Minister Ryan Seeks Freer Trade With Mexico
Dostonw Post notes Minister Ryan has left Mexico City for Washington to persuade Blaine and Winthrop that freer trade with Mexico benefits the United States. Once a strong protectionist, Ryan is said to have studied Mexico's trade relations closely and diligently. The piece questions whether his views reflect tariff reform or market pragmatism and hints Harrison may observe his first interview.
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Ryan
Mexico
Washington
Blaine
Wincom
United States
Harrison
Foraker Faces Pressure Amid Tanner Fallout in Ohio Gubernatorial Scene
Governor FORAKER’s heated rally remarks after TANNER’s resignation spark political crossfire between administration and the Ohio G A R. He issues a tempered statement that fails to shift momentum, as delegates fear a GOP split and a push by rival factions for Tanner’s successor with broad patriotic sentiment cited.
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Tanner
Foraker
Ohio G. A. R
Ohio
Dalzell
Tanner and Dalzell Telegram Reveal Press Plot Behind Appointment
The telegram shows Dalzell confessing he leaked Tanner’s confidential letter to the press declaring that only falsehood needs concealment. The case suggests Tanner’s appointment was a political maneuver by others to use him as a paw in a grand army save.
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Tanner
Dalzell
Grand Army
An- Ner
Proposed relocation of West End tracks on Tremont and Boylston
Hearing planned this week by pavings and railroads committees on moving West End Company lines from Park Street to Park Square to widen traffic on Tremont and Boylston streets. Relocation near the Common would ease daily jams and fit with electric-system preparations.
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West End Company
Tremont
Boylston
Park Street
Park Square
West End
Tremont Street
Boylston Street
Hearing on street relief set for Friday at City Hall
The notice urges a good attendance of property owners and others interested in street relief at a hearing to be held at City Hall on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Grant Remains Should Stay at Riverside Park
Colonel F D Grant writes from Vienna opposing moving General Grant’s remains from Riverside Park to Washington or Illinois. He notes Grant wanted Mrs Grant buried beside him, a condition agreed by New York Mayor, and says the nation should not transfer the tomb. He calls ongoing agitation an offense to good taste and to Grant’s memory.
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F. D. Grant
Vienna
General Grant
Riverside Park
Washington
Illinois
New York
Galena
Grant
Accident on New York Central rail highlights block signaling
The Friday night crash two miles east of Palatine Bridge involved the second section colliding with the first due to no block system. The vestibule cars proved unusually safe while lighter preceding cars suffered the most damage and loss of life. The incident underscores the need for block signaling and the value of vestibule cars.
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New York Central
Hudson River
Palatine Bridge
New York
Fonda
Yost’s
The Trimming Scholar in Poli Tics Debate
The speech by Mr Lopes criticizes the Republican party for its decline from Lincoln era standards. He urges elevation to a higher plane, citing reform and progress while exposing the tension with Lange. The piece notes the speaker’s new-convert zeal and questions the candor of his explanations.
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LopGe
Tto
Abraham Lincoln
Joan A. Andrew
Henry Canor Lange
Lopez
Lange
Republican Party
Lopar
Reform
Defection and reform in republican politics and social change
The piece analyzes a politician named LopGe who abandons reform for party gain, argues his desertion weakens reform and bolsters machine politics, and cites broader implications for independents and party strength. It also reviews Mr. Warner’s book on South and West social shifts, noting materialism, travel, gender roles, and urban development.
