Remarkable Voyage on Wennington Hall Endures Feuding Crew
On the British steamship Wennington Hall arriving in New York Captain Hostler faces a sixty day mutiny of a thirty six man crew from over a dozen nations and faiths. quarrels over idols and rites led to repeated knife drawings and near mutinies as the ship carried Arabs Indians Chinese Persians Java natives Lascars and a few Europeans from Colombo to Suez where Parses Ethiopians were replaced amid further unrest.
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New York
Wennington Hall
Hostler
Java
Colombo
India
Hindoostan
Con
Kutchman
Suez
Veteran Steamboat Man Captain Frank Cates City Coast Pilot
Veteran steamboat man Captain Frank Cates after forty years in the local harbor now works as a coast pilot. He began as a towboat starter, became harbor master, then commanded the steam collier Wilkesbarre for weekly coal runs from Port Johnson to Myatic wharf before she became a barge. Built at Setanket New Jersey in 138 she was intended as a sailing ship but converted to a steamer and remains in service as a coal barge listed around town.
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Frank Cates
Myatic
Port Johnson
Setanket
N. J
Benoth Zion Ball Night at Berkeley Hall
The annual ball of the Benoth Zion Educational Society the Daughters of Zion will be held tomorrow evening at Berkeley Hall with attendance expected from society members and guests.
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The
Benoth Zion (Daughters of Zion) Educational Society
Berkeley Hall
Dean’s Ointment Offers Quick Relief For Skin Ailments
An advertisement claims hives are not life threatening but cause misery. It promotes Dean’s Ointment as providing instant relief for this and other exasperating skin diseases.
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Dean
Cymbeline in Boston Acknowledges Wealth of Elaboration by Margaret Mather
Margaret Mather opens Cymbeline at the Boston Theatre with Rolfe's version but tightens six acts into brief, comprehensive tableaux. She appears more mature and delivers lighter pages with ease while the heavier scenes falter slightly. The production showcases lavish scenery and a competent company led by Price, Eberle, Ringgold and Wolfe.
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Shakepere
Cymbéline
Margaret Mather
Boston
Boston Theatre
Miss. Mather
Rolfe
Imogene
Shakspeare
Miss Mather
Mark Price
Shakspere
R A. Eberle
Granity
Belarius
B. T. Ringgold
Cloten
Harrison J. Wolfe
Leonaus
In Town at Hollis Street Theatre Delightful Burlesque
Boston audiences saw the London Gaiety burlesque In Town by Adrian Ross James T Tanner with music by Osmond Carr The cast featured W Louis Bradfield Marie Studholme Rosie Boote Florence Lloyd Lawrence Caird and Mrs Edmund Phelps The second act showcased the Gaiety Theatre green room and a riotous dance brimming with snap and rapid song numbers.
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Hollis Street
Boston
George Edwardes
Gaiety Theatre
London
Adrian Ross
James T. Tanner
Pr. Osmond Carr
Marie Studholme
Rosie Boote
Mr. Bradfield
Florence Lloyd
Lawrence Caird
Edmund Phelps
Tom Pinch proves a crowd-pleasing Tremont success
A large fashionable audience greeted the Tremont staging of Tom Pinch adapted from Martin Chuzzlewit. Willard as Tom Pinch delivered touching pathos and humor, with Clarges, Taylor, Hoffman, Knights, Van Buren, Gittus Lonsdale, Yorke, Davenport, and Cane delivering strong character sketches that delighted the crowd.
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Pecksniff
Tremont
Martin Chuzzlewit
Tom Pinch
John Westlock
Girl From Paris Opens Ninth Week at Park Theatre
The Girl From Paris stars Julie Bon Bon Georgia Caine in a Parisian daughter role with refined stagecraft. D L Don portrays the German innkeeper while Anna Buckley as Ruth draws audience favor. supporting cast includes Fred Lennox, J Liam Broderick, Thomas Keirns and others as the ninth week of the engagement continues.
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Paris
Park Theatre
Julie Bon Bon
Georgia Caine
D. L. Don
Anna Buckley
Ruth
Fred Lennox
Jliam Broderick
Thomas Keirns
Miss
No Room for Doubt Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Proof
A Cleveland reader asserts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup cured a chest cough after two bottles. The letter claims pneumonia doubt and notes the remedy costs 25 cents.
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Dr. Bull
Gustav Thurmaster
Hickory St
Cleveland
The Circus Girl at the Boston Museum Review
The Boston Museum presents The Circus Girl a lively musical comedy with crisp dialogue bright lyrics and merry music. Miss Young John Slavin and Amanda Fabris star amid colorful stage pictures and crowd pleasing performances earning strong audience admiration and a suggested longer Boston run.
