Castle Island Veto Sparks Park and Defense Debate
Washington May 20 A veto blocks a Boston castle island park plan amid War Dept objections citing defense needs. General Collins expects White House talks to sway the President. Senate schedules pension bills fisheries treaty and labor department moves with a looming tariff clash as Republicans debate Mills bill substitutes.
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Washington
Castle Island
Boston
Secretary of War
Engineer Department
Army
Collins
White House
War Department
Endicott
Professor Bache
General Totten
Admiral Davis
Senate
Department of Labor
Montana
North Dakota
Appropriations Committee
Iadion
House
Legislative
District of Columbia
Completion of Mills bill features and Gray home
The 1867 tariff and free sugar provision plus Mills bill administrative features near completion. Justice Gray's house at Sixteenth and I streets will be ready soon but not occupied until next month. Colonel and Mrs Anderson hosted a dinner for Mr and Mrs Nathan Appleton and Miss Emma Thursby last night.
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Mr. Mills
Justice Gray
Sixteenth and I Streets
Anderson
Nathan Appleton
Emma Thursby
Straws From State Street Shows Markets Quiet on Saturday
Markets were lifeless amid a split between Chicago with winter wheat and Standard Oil with easy money. New York & New England showed strength, and a quiet note suggests New England groups control New York, New Haven & Hartford. A French broker heads to Europe for advantageous links. Richmond & West Point Terminal aims for a two thirds vote at Richmond. Kansas City issues high building permits. Canadian Pacific reports heavy emigrant traffic and opens a Vancouver hotel amid a Vancouver real estate boom following Port Moody’s shift. CAPE Cop.
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New York Associated Banks
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
New York
New England
Standard Oil
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Canadian Pacific
Port Moody
Vancouver
Phoenix
Cape Cop
Boston Opera Review Fra Diavolo Shines On Chorus And Soloists
The Bostonian performance of Fra Diavolo features Miss Corden as Zerlina with warm, restrained singing though lacking Brilliance. Barnabee and Huntington excel as Lord Allcash and Lady Allcash, while Macdonald struggles in rn Diavolo. Poachers matinee stars Mena Cleary, who sings with charm and clarity. Remaining season lists Bohemian Girl Fatinitza Mignon and The Poachers with cast details.
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Bostonians
Fra Diavolo
Miss Corden
Zerlina
Mr. Barnabee
Miss Huntington
Zerlian
Miss Huntigton
Macdonald
Rn Diavolo
Irish Night At Boston Theatre Delights Audiences
A four singer and one pianist Irish program at the Boston Theatre drew strong crowds. Amanda Farris, Atalie Claire, Charles Balett, William Ludwig of the National Opera Company performed with pianist F. Dulcken under Ludwig's direction. The recital featured many Moore, Balfe, Wallace, Lover, and Ingram pieces, with Ludwig’s The Wearing of the Green receiving the loudest applause. Other highlights included Mollie Bawn, Who Fears to Speak of 98, By Killarney's Lakes and Rills, The Young May Moon, and Savouarneen Cheelish. The top numbers included The Minstrel Boy and Let Me Like a Soldier Fall, and the quartet shone on O, the Days Are Gone. A separate benefit for Boston correspondent Frank N. Scott featured D. L. White's orchestra and numerous artists, including Miss Anna Sherwood Crain and Theo Bendix.
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Boston
Green Isle
Amanda Farris
Atalie Claire
Charles Balett
William Ludwig
National Opera Comany
F. Dulcken
Ludwig
Moore
Balfe
Wallace
Lover
Ingram
Mollie Bawn
Claire
Killarney
Rills
May Moon
Miss Farris
Mr. Massett
Frank N. Scott
New York Dramatic News
Grand Opera House
D. L. White
Hawthorne
Anna Sherwood Crain
New York City
Charles D. Blake
Theo Bendix
Will A. Cushing
James A. Gilbert
Mme. Fournier- Wyse
Greta Roosen
Kila Wakefield
Jennie Castleberg
DeCarlton
Minnie Emery
Music Hall Promenades Open With Kneisel Orchestra
The Music Hall season opens Wednesday evening with an orchestra of fifty under Franz Kneisel. The program includes the Tannhäuser march, Lassen Fest overture, Bilse polka, El Turia waltz, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liszt string selections, Rubinstein Bal Costume, Saint-Saëns La Jeunesse Hercule, a Moazkowsky serenade, and other numbers. Prices follow the usual scale, 25 cents admission with a few reserved seats at 25 cents extra.
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Franz Kneisel
Lassen
Liszt
Rubinstein
Saint-Saéns
Critics Review in May Number of English Illustrated Magazine
The piece surveys the May issue with notices of Saintsbury on Sydney Smith and a portfolio of articles by James and Balzac. It weighs Fiske on Balzac, Brownell on French provincialism, and Schuyler on Bulgaria, plus histories of Central America and ethics in economics.
