Robson in Boston A Arrant Knave at Hollis Street
The Hollis Street Theatre hosted Mr. Stuart Robson in An Arrant Knave, a medieval style verse drama by Steele Mackaye. Robson garnered strong audience attention with his signature comic awkwardness as Chiqui, while supporting roles by Emma Vaders, James E. Wilson, Edward J. Ratcliffe, Frank Tannehill Jr., G. S. Woodward and Katherine Florence drew mixed reviews for stage presence and pace.
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Robson
Hollis Street
Steele Mackaye
Stuart Robson
Boston
Mr. Robson
Philipp
Morena
Laura
Chiqui
Jeura
Hugo
Rita
Paulo
Chigui
Luca
Lita
Emma Vaders
Jugo
James E. Wilson
Edward J. Ratcliffe
Frank Tannehill, Jr
Torriani
G. 8
Woodward
Katherine Florence
Annie Russell
Mr Lang's First Concerto Concert Spotlighted
A well filled hall applauded Mr Lang's program featuring Sgambati's concerto in G minor and Chopin and Schumann songs. Critics praised Mr Tucker's improving execution and Mr Gardner Lamson's refined singing while noting flaws in Mr Phippen's technique and urging closer adherence to established musical standards.
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Lang
H. G. Tucker
She Hidalgo
Schumann
Gardner Lamson
Mendelssohn
Elizabeth Marsh
Chopin
Joshua Phippen
Sgambati
Boito
Verdi
Tucker
Phippen
Panippen
Boston Hearing Debates Speed Limits for Electric Cars
In Boston on March 11 1890 Colonel Henry LEr objects to streetcars and electric vehicles on shared roads urging streets serve pedestrians and business. Aldermen hear arguments on regulating electric car speeds, with public safety concerns and limits to rapid surface transit acknowledged.
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Henry Ler
Boston
Parliament quarrels and US book taxes spark reform talk
Lord Randolph Churchill and Unionists face public anger as the Parnell Commission debate exposes ministers and a weak Tory stance. The piece argues Parliament is wasting time, threatens a general election, and notes U S duties on books burden scholars, boosting costs for authors and libraries and hindering American English book imports.
English Canadian scheme for faster Atlantic voyage proposed
A proposed plan by English and Canadian capitalists aims to shorten the ocean voyage from the Continent to the British Islands. It envisions a Quebec to St. Charles Bay railway on the Labrador coast and a line of fast steamships from there to Milford Haven, with numerous figures cited in the Quebec despatch.
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British Islands
Quebec
St. Charles Bay
Labrador
Milford Haven
Milford Haven as a passenger port fails to rival Liverpool
The piece argues Milford Haven’s harbor is good and accessible to large ships at low tide but cannot compete with Liverpool and Glasgow for ocean traffic. It dismisses Labrador coast ventures attracting Chicago and New York travelers as impractical, noting railways are easy but northern steamship service would be seasonal and unlikely profitable.
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Milford Haven
Liverpool
Glasgow
Labrador
Chicago
New York
St. Charles Bay
Tariff Plenary: Western Growers Dominate Wool Schedule Balance
Washington dispatches reveal Mr. McKinley’s committee agrees to higher duties on clothing and combing wools, with a one cent rise on cheap wools and three cents on higher cost carpet wools. The plan keeps a twelve cent line for high-priced carpet wools, yet assays definitions of washed and scoured wool to widen the tax. The net effect taxes much of the cleaner carpet wool at twenty four cents per pound.
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McKinley
Washington
Senate
The Silver Muddle in Congress Over Silver Bill
The House committee on coinage finished informal review of Secretary Winpoom's silver bill. The Senate bill by Mr. Jones would require $4.5 million in monthly silver purchases and note issuance, risking import needs and excessive paper money. Wincom's bill is milder but still mandates purchases and notes redeemable in bullion or coins, risking large annual buys of about $45 million. The split likely to produce a deadlock between Houses, with administration implications uncertain.
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House Committee On
Winpoom
House
Wincom
Senate
Jones
Nevada
Congress
Harrison
New York Tribune
Windom
Winnam
House Committee
United States
Treasury
London Economist
Silver Market Repro to Mirror Copper Corner Fallout
The piece warns of a proposed silver market move likened to the copper corner collapse. It argues the Treasury would incur heavy losses on its silver stock bought at high prices, risking public expense for gains to a few producers. It dismisses party necessity as the only justification for altering coinage law.
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United States Treasury
Congress
Jones
A Dismal View of Hayti From British Minister in New York
A British minister to Hayti, visiting New York, offers a somber assessment of the island. He notes quiet streets but anticipates a coming storm, cites widespread passion for national freedom, and criticizes U S plans for a coaling station. He laments wasteful agriculture and heavy governmental costs while warning the debt may remain unpaid.