Warner in the South and West a critical travel study
A review praises Charles Duple Warner’s South and West for its sympathetic yet frank portraits of the American South in 1885 to 1887. It notes some writing flaws but lauds the tempered tone, observations on race relations, education, and social life, including a visit to a colored college and shifts in Southern sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dupley Warner
Warner
South
West
Canada
Republic
North
Colored branch of Protestant Episcopal Church faces funds remedy
At a New York convention the colored branch discussed remedies for past mistakes in church authorities handling missionary work among colored people. Speakers agreed money is the most efficacious remedy, asserting spiritual machinery must be run with funds, a view echoed by reverends while noting the Twelve Apostles did not know this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
English traveler Sir Edwin Arnold faces rude locals
Sir Edwin Arnold has arrived in the country and reports injudiciously blunt reactions from a hotel clerk and a conductor. He calls them brusque and crude yet remains good natured while noting slight antipathy toward the clerk. The tone reflects his outsider view on American manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Arnold
Republican platforms echo Democratic tariff planks from past years
The text notes that current Republican platforms are beginning to read like the Democratic national platforms of 1884 and 1888, reflecting lessons learned by Republican managers in manufacturing states. Hartford Yimes appears in reference as a source or attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Yimes
Republicans Back Harrison Civil Service Platform
The Republican parties of New York and Massachusetts endorse Harrison's civil service program. They express unequivocal support for the party's principles and reaffirm satisfaction with President Harrison's administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
New York
Massachusetts
Pittsburg
Why American magazines outrun English ones in quality
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes English press criticism of American magazines. It argues Americans write better English essays and stories, explaining rising American magazine circulation while London publications stagnate or fall. The piece frames English writers as lacking literature and style.
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England
London
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ind
Foraker Faces Scrutiny Over Blunders in Ohio
The Pittsburg Post criticizes Ohio’s Mr. Foraker for a string of missteps and hypocritical actions. He allegedly praised two men for internal revenue collector posts while later describing one of his letters as merely perfunctory, leaving him in a deeper political hole.
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Foraker
Ohio
Secretary Noble
Internal Revenue Collector
Pittsburg Post
Civil service reform compared in railway mail changes
A New York Times note invites readers to compare reform records. It argues Cleveland inherited a partly partisan railway mail workforce and made under 2000 changes in four years, while Harrison’s administration over 3 months added 2434 changes as the service was brought under civil service rules.
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Civil Service Reform
Harrison
Cleveland
N. Y
A Boston Letter on Lords, Cars, and Lamp Breakage
A Boston writer recalls an England trip tale with a lord and a California miner. He laments crowded horse cars and oversized riders, shares a wit’s retort to a crowded dinner, and warns of widespread street lamp glass breakage in May. He suggests police focus on lamp damage and even punishment for lamp violators.
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Boston
Ludwig Concert at Boston Theatre Enthralls Audience
The Ludwig concert company drew a well filled Boston Theatre crowd with Irish tunes. Ludwig sang superbly with dramatic fire especially in God Save Ireland. Miss Annie Layton, Mme Adelaide Mullen, and pianist C Kendall Irwin received praise. Henry Beaumont fell short. The Kerry piper impressed the gallery with unique pipes igniting lively reactions as jigs drew feet to time. The audience thunderously encored nearly every number.
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Annie Layton
Mme
Adelaide Mullen
C. Kendal Irwin
Henry Beaumont
Son steals mother’s saved money in Salem ward
A bedridden widow in Ward 5 reports her son stole about 600 dollars saved for necessities. Police will seek return of the funds as neighbors aid the vulnerable woman while the son, missing since Tuesday, is sought.
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Salem
Sprcrau
Fine Arts schools update with new instructors and aims
The article reports changes for the Museum of Fine Arts school with continued leaders in painting the figure and life drawing. An additional decorative drawing teacher is hired, extending the course to three years. It notes financial constraints, competition, and the Cowles Art School and New England Conservatory programs, plus a Woodbury etching of Derby Wharf Salem.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Grundmann
F. W. Benson
E. C. Tarbell
Walker
J. Linden Smith
Cowles Art School
Bunker
New York
Ernest L. Major
Carroll Beckwith
Aug. St. Gaudens
Abbott Thayer
Paris
Boulanger
Lefebvre
Dannat
Doucet
Cowles
Abbott Graves
Crawford
Miss,Bailey
Miss Rich
Chase
Charles Hubert Woodbury
Derby
Salem
Hawthorne
Nova Scotia
Woodbury
Monet and Rodin Exhibit In Paris Rue de Seze
Desmond Fitzgerald of Brookline reviews Monet and Rodin at Georges Petit in Paris. He praises Monet as a genius shaping modern landscape painting and notes the enduring opposition he faced. Rodin is praised as an original sculptor, exhibited alongside Monet, with prices for Monet works already reaching high values.
