Mr. Hare's Boston Debut and Bowery Drama Openings
English comedian John Hare debuts at Tremont Theatre in A Pair of Spectacles with strong supporting portraits by Groves Atwood and Hare. Gilbert Terry and Julia Neilson bring Comedy and Tragedy to prior spectacle. Italian opera opens Faust at Mechanics Hall with Melba and De Reszke. Steve Brodie stars in On the Bowery at Columbia with Eva Silbie and Henry Pierson in a bustling Bowery tableau. Next week Down in Dixie.
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Tremont Theatre
John Hare
Boston
London
Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Hare
Mr. Jefferson
Benjamin Goldfinch
Sydney Grundy
Mr. Hares
Charles Groves
Benjamin
Alban Atwood
Gilbert Hare
May Harvey
Mechanics’ Hall
Faust
Mme. Melba
Mme. Sealchi
Jean de Reszke
Edouard de Reszke
Victor Maurel
Bowery
Steve Brodie
Eva Silbie
Henry Pierson
Edwin Shapley
Down In
Dixie
Abbey
Schoeffel & Gray
Julia Neilson
Fred Terry
The
Garrick Theatre Co
Eng
First English Mme Sans Gene Warmly Received at Boston Theatre
The Boston Theatre staged the first English production of Sardou and Moreau's Mme Sans Gene last night with Kathryn Kidder as the title character and Augustus Cook as Napoleon. Critics praised the production values and Kidder's humorous portrayal, while noting the role's lack of sustained seriousness.
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Mme. Sans Gene
Sardou
Emile Moreau
Boston
Kathryn Kidder
Mme. Rejane
Napoleon
Catherine Hubscher
Sans Gene
Miss Kidder
Augustus Cook
Charles Henry Meltzer
Steve Brodie Returns in On the Bowery at Columbia
Steve Brodie reappears in a Bowery themed portrayal at the Columbia Theatre drawing a large, vociferous New York audience. The production presents vivid scenes of city life through a realistic stage offering and showcased the era’s rough culture.
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Steve Brodie
THE
Columbia
the Bowery
Columbia Theatre
New York
Piano Listings Declared At Tremont Street Store
Public notice advertises piano selections at a Tremont Street location with a large stock and low prices. It emphasizes buying options and calls for interested buyers to contact the store.
Strange Adventures of Miss Brown Charms Park Theatre Crowd
Final week engagement of John R. Rogers's comedians at the Park Theatre ends soon. The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown has drawn big laughs and strong demand for remaining performances. Stuart Robson as Matthew Powderbury in Mrs Ponderbury's Past now to be shown to Botonians next Monday evening.
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John R. Rogers
the Park Theatre
Brown
Matthew Powderbury
Ponderbury
Stuart Robson
Park Theatre
Tabers Present Romeo and Juliet at Hollis Street Theatre
Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taber return with Romeo and Juliet at Hollis Street Theatre to sold crowd acclaim. They announce King Henry IV. as the novelty for dates this week with additional performances of The Lady of Lyons and Romeo and Juliet on various showings.
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Julia Marlowe Taber
Robert Taber
Hollis Street Theatre
Boston
Mrs. Taber
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
Julia Marlowe
Wwe
Lady OF Lyons
Sothern’s Prisoner of Zenda Closing Week at the Museum
Last evening marked the start of the closing week of E H Sothern’s engagement in The Prisoner of Zenda at the Museum. Boston audiences have flocked to hear him with a five week run ending soon as he departs to manage his own affairs next season.
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E. H. Sothern
Museum
Sothern
Zenda
Daniel Frohman
Mr. Sothern
Double bill at Castle Square thrills audiences with Pinafore and Cavalleria Rusticana
Castle Square Theatre opened its audacious double program last night with Pinafore and Cavalleria Rusticana. Newcomer Charles O Bassett starred as Ralph Rackstraw beside Edith Mason as Josephine while William Wolff and J K Murray delivered strong performances. Santuzza portrayed by Clara Lane earned warmth with Turiddu by Thomas H Persse drawing encores. Alfio by Murray and Lola by Hattie Belle Ladd rounded the cast as the Sicilian drama proved as popular as the Gilbert and Sullivan staple.
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Castle Square
Castle Square Theatre
Charles O. Bassett
Thomas H. Persse
Ralph Rackstraw
Bassett
Edith Mason
Josephine
Miss Mason
Miss Lane
William Wolff
Dick Deadeye
J. K. Murray
Corcoran
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Lola
Alfio
Sarmiuzza
Turiddu
Alfie
Clara Lane
Santuzza
Mr. Persse
Kneisel's Interpreting Skill Impresses Boston Audience
The fifth concert of Franz Kneisel's eleventh season in Association Hall featured a Beethoven quartet in F, a Nico de Maro and cello sonata, and a Brahms sextet in B flat. Pianist Carl Stasny and cellist Leo Schulz joined, delivering delicate Savoyarde phrasing and a fine lorghetto movement. Max Zach added viola, and all Kneisel assistants emerged as soloists, earning high praise for sustaining ambitious instrumental music amid opera and city distractions.
