Miss Anderson at Hollis Street in Boston
Boston theatre review notes Miss Anderson returns after three years for a three week run at Hollis Street Theatre with Pygmalion and Galatea and Comedy and Tragedy. Critics praise her charm but question depth, with emphasis on Galatea and Pygmalion, and praise for Barnes. Also covers Christmas club boxes and holiday shopping behavior.
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Miss Anderson
Hollis Street
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Galatea
Clarice
Hermione
Perdita
New York
Siddons
Myr
Joseph Anderson
Mgr
J. H. Barnes
Mr. Waring
Prorogation Signals Long Irish-Led Session Ahead
Boston's December 25 1888 issue notes Parliament prorogation after a weary session dominated by Ireland. It forecasts a return on January last day for a summer long session with only an Easter recess, and predicts continued focus on old Irish issues despite the extended sittings.
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Ireland
Secre tary Wuttery and Cramp Firm Spar Over Second Trial
The article examines Secretary Wuttery’s insistence on enforcing contracts with the government and the Cramp shipbuilders’ refusal to perform a second trial of the dynamite cruiser before Navy acceptance. It questions whether the builders’ stance serves political aims or signals doubts about the first test’s thoroughness and the ship’s performance.
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Wuttery
Joan Roach
Messrs. Cramp
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Urgent extra funding urged for navy reconstruction
Congress has allocated only half the needed funds for WHITNEY’s reconstruction program, risking abandonment of critical work and a year-end deficit. The Norfolk Navy Yard expansion for the Texas battleship tops $100,000 with $96,824 in tool contracts. ships like Swatara Mohican Kearsage Monongahela Iroquois and multiple others receive major overhauls, underscoring demand for an extra appropriation amid international tensions at the Isthmus and Samoa.
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Congress
Whitney
New York Herald
Norfolk Navy Yard
Boston
Chicago
Dolphin
Atlanta
Swatara
Mohican
Kearsage
Monongahela
Iroquois
Richmond
Galena
Ossipee
Vandalia
Yantic
Saratoga
Jamestown
Portsmouth
Isthmus
Samoa
Omnibus loan order passes board amid changes and concerns
The board approved the omnibus loan order after committee refinements that trimmed maintenance funding for the paving department and altered plum allocations. Critics warn the revised plan favors aldermanic districts and may fail in the common council and future branches.
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Board of Aldermen
Couberttv
Queen's speech mentions Atlantic fisheries and US Senate
The royal address opens with regret over the failed treaty ratification by the U S Senate and hope that temporary arrangements will avert inconveniences. The passage reflects on policy weight while noting the season’s opera has closed.
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United States Senate
Modus vivendi in fishing to face future talks
The text notes a temporary modus vivendi for fisheries agreed by British commissioners, intended to last up to two years or until treaty ratification. It may end if the treaty is rejected, covering only one more fishing season and prompting a shift to a permanent understanding for American fishermen under Harrison's coming administration.
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Taverner
Santa Claus
Jove
Washington
House
Senate
War Tariff Party
Conference Committee
Congress
Cleveland
Harrison
Rorenrus
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
London
Ropenirs
Rosperts
Atlantic Sea“Board
West
United States
Roberts
England
Castle Garden Abuses Spotlighted by Immigration Hearing
The Congressional Immigration Committee hearings in Pittsburg reveal Castle Garden as a dumping ground for paupers insane persons and criminals slipping through the system. Officials say laws are not enforced, and the manager Jackson resisted cooperation and even threatened an attendant. Abolition is urged to prevent unchecked immigration.
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Castle Garden
Congressional Immigration Committee
Pittsburg
Penn
Municipal Board of Charities
Immigration Committee
New York City
Jackson
Harper’s Magazine
Tee Davis Jackson
Paralyzer
Bunker’s Hollow
Ark
Authority on Rail Roads and Management Reforms
A syndicated discussion notes Pennsylvan ia Railroad president urging pooling as the stabilizing rate mechanism. Critics warn of managerial avarice and misaligned interests, urging higher moral standards. The piece also critiques university endowment arguments and asserts the value of active, varied work for authors.
Travel plans and notable public figures in brief notes
General and Mrs Cogswell and Mr and Mrs Hayden depart on a five day Virginia trip visiting Richmond and Fortress Monroe with Christmas dinner likely in Richmond. London police head Munro, former Indian police chief, leads Scotland Yard since 1884. Kaiser Francis Joseph praised as monarch and statesman. Mrs Cleveland popularizes cigarette limits after an odor incident on a Philadelphia train car. George W Childs hosts famed guests including emperors, poets, generals, Emerson and Kingsley, leaving many portraits and memories. Bryce praised as hardworking MP and author of The American Commonwealth, noted for dual roles and London social activity. He lives in Bryanston Square and recently visited India to recuperate.
