Trials in New York bribery cases loom next month
The paper notes one alleged culprit was acquitted while another known as Silver Dollar Smith faces trial next month. City Reform Club vows to push the probe, though an escape by one suspect hurts prospects for full convictions. Bribery is hard to prove despite strong evidence. The editor muses on possible positive effects of the trials.
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New York
City Reform Club
Whitney
Army
Navy
Journal
Boston
Baltimore
Wuitney
England
Etruria
Messrs. Cramp
City of
Columbia
Wharton Anxiety in State Dept Appointment
The report from Washington notes Assistant Secretary of State Wharton is not at ease in his role. The piece says he is straightforward and honorable, not a Blaine-style politician, and his appointment reflected well on the administration while his withdrawal would harm his superior.
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Washington
Wharton
Blaine
Storm at Sea Leaves Fleet Shaken and Bodies Lost
Reports from many vessels detail a fierce gale that swept decks for forty hours. Six seamen were washed overboard and survived. Numerous ships arrived with damaged masts and sails while steamships faced heavy weather, marking a major autumnal spring-like gale on the coast.
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New York
Ballot Reform Shines In Minneapolis Special Election
In Minneapolis the new state ballot reform operated smoothly with minimal marking and deposit time. Local journals report a mild surprise at how well it worked, noting favorable conditions and limited vote area as excuses for success. The piece suggests fears about the system are unfounded and unlikely to block future elections.
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Minneapolis
New York Merchants Bitter Over Bowling Green Appraiser Site
New York merchants protest a proposed Appraiser's Stores location at Bowling Green, fearing a hidden deal led by Tom Platt to control government patronage of about twenty million dollars. The Chamber of Commerce and property owners oppose the site, signaling political and commercial tensions as critics demand a halt to the arrangement.
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New York
Bowling Green
Platt
Chamber of Commerce
Wincom
Tom Platt
Dock laborers oppose blacklegs amid strike tensions
The opposition of London dock laborers to scabs is explained as typical in strikes where nonworking workers insist others do not work. The passage notes that organized labor seeks rights employers must respect, with friction arising as men who were rehired face trouble.
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London
Strike calm at the docks as workers and nonstrikers unite
At the docks the expected renewed strike seems avoided as strikers and blacklegs work amicably side by side. Observers note calm behavior and self-control by the men, a point hailed as a matter of national pride by officials at the Old Bailey.
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Recorder
Old Bailey
Pension question stirs Grand Army over federal support
A newspaper opinion argues pensions consume vast public funds, urging the Grand Army of the Republic to resist universal pension schemes. It cites McMahon on veterans, warns against demagogic agents, and calls the GAR to pursue a restrained, merit-based pension policy.
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Interior Department
McMahon
Grand Army
Ingalls
Secretary Gracey and naval progress praised amid criticism
A letter from Secretary Gracey praising his predecessor and the cruiser Baltimore contrasts with partisan criticism from outlets like the New York Tribune and the Boston Journal. The secretary signals no wish to engage with ongoing attacks.
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Gracy
Baltimore
Wuitney
New York Tribune
Boston Journal
Death of Father Damien on leprosy island remembered
The London Spectator details Father Damien's final days in a letter by Brother James. It notes his steadfast devotion, recitation of the breviary, and Easter hope, and describes nightly prayers before his death on April 15. Crowds mourned as he lay in his room and he was buried under a Puthalla tree where he first landed.
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Damien
Sandwich Islands
London Spectator
James
Father Conrady
Father Damien
Damiron
British consul accused as brigand in Servia voyage
Mr. McDonald the British consul at Nisch and companions were alleged brigands during travel in Servia, with delays in proving identity and release. Observed in outré British traveler attire they provoked alarm, and Servian indemnity was expected to be refused. Also notes Captain R B Forbes of Milton, Boston Marine Society, turning eighty five, his naval contributions, and Cunard planning twin screws for new ships.
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McDonald
Nisch
Servia
R. B. Forres
Milton
Boston Marine Society
United States
Great Britain
Cunard Company
Captain Forbes
Massachusetts
Pacific
Captain Forses
Charity
Fores
Boston
Mr. Forbes
Jamaica Plain
Federal Street
The Messrs Cramp Celebrate Baltimore Cruiser Victory
Compliments are offered to William Cramp and all Cramp partners as the government selects their Baltimore cruiser in the construction lottery, a capital prize welcomed by the firm and noted as a Robesonian nonlocal achievement.
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William Cramp
Baltimore
N. Y
Unique feature missing in Boston Post Saturday issue
Brooklyn Free Press notes that Saturdays Boston Post carried no editorial on Corporal Banner, a feature the Free Press says is notably unique to that paper. The remark suggests this absence is unusual compared with other Democratic or municipal papers nationwide.
