Ignatius Donnelly Attacks Shakespeare In Chicago Lecture
The Chicago audience heard Ignatius Donnelly denounce Shakespeare as a fraud claiming gentile blood. He cited Hallowell Phillips and Richard Grant White while asserting Shakespeare had no books or letters, contrasting with Bacon as a true author. The speech prefaced a broader political note praising Germany and urging peaceful reform under Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Grant White
Shakspeare
Italy
France
Spain
Justice Campbell
Stratford-upon-Avon
London
British Museum
Bacon
Frederick III Signals Continuation of Father’s Policy
A Berlin dispatched letter from Emperor Frederick III to Chancellor Bismarck outlines his intent to uphold and consolidate the imperial and Prussian ordinances and rights. He vows respect for constitutional provisions, strong defense forces, and prudent governance aligned with his late father’s policy.
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Berlin
Frederick
Bismarck
Prince
Empire
Prussia
The Age of Trusts A Monster Grocers Combine
A Minneapolis telegram reports wholesale grocers considering a new pool called Union to control prices. The plan, described as a vast national combine, aims to raise sugar profits with a deposit pegged at 20 million dollars from a U S trade estimated at two billion dollars.
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Minneapolis
United States
A Coffin Trust Dictates Prices Across Coffin Makers
A New York telegram reveals a national coffin makers trust that blocks nonmembers from purchases and forces prices up sharply. Undertakers report wholesalers sell for far above cost, with caskets priced from 75 to 125 dollars for basic models and metals ranging from 125 to 325 dollars, while retailers mark up accordingly.
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New York
Undertakers’ Association
Trust in Watches Controls Vast US Industry Figures
A large watch industry trust formed in three steps. US watch-case manufacturers organized for mutual protection, followed by watch-movement makers. Jobbers in American watches joined, creating the National Association of Jobbers in American Watches. Total capital about 50 million dollars, split among the three groups.
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United States
National Association of Jobbers
National
European copper trust reviewed by Chicago paper
The Great Copper Trust described as the Total Company combines Cape Copper, Namaqua, Jett's Cove, Vigenses, Rio Tinto, Tharsis, Mason Barry, Calumet and Hecla, Boston and Montana, Anaconda, Quebrada, Arizons, Pamalcillo. It totals 12 50 tons with American mines contributing 78 500 tons.
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Chicago Morning News
Total Company
Paris Trade Journal
Cape Copper Company
Namaqua
Jett’s Cove
Vigenses
Rio Tinto
Tharsis
Mason& Barry
Calumet
Hecla
Boston
Montana
Anaconda
Tamaarack
Quebrada
Arizons
Pamalcillo
Combine
Death of Porte Crayon removes famed Virginia writer illustrator
Gen D H Strother known as Porte Crayon dies. Born 1816 in Martinsburg Virginia he moved to New York in 1845 to combine wood engraving with letters. He created Virginia Illustrated and A Narration of an Expedition into the Land of Canaan and later Virginia Revisited, shaping Southern woodlands and mountain life.
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D. H. Strother
Martinsburg
New York
Land of
Canaan
Virginia
Porte Crayon
Charles Egbert Craddock
Amelia Rives
Tariff Figures Expose High Duties Across Goods
J. S. Moore presents a pyramid tariff table from 1886 official returns, detailing duties from 5 to over 150 percent on items like glass, wool, and canvas. He argues the tax burden harms consumers, calling tariff protection a monopoly profit and urging reform to ease wage-driven oppression.
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Amercan
Macduff
Malcom
Huebsa
Weee Inc
Barytas
Bporcgis
United States
J. S. Moore
Excessive Rail Tariff Upsets Free Trade Arguments
The Chicago Tribune argues that a $17 per ton rail tariff is excessive, boosting home prices to $45 when English rails plus duty and transport costs total that amount. It cites 1887–1888 price swings for rails in Chicago and Joliet to show the supposed profit nakedly protected by the tariff and asserts the steel trust uses these protections to inflate railroad costs during demand booms.
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William Walter Phelps
New York
Steel Trust
Mr. Phelps
Chicago
Joliet
American
Chicago Tribune
Illinois Affairs Chronicle of 1887 Local Happenings
The 1887 Chicago death toll reports 15 409 with 8 308 men and 7 101 women and 7 568 under five. West End Coal miners strike Springfield over larger screen. Augustana College Alumni honor Rev. C A Backman. A shooting near Gays claims Andy Akers life by William Devine who surrenders at Shelbyville. A drunken woman and child fed poisonous whisky in Chicago. Board of Trade memorial urges Niagara Falls ship canal on American side. Gen Gilchrist surveys a Des Moines canal site at Hamilton with million backing. Hillsboro Montgomery County finances reveal officers owe about 5 000. Two Illinois doctors face trial over medicine lodge. jury disagrees. A herd disease hits Som merfeldt cattle near Marine. eight cows die. Harrisburg fire destroys sixteen buildings. loss about 74 000 with 14 000 ins. Lemuel Devault pleads a reunion visit to White Halls and vanishes next day. Mrs Mary Sharp dies at Morseville. nurse in Northern Army. Arbor Day proclaimed by Gov Oglesby urging tree planting across the state.
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Andy Akers
William Devine
Shelbyville
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Congress
Niagara Falls
Illinois
Hancock County
Rauch
State Board of Health
Frank Sommerfeldt
Marine
C. O. Taylor
Harrisburg
Saline County
Bank of Harrisburg
Lemuel Devault
Colline
Ind
White Halls
David
Lemuel
Mary A. Sharp
J. N. Sharp
Jo Daviess County
Morseville
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Memphis
Tariff Conundrums on Protection and Miner Welfare
The St. Louis Republican questions tariff protection as it affects a Pennsylvania miner and the cost to American taxpayers. It rhetorically challenges why rifles would be kept loaded for protection, suggesting the iron industry’s taxation could reach 30 to 70 percent of value.
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Sherman
Platt
St. Louis Republican
War tariff burden on workers demand action now
Milwaukee Journal argues the tariff harms 8 million farmers and 4 million workers while praising emancipation of 4 million slaves. It decries wage confiscation by avarice, urges ending empty prosperity talk and taking steps to secure industry the crust it earned.
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Milwaukee Journal
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Central Music Hall
Bross
Ignatius
Donnelly
Germany
Frederick III
Man of Iron
A Coffin Trust
Porte Cc ‘Rayon
Lidé
Ccvaccsiadone
POMC
Greg Rowan Ensee
Paris
Gotang
Boone
Cessesessnses
Cece
Tess Square Yard
Lee
Illinois Affairs
West End Coal Company
Springfield
Augustana College
Rock Island
C. A. Backman
Gilchrist
Fort Madison
Hamilton
Des Moines Rapids
Keokuk
Montgomery County Board
Hillsboro
Oglesby
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