Seventeenth Symphony Enthralls Boston Audience
A large attentive crowd Saturday heard Joseffy perform in Oberon Overture and Liszt No 3. The concert featured a strong showing by the horn and piano with solid reception for Joseffy. Dr Charles Villiers Stanford’s new symphony drew mixed praise for its first movement while the finale impressed with bold orchestration and Irish motifs. Massachusetts club meeting highlighted George W Cable’s remarks on the Southern Question urging equal rights and constitutional gov ernment for the nation’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseffy
Villiers Stanford
Reiter
Joseity
Charles Villiers Stanford
England
Mackenzie
Stanford
Cowen
Parry
Hamish
McCurm
Frederic Cliffe
Boston
Dr. Stanford
Grahms
Brian the Brave
Erin
Eld
Nikisci
Massachusetts
Young’s
George W. Cable
Cable
South
Cabie
Republican Party
Alabama
Haiti
San Domingo
Indignant City Employees Honor to Granville Sharp
The piece celebrates Granville Sharp as a pioneering philanthropist and abolitionist who challenged slavery, resisted taxation without representation during the American Revolution, and influenced reformers. It contrasts Sharp’s humble origins with his enduring legacy while noting a later Knights of Labor indignation meeting denouncing Moody Merrill and supporting labor measures and a proposed eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Browne
Granville Sharp
Macmillan’s Magazine
Sharp
Ile
Mansfield
England
Lord Mansfield
Cowper
Knnglish
Ordnance Office
Pitt
Wilberforce
Lafayette
Grenville
Lord Shaftesbury
F Tse
Ordnance Department
Westminster Abbey
Browne
Russian Count Zubof in Boston Faces Identity Doubts
An unidentified Russian, using the names Lipmann and Zubof, arrives in Boston claiming nobility and literary ties. Reports describe mixed opinions among acquaintances, with some trusting him and others doubting his claims after letters and receipts surface. He argues he came to study literature and to publish, and vows legal action to prove his identity while remaining in Boston.
Miss Edsall Opens at Hollis Street Theatre Today
Starred guest list notes arrivals at several hotels including Adams House and Brunswick with many names from New York Boston Philadelphia and Montreal among others. The report lists patrons and accompanying relatives staying at Tremont Quincy and other venues, indicating a bustling theater season and regional travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsall
Hollis Street Theatre
Adams House
J.M. Hill
George Harris
Andover
Brunswick
Vienpomp
Albert 5
New York
J. P. Smith
J. B. Liet
Chicago
Ill
A. Q. Snow
U.S.N
Robert N. Tait
Birmingham
Eng
Jesse G. Jones
Minneapolis
Lamson
Portland
EH. M. Blackstone
G. Pratt
W. Earle
A. J. Pearson
Newark
Youn
S. A. L. Bowman
Akron
H. F. Fletcher
Paris
France
G. Codman
Denver
Col
H. G. Winm
A. P. Weniell
Ellsworth
W. Lester
Montreal
D. A. Wightman
Pittsburg
Penn
Quincy
G. D. Hurst
G._T. Theobald
Richmond
H. G. Dickey
H. M. Abbott
Burlington
M. Adams
C. C. Wilder
N. J
C. A. Floyd
Derry
N. H
William C. L. Evateth
Windsor Locks
Conn
C. B.S. Weeks
Syracuse
H. Brown
Worcester
American
Haven
Baltimore
Mad
J. A. Snow
W. F. Morey
Manchester
J. M. Shaw
F. D. Ames
J. A. Leavitt
Sudden Death at Waltham Widow Dies from Heart Disease
In Waltham on February 23 a 65 year old widow, Mrs Ellen Corcoran, was found dead at home by her son. The Medical Examiner attributed the death to heart disease, stating she had been dead several hours. They lived on Cedar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Walltuam
Ellen Corcoran
Mead
Cedar Street
DROWNED IN SPICKER RIVER NEAR SHORT STREET
Eddie Hart aged sixteen and Willie Early ten were drowned in the Spicker River at three o clock in the afternoon while four boys played on thin ice near Short street. The ice broke and three fell in. the other two were rescued by Herman Piette whose brave actions saved one boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spicker River
Lawrence
Eddie Hart
Willie Early
Short Street
Herman Piette
Brutal early morning prize fight in Wyoming camping grounds