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Boston Post
Corporal Banner
Brooklyn Free Press
Rep
Cooper Centennial Honored for Classic Adventure Figures
The Providence Journal urges celebrating James Fennimore Cooper as a centennial. It praises his enduring characters and compares his impact to Dumas, noting that even his criticized heroic Indigenous figures reflect the better traits in literature.
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Cooper
James Fennimore Cooper
Dumas
Providence Journal
Baltimore fastest warship in official speed test
The Baltimore logged up to 20.21 knots with an average of 19.8 knots and about 10,300 horsepower in an official test on Saturday. This performance earns Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia a $180,000 bonus, confirming the Baltimore as the fastest warship afloat, as discussed in the Springfield Republican note.
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John Roach
New York Tribune
Baltimore
Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Roach
Springfield Republican
Selfishness and tariff hypocrisy in 19th century debate
A New England bias dominates a critique of tariff policy. The author condemns Republicans for protectionist aims, accusing Pennsylvanians of altruistic motives to pay high wages while accusing Yankees of seeking tariff revisions for private profit. The piece ridicules economic selfishness amid cross-state tensions.
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Murgwumps
Cobden Club
Harrison
N. Y. Evening Post
Ind
The Ohio Protest Against Free Raw Material
The Ohio wool growers oppose the New England free raw materials movement. They claim protectionists ignore the root issue. They demand freedom for raw materials, arguing self interest drives their stance and that increased duties cannot cure manufacturers' woes.
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Ohio
New England
Detroit Free Press
Dem
Louis James Hamlet at Grand Opera House Receives Cautious Review
The review notes Mr. Louis James offered a tasteful but uninspired Hamlet with a superficial Booth-esque nod. It praises some cast members while faulting James for overuse of symbolism and uneven emphasis, with Mabel Amber Ophelia and Miss Gillette Queen praised for restraint.
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Louis James
Hamlet
Grand Opera House
Mr. Irving
Wilson Barrett
Fechter
Booth
Prince of Denmark
Mr. Booth
John Hamlet
Ophelia
Mr. James
Mabel Amber
H. A. Langdon
Miss Gillette
International and cultural notes in brief
Miss Maida Craigen to lead juvenile roles with Booth Modjeska this season. A. M. Palmer and John Coleman plan a Shakespeare Pericles version for the country. The Grand Duke Alexis banishment continues with the Prince of Oldenburg ordered to stay out of Russia for a year. Rev. Dr. J. H. Rylance resigns from St Mark’s New York after nineteen years. Rosa Bonheur studies Buffalo Bill’s troupe for a future painting. Mrs. Cleveland visits Buffalo. A monument to Adolf von Schlagintweit is unveiled, funded by Russia and marked by a Chinese ground grant. General Butler announces memoir publication. Egyptian princes educated in Vienna. Rosin’s Bastian Lepage statue to be unveiled near Damvillers. Erckmann and Chatrian libel dispute escalates with Georges threatening exposure if sued.
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J. H. Rylance
St. Mark’s
New York
Rylance
Rosa Bonheur
Buffalo Bul
Butler
Vienna
Rosin
Bastian-Lepage
Damvillers
Erckmann
Chatrian
M. Georges
Georges
Erekimann
Symphony Ticket Sale Sets Box Office Record at Music Hall
The sale of 750 seats for Symphony rehearsals began at 8 am at the Music Hall box office with about 130 in line. Four seats per buyer limited. 508 seats sold. Line stayed overnight for future box office sales, auctions Monday surpassed last year’s premiums, top price $95 for two center aisle seats. Concert auctions to be held Thursday.
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Music Hall
Friday Ticket Sale At Music Hall For Boston Symphony
Crowds of 124 men and boys gathered at Winter street entrance to Music Hall at midnight to secure first seats for Friday sales. Oliver Ditson Company had sixty six in the line. Sgt Kimball and six Station 2 patrolmen kept order as the scramble began at noon and peace held until Friday eight o clock.
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Winter Street
Music Hall
Boston Symphony
Oliver Ditson Company
Kimball
Brown Not In The South Says Counsel
Mr M F Dickinson Jr counsel for Steele and Clarke stated Brown has been in direct contact with friends in Boston and wishes to return. He noted Brown has lost twenty five pounds recently and suggested criminal charges against Brown are extremely probable.
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M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Messrs
Steele
Messrs. Steele and
Clarke
Brown
Commodore Robert Forbes Retains A Long Sea Life Of Service
In Boston, eighty five year old Commodore Robert B Forbes is lauded for a life at sea and in commerce. From child labor in a Foster's wharf store to captaincy before twenty, he led American trade in China and Pacific ventures, aided the Union via the Coast Guard, Humane Society, and Sailors Snug Harbor, and later joined scientific expeditions and philanthropy.
