Tribute to Longfellow marked by O Reilly wreath in Westminster Abbey
A Boston observer notes at Westminster Abbey July 5 1885 a wreath on Longfellow bust in Poets Corner placed by John Boyle O Reilly who could not travel to Britain due to proscription. The piece connects Longfellow with Irish author and reflects on transatlantic literary bonds. It also muses on restless Boston elites forever migrating between cities and resorts.
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Westminster Abbey
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Poets’ Corner
John Boyle O'Relly
O'Reilly
Florida
Canada and the McKinley Bill debated in Toronto papers
Toronto readers see editorials from The Empire The Globe and The Mail on Sept 11 examining how the McKinley tariff affects Canada. Discussions warn of higher U S duties, but note potential trade opportunities, shifted attitudes, and calls for reciprocal negotiations on Sherman lines.
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Amusements This Evening in Boston Theatres
The program lists multiple venues in Boston with showtimes and titles. Oak and Gapen Roxbury hosts The Fall of Babylon at 3:30 and 8:30, Globe Theatre Washington Street has Good Old Times at 7:45 and The Bottom of the Sea at 8, Tremont Theatre Tremont Street presents Toe Editor at 8, Fay Templeton in Hendrik Hudson at Boston Misro Tremont near Scollay at 7:45, Grand Opera House Washington and Dover 7:46 Flying Scud, Howard Athenaeum Howard Street at 8, Danl Sally in The Millionaire at Howells Stoner Theatre Hollis at 8:30, A Straight Lip at 8.
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Roxbury
Babylon
Boston
Turatne
Washington Street
Good Old Times
Globeheatre
Bottom of the Sea
Tremont Thrarrrt
Tremont Street
Louis Aldrich
Toe
Pakk Heatre
Fay Templeton
Hendrik Hudson
Scollay Square
Washington
Dover Streets
Howard Athen
Howard Street
Dan'l Sally
Hownis Stoner Tnearne
Hollis Street
Newspaper Sections by Page
The notice lists page allocations for the Financial Department on page six, the Commercial Department on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three. It directs readers to specific sections for department content and maritime news.
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Labor World aims to promote universal suffrage and reform
London publisher Michaalis Davidt plans a new weekly called Labor World focusing on labor issues and home rule as a secondary aim. He touts universal suffrage and triennial Parliaments while Chicago selects sites for the World’s Fair, weighing Lakefront versus Jackson Park.
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London
The
Labor World
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Political battles echo in Maine and tariff turmoil
Speech rights clash with party loyalty as opponents accuse leaders of bossism and press coverage celebrates tariff passage. The exchange cites Republican discipline forcing votes, with Senator Plumb criticizing the bill while supporters tout unity.
Trade Shock From Republican Tariff Bill Protest
Merchants nationwide protest a tariff provision linking new rates to goods still in bond. New York importers’ memorial was overlooked as the bill nears passage. If effective soon, August imports must exit warehouses before October, risking a retroactive tax hit and strained finances amid tight money. The piece notes public disdain for speculator slurs and warns of potential broader economic disruption.
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Senate
Conference Committee
Aldrich
Boston Journal
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Naval Office
Port of New York Faces Large Currency Lockup
The article notes estimates showing that 25 million dollars will cover all payments at the port. Duties on goods in bond are set for Oct 1 with reductions possible through liquidations and sugar schedule changes. Auditors tally 7.9 million before Oct 1 and 20.1 million before Nov 1, highlighting concern over rapid retirement of legal tender from commerce.
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Treasury
New York
Revenue Marine transfer faces Senate test amid savings claims
The Revenue Marine Service move from Treasury to Navy faces Senate scrutiny with Sherman proposing an amendment that would keep Treasury control but grant Navy powers. Navy-Treasury cost comparisons suggest House bill saves about 21,156.50 and total potential savings near 100,000. Support from officers boards, chambers, and journals contrasts with Sherman opposition.
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Suerman
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London Memoir Sparks Duchess Curiosity and Presidential Talks
The piece recalls social intrigue in London and Keyport with a Duchess probing makeup secrets and mentions a presidential aspirant denying exclusive focus on politics. It notes Nelson the trotting horse’s high offers, a Canadian dispute over a flag at an Industrial Exhibition, and Czarist era travel guards plus a NY actor canceling a contract over timing.