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on February 23 a brutal prize fight between John Aiken of Colorado and Harry Gillmore of Luzerne boro ended in round thirty nine when Gillmore broke Aiken's wrist. Gillmore won the decision and about $300. Both fighters were badly hurt and taken to a nearby farmhouse before officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wyoming Camping Grounds
John Aiken
Colorado
Harry Gillmore
Luzerneboro
Gillmore
Aiken
Gilmore
Ice Cutter Drowned on Winnenesaukee River Bridge
Two men employed by a Boston ice cutting firm were on the Whinenesaukee River bridge near Wilton N H when a Canadian Pacific train approached. One man jumped into the river and was drowned the other was struck by the train and thrown into the river but was rescued with difficulty the body remains unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroston
Concord
N. H
Winnenesaukee River
Wilton
Boston
Boston Singers Society Second Concert Program
The Boston Singers Society under Mr George L Osgood presents a February 27 concert with works by Raff Rubinstein and Dvorak plus a Deserts ode. Featured soloists include Miss Gertrude Franklin Miss Jeannette Hice Mr Herbert O Johnson Mr Howard Ticknor and a full orchestra. Also listed are concerts by August Hylested in Association Hall pianist Charles Stephen Hill at Chickering Hall the Kneisel Quartet in Union Hall and Apollo Club repetition in Music Hall with John Orth Steinert Hall lectures and Beethoven sketch book analysis tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Singers
Socerty
George L. Osgood
Raff
Seeese
Rubinstein
Desert
Felicien David
Dvorak
Gertrude Franklin
Jeannette Hice
Herbert O. Johnson
Howard M. ‘Ticknor
John Orth
Steinert J Hall
Gertrude Edmands
Edward Phillips
Cape Cod Historical Society Elects Officers at Ninth Meeting
The ninth annual Cape Cod Historical Society meeting was held in Lyceum Hall with President Charles J. Swift presiding. New officers were elected for the year including President Charles F. Swittof Yarmouth and Vice Presidents Thomas P. Lowes Dennis Sylvanus B. Phinney Barnstable Alonzo Tripp Harwich Ebenezer Whittemore Sandwich Jones Gifford Provincetown Secretary Josiah Paine Harwich Treasurer Samuel Snow Barnstable. Dr Henry M Dexter gave a lecture titled From Leyden to Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod Historical Society
Yarmouthwort
Lyceum Hall
Lion
Charles J. Swift
Charles F. Swittof
Yarmouth
Thomas PL. Lowes
Dennis
Sylvanus B. Phinney
Barnstable
Alonzo Tripp
Harwich
Ebenezer
Tragic gas accident deaths in Canal Street boarding house
New York on February 23 Thomas Rendrigg a 30 year old Scot lodger was found dead in bed at 448 Canal Street after a night drinking with Captain B L Yorke of the schooner Jessie from Nova Scotia. Both men reportedly left a gas on by accident and Yorke lay unconscious but expected to recover in Chambers Street Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Rendrigg
Canal Street
B. £. Yorke
Jessie
Nova Scotia
Dinwoddie
Kendrigg
Man falls in front of World’s Museum. police pursue
About 4 30 Saturday a man under the influence collapsed on the sidewalk before the World’s Museum. A crowd aided him to a doorway as another celebrant hurried away along Grange Street. The doorway man walked off and the police arrived to find the fugitive gone. An advertisement promises 820,000 to be distributed for using Dr Craig’s Original Kidney and Liver Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ae Grange Street
Stand Upon Thy Feet Says Rev Brooke Lierford Sermon
The Arlington Street Church pastor preached at Union Hall on standing up to face light and God in science and revelation. He urged humility and reverence while affirming that modern discovery mirrors divine truth through nature, conscience, and providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke Lierford
Arlington Street Church
Union Hall
Herford
Ezekiel
Darwin
God
Agassiz
Moses
Mr. Herford
Christ
Silverware Recovered by City Officer from Day Theft
Officer Abbott of Station 3 recovered ten silver table spoons valued at 46 dollars and twelve silver dessert spoons valued at 36 dollars, alleged to have been stolen by Edward Day from a prominent beacon sixeet Special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Station 3
Edward Day
Beacon
Winter meetings and events in Boston area include March dates