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Boston Museum
London
New York
Miss Young
John Slavin
Alfred Hickman
Mabelle Howe
Amanda Fabris
Boston
Kit at Bowdoin Square Delights Boston Audience
Bowdoin Square hosted Henry S. Chanfrau in Kit the Arkansas Traveller with Jessie Bonstelle as Mary Redding and E L Snader as the villain Manuel Bond. The cast included William Cullington and W D Stone. Scenic effects like the steamboat explosion drew cheers as the weeklong engagement continued.
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Kit
Bowdoin Square
Chanfran
Henry S. Chanfrau
Degut
Mr. Chanrau
Mary Redding
Jessie Bonstelle
Manuel Bond
E.L. Snader
William Cullington
W. D. Stone
Odell Williams Delivers Lively Vaudeville Debut at Keith's
Odell Williams stars in The Judge a farcical vaudeville that drew hearty laughter and applause across both matinee and evening shows. The program featured Herbert Cangone Susie Forester Kline and Lifton with musical duos the Vilona sisters Adelman and Lowe and Clement Coffin the blind performer. Performances included singing by Ida Gray Scott Stanley Whiting and the Metropolitan trio with dance by Welby Pearl Keys and Nellis and novelty acts from the Dolphin Trio St Belmos Bennetto and the Nonde Script Trio. New biogram pictures showed elevated tracks Crest Hills pilot at Boston Harbor a Charles River Park bicycle race and Santa Claus scenes for Christmas.
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Odell Williams
Keith
Herbert Cangone
Susie Forester
Kline
Lifton
Vilona Sisters
Adelman
Lowe
Clement Coffin
Ida Gray Scott
Stanley Whiting
Metropolitan
Thedolphin
St. Belmos
Bennetto
First Boston performance of Sousa comic opera The Bride Elect
Boston Theatre hosts the premiere of The Bride Elect by John Philip Sousa on January 3 with cast including Albert Hart Nella Bergen Cristie Mac Donald Lillian Carlsmith Frank Pollock Melville Stewart and Batty Luckstone. Advance seat orders have been received and will be filled by application order.
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Boston
John Philip Sousa
Boston Theatre
Albert Hart
Nella Bergen
Cristie MacDonald
Lillian Carlsmith
Frank Pollock
Melville Stewart
Batty Luckstone
Tremont Temple Star Course Delights Audiences
Tremont Temple hosts a long music and readings program with the Apollo Male Quartet Curtis Morse reader John Gilder pianist Helen Apollonio cornetist. Encores praised the quartet whose performance drew strong applause. Tenor Howe and baritone Kendall each offered solos. Organ selections by Ryder opened the program.
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Tremont Temple-Star
Tremont Temple
Apollo
Curtis Guy Morse
John Francis Gilder
Helen Apollonio
Howe
Kendall
Mr. Ryder
Trilby Revival Delights Castle Square Theatre Crowd
The Castle Square Theatre revival of Trilby drew a large audience last evening with an excellent stock company. Lillian Lawrence as Trilby and Gilmour as Svengali earned high praise, with Kate Ryan, Albert Roberts, and other cast members delivering strong performances. The show runs only for the present week with matinee and evening performances.
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Castle Square Theatre
Trilby
Lillian Lawrence
Kate Ryan
Mme. Vinard
Albert Roberts
Little Billee
Fragmentary note from Colum gh Laxey Ghanpon reception
A partial garbled message mentions Colum gh Laxey Ghanpon and a received item. The text is incomplete with uncertain details.
Boston Theater Review Highlights Life and Love in India
A Boston audience welcomed the hero Power with an encore, praising his life and love story on stage. The company reworked the production, improving both performance and presentation. W J Gross John Barrett Inez Macauley Fiorence Foster noted for strong roles while scenery and costumes impressed. The Boston City Quartet contributed notable singing. Shannon of the Sixth will be staged midweek with matinees. Bogan's Alley follows next week.
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Boston
Wer
India
Power
General Kimber
John Barrett
Arlington
Inez Macauley
Dora Kimber
Fiorence Foster
Clingstone Carr
Shannon
Bogan
Broadway Vaudeville Troupe Debuts in Boston at Howard Atheneum
The Broadway company led by Sam Bernard and Dan McAvoy opened in Boston at the Howard Atheneum with a bright travesty program. McAvoy stars with Jessie May in Crazy Conglomerations, joined by Emma Carus, the Dunbar sisters, Gilbert and Goldie, and a host of supporting acts. The bill includes Summer Nights, A Parisian Girl at Saratoga, Under the Red Globe trial scene, and new poses The Polar Star and Cleopatra, plus Billy Hallman and Tom Mack, the Tanakas, the Parvos, Delmore and Jenunette, Morris and Taly, Price and Watson, V. N. Burke, Mocking Bird Rube, and Professor Schlam.
