Real Gake Walk Delights Boston Audience at Music Hall
Eastern Baseball League president Pet Powers and Billy Brady of Jim Corbett bring 100 Boston colored performers to Music Hall. The two hour show mixed plantation songs and cake walk with an informal, lively atmosphere. Winners included William Ashington and Miss M Fisher. Thanksgiving encore planned with New York and Philadelphia champions invited.
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Pet” Powers
Billy’’ Brady
Jim Corbett
Music Hall
Brady
Powers
Boston
Back Bay
O. W. Foster
Georgia
George Simons
Mr. Brandon
Alabama
Mr. Foster
Old Town
Miss Jones
Mississippi
D. F. Connell
William Ashington
M. Fisher
Mme. Paine
Madison Square Garden
New York
Auditorium
Philadelphia
Mr. Washington
Miss Fisher
Dreyfus Case Revival Prompts Esterhazy Inquiry
Paris reports that ex Captain Albert Dreyfus will have the treachery charges reinvestigated with government access to Scheurer Kestner and Scheurer-Ieustner. Esterhazy named as real culprit, Dreyfus rehabilitation possible if charges proven. Esterhazy linked to Grevy era court intrigue and wealth.
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Paris
Albert Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Esterhazy
M. Scheurer-Ivestner
Senate
Third Republic
Swift rise and sudden retirement of a French officer
The officer advanced rapidly from transfer to the infantry to an orderly role for President Grevy and then the headquarter staff. He became a popular figure in the foreign colony, adorned with stars and crosses, before being abruptly retired on vague health grounds amid claims of ongoing War Department secrets leakage.
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President Grevy
War Department
Dreyfus Case Sparks Shifting Public Opinion
The article notes Dreyfus’s lack of luxury and no clear motive for selling state secrets. It highlights a growing change in French opinion over weeks, with stronger debate about innocence or guilt as key evidence remained unseen by the defense and public.
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Dreyfus
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Dreyfus Case Defense Cites Suppressed Evidence and Letter Uncertainty
The government argues withholding evidence avoided international fallout. An unsigned letter fragments its link to war plans with disputed handwriting. Experts split on calligraphy. Court records claimed Germany not the traitor power. Italy was suspected, and Esterhazy fled to Italy.
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War Office
Dreyfus
Graphos
Germany
Italy
Esterhazy
Claughlin's Condition at City Hospital
The condition at City Hospital of Francis McLaughlin the consumptive who is suspected of shooting and killing his wife in South Boston Monday was reported to be more comfortable this morning than since his arrival.
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Captain Dreyfus
Colonel Esterhazy
President Grevy
Srpecnesy
Dreyfus
Esterhazsy
City Hospital
Francis Mclaughlin
Boston
Ccnds
Somerville Republican caucuses nominate ward tickets
Four ward caucuses in Somerville result in single tickets in Ward 1 Ward 3 Ward 4 and Ward 8 with varying degrees of competition. Delegates pledged to Huntley Lapham and unpledged others Gubernatorial ties and municipal league figures influence council and school committee picks. Ward 2 sees the sole contest led by Warren Robinson with Levi Coe opposing. the straight ticket wins.
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Somerville
Perry
William E. E. Robinson
Municipal League
Warren J. Robinson
F. O. J. Tarbox
Frank L. Watson
Charles F. Swan
Hannibal
Pond
W Ae Thompson
Olive A. Vasque
Andrew A. Lamont
Frederick M. Kilmer
Francis M. Wilson
William H. Cushman
Charles A. Grimmona
Arthur W. Berry
Frank H.ardison
John N. Ball
Silas S. Cummings
Council
Isaac M. Story
Edwin F. Qushing
John F. Foster
Paul J. Smith
George A. Miles
Brookline Knights Dance at Town Hall Ball
Brookline Council 110 Knights of Columbus held its annual ball in Town Hall Brookline attended by nearly 150 couples Grand Knight John A Finnerty led the grand march with his sister Agnes Finnerty Deputy Knight John I Flemming followed with Miss Coveney of Cambridge Prominent guests included State Deputy Edward Hearns District Deputy Sullivan Grand Knight P F Carley of Brighton Grand Knight Justin O Bigelow and wife of Malden Grand Knight Edwin Ford District Deputy William F Aney State Secretary William O'Brien District Deputy Daniel Prendergast State Warden John Sheehan and daughter of Everett Thomas bh Miss Margaret Carey and many others
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Knights of Columbus
Brookline
John A. Finnerty
Agnes Finnerty
John I. Flemming
Coveney
Cambridge
Order
Edward Hearns
South Framingham
Sulivan
P. F. Carley
Brighton
Justin O. Bigelow
Malden
Edwin Ford
William F.,aney
Secretarilliam O'Brien
Daniel Prendergast
McLaughlin
John A. Curtin
Felix R. Kin Wn
H. McManus Aisters
Agnes Margaret and
Josephine
Death of Rev Dr George Houghton rector of The Little Church Around the Corner
The Rev Dr George Houghton longtime rector of The Little Church Around the Corner in Twenty-ninth Street near Fifth Avenue died at his rectory after a brief illness. Born in 1820 in Deerfield Mass he studied theology at NYU and joined the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1846. He helped found the Church of the Transfiguration later known for its fame.