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Sir
Monet
Rodin
Rue de Seze
Georges Petit
Claude Monet
Thad
Boston
Paris
Millet
Corot
Holland
Culture de Tulipes
Isso
M Clapisson
Ilysht
Moret
Hersef
Plevien’ Air School
Vetheuil
Entretat
Seine
Epte
Mediterranean
New York
Fiedin
Desmond Fitzgerald
Brookline
Absent-minded Hartford man loses purse to thief
A Hartford resident while having boots blocked by an Italian bootmaker left a nickel in his pocket. An acquaintance engaged him in talk, the man pocketed the coin and the purse with $215 was stolen by the bootman who disappeared. The thief was arrested and faces theft charges.
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Hartford
Conn
Diverse society items note, witty quips, and notable women
A collage of light excerpts on scandal, humor, and progress. It highlights marriage boasts and oddities, jokes about monarchy, mummy markets, editors and poets corners, plus women entering professions such as law, nursing, and teaching, with mentions of notable figures and their daughters.
Autumn Interrogated by a restless heart in gloom
A London World piece laments autumn’s chill and drift, asking what preserves leaves, dull care, wind, crowing birds, and cold weather from changing. The speaker mourns a friend’s absence, pondering fate and shared destiny as the season darkens.
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Autumn
Willy
Notable Readings of Famous Figures Abroad and at Home
Notables sing out travels and returns as Edison sails with his wife to this country on Saturday while Winslow returns to Beacon Street. von Bislow may revisit the U S in spring, Irving considers Australia, Kendals attract Boston social attention, Bates teaches in New York, Tyndall tours Switzerland, Lanman returns to Cambridge, Washburn and Salvini arrive in New York, Gilbert protests a London production, Paine resigns to head a New York bank, Judge Field visits Stockbridge for a family reunion, Field speaks of California experiences, Coquelin takes direct competition for the Frangais, and plans a new Sardou historical play signal ongoing stage reshuffles.
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South
North
Great Britain
Lee
Grant
Warner
United States
West
Chicago
Boston
Acassiz
Loncre
Mr. Warner
Shakspere
London
Thomas A. Edison
William C. Winslow
Beacon Street
von Bislow
Henry Irving
Australia
Kendal
Charlotte Fiske Bates
New York
Saulsbury
Tyndall
Switzerland
England
Alps
Charles R. Lanman
India
Cambridge
J. D. Washburn
Salvini
Havre
la Bretagne
W.S. Gilbert
Offenbach
Willis S. Paine
New York State Banking Department
State Trust Company of New York 'i Just Incorporated
Judge Field
United Stat Supreme Court
Henry M. Field
Stockbridge
David Dudley
Cyrus WV
Jace Field
California
Dr. Field
Springfield
M. Coquelin
Porte St. Martin
Frangais
Hy Hiss
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New England Conservatory
Mr. Juglaris
W. A. J. Claus
Harriet T. Durgin
Daily Smasher
Harper's Bazar
Minerva
Harrison Hogan
Indiana
Bull Creek
Terre Haute Express. de Gustibus
Summer Hotel
Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Hallam Tennyson
Cincinnati
Eiffel Tower
Fuller
Wellesley College
Eva 5. Leonard
Caroline G. Fingle
Vassar
Atlantic Highlands
Weekly Independent
Kate Hubbird
Kansas
Glasco Swan
Wade
Taa
Congressmana Breckinridge
Judge Kelley
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