Theatrical Gossip In Boston Sweet Lavender At Museum
The Boston Theater scene features Sweet Lavender at the Museum with a stronger cast than New York. Cast notes highlight Wilson as Dick Phenyl, Mason as Horace Bream, Davenport as the young hero, and Miss Addison as Mrs. Gilfillian. Mary Anderson revives The Lady of Lyons at Hollis Street. other venues and performers profiled include Dockstader’s Minstrels, J A Herne’s Drifting Apart, and the London Gaiety company. The article also surveys London theatres and notes memorial plans for the Bunch of Grapes tavern site.
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New York
Dick Phenzl
Mr. Terry
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Lemoyne
Warren
Dick Phenyl
Mr. Mason
Horace Bream
Mr. Davenport
Lavender
Mr. Pitt
Geoffrey Wedderburn
London
Brandon Thomas
Fanny Addison
Museum Company
Gilfillian
Museum
Mary Anderson
Hollis Street
Shakspere
the Post
Miss Anderson
King
Polonius
Dockstader
Boston Theatre
Grand Opera House
The
Globe
London Gaiety Company
Monte Cristo, Jr
the Park
Evans and Pear
Howard Atheneum
James Owen O'Connor
New England Bank
King Street
Mackerel Lane
Kilby Street
Milk Street
North Market Street
Cyrus Paige
St. John’s Lodge
Grand Lodge of Masons
America
Bunch of Grapes Tavern
Henry Price
Boston
Lord Montague
England
Ohio Company
New England
Marietta
Rufus Putnam
Bunker Hill
Samuel Adams Drake
Rumors of Russia and Austria Dividing Servia Surface
In Boston dispatches rumors circulate about Russia and Austria seeking to divide Servia, ending one phase of the Eastern question. While possible amid shifting aims, Russia is unlikely to accept a partial share when bigger gains may come later.
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Russia
Austria
Servia
Vesuvius Dynamite Cruiser Completes Trial Run
A trial voyage of the new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius met Secretary Watery and the naval board approval. Despite heavy seas the ship surpassed twenty knots in two runs, with a minor air pump failure in the second run. Another trial will follow repairs, but the Vesuvius shows itself as a notably fast and valuable naval addition.
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Vesuvius
Watery
Oval Board
Blackballing of two Hebrew candidates for NY Republican Club
A club member calls the exclusion of Perforto and Moses a hasty unadvised move based on Hebrew descent. A special meeting will decide their election, with both to be admitted unanimously. The note that another candidate, a Boy, was rejected and not reconsidered is also raised as ingratitude.
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Angers
Taverner
Republican Club of
New York
Messrs
Perforto
Moses
Tariff lobbying shifts from yarns to wool growers in Washington
The piece notes the growing wave of protectionist efforts as woollen manufacturers urge higher duties and wool growers plan a Washington convention on January 10. It laments the consumer’s marginal role, railing that voters are courted only when convenient, while big interests press for tariff favors.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Courier Journal critiques Post on bank clearings report
The Louisville Courier Journal accuses the Post of misreporting weekly U S bank clearings, noting Louisville's gain shown as 6.9 percent instead of 24.9 percent by Associated Press wires. The paper contends the error lies in transmission or editing, urging the Post to publish accurate figures.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Post
United States
Associated Press
Courier- Journal
Louisville
The
Courter-Journal
Tariff Reform League rally signals renewed resolve in Boston
A Vendome dinner gathering of the Tariff Reform League showcases renewed optimism after the recent election. Leaders urge continued education and agitation for protective tariffs, urge careful funding of improvements, and propose free baths as a civic benefit, with caution on public spending.
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Vendome
Russet
Cleveland
Carlisle
Tariff Reform League
Farracullo
Fairchild
Farncuilp
Chicago
Republican Party
Mayor and Loan Order Sparks Veto Power Debate
Editorial argues the mayor should veto costly items in a near 49 million omnibus loan. It endorses 204000 for police sewer work, 100000 for sewers, and 380000 for high and grammar school houses, while urging restraint on other allocations amid municipalFinance pressures.
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Police Department
Stony Brook
Principles Above Party at Vendome Dinner
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League hosted Hon. Ashbel P. Fireu of New York, highlighting a Republican defector who voted for the Mills bill and left the party over principles. The piece criticizes party managers for misrepresentation and argues the Mills bill would lower prices, boost production, raise wages, and ease poverty. The league honors Fireu for loyalty to conviction over partisan gain and warns against abandoning core principles for faction.
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Hotel Vendome
Ashbel P. Fireu
New York
Massachusetts
Tariff Reform League
Republican Party
Republican Association
Garfield
Arthur
Folger
Fife
British Gold and Cobden Club
Massachusetts ‘Tariff Reform League
Mr. Firen
Free Baths in Winter Critique Sparks Debate
A brief editorial note argues that there are occasions when it is necessary to criticise free public bath provision during winter. The piece nods to social welfare concerns and public facilities, urging thoughtful judgment.
The Actors Stand Against Exclusion in American Theatre
A newspaper critique supports open artistic labor and rejects Alprichs plan to limit foreign actors. The New York Mirror notes only three English troupes in the U S and argues acting should be treated as art, not trade, urging performers to seek protection through art and merit rather than legislation.
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New York
Boston
Gotham
America
Paddington
London
Mr. Alprich
New York Mirror
Mirror
Mr. Auprich
United States
Mirror cites abuses surpassing foreign competition in stage trade
The Mirror argues actors and managers should seek reform at home. It notes domestic copyright for preventing theft of American plays and penalties for fraudulent managers, urging the Actors' Order to push bills addressing these clear abuses where public support exists.