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Hayti
New York
Hirpopolyte
United States
Hiproyre
Enraged Congregation Over Salary Increase at First Presbyterian
In Englewood Chicago the First Presbyterian Church trustees voted to raise pastor salary from 2500 to 3500 a year. The meeting devolved into chaos with cat calls and personal accusations, police intervening to prevent injuries. The uproar over the amount contrasts with Chicago's World Fair ambitions.
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Chicago
Englewood
First Presbyterian Church
Editor of Bellefonte Republican Attacked Over Wanamaker Policy
A Bellefonte Republican editor is criticized for accusing Wanamaker of betraying party principles. The piece mocks the editor for claiming Wanamaker as Postmaster General would legislate against the party and align with lobbyists and scheming outsiders. The charge ends with a quip about a bird that has fallen from its nest.
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Bellefonte
Penn
Republican
Wanamaker
Wana
Congress
Burrato Buy Captivates Italian Imagination in Rome
Roman papers give extensive space to Burrato Buy, noting Italian interest in the American figure. Don Chisciotte della Marcia cartoon humorously portrays his bucking branches and reports on the esteem in which “il colonello Copy-Burrato Bill” is held in the United States. The piece cites Americans pushing to share drinks and mention of Buffalo Bill as a symbol of red American culture.
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Burrato Buy
Don Chisciotte Della Marcia
Il Colonello
Burrato
America
Buffalo Bill
Automatic Brakes and a fall from Automatum in Rail History
The passage critiques air-brake patents touted as automatic stopping devices for trains. It recalls the Lake Shore disaster where a train split, the rear part left behind, and the forward section halted while the rear plummeted down the grade. The text argues automatism is not truly automatic.
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Lake Shore
Sequel to Insen's Doll's House by Cuveney
The article discusses a sequel to Insen's Doll's House written by Mrs. Eonan D. Cuveney. It centers on the heroine's proposed future career and a moral lesson about the ennoblement and advancement of women. The note questions the heroine's need for both at Ipsen's point of plot closure.
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Eonan D. Cuveney
Ipsen
Concentrated city pride and the need for pride in Cincinnati
The Commercial Gazette argues that Cincinnati needs not more pride whether plain or concentrated but more things worthy of pride. It warns that pride goes before a fall and stresses that true pride comes from worthy achievements rather than empty self-regard.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
Western paper refuses to publish Briain speeches
A respected Western exchange states it will no longer publish Senator Briain's speeches, arguing the cost and effort of printing would require an extra font of type. The notice frames the decision as a practical printing constraint affecting future coverage.
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Briain
Lenten entertainments in Boston show delicate social charm
Boston society during Lent favors refined amusements like whist lessons by local women and musicales with amateur performers. Luncheons display fine glass and silver, with limited drinking and focus on æsthetic display. Concerns arise over real estate and a Workingmen's Club for the West Church, noting slow local progress.
Burlesque at the Tremont Impresses Audiences
The London Gaiety Company's Faust up to Date burlesque at Tremont theatre draws crowded houses. Music features Gounod themes in a playful orchestral weave and topical songs. Miss St John sings charmingly despite a cold, with Lonnen delivering a fine voice. The four Gaiety dancers, scenery, and costumes boost the production. A large audience attended last night.
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Tremont
London Gaiety Company
Tremont Theatre
Gounod
Miss St. John
Mr. Lonnen
Green-Room Fun opens at Grand Opera House
The Nellie McHenry company led by Webster and Maeder opened a week at the Grand Opera House with Bronson Howard's Green-Room Fun. Nellie McHenry shone as Kittie Plumpet and the Indian princess, while W H Lytell impressed as Booth Mc Forrest. John Webster lampooned the Rev Ernest Duckworth, delivering strong burlesque. The cast overall was fairly good and the crowd showed appreciation.
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Nellie McHenry
Webster & Maeder
The Private Secretary at the Park Theatre
A large audience enjoyed the farcical comedy The Private Secretary at the Park Theatre last evening. Mr Gullette delivered an effective Cruikshanklike title role, with Mr Charles Bowser as Douglas Cattermole a standout in the company.
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Park
Park Theatre
Gullette
Cruikshank
Charles Bowser
Douglas Cattermole
A Brass Monkey Stages Noted at the Boston Theatre
A large Boston Theatre audience yesterday praised A Brass Monkey with laughter and steady polish. George F. Marion gave a fine Jonah while Flora Walsh played Baggage with vivacity and dancing, and the show overall was deemed well performed and entertaining with notable singing.
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Boston
Baggage
Burlesque at the Howard Delights Crowd
The Rentz Santley novelty burlesque company packed the Howard Atheneum last night and the Antony and Cleopatra program drew praise for its costume, scenery, and shapely burlesquers. Next week features Mr. N S Wood in a new play.
