Balfour Pushes Bills as Parliament Faces Dissolution Expected
Government ministers push noncontentious measures while preparing for a possible year-end dissolution. Balfour seeks to advance the Irish education and local government bills only to provoke Liberal obstruction. Gladstone defends women’s suffrage, sparking a row at St James Hall and drawing fire from Lady Florence Dixie.
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Lowpow
Balfour
House of Commons
Ireland
Gladstone
Florence Dixie
St. James' Hall
China
W. E Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Chelsea
Dresden
Mars
Frankenthal
Paris
Goschen
Mr. Goschen
Sir William Harcourt
Harcourt
Eachon
Duke of Devonshire
Windsor
Exhibition reveals 31000 submissions with 6000 rejected
Lowdow reports British art show this year features 31000 entries, about 6000 rejected. Notable works by Millais, Orchardson, Pettie, Rivere, Waterhouse, Leighton, Alma Tadema, Calderon, and Baighton highlighted as distinguished pieces among many.
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Lowdow
Millais
Orchardeon
Napoleon
Pettie
Rivere
Hector
Waterhouse
Fred Leighton
Hesperides
Sweethea
G. H. Baighton
Paris Growing Virtuous An Artistic Production Rejected
Paris salon rejects a nude painting Baigneuses by M Lyre despite protest by M Bonnat. The work advanced to the opposition salon in Champs de Mars. London Bond Street exhibition opens featuring Watanabe Seitei the first Japanese artist with a commission for the venue.
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Loxpon
Paris
M. Bonnat
Bond Street
London
Watanabe Seitei
Tokio
Kikuchi Yasai
France
Imperial Palace
Japan
New Portraits Highlight Society of American Artists Show
A New York telegram reports the Society of American Artists annual exhibition opens Monday with high praise for Brush and a contrasting Ossian. The Portrait is hailed as a perfect, tender group of family portraits and color harmony, while Ossian is critiqued for lacking charm and atmosphere. Sargent also contributes a portrait, illustrating strong individual artistry.
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Society of American Artists
Sargent
Dispatch
New York
Mr. Brush
Brush
Portraits and Paintings in a New York Gallery Show
A critical survey of a gallery display focusing on Mr. St. James and Mr. Sargent among others. The piece highlights bold portraiture, dynamic color use, and the subtleties of facial rendering, with specific praise for Miss Lillie Hamilton French’s likeness and the collection’s range from Monna to Ode to Aphrodite.
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Mr. St
Hevesn
Poole
St Soane
Sargent
Monna
Beckwith
Lillie
Hamilton French
G. van Eennsselaer
Bank assets outweigh liabilities as stockholders plan to double
In St Paul on April 30 the defunct Commercial Bank rests with its assignee. Despite liabilities near a million dollars, assets exceed that amount. Wealthy stockholders plan to double their holdings to restore the bank.
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St. Paul
Commercial Bank
Unknown Child Murdered in Allegheny Case Verdict
The coroner's jury finds the unknown male child found in a vault on Madison Avenue Allegheny days ago with a stone tied around its neck was murdered. Parents remain unfound and police seek a crew to aid the investigation.
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Madison Avenue
Allegheny
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New and Post
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Duke of Fife
Oxix Avlines
Mamaux & Son
Penn Avenue
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Voluo
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