Amusements Tonight in Boston Theatres and Halls
Listings for Boston venues across Worcester Street Washington street Tremont street and more show shows at 7 45 or 8 featuring The Soudan Bettys Finish The Solicitor Myles Aroon Faust All the Comforts of Home The Walls of New York Around the World in Eighty Days The Nominee with Nat C Goodwin Kate Emmett W J Scanlan and others performing at the Boston Theatre Museum Garano Opera House Hows Street Theatre and Park Theatre with dates and times in the evening schedule.
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Boston ‘Theatre
Washington Street
the Soudan
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Ear Scollay Savare
Betty
Solicitor
Gross
W. J. Scanlan
Myles Aroon
Garano Orera
Washington
Dover Streets
Lewis Morrison
Faust
Hows Street
Hollis Street
Howard Atheneum
Howard Street
Kate Emmett
Walls
New York
Case of the postmaster at Orange offers lesson in spoils system
The current Orange postmaster appointed under Cleveland faces removal by the Harrison administration. The contest among several Republican candidates for the job shows how party factionalism and patronage undermine effective governance, leaving many disgruntled and the administration criticized for spoils mismanagement.
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Orange
M. J
Cleveland
Harrison
Boston
General Corsi
Trouble in Connecticut and the Connecticut governor race
The piece compares New Hampshire and Connecticut political maneuvers to seize power. It notes lack of boldness in Connecticut efforts, Hartford capitol security, and Senate action declaring officers elected. It reports House adjournment to 20th and a deadlock strategy to back a minority governor candidate, predicting obstruction without a Chandler ally.
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New Hampshire
Connecticut
Hartford
Concord
Senate
House
Plea of the Blue-Jackets Routinely Demands Navy Pay Reform
Several hundred petty officers and seamen aboard warships petition the Secretary of the Navy urging improved pay and promotion prospects, better discipline and training, and structure changes. They argue Americans are as trustworthy as foreigners and propose pay scales up to 50 dollars monthly for gun captains and related increases, with punishments limited to court-martial sentences.
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Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Army
Naval reform debate on ship design and marine service
The passage discusses flush decks to increase crew living space and argues for withdrawing marines from service afloat. It acknowledges seamen’s traditional dislike of Marines but contends modern warfare requires sailors to have military training and to be capable of performing Marine duties.
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Marine Corps
A Sad Case In Washington Despatches
The Washington despatches portray Senator Hoar as sulking and out of patience with weak kneed Republicans. He will not push the election bill without assured GOP support. Western senators, angered by past tactics, plan to push free silver coinage next week, signaling a new round of political maneuvering.
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Washington
Transcript
Hoar
Ulous
Senate
Governor Russell Sets Broad Reform Tone In Address
Governor Russell’s address to the Legislature urges general laws to curb lobby abuses, strengthen city powers, and reform state administration. He calls for public disclosure of lobbying methods and expenditures, bans on committee entertainment, and a shift to responsible, department headed boards under gubernatorial control. He also supports ballot reform, publication of election expenses, tax qualification abolition, and broader education and taxation measures.
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Russell
State House
Executive Council
Fragmentary Note Promises Better Work Ahead
A partial sentence hints that efforts will improve to achieve more earnest and productive work in coming times, reflecting a shift in attitude or policy without providing specifics.
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Ture
Inside View Reevaluates Kansas Political Strife Over Turner
A leaked confidential letter from Kansas Congressman candidate E. J. Turner reveals a proposed contingent payoff of over 5000 dollars to McGrath and allies if elected to the U.S. Senate. Turner offers to back policy favors and a farm loan bill, while factions within the Kansas Alliance threaten to affect Senator Ingalls’s reelection prospects.
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Kansas
E. J. Turner
Incaris
McGrawn
Kansas Alliance
Turner
McGrath
United States
Senate
United States Senate
McGraru
Ingars
Ingalls
Is it a settlement at Boulogne conference
The Boulogne conference supposedly aims to settle Irish dissensions but critics doubt the deal will truly heal rifts. Parnell’s retirement, McCarthy’s potential step aside, and O’Brien’s leadership are seen as entangled by personal ambition and funds transfers. Doubts remain on a lasting agreement.
