Samson and Dalilah at Daly’s Theatre in New York
The Daly company opened a second week at Hollis Street Theatre with Samson and Dalilah an upgraded adaptation. The piece amuses with courtroom farce and lively acting, though stretches of padding dull the pace after the first act. James Lewis leads as Goliah, with Drew, Rehan, Gilbert, Bond and Leclercq providing solid support. The show runs only until Thursday evening, then a single performance on Thursday and 7 20 8 thereafter.
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Samson and Dalilah
Augustin Daly
Hollis Street
Mr. Daly
We, Us and Co
Goliah Puttybank
James Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Goliah
Samson
Dalilah
Mr. Drew
Third House lobby bill draws criticism over paid counsel
A Senate engrossed bill would let towns hire paid counsel to represent them before legislative committees on pending petitions. Critics warn it institutionalizes a third house, risks public funds, and undermines representative duties. An amendment to exclude town division questions failed.
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Senate
House
State House
Corps of Advisers
Pinkerton
Worcester
Pilgrim Hall Ministers Criticize Papistical Paparazzi
The Boston Congregational ministers at Pilgrim Hall denounce what they call papistical bias in daily papers and urge believers to ignore sensational fears. The piece warns against letting imagined horrors shape parish instruction and stresses common sense as protection.
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Pilgrim Hall
Boston
Western states move to curb trusts with stringent laws
The Missouri Legislature enacts a strict trust suppression law and Illinois pursues a similar measure. Both drafts aim to prevent forced combinations that coerce producers or dealers and create artificial scarcity to force payments. The column suggests this is an experiment to be tested in the Midwest and could set a precedent if effective.
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Missouri
Illinois
Samoan settlement hinted through Berlin talks and board plan
Berlin talks reportedly reach a preliminary accord on Apia governance with a three power board. The move stops short of full native autonomy, aligning with Bayard’s 1887 principles and drawing quiet praise from Blaine while provoking ridicule from Bayard’s critics.
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Berlin
Apia
Bayarod
Great Britain
Germany
Blaine
Mr. Bayaro
King Mataara Backs American Protectorate Proposal
The Samoan debate gains a new voice as King Mataara asks for an American protectorate. The policy stance favors securing Pago Pago and commercial rights, while rejecting a protectorate as impractical and inconsistent with broader foreign policy.
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Mataara
Pago-Pago
M4a- Taafa
Unclear fragment about German actions at Apia
Fragment mentions Germany after harsh measures by German forces at Apia and a subject affected by them. The legible text does not specify names, dates, or concrete outcomes.
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Germany
Apia
Another Fast Steamship Advances in Ocean Race
The article discusses whether a new era in marine architecture has begun as steamship design shifts toward twin-screw propulsion and triple expansion engines. It notes past progress from paddle to screw propulsion and highlights speed gains and evolving hull form from 1870 to 1880 with ships like Scythia Britannic Gallia and Servia.
A Word with Sir John Lubbock
A review notes The Pleasures of Life second part by Sir John Lubbock, praising first volume’s impact but finding the new edition less fresh. It criticizes overreliance on quotations, hackneyed lines, and moralizing prose, while acknowledging Lubbock’s clear guide book tone and respectable themes.
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John Luppock
Joan
Frelpmng
Smines
Bacon
Humpeter
Darwin
School For
Sir Joan
Sir John
Exclusion Movement and Amateur Actors Stir London Grievances
The piece notes that the real danger to theater lies in ambitious amateurs who seek profit and fame at the expense of competent professionals. In London an indignation meeting was held by unemployed actors who blamed young educated and well connected amateurs for crowdsing out trained performers, a trend seen as harming dramatic taste in both countries.
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London
England
Park Commissioner Lands in New York with Notable Attire
The New York Sun notes the park commissioner and J. B. Hacer of California arriving in spotless dress. Colonel Thomas L. Livermore of Boston, fresh from Paris, is praised for tasteful wealth and Civil War service as the youngest officer of his rank in the Federal army.
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New York
J. B. Hacer
California
New York Sun
Thomas L. Livermore
Boston
Paris
Livermore
Call for Dress Coat Edict in Prussian Realms
Our delegates urge Prince Bismarck to regulate dress coats in the Empire. They note Germans attire in morning hours and report our men were refused entry to a 9 am event for lacking a dress suit. The piece mocks swallow tail fashion and offers concession in Samoa if Germans abandon it.
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Germany
Bismarck
Samoa
Carnegie Mills Wages Cut Sparks Tariff Protest
The Philadelphia Times notes wages at Carnegie mills fall on a new sliding scale by 20 to 25 percent. The piece argues this is not the entertainment promised by Mr Carnegie when he urged workers to vote against tariff revision.
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Carnegie Mills
Carnegie
Philadelphia Times
Ind
English View Of America
London Spectator notes that a vast North American Republic could emerge with 200 million people and annual revenue of 300 million pounds sterling. It warns that Europe must unite to oppose such power, else facing a dangerous stalemate akin to fighting Russia via Italy or Spain. A European federation would be needed only if circumstances change dramatically.
