Boston Most. Mayor Russell Tour Begins in Bridgewater
Mayor Russell started his state tour in Bridgewater with a tariff focus aimed at boosting his stump appeal. He tied tariff reform to the town’s declining iron industry and contrasted it with Brockton’s shoe industry benefiting from free raw material. He criticized Republican leaders for opposing tariff reform, noting political oddities in alliances and praising local figures Lona and LopGe as examples.
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Russell
Bridgewater
Brockton
Lona
LopGe
Albert Meyer
Astoria
Steinway
L. L
Republican Association
Parnell Commission Opens London Sittings In Fair Inquiry Tone
The Parnell commission began in London with counsel debate over the inquiry scope. The body signals fairness to Mr Parnell and Irish leaders by ordering production of documents, despite Times concerns about sources. The Times’ plea to keep sources closed is deemed improper.
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Parnell Commission
London
Parnell
The
Times
Cn Ames Russell
Grahamm
Obscure tariff debate calls spark partisan standoff
The piece notes hesitation among high tariff advocates to debate opponents. It cites Bunton, Hovey, a Philadelphia tariff reformist, and General Goff as examples, questioning why leaders avoid onstage clashes while suggesting Massachusetts figures might be braver. It ends by proposing a Massachusetts mayor inviting Governor Ames to a joint debate.
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Bunton
Main
Car Lissle
Hovey
Indiana
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Goff
Wilson
Knight
Massachusetts
Fairplay weighs first voyage pace of Arizona and City of New York
The trade journal compares the 1879 Arizona on her trial run with the City of New York last month, noting the Arizona’s seven and a half day passage nearly matches the City’s early pace. It cites America and Lahn as prior first-trip speed records and suggests Liverpool experts doubt the City will set a new record.
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Fairplay
London
Arizona
City of
New York
Cunard Line
America
Lahn
Norddeutscher Lloyd Line
Liverpool
Copper Trust Tariff Fight Demands Peculiar Legislation
The passage argues that breaking the tariff barrier protecting trusts from foreign competition would help the people, but Congress’ coming copper legislation requires a special approach. It warns that lawmakers will need ingenuity to craft a remedy that undermines the copper monopoly without harming beneficiaries.
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Congress
Copper Syndicate Power and Possible Market Shift
The text argues the copper trust remains strong and insulated from government action, predicting relief from natural causes like new mines and resumed work at Santa Rita and San Pedro. It suggests substitutes could lower demand and force the syndicate to disband, returning markets to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Trust
Butte
Boston
Santa Rita
San Pedro
Chinese Exclusion Bill Debate and Split Senate Vote
The Senate rejected a bid to revisit the Chinese exclusion bill by a 20 to 21 vote, sending the measure to the President. Debate cited hurried passage, partisan tactics, and objections to repudiating prior treaty commitments, with critics urging consideration of immigration policy and treaty obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Committee On Foreign Relations
China
United States
Fraudulent Quotations Credited to Spectator Reconsidered
A Journal notes the dispute over a quoted sentiment. It asserts the error was crediting the Spectator rather than the London Economist and discusses the ongoing controversy from the previous Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Hartford Courant
Spectator
the Courant
Springfield Union
The
Courant
London Spectator
Cleveland
England
Economist
London
Journal
Court of Patent Appeals Proposal Sparks Debate
Comment in favor and against the bill to establish a Court of Patent Appeals notes a three judge panel with jurisdiction over all patent appeals from circuit courts or the patent office. An appeal to the Supreme Court is allowed on questions of law. Critics urge an intermediate court with broader jurisdiction to relieve the high court and speed rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee of the House
Court of Patent Appeals
Circuit Courts
Patent Office
Supreme Court
Provincial Patriotism Drives Kitchen Menu Shift
The report notes that imperial Germany pushes patriotic zeal by banning French, forcing printed German menus at dinners. It suggests Emperor William’s influence echoes a broader, provincial shift, with the initial effort not fully successful.
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William
Germany
Republican optimism challenged by partisan charges in campaign remarks
A Springfield Republican correspondent reports political tension as a prominent Republican reportedly tore down Democratic notices in Pittsfield. The piece notes partisan reporting from St Louis papers on Arkansas outrages and Vermont and Maine results, urging balanced coverage and timely denials or retractions.
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Springfield Republican
Young Men's
Democratic Club
Pittsfield
Mason and Dixon
Arkansas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Republic
Globe-Democrat
Weather, dogs, and ventures of Captain Andrews in Boston
A Boston column blends a sultry weekend forecast with humorous hunting dog anecdotes and a critique of Captain Andrews in Cambridge. It notes a Washington street collision over a pear spill, and urges Boston readers to donate to the Jacksonville yellow fever relief, while confessing a wary fondness for philanthropy.
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Thaye v
Boston
Jacksonville
New York
Florida
Tie
Tariff talk and party clubs stir southern press energy
The South’s press drives anti jute trust and tariff reform efforts aiding farmers and boosting new industries. Editorials tout the rebound from protection and note Republican shifts, resignations, and the lively rise of Massachusetts Democratic clubs contrasting with a dormant state Republican League.
Trusts and tariffs spark rival political charges in New York
The letter race between Senators Arnold and Ives highlights Democratic claims to oppose trusts while Republicans push tariff talk. The New York Tribune quote on Mills Bill is challenged as false, and a jute trust defends tariff aims by accusing Congress of wrestling with duties.