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Boston
Franz Kneisel
Jerusalem
Association Hall
Maro
Nicode
Carl Stasny
Leo Schulz
Stasny
Max Zach
Mr Knetsel’s Quartet Held Back by Box Office Receipts
The remarks argue that keeping Mr Knetsel’s quartet in Boston hinges on solid box office receipts. Supporters insist financial success justifies continued engagement in the city.
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Mr. Knetsel
Boston
Big Sensation show dazzles at Howard Atheneum
Flynn and Sheridan head a large ensemble in a two act burlesque voyage featuring Mlle Zittella and troupe, singing dancers and comic acts. The program includes aerial feats by the Vaidis sisters, high wire by Julietta Nelson, and a colorful mix of pantomime and song.
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Flynn
Sheridan
Howard Atheneum
Billy Farrell
Harry Eaton
Alf Weathers
Willie Farrell
Mattie James
Nellie Eaton
Marie Devere
Edith Bailey
Lillie Carter
Stella Roselle
Bessie King
Rose Archer
Nellie Dancy
Mlle
Zittella
Snyder
Buckley
Flatow
Carrie Dunn
Ida Collins
Prince Flatow
Hi Tom Ward
Billy
Eaton
Weathers
Julietta Nelson
Mlle. Zuttella
Vaidis
Kitty Mitchell
Cynthia Nevada
Charles
Jennie Welsh
Coxey
Billy Jackson
Harry Devaux
Sam Archer
Alicia Perrault
Verne Nobriga
Robert Watson
Howard Comedy Company
Howard’s Own
BIC Sensation Burlesque CO
Queen of the Wire
Farrells
The
Howard's Own
Vaudeville Spectacular Highlights Okabes and Dancers
A crowded bill at Keith's features the Okabes from Japan with acrobats jugglers and equilibrists plus the midget theatre Hewett's marvels and ventriloquism by Professor Duncan. Other acts include the Angela sisters Conway and Leland and McPhee and Hill with burlesque and comic songs drawing large applause.
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Hewett
A. ©. Duncan
Japan
America
Swift
Chase
Morton
Mack
Angela
Conway
Leland
McPhee
Hill
Grand Museum hosts jolly double bill at South End resort
Boston audiences laugh through a holiday show featuring Kate Dallas company with His Wife's Father and Sydney Grundy's An Arabian Night. The Nickelodeon stars tops the day with curio hall acts such as Lallah Coolah and Dexter the Australian mystifier while a vaudeville lineup fills the theatre.
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South End
Kate Dallas
Boston
Sydney Grundy
Mr. Grundy
Foreman
West
Dilks
Wade
Watson
Earle
Billy Barlow
George B. Glenfield
Ozar
Woladie Evans
May Bryant
Harry Barrymore
John Phillips
Nickelodeon
Lallah Coolah
Dexter
White Eagle
Bill
Hercules
Erskine
Damascus
Joe Mullen
Curio
Bethel and Jones
Emma Ames
Fa Carey
Mabel Mason
Alexander Wilson
Haines and
Ashton
Eva Reed
Lena Lincoln
May Morton
Brahmin fakirs end engagement at Austin Stone’s Museum
Crowds regret the Brahmin fakirs cannot be extended beyond the week at Austin & Stone's Museum in Boston. The eastern illusionists amaze with basket and water tricks and palm arts. Tamilians attract women and children while performers like Maxey the needle man and the Irwin family balance acts entertain.
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Austin & Stone
Boston
Maxey
Irwin
Three names tied to Somers sisters trial summary
Three individuals, Dolph Evans J C Hughes and the Somers sisters, feature in the referenced case. Details specify their roles and involvement within the ongoing legal matter.
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Dolph Evans
J. C. Hughes
Somers Sisters
Vaudeville Duo Matthews and Bulger Open Week at Grand Opera House
Matthews and Bulger bring a new vaudeville act to the Grand Opera House Monday at 1 p m their first Boston appearance this season after closing Rush City as stars. Their act stands out with a large following and joins a roster including Mrs Alice J Shaw Binns and Binns Frances Harrison and her Black Boys Le Belle Tina Mays and Hunter John W World Leona Biand and others announced later My Partner the drama is in rehearsal ahead of a promising opening for the favorite playhouse.
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Grand Opera House
Matthews
Bulger
Rush City
Boston
Alice J. Shaw
Binns and Binns
Frances Harrison
la Belle Tina
Mays and Hunter
John W. World
Leona Biand
Lyceum Shows Draw Big Crowds With Bull Fighter Burlesque
The Lyceum reports record crowds for this week with Sam T. Jack leading the Bull Fighter extravaganza. The program features living pictures, first class specialties, and acts by Foster and Lewis, the La Moyne brothers, Clements and Barnes, the Misses Phillips and Robinson, and dancer Fatima, reflecting rising quality and growing audience interest.