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Howard Atheneum
Broadway
Burlesquers
Sam Bernard
Dan McAvoy
Boston
Howard
Mr. Bernard
Weber & Field
Broadway Music Hall
New York
Jessie May
McAvoy
May
Dick Bernard
Sam
Walter Geldie
William Gilbert
Marie Beaugarde
Emma Carus
Agnes Miles
Mignon Gilpert
Bee
Flo
Nell Dunbar
Violet Griffin
Helen Irwin
Etta Goodrich
Marie Reynaud
Madison Ware
Erno
Dunbar Sisters
Gilbert and
Goldie
Saratoga
Fred Solomon
Paris
Red Globe
Cleopatra
Hope Booth
Miss Booth
Billy Hallman
Tom Mack
Morris and
Taly
Price and Watson
V. N. Burke
Mocking Bird Rube
Professor Schlam
Kneisel Quartet Third Concert at Association Hall
The Kneisel Quartet performed last evening with Rafael Joseffy as pianist. The program featured Brahms in C minor op. 51 number 1, Beethoven piano sonata and cello in A op. 69, and Schumann piano quintet in F E flat op. 44. Encores drew recalls, and the audience deemed the concert memorable. The next concert is scheduled for an. 8.
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Kneisel
Association Hall
Rafael Joseffy
Brahms
Beethoven
Schumann
William Barry Presents The Rising Generation at Grand Opera House
William Barry starred in The Rising Generation at the Grand Opera House last evening with Lydia Barry and James H. Manning in supporting roles. The familiar Irish comedy was praised for its quaint, truthful humor and musical interludes by the company, with additional solo and quartet selections.
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An EE
Crand
Opera House
Nhone
William Barry
Eve
Grand Opera House
Boston
Mr. Barry
Lydia Barry
Ith Corby
James H. Manning
Samuel M
Forrest
Thomas Neal
Eva Vincent
New Zoo Inaugurates Gingerbread Fair and New Features
The zoo introduced multiple new attractions yesterday boosting attendance. A gingerbread fair greeted visitors with bakery aromas as the lower hall housed a large gingerbread oven. Highlights include candy mart paper king motion pictures Lavender Richardson giant oxen and a vast wild animal collection all open for one admission.
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Zoo
New
Motion Pictures
Lavender Richardson
Grand Theatre Presents Dangers of a Great City
The Grand Theatre stock company led by Wallace Campbell and Isabel Pitt Lewis delivered a clever production to a large South End audience. Campbell drew curtain calls as Edmund John, with Lewis as Ruth Fielding delivering a vivacious lead. Frederick Murray and supporting players impressed, under James K. Keane’s direction. show continues this week with a strong olio bill.
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Grand Theatre
Grand Theatre Stock Company
Wallace Campbell
Isabel Pitt Lewis
Casey Little South End
Boston
Edmund John
New York
Isabel Pitt Wis
Ruth Fielding
Frederick Murray
Joseph DeGrasse
Joseph Donahue
James K. Keane
Kirmess Surprise Delights Boston Patrons
Colonel Austin hosts a four colored Kirmess featuring a blend of melody dance and merriment. Louis Bedford illuminates the show with cornet solos as Blanche Fernandez returns to Boston after three years. Collins and Ray deliver vocal and comic skit while the audience enjoys cake walk and lively dancing led by The Only James and his consort.
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Austin
Boston
Kirmese
Louis Bedford
Puck
Blanche Fernandez
Collins
Ray
James
Merchants Week Draws Vast Attendance at Austin & Stone's Museum
Austin and Stone's Museum hosted Merchants Week with crowds exceeding expectations. Chelsea visitors flocked to the venue and enjoyed a lineup of vaudeville acts including Al and Mamie Angerson, Cary and Casey, Mabelle Arnold, and many others as revolving living tableaux thrilled audiences.
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Austin & Stone’s
Chelsea
Gertie Cochran
al and
Mamie Angerson
Carney and
Casey
Mabelle Arnold
Stirk
Lon Wells
Jordan
Wright
Bourchier Sisters
Weedar Paulton
Ed. Carey
Mackie
Walker
Taylor and Broughton
Sidney Sherman
Palace Theatre Burlesque by Manhattan Club Pleases Crowd
The Manhattan Club burlesquers at the Palace Theatre delight audiences with clever comedians led by Sam Collins. The cast includes Dan Tourjee Charles Warshauer Sim Colling Michael Brien and graceful actresses May T Lawrence Marie Bartlett May Carr Birgit Minnon May Fisher Pearl Radcliff Margrette Daly Jennie Donna Tessie O'Brien Lucilie Narville Mattie Harris Nellie Stapleton Libbie O'Neil. The choruses are rendered with charm and energy.
