Brilliant Opera Debut Draws Boston Society to Wagner
A packed Boston Theatre last evening hosted the first night of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. The audience, brimming with society, applauded long after each act, with Walter Damrosch making early and repeated appearances to roaring approval. Prominent guests included the Blaine and Damrosch circles, Mrs Emmons Blaine, Mrs Truxton Beale, and Mrs Walter Damrosch, as society lingered in the foyer after the performance.
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Boston
Lilli Lehmann
Paul Kalisch
Wagner
Tristan and
Iselde
Lillii Lehmann
Tristan and Isolde
Walter Damrosch
Damrosch
Isolde
Blaine
Emmons Blaine
Truxton Beale
Paul Thorndike
Bradley Martin Ball
Jack
The
Lions
Scandal at St Louis Electrical Exchange Dinner Revealed
Five annual dinner of St Louis Electrical Exchange ended with a hidden exhibition by a mulatto dancer dubbed Little Egypt. Guests included politicians and wealthy men. curtain rose to reveal the performer, prompting roaring applause and secrecy among attendees.
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ST. Louis
Merchants’ Cafe
New York
St. Louis Electrical Exchange
Egypt
Harvard Student Rood Breaks Dumbbell Lift Record
L. C. Roed of Harvard Medical School lifted 202 pounds on a single arm to set a new world bench press record, surpassing Pennell's 201 pounds 6 ounces. A later 211 pounds attempt failed due to balance. Roed weighed 145 pounds and is 20 years old.
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Reed
L. C. Roed
Harvard Medical School
Rood
Hemenway Gymnasium
Pennell
New York
Dynamite Attack on Gard ner Morrow Bank in Hollidaysburg
The Gard ner Morrow bank building in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania was damaged by dynamite this morning. The door and floor were torn apart bricks loosened while the vault remained untouched. Nearby residents were awakened but no suspects or clues are found though rumor ties the act to depositors after the bank’s prior failure and long insolvent condition.
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Hollidaysburg
Penn
Gardner, Morrow & Co
Honors To Lieut Nugent In Ninth Regiment Meeting
The Ninth Regiment held a meeting last evening adopting resolutions on the death of Quartermaster Nugent and sent a floral piece. A military funeral will be led by Major P J Grady with pallbearers Adjutant Joseph J Kelley and Lieutenants W J Casey, Benjamin Flanagan, James H Cully, George Rogers, J J Barry. The First Battalion drill is postponed for one week due to Nugent's death.
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Ninth Regiment
Quartermaster Nugent
P. J. Grady
Joseph J. Kelley
W. J. Casey
Benjamin Flanagan
James H. Cully
George Rogers
J. J. Barry
Apoplexy in the Snow Near Harvard Square
Patrolman Cox of Station 1 Cambridge found a man lying unconscious last evening at Remington Street and Massachusetts Avenue near Harvard Square, overcome by a stroke. He was well dressed, 38 years old, about 155 pounds, with a light mustache.
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Cox
Station 1
Cambridge
Remington Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard Square
Explosion Destroys Steamer Loydela Off Pasages
An explosion aboard the steamship Loydéla near Pasages, while discharging, killed one man and injured several others. The Loydéla sank after the blast. The San Ignacio de Loyola, a Spanish bark sailing from Philadelphia December 19 to Pasages, is suspected of being the vessel involved.
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San Shpbastian
Spain
Loydéla
Philadelphia
Pasages
Loyola
San Ignacio de Loyola
Forecast for New England Tuesday Fair Then Snow In South
Forecast for Tuesday says New England will have fair weather with possible snow or rain in southern parts by afternoon or night. Winds shift northerly to easterly and temperatures rise slightly in the southern portion.
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Washington
New England
McKinley Cabinet Takes Shape As Wilson Accepts Agriculture
Canton Ohio February 1 1897 Hon James S Wilson of Iowa confirms he has accepted the portfolio of agriculture from Major McKinley. The cabinet is expected to exclude Attorney General and Postmaster General for the present with others already named.