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Cogswell
Hayden
Virginia
Richmond
Fortress
Monroe
London
Mr. Munro
Charles Warren
Anglo-Indian School of Affairs and Methods
Indian Police
Warren
Munro
Scotland Yard
Howard Vincent
Kaiser Francis Joseph
Vienna
London Standard
Cleveland
Philadelphia
George W. Childs
Brazil
Longfellow
Mr. Childs
Dean Stanley
Dr. Holmes
Lord Houghton
Grant
Sherman and
Sheridan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Kingsley
Matthew Arnold
Canon
Farrar
Pall Mall Gazette
Bryce
America
Inns of Court
Oxford
Bryanston Square
Ararat
India
Luxurious Pullman Vestibule Train to Brighton Trial
A Pullman vestibule train will be tried on the South Coast line between London and Brighton. English papers praise its luxury and solid comfort, predicting strong traveler interest. The Brighton and South Coast line has enjoyed good Pullman patronage, unlike some other roads.
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South Coast Railway
London
Brighton
Brighton and South Coast Line
Pullmans
Midland
Miss Mather Stars In Tobin's The Honeymoon at Boston Theatre
Miss Margaret Mather opened her Boston engagement with Tobin's The Honeymoon at the Boston Theatre. The critic notes the play’s old fashioned premise, praising Mather’s comic performance as Juliana and highlighting the supporting cast while criticizing Tobin's fluent text for faulty delivery.
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Tobin
Juliana
Miss Mather
Weaver
Maguinnis
Extra theatre performances and reviews fill city stages
The city runs extra shows this afternoon except Hollis Street. Shenandoah ends this week at the Museum while Park Theatre hosts a two week Evans Hoey engagement in A Parlor Match. Grand Opera House features Casper the Yodger with a large audience as Muldoon’s Big Specialty and Athletic Company impresses with feats, wrestling, and juggling.
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Hollis Street
Museum
Park Theatre
Evans
Hoey
Mr. Hoyt
Old Hoss
Grand Opera House
Charles T. Ellis
Casper the Yodger
Howard Atheneum
Eldora
Ad Valorem Duties on Actors Plea in Old Debate
The Philadelphia Record discusses protecting domestic theater by tariff measures rather than banning imported labor. A proposed ad valorem tax on foreign actors would vary by role from 10 percent for soldiers to 100 percent for top stars, aiming to curb undervaluation and deter smuggling by pretending to be foreign capitalists or tourists.
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Philadelphia
Senate
Sc Eesesencees
Spieda
Texas
Gloucester Police Aid Christmas Dinner Drive
Officers raised 1000 dollars to feed the poor this Christmas. A committee reports 825 families in need, and Mayor French orders three dollars of food per family to be provided.
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Loucester
French
Fragments and Jests from a Distant Page
A collage of witty exchanges and quips from various publications yearns for a kinder year end. Humorous names and anecdotes parade from Harvard lampoons to journal blurbs, with a Harvard joke, a Shropshire whimsy, and a donkey riddle mirroring the era’s light social satire.
Democratic lead in election returns stuns voters
The Democratic party, retiring on March 4, leads the Republican by about ninety thousand citizens according to election returns. The contrast prompts remarks echoing Sam Weller, who calls it very curious in the LN. Y. Herald (Ind.).
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
White House
Sam Weller
LN. Y. Herald
Ind
Clay and Blaine described as statesmanlike figures
The N Y Times ind notes praise for Mr. Clay as a pure upright capable statesman who speaks from merit, and contrasts him with Mr Blaine whose actions are implied to diverge from that standard, a description that might surprise Mr Harrison.
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Clay
Blaine
Mr. Clay
Harrison
N. Y
Ind
Republican political morals in Indiana exposed
A Indianapolis despatch notes a curious assumption that Dudley will not be indicted over letters about bribery of floaters not due to innocence but because the grand jury lacks a Democratic majority. The report says Republicans claim a GOP majority on the grand jury and would not indict another Republican for a political offence, exposing partisan moral standards.
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Indianapolis
Dudley
Indiana
Barker’s shifting fate as a political figure
The Philadelphia Times reflects on Barker’s faded prospects since 1880. It contrasts his unrealized Senate bid with Quay’s rise, noting Barker’s diminished political clout and the broader shifts in Pennsylvania leadership over time.
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Barker
Quay
Warwick
Pennsylvania
Napoleon
Philadelphia Times
Ind
Ungrateful Working Class Faces Stinging Senate Critique
The Pittsburg iron mills and Carnegie workers are condemned as ungrateful by a Republican Senate backed quote. The letter notes many own homes and comforts, arguing no sympathy should be given to labor unrest, claiming workers lack gratitude.
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Pittsburg
Mr. Carnegie
America
Christendom
Republican Senate
Herald
Cabinet Logic and Mugwump Loyalty Debate
The New York Evening Post argues that selecting cabinet members based on Mugwump disapproval would force Harrison to include Blaine Wanamaker Platt Dudley Mahone Ford and Barker, a path the paper says no Republican newspaper would endorse. It questions the principle claiming Mugwump hostility fails as a guide to Republican greatness.
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Harrison
James G. Blaine
John Wanamaker
T. C G. Platt
W. W. Dudley
William Mahone
Pat Ford
Wharton Barker
Charles Emory Smith
N. Y. Evening Post
Ind
A FICTION FOUNDRY Blaring in Indianapolis News
A Chicago News letter reviews sensational Indianapolis rumors, naming Blaine offered state portfolio Alver declines a foreign mission and a plot to assassinate the President. declares the tales wildly false and saturated with nonsense. It notes 72 days until March 4 and predicts more such fabrications.
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Indianapolis
Hamburg
Blaine
Alver
Ndianapolis
Chicago News
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