublin
Northumberland House
Edwin Booths
Joseph Jeffersons
John Gilberts
William Warrens
Charlotte Cushmans
EK. P. Roe
New Haven News
Lowell
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