National leaders toast Collins as Boston mayor elect
National figures from politics and journalism congratulate General Patrick A. Collins on his Boston mayoral victory. Telegrams and letters pile up as Collins reviews messages, prepares for an inaugural address, and plans a New York trip before resuming official duties amid broad bipartisan praise.
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Patrick A. Collins
Boston
General Collins
Cleveland
Hoke Smith
J. Sterling Morton
Collins
Congress
Post
Hart
New York
C. J. Kittredge
Hlinsdale
Senate
John W. Deering
Port of Portland
D. CC. Linscott
Chelsea
Little School House
Kubelik Plays Again Tomorrow in New York Return of Bohemian violin prodigy
The 2 year old violinist Kubelik, lauded as the finest in New York, grew from a self taught maker of instruments to a Prague grand opera star and royal favorite. He is under a 109000 dollar contract for 60 American concerts, earning over 1600 per show. He treasures the common people and shares happiness through his music. He will perform again at Symphony Hall tomorrow afternoon.
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Kubelik
Poston
Symphony Hall
New York
Stripling
America
Grorner
Prague
Ondricek
Kreisel
Seveik
Prague Grand Opera House
Paganini
Italy
Tadward
Riots in Northampton Over New Shoe Lasting Machines
Riotous scenes erupted in Northampton as hundreds of shoe operatives protested the use of labor saving lasting machines from a Boston firm. Mud and stones were thrown at a leading manufacturer. A mass meeting followed and a strike was threatened if factories continue to employ the Boston tackers, tools already fronted with similar unrest in Lynn in 1889.
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London
Northampton
Boston
Lynn
Move for Boer Peace in South Africa Declared
Brussels cable reports Kruger informed that some powers may intervene if Boer leaders accept autonomy under British supremacy. A Brussels/Nov 15 proclamation by General Botha ordered execution of Boers enrolled with British forces who were captured, with 15 burghers already shot.
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London
Brussels
Standard
Kruger
South Africa
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Botha
Maynard Team Defeated by Institute A. A. at Cambridge
The Institute A. A. beat Maynard last evening at Institute Hall Cambridge with a score of 2% to 10.
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Institute A. A
Maynard
Institute Hall
Cambridge
Reform in Civil Service Meeting Attacks Veterans Preference
At a National Civil Service Reform League gathering in Cambridge and Boston details, William Dudley Foulke criticized the veterans preference bill as harmful to efficiency and merit. Charles J. Bonaparte urged continued effort, predicting progress in civil service reform. notable attendees included Carl Schurz and others. a St Botolph Club reception followed the sessions.
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National Civil Service Reform League
Chickering Hall
William Dudley Foulke
United States Civil Service Commission
League
Somerset
Gluneheon
Palm Room
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Harvard Union
Daniel C. Gilman
Dorman B. Eaton
James Russell Lowell
E. L. Godkin
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Carl Schurz
J. P. Avery
New_York
Robert Treat Paine
Richard H. Dana
William Indicott
J. W. Ela
Chicago
H. J. Milligan
Indianapolis
Everett P. Wheeler
New York
St. Botolph Club
Toggue
Argentina and Chili May Arm Themselves in Tense Standoff
Buenos Aires reports a January 1 mobilization of 1878 and 1879 reserves amounting to 125,000 men. Chile plans to answer on roads in the disputed territory while both nations boost naval and military readiness. Argentina deposits 106.5 million in London to secure debt coupons and holds a 13 million reserve. observers hope for peaceful arbitration via Britain and Pope influence.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Texas
Chili
Argentine Republic
Argentina
Santiago de Chili
Great Britain
London
Miss Kehoe Fire Heroine
Miss Caroline Kehoe saved Mrs. Davis from suffocation in a Dalton Street fire. She carried the trapped woman from the fourth floor to the roof then to the street, but Kehoe was overcome by smoke and later treated. She lost furniture worth about $103 and $50 cash. neighbors criticize a delay in fire apparatus readiness.
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Caroline Kehoe
Mrs. Davis
Dalton Street
Miss Kence
Son Contests Stearns Will
A contest to Mary's will has emerged, filed by her son Frank Preston Stearns. Mary E. Stearns, widow of Colonel George Luther Stearns, died in Medford last week. The estate includes nearly 150000 in bequests to Tufts College, Tuskegee Institute, Hampton Institute, and Berea College Kentucky. Attorney Storey Thorndike Palmer entered appearance for the contestant.