Notable Royal Ties and Widening Family Lines Across Europe
Charles Gibson of St Louis has gone to Berlin to thank Emperor William for the Order of the Crown. Prince George of Wales' remarks irritate French Canadians at a Montreal reception. Queen Victoria’s family circle now totals fifty living descendants, with numerous in-laws.
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St. Louis
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Berlin
Evan Smith
Zanzibar
Royal Geographical Society
Stanley
South Lancaster
Nathaniel Thayer
Helen Magill
Montpelier
Mount Desert
Augustus Hemenway
Hampton Institute
Queen Victoria
Current Comment on Taxpayers Burden Across Congress Sessions
The Baltimore Sun notes that regular annual appropriations rose from 288 million in 1890 to 1.567 billion in 1880, a large increase in past decade expenditures. The piece flags the excess over the first session of the previous Congress by 834,218,429 and calls attention to growing taxpayer burdens.
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Vem
Can It Be Russianized Who Is Editor of the Congressional Record
A Washington Star column questions the editor of the Congressional Record and whether censorship or external influence blocks printing Kennedy’s Quay speech. The piece speculates on a hidden hand muzzling publication in Congress.
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Music Publisher List of Piano Works and Songs
White-South Music Publishing Co releases include Remembrance of Salamanca by Luis G Aranjo and Christina by Dan Godfrey Jr. Also offered are Ecole Primaire Part 1 by J B Duvernoy and several works revised by Carlyle Petersilen. Other titles include The Maiden's Dream, Darkies Patrol, For Elise and Eckert's Mazurka among others.
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White- Soith Music Publishing Company
Salamanca
M. Moszkowski
Carlyle Petersilen
C. Bohm
Aloys Hennes
Ciro Pinsuti
Cotsford Dick
Darkies
George L. Lansing
Lillian Nordica
KE. M.de KF
May Ostlere
Michael Nolan
Annie Rooney
Carl Bohm
Carlyle Petersilea
Elise
L. van Beethoven
Kennan Lectures Return to Boston Tremont Temple
Mr George Kennan returns for a Boston Press Club lecture series at Tremont Temple with talks on Camp Life in Kamchatka Vagabond Life in Eastern Europe Mountains and Mountaineers of the Caucasus The Russian Revolutionary Movement Prison Life of the Russian Revolutionists and Russian Political Exiles Tickets go on sale in early October and are expected to be in strong demand due to Mr Kennans acclaimed doubly engaging presentations.
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Boston Press Club
Caucasus
Boston
Design for Grant Monument Approved by NY Committee
The Grant monument general committee in New York approved John H. Duncan's design for the Riverside Park monument after selection by the executive committee. The meeting took place this evening as plans advance for the landmark dedication.
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Grant Monument
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Obituary notices for Goddard Monteith Newton and Burlingame
Benjamin Goddard of Chestnut Hill dies at age about eighty after a long mercantile career shared with twin Nathaniel. James Monteith, author of geography texts, dies at fifty-nine in New York. Judge Dexter Newton of Southboro, sixty seven, longtime Second District Court judge, dies. John Burlingame, born Brighton, paralyzed on Remont Street, dies at City Hospital. reported cattle market for Boston papers for forty years.
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James Monteith
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Army Retiring Board Led to Meet in Washington Sept 15
The Army Retiring Board is appointed to convene in Washington on September 15 to examine officers ordered before it. The detail includes Major William H. Gardner and other surgeons, several captains, and a recorder.
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Epitaph for ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson
A column of wry clippings and jokes traces public figures and odd anecdotes from a distant era. It recalls a brigand on a Montana stage coach, a Montenegrin wedding quip, and a caned Nevada senator. Some items note curiosities and oddities from Milwaukee mummies to a Pontoon of dust taxes.
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Reed Victory Sparks Maine Frenzy in First District
In Portland and across the first district Reed enjoys strong support but Democrats point to low turnout and Reed’s clash with Blaine. The author argues that Republican triumphs mask limited shifts in public sentiment and forecast further political battles with Blaine and Maine’s eastern bloc.
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Dramatic Notes at Boston Theatre Draw Delegates
Delegates to a Red Men convention, about two hundred strong, watched Good Old Times at the Boston Theatre. Colonel Linn's company plans to depart after Saturday's shows. Svat orders for The Soudan came in from New England states. Next week Boston Theatre will stage the great production The English Rose at the Boston Museum. Over 150 members of the United States Association of Car Painters and Master Carpenters, in Boston for their convention, attended with their wives and enjoyed the production.
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