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Palace Theatre
Manhattan Club
Sam Collins
Dan Tourjee
Charles Warshauer
Sim Colling
Michael Brien
May T. Lawrence
Marie Bartlett
May Carr
Birgit Mignon
May Fisher
Pearl Radcliff
Margrette Daly
Jennie Donna
Tessie O’brien
Ucilie Narville
Mattie Harris
Nellie Stapleton
Libbie O'Neil
Senator Dallinger Keeps Candidacy For State Senate Presidency Alive
Senator Fred W. Dallinger of Cambridge declares he remains a candidate for the president of the State Senate. He notes rumors of Smith and Harwood and doubts Farley and Fairbank have committed support. He cites his two years in the Senate and Metropolitan Affairs Committee as foundation for his bid amid party dynamics.
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Fred W. Dallinger
State Senate
Cambridge
Post
Smith
Everett
Senate
Harwood
Withdran
Farley
Erving
Fairbank
Warren
Irwin
Essex
Middlesex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Plymouth
Dallinger
Collision Destroys Cattle Cargo on Allan Line Steamer Corean
The Allan line steamer Corean from New York bound for Glasgow with cattle and cargo put into Halifax with its bow stove after a collision with a large unknown ocean liner. One ship passed in thick weather near Cape Sable. the other vessel’s name and fate remain unconfirmed. Cattle sheds were damaged and several cattle killed or injured.
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Halifax
Allan Line
Corean
Stewart
New York
Glasgow
Steemer
Boston
Cape Sable
Watson & Co. Filed for Voluntary Insolvency in Tilton
C. H. Watson & Co. through F. M. Beckford filed a petition in voluntary insolvency with Judge Fellows at the Probate Court in Tilton this afternoon. Sheriff Locke appointed messenger and will take possession tomorrow morning. Major creditors are Boston parties. liabilities not stated.
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Laconia
N. H
C. H. Watson & Co
F. M. Beckford
Fellows
Tilton
Locke
Appolntes
Boston
Purim Ball Plans for Charity Event in Boston
The Purim Association of Boston moves ahead with a second charity ball at Music Hall on Thursday evening Feb 3. Directors appointed chairmen for hall, printing, couriers, refreshments, programmes, carriages, and box innovations to boost social success and aid hundreds of needy residents.
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Purim Association of
Boston
Anne
Purim Association
Music Hall
Hall
Bernard M. Wolf
Alexander Steinert
Louis Strauss Coupee Commiittee
Asher A. White
Eas
Summit L
Hecht
Lee M. Friedman
Julius Hollander
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Henry T. Chanfrau
Er F. Snowd
W. J. Hurley
Jessie Boustelle
Dickie Delaro
May Alexander
Callery I&c
Coon Hollow
Fortune's Wheel
Polar Star
Enus
Minerva
Nature
A Dream
Columbia
M’avoy
Dunbar
Grand Theatre Stock Co
Watanabee
Murphy and Murphy
Kid St. Onge
the Holbrooks
Byron and
Blanche
Tremont Theatre
John B. Schoeffel
E. S
MR. Willard
Henry Arthur Jones
Middleman
J. M. Barrie
Willard
Model Playhouse
Tremont and
Washington Sts
London Theatre Gaiety Company
al. Hayman
Charles Frohman
Lond
tHorRous
Eugene Tompkins
R & Man
G’r
Boston Theatre Extra
Palace
Sa’ Collins
White Cycling Academy
Tremont Street
Eugene Tompkins Lessee
E. E. Rice
Pridtjof Nansen
Mid Arctic
Castle
Tremont St
Dally
Tore
Ated Case
W.H. Power
RE. B. Kidder
Hogan’s Alley
Boylston Piano Company
Boylston St
George Steck
Steamboat
Benoth Zion Ball
Cymbrline
Hollis Street Theatre
Castle Square
William Garry
Grand Opera
Rose Beaudet
Harry Earle
Augustus Cramer
William Black
Mabel Clark
Fhameline
POLIS
J.L Prescotte Co
Keith's Theatre
Columgh Laxey Ghanpon
Kneisel Quartet
Aquarium
Barrios
United States
Ana
Grivan
Sarah Bernhardt
Barrios Diamond CO
Broad St
Ever H. Go Aschmidt
Godfrey Morse
Woodbury
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