Amusements in Boston Tonight on Tremont and Washington Streets
Listings show multiple shows and venues around Tremont and Washington streets. Akena Leiliose, Texas Steer, Cohen Opera Company, School for Scandal, Cleveland's Minstrels, Adamowski Quartet, and other acts scheduled at Mechanics' Hall, Globe Theatre, Park Taskater, Scott Square, and Boston Music Hall with start times around 7:45 or 8 PM.
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Mechanics’ Bolaping
Huntington Avenue
Mechanics’ Air
Akena Leilosse
Tremont Street
Boston
Trtarne
Washington Street
Vhe
London
Globe Thratry
Redolph Aronson
Couic Opera Company
TreMont Trtarne
Texas Steer
Hota Sturet Toearen
Hollis Street
Imipatian Opera and Spectaculare Company
Muskem
Scollay Square
School For Scandal
Park
Howann Athenaum
Howard Street
Department page numbers listed for the issue
The financial department appears on page seven while the commercial and ship news sections are on pages nine and nine respectively with a typo venth.
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Commercial
Ship News
Venth
Barnegat disaster and tariff era notes
A mixed report cites the Barnegat ship collision with rapid loss of life and questions blame. It also covers tariff impacts on plush markets and lamp chimneys, with prices rising 26 to 60 percent and specific mentions of J. & J. Dobson in Philadelphia. Finally, a Blaine speech in Philadelphia ties to Quay and looming Pennsylvania and national political dynamics.
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Barnegat
Oregon
G. W. Bassett
New York
Blaine
Pennsylvania
Quay
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
Changes in Connecticut politics and tariff debate summarized
The piece discusses Connecticut election expectations with a Democratic shift possible in the Senate and Governor race. It also covers tariff concerns from the McKinney bill and 88 percent duties, noting consumer price pressures and political rhetoric regarding taxes. Names cited include Senator Sherman and various merchants defending price stability.
Civil Service in the Campaign Sparks Reform Debate
The Civil Service Reform League questions federal officials’ role in the Republican canvass in this state and seeks clarity on executive orders. It cites July 24, 1886, guidance on keeping civil service separate from politics and notes recent alleged violations by officials, including the collector and revenue officer, amid calls for official propriety.
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Civil Service Reform League
Larrison
Cleveland
Clive LaNnn
League
Leverrrr Sallonstall
Crewe- Land
Federal workers drawn into party machine in Middlesex county
The text alleges that as the campaign warms the Treasury funded officials and subordinates are serving the party machine. It cites Special Agents Lirculas and Pitz- Williams and others like Drug Examiner Frovuinatanm as active Republicans. It claims reforms under Cleveland were overturned by Republican control within a year.
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Middlesex County
Treasury
League
Custon House
Secretary of the Treasury
Lirculas
Pitz- Williams
ISS
Birano
Frovuinatanm
Republican City Committee
Haverhill
Saltoonstalel
FitzGeranio
Cleveland
Debating Mr Porter's Census Figures and Immigrant Impact
The piece questions Mr Porter’s 62 480 540 US population claim as likely faulty, noting an implied slowing of growth from 1880 to 1890. It critiques Porter’s handling of immigration data and birth rates, suggesting census inaccuracies and asking how births, deaths, and emigration balance out. It highlights Civil War effects on 1870 figures and doubts the overall reliability of the 1890 census.
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Porrenr
United States
Porter
Ife
New York
Nellie
Porrier
Thas
Mr. Porrier
City census flaws spark political backlash and tariff notes
The item pools together remarks on New Yorks census errors and their effect on death rates and voter ratios, plus sharp quips from Lavenensee about Doncaster magistrates. It also covers tariff changes excluding specifics, a Liverpool alderman serving brewer interests, rising coal prices, the Philadelphia cruiser trial damage, the Stanley-Barrie-Lor controversy, and looming cigar price hikes.
Notable Theatre Tours and High Society Marriages
Edwin Booth remains a notable theatre figure in New York circuits over the past month. Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller plan a January silver wedding with daughter Mildred to wed Hugo Wallace the same day. The late Frederick W. Stevens’s daughter, now Duchess de Dino, will marry in Paris to a son of General Gallifer. The Duke de Dino’s daughter by his first wife, Marquise de Talleyrand-Veingord, wed a son of Prince Ruspolf of Rome in Paris. Prince Bismarck plans a Fredericksruhe brewery with 600,000 mark capital run for fifty years, after which the ex-chancellor’s heirs may buy in. The venture expects large export trade and involves several Hamburg financiers.
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Edwin Booth
New York
Marquise de Talleyrand-Veingord
Prince Ruspolf
Rome
Prince Bismarck
Fredericksruhe
Namburg
Bismarck
A Call for McKinley Bill Duty Details
The Philadelphia telegraph argues that tariffs are consumer taxes paid via higher goods prices and accuses privileged organs of withholding full duties from the McKinley bill. It urges disclosure of the bill’s duties to settle the issue conclusively.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Why Not Raum and Barclay Face Similar Political Dismissals
The Providence Journal contends that Barclay’s dismissal for pernicious political activity seems selective. It questions why Raum faces no similar removal amid grave official misconduct charges and why government employees are barred from political activity while large disbursements pass with no scrutiny. The piece argues for consistent standards for all officials regardless of party.
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Raum
Barclay
Providence Journal
Tariff Reform Backlash Hits Households and Trusts
The piece argues the McKinley tariff harms almost every household, despite reformers claiming benefits. It pins the tariff to Republican fundraising and trust strike tactics, contending average people will soon clearly feel worse off as the policy lands. The excerpt cites a New York Times Industrial piece as context.
