Gladstone’s Wrexham visit stirs festival politics
Mr Gladstone’s speech at a Welsh Eisteddfod in Wrexham has sparked ill will from locals who want politics out of public proceedings. The London Daily News notes Conservatives may aim to muzzle the Liberal leader, though the situation reflects heightened party tensions in Britain. The incident marks a misstep in using the festival for political aims.
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Mr. Gladstone
Wrexham
London Daily News
Giapstroye
Great Britain
Senator Stewart Attacks Silver and Cheap Money Plank
Nevada senator Stewart denounces the Republican silver plank as endorsing unlimited cheap money, accusing the party of aligning with silver inflationists. He claims the platform pledges unlimited coinage, while promising that Cleveland would veto such relief and Garrison would not. Republican bankers warn of dangers from unlimited cheap money.
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Stewart
Nevada
Republican Party
Chicago
Cleveland
New Hampshire Republicans Embrace Temperance Platform
The New Hampshire Republicans praise the Chicago convention temperance plank while noting mixed prospects. They question how whiskey tax repeal and Briar’s total abstinence plans would curb strong drink evils and whether state laws can compensate.
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New Hampshire
Chicago
National Republican
Briarr
Act of Congress
BuarNe
Connecticut Democrats back tariff reform platform
The Connecticut Democratic platform declares strong approval of the St. Louis platform, the Presidents message and the Mills bill. It argues tax reductions aid manufacturers and mechanics and contends free wool would boost 30,000 textile jobs, marking a surprise shift for a traditionally protectionist state. It also notes the party sets a favorable example for other state conventions.
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Connecticut
St. Louis
Democrats
States Definite Commendation of Mr Cleveland’s Civil Service Reform
A report notes definite commendation of Mr Cleveland for advancing civil service reform principles. The passage highlights an advanced position supporting merit based appointments and government efficiency. The focus remains on reform advocacy and official endorsement of policy aims.
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Cleveland
Oates to Draft Bill to Curb Immigrant Inflow
A congressional committee on immigration designates Mr. Oates of Alabama to draft a bill aimed at restraining undesirable immigrants. The plan requires pre departure notification to U S consuls, federal control of entry, and a proposed $50 head tax on steamship lines to deter paupers and ensure character checks.
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Congressional Committee On Immigration
Oates
Alabama
United States
Senator EdMunds and Free Whiskey Curiosity in Politics
A reform minded senator’s letter is examined as a curiosity of political literature. It contrasts earlier anti whiskey tax principles with a June reversal aligned to Republican platform shifts. The piece cites 1868 tax debate, calls out hypocrisy, and notes E mu nds’ stance on abolishing internal revenue and liquor taxation while advocating state control and temperance goals.
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Blaine
Butter
Banks
Epmunds
Congress
Vermont
Hoar
Davis
Long
Beard
Democratic Party
Cassius Carter
San Diego
Cal
Eomunds
Chicago
New York Evening Post
Eom Munos
George F. Epmunds
United States
Prohibitionists split over whiskey tax and state powers
A lengthy political dispute centers on ending government ties to liquor business, urging states to regulate alcohol as a social issue. The exchange mocks Senator Blaine and Senator Edmunds, notes temperance ties, and questions dependence on internal revenue.
Naval manoeuvres reveal British fleet weaknesses in England
The London accounts of coastal naval maneuvers highlight British seamanship yet expose serious vulnerabilities in equipment and logistics. Critics note that whileBritain leads in naval strength, France and Italy gain ground. coaling, speed, and ship reliability emerge as key failings affecting true wartime readiness.
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England
London
Cable
Admiralty
Liverpool
Glasgow
Oban
Scarborough
Tryon
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britannia
Another Prophet Among Us General Banks Runs for Office
A brief notice reports General Banks consenting to be a candidate, signaling a notable political move. The clipping notes the endorsement or assertion of his eligibility and readiness to enter the race.
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General Banks
Publican nomination sparks tariff as national faith view
The piece argues a congressional nomination marks a candidate as fitting to lead. It notes his antiquarian zeal and calls attention to a striking remark that high tariffs underpin national existence, suggesting a future where nations embrace liberty while avoiding cross-border fraternization.
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Joan Fiske
Dr. Mwulford
Taming of the Shrew Impresses Paris Audiences
Augustin Daly's company staged The Taming of the Shrew in Paris at the Vaudeville Theatre on Monday. Americans attended while French critics offered mixed views, with Figaro calling it trés onrieux and Sarcey doubting Shakespearean humor, noting the play's intelligibility issues for French audiences.
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Augustin Daly
Paris
Vaudeville Theatre
New York Herald
Trés “Onrieux
M. Boyer
Figaro
LuHax Speke
M. Sarcey
Christopher Sly
Enfin
Sylva Carmen Queen of Story Tellers by the North Sea
Sylva Carmen, Princess of Wied and Queen of Roumania, is profiled as the artist-queen who tells tales on Westerland sands. Once a Bonn schoolgirl named Waldroschen, she became a celebrated poet and storyteller. Her romance with Prince Charles of Roumania culminated in marriage, and she earned the title Mama Rani Tilor for her wartime charity.
