Pachmann Recital Enchants Boston With Brilliant Mastery
The Russian pianist Vladimir de Pachmann held the audience spellbound for an hour and a half delivering a tour de force in opuses 25 and 63 with astonishing technique. His effortless left hand octaves and dramatic crescendos drew praise as a rare educational pleasure, with plans hinted to repeat concerts in Boston. ARTHUR WELD.
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Pachmann Chopen
Pachmann
Vladimir de Pachmann
Boston
Arthur Weld
Subscription Rates and Payment Details From Post Publishing
All money sent at the sender's risk. All checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company. The Financial Department will be found on the Sixth page the Commercial Department on the Sixth and Seventh pages and the Ship News on the Third page.
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Post Publishing Company
Ship News
Massachusetts
Congress
Press policy sparks debate over journalism and Berlin aims
In the 1890 report the Prussian Landtag criticizes the new ministry for withholding information from the press and hints at a distant, state-controlled press outside Germany. The piece notes President Cantor's southern tour, Roosevelt’s examination list, and political maneuvers in Congress, including Hoar’s role and Massachusetts protectionist stance amid disputed seats and civil service issues.
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General von Caprivi
Landtag
Germany
Windom Defeat in Worsteds Duty Case
The Ballin Joseria & Co. v Magone suit in the U S Circuit Court of New York favored the plaintiffs, overturning Secretary Windom’s May ruling that taxed worsted goods as woollen cloths. The decision rebukes executive interference with law, potentially yielding refunds to importers and challenging further appeals.
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Ballin, Joseria & Co
Magone
United States
New York
Winpom
England
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Windom
Ins
Congress Defeat Seen Over Tariff Reform Debate
The Post argues proper legislation is needed for tariff equalization on wool manufactures. It accuses Mr Wixpom of overstepping with executive power to reverse policy and cites campaign pledges from 1888. The piece also notes Woollen Goods Association controversies over funding and pledges to Harrison, calling the court defeat of the Treasury Secretary gratifying.
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Massachusetts
Hoar
Montana
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Vancee
Helena
Butte
Congress
Wigpom
Ann
Ammidown
Plummer
Woollen Goods Association
Quay
Dup
Harrison
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
The Schoolhouse Loan Debate and City Architect Issue
The committee bill to borrow 500000 for schoolhouses faces opposition over letting the school committee oversee construction. Critics argue the school board lacks the expertise to award contracts and supervise buildings, preferring the Mayor’s executive control and a professional architect. The debate warns against weakening municipal reform by shifting executive duties to the educational board and notes broader concerns about local organizations and maritime society intrigue.
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Committee On Cities
Educational Board
Sailors and Shipboard Plots and Panamas Lottery Oddities
A passage of scattered observations on sailors debating leadership on board ships, harsh boiler room conditions from forced draught, and comfort luxuries like Turkish baths. It notes a Panama lottery prize of 100,000 going to an unsold ticket, then shifts to theater protests in Santiago, political commentary on Rhode Island's Senator Replica, and jests about San Francisco chaos delays, with remarks on purifying politics and woolen industry temper.
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Panama
Portrait and Figure Painters Exhibition Highlights
The Art Club show features pastel portraits by Miss Nowell including a full-length child and a refined head study. Dziekowska’s three-quarter Russian girl in pastel commands attention, while L. A. Earle’s Old Man Reading and Earle’s high-contrast portraits earn high praise. Weir, Townsend, Williams, Crane, Elwell, Hirschberg, Cowdrey, and others display strong modern watercolors and vibrant landscapes. The essay-like notes praise color, composition, and emotional impact, with historical asides about local trees and early Roxbury fire engines. The piece closes with local notes on Boston landmarks and social anecdotes.
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Art Club
Mlle. Dziekowska
L. A. Earie
L. C. Earle
H. Barnard
Maria
J. Alden Weir
Paris
Irving R. Wiles
New York
Armandoin
E. D. Cowdrey
Alice Hirschberg
Die Meistersinger Repeat Falls Short in City Voice
The German opera Die Meistersinger was staged again with the same cast. Fri Kaschuska delivered a shockingly false singing performance and uncertain intonation. Fischer’s Hans Sachs impressed, raising the show, while the orchestra and chorus produced record levels of noise and untunefulness.