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Canton
Jamess. Wilson
Iowa
Major McKinley
McKinley
Cabinet Appointments List for U S Administration
The document lists key federal officials including Secretary of State John Sherman of Ohio Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J Gage of Chicago Secretary of War Russell A Alger of Michigan Secretary of the Navy John D Long of Massachusetts Secretary of the Interior Judge McKenna of California and Secretary of Agriculture James G Wilson of Iowa.
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Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Chicago
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Navy
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Interior
Judge McKenna
California
Agriculture
James G5. Wilson
Iowa
McKinley Cabinet Picks Stir Debate on Regional Balance
The governor and judge remain uncertain about appointments with a Western tilt expected in five of eight cabinet posts. Rumors name H Clay Evans of Tennessee for Southern representation after Judge Goff declines. Charles G Dawes is chosen for comptroller of the currency as Eckels’s term ends in 1898, who hopes to stay on.
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Long
McKenna
Massachusetts Statesman
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Post Office
Justice Departments
H. Clay Evans
Tennessee
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
Major McKinley
Charles G. Dawes
Hoganston
Eckels
Mr. Dawes
Mr. Eckels
Butte & Boston Mining Company Sold In Receiver Sale
E Rollins Morse of Boston bought all fifty three mining claims mills smelters and water rights at the receiver sale for 1 050 000 cash and assumed liens totaling about 2 500 000 No other bidders United States Court will confirm the sale tomorrow completing reorganization within a week and putting properties back in operation.
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Butte, Mont
E. Rollins Morse
Boston
Butte & Boston Mining Company
United States
Tragedy in New York: cabinet maker shoots wife and employer
Theodore Van Horn shot his wife Emily and her employer Samuel Schul hafer at Schul hafer's residence 1242 Third avenue and then killed himself. Emily Van Horn and Schulhafer were taken to Presbyterian Hospital with expected recoveries. Schulhafer, 79, a retired grocer, employed Mrs Van Horn as housekeeper after her separation from her husband.
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New York
Theodore van Horn
Emily
Samuel Schulhafer
Third Avenue
van Horn
Schuhafer
Schulthofer
Paralyzed Deacon Nourse of Worcester General Court
Deacon B. A. Nourse, a member of the General Court from Worcester's tenth district, was stricken yesterday and lies at his Westboro home in a state of complete paralysis from a stroke. He first showed speech trouble, then general paralysis. he is about 60 and was able to walk at times on his farm.
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Westboro
Deacon B. A. Nourse
Worcester
Boston
Curtailed Mills Sign On In Fall River
At a Manufacturers Association meeting in Fall River the curtailment plan gained enough signatures. Providence agents signed for 300000 spindles with most local print cloth mills on board. one remaining mill expected to join tomorrow. The 42 hour week for thirteen weeks could end early if the market improves.
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Fall River
Manufacturers’ Association
Providence
Knights
Ambassador Bayard III Reported Confined at Home in London
The Daily News says Ambassador Bayard is confined to his house after a few days of illness but is improving. With the Queen traveling abroad, he will be invited to Windsor Castle when the court moves around February 16, ahead of his departure from London.
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London
The
Daily News
Ambassador Bayard
Vatican Mulls Cardinalate for Archbishop Corrigan
Vatican circles regard as probable that Archbishop Corrigan of New York will be created a cardinal by the Pope.
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Rome
Vatican
Corrigan
New York
Unjust Taxation Boston Meeting for Ireland at Faneuil Hall
Ex mayor Bancroft John Redmond M P Professor Elmer H Capen and others address a large Boston crowd to back restoring funds Ireland paid through imperial taxation. Redmond lambasts England overtaxation citing a Royal Commission report of 1893 and calls for restitution.
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Bancroft
John Redmond
M. P
Elmer H. Capen
John HB. Redmond
Ireland
Faneuil Hall
England
P. J. Flatley
Richard Henry Dana
Cambridge
Capen
Tufts
Gamaliel Bradford
Thomas J. Gargan
Redmond
P. J. Platley
Richard H. Dana
Tufts College
William A. Bancroft
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Lieut. Nugent
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Jim
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ASK Tabster FM
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Butte & Boston
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Gladstone
Mr. Redmond
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Adams
Hancock
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