Lesson From a Boston Horse Show and a Study of Habits
A Boston witness describes a horse abused by a driver until a cabman’s gentle touch prompts the animal to move, illustrating kindness over brutality. The piece also contrasts older and younger business hours, noting elders start earlier while younger men linger, especially in fine weather. It shifts to a reflection on how people accept ideas without imagining them, recounting a court scene where a judge imposes prison despite outdated law and the need for collective action to enforce order.
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School Street
Boston
Charles Lamb
East India House
Taverner
Moié Chamber Music Club Opens With Mixed Wind Quintet
The Moié Chamber Music Club presented the first of three concerts at Association Hall. The ensemble featured Moié on flute Sauter oboe Strasser clarinet Guenzel bassoon Hackebarth and guests Nikisch piano Demuth oboe Metzger clarinet Dietsch bassoon and Schneider horn. The program included Onslow Quintet in F op 81 and Beethoven Octet in E flat op 103 with Bach flute sonata in B minor. The performance praised wind ensemble skill and noted Nikisch's piano accompaniment. The second concert is planned for Thursday April 2 with Parabo and Schulz assisting.
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Mole Club
Moié
Association Hall
Sauter
Strasser
Guenzel
Hackebarth
Arthur Nikisch
Messrs. Demuth
Metzger
Dietsch
Schneider
Seeee Nes - Onslow
Deaceeee Cath Gyaoe
Beethoven
Molé Club
Boston
George Onslow
Onslow
Paris Conservatory
Bonn
Vienna
Thayer
Bach
Coethen
Leopold
Mole
Nikisch
Ken Bach
Messrs
Parabo and
Schulz
No 259 Washington Street Sub Rates and Notices
The Boston Post lists no 259 Washington Street subscription rates and editor's notes on manuscript submissions. Amusements section advertises theatre showings across Boston venues with times and titles including Sunlight and Shadow, A Cup of Tea, Lost in New York, It Was a Drear, Ship Ahoy, Minnie Palmer in A Mile a Minute, and Weber Field's Own Company.
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Jboston Theatre
Washington Street
Boerox Museum
Tremont Street
Secoliag Square
bGrasp Organ House
Washington
Dover Street
New York
Srexter Taeater
Hollis Street
Minnie Palmer
Crelonama OF
JerusaLem
Ing
Puck
Arlington Street
Edward
Life
New York World
Cleopatra
Bowery
Senator Peffer
van Pelts
San Francisco
N. Y. Sun
Legislature advances constitutional voting amendment
The House agrees to the resolution advancing the constitutional amendment abolishing the tax qualification for voting to final stage where adoption or rejection will be by popular vote. Support has been strong, and the non-partisan vote in both Houses is praised, though the biennial election resolution is noted as not progressed similarly.
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House of Representatives
Disputed election cases debated in New York Senate
The New York Senate approved a constitutional amendment to transfer disputed elections from legislative bodies to the courts. Seventeen to eight vote along party lines, with Republicans mostly opposing. The proposal aims to curb partisan abuse and set a national example for resolving contested elections.
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New York
Senate
Congress
New York Senate
Gold and Silver Policy Sparks Market Hesitation
The piece argues inflationists’ silver basis schemes are defeated while praising partial financial progress. It notes London banking concerns tied to South American loans, rising gold shipments, and the U.S. Treasury's plan to curb gold exports with a tax on gold bars as a response to market unease.
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London
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
New York Chamber Warns on Silver Inflation and Gold Drying Up
The New York Chamber of Commerce fears gold depletion due to the silver coinage act and rising silver hoards. It suggests repealing the act, stopping monthly purchases of 4.5 million ounces of silver, and replacing silver certificates with National Bank notes. The commentary cautions the government may pay obligations in silver, echoing concerns from the late Congress.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Electrical Control Proposal Seeks State Board Oversight
The legislature faces a major issue regulating poles and wires in streets and highways. A Canton bill proposes creating a State Board of Electrical Control with powers similar to railroad and health boards, plus judicial review. It would require wire consolidation, underground placement, and licensing fees to fund supervision and municipal use of streets. Governor Hinn and several states consider similar laws. The subject deserves thorough, fair consideration before action.
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Hemenway
Canton
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
State Board of Electrical Control
Railroad Commissioners
State Board of Health
Commonwealth
Boston
Hinn
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Haven Railway Opposes Steam Heating Cited as Risk
The article voices criticism of the New Haven road for resisting steam heating citing safety concerns. President Clark defends the stance noting engineers do not trust safety valves and warn a boiler failure could kill all passengers in minutes. Officials may eventually abandon car store fears to adopt practical systems.
