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Amusements This Evening in Boston Theatres and Halls
A busy slate of shows and exhibitions across Boston venues tonight. The Russian Art Exhibition runs at the AFena Building 401 Tremont from 9 am to 10 pm. The Soudan at The Boston Theatre. She Stoops to Conquer at the Boston Museum. Inshavogue at Grand Opera House. J. K. Emmet at Hollis Street Theatre. On the Frontier at Howard Street venue. Josina Vokes at Tremont Theatre. Star Course entertainment at Temple Tremont. Booth Barrett and other acts listed with showtimes after 7:45 p.m.
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Boston Theatre
Washington Street
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Boston Museum
Scollay Square
G.lose
Francis Wilson
Grand Opera House
Washington
Dover Streets
Inshavogue
Hollis Street
J. K. Emmet
Howard Atgel
Howard Street
Park Theatre
Booth- Barrett
Tremon?y Theatre
Josina Vokes
Tremmont Temple
Star Course Entertainment
Boston Voters Urged to Support Marrunws for Mayor
Independent citizens show no doubt about the mayoral choice and urge backing Nashan Marrunws Jr. The address to voters says if elected he will pledge to all Boston residents to ensure every tax dollar is spent judiciously to fulfill municipal functions.
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Nashan Marrunws, Jr
Marrunws
Boston
Municipal Corporation
Critique of City Street Cleaning Policy Sparks Debate
The Herald reports Mr MicHEL Miuruan defends current street cleaning while arguing criticism is unfair. He notes water bans in cold weather hinder sprinkling, but ignores broader neglect concerns. Meehan cites crews crushing stone and requests 200000 more funds for year end. the writer hopes Mi ernan will speak more freely from outside the department.
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Herald
Cirecumlocution
Porter Defends Census Figures Before House Committee
Superintendent Porter argues New York census protest was delayed and a new count not requested, claiming police and local enumerators counted similarly. He notes delays in obtaining a comparison from Secretary Noble, while Mayor Grant and Governor Hitt faced evasions and abuse in seeking access to a higher official’s figures.
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New York
House Committee
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Hitt
Noble
House Rebukes Own Pension Law Action
Republican House condemns its passage of a pension appropriation bill with a provision cutting fees for securing increases. The remark signals a rare rebuke of the pension law viewed as outrageous and favoring pension sharks.
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Republican House of Representatives
Law and pension fees stir partisan debate in Congress
Secretary Nespie notes that claim agents receive weekly fees from appropriated moneys to aid veterans. The pauper pension law aims to help them, but Republicans fear election repercussions. The Senate has not yet acted on the amendment, and past votes on fee increases shade expectations for concurrence.
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Itawilny
Sectarian Partisanship Threatens Boston Public Schools
An open letter condemns disloyalty to public schools and targets foreign elements tied to sectarian influence. Boston’s leaders urge unity and report the Citizens' Public School Union as a defense of New England education against religious factionalism.
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Music Hall
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George KR. Swasey
William A. Mowry
Charles M. Green
James 5. Mureay
Victims of the Tariff and Amosipown Embarrassment
An item discusses E. Aminipown, head of the American Protective Tariff League, facing business distress amid tariffs. It notes his 1888 role in tariff bargaining with Quay’s committee and suggests his financial troubles stem from attempting to profit under new law and wool purchases anticipation.
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Amin- Down
American Protective Tariff League
Quay
Amaipown
Tariff Law Fails to Meet Hopes Amid Public Suffering
The new tariff law falls short of expectations as AMMIDOWN and allies like HARRISON, Hoan, and possibly McKinney cling to belief it will work. Many share sympathy for the general public burdened by taxes on everyday living and profitable industry, while figures like AMMIDOWN and WHARTON BARKER face misfortune.
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Harrison
Senator Hoan
McKinney
Ammidown
Wharton Barker
Delamater
Break-Up Looms In Irish Parliamentary Party Days After Saturday Fracas
The Irish Parliamentary Party faces a likely split after a row between Parnell allies and opponents. With forty five disaffected members, Parnell now has a minority backing, while Liberals in England hesitate to back either side. The church and public opinion in Ireland also shape the clash, as leaders consider whether Parnell can still push Home Rule amid divisions.
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Justin Hunting M’car- Tay
Parnell
Ireland
GuLap- Stone
Gladstone
All Ireland
Panneen
Sexroon
Justin McArray
Mr. PainNeLn
Trish
Par- Nelu
Muddle headed question marks education reform by Emperor William
The Kaiser argues Germans are becoming too educated and that many young men veer from political virtue. He plans to license no more high schools until current methods are amended, a move seen as steering education to suit the Hohenzollern dynasty.
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William
Fragmentary Historic Note on Thrones and Reactions
A fragmentary line suggests discussions about thrones that have caused upheaval in the past. The text hints at strong reactions and shifting power dynamics without clear names or dates. It preserves a sense of historical contention and political consequence in a compact form.
Mails and Fast Ships and Journalistic Courtesy
London correspondent defends transatlantic mail arrangements as reasonable and praises White Star Cunard efficiency while noting annual ship overhauls. New York press quarrels over Harvard economics chair rumors and Herald endorses Dana for Senate with courtesy and humor.
