Boston Singers Society Fourth Concert At Music Hall
The Boston Singers Society held its fourth concert in its first season at Music Hall before a large audience. Miss Gertrude Edmands, Mr. Clayton Johns, Emanuel and St Paul boy choirs, and 26 Symphony Orchestra members led by Franz Kneisel performed a varied program with Bach Mozart and Rheinberger works. The review notes a lengthy program, praises Edmands and the ensemble, and discusses acoustics and conductor Osgood.
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Boston Singers’ Society
Gertrude Edmands
Clayton Johns
Emmanuel and
St. Paul
Harvard College Chapel
Symphony Orchestra
Franz Kneisel
Arthur Weld Madrigal
Hildesheim
Joseph Rheinberger
Dreamy Lake
Schumann
Franz
John Brahms
Rheinberger
Brahms
Price Catholic Chapel
Amsterdam
Miss Edmonds
Heindl
Redeemer
Christoph
Kennell Odd
Arthur Weld
Osgood Foes
Osgood
The Parisian Romance at Boston Theatre stars Mansfield as Baron Chevrial
Richard Mansfield delivers a ruthless, memorable Bar on Chevrial in Octave Feuillet’s Parisian Romance at the Boston Theatre. The performance, praised for realism and impact, drew seven recalls after act four with strong supporting work from Mrs Brutone Miss Adela Measor and D H Harkins.
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Baron Chevrial
M. Octave Feuillet
Boston
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Laron
Policy Consistency Costs Business Interests
The policy aligns with customs methods for treating passengers, yet it is unfortunate to achieve consistency at the expense of the community's business interests.
Desperation in Louisiana Flood Areas and International Politics
This column weighs Louisiana flood suffering with crop ruin and looming disease, notes army desertion rates, and flags political shifts in Germany. It also critiques New York naval plans for 1893, cautions about harbor defenses, and reports on a customs dispute with Inman Steamship Company concluding with a shift in unloading policy and Sunday entry changes.
Prison Pension Scheme Faces House Vote Clash
The prison pension bill failed to pass under suspension but shows a House majority in favor. It would grant a life pension of 8 per month plus 2 for each day of confinement to surviving Union prisoners, with costs running into millions annually depending on prisoner numbers and imprisonment length. Critics, led by Mr. Tarsney, argue it rewards unmeritorious imprisonment and degrades national honor.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Pension Bureau
New York Sun
Treasury
National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War
Andersonville
Sun
Association
Tarsney
Missouri
Gettysburg
Belle Isle
Evian A. Morse
Clerical Salary Cuts At Washington Departments
The text notes salary reductions for many clerks in Washington departments who were identified as Democrats by civil service exam. It claims the action saved several hundred dollars per year and urges consideration of these details.
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Washington
Republican Extravagance in Public Building Spending
A editorial attacks Congress for large public building appropriations. It cites Senate bills totaling about 16.5 million and House totals around 7.5 million, naming cities such as Atchison Cedar Rapids Deadwood El Paso New Orleans Omaha St Paul Salt Lake City Kansas City and notes a House reduction to 1.2 million plus a 6 million New York item. It ends by quipping that perhaps the Republicans are not extravagant.
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Minn
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Utah
Kansas City
House Committee
Contract Labor Law Fails to Shield U S Jobs
A congressional inquiry finds the contract labor law largely ineffective as migrants evade provisions. Testimony notes easy entry for foreign workers, with New England fishing relying on alien labor and a loophole allowing friends to import migrants.
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Congressional
United States
New “England
New England
United States Treasury
Canada
English Taxes and Yachts Highlight Victorian Woes and Wonders
A Chesapeake era column notes English tax burdens contrast with American earnings from a $2500 income. It highlights royal yacht maintenance, the Elfin built in 1849, and ongoing repairs. The piece critiques the special delivery stamp and laments restraint on charitable acts amid luxury. It also mentions Bishop Parry’s abstinence and a Cincinnati widow’s $10 000 flower market bequest.