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Boulogne
Parnell
M’carray
M’carthy
O’brien
Mr. Parnell
Unhealthy Paradise H rounds Kentucky Horse Trade
Kentucky's reputation as a horse breeding capital faces renewed misfortune with foal mortality rising last year and a looming recurrence this year. Equine epidemics strike Lexington at the Association course with over a hundred horses sick. Beacon Park and Boston stables report similar outbreaks. The piece notes risk from crowded stables and calls for stricter sanitary measures amid lingering Baconian cipher quip.
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Kentucky
California
Blue Grass
Association
Lexington
Beacon Park
Boston
Unusual measure of attention to Baconism and art
The piece notes Bacon’s persistent advocate facing critics who publish reviews in North American Review and Dramatic Mirror. It honors Enz Van Marcxe, a brilliant landscape and animal painter who, behind Troyon in strength, earned good prices and benefited from his era’s broad art appeal.
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Bacon
Ronin
North American Review
Watpron
Dramatic Mirror
Sisy- Phus
Enz van Marcxe
Troyon
Contentious remarks reevaluated by local speaker
Mr Lazoucakre is described as sharp tongued yet capable of apology after criticizing public figures. A Truth quote notes he admitted misjudging Mr Pastenes and praised Mr Berlain as more impudent. A minister to Germany predicts prosperity from the McKinney bill before Congress, suggesting a repeal would be unlikely if wealth grows.
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Germany
Congress
McKinntey
Puccps
McKintry
Judge Devens Remembered as A Patriotic Judge and Friend
In Boston Judge Devens dies suddenly in his prime leaving a legacy of military and judicial service. Tributes praise his rare blend of manliness and tenderness, his social gifts, hospitality, and broad learning from French history to Thiers. He is mourned by family, clubs, and Cambridge and Charlestown relations, with deep affection from nephews and nieces alike.
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Judge Devens
Union
Wednesday Evening Century Club
Thursday Evening Club
Boston
Lord Coleridge
Union Club
Cambridge
Charlestown
Thiers
Devens
Massachusetts
Reflections on Holland's King and Queen Genders
A brief verse notes Holland shifted the Regina to Rex by statute but argues the law is ultra vires. The queen remains female despite the change and the poem plays on the new title and its legal/constitutional tension.
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Holland
Stated Meeting of The Historical Society Notes Centennial Plans
The Historical Society held a post noon meeting led by Dr George Ellis. Dr Samuel Green reported on plans for the January 24 centennial services at Arlington Street Church with Thomas Higginson and others to speak. A long report outlined publications from 1792 to the present and the Belknap Papers volume, plus various letters and notes on archival work and historical figures.
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George £. Ellis
Samuel A. Green
Organization of the Society
Arlington Street Church
Thomas W. Higginson
Ellis
Robert C. Winthrop
Paige
Charles C. Smith
Belknap
John Eliot
New North Church
Peter Thacher
Brattle Street
Paine Wingate
Benjamin Franklin
John
Abigail Adams
Wentworth
New Hampshire
Benjamin Rush
Ebeling
Charles F. Adams
Richard H. Dana
Henry F. Jenks
Massachusetts
Milton
Elizabeth Wadsworth
Timothy Tolman
Stoughton
Primas
Elizabeth x
Wadsworth
Benjamin Wadsworth
William Everett
United States
Goodwin
Court House
Plymouth
R. C. Winthrop, Jr
Winthrop
Anthony Strange
England
New England
Eis
Judge Chamberlain
Daniel Leonard
John Adams
Leonard
Bermuda
Arthur B. Ellis
Henry Cabot
Lundy’s Lane
Edward E. Hale
Minnesota
Eliot
Speakers Named for Phi Beta Kappa Anniversary Exercises