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Clark
New Haven Road
Derew
New Haven Railroad Company
Possanger
Apprehensive railway officials testify at tunnel inquiry
Two railway presidents testified before the jury probing the Fourth Avenue tunnel accident. C M DePew of the New York Central argued against lighting the tunnel with white electric light, saying it may not substantially reduce danger. He also discussed steam car heat replacing stoves, noting safety concerns and no deaths since the change, while acknowledging possible disaster from bursting pipes.
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Fourth Avenue Tunnel
Caauncey M. DepEw
New York Central
Neutra
Derew
New Haven Road
Mabel
France and the World’s Fair tariff talk with Triarp
A cable report outlines M. Triarp, former head of the 1889 Paris Exposition, saying French exhibitors at the Chicago World’s Fair depend on America’s tariff stance. He notes France would help if tariffs favor exports, but would keep goods home if protection remains high. He contrasts Moscow shows under Russia’s tariffs to Chicago’s higher duties, warning tariff policy shapes foreign participation.
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M. Triarp
Cable
M. Tirard
America
Chicago
France
Russia
Moscow
Libraries and Library Science in New York State Progress
New York highlights progress of the Library School in Albany with fifteen librarians sent to towns in the state and twenty to seven other states. It notes a no-cost model under the Regents and suggests expanding circulating libraries and sharing resources with national and state libraries. It ends with a quip about a barnyard drama and recent shows at Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Albany
New York State
Board of Regents
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
National Medical Library
Washington
Congressonal Library
Five New York Officers Face Assault Trials
As many as five New York policemen stand trial for assault amid claims that police brutality has worsened. The report notes that what are called pulls seem diminished, suggesting a change in police conduct or training.
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New York
Ladies Physiological Institute discusses heredity study
Dr Spencer of Cambridge spoke on Reproduction of the Human Race before the Ladies Physiological Institute. A petition circulated after the talk asks large dry goods firms to fix year round 5 pm closing, replacing the current summer only closing policy.
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Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Spencer
Cambridge
Opening of the Abbotsford apartment hotel in Boston
The Abbotsford on Commonwealth avenue opened under Joseph Lea, linking to Woodland Park Hotel fame. Half of its 21 suites were leased, with entrance-floor rooms housing a waiting area and a restaurant offering table d hote or la carte. Italian renaissance architecture and marble finishes characterize the cheerful dining room and public spaces. A dozen guests celebrated the opening with a tour and reception.
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Abbotsford
Commonwealth Avenue
Joseph Lea
Woodland Park
Auburndale
Lee
Boston
Supplementary Course entertains Tremont Temple crowd
A good sized Tremont Temple audience last night heard the first supplementary Star course entertainment. Master Frederick Williams, the English boy singer, impressed with a clear voice, and Haydn selections. Apollo Quartet, Frank May, Miss McGregor, and Mrs. Nelle Lewis offered strong performances.
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Tremont Temple
Frederick Williams
Haydn
Apollo Quartette
Frank May
Delights of Spring Letter to the Editor Praises Boston Snow Games
A Boston reader laments an early spring yet celebrates the New England storm's sport. He recalls shoveling and plowing, the roof rope game with snow blocks, jump ropes, and spectators. He notes daring ladies, daring children in snow barricades, and artful disruption of a street’s monotony as snow vanishes. Dated Thursday March 6.
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the Post
New England
France
Italy
Boston
Cornwall
Wantow
Peabody on ethics of the labor question at Lowell Institute
Professor Peabody's second Lowell Institute lecture critiques free competition as warlike in ethics and contrasts arbitration, communism, anarchism, and socialism. He argues cooperation and voluntary giving may improve morals, while wealth concentration fuels revolution. real progress relies on patient independence and a regenerated public toward a better balance between private wealth and communal duty.
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Lowell Institute
Peabody
Ariie
England
America
Harvard Lectures Debates and Club News
Harvard Classical Club schedules two public lectures in Sever Hall with March 25 talk by Professor I. D. Seymour of Yale on Homeric life and an additional talk by Professor Hale of Connell on an unannounced topic. The Harvard Union debated abolishing poll tax as a qualification for the ballot, with Brackett Healey leading affirmative and Hayes Costigan leading negative. Deutscher Verein members were chosen, and E. O. Hiles, 93, is in College Hospital with scarlet fever to prevent spread.
