Amusements Tonight at Boston Theatres and Halls
The local listings show Evening amusements across venues on Washington Tremont and Howard streets. The Crystal Slipper Bettys Finish The Red Hussar and The Great Metropolis along with Henry Burlesque and Cadet Theatricals are scheduled at 2 and 7 45 p m.
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Boston Theatre
Washington Street
Boston Museum
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Betty
Hollis Street
Howard Athens&um
Howard Street
Henry Burlesque Company
Haru
Winter Street
Stoddard
Henry M. Stanley
Park Theatre
Tremont Theatee
Cadet Theatricals
Fameis Hall Meeting Shapes Free Silver Demonstration
Boston citizens unite at Farnell Hall to oppose free silver coinage. Curtis Guild Jr leads the new Republican club to remove partisanship, while Mayor appoints committees reflecting broad local interests. Henry L Higgins presides and Henry L Pierce chairs resolutions to influence Congress.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
New Republican Club
Boston
Farnell Hall
Henry L. Higgason
Henry L. Pierce
Congress
Massachusetts
Justice To The Signal Service Promoting Fair Credit
A bill seeks compensation for Signal Service officers tied to the Weather Bureau transfer from the Army to the Agriculture Department. Many have served over twenty years and face discharge without pay. The measure would grant from one year to one third of a year’s pay plus proportional allowances. Congress is urged to act promptly.
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Weather Bureau
Army
Department of Agriculture
Signal Service
Congress
A Conflict of Gangs and Political Plot The Anti Platt Machine
The article hints at factions in New York politics after Boss Puntz is discarded, mentioning an Anti Platt Machine. It notes eminent figures like Barney Biein optimistic about harmony eventually. It questions whether replacing Puatz will truly improve New York politics.
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Puntz
New York
Barney
Biein
Unpopular Force Bill Draws Philly Press Opposition
The force bill faces strong Republican and independent press resistance in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Times highlights hostile editorials. five regular Republican papers oppose, while two remain neutral. The lone pro bill paper is the Inquirer? Telegraph? Bulletin? Call? Press list noted.
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Hoar
Senate
Massachusetts
Philadelphia Times
Times Ledger
Record
Inquirer
Telegraph
Bulletin
Call and Press
The
North American
the Star
Philadelphia
Republican press backs force bill in nation wide split
President Harrison allies face opposition from New York and Boston papers. The Tribune and the Press criticize the measure while other Republican organs abandon or condemn it unless pre paid favors are granted. Overall public sentiment leans against the force bill amid party friction.
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Harrison
Russia
New York
The
Tribune
France
Press
Republican Party
Republican Press of
Boston
American Tin Plate Can Figures in Tax Plan Debut
Norton Bros. of Chicago unveil a handsome tin can made by automatic machinery from Chicago produced tin plate and Welsh dipped work. The can is a curiosity, not a mass product, but Norton Bros. seek to establish a retail trade if Americans pay higher prices for three to five years. A forthcoming tariff on tin plates is estimated at 15 million dollars yearly, with Norton Bros. conceding it will be a heavy, multi year tax.
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the. Post
Messrs. Norton Bros
Chicago
Messrs
Norton Bros
Newton Bros
Chicago Tribune
Messrs. Norton
Prison Reform Proposals At Charlestown Prison
The annual report of the Prison Commissioners examines Charlestown prison with five to six hundred convicts and poor labor value. Warden notes earnings from six cents to seventy three cents daily and urges rewards to boost work, citing Vermont style pay tied to conduct. The Massachusetts prison saw adoption of the Bertillon method for identification, triggering riot among seasoned offenders resistant to reform.
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Charlestown
Vermont
Massachusetts
Riot at State Prison Linked to Degradation Fears
The July riot was sparked by disciplined prisoners who feared the BERTILLON identification stigma on ex-convicts. Warden proposes laws against destroying state property and calls for centralized prison leadership. He supports a gubernatorial commission to review current rules and system.
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State Prison
Bertillon
National Board of Trade urges census revision and permanent office
The National Board of Trade calls Congress to revise the eleventh census and statistical laws and to provide for future enumerations with better service and efficiency. A committee including J A Price Scranton Erastus Winan New York Jonathan A Lane Boston J A Gano Cincinnati and W J Pope Chicago drafts the plan for a permanent census office and separate enumeration and statistics duties. The movement seeks broad support from business interests to correct past errors and prevent repeats.
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National Board of Trade
Congress
J. A. Price
Scranton
Erastus Winan
New York
Jonathan A. Lane
Boston
J. A. Gano
Cincinnati
W. J. Pope
Chicago
Traveling dresses of heroines in stage and home fashion
A lively survey of traveling heroine gowns contrasts stage and home attire from classic and contemporary theatre, recounting vivid anecdotes such as Miss Owenson’s farewell dress and Rosalind in Arden with leather boots, and noting the evolving elegance on the high class stage.
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Frourer
Ticka
Rosalind
Forest of Arden
Shakespere
Celia
Touchstone
Arden
Wandering Women in Fashion and Theater Gowns
A critic notes Medea, Imogen, and Alma Blake as they travel in distinct outfits from house dresses to décolletée gowns. The piece weighs the line between comedy and farce, hinting at a future essay on philosophy and ethics while admiring stage costumes and the social implications of travel attire.
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Wayfaring
Medea
Imogen
Milford Haven
The Opera in New York and Other News Items
The piece critiques the Metropolitan Opera House’s possible shift away from German opera and notes American appetite for accessible, melodious works. It discusses language, leadership, and programming choices under Abbey and the era’s taste, plus anecdotes on Wilkes-Barre bigamy, Berlin opera dress reform, a new farce called Hoss and Hoss, army pay for First Sergeants, and Gen. Booru’s poverty plan debated in Cambridge at Lever Hall.