The Phi Beta Kappa anniversary at Sanders Theatre will feature Professor William Watson Goodwin as orator and Henry Grafton Chapman as poet. The literary committee includes L. B. R. Briggs, F. C. Lowell, Josiah Quincy, William C. Lane, George K. Carpenter, and Ezra R. Thayer as members. The Atlantic Association seeks college aid to cover a heavy debt, with collectors appointed: W. Burlingham, D. Blagden, T. J. Stead, A. M. White, R.S. Hale, H. Washburn, U. T. R. Bates, OC. R. Bardeen, W. S. Rothschild, J. S. Cook, O. K. Hawes, P. W. Davis, J. Hale, W. L. Thompson, G. R. Fearling, T. B. Sherwin, H. M. Wheewright, H. Morgan, R. B. Beals, J. Corbett, R. H. Green, W. B. Greenleaf, K. Brown.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Sanders Theatre
William Watson Goodwin
Henry Grafton Chapman
L. B. R. Briggs
F. C. Lowell
Josiah Quincy
William C. Lane
George K. Carpenter
Ezra R. Thayer
OC. R. Bardeen
W. S. Rothschild
J. S. Cook
O. K. Hawes
P. W. Davis
J. Hale
W.L. Thompson
G. R. Fearling
T. BE. Sherwin
H. M. Wheelwright
H. Morgan
R. B. Beals
J. Corbett
R. H. Green
W. B. Greenleaf
K. Brown
Massenet Violin Concerto Featured In Boston Concert
The fourth Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at Sanders Theatre featured Haydn and Dvorak pieces, Godard Violin Concerto performed by Loeffler, and a new Massenet song for Miss Sybil Sanderson. Miss Gertrude Franklin sang bravura in Pré aux Clercs aria, with Kneisel on obbligato. audience praised the orchestral playing though one movement was cut to fit time. The next concert is set for January 29.
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Cambridge
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Godardo
Scandinavian Symphony
Harold Scherzo
Gertrude Franklin
Hérold
Massenet
Sybil Sanderson
Mr. Loeffler
Funeral arrangements for Judge Devens announced
The late Judge Charles Devens will be honored at Trinity Church Saturday at 1 p.m. Pallbearers include Chief Justice Field, Major-General Dalton, and Harvard President Eliot, among others. The Massachusetts Commandery of the Loyal Legion and other groups will assemble at 12:30 p.m. and report to Colonel Edmands. Burial is at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Ex-President Hayes sent a telegram expressing condolences.
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Devens
Trinity Church
Justice Field
Supreme Judicial Court
Samuel Dalton
Commonwealth
A. W. Beard
Port
Eliot
Harvard College
John C. Ropes
The
Massachusetts Military Historical Society
Henry Lee
Union Club
George E. Ellis
D.D
Massachusetts Historical Society
Frederick W. Lincoln
Bunker Hill Monument Association
John M. Corse
Massachusetts
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment
Bar Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Trnity
Clarendon Street
Charles Devens
Thomas F. Edmands
Arnold A. Rand
Recorder
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Milk Street
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Hayes
Boston
Mass
Rutz Herrorp B
Fire damages Naumkeag clothing store in Salem block
Salem Jan 8 Special to the Post fire alarm from Box 38 confined the blaze to the basement and first floor of the Downing block Essex street housing Naumkeag Clothing Co on the first floor and Salem Fraternity and Lefaveur Piano Co above. Smoke damaged upper rooms. Naumkeag losses near 20000 insured. brick building owned by Downing estate badly scorched. furnace overheated caused fire. Mechanics Council frescoes also smoked. BEVERLY and other towns report additional fire and property losses with mixed insured amounts and casualties.
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Salem
Specia
the Post
Downing Block
Essex Street
Naumkeag Clothing Company
Salem Fraternity
W. J. Lefaveur Piano Company
Niagara Council
Naumkeag
Thomas Downing
Mechanics’ Council
Board of Trade
Beverly
Sumner E. Glines
North Beverly
Gardiner
Water Street
J. K. Foy
H. D. Leonard
Leonard
Moscow
Royal Hotel
Berwin
Pillau
Farmington
Thomas Fletcher
New Sharon
New Brirary
Conn
W. W. Norton
Berlin
Fragmented humor and anecdotes in a local paper
A collage of satirical items and brief vignettes from a historic paper. It cites Senator Hoar in a Carthaginian ruin image, jokes about apartment leases, a runaway chicken story from New York to Bridgeport, a Brooklyn candy illness note, a banquet table quip, a Paris dinner party agency for thirteen guests, cigars traded between offices, and a wedding theater anecdote from the Worcester Gazette, punctuating daily life with wit.