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Arnold
Ives
New York
Blaine
Hoar
New York ‘Tribune
Congress
Jute Trust
Washington
Ways and Mewnns
Baewing
Ways and Ineans
Cadipalina
Tze Congress
Society Gossip and Notable Figures From Public Life
Miss Nellie Bayard enters society this season. Joseph Thomson, 27, Dumfries born African explorer, described as robust and wiry. J. A. Jewell, Treasury special agent, returns from White Mountains. K Tatsumo of Tokyo University studies American architecture for Japan’s Imperial Bank building. The widow of President Polk, 87, feeble yet cheerful and engaged with visitors. William R. Merriam, Minnesota governor candidate, a prominent student and athlete at Racine College. youngest bank president at 38. Rev Dr Edward Chester, bishop’s brother in law, after 27 years as medical missionary in southern India, visits home amid 3500 yearly surgeries. He plans to return to his flock.
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Nellie Bayard
Bayard
Joseph Thomson
Dumfries
J. A. Jewell
Treasury Department
Boston
White Mountains
K. Tatsumo
Tokio University
Imperial Bank
Japan
Polk
William R. Merriam
Minnesota
Racine College
de Koven
Edward Chester
Bishop Whittaker
Pennsylvania
India
Dramatic notes on Boston and Chicago stage lineups
The Bostonians open in Chicago with Alfred Cellier’s Dorothy while Hartford hosts their regular season. Annie Pixley headlines at Park Theatre with The Deacon's Daughter then Zara and M'liss. Patti’s terms, Mapleson’s plans, Erminie’s revival, and Boston Theatre offerings fill a busy week with notable performers and debuts.
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Bostonians
Chicago
Alfred Cellier
Dorothy
Duff Company
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Hartford
Conn
Mr. Daly
Deacon Homewobb
Variety of Oddball Notes From Public Life
A collage of humorous and eclectic vignettes covers topics from economics and markets to public figures and peculiar encounters. It notes lively horse and freight markets in New York, jokes about Edison meters and coal costs, plus light satirical scenes with Hannibal Hamlin and a Philadelphia soup shop begging case.
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Slow
Pounds
Mr. Pounds
Undertakers’ Association
Toronto
Ont
Philadelphia
Mr. Dreydoppel
Senator Sherman as a Humorist Critique of Bonds Plan
The Philadelphia Times notes Senator Sherman, former Secretary of the Treasury, derides the administration for not buying bonds he once urged should run longer. The remark challenges the idea that he can be humorous when critiquing policy.
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Senator Sherman
High Tariff Mathematicians Question Immigration
The piece cites eight years 1880 to 1887 showing Germany sent 1,235,926 immigrants to this country, 29 percent of the total, while England sent 496,037 or 11.5 percent. It argues protection as a remedy for workers ills and notes Germany loses nearly three times as many people as England under free trade. From the New York World Democratic.
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CruzvetaAno
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
England
New York Evening Post
United States
Home Market Club
Germany
N. Y. World
Dem
Shallow Pretence on Tariff Bill Persists in Senate
The Philadelphia Record notes four months of maneuvering in the Senate finance committee over a tariff bill. Oligarch influence, agents, attorneys, and monopoly benefactors reportedly block any satisfactory measure, even after Maine’s election and Cleveland and Harrison published acceptance letters. The bill remains unseen in the Senate.
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Republican
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Maine
Cleveland
Harrison
Philadelphia Record
Ind
Amendment Suggestion on Tariff Bill Schedule
Brooklyn Eagle comments on Senate tariff bill prospects with Brother Harrison urging a flexible approach. It notes Republican Senators have sought a Mills substitute since July and questions adherence to the Chicago platform.
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Brother Harrison
Harrison
Senate
Chicago
Brooklyn Eagle
Veto Inspired Visit to England by Nathaniel McKay
The piece recounts Nathaniel McKay's reaction to President Cleveland's veto of the Mills bill on April 4 and his decision to travel to England to study the plight of workers. It portrays McKay defending tariffs while criticizing the veto and defending his private contracting work.
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N. ¥. Times
Ind
Nathaniel McKay
Donald McKay
Cleveland
England
Great Britain
McKay
Buffalo
Congress
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Captain Andrews
Atlantic
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Sam
South
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Republican League
Democratic ‘‘Association
Loston Journal
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
League of Republican Clubs
Colonel Mapleson
Grand Opera Company
Brothers de Reszke
Lions of the Opera
Covent Garden
Pets of Society
Lascelle
Patti
Erminie
Globe Theatre
Casino Opera Company
Patrie Hall
Marie Jansen
Francis Wilson
Charles Plunkett
Mr. Wilson
von Biilow
Rosenthal
Joseffy
Miss Aus der Ohe
Mr. Ansorge
Vienna
E. €. Stanton
Crystal Slipper
Prince Prettin
Cinderella
Boston Theatre
Messrs
Graham
Loy
Anthracite
J. C. Stewart
Grand Opera House
Jolimns
Philip
Peter
J.C. Stewart
Paul Dresser
Austin
Novelty Company
Howard Atheneum
Mille
Aimee
Rose
Sans Souci
Davis
Ventriloquist
English
MacArthur
C. Sadakichi Hartmann
Union Hall
Hartmann
Brachvogel
Narciss
Messrs. Wills and Grundy
Mr. Dixey
Adonis
Shakspere
Israel
Edison
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Luce
N. Y. Oma
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal
Gertrude
A. Veto
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