The Harvard athletic association holds its first winter meeting Monday March 17 with the second and third meetings on March 22 and 29. The Boston Athletic Association reserved Mechanics' Building for April 12 for C A A U championship games. Funeral services for Charles T. Stearns were held at the Church of the Unity and burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. Reverend Jay Benson Hamilton will address Boston Methodist ministers on “What Shall We Do With Old Ministers?” with further lectures at East Boston Saratoga Street Church on Feb 25, People's Church Boston on Feb 26, Winthrop Street Church on Feb 27, and Trinity Church Providence on Feb 28, to support funds for superannuated ministers. The Instructive District Nursing Association meets Feb 26 at 3:30 p.m. at 76 Beacon Street. Mr Robarts Harper will present Star courses on The Paris Exposition and Switzerland’s mountains and valleys. The events are tomorrow and Thursday. William W Spofford of Batavia Street died yesterday afternoon at West Chester Park. A burst water pipe flooded the floor of 287 Hanover Street Synagogue’s store below. Sixty Brookline Republican Club members dined at Parker's and elected a new board: President W R Chester, Secretary Fr W Burdett, Treasurer F W Cressy, and an executive committee including J P Bates, E W Baker, Wed Gross, D H Rice, W W Potter, E C Hovey, J H Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Athletic Association
Boston Athletic Association
Mechanics’ Building
Charles T. Stearns
Church of the Unity
Woodlawn
Jay Benson Hamilton
Boston Methodist Ministers
Saratoga Street Methodist Episcopal Church
East
Boston
People’s Church
Winthrop Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Providence
R.L
Instructive District Nursing Association
Beacon Street
Robarts Harper
Switzerland
William W. Spofford
Batavia Street
West Chester Park
Hanover Street
Brookline Republican Club
Parker’s
W. R. Chester
Fr. W. Burdett
F. W. Cressy
J. P. Bates
E. W. Baker
Wed. Gross
D. H. Rice
W. W. Potter
E. C. Hovey
J. H. Francis
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Elects Window Gardening Committee
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society met Saturday forenoon at the lower Horticultural Hall with President Spooner presiding. The nominate a committee on window gardening reported names: Mrs. H. L. F. Walcott, Miss Sarah H. Story, Henry L. Clapp, E. H. Hitchings, M. J. Faxon, and Professor G. R. Whitcher of Hanover New Hampshire read a paper on The Growth and Nutrition of Plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Lower Horticultural Hall
Spooner
H. L. F. Walcott
Sarah H. Story
Henry L. Clapp
E. H. Hitchings
M. J. Faxon
G. R. Whitcher
New Hampshire Experiment Station
Hanover
N.H
City Treasurers Organize at Commonwealth Convention
A convention of treasurers and collectors from twenty of the Commonwealth cities met at the United States Hotel Saturday. City Treasurer K. T. Tifft of Springfield called the gathering. Alfred L. Turner of Boston was elected president, W. W. Dallinger of Cambridge vice president, and E. I. Tifft of Springfield secretary and treasurer. the three form the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
United States Hotel
K. T., Tifft
Springfield
Alfred ‘L
Superintendent Small Injured In Street Fall
Yesterday around noon Police Superintendent Small slipped on the sidewalk at Pemberton square near Tremont row. He suffered a severe hip tendon strain, could not walk, and was driven home by carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Pemberton Square
Tremont Row
Duel turns deadly as hotel men clash over letter
William E. Dixon of Hotel Mayo stabbed William Derncoe of Hotel Lyle twice in the face during a dispute over a letter. Derncoe was taken to City Hospital. Dixon was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Dixon
Hotel Mayo
William Derncoe
Hotel Lyle
Dixon
Derncoe
Thoughtful furniture on display at Paine’s Anal Street
Stevenson’s remark on the feminine mind is echoed in the current exhibition. Designers have spent months refining every detail of modern pieces shown in Paine’s warerooms at 43 Cal French buffets. The display celebrates the triumph of the infinitesimal in furniture making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Paine’s
