Amusements listings and editor notices for Boston venues
Subscription rates and editor notice accompany a busy Amusements Today section listing multiple theaters in Boston. Entries include showings at the Boston Theatre and Grand Opera House with matinees at 2 and evening performances around 7:45.
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Boston
the Tree
Washington Street
Chinatown
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Betty
Solicitor* G Lose
Dixey
Opera
Housa Street
Tariff League comment hints at 1892 choice
A Boston Post reader quotes an American Protective Tariff League member in Washington praising protection and pledging continued efforts until a McKinley or another advocate of tariff principles is inaugurated in 1892. The remark raises questions about viewing Harrison as ungrateful and whether the reference implies Harrison’s successor.
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American Protective Tariff League
Washington
McKinley
Harrison
Royal mail subsidies and Brazil liner costs debated
The Journal argues England backs the royal mail line to Brazil with a $1,300,000 yearly subsidy while criticizing domestic support for one company. It notes British lines carry large Brazil business without government aid, and questions our shipping subsidies compared to rivals.
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England
Brazil
Journal
Great Britain
Southampton
River Plaza
Land Transfer Debate: Governor Pushes Caution on Torrens System
Governor Russell outlines the Australian Torrens land transfer system in a message to the Legislature. The Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hear stakeholders at the State House as lawmakers consider a cautious, staged approach. A special commission would draft a form of law after broad discussion and study.
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Russell
Joint Committee On
State House
Uniformed Ruffianism and the Brooklyn Police Father
An unruly New Yorker Michael Lally famed for liquor fueled violence. He allegedly assaulted passengers near Brooklyn Bridge and shot bartenders, wounding one, and kicked a policeman. The wounded bartender dropped charges and Lally left with supporters in his father’s saloon, while Lally hopes to return to police work after the incident.
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Michael Lally
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Sally
Lalty
New York Thugs Face Changing Attitudes Amid Tight City Tone
A sharp regional tirade urges roughs to hide in blue coats and brass. The speaker mocks the old maxim Cucullus non facit monadhum and warns that attitude shifts now prevail in New York.
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New York
The Congressional Districts and Partisan Redistricting
The piece condemns the speaker’s push to delay redistricting until next year to avoid friction with the Governor and to enable a partisan gerrymander. It argues for a fair, nonpartisan apportionment, noting past injustices and the potential for manipulation despite population changes and reforms.
Re-Rating Pensions Case Exposed by New York Herald
The New York Herald outlines a pension misrating case involving War LACE W. Cash with certificate No. 88315. W. W. C. once had a one half disability pension of 750 dollars monthly, then sought increases, served as pension agent, and after examinations and a May 1889 board review was granted 830 dollars per month with re rating. The piece criticizes the Pension Office for abuse and political spoils in Washington.
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New York Herald
Pension Office
W. Cash
Western Bureau
Washington
Board of Surgeons
Addison
Taverner
Pension Dodging Patents Raises Alarm Over Claims
The record describes W. W. C. receiving back pay totaling 1352 dollars and monthly pensions rising from 15 to 30 dollars at successive dates. His April 29 application sped through, unlike thousands of ordinary veterans’ filings pending for months or years. He remains on pension and also draws a Pension Office salary.
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W. W
Senate Deliberations on International Copyright Bill Fail to Impress
A lengthy Senate debate overruns time as amendments to the international copyright bill are rejected or poised for rejection. Critics argue adjustments threaten the bill’s passage and national honor, while supporters press for a straightforward approval from the House baseline. Separate notes touch on naturalization practices, Meissonier’s wealth, Mme Bernhardt, and various foreign affairs quirks.
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Senate
Friends of International Copyright
United States
EpmMuNps
Mr. Vance
Messrs
Sherman and
Carlisle
Vance
Quay Explains Charges in Senate Reply Inactive Witnesses Questioned
The senator’s Monday Senate reply to charges faces doubt as the New York Evening Post contrasts his speech with its pamphlet. Quay’s account omits direct confirmation from two living figures Don Cameron and Wayne MacVeagh, raising questions about the tale’s accuracy while Walters, the dead former state cashier, cannot testify.
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Quay
Senate
New York Evening Post
Evening Post
Walters
Don Cameron
Wayne Macveagh
Naturalization Comment Misinterpreted by Our Column
Our publication discusses a federal naturalization case and a Congressional committee report, clarifying we did not blame federal judges. We note the core issue is inadequate examination of applicants, a fault of the law, not the judges, and reference a judge ordering that applicants be brought into court and oaths administered in court rather than the clerk’s office.
