Amusements Today at Boston Theatres
The Dazzler with Lydia Thompson at Usewext Theatre Tremont Street. Daly's School for Scandal at Hollis Street Theatre. The Hornet's Nest with John Stetson's Comedy Company at Glives Theatre. Wolves of New York at Boston THs on Washington Street. Helen Barry in A Night's Frolic at Boston Museem Tremont Street. Alexander Salvini in The Three Guardsmen at Howard Street. Go-Won-Go Monawk in The Indian Mail Carrier at Athenaeum.
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Usewext
Tremont Street
Lydia Thompson
the Dazzier
Hollis Street
Augustin Daly
Glives
Washington Stree
John Stetson
Comedy Company
Boston
Tex
Wolves of
New York
S—Kellar
Fark Tueatage
Washington Street
Helen Barry
Grant Opera Hoes
Washington
Dover Street
Alexander Salvini
the Three Guardsmen
Immigration Arrivals at Atlantic Ports This Year
The table lists immigrant arrivals at Atlantic ports from January 1 to May 23. Counts exclude New Orleans and San Francisco additions and uncounted arrivals via British North American Provinces and Mexico, complicating total immigration figures.
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New Orleans
San Francisco
Mexico
The Congressional Districts Redistricting Debate
The Republican caucus faces a debate over redistricting with limited party gains expected. Worcester Gazette notes that Massachusetts voting trends could yield a Republican to Democrat ratio of 11 to 2 under the new system. If Republicans fail to improve by next November, the redraw feels like a lottery draw with uncertain political future.
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Worcester Gazette
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Indians Enlist for Regular Army Progress Report
The policy advanced by the late Lieutenant Casty leads to growing Indian enlistments in the regular army. A cavalry troop is formed and two full Indian infantry companies exist with others in development. Supporters see this as advancing civilization by teaching obedience to law and breaking tribal authority, with early success suggesting broader potential.
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Casty
Calvary
Foreign colonies debate sparks citizenship language row
The letter and dispatches from Consul Corti describe Italian residents as a colony in New Orleans as they gained American citizenship. Officials debate use of colony to describe residents seeking protection from a foreign government, noting the term clashes with U.S. ideals on allegiance and rights.
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New Orleans
Corti
Rupini
Conti
Europe
United States
Admission of People Sparks Debate on Etiquette
The statement rejects presenting involved individuals with harsh character assumptions, arguing such presumptions border on offense and affect fair treatment. It emphasizes caution in labeling and urges measured discourse when discussing those admitted in a case.
The Ballot Reform Battle in Pennsylvania Senate
The conference committee faces a pivotal chance to fix a flawed ballot reform bill after the Senate rejected protections for voters. Republicans, under Quay, vote to defeat reforms, drawing sharp criticism from Philadelphia’s partisan press about dishonoring the party and risking its public support.
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Pennsylvania
Conference Committee
Senate
Quay
Philadelphia
Mayor's Term Defeat Stuns Reform Faction in Boston
The defeat of a bill to extend the Mayor of Boston's term to two years disappoints reform advocates. William Power Wilson and Mellen of Worcester led the opposition after previously supporting the reform. Critics link Wilson's stance to his recent rise as Republican City Committee chairman, suggesting party duties influenced his change.
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Boston
William Power WiLson
Wilson
Mellen
Worcester
Republican City Committee
Pope's Encyclical on Social Questions and Individual Freedom
The latest papal encyclical argues the social problem is complex with labor, capital, government and classes all intertwined. It rebuts sweeping reform panaceas, condemns Socialism as conflicting with basic moral commandments, and upholds the State’s role to preserve peace, enforce contracts, and curb dishonest treatment while preserving individual responsibility.
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M. Taine
Henry Waaine
France
Jacobin Club
History Repeats Itself in Japan Education Battle
The author compares the women’s education struggle in Japan with America and Europe. It notes Japan’s shift toward Western model schooling for girls, rising demand for teachers, and a $10,000 Philadelphia scholarship fund to aid Japanese women studying medicine or teaching. The piece argues reform gains ground despite conservative opposition and foresees eventual success.
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America
England
Japan
Peeresses’ School
Progressive
Philadelphia
Pope's Encyclical Links Law to Inner Motives in Social Reform
The article critiques the Pope's Encyclical arguing that true happiness comes from internal will, not external state constraints. It cites the Duke of Argyll's The Reign of Law and praises working people's associations, noting they should include both workers and masters and evolve toward profit-sharing models.