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Mr. Saintsbury
Sydney Smith
Colonies
United States
The
Dales
Yorkshire
Henry James
Stephen Wheeler
J. Fraser
Flaubert
Balzac
M. Guy de Maupassant
John Safford Fiske
New Princeton Review
House of the Lamia
Mr. Fiske
Fiske
W. CU. Brownell
Brownell
Arnold
Hamerton
France
Hastings
England
Eugene Schuyler
Bulgaria
Barrios
Guatemala
Washington Gladden
Roberts
Bion
Moschus
Swinburne
Fishin
Jimmy
Pennsylvania Idea on Tariff Revenue Pocketing by Iron Interests
A letter to the editor argues the 1860s tariff favored Pennsylvania iron masters. It claims duties of 80 to 100 percent on so called extra irons, diverting revenue to private pockets. Crawford Nightingale of Ashmont Dorchester cites Corliss Cornett Nightingale and others as authorities and urges public proof on record.
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Boston Board of Trade
Corliss & Th Ut
Cornett & Nightingale
W. Jesson & Ives
Providence ‘Tool Company
Henri-Martini
Cornett
New York Evening Post
Bfore
Congress
Crawford Nightingale
Ashmont
Dorchester
Marriages In This City May 16 to May 17
Reports several marriage notices: William H. Collins weds Minnie Chapman. Joseph E Penney wed by Rev Phillips Brooks. John J. Parks weds Annie A Beaton. George D Sawyer weds Sophia V Spindler. Lewis Jacob Steinhelber of Ashland Tenn marries Jane Garland of Philadelphia.
Death notices from Roxbury to Galena span May 12 to 19
Obituaries record multiple individuals with dates and places of death including Emma Chapin Roxbury May 12 Julia Curry Lowell May 19 Melvina Dearborn Allston May 18 Nelson Lloyd Derby Oak May 11 Edward H. Fennessy Newton Centre May 19 Andrew B. Wile National City May 14 Seth Partridge Galena May 4 Charles L. Smith Boston May 18 James H. Whitman Boston May 19. Funeral details given for several, with flowers note for two.
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Elias Hasket
Trinity Church
Fennessy
Newton Centre
Edward H. Fennessy
Cedar Street
National City
Cal
Andrew B. Wiie
Morrison
Berea
Philindia P. Morrison
Nathaniel Morrison
West Somerville
Partridge
Galena
Ill
Seth Partridge
Holland
Mass
Smith
Charles L. Smith
William H. Allen
Commonwealth Avenue
Whitman
James H. Whitman
Chief Justice Fuller Replies to Pine Tree Club Card
Chief Justice M W Fuller thanks the Pine Tree State Club for its congratulation. He notes appreciation for the reference to Chief Justice Weston and his own earlier years and career. The letter is dated Chicago May 15 1888 and signed M W Fuller with S K Hamilton, Boston, Mass listed as recipient.
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M. W. Fuller
Pine Tree State Club
Chicago
Weston
S. K. Hamilton
Boston
Mass
New England Woman Suffrage Meeting Dates Noted
The twentieth annual meeting opens Tremont Temple Monday May 28 at 7 30 pm and continues Tuesday morning and afternoon in the Meionaon followed by an anniversary festival in Music Hall Wednesday with addresses by prominent suffragists and reformers. On Thursday May 24 the Keene N H homestead of the late James B Elliot will be sold at auction details via George B Elliot 209 Washington Street Boston.
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Keene
N. H
James B. Elliot
Main Street
New England
Ashuelot
Connecticut
Dublin
Boston
New York
George B. Elliot
Washington Street
James H. Elliot
Broadway
New England Woman Suffrage Association
Tremont Temple
Meionaon
Music Hall
Frederick Douglass
Laura Ormiston Chant
Zerelda G. Wallace
Mary A. Livermore
Lucy Stone
Henry Blanchard
I. A. Hinckley
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Charles G. Ames
Henry B. Blackwell
Mary F. Eastman
William Lloyd Garrison, Jr
Philip Moxom
L. Edwin Dudley
Ednah D. Cheney
Elizabeth of Chace
J. W. Hamiton
A. A. Miner
Oston T Theatre
Eugene Tomlins
Bostonians
Janey
Meg
Actors’ Fund
Globe Theatre
John Stetson
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
A. D
Warren Hill
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Jos. A. Willard
Moronnon
Tremont St
Tuesda
Washingtont
Thomas J. Barry
Amusements multiple venues listing shows tonight
The city’s theatres present Jim the Penman at Park Theatre and The Highest Bidder at the ad LIS Street venue, Mazulin at Globe Theatre, Monsieur at Boston Museum, The Bostonians at Boston Theatre, Variety and Burlesque at Howard Atheneum, Under the Gaslight at Rider House, Battle 3 at Cyclorama, Battle of Gettysburg at Tremont Street, and Christ Entering Jerusalem at Horticultural Hall.
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Globe Theatre
Boston Musem
Monsieur
Boston Theatre
The
Bostonians
Howard Athaenavum
Ath Reader House
NBI
Tremont Street
Tremoy Ulorea
Gettysburg
Horticultural Hall
Christ
Jerusalem
Auction Sales Tuesday Real Estate and Miscellany
Auction notices set for Tuesday include real estate handled by Samuel Hatch & Co at noon and property listed by L Fosters Morse at 3 p.m. The day features real estate and miscellaneous items for sale as announced by Samuel Hatch & Co and Morse.
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Samuel Hatch & Co
L. Fosters Morse
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CKET
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Jim
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Howard Athen Hum
Lilly Claw
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Battle OF Gettysburg
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