Free Coinage Debate and Political Commentary
The column contrasts Kansas agricul turists with seckless Plumb and mockingly notes dull politics in Kansas. It then cites Brazil embracing free admission of agricultural goods without a treaty and quotes a Detroit Free Press take on President Cleveland's free coinage stance. It argues that Cleveland punctured inflation hopes like Grant’s veto once did. The piece claims free coinage lacks broad public support and overstates Western enthusiasm.
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Brazil
Congress
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland
Grant
Mr. Cleveland
General Grant
Washington
New York Tribune
New England
New England Cremation Society Forms At Boston Club
Last evening the New England Cremation Society met at the Nationalist Club in Boston after completing its formation on January 27. The by laws place duties with the president who directs officers. annual dues are $3 for active and $2 for twelve year associates. Current officers include Cobb as president and Appleton, Maffett, Codman as vice presidents. A list of supporters from prominent figures was read. The next meeting is scheduled for the third Tuesday in February.
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New England Cremation Society
Nationalist Club
Boylston Street
John 8. Cobb
Nathan Appleton
Mary A. Maffett
John T. Codman
Albert L. Parsons
W. 8. Wiscott
C. J. Roth
E. M. Shepard
Miss Quincy
W. C. Cutler
E. B. Kelley
Edward Everett Hale
Bishop Potter
Phillips Brooks
Lucy, Stone
Rose Elizabeth
Boston Art Students hear anatomy lecture at Mixter house
The Boston Art Students Association met at 180 Marlborough street last evening. Dr Mixter presented a concise anatomy lecture using a skeleton and two living models, a strongly built man and a youthful figure. Mr E P Vinton read a paper on modern impressionists and their work. Violin selections by Mr Van Boalter closed the entertainment before a June was served.
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Boston Art Students’ Association
van Boalter
Boston dining on game and heat in transit musings
In Boston the writer notes a plentiful game menu including ducks grouse and quail on toast and even bear and moose steaks. He questions urban consumption of wild meat and jokes about a man testing digestion with quail and live lobster. He then discusses streetcar heating systems and a literary circle idea to speed manuscript routing, signed TAvner.
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Boston
Rock Mountain
Wendel Exhibit Showcases Luminous Pastel Landscapes
Theodore M. Wendel hosts a pastel drawing exhibition at 184 Boylston Street in a former Duyeneck studio. The collection features impressionist influences, bold color from bayberry and asters, moonlit seaside scenes, glassy waters, and Gloucester Harbor. The show draws strong praise from leading local artists.
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Theodore M. Wendel
Boylston Street
New Number
Duyeneck
Wendel
Cape Ann
Cazin
Rhode Island
Beachcroft
East Gloucester
Capri
Mediterranean
Cranberry
Sunlight
Niles Farm
Gloucester Harbor
Farewell Chopin Recital at Chickering Hall
Mr de Pachmann presents a request program featuring Chopin works at Chickering Hall this afternoon at 2. The Boylston Singers perform at Music Hall with Mrs Clara Poole King and Mr Clarence Hay plus full orchestra. Liszt organ recitals open at Mason and Hamlin Hall with Donohoe and Fernald praised by a large audience.
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Boylston Singers
Music Hall
Clara Poole- King
Clarence E. Hay
Grice
Olaf ‘Lrygvason
Ophelia
Berlioz
Forest Harps
B. Scholz
Dvorak
Mason and Hamlin Hall
J.frank Donohoe
Batiste
Gounod
Salome
Kullak
C. B. Fernald
Massenet
Bemberg
Kevin
Sullivan
Mr. Donohoe
Cambridge debate on single tax merits and faults
In Cambridgeport at Prospect Progressive Union last evening Professor John G. Brooks of Harvard argued against single tax in a talk titled Why Am I Opposed to Single Tax His opponent Mr J F Carrell offered opposition and a general discussion followed A collation was served at the close of the event
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Prospect Progressive Union
Cambridgeport
John G. Brooks
Harvard
J. F. Carrell
Brooks
Conversation Water and Unlikely Headlines Across 19th Century Press
A collage of quirky notes from various papers. References touch on whiskey nicknames in Oregon, a chess report in Atlanta titled The Orchard Worm Match, a coal dealer’s odd brag as a boxing “champion light-weight,” and a Nevada paper proposing shaft mining as a gimmick to promote silver mining. Other items mock Volapuk, cotton picking trials in Memphis, river diplomacy in New Orleans, theatrical ticket prices with hats, and jokes about American church and family life. The piece ends with reflections on David Macron and Son on Quay's speech.