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THE
Howard
Rentz-Santley Novelty and
Howard Atheneum
N.S. Wood
Naval orders alter steel inspection board and lighthouse duty
Special Army and Navy Gazette reports Captain Montgomery Sicard named president of the steel inspection board while Assistant Engineer R.58 Griffin is examined for sea duties. Henry Morrison is detached from the board and assigned to the lighthouse board. Carpenter B. S. N. Whitenhouse retires.
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Washington
Montgomery Sicard
Steel Inspection Board
Griffin
Henry
Morrison
Lighthouse Board
Carpenter
N. Whitenhouse
New England Railroad Club Holds Annual Meeting
The New England Railroad Club will hold its annual meeting at the United States Hotel on Wednesday evening next. In addition to the election of officers there will be an interesting discussion on Freight Car Couplers. It is expected to demonstrate which device the brakemen who have most to do with couplers desire to see universally adopted.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Parnell Commission
Mr. Parnell
Great Britain
Gladstone
Jennings
United States
England
New York Evening Post
B. F. Stevens
London
America
Treasury
New England Railroad Club
United States Hotel
Missouri
West
Billiotte
Vienna
Hippolyte Lucas
Paris
Dumas Peére
Confrere
Chef D’muvre
Chefs
Germany
President Harrison Slow On Silver Message Amid Backing Doubts
Report from Philadelphia Record indicates President Harrison hesitates to send the special silver message and that Secretary Windom cannot rely on presidential backing. The delay is described as a danger for the country due to hedging and indecision at the top levels.
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Harrison
Windom
Philadelphia Record
Boston Lacks Large Steam Fire Engines
Boston is without the large steam fire engines seen in Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago capable of throwing heavy water streams at large fires. The Herald questions Boston’s plan and suggests following other cities by purchasing the engines as essential.
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Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
Herald
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
A Plea for General Fremont
The Philadelphia Press urges immediate passage of a bill to promote General Fremont to major-general in recognition of his Mexican War and Civil War service. At seventy six, Fremont is praised for aiding California’s acquisition and the country’s defense, and his retirement is discussed in the context of deserved recognition.
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Fremont
United States Army
House Committee On Military Affairs
California
Pathaader
Philadelphia Press
Quips and curios from a bustling era of wit and wonder
A collage of oddities and quotes spanning language reform, a possible divorce in Chicago, a luminous naval projectile, and anecdotes about M de Lesseps, a humorist fund, Barye statues, and Viennese surgeons. Also notes on Japanese fascination, poker in Missouri, and letters from Dumas and Berlioz.
Fragment of a Poem on Lost Love and Freedom
I saw my love die without sob or moan after years of anguish and fever broken. As the corpse lay beneath my feet I found myself free yet heartbroken. I recall the old truth that life illuminated by love is richer, even when it brings grief.
Notable 19th Century Personal and Cultural Notices
A digest of society and literary items: sail dates for Kendal and Winter. Coghlan writes for Rose Coghlan. Mrs. Frank Leslie lectures in Western cities. Edmund Gosse to write a biography of Philip Gosse. Pesaro prepares for Rossini centenary in 1892. deaths of Count Andrassy and Berlin congress legacy. Ruskin poetry volume in preparation. Robert Lincoln denies resignation amid his son’s death. Signor Biancheri resignation debated in Italian Chamber. Colonel Perry Heath invited for Siberia trip with Duke Alexis. Fraulein Marie Formes marries Baron Koenigswaerter in a Jewish ceremony. Lyford family donates funds for Coburn Classical Institute observatory dome. Trollope’s What I Remember volume two nearing publication with list of notable names.
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Count Andrassy
Lord Salisbury
Prince Bismarck
Ruskin
Robert Lincoln
England
Signor Biancheri
Chamber of Deputie
Crispi
Perry
Heath
Indiana
Hoosier
Russia
Alexis
Siberia
Fraulein Marie Formes
Hamburg
Baron Koenigswaerter
Moses Lyford
Edwin F. Lyford
Springfield
Mass
Coburn Classical Institute
Waterville
Thomas Adolphus Trollope
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Steinert Hall
M. F. Edlefson
Parker
Riedel
Messrs
Adamowski
Whiting
Dvorak
Brahms
Marian Osgood
Chickering Hall
Carl Baermann
Union Hall
Kneisel Quartette
Rheinberger
Beethoven
WipLio
Walter C. Wyman
Boston Post
Milk
Washington Street
Boston Dust
Haytiens
Pole
Cavendish
West Boston Society
Old West Church
George S. Hale
Peabody & Stearns
Taverner
Boston Athletic Club
Workingmen’s Club
Army and Navy Gazette
Volapuk
Pittsburg
M. de Lesseps
Gisele
Ofuily
Philip H. Welch
Barye
Edwin Arnold
Japan
Dilly d’Aller
Tyde
Timon Tyde
Teaking
Puck
Amor Victus
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