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Congress
United States
N. Y
Boston Church Transfers Reflect Urban Redevelopment
The author notes that Catholics buy and repurpose churches from other denominations in Boston, citing Washington Motte streets and High and Purchase streets transfers. He reflects on Mt. Vernon Church moving from Ashburton place to Beacon street, the impact of rising land values, and the shift of religious groups toward the Back Bay area. The piece also contemplates urban change, architectural potential, and a critique of linguistic trends amid cultural shifts, ending with a painterly critique of modern art fashions and a call for discerning public taste.
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Washington and
Motte Streets
Boston
High
Purchase
Franklin Street
Mt. Vernon
Ashburton Place
Mt. Vernon Church
Beacon Street
West Chester Park
Music Fourth Symphony Concert at Music Hall
The Boston Music Hall fourth Symphony concert featured Goldmark overtures Prometheus Bound and Sakuntala with first Boston performances, a G minor Sgambati pianoforte concerto. Wagner Ride of the Valkyrs and Moszkowski Suite were well played. critical notes on Sgambati cite lack of Italian color and orchestral-dominant challenges for the soloist Mr. Tucker. Next week includes Ossian overture, Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso, Mendelssohn Scotch, and songs by Mrs. Walter C. Wyman.
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Music Hall
Boston
Moszkowski
Wagner
Man Goldmark
de Quincey
Merlin
Prometheus
Goldmark
Bayreuth
Sgambati
Hiram G. ‘Tucker
Lang
Liszt
Herod
Tucker
Dulness
Woeltaine
Mme. du Detfand
Ossian
Gade
Dvorak
Mendelssohn
Walter C. Wyman
Puitre Wane
Packing firms plan vast lakefront factory center
Caicaco November 2 The packing firms Armour and Co Swift and Co and Morris and Co have bought 3600 acres at the southern end of Lake Michigan in Lake county Indiana. They will move their plants there to create a huge manufacturing hub with a projected population of 150000 within five years.
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Caicaco
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Ind
Philharmonic notes mix of novelties and classics at Boston Theatre
Last night the Philharmonic Orchestra offered Rubinstein Russia a harsh potpourri of Russian folk tunes and Haydn gypsy rondo for strings and flutes. Pianist Lewine from Chicago impressed with Beethoven’s E flat concerto first movement. Giese drew praise for Mignon polonaise. upcoming solos and trio works listed amid a crowded program of chamber, orchestral, and festival pieces with performers like Baermann, Giese, and Adamowski quartet.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Boston Theatre
Rubinstein
Russia
Haydn
Miss Lewine
Chicago
Cora Giese
Camille Darville
Casino Company
Giese, Sailer and Covell
van Venchten Rogers
Svendsen
Comte de Paris Sails for London from New York
The Comte de Paris sailed on the Servia for London yesterday morning with many dignitaries at the pier bidding him farewell. He will stay near London until after Christmas and then visit his estates in Spain for ve or three months.
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New York
Comte de Paris
London
Spain
Parallel lunar walls and social witticisms in a single page
Professor Holden notes visible parallel walls in moon photos with narrow gaps. Quotes on socialism spark debate between Jenkins and Senley about shared toil versus mutual division. A grave memorial for Helen Hunt grows obscured by stones. Lions at Niblo's Garden draw crowd. Japanese Emperor to visit Europe, staying at Villa Langenbeck and other residences. first such trip. Punch sketches aristocratic charm and a rant about Mile Jeannine Dumas. Philadelphia Telegraph correspondent reports local anecdotes from Paris.
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Holden
Lick Observatory
Jenkins
Senley
Helen Hunt
Claudius Nero
Niblo’s
Mr. Darling
Wiesbaden
Langenbeck
Austria
Europe
Iis Dominions
Clara Robinson
Vere de Vere
Jim Bradall
Dumas
Mile
Jeannine
Comtesse d’Hauterive
Jockey Club
Mme. Dumas
Mademoiselle
Louvre
Varis
Philadelphia Telegraph
November Century Magazine reviews and notable features
The November Century Magazine marks twenty years with T L De Vinne’s article on printing and Travellers with W W Rockhill’s An American in Tibet. General Bidwell’s First Emigrant Train to California is recounted, plus Brownell on Rodin and Dalou, Signorelli engravings, and John Hay’s Life in the White House during Lincoln’s time.
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Century
T. L. de Vinne
Holland
Mr. Brownell
M. Dalou
M. Rodin
Luca Signorelli
Mr. Cole
Mr. Stillman
Raphael
Michael Angelo
Botticelli
John Hay
White House
Lincoln
Colonel Hay
Stawthorne
Albert Shaw
London
Hopkinson Smith
Mulvaney
Mr. Gilder
Democracy and Wealth opens the November Forum issue
The Forum's November number features President Walker arguing that railroad and large organization leaders are usually moderate in demands and reforms will continue along law and political economy lines. It also covers Bartel on postal bans of Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoi as a stern prophet, Harte on French Canada and Jesuit influence, Eggleston on formative influences, and pieces by Gladden Mayo and Goodloe on farming and mortgages.
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FORUM
Walker
Bartel
Count Tolstoi
Jeremiah
Canada
Dominion
Blackburn Harte
Virginia
Dr. Eggleston
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l'Trade Circular
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Herrick
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Union Hall
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Schumann
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