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London Daily Telegraph
Scheherazade
North Sea
Westerland
Herman of
Wied
Marie
Nassau
Bonn
Shakspere
Dickens
Sweden
Friesland
Sylva Carmen
Berlin
Charles of
Roumania
Lynn Electrifies Rails on New Line Completion
Lynn reports the Lynn and Boston Horse Railroad Company has completed laying tracks for the new electric line and cars will be running in a few days. The project marks a shift from horse to electric traction in the corridor, signaling improved service and faster speeds for riders between Lynn and Boston.
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Lynn
Lynn & Boston Horse Railroad Company
Notable 19th Century Figures Visit City Hall and Arts Scene
Colonel V N Colvin tours Rochester City Hall with Councilman Sullivan. Fred J Oakes leaves South Framingham National Bank to become cashier at Framingham National Bank as the former liquidates. W H Baldwin of the Young Men's Christian Union travels to the West to visit his son at Omaha. Louis Henriques-Dupont, 90, remains master engraver since 1811. Rev G F W Busse marries Baroness Agnes Harlessem in Hanover. Keeley Halswelle to paint scenery for Irving's Macbeth revival, hailed by Pall Mall Gazette.
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V. N. Colvin
Rochester
N. Y
City Hall
Richard Sullivan
Fred J. Oakes
South Framingham National Bank
Framingham National Bank
W. H. Baldwin
Young Men’s Christian Union
West
W. H. Baldwin, Jr
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Omaha
Neb
Louis Henriques- Dupont
Charles X
G. F. W. Busse
Hanover
Agnes Harlessem
Rudolf Harlessem
Justice Harlessem
Keeley Halswelle
Irving
Macbeth
Pall Mall Gazette
de Lutherbury
Stanfield
David Roberts
Leitch
Boston School Opening Sparks Reflection On Youth And Work
In Boston today public schools reopen, prompting remarks on family life, student conditions, and the buoyant schoolboy spirit. A lad’s certificate of character to Latin school illustrates early triumphs, while a horse buyer and a terrier helper yarns offer observational humor about value and home life.
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Boston
Boston Latin School
Lacs
August in the city and a coastal Boston remark
The speaker notes disappointment at a friend's greeting about appearance, then recalls Boston as a seaside summer resort once favored by southerners. The exchange paints a scene of social banter and expectations against a coastal city backdrop.
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Boston
Debate in Newark Signals Failure of Free Trade Scare
Labor Day in Newark featured a joint debate between Congressmen Butterworth and Breckinridge. The New York Herald noted that protective tariff rhetoric fails in New Jersey. Senator Hoar cautioned that the lumber duty remains untouched by the Republican tariff bill, likely trimmed after the Maine election.
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Newark
Butterworth
Breckinridge
Kentucky
The
New York Herald
New Jersey
Radclyffe
Home Market Club
Hoar
Journal
Maine
Arbitration or Retaliation Debate Roils Senate Row
The Senate rejected the fisheries treaty and the Republican line claimed the time for arbitration has passed. The Philadelphia Press counters with a view that retaliation is used by bosses bullies and tyrants while arbitration remains the method of scholars statesmen and patriots.
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Senate
Philadelphia
Contoocook rally speakers claim mixed political drift
A Democratic rally in Contoocook New Hampshire featured C. G. Hawthorne of Hopkinton saying he did not vote for Cleveland in 1884 and Charles Hardon of Contoocook principal of the local academy admitting never voting a Democratic ticket. These straw polls help gauge current political drift.
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Contoocook
N. H
C. G. Hawthorne
Hopkinton
Cleveland
Charles Hardon
Academy
Politician Blaine Criticized By John Russell In Debate
Congressman John E. Russell derides James G Blaine as a fatigued politician who lost grip and misquotes his UK savings bank figures from 1852. The letter and editorial reply attack campaign tactics while Oliver Twist is cited to illustrate indirect taxation. George M Stearns reports on Wool Manufacturers President Whitman and Mills bill implications, noting a dismissive view of public impact.
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John E. Russell
Maine Statesman
Blaine
Oliver
Penne
George M. Stearns
Whitman
Wool Manufacturers’ Association
Jute Bagging Trust Criticized By Industry Defender
A longtime bagging maker, and Jute Trust member, defends the cartel in a St Louis Republic letter. He claims bagging merchants lobbied to cut tariff duties, and that under protection high prices enable price gouging. The letter also accuses a few mills of consolidating assets to control the season’s market, contrasting with Republican critiques of Mills bill impacts.