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Robert B. Forbes
Boston
Far East
China
India
Commodore Forbes
Jamestown
Coast Guard
Union
California
Buenos Ayres
Temple Place
T. H. Perkins
Provident Institution For Savings
Philo S. Shelton
Forbes
Canton
Europa
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society
Great House of Russell & Co
Jeffries Wyman
la Plata
Massachusetts Humane Society
Sailors’ Snug Harbor
Quincy
National Sailors’ Home
Merchant Bondsman Robert Scarborough Dead
The sudden death of Robert T. Scarborough a leading merchant and bondsman for Sullivan Kilrain and Renaud occurred today in Burvis Mississippi. His death requires new bonds in all three cases and unsettles the pugilists contracts.
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Burvis
Miss
Robert T. Scarborough
Sullivan, Kilrain
Renaud
Star Course opens with The Bostonians on Oct 7
The Star course season debuts October 7 with The Bostonians as the main attraction. Henry C. Barnabee will perform humorous selections from Lyceum programs. Tom Karl and Juliette Corden join other leading artists for operatic numbers. The chorus and orchestra will accompany in concerted pieces.
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Star Course
Bostonians
Henry C. Barnabee
Lyceum
Tom Karl
Juliette Corden
Curious miscellany from the times of travel and fact noise
A column of disparate notes covers musical and literary quips, travel sights, and curious anecdotes. Mentions include Tennyson’s regret, Paris exposition ticket totals, a joking tax on saloons in Johnstown, a Cronin case jury draft, and side remarks on Stanley, cycling, and a German armor collection sale. It also notes a London footman fine, American poetry trades, Berlin’s social court, hypnotized lobsters, Springfield bathing rules, and a linguistic tour of John Smith’s names across languages.
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Lord Tennyson
Johnstown
Chicago Tribune
Cronin
Fiedler
Trenton
N. J
Stanley
Mombassa
Nurnberg
Prince Sulkowski
Prince of Wales
London
Maurice Thompson
America
Berlin
Europe
Springfield
Springield
New York
Peter Cooper
Bellevue
Cooper
John Smith
Johannes Smithus
Giovanni Smith
Juan Smithus
Hans Schmidt
Jean Smeet
Barks
Ivan Smittowski
China
Jovan Shimmit
Iceland
John Smithson
Lascaroras
Pocahontas
Powhattan
Wales
Jihon Semidd
Mexico
Jants F. Smitti
Jon Smitton
Turkey
Voe Seif
Clark University Announces New Appointments at Worcester
Worcester September 17 Clark University lists new appointees across disciplines including Arthur Michael of Tufts as chemistry professor J Playfair McMurrich of Haverford as biology docent Franz Boaz of Berlin as anthropology docent Burt of Michigan University in historical psychology Alfred Cook of Bryn Mawr as psychology docent Arthur McDonald in psychology and Herman C Bumpus of Olivet College Michigan as biology fellow.
Cambridge Aldermen Adopt Many Orders Last Night
In the Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting last evening several orders were adopted. Actions include granting leave to withdraw to Carney & Patch and A H Choate for druggists licenses, removing the Otis street schoolhouse bell to Engine 2, constructing a four bell tower for Engine 2, removing fountains at 10 Brattle square and at Brattle and Mt. Auburn streets, relocating a fountain near Coolidge avenue, transferring $2000 from the bridge account to cemetery commissioners, and confirming John P. Melloy as a patrolman.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Carney & Patch
A. H. Choate
Otis Street
Brattle Square
Brattle
Mt. Auburn Streets
Mt. Auburn Street
Coolidge Avenue
John P. Melloy
Notable Early 20th Century Obituaries Across Multiple Figures
Obituary notices report the deaths of several prominent individuals: Charles FE. Raymond formerly president of the Charles River railroad and bank who died in Topeka, Kansas. The Right Rev John Fielder Mackarnes bishop of Oxford who recently died. figures Daniel J. McSweeney the oats man in Worcester. John C Mead Hartford architect. Wright Duryea starch manufacturer from Glen Cove New York.
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Charles FE. Raymond
Charles River Railroad
Charles River National Bank
Topeka
Kan
John Fielder Mackarnes
D.D
Oxford
Lord Coleridge
Eton
Gladstone
Wilberforce
Winchester
Mackarness
Exeter
Gladstonb
Daniel J. McSweeney
Oatsman
Worcester
Boston
John C. Mead
Hartford
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Dammien
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Organs
the Theatres
MR. Brown
Foster’s Wharf
Winnisimmet
Chelsea Ferry
New South Boston Bridge
Charles Street
Maine
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Pau
Scotland
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Nebraska
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Taverner
Bondsman
Clark University
Cambridge Aldermen
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