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Oregon
Atlanta
Nevada
Volapuk
Volapuk Academy
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans Picayune
Life. Churchwarden
Newton
Lancer
Universalists Banquet at American House Social Union Evening
About 150 attended a Universalist banquet at the American House under the Social Union. With President Sears absent, Vice President William H. Sherman presided. William Allan Dyer sang tenor, and Rev. George B. Stocking of Chelsea spoke on the Social Element of Human Nature, stressing the home as the center of life and society. Stocking quipped bachelors should be taxed and women lead at home and in state councils. Clara A. Hunt delivered three songs with a clear soprano voice.
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Universalists
Social Union
Sears
Wiliam H. Sherman
William Allan Dyer
George B. Stocking
Chelsea
Christ
Mr. Stock
Electrical Exhibition Opens in Providence Harbor
The thirteenth annual convention of the National Electric Light Association began in Providence with opening exercises at Masonic Hall led by ex Governor Ladd and Mayor Smith. Highlights included speeches by Marsden J. Perry and General A. H. Barney, a demonstration by Miss Bertha Thomas starting the first incandescent light circuit in the country, and reports from committees on underground conduits and electric railway lighting.
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W. H. Markland
Ladd
A. H. Barney
New York
General Barney
Union Hall
Broad Street
Messrs
Robert Amory
J. M. Anderson
D. A. Andrews, Jr
George L. Austin
Stephen EF. Barton
William Brophy
William Burnham
W. L Barker
George E. Cabot
H. J. Conant
Henry Cram
Albert E. Davis
C. L. Edgar
Herbert H. Eustis
Caryl D. Haskins
G. W Mansfield
A. F. Mason
James H. Mason
W. Pilky
Frank Ridlon
W. F E. Stow
G. G. Stillman
A. F. Talcott
Howard Wheeler
Perry
Citizens’ Club
Spink's Hall
Eugene 8. Phillips
American Electric Works
Convict Population in U S Prisons Surges Since 1880
Washington reports a Census Bureau bulletin shows 45,233 convicts in state prisons and penitentiaries as of June 1, 1890, up from 30,659 in 1880. Of the total 30,546 are white and 14,687 colored. 43,449 are men and 1,791 are women.
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Washington
Porter
Census Bureau
United States
Handsome yacht built for Captain Baker at Gloucester
A new improved yacht nearly completed by Higgins & Gifford for Captain L. B. Baker of Port Antonia Ja., president of the Boston Fruit Company. The 40 by 13 by 442 feet craft is cedar planked, copper bottomed, with a steel centerboard, iron keel, brass rudder post, and cutter rig. Mast 49 feet, bowsprit 18, mainsail hoist 30 with 42 boom and 26 gaff. full racing sails included. Baker plans to race it in Jamaica against a new English cutter yacht built for Governor Blake.
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Gloucester
Messrs. Higgins & Gifford
L. B. Baker
Port Antonia
Boston Fruit Company
Jamaica
Baker
England
Blake
Third Annual Banquet of Physicians and Surgeons Students
The College of Physicians and Surgeons held its third annual banquet at the Thorndike last evening with about twenty five attendees. Toastmaster Frank H. Parker acted as host while several speakers addressed topics on medical education and professional training.
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College OF Physicians and Surgeons
Thorndike
Frank H. Parker
Upton
A G. Copeland
Eunice D. Kinney
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Pankx Theatre
Boston . Post
Land Transfer
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Seer
Meissonier
Paris
London
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House of Commons
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Messrs. McCarry
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Healy
Tim
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Germany
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MR. Quay
Seckless Agriculturists
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Ingalls
Fort Worth
West End
Boston & Lynn Horse
West End Railway Company
Dols
H. B
David Macron & Son
Baoquet
American House
The
National Electric Light Association
Providence
Captain Baker
Baltimore
Maurice Shrives
Rociene
Miss Randolph
E. A. Palmer
Clara Pool King
G. W. Parm Cleveland
Joseph Wolworth
Philadelphia
Unirep
Carmichael
G. D. Adler
Salt Lake City
P. T. Brown
John Mads
Solyeke
W. E. Tucker
New Per
W.2b. Reil
Hooke
Harry Fuller
W. H. Chaffee
W. W. Evans
Rey Nollips
Denver
5Allis
Sioux City
P. B. Dae
Peoradenne
J. A. Abel
A. Louis
Detroit
Tavern
D. B. Bingham
Rowland
John Campbell
W. L. Daggett
Taunton
D. C. Huntington
Worcester
Lee
Lowell
Parker
W. J. Nichols
Adam C
Ing
Antrim
J. Morse
R. W. Perkins
Norwich
Conn
R. Rawden
Chicago
Americ
G. J. Humphrey
Saratoga Springs
James Suydam
St. Paul
Minn
George E. Dole
Portland
C. Fulton
K. Spriggield
J. Varney
Wolff- Weaver
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George C. Gesaowa Ieee
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