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Norristown Herald
Paris
New York
Worcester Gazette
Hero of Altoona Faces Reappointment Challenge at Boston Post Office
Washington reports the fate of General Corse in securing a Bos ton postmaster reappointment. Senators Dawes and Hoar seek a Republican candidate, but no clear contender has emerged. Names like Williamson, Marcus Cook, Abbott Lawrence, and ex-Representative Samuel McCall are discussed. Postmaster General Wanamaker balances party lines while praising Corse’s executive ability. The copyright bill gains momentum with Houghton Mifflin’s support and Senator Platt signaling quick action.
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Washington
Specian
General Corse
Boston Post Office
Dawes
Hoar
Altoona
Williamson
Morse
Marcus Cook
Boston
Abbott Lawrence
Lawrence
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
McCall
Wanamaker
Congress
Department
Houghton
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Capitol
Chace
Rhode Island
Senate
Platt
Vacant Appraisership Eyes Maine's William F Lunt
William F Lunt of Maine is favored for the vacant Board of General Appraisers seat after prior roles as district attorney. Senators Dawes and Hoar back Hon W W Doherty though his prospects are weak. Simonds of Connecticut is discussed as a qualified alternative, while Deputy Collector Fiske of Boston reappears but Treasury officials prefer to keep him in place due to his value.
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William F. Lunt
Maine
General Appraisers
Dawes and
Hoar
W. W. Doherty
Simonds
Connecticut
Fiske
Boston
Treasury
Coin Value of Imports Invoices to be in metallic currency
Treasury officials will require invoices for imported goods to be stated in the metallic currency of the exporting country and duties to be based on that value. The move reverses prior practice of using depreciated paper money and aims to prevent inflated duties from fluctuating currency. Consuls will ensure invoices reflect metal currency, with coin values set quarterly by the mint director.
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Treasury
Windom
Spaulding
Argentine Republic
Beard
Boston
Boston Social Register 1891 A compact visiting list
The 1891 Boston Social Register, issued by the Social Register Association on Liberty Street New York, goes to 400 subscribers. It rivals the Blue Book only as a convenient adjunct, alphabetically arranged, including club additions, maiden names, arrivals and departures on European steamers, and marriage dates since the last issue.
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Boston Social Register
Social Register Association
Liberty Street
New York
South End
C. H. Washburn
Philadelphia
Steamers Arrived in Major Ports on Jan 8
Ships from Hamburg to Boston Jean van York and Minister Maybach arrived in Boston. Britannic reached New York from Liverpool, Ville de Dieppe from Dieppe in Philadelphia, Aller from New York to Bremen, North Cambria from New York, Germanic from New York near Scilly Islands, Ocean from New York to Bremen, and Polynesia from New York to London.
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Boston
Boston Ee
Hamburg
Jean van York
Minister Maybach
Geesman
New York
Britannic
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Ville de Dieppe
Dieppe
Southampton
Aller
Bremen
Eng
North Cambria
Queenstown
Germanic
Scilly Islands
Kasbek
Flushing
Ocean
London
Polynesia
New Yorks
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Post Publishing Company
Hoston
Governor Russell
United States Judicial District
Hirt
Wixson
Mr. Donnelly
David Macron
SON
the Historical Society
Harvard College Affairs
the Athletic Association
Brenton
Lincoln Street
Loren D. Saunders
Chichester
N. H
North Street
Charles G. Bartlett
Malden
Mary Reagan
Reims Place
Tremont and
Vernon Streets
Marius
Carthage
Pokem
Flicker
Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church
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