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Duke of Argyl1
Law
Honest Decision Reinstatement Ban on Nelson Case
The National Trotting Association board refused Nelson's petition for reinstatement after heavy pressure. Nelson is a prominent breeder and owner, and his horse Nelson is among the fastest trotters. The decision, though punitive for him, underscores the seriousness of his offense despite his high status.
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Nelson
Board of Review
Mr. Nelson
Nelson Barred From Major Trotting Tracks
A decision by the Board of Review bars the horse Nelson from tracks under the National and American Trotting Associations. Ex governors bankers and other leading citizens who backed Nelson may now see the moral laxity of their support. Some tracks outside the associations may remain, and Western venues may withdraw to keep Nelson as a drawing card. The move aims to purify the sport, more than words or columns could.
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Nelson
Saugus
National
American Association
Board of Review
Stock Market Opens Weak and Closes Strong Amid Global Shifts
The week begins with a weak market but ends on a strong note as winter wheat progress supports prices. European rates ease in London and consols rise, while Russia’s deposits and proposed loan stir market chatter. A stampede mood dominates, with scarce stocks and a flat bond market. Investors wonder if depressed bonds could rebound as investment buying starts.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Europe
London
Russia
Rorhschilds
All
Prnik
New York Times Editor Opines on Boston Theatre Scheme
The dramatic editor cites Boston figures in sympathy with subsidized theatre. He notes support for a hearing venue for young playwrights and revived plays, while many listed oppose the current ismite leadership in charge of the affair.
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The
New York Times
Theatre Libre
Boston
Directors abandon Wagner voices for Apsberg firm at opera house
The New York Metropolitan Opera House Company reports a season deficit of 54,419 51 with nearly 85,000 in floating debt. Secretary Stanton notifies sixty eight stockholders of the shortfall and future plans, while directors switch from Wagner to Apsberg and his company.
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New York Metropolitan Opera House
Notable speakers and guests listed for Unitarian Festival
The Post notes that among approaching speakers and invited guests for the Unitarian Festival next Thursday are three newly elected congressmen elect Moses T. Stevens Grorae Frep Williams and Sherman Hoan. Also expected are Judge Joan Lowet M P Kennnard and Roger Wocorr.
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Moses T. Stevens
Grorae Frep Williams
Sherman Hoan
Joan Lowet
M. P. Keennard
Roger Wocorr
Boston artists march against nature in autumn pleas
A friend in Boston laments artists leaving the market as weather challenges their craft. The piece describes the toil of painters chasing subjects, mastering light, shade, and composition, and the disappointment when works fail to capture reality. It ends urging a rich patron to support art in the coming season.
Ice illusion pitcher sparks tavern talk in summer drift
The writer muses on a desire for quiet garden life amid a carnival of Sundays sweets and turkey. He cites an upcoming ice pitcher marketed to fool the eye and ear, using glass squares to mimic ice and a loose bottom. the device supposedly exploits human appetite and perception in tavern life.
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Turkey
Taverner
Odd Bits From The Era Emigrations Trials And Inventions
A collage of light snippets including Queen Natalie opposing emigration, a plan for a New York stray cat home, a tramp seeking a job, a Mississippi boy sent for treatment in Louisville, Kentucky crop bug worries, and a quip about humbug in politics. Also notes on a divorce based on a wife's recipe, a barber muggy weather joke, a Cincinnati party, stage aside in Antony and Cleopatra, and a tiny steam boiler invention to clean pipes through steam.
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Natalie
New York
Lowell Courier
Gus de Jay
Miss Sharpton
Washington Post
Maine
Philadelphia Ledger
Ros
Retired Colonel Gibson of Washington Ends Military Career
Aged Colonel Horatio Gates Gibson, after forty five years in uniform, is retired from the army on account of age. Other items note Francis Lloyd of Philadelphia joining Williams College as biology assistant, and a Beech er statue planned for Brooklyn City Hall Park with a large inscription praising brotherhood. Also covered are Ibsen in Budapest, Emperor William naming Prince Albrecht as defence head, Rufus Perry Jr. delivering a law class oration, Ledbury to house a Browning monument, and the young Chinese emperor selecting a wife in a formal process with a large footnote on palace life.
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Horatio Gates Gibson
Washington
Francis Kk. Lloyd
Philadelphia
Williams College
Lloyd
Beecher
City Hall Park
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Man
Budapest
Nora
Henrik K. Ibsen
William
Prince Albrecht
Prussia
Brunswick
Count von Moltke
National Commission of Defence
Frederick
Hohenzollern
University of the City of New York
Rufus Perry
Perry
Browning
Ledbury
Aurora Leigh
Hwangti
China
Vassar Alumnae Meeting Aids Endowment For Astronomy Professorship
Boston Association of Vassar Alumnae met in the Margaret Cheney Reading Room at MIT. They reported that with July interest added, $5,000 will be added to the Maria Mitchell Endowment Fund, leaving about $10,000 to reach the astronomy professorship goal. The group adjourned after approving a New England kitchen angel cake baked in an Aladdin cooker and sterilized milk ice cream.