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New York
George H. Houghton
Twenty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Houghton
Miss Houghton
George Clarke Houghton
Hoboken
Edmund B. Smith
Dr. Houghton
Deerfield
Mass
New York University
Protestant Episcopal Church
Muhrlenbach
Church of the Holy Communion
Wong
Church of the Transfiguration
Real Religion Roots and Fruits Sermon at People's Temple
Commander Booth-Tucker spoke to a large Boston gathering on Real Religion its Roots and Fruits. Lieutenant-Colonel Cozens announced plans to build a new meeting place costing two to three thousand dollars and a Thanksgiving dinner for poor children in Bowdoin Square Hall. Consul Booth-Tucker urged continued work to save souls and uplift humanity.
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Booth-Tucker
People’s Temple
Cozens
Boston
Bowdoin Square Hall
Consul Booth-Tucker
New Religion Prompts Prospect Union Talk on Democracy
Rabbi Charles Fleischer of Boston spoke to the Prospect Union in Cambridge on democracy as a rising new religion. He argued that America grows as a home for striving people while old faiths lose hold and society leans toward true democracy.
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Prospect Union
Cambridge
Charles Fleischer
Boston
America
Immig ration Party at Minot Hall Draws Large Audience
Under the Young Woman's Hebrew Charitable Association, a novel Immigation Party at Minot Hall featured masked attendees in immigration costumes. The Young Women's Society wore red white and blue, the Young Men's Hebrew Association won club prize as a German band, with Utopian Club second for Italians and Germans. Miss Sadie Goldstone won the top individual prize for an Indian girl likeness.
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Young Woman's Hebrew Charitable Association
Minot Hall
Young Woman's Society
America
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Sadie Goldstone
United States
Rox-Dury Veteran Firemen's Ball Shines at Orienta Hall
At Orienta Hall 2162 Washington street the Rox Dury Veteran Firemen held their thirteenth annual ball with about 200 couples and 150 couples in the grand march led by George E Orrah and John Gover. Edwards Orchestra played until 11 then resumed after supper.
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Orienta Hall
Washington Street
Rox- Dury
George E. Orrah
John Gover
Edwards
Gayety
Miss Christie Macdonald Recital at Steinert Hall
Boston music lovers will hear Miss Christie Macdonald in a Friday evening song recital at Steinert Hall assisted by Mr Harold Geing. The programme includes the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana the Romeo and Juliet duet the serenade from Herbert and Smiths Iroberta and a duet from Il Trovatore alongside pieces from Robin Hood.
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Christie Macdonald
Boston
Harold Geing
Steinert Hall
Cavalleria Rusticana
Herbert and Smith
Paris Rumors Swirl Around Nellie Neustratter and Count Castallane
Mile. Nellie Neustratter known as the Queen of Fate draws Paris gossip as she mingles with Count Castellane and his household. Her former Vanderbilt connections renew chatter of divorce, money, and high living while Parisians copy her extravagant dress and car customs.
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Paris
Nellie Neustratter
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Consuelo Marlboro
William K., Jr
Harold Vanderbilt
Count Castellane
Anna Gould
Cusehold
Champs Elysees
Mlle. Neustratter
Milo
Nellie
America
Mile
Neustratter
Vanderbilt
Cairo
Gizerch Palace
Nellie Neustratter A Noted Figure In Vanderbilt Tales
Nellie Neustratter, also known as Nellie Cohen, born in Eureka Nevada, became a well remembered figure among the 400 and the Vanderbilt circle. The piece traces her rise to prominence and the turn of fortune in W H Vanderbilts life before a fateful day changed their lives.
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New York
Nellie Neustratter
Nellie Cohen
Eureka
Nevada
Vanderbilt
W. H. Vanderbilt
American Cresus and Nellie Neustratter’s Paris Entanglement
The piece recounts Vanderbilt's rapid ascent into society after his divorce and his romance with Nellie Neustratter in Paris. It notes her American origins, past marriages, lavish lifestyle, and the public spectacle of their liaison, including substantial gifts and titles.
Holiday thieves surge as multiple larcenies reported
Police report an uptick in thefts yesterday with several home and street robberies. Items stolen include a $13.17 pocketbook with jewelry and cash from Jennie Burns, a stick pin and gold pin from W J Pierce, a Waltham silver watch from Edward Keller, green and black wool for trousers from Isaac Scheimwald, and a gold Swiss watch with a linked chain from Rolf Clark.