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America
North American
Russia
Italy
Spain
Europe
London Spectator
Edwin Arnold invited to Harvard lectures on Oriental studies
The article discusses Edwin Arnold possibly lecturing at Harvard in June on Oriental topics linked to his poetry and journalism. It notes Arnold’s work The Light of Asia, the Phi Beta Kappa celebration with Phelps and Percival Lowell, and opinions on auction sales of paintings and neighborly courtesy in Boston.
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Edwin Arnold
Harvard University
Asia
London Daily Telegraph
Phi Beta Kappa
Phelps
England
Percival Lowell
Yale
Harvard
James Russell Lowell
Far East
Houghton Mifflin to Publish Dr Weir Mitchell Poems
Houghton Mifflin and Co announces an upcoming poetry volume by Dr Weir Mitchell titled The Cup of Youth. The collection will mirror the form of his A New Years Masque and appears to be released almost immediately.
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Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Weir Mitchell
Revival of Fauntleroy at the Boston Museum
Little Lord Fauntleroy revived on the Boston Museum stage with Mrs. Hodgson Burnett’s tale. Pitt as Earl of Dorincourt, Miss Clarke as Minna, and Olive Homans as the young Cedric draw strong audience applause. Homans shows promise but lacks natural sweetness.
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Fauntleroy
Lord Fauntleroy
Mr. Pitt
Earl of
Davy Crockett Returns to Boston Stage at Boston Theatre
Frank Mayo reprises the Davy Crockett role to a large crowd at the Boston Theatre last evening. The actor’s backwoodsman character remains fresh and appealing, supported by Marie Burriss Oscar Eagle Lincoln Wagenhals Lorimer Johnson and others as scenery enhances the home and mountain hut settings. Davy Crockett will be staged for every performance of the week.
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Davy Crockett
Boston
Frank Mayo
Mayo
Marie Burriss
Oscar Eagle
Lincoln Wagenhals
Lorimer Johnson
Dramatic notes on museum lighting and theatre lineups
The museum switches from gas to electric lighting with shades to improve ground glass effects. Alice Pierce debuts as Fauntleroy tonight with Olive Homans alternating Wednesdays. Howard Atheneum staged We Us & Co without Mestayer, receiving polite reviews. Belasco's May Blossom at Grand Opera House drew a full house, with Wheelock and Hamilton praised. run continues all week ahead of Hearts of Oak by Mr. and Mrs. Herne Monday.
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Alice Pierce
Fauntleroy
Olive Homans
We, Us & Co
Howard Atheneum
Mestayer
Howard
David Belasco
May Blossom
Grand Opera House
Joseph Wheelock
Steve Harland
Mary Hamilton
T.D. Frawley
Richard Ashcroft
E. A. McDowell
Uncle Bartlett
J. E. Nugent
Tom Blossom
Lyceum Charity Night Draws Fashionable Crowd
The rainy evening did not dampen the fashionable audience at the Lyceum amateur charity performance in New York. Three Broadway comic operas also prospered, while Minne Palmer attracted a large crowd during her farewell week before departing to Europe.
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New York
Specran
Lyceum
Minne Palmer
Europe
Quips and anecdotes swirl through a paper bag of wit
A collection of short humorous items from various papers includes a Salt Lake remark on sending a daughter to college as refinery, jokes about Mr Blaine, fashion notes on summer garments, a college cake anecdote, Taft editing quip, duel farce in Berlin, Delmonico etiquette on table mishaps, and light social musings.
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Salt Lake
Boston
Priscilla Prude
H—lilespont Avenue
Amsterdam
N. Y
Yale Record
Tremont
Baby McKee
Navy
New Orleans Picayune
Picayune
Blaine
Omaha Herald
Our bronze statues defend their color against critics
A Boston sculptor writes to defend local statues from claims of inferior material. He notes the Franklin and Washington pieces were cast by Ames of Chicopee and asserts most Boston bronzes came from renowned European foundries. Ball argues salt air causes color changes, not material flaws, and urges regular cleaning to preserve unity of appearance.
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Post
Boston
Taverner
City Hall
Quincy
Franklin
Washington
Ames
Chicopee
Powers’ Webster
State House
Great
Can
Florence
Cain and Abel
Pitts
Horace Mann
Edward Everett
Lincoln
Royal Foundry
Munich
Charles Sumner
Paris
Webster
Benvenuto Cellini
London
Liverpool
New York
Thomas Ball
Unlicensed Grocers and Liquor Dealers Deny Condemnation
A committee of Thomas O. Flynn and Peter Devenney met at the Post office to deny any specific condemnation of the police commissioners action. They oppose the limitation law but took no stance on the commissioners' work.
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Messrs
Thomas O. Flynn
Peter Devenney
Office of the Post
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