Carlisle Seeks Tariff Lead in Democratic Campaign
Frank G. Carpenter profiles Senator John G Carlisle as the era’s strongest statesman in Washington. Carlisle advocates tariff reform as the central campaign issue, cautions against free silver, and discusses McKinley tariff backlash. He analyzes Harrison Blaine prospects and reflects on public life and party unity.
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Committee of Ways and Means
United States
Washington
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Capitol
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Essen
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Beaven
Governor Hill
Cleveland
Waterford Result Tests Home Rule Fortunes Amid Parnellite Wealth
Waterford election shocks home rule friends while Redmond's win suggests Parnellite strength in Dublin and Limerick may persist. Davitt optics blamed on intimidation, yet funds favor Parnellites with wealthy backers and fleet of campaign assets. Royal commission talks on old age pensions loom, while Britain eyes an Anglo Chinese alignment against France and Russia in the east.
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Waterford
Mr. Redmond
Mr. Davitt
Limerick
Dublin
Trish
Parnellites
Pet
Treasury
Dalton
John Redmond
Maguire
Pierce Mahony
Catherine Farnell
Paris
Joseph Chambelain
Royal Statistical Society
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberisin
Lord Salisbury
Sir Halliday Macartney
China
England
TWO NOTABLE BETROTHALS
London announces two literary marriages. Dr. Benjamin Ellis Martin of America plans to wed Boston born Miss Charlotte May Gunnison in February. Rudyard Kipling will marry Miss Balestier, Wolcott Balestier’s sister, in a later ceremony after his collaborator’s death.
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Miss Gunnison
Mr. Kipling
Miss Balestier
London Fire Brigade Chief Replaced After Shaw Row
The London Council names Captain Simonds, longtime second officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, as chief officer succeeding Captain Shaw. Shaw had long blocked Simonds and pressed Cater to the vacancy, but council action denies Shaw, ending years of tension.
Council overrules committee and appoints Simonds to fire brigade
General Purposes Committee recommended Campbell but the Council overrode, appointing Simonds by a large majority to the satisfaction of five brigade men. Simonds will start with a salary of £800. He is a tall 48 year old man who knows much about the American fire brigade system, of which he is a great admirer.
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Harrison
Blaine
Republican Party
Henry Clay
Clay
Campbell
Simonds
Strauss Grand Opera Ritter Pasman to Be Conducted
Vienna reports Johann Strauss in good health will conduct Ritter Pasman on New Year's Day. The opera follows King Robert of Hungary who disguises himself to kiss the queen, leading to a dramatic chase and a festive finale with polkas and waltzes.
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Titis
Vienna
Johann Strauss
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Pasman
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The
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Volks-Garten
Opera in the Fog City and London Plans
Alfred Cellier recovers from influenza in Bournemouth to complete the overture to The Mountbanks. A full dress rehearsal is set for Monday with the first night next Tuesday as seats are booked. A special company will stage Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana in the provinces next year after Carl Rosa finishes. Leslie Crotty and Georgina Burns leave Carl Rosa to start their own venture. Ella Russell joins Carl Rosa next autumn. Daily News reports publishers demand £500 plus a share of gross for Annes Fritz at the Vienna Opera House.
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Alfred Cellier
London
Cellier
Bournemouth
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del Vier
Mascagni
Carl Rosa
Leslie Crotty
Georgina Burns
Ella Russell
Carl Rosa Company
The
Daily News
Annes Fritz
Vienna Opera House
Sanitary Conditions In Riviera Under Study By Doctors
In Loxpow Dec. 26 report notes Dr. Frederick Peterson of New York spends two months in the Riviera comparing its climate with that of the Southern States and West Indies. Dr. Edmund Charles Wendt also investigates Riviera conditions for the Medical Record. Sir Douglas Galton reports in the Times on Italy’s sanitary climate and the Queen may visit Florence this winter.
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Riviera
Europe
Frederick Peterson
New York
North America
West Indies
New York Medical Journal
Africa
Edmund Charles Wendt
London Times
Douglas Galton
K.C. B
Italy
Florence
Pope defies France by honoring Aix archbishop
Paris reports from Rome that the Pope will award the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ to the Archbishop of Aix. The move comes amid calls to separate church and state and could provoke a strong response from the French government.
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Paris
Rome
Order of Christ
Aix
Vatican
Prince Bismarck Narrowly Escapes Rail Disaster
BrESts December 26 Prince Bismarck had a narrow escape when crossing a track in his carriage near Friedrichsruhe. A kept barrier was absent and no warning siren given. The coachman urged the horse and cleared the rails moments before a train struck a following wagon, killing the wagon hand. Paris December 26 Lieutenant Anastuy confesses to murdering Baroness Dellard, 72, alleging robbery motive. He is a retired army officer.