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Prohibitionists May Weigh McKinary as Candidate
A disjointed item notes champagne price hikes reduce sales and suggests Prohibitionists might nominate Mr. McKinary in 1802. The brief hints at political strategy and changing consumer behavior without detailing events.
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Slippery Park to Boylston Walk Draws Boston Comment
A Boston reader notes repeating winter hazards on the snow packed asphalt from Park to Boylston Street, where ice and crowding make the central path nearly impassable. The piece also carries a long discussion about a “big, healthy” girl, ambition, cultivation, and views on character across readers from Cambridge to Biddeford, Me.
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Park
Boylston Street
Critics Review of Eighth Symphony Concert at Music Hall
The program featured Goldmark violin concerto op 28 with Kneisel soloist, Grieg string orchestra suites, Schumann and Schubert pieces, and a noted critique of the concerto as skillful yet not groundbreaking. Performances praised Kneisel’s elegance and tone, while other works drew mixed judgments on novelty and coherence. Next concert December 20 lists Brahms Academic Overture, Schubert Variations, and Mozart Jupiter.
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Music Hall
Coco Anne
Guldmarket
Lehamann
Goldmark
Grieg
Des Moines
Nikisch
Schumann
Symphony
Brahms
Tenberger
Schubert
Mozart
Jimma Phursby
Phitir Har
Concert at the Boston Theatre by Philharmonic Orchestra
An excellent Boston Theatre concert last evening featured the Philharmonic Orchestra with soloists A F Brine and H G Slopper. Beethoven overture Leonore Boccherini string divertimento Liszt Tasso Danse Cosaque from Mazeppa debuted in Boston Suppe Poet and Peasant overture. Listemann conducted with polish. Brine sang Dio Possente from Faust with roughness at times. Hopper and J G provided piano and cello combined pieces. New subscription series announced by Tompkins. first concert Sunday with I K E Clifford soloist and Rossini Stabat Mater on Dec 21 with leading soloists.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
A. F. Brine
H. G. Slopper
Beethoven
Leonore
Boccherini
Liszt
Tasso
Mazeppa
Boston
Suppe
J. G. Hopper
Maunday
Tompkins
I. EK. Clifford
Rossini
Music Notes From a Boston Recital Evening
Messrs Campanini and Del Puente were warmly welcomed at Music Hall last evening though not at best. Ida Klein showed a fine voice in the Jewel song from Paust and Gounod's Spring. Schulz offered two melodies with feeling but his Virtuoso piece was ruined by poor intonation. The Boston Orchestral Club played Martha overture Hofmann Serenade first movement and a Brahms Hungarian dance. Arthur Mayo announces a piano recital at Chickering Hall on Wednesday Dec 10 with Belle Botsford. Apollo Club repeats its first concert at Music Hall this evening with Otto Rothe on violin.
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Music Hall
Ida Klein
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Boston Orchestral Club
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Brahms
Bradford at Newetown Club Proposes Governor Led State
Gamaliel Bradford spoke at Youngs Hotel on The State House and the Lobby arguing the lobby exists from weak governor and disjointed Legislature. He urged reform: Governor as sole statewide elected official with removal power and abolishing commissions, plus governor and chief officers sitting in both houses as leaders. Mrs Proctor and daughter are in Washington at the Secretary of War residence. if her son’s health improves they will not travel south.
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Young’s Hotel
State House
Miss Proctor
Washington
Massachusetts Avenue
Eastern Democrats Will Assert Themselves In Congress
Eastern Democrats from New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and Delaware will form a strong northward bloc in the next House. They demand greater representation on Ways and Means and favor a conservative tariff stance led by Mills Andrew and Crisp. The struggle centers on Speaker choice and a sound money policy, with focus on free raw materials and moderate protective duties.
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Conan
Parlor Paradoxes and Royal Gossip from The Ledger
A collage of whimsical items and social oddities from the Philadelphia Ledger and London gossip: commentary on Ansey Bros finances, Mrs Lebou marriage gloss, club rituals of money handling, Donnelly and the Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance, misadventures in Stratford-on-Avon church uses, a Kennebec breach of promise letter case with a historical quote, a fox incident in a hunt with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and a tale of Queen Sophia’s London visit with a mysterious claimant at Claridge’s.
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Equatorial Africa
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Stratford-on-Avon
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London
Kennebec Supreme Court
Watkin Williams- Wynn
Reynard
Holland
Yale Professor Sums to Europe for brief rest tour
Ex Senator Campbell of Chelsea and Mgr J B Russell, governor election brother, at Riggs House Washington. Edith Barrett daughter of Lawrence Barrett to wed Marshall S P Williams at Emmanuel Church on Thursday the 18th at 11:30 am. They will entertain at Newton Street Brookline on Jan 8 and 22. Henry Cabot Lodge hosted tea for Florence Lodge at Rhode Island Ave Washington. she to receive more entertainments this season.
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Washington
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Marshall S. P. Williams
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