Anal Street
Probate Court in Suffolk Hears Numerous Estate Accounts
A returnable list for Monday February 24 before Justice McKim covers long probate matters in Suffolk County. Accounts filed include trustee and administrator filings for Amory Appleton, Linney, Butterfield, Carrol, Denny, Drake, Fiske, Hickey, Johnson, Kenneally, Kidder, Kimball, King, Kingsbury, Learson, Nolan, Noyes, O'Brien, Otis, Parks, Patterson, Sargent, Stoughton, Thayer, Whitney, Wilson, Pell, and others with petitions for probate, administration, guardianship, and sale of real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
McKim, J
James Amory Appleton
Jaimes A. Appleton
Mary Eller
Benjamin Pangs
Hannah A. Barnes
Isaac J. Linney
William H. Brown
Thomas W. Butterfield
Michael N. Carrol
Bradley M. Clark
Lluyd
William Collins
Olver
Crowell
Arnold
James P. Cutter
Senjimnin Dearborn
Mary EK
Denny
William E. Denny
Margaret Desmond
Mary Ann Dinnon
Josephie G. Delliver
James W. Delliver
John J. Drake
Milton Puller
Sophia IL. Gardner
Fustg
Lanvis Garland
Hsther LH
Start
Petiti
Guardians Ham
Catherine A. Hickey
James J’. Ingginson
Tristee
Joseph A. Howland
Petation
Vastrit J. Thuphrey
James Jackson
Charles Johnson
Emma J. King
Ellen M. Kingsbury
Mary Leman
Richard J. J. Learson
James Maguire
James Nolan
Josiah Noyes
Ellen L. O'Brien
Eliza H. Otis
Luther Parks
Charles Patterson
Guardian
Charles W. Patterson
John Pratt
Epes Sargent
Elizabeth W. Sargent
Hiram Sipith
Hirst
Sophia J. Stoughton
Helen M. Thayer
Mary J. Whitney
Hannah Wilson
John Deme
Amory Pell
J. S. Robinson
Loyel Lovejoy
Sarah L. Woodward
Gilbert Lyons
Mary L. Smith
Savior
Frances E. Reyner
C. RB
Cobb
Dean
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MR. Cable
The
Massachusetts Club
Granville Sharp Rietold
Paving Department
Moody Merrill
Knights of Labor
Dexter Hall
Board of Public Works
Postal Savings Bank
Congress
Washington
Blatchford Hall
James H. Melien
Mechanics’ Institute
Haverhill
Savings Bank
State Assembly
Woburn
Assembly
New York & New England Freight Handlers, Was In Session In Wells Memorial Hall
James H. Mellen
Anthony Perrizo
Lax League
Washington Street
W.S. Brown
Stoneham
James Ht. Corret
J. A. Ela
Temple
Hyde Park
Newton
Weymouth
Salem
Lynn
Brockton
Cambridge
Natick
Whitman
Dedham
G. ‘Childs
Carpenters’ Union 33
M. J. Carroll
Amalgamated Building Trades’ Council
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Iis
America
China
Rhode Iland
Connecticut
A. F. Jury
Toronto
Courant
Portland C. L. A
P. J. Macaire
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Frank K. Foster
O. Pp. Gifford
Wir
Zubot
Zubof
Dublin
R. I. Lipmann
Z. Y. Crowell & Co
Lermontos
Nathan H. Dole
Trinity College
Harvard
Dole
Lipmann
Lipsmann
Richard Cheverix French
Liverpool
Baroness de Lipmann
London
Earl Russell
Stepulak
Etters
Mme. Novikot
W. T. Stead
Pall Mall Gazette
William Morris
Mohini Chatterji
T. W
Mr. Dole
Count Zubof
Mr. Zubof
Roman Ivanoviteh
Zabol
Mer
Ling
Europe
Count” Zubof
Mr. Zubot
ML. Yubof
Ime
Yin
St. Petersburg
Posy
Joan
Tremont House
Yyremont House
Mr. Galvin
Professor Cook
Mme
Russia
Zupof
Nahe Thorndike
Mountfort Mills
D. L. D. Granger
Charles A. Steinwacks
New Jersey
J. McNulty
K. A. Brine and Wife
R. S. Beeckman
W. L. Burt
F. B. Mathews
Belfast
W. M. Goldthwaite
F. Bates
A. Bonner
New
EO Tiee
Ae Boyd
Bangor
L. FE. Winford
L. A. Sayles
Provincetown
A. L. Banton
G. A. Wentworth
Iexeter
N. Crawtorp
P. G. Golden
Brooklyn
N. Y
G. Brooks
J. B
Visdate
Plymouth
B.S. Soule
C. W. Brennan
St. John
N. B
N. Ross
E. H. Baker
Sprivgfield
August Hyllested
Alice Bates-Rice
Association Hall
Hylested
Charles Stephen Hill
Chickering
Kneisel Quartette
G. W. Chadwick
Arthur Whiting
Minjor
Schaubert
Leo Schulz
Apollo Club
Music Hall
Arthur Weld
Steinert Hall
the Christian Union
Brooke Herford
Gov. Goodell
New Hampshire
State OF
Executive Department
Coxcords
J. A. Melvin, Esq
Blackstone Gt
Medicie
U. H. Goodell
A. B. Crocker & CO
Kingston, Essex
Edit BoKo’ Streets
Kingston Street
Lee
Oak Grove
Ruggles Street
Main St
Cambridgeport
van Houren
Ctesibius of
Alexandria
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
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