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Harvard Classical Club
Sever Hall
I. D. Seymour
Yale
Hale
Connell
Harvard Union
C. Brackett
A. G. Healey
Hayes
G. P. Costigan
F. Paterson
J. Schoen
L. A. E. Ahlers
H. J. Hughes
Deutscher Verein
E. O. Hiles
College Hospital
Goschen Plan for Bank of England Notes Sparks Debate
A New York Nation editorial argues for issuing one-pound and ten-shilling notes by the Bank of England to boost its gold reserves and ease panics. It envisions large new reserves, with redemption rules and uses for exports, while noting counterfeit risks and noting that the central bank’s trust could avert crises without France’s aid.
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Goschen
New York Nation
Bank of England
Nation
England
Bank of France
Delaware's Missing Securities Hint at Philadelphia Vaults
Ex Governor Cochran says missing Delaware State securities likely lie in a Philadelphia safe deposit vault since 1875 placed there on his suggestion. He does not recall the specific placement, but the first name of the firm is Fidelity. Herbert will delay paying the $34,000 owed until after the Dover legislative investigation starts and concludes. bondsmen will cover the debt.
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Delaware
Wilmincron
Del
Cochran
Philadelphia
Fidelity
Herbert
Dover
Notable Hubbard Henshaw wedding at Trinity Church
Mr. Gorman Hubbard and Miss Sadie Henshaw wed at Trinity Church yesterday at noon in a ceremony before many guests. Music by Lang and Mendelssohn accompanied the bride’s entrance. Dr Phillips Brooks officiated. reception followed at the bride’s Huntington avenue residence.
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Gorman Hubbard
Sadie Henshaw
Trinity Church
J. Lang
Jensen
Mendelssohn
Phillips Brooks
Gannett Wells
Frank Henshaw
Alice Cotton
Frothingham An Thatcher
William Gray
Herman L. Edgar
Morgan Brown
New York
Louis Thatcher
Allston Bird
Amos Cutting
E. F. Chapin
Joshus Upham
McAllister
Brooks
Buntington Avenue
A Prosperous Town in Watertown Annual Report Details
Watertown reports show prosperous year with expenses covered from last year’s appropriation and a debt reduction of 5000. Public Library holds about 20000 volumes, town has 316 incandescents, 7 arc lights and 19 gas lamps, 204 hydrants, and recorded 162 births, 67 marriages, 126 deaths. Total valuation 2477970 with total town value 72876220. real 5861220 and personal 1426402. Increase in valuation 249119. receipts 18664093, expenditures 18653689, balance 10404. Major outlays include almshouse 672268, walks 1773, fire dept 614392, highways 1363862, hydrant service 815833, police 548341, library 359081, schools 260106, salaries 3457, street lights 4993, town dept 5000. Proposed next year budget 95375 with top items: schools 25000, highways 15000, fire dept 5700, interest 2700, library 2750, walks 1500, street lights 5500, salaries 8600, removal of ashes 11500, hydrant service 8500, support of poor 5000.
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Watertown
SpRcian
Treasury
Witty snippets and political jests from old newspapers
A collage of humorous clippings and quips from turn‑of‑the‑century papers. Puck jokes, New York world quips, and Candide‑like anecdotes poke fun at celebrities, politics, health, and society. The notes mock fashion, speeches, and public life with concise, era‑distinct ironies.
Massachusetts Cincinnati Officers Meet at Parker House
The Officers and Standing Committee of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati met at the Parker House yesterday to transact routine business and dine. Fifteen gentlemen attended chaired by Winslow Warren with several applications for membership received from notable names including General Raymond, Benjamin Lincoln, and Charles A. l of vii among others.
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Massachusetts Cincinnati
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati
Parker House
Winslow Warren
Gray
Gamaliel Breford
Raymond Ale Paria
Warren
Greene
William F. Jones
Boston
Charles W. Eoson Brookne
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Dge
Newburyport
Charles A. l
Benjamin Lincoln
Dennysvile
James G. Voss
Fred Cenns
Throvien B
Dior Jeeps
Omas
Rhode Island Democrats Convene State Convention Date Set
Providence March 5 The Democratic State Convention to nominate candidates for state officers is called for Thursday March 12 at 11 oclock in Music Hall. The event will gather delegates from across Rhode Island to choose party nominees for statewide offices.
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Rhode Island
Providence
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New Broom
Picayune
Oxfam
Jerry Simpson
Fie
Piccadilly
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