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Lyceum
Sam T. Jack
Mr. Jack
Mexico
Foster and Lewis
la Moyne Brothers
Clements
Barnes
Phillips
Robinson
Fatima
Labor meetings push for reform in trades unions
Bakers unions met at 53 Hanover Street to discuss a sanitation bill for bakeshops and formed a nine member committee to organize Hebrew and French bakers while condemning master bakers efforts. A Boston tailors mass meeting at Faneuil Hall promoted organization cleaner workshops and shorter hours with speakers including Charles Mowbray Henry Abrams Frank McCarthy Andrew Golding. Carpenters Union 33 backed public bath houses for day labor and announced an address by P J McGuire on March 2 ahead of unified carpenters events.
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Hanover Street
State House
Custom Tailors of
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Harry Kelly
Printing Pressmen’s Union
Charles C. Mowbray
Mowbray
Henry Abrahams
Frank McCarthy
Andrew Gold
Carpenters
Dexter Wall
P. J. McGuire
Philadelphia
United Carpenters
Union 33
Father Mathew Dramatic Club Stages War Drama In Enemy Camp
The Father Mathew Dramatic Club in East Cambridge presented the war drama In the Enemy's Camp to a large audience on Fourth Street. Miss Marion Cullen led as Madge Oliphant with strong portrayal, supported by John F. O'Connor as Captain Oliphant and an able cast including Thomas Feeney Ezra Strong and others in a full company performance.
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Father Mathew Dramatic Club
East Cambridge
Fourth Street
Marion Cullen
Madge Oliphant
John F. O'Connor
Oliphant
Messrs Rogers
Gormley
Dooley
Thomas Carr
Thomas P. Feeney
Ezra Strong
Maryland
Ed C. Rogers
Malcolm Oliphant
John Farlee
Jere F. Downey
Ernest Strathroy
Ed Donahue
Sergeant Ryan
James Gormley
Mike Casey
Charles Gormley
Neil
John J. Dooley
Merion Cullen
Agnes Strathroy
Mary A. Downey
Morgan Demands All Defaulted Bonds Under 110 6877 Bid
Washington February 17 J Pierpont Morgan demands all defaulted bonds from the recent issue under his blanket bid of 110 6877. Secretary Carlisle will decide tomorrow or next day as Treasury lacks number of defaulted bonds. It is known William Graves and associates defaulted to 4 5 million. their bid was 115 3391.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Carlisle
Treasury
William Graves
New York
Sub-Treasury
United States
Rockhill
Sherman on tariff bill comes before Senate this week
Washington reports Senator Sherman says the tariff bill will be considered before the week ends. He notes four silver Republicans surprised and asserts Republicans push to bring the bill up while Democrats and Populists could defeat it. He believes the President would allow it to become law without a signature and doubts a free silver amendment will pass.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Maria A. Shipley
North American
John and
Sebastian Cabot
Judiciary Committee
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
American
Spain
Cuba
Great Britain
Military Academy
Vilas
Dem
Wis
Sherman
Cource
Congress
President nominates three for diplomatic posts and posts
Washington February 17 the President sent to the Senate three nominations Peter Victor Dauster of Wisconsin to be consul at Crefeld Germany William Woodward Baldwin of New York to be third assistant Secretary of State and Albert B Dresser to be postmaster at Needham Massachusetts.
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Washington
Senate
Peter Victor Dauster
Wisconsin
Crefeld
Germany
William Woodward Baldwin
New York
Albert B. Dresser
Needham
Mass
Woodcutter Near-death Freeze in Kingston New Hampshire
In Kingston New Hampshire last evening a woodcutter named George Hull was found near the Central House at 5 am with both ears frozen one foot and both hands. He had been ejected from the Central House around 11 pm while intoxicated and lay in the shed behind the Congregational Church as temperatures dropped to 22 degrees below zero. He was moved to the Central House for treatment and underwent finger amputation on his right hand.
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Amesbury
Kingston
N. H
George Hull
Sweeney
Congregational Church
American Ordnance Company Formed In Washington
A new United States gun making combine called the American Ordnance Company is formed with General Albert R. Ordway as president. Firms include Driggs Schroeder Ord nance Philadelphia American Projectile Lynn Hotchkiss Providence Gatling Hartford Bethlehem Iron Works. Headquarters in Washington. capital $2 600 000. plan a Bridgeport plant to compete with European firms and win South American Central American and Asiatic markets.
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Washington
United States
American Ordnance Company
Albert R. Ordway
Driggs-Schroeder Ordnance Company
Philadelphia
American Projectile Company
Lynn
Mass
Hotchkiss Company
General Ordway
Torpedo Company
Providence
R. I
Bethlehem Iron Works
Bethlehem
Penn
Gatling Gun Company
Hartford
Conn
Virginia
Bridgeport
State Department asks consuls to file exhaustive reports
The State Department on February 17 sent a circular to consular officers in Europe requesting an exhaustive statement on the matter under inquiry. The directive aims to collect detailed information from overseas posts for a forthcoming policy review.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Ambassador Bayard Meets Salisbury at Foreign Office
The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, American ambassador, held a half hour talk with Lord Salisbury at the foreign office this afternoon. He declined to comment on the interview’s subject.
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London
Thomas F. Bayard
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
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