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Prince Bismarck
Qparrow
Friedrichsruhe
Alf
Carrie
Paris
Anastuy
Dellard
Baron Boulart
Death in the Fog Urges Invention to Clear the Atmosphere
London endures a week of black fog with impenetrable gloom. Deaths from lung disease and drowning rise. docks and roads shut down. newspapers call for a solution as citizens seek a method to dispel fog and restore light. The piece notes calls for scientific invention and public demand.
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Bancroft Wood
Wynne E. Baxter
Pene
Millwall
London
United States
Shares boom in British South Africa Company still awaited
At the annual meeting in London the Duke of Aberdour presided and the Duke of Fife spoke on civilization and abolition of slavery. Directors admitted Mashonaland has been exhausted by spring 1993, forecasting only eventual returns from past capital spends. Investors remain wary despite past expenditure on prospecting and occupation.
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British South Africa Company
Duke of Aberworn
He of Fife
Prince of Wales
Mashonaland
Persian Christians in Peril Threats of Extermination
Teheran reports mosques placarded by Muslims urging war against Christians. Priests impose a tobacco ban and the populace largely obeys. The notices call for Muslims to unite to exterminate Christians, heightening sectarian tension in the city.
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Teheran
Deco
Winter wheat crop in Central Asia province report
December 26 report from the Ministry of Finance notes the winter wheat crop recently sown is satisfactory across all Russian provinces in Central Asia.
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Percessure
Ministry of Finance
Central Asia
Russian grain crop varies by region across country
The report notes that famine-stricken districts continue to suffer while crops in Northern Russia and Crimea are medium in condition. In Southern Russia below latitude 52 degrees the harvest is unsatisfactory, signaling uneven yields across major regions.
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Russian
Crimea
Russia
A Fresh Incident Illustrating Czarist Intolerance
A Warsaw dispatch reports the Czar ordering Catholic churches closed at Vedislav and Buzkl with plans to extend closures to other towns. The move follows a decree forbidding repairs and mandating church closures if deemed dangerous, under new Orthodox policy.
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Warsaw
Vedislav
Buzkl
French Treaties Adopted Amid Senate Debate
Paris December 26 The French Senate discussed the commercial treaties bill with four senators opposing the price of foreign friendship. M Griffe accused M Ribot of paying too high a price, especially with Spain. Ribot defended government liberty of action while promising Parliament respect. The bill was finally adopted.
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Senate
M. Griffe
M. Ribot
Spain
Edward Frost’s flying machines aim for large practical ships
In Cambridge on December 26, Edward Frost reports experiments with his invention of flying machines. He believes he will soon produce very large serial ships powered by strong engines and equipped with artificial feathers, each capable of lifting about 70 pounds.
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Edward Frost
Cambridge
Murder in Bradford's Store Ends in Homicide
The mutilated body of an unknown man was found in J. M. Bradford's store on Wednesday. The safe was open and $185 cash missing. A hammer lay nearby and the victim’s head was crushed. no clue to identify the killer. Police suspect a gang quarrel among criminals known as cracks men.
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Hammoxp, Inc
J. M. Bradford
Bradford
Trust Seals Purchase of Ravenswood Cordage Works
The National Cordage Company has effectively secured the machinery and cordage works of John Good at Ravenswood and Brooklyn for about $2,000,000, pending only technical details. The move would bring valuable patents under trust control, signaling a step toward monopolizing the industry. The sole major independent entity is Filter & Co. of Philadelphia, with little incentive to sell.
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New York
John Good
Ravenswood
Brooklyn
National Cordage Company
Filter & Co
Philadelphia
Plucky Sheriff and Wife Foil Jail Break Attempt
In Olath e Kansas on December 26 prisoners in the county jail tried to kill Sheriff Easdale and escape. Mrs. Easdale locked the outside doors while the Sheriff inside fought six inmates, suffering three deep head gashes but resting easy today.
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Sheriff Easdale
Newspapers May Criticise Statesmen but Not Local Judges
In Campen New Jersey on December 26 A Holt publisher of the Echo religious journal was fined 1000 dollars for contempt for publishing a statement reflecting on the court and was committed to jail until further court order. An ocean steamer Egyptian Monarch bound from London to New York arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia for coal after 18 days at sea reporting tempestuous weather and hurricane seas that damaged deck fixtures and injured a seaman.
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N.S
New York
London
Stanton’s Turbulent War Portrait and Lincoln Rift
Edwin M. Stanton emerges as a paradoxical figure in Civil War lore a trusted yet distrustful ally of Lincoln and McClellan a fierce ally of Grant and a critic of the President. The piece traces his volatile temper his harsh arrogance his rare gentleness and his decisive role as War Minister amid cabinet clashes and military strategy.
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Edwin M. Staneton
Edwin M
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Stanton
McClellan
General Grant
Curtis
Buchanan
Army of the Potomac
McDowell
War Department
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