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Vassar
Boston Association of Vassar Alumnie
Margaret Cheney
Institute of Technology
Maria Mitehell
New England
The Missing Bark Lansdowne Sails From Hokodati
The bark Lansdowne of 1486 tons, Captain Newcombe, is missing after leaving Hokodati Japan Oct 12 with $16 000 worth of sulfur for D F Whitney & Co. The crew numbered fourteen. voyage typically 114 to 160 days. The bark, home port Windsor Nova Scotia, has been missing over 210 days.
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Lansdowne
New York
Newcombe
Hokodati
Japan
D. F. Whitney & Co
Windsor
N.S
Harper's and Lippincott's June Highlights In The Stranger Page
Harper's Magazine reviews praise talented fiction by Jewett Murfree and Du Maurier with Parsons Lathrop and Mrs Moulton while noting artful illustrations and essays on London life, Rome, and Greek Epictetus. Lippincott's Magazine opens with Gold of Pleasure and Thorvaldsen Museum sketches plus Horace Greeley letters and Wilkins arena tale.
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Harper's Magazine
David Berry
Sarah Orne Jewett
Thomas Hardy
Miss Jewett
Nettie Sargent
Jerusalem
Miss Murfree
Mr. du Maurier
Peter Ibbetson
Mr. Panch
Thackeray
du Maurier
Harver
Lippincott
George Parsons Lathrop
Henry North
Martha Dane
Ceylon
Pietra
Crupenhhagen
Citadel Garden
St. Germain’s
Petersburg
Holland
Herford
Thorvaldsen
Hamiliar
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Miss Repplier
Chevalier Pensiere
Ani
New Book on Riding and Polo From Badminton Library
The latest Badminton Library volume on riding and polo is praised as a superior, instructional work. It features an introduction by the Duke of Beaufort, chapters by Captain Robert Weir, E. L. Anderson, and Alfred Newton, and an appendix with teaching guidance. Polo coverage includes history, rules, training, and noted pony breeds, with emphasis on Arab blood and two standout chapters Hands and Seat and Race Riding. The volume is illustrated and available from Little, Brown & Co in Boston and Longmans, Green & Co in London.
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Badwinton Library
Duke of Beaufort
Robert Weir
All England
E. L. Anderson
Alfred Newton
India
England
Randolph Huntington
Wilfred Blunt
Alfred E. T. Watson
J. Moray Brown
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
London
Longmans, Green & Go
Briggs Debate Sows Tension in General Assembly
In Detroit May 23, the General Assembly addresses Dr. Briggs amid overtures from 79 of 216 Presbyteries. Committee hearings will organize, with Union Seminary inquiries leading to potential charges. A balance of $19,097.49 funds minister relief, and a Princeton link echoes in endowment concerns.
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Detroit
Briggs
General Assembly
Union Theological Seminary
Committee On Theological Seminaries
Patton
Rinceton College
Francis
Cincinnati
Union
Roberts
Lake Forest University
Princeton Seminary
Stuart Brothers of
New York
Stuart
Richard J. Haines
Union Seminary
Dr. Roberts
Mr. Halstead
Old and
New School
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Revak of Anoter
Brians
New York Presbytery
J. J. McCook
John Hall
Henry M. Alexander
Alexander & Green
Willer
Evangelical Church of Italy
Luigi Angelini
St. Paul
Italy
Free Church of
Across the Continent on a Bicycle by New Bedford Rider
Alilen W. Swan of Dorchester begins a cross country cycling trip from New Bedford to San Francisco. He will pass through New York Rhode Island Connecticut Philadelphia Gettysburg Wheeling Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Kansas City Salt Lake City Leadville and Colorado Springs with a Denver detour and Nevada training. Swan carries a leather pouch as baggage and expects just over 100 days on the journey. Thirty riders from the New Bedford Club joined to Fall River.
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New
Alilen W. Swan
New Badiford Cycle Club
Dorchester
San Francisco
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Gettysborg
Wheeling
W.va
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Leadville
Colorado Springs
Italians in Chicago aid Columbus statue project
Americans of Italian birth or descent from across the country contribute funds for Gaety Russo to sculpt a Columbus statue for Central Park entrance. Russo volunteered his work with a price around ten thousand dollars while total costs run about five thousand six hundred dollars.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Christopher Columbus
Central Park
New York
Gaety Russo
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