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England
Bridgman Criticism Sparks Artist Protest in New York
Frederick A. Bridgman’s Fifteen Years of Study Shown at Fifth Avenue Galleries. The Times critic’s attack sparks letters from Thomas Dewing William Chase and Henry Abbey defending Bridgman and denouncing harsh reviews. Artists urge critics to elevate art rather than destroy it.
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Paris
Fifth Avenue
Times
Thomas Dewing
William Chase
Henry Abbey
City Papers
Limes
Mr. Bridgman
Chittenden Bond Making Document Highlighted in Harper's May Issue
Harper's May leads with L. E. Chittenden's paper on making U S bonds under pressure noting 12600 bonds signed between Friday noon and Monday morning. Other features include Howard Pyle on Old New York Taverns Theodore Child on modern French painters and Curtis on George Bradford with praise for his quiet benevolence.
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Register of the Treasury
United States
Howard Pyle
New York
Pyle
Ben Jonson
Theodore Child
MM. Aimé Morot
Henri Lerolle
Butcher
University of Edinburgh
Darwin
William Sharp
Henry Kingsley
Sharp
Australia
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Mr. Emerson
George Bradford
Walden Fond
Fairhaven Hn
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Louise Imogen Guiney
Charles I
Suckling
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Robert Browning
Aubrey de Vere
Edward Everett Hale
Pastor Installed at Peabody Universalist Church
The Rev. A. Francis Walch was installed as pastor of the Universalist Church. The Rev. A. Rogers of Salem spoke for the address to the pastor, the Rev. G. W. Hudson of the Unitarian Church gave the welcome, and the Rev. R. P. Bush of Everett delivered the parish address.
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Universalist Church
A. Rogers
Salem
G. W. Hudson
Unitarian Church
R. P. Bush
Everett
Curiosities in Literature and Odd Facts From Various Places
A collage of brief notes cites a German poem on Congo exploration, Russian bans on Darwin and Spencer works, a Mozart theatre project at Salzburg, a dust nuisance anecdote, eye health statistics, a Saxony chimney rising to 453 feet, and an English physician who treats hours uniquely yet achieves high medical distinction.
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Congo
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Herbert Spencer
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Detroit Free Press
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Mass
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Freiburg
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England
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Eugene Field
Chicago News
Fires Report Sweep Across Several Towns
Multiple forest and building fires reported on April 23 in Fitchburg Paumrr Greenwood Rockland and Cavats plus a small blaze near Malden and Oak Grove. Notable losses include 33 houses destroyed in Greenwood and a large block fire at 73 South St Paul in Rochester with extensive stock and machinery damage.
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Fitchburg
E. C. Damon
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West Brimfield
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Are. Jackson
Miss
Greenwood
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Milton H. Smith
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F. E. Hall
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FE. P. Emerson
Cavats
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Patrick Loner
Himself
James Kelley
Toner
Maxpen
Malden
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Personal Notes On Regents, Estates And Arts
Dr. Schliemann resumes work at His sarlik. Denman Thompson buys the Baptist parsonage at West Swanzey N H. The late Theophilus W Walker of Waltham left no will his estate to be administered. Iowa awards a prize for soldiers monument design to Mrs Harriet A Ketchum. Hans Reichter resigns as Vienna conductor of the Society of Friends of Music. Mr Gericke, formerly Boston Symphony leader, is named potential successor. Ella Haggard mother of the novelist dies. a book Life and Its Author is forthcoming with a memoir by Rider Haggard. Abby Moore Goodwin dies at Vassar Hospital after seventeen years at Wie college.
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Hissarlik
Denman Thompson
West Swanzey
N. H
Theophilus W. Walker
Waltham
Iowa
Harriet A. Ketchum
Hans Reichter
Vienna
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Gericke
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Rider Haggard
Abby Moore Goodwin
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Midnight Talks at the Club Volume Preview
A forthcoming volume from Fords Howard and Hulbert collects Amos K. Fiske essays from The Sun and The New York Times plus A Protest Against Dogma from The Forum. The pieces offer free discussions on religion politics and morality aimed at tolerant practical understanding.
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Fords, Howard & Hulbert
New York Times
Amos K. Fiske
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