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Booru
England
Cambridge
Lever Hall
Harvard University
Jolly G. Brooks
Brooks Sails Social Reform Then Lectures on Salvation Army Plan
Brooks is described as an earnest social reformer and careful student whose forthcoming lecture aims to aid a fair judgment of the Salvation Army scheme.
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Brooks
Grand Salvation Army
Winter scenes and obituaries in Boston on ice coated Common
The writer admires icy branches on the Common and winter city landscapes as inspiring art, notes ice laden trees in suburbs, and observes ships and coal trains sparkling like diamonds. The Post obituary tribute to Charles A Richardson lauds his editorial fidelity and genial nature, then recalls Charles T Congdon and late Tribune editorials, followed by a call for Boston Athletic Club sparring licenses and praise of a manly sport with temper control.
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Boston
Post
Charles A. Richardson
Charles T. Congdon
Tribune
Vangdon
Horace Greeley
Boston Athletic Club
Cambridge
Harvard University
Music Hall
Tom Hughes
Goves
Tarverner
Taverner
Vermont Association to celebrate Vermont's anniversary event
The Vermont Association of Boston marks the centennial admission of Vermont with a Friday evening gala at the Vendome Hotel. Hon H O Houghton will chair with speeches by Dorman B Eaton and others, Rev H G Spaulding will read an original historical poem, Mary E Wilkins will attend, Mary Howe will sing Whittier and more, Germania Orchestra provides music. Nonmembers may join and buy tickets before noon Thursday from Col Geo N Carpenter at 31 Milk Street.
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Vermont Association of Boston
Vermont
Hotel Vendome
H. O. Houghton
Dorman B. Eaton
H.G. Spaulding
Mary E. Wilkins
New England
Mary Howe
Whittier
Vermonters
Germania Orchestra
Association
Col. Geo. N. Carpenter
Milk Street
Reflection on kings and a cautionary tale of rulers
Samuel Plimsoll, famed Sailors' Friend and former MP, travels Western cities investigating shipping beef to Britain. He opposes live cattle exports and favors safer, direct trade alternatives. A fable contrasts two kings to warn about stable power versus active schemes.
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Samuel Plimsoll
Sir Vernon Harcourt
England
Political Tilt in the House and Senate Academy
Gov Russell submits recommendations from state departments covering ballot delivery reforms state treasury trust deposits and 15000 from the U S government. Also requests asylum for insane criminals and reforms in prisons reforms for women inmates and farm reoccupancy measures. Senate and House debates follow on silver bill and partisan resolutions.
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Gov. Russell
Secretary of State
United States
Board of Lunacy and Charity
Commissioners of Prisons
Superintendent of Prisons
New York
Reformatory
Reformatory Prison
Monson
Congress
Board of Agriculture
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Aepiveriisan
William E. Russell
Notable Elders and Officials in Brief Biographies
Mrs. Howard Gray of Newport celebrated her 101st birthday Sunday and remains in good health. James Parton, aged veteran author, works six hours daily at his Newburyport home, where his desk serves as rest and recreation. King Kalakaua, seriously ill in San Francisco, plans no further social engagements. Secretaries Blaine and Tracy have sent an official letter offering the Charleston for his return. he will not depart for the islands until Congress agrees to arrangements on the treaty matter.
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Quincy
Wardwell
Haverhill
Congress
Republican State Committee
House
James Parton
Newburyport
King Kalakaua
San Francisco
Blaine
Tracy
Charleston
Islands
Secretary of State
James G. Blaine
Chicago News
Ethel
New York Sun
Gosline
Roxy
Nondher
Dolley
Frank
Montains
Democrats
New York
Senate
George Gould
Jay Gould
London
Italy
France
Peculiar Boston Hurdle Race Highlighted by Stranger
A roaming observer in Boston recalls a lively scene at a major station where makeshift hurdles of boards and skids create a quirky obstacle course. Barrels and bales move along as onlookers coax and time each leap, with square sidewalk boxes adding landscaped charm. An avalanche from a store roof onto a horse drawn cart provokes astonishment and colorful language as the crowd reacts. The writer praises local stunts behind stores as quirky manly sport, urging residents not to banish them as odd but valuable advertisements.
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Post
Boston
Ripples of gossip mix with crime talk in noisy column
A collage of quotes and snippets covers politics, society, and crime lore. Notes mention Tennyson’s rhyming dictionary, gun issues among Indians, a gas explosion in Ohio, possible Blaine candidacy, and sensational murder methods. The tone blends wry humor, editorial buzz, and lurid curiosity.
Do business get through and go home in Mass Legislature
Archibald M. Howe of Cambridge urged the House to follow a seven word program in which the people’s expectation is that the Legislature “do business, get through and go home.” The Springfield Republican notes that committees should be ready and silver resolutions passed without partisan bickering as the General Court sought united action in those years.
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LAW
Gospel OF Legislative Service
Archibald M. Howe
Cambridge
House
Quincy
United Voice of Massachusetts
General Court
Springfield Republican
Ind
Republican Senate majority hangs by six votes
The Philadelphia Telegraph warns that the Republican Senate majority may be reduced to six or fewer votes amid Westward demoralization. It warns that rapid shifts could flip a dozen Republican senators to the opposing side within months, and accuses party leaders of pursuing a dangerous force policy that could ruin remaining GOP strength.
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Senate
Chamber
Repubican
Philadelphia Telegraph
Turf Reform Board Forms Jockey Licensing Rule
The leading racing association forms a board of control to oversee licensing of jockeys. A rule will require licensing before next season opens, with immediate license revocation for misconduct to ensure jockeys maintain discipline on racecourses.
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Leading
Racing Association
Board of Control
New York Tribune
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