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Jute Trust
St. Louis Republic
Blaine
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
America
Books Received Last Week Highlights and Authors
A list of recent library and publisher titles including The Lives and Public Services of Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman by W A Hensel from Hubbard Bros Philadelphia Essays and Tales by Richard Steele Cassell s National Library New York Casell & Co The Life of La Fayette by Lydia Hoyt Farmer New York Crowell Famous American Statesmen by Sarah K Boston New York Crowell Co Almost A Novel by John B Shriver Baltimore Lombard Druid Little Joe by James Otis Boston D Lothrop Company Story of an African Farm A Novel by Olive Schreiner Boston Roberts ros Harvard Vespers by Roberts Bros Vittoria by George Meredith Boston Roberts Bros Evan Jtarrington by George Meredith Boston Roberts Bros The Happy Prince and other tales by Oscar Wilde Boston Roberts Bros The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo Translated by Isabel F Hap ood Vols I and I New York Crowell Co Jack in the Bush or A Summer on a Salmon River by Robert Grant Boston Jordan Marsh Krupp and De Bange by E Monthaye New York Prosser Son Tarif and Wages by George W Elliott A M Buffalo Moulton Wenborne Co The Pagans by Arlo Bates Ticknor Paper Series Boston Ticknor Co no Septameron Philadelphia David Me y Notre Dame de Paris By Victor Hugo good New York Crowell Co ols L and IL
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Grover Cleveland
Allen G. Thurman
W. A. Hensel
Philadelphia
Hubbard Bros
Richard Steele
Cassell’s National Library
New York
Cassell & Co
la Fayette
Lydia Hoyt Farmer
Thomas Y. Crowell & 0
Sarah K
Boston
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
John 8. Shriver
Baltimore
Lombard, Druid & Co
Little Joe
James Otis
D. Lothrop Company
Beth Iron
Olive Schreiner
Roberts Ros
Harvard
Roberts Bros
George Meredith
Evan Jtarrington
Oscar Wilde
Victor Hugo
Isabel F. Hapood
Thomas Xyrowell & Co
Robert Grant
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Krupp
E. Monthaye
Thomas Prosser & Son
George W. Elliott
A.M
Buffalo
Moulton, Wenborne & Co
Arlo Bates
Ticknor
Ticknor & Co
David Mey
Notre Dame de Paris
Isabel F. Hapgood
Odd Tidbits and Facts From A Busy Era
A collage of quotes and notes on tobacco myths bee keeping and politics. The piece mentions Ebenezer Jones supporting Harrison and Morton and a punch item about a lady burglar. It cites California viticulture pricing and contrasts Supreme Court justices by height and weight.
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N. Y
Ebenezer Jones
Harrison and Morton
Cumso
Ep Jones
Blaine
Republiccans
The
Bee Journal
North America
New York
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Gray
Bradley
Blatchford
Harlan
Current Comment on Blaineism and Republicanism
The Tribune and Mr Blaine strive for party success but err in equating Blaineism with Republicanism. Many Republicans with votes reject that equivalence and will not cast ballots for the Republican side if they believe the two are identical. a grave mistake, says the Philadelphia Telegraph.
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the Tribune
Blaine
The
Tribune
Philadelphia Telegraph
Blaine Losing His Grip Critics Claim He Misreads Trusts
The Philadelphia Ledger comments that Blaine is losing his grip as a party leader and misstates trusts while noting Congress' jurisdiction over cross state public injury by state chartered agencies. It argues Congress should apply interstate commerce laws to such issues.
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Blaine
Congress
Philadelphia Ledger
High Tariff Rallying Cry and Wages Debate
An editorial in the Evening Post (ind.) argues against fixing wages by Congress. It contends that tariff policy benefits employers who may pay more, but provides no guarantee or method to ensure fair wages. The piece critiques the protection theory as shifting wealth to a few with vague hopes of sharing it with the many.
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Congress
Pnarpen
Evening Post
Tariff Monopoly Cant and Hypocrisy Critique
A Philadelphia Record editorial denounces tariff monopoly as hypocritical, accusing beneficiaries and their allies of masking greed as support for American workers. It contrasts protectionist rhetoric with calls for cheap foreign labor and warns the November election will decide the issue.
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Europe
Philadelphia Record
Ind
A Specimen of Mental Agility on Tariff Reform
A Springfield Republican item notes a Home Market Club debate over a proposed 50 percent sugar duty cut and questions why lumber interests draw more concern than sugar planters in Louisiana. It mocks partisan support for tariff reform and highlights a Boston Commercial Bulletin praise of reform amid Republican backing.
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Home Market Club
Louisiana
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Springfield Republican Ind
Toronto Lawn Tennis Club Opens Championship Amid Wind
The annual Toronto Lawn Tennis Club championship began in Ontario with a strong west wind hindering play. In singles results Plummer beat Hargraft 6-2 6-3 and Wood defeated McEwen 6-2 6-4 while other matches featured Featherstonhaught, Gillespie, Hayes, Mackenzie and Machlem posting wins. In doubles Wood and Davis beat Swabey and Moss 6-3 6-2, Hayes and Hollyer defeated Gilles and McDonald 4-6 6-1 6-3.
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OnrTanrio
Ont
Toronto Lawn
Plummer
Toronto
Hargraft
Cobourg
Wood
London
McEwen
Port Arthur
Featherstonhaught
Ossington
McDonald
Park
Swabey
Davis
Moss
Hayes
Hollyer
Gilles
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Milk
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MR. Edmunds
NEW Electric
Taverner
Beacon Hill
Sammy
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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