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Mary E. Stearns
George Luther Stearns
Medford
Tufts College
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Berea College
Kentucky
Frank Preston Stearns
Storey, Thorndike & Palmer
Tour itinerary from Boston to Washington by Pennsylvania system
Itinerary for the series of tours from Boston to Washington under the personally conducted tourist system of the Pennsylvania railroad can be obtained from D. N. Bell, Tourist Agent, 205 Washington Street, Boston.
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Boston
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Boston Theatres Spark Daily Scene of Touring Stars
Chauncey Olcott closes his Boston engagement in Garrett O'Magh at the Boston Theatre, while Are You a Buffalo? opens at the Grand Opera House. Elsie De Wolfe leads The Way of the World at the Tremont with Mason and Bloodgood. Arizona ends at the Tremont, and Bertha Galland charms in Forest Lovers at Hollis. Julia Marlowe, Sky Farm, Riddle Dee Dee, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pirates of Penzance, Shall We Forgive Her, Children of the Ghetto debut in Boston. Piccolo's Lilliputians, Leon, Selbint, Leah May, and French basketballs draw crowds. Chiquita and Bostock’s acts headline at Nickelodeon Cyclorama. True S. James and Susette Willey plan A Royal Prisoner at Grand Opera House.
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Buffalo
Grand Opera House
Ed. M. Favor
Edith Sinclair
Boston
Elsie de Wolfe
The
Tremont
Miss de Wolfe
John B. Mason
Clara Bloodgood
Arizona
the Tremont
Bertha Galland
Scoult
Hollis
William Faversham
Julia Marlowe
Colonial Theatre
Waldoboro
Guildhall
Museum
Park Theatre
Cavalleria Rusticana
Bijou
Bowdoin Square
Piccolo
Lilliputians
Keith’s
Selbint
the Howard
Leah May
Wrisco
Austin & Stone's
Chiquita
Bostock
Animal Arena
True S. James
Susette Willey
Felix Fox Recital at Steinert Hall Delights Audience
Felix Fox presented the first of two Steinert Hall recitals featuring Bach transcriptions, Heller, Brahms, Saint-Saens, Chopin and Schubert. The program impressed with originality, technical finish, and strong emotional depth, drawing a sizable audience and recalls. His December 31 concert promises a similar varied lineup including Franck, Tchaikovsky, Bach and more.
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Felix Fox
Steinert Hall
I. Philipp
Stephen Heller
Brahms
Bal
Lade
Bernard
Rubinstein
Blumenfeld
Saint-Saens
Chopin
Schubert
Fox
Isidor Philipp
Paris
Mr. Fox
Franck
Tschaikowsky
Bach
Faure
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Lindoff
Widor and
Philipp
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Democrats
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Lakewood
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N. Y
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Wilmington
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Charles DE. Lore
Supreme Court of Delaware
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Don M. Dickinson
Avenaietratens
John T. Keating
Jeremiah Curtin
Patrick Egan
Robert M. Morse
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Brockton
Ww. L. Douglas
Jan Kubelik
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Jeanette Dupre
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Opera House
George W. Magee
Cellephone
Susette Willey and
Wrestmundadaay Wright
Augustus Thomas
Arizona Eive
John Mason
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Eks
Gertrude Grant
Catherine C. Coffman
A. E. Griffin
Stubblefield
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West Fifteenth Street
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Sandusky Street
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Mabel Allen
Clare
Michigan
Sterling Remedy Company
Santiago DI Chili
Kehoe
Son Contests Stearns
Hollis RA
Texeatre
Isaac B. Rich
Daniel Frohman
Bertha Cgalland
Maurice Hewlett
Hollis St
Morrison
Keith S
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Will H. Murphy
Press Eldridge
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Boston Museum
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Fola
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Mr. Olcott
Suree of
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Felix Fon
Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
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MR. Chaungey
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Winter St
Oxford
Naudeville
Capt. Webb
Seals
George Evans
Callahan & Mack
Flying Rabbins
Whitelaw & Howard
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Boston Theatres
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Lill Lehmann
C. L. Graff
M. Reinhold Herman
Mozart
Wasmer
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Gries
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Square Theatre
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Merode Family
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Stone's Tremont Row
Pitts-Kimball Book Sale
Pitts-Kimball Company
Dexter
P’r
N. H
Arthur Huntoon
Philip Haley
Barrington
Haley
Huntoon
Dr. Ward
B. M. Wolf
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Hyde Park
Henry B. Terry
Detroit
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Michigan Central Railroad
New Zingland
Seud
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