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The
Mirror
Actors’ Order
Auprien
Norwich and the Memorial Museum Controversy
Norwich protests over a recently opened Memorial Museum show outrage at vandalized art casts. The critic questions the propriety of destroying expensive sculptures and argues such acts would close galleries nationwide, harming public appreciation.
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Norwich
Memorial
London Telegraph Praises American Girl in Verge of Debate
The London Telegraph editorial lauds the American girl as bright clear intelligent self reliant and refreshing while postponing the long running question of whether marriage is a failure. The piece hints the discussion may become a summer topic again, succeeding last summer’s controversy.
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The
London Telegraph
Lodge as Speakership Candidate Echoes Faction Deal
The mention of Congressman Lodge as a candidate for the next House speakership is explained by unwritten law that parcels chairmanships among defeated aspirants. Mr Lovan is bidding for a favorable berth.
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Congressman Lodge
Lovan
Obituary of Professor Thomas G Cary
Professor Thomas G Cary died yesterday morning at 92 Brattle street Old Cambridge from throat cancer. Born in Boston in 1824 he spent his youth in California and the West and wrote on early California history for magazines newspapers and societies. He assisted with the Agassiz Museum without pay and contributed to historical work. Funeral planned for Monday afternoon. Senator Hale and Mrs Hale hosted a Washington party for their three sons home from school for the holidays.
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Thomas G. Cary
Brattle Street
Old Gambridge
Agassiz Museum
Louis Agassiz
Professor Cary
Boston
California
West
Golden State
Senator Hale
Maine
Hale
Washington Lus
Grady elected State Senator in sixth district
New York December 28 Thomas F Grady Democrat was elected State Senator from the sixth district today with 7503 votes out of 10621. Republican Halberstadt received 2701 votes and several local politicians in the district earned a few votes each.
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Grady
New York
Thomas F. Grady
Halberstadt
January Coal Prices Set by Schuylkill Exchange
A Schuylkill Exchange meeting in Philadelphia with leading anthracite coal firms fixed January line and city trade prices. Pea coal rose from $110 to $125, a level earlier seen some time ago, while other prices remained unchanged.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill Exchange
Novel Name Debates And Jokes In Polygon Of Wit
A collection of humorous quips and cartoonish exchanges from various publications. Jests on baby names, debt and finance, nationality, and social foibles feature characters like Miss Calumet and the Parlor Samson, with playful banter about electric motors and theater audiences.
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Jones
Robert Elsmere
Columbia
Liberty
Lillie Devereux Blake
Webb
Hardhead
Dumley
Gibson
Blobson
Burlington Free Press
Modern Language Association Elects New Officers
The Modern Language Association of America closed a two day session in Cincinnati on December 28. Officers elected for the coming year include President James R. Lowell Harvard and Secretary A. M. Elliott Johns Hopkins. Treasurer H. A. Todd Johns Hopkins, and an executive council with Franklin Carter Williams College and several professors. Boston invited to host next year, with the council to choose the meeting site.
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Cincinnati
Modern Language Association of America
James R. Lowell
Harvard
A. M. Elliott
Johns Hopkins University
H. A. Todd
Franklin Carter
Williams College
W. T. Hewitt
Miss Thomas
Zdanowicz
R. Sharp
I. M
Society officers elected by naturalists group
The American Society of Naturalists elected officers in Baltimore on December 28 with George L. Goodale of Harvard as president G Brown Goode of Smithsonian as vice president Henry H Donaldson of Johns Hopkins as secretary William T Sedewick of MIT as treasurer J P McMurick of Haverford College and George H Williams of Johns Hopkins named to the executive committee
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Baltimore
American Society of Naturalists
George L. Goodale
Harvard
G. Brown Goode
Smithsonian Institute
Henry H. Donaldson
Johns Hopkins
William T. Sedewick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. P. McMurrick
Haverford College
George H. Williams
Concert in Association Hall for Massachusetts Indian Association
A concert at the Association Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association supported Massachusetts Indian Association finances. Patrons included Mrs. Stephen H. Bullard and others. About 300 to 400 attendees enjoyed a program featuring Loeffler, Schuecker, Grieg, Schumann, and Britten selections with vocal and violin pieces, piano solos, and songs.
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Association Hall
Young Men’s Christian Association
Massachusetts Indian Association
Stephen H. Bullard
Walter Baker
William Claflin
Coolidge
A. Hemenway
Ee Hooper
Julia Ward Howe
Robert Treat Paine
Henry Whitman
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William Morris
Loie Fuller
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Vera
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Teamen
Captain Swift
Esmeralda
Universal
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Covent Garden
Princess’s
Adelphi
Gaiety
Haymarket
St. James’s
Savoy
Bostonian Society
New Stock Exchange
State Street
Bunch of Grapes
Liberty-Tree Building
Washington Street
School
Washington Streets
Francis Holmes
William Coffin
Joshua Barker
Joseph Ingersoll
John Marston
Bennington
Lund
Stark
Lafayette
France
Society of the Cincinnati
Boston Post
Are
Ublishing Company
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BripoMay, Brawnicuam & Co
Corcoran Building
Financial and Commercial
Ship News
Boston Wast
Tufts Street
Mt. Hope
Rutland
Concord
South
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Commonwealth Avenue
Crossroads
Brighton
Chestnut Hill
Humboldt Avenue
United States Capitol
Senate
Puck
Quills
Benson
Penman
Connecticut
Kate Gillett
Hartford
Marketman
Young America
New Haven
American Association
Oficers
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Gale A. Omar Ae Rae
Oeseies
Eae
Bach
Griege
G. Warum
Schumann
Clayton Johns
Mrs. Norton
Woodstock Town
Phillida
Weeee Gounod
Godefroid
Parish-Alvars
Schuecker
Norton
B. Field
Loetier
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