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Jennie C. Burns
West
Dedham Street
W. J. Pierce
L Street
Edward P. Keller
West Sixth Street
Waltham
Isaac Scheimwald
Tremont Street
Rolf R. Clark
Lincoln Street
Station 5
Washington Street
Essex
Court Streets
Durin
C. Kayes
John Shepherd
City Evangelization Union Convention in Boston
The National City Evangelization Unions hold a final programme at Bromfield Street Church starting Thursday. Speeches by Bishop Mallalieu, Mayor Quincy, George E. Atwood, and Rev. Cadman are planned, with music by the Boston Society School of Music. Many notable clergymen and officials will attend and remain through Sunday for church pulpit visits and mass meetings.
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School of Music
Boston Society
W. McCorde
D. D
Arthur Staples
Pittsburg
A. D. Traveler
Chicago
8. W. Thomas
F. B. Lynch
Philadelphia
F. B. Price
Kansas City
P. S. Merrill
Buffalo
Charles Gibson
Albany
Rufus K. Boyd
Newark
Residence of South Boston singer hosts lively party
The home of Ed. Slater a popular South Boston singer was crowded last evening with a merry gathering and did not wind down until the early hours of the morning.
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Ed. Slater
South
Boston
True Bills Returned Against Olive Packer Sailors
True bills are returned against Olive Packer and sailors. They are acquitted but held in jail as witnesses.
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Olive Packer
Grand jury returns true bills in Olive Pecker case
Three witnesses examined in Norfolk hear indictments for murder of Captain Whitman and Mate Saunders, plus destruction of the Olive Pecker. Indicted are John Andersen and others. two crew members were acquitted at prior hearing. Trial likely to open around January 1898.
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Norfolk
John Andersen
John W. Whitman
Same
Willam Wallace Saunders
William Hosburg
John Lind
Juan de Dios Barrial
Manuel Barrial
Saunders
Whitman
William Horsburgh
Martin Barstad
Andrew March
Olive Pecker
Sven
United States Ommissioner
aAckiss
Jai Wating
A. J. Hall
Rockland
United States
Ackiss
A. M. Low
Prisoners Released in Cuba Return to United States
Reports from Havana via Key West say Madrid ordered Marshal Blanco to free the prisoners taken on the American schooner Competitor in April 1886 by the Spanish gunboat Mesagera. The released captives are to sail tomorrow for the United States with the vessel arms returned to their owners. Navarro considered resisting the orders before agreeing to comply.
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Havana
Key West
Marshal Blanco
Madrid
Mesagera
United States
Navarro
How to Judge a Play Discussed by New England Women’s Press
A Parker House literary meeting of the New England Women’s Press Association debated elevating stage works. Howard Malcolm Ticknor urged against tolerating the intolerable, while J. P. Sutherland argued farce shows depraved taste. Participants included Miss Helen M. Winslow and Dorothy Iundt with a music program and tea.
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Howard Malcolm Ticknor
Parker House
New England Women’s Press Association
J. P. Sutherland
Dorothy Iuundt
W. R. Bryant
Keith’s Theatre
E. Mm. Gosse
Assault With Knife Lands 18 Year Old in Custody
T Wright eighteen of 109 Russell street Charlestown was arrested early this morning charged with assault with a knife on seventeen year old Antonio Schiro of 13 Benedict street. The alleged attack at Kingston and Seaver streets at 12 10 occurred with Schiro taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for a slight neck wound. Schiro held as a witness against Wright.
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Ase T. Wright
Russell Street
Charlestown
Antonio Schiro
Benedict Street
Kingston
Seaver Streets
Schiro
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wright
Registration Notices for Boston Voters Declared Invalid
The Board of Election Commissioners announces lists of qualified male voters for Boston through Oct. 19 and women through Sept. 1 are posted at precincts and the central Old Court House office. Evening registration sessions run Nov 19 to Dec 1, 6 to 10 p.m., with errors corrected. Poll tax payment not required unless not yet assessed. Various ward registration sites listed with locations across Boston.
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Board OF Election Commissioners
Old Court House
Boston
Court Square
Board of Ass Rg
Chapuian
Eutaw St
Maverick St
Old Winthrop
Bunker Hil St
Bawin St
City Hall
City Square
Charlestown
North Bennet St
Pierpont
Hudson St
Winthrop Hall
Upham’s Corner
Vine Street
Dudley St
Bath
St. Ward
Meeting House
Dudley Street
Summet Hall
Boylston Station
Minton Hall
Hyde Park Ave
Dorchester Ave
Old Town Hall
Washington St
Brighton
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