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Kaschuska
Fischer
Hans Sachs
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Present Helen and Paris at Union Hall
The Hasty Pudding Club staged Helen and Paris or The Dude The Dance and The Daisy at Union Hall Boylston Street before a large forgiving audience. Cast included T S Woods as Achilles and W Slocum as Homer with H De F Lockwood as Helen and R M Fullerton as Cassandra. Libretto by W K Post with music drawn from Rossini and Sullivan. Some gags fell flat though the topical song by Wendell drew enthusiastic response. The same program repeats tonight and tomorrow. Managers I W Slocum and K Kairbank directed with BE A Bigelow as musical director. patronesses listed.
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Hasty Pudding Club
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Helen
Paris
T. S. Woods
A. B. Nichols
Ad. Wendell
M. Fullerton
R. W. Atkinson
H. de F. Lockwood
W. K. Post
Rossini
Sullivan
Achilles
Messrs
I. W. Slocum
K. Kairbank
BE. A Bigelow
Arthur Amory
H. Fessenden
Alexander Cochrane
J. L. Gardner
Horatio G. Curtis
Henry's. Grew
Robert M. Cushing
F. L. Higinson
E. Rollins Morse
Francis Eabody, Jr
Funeral of Samuel Randall in Philadelphia and Washington
Public funeral services were held for Samuel J. Randall in the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church and at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Dignitaries including ONeill Carlisle Harmer Wanamaker Drexel McClure and Meade Post members attended. The ceremonies featured hymns prayers and a burial with uniformed honor and a half-mast display.
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Washington
Samuel J. Randall
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
Randall
Lancaster
Susan
Chester
Messr
Oneill
Carlisle
McKinley
Holman
Blaine
Morton
Harrison
Fuller
Wanamaker
Christ
Milburn
Continental Democratic Association
Young Men’s Democratic Battalion
O'Neill
Carisle
Harmer
Curtin
George Whilds
Anthony J. Drexel
William W. McKean
Alexander K. McClure
Meade Post
Norsk Fest Day at Hollis Street Theatre Recreates Norse Life
The Norsk Fest Day show presented by the Citizens' Law and Order League featured Rev. Edward A. Horton with tableaux and stereopticon views on Norse mythology history and home life. Performances included Valhalla and Baldur scenes with costumed actors, Frithiof's Saga vignettes, a vampire dance, and Norse home life legends. Professor Boyesen read from his works and spoke briefly, with harp by Heinrich Schucker and stereoscopic views of Christiania. An audience attended this matinee and the program repeats this afternoon.
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Boston
Hollis Street
Citizens’ Law and Order League
Edward A. Horton
Norway
Valhalla
Heimdal
Baldur
Odin
Regner
Freya
Hyrakken
P. R. Wanghop
J. Edwin Dudley
Walter B- Tripp
Alice S. C. Wood
Tf. H. Neilson
Frithiof
Legner
Ingeborg
Mme. Arcan
E. W. Masters
Elsie Hanson
Edith Noyes
Boyesen
Heinrich Schucker
Symphony Orchestra
Christiania
Prohibition candidate Benjamin F Sturtevant dies at 57
Benjamin F. Sturtevant prominent manufacturer and former Prohibition party lieutenant governor candidate died at his Jamaica Plain residence from a stroke. A Maine native and inventor, he built Sturtevant Hall and supported Colby University and Vermont Academy. He leaves a widow and two daughters, with funeral set for Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.
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Prohibition Party
Jamaica Plain
Maine
Charleston
Sturtevant
Newton Theological Institution
Colby University
Vermont Academy
Dedham
Little Wanderers
Prohibition
W. V. Kellen
Supreme Court
J. E. N. Foss
First Baptist Church
Center Street
Broad English quirks and classical flashes in a mixed page
The excerpt compiles assorted 19th century notes and poems. It references Emin Pasha speaking many languages, portraits of Romney, Gladstone, and a parliamentary anecdote about a widow and a congressman. It describes Bismarck dining with his former cook in Berlin and Henry Irving wary of parliamentary elections. It also covers Steele Mackaye's theater promotion, an ancient Egyptian will, Pompeii plaster casts revealing November destruction, and lines from Gogo Saturnian about Russia and Siberia with Harper’s Weekly style poetry.
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Stanley
Romney
England
Lady Hamilton
Gladstone
N. Y. Sun
Berlin
Bismarck
Henry Irving
Irving
D. M. Hill
Steele Mackaye
Standard
New York
Hill
Theatre
Egypt
Sekiah
Osiris
Pompeii
Stabian Gate
Aris
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