Amusements This Evening in Boston Theatres
Listings show events at Symphony Concerts Mechanics Fair and multiple theatres including The London Shenandoah Cordelia's Aspirations The Charity Ball Little Em'ly Erma the El Ivy Leaf and The Ivy Leaf with times 2 and 7 45 varying by venue featuring acts with Harrigan Lyceum Theatre Boston Museum Tremont Hollis Street and more with locations on Huntington Avenue Washington Street Tremont Street and Beacon Hill venues.
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Mrsic Hart
Winter Street
Mechanics’ Building
Huntington Avenue
Boston
Washington Street
The
London
Ghose
Shenandoah
Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
Edward Harrigan
Cordelia
Hollis Street
Lyceum Theatre Company
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Little Em’ly
Washington
Dover Streets
Erma
Manufacturers raise pocket cutlery prices by 15 to 25 percent
An interview in St. Louis with I. W. Morton of the Simmons Hardware Company states that all pocket cutlery makers have advanced prices 15 to 25 percent, predicting further rises toward 50 percent. He argues the tariff act wrongly shields these manufacturers and will only raise consumer costs.
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St. Louis
I. W. Morton
Simmons Hardware Company
Colored voters support Has kELL in South Carolina split
The action of representative negroes in the South Carolina conference endorses Judge Has kELL, opposes the Republican candidate, and rejects social equality. The move, predicted, may erode the color line, deepen factional conflict, and likely defeat Tillman.
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South Carolina
Haskell
Tillman
Millinery Tariff Change Prompts Special Sale
A Des Moines firm announces a tariff law effective Oct 6 raising millinery costs from 10 to 60 percent. They tout a large stock and promise no advance payment until supply is exhausted, urging customers to act on this opportunity.
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Des Muines
New York Citizens Movement Faces Municipal Reform Test
The reform movement in New York shows potential for success as fusion candidates gain backing from Times Evening Post and Commercial Advertiser. Victory hinges on voters turning out to support honest nonpartisan government, with public opinion arousal identified as the key challenge.
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Citizens’ Movement
New York
Tammany
the Times
The
Evening Post
Commercial Advertinas
Mr. Scorr
Speech on McKixey bill criticized by Post editors
The Post edited out several of Speaker Rexp's replies to a Democratic club. The Boston Journal notes editors trimmed the report to fit editorial views. Rexp supported raising wages for the poor, citing a nine day operation and a 15 percent wage rise in button factories, but critics say the defense of the tariff bill is weak and unconvincing to the public.
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Post
Rexp
Buffalo
Boston Journal
Telegraph
Reep
Grover Cleveland
Prices rise for upholstery and glass items
Spiegel and Co. furniture dealers in Chicago Herald report that some goods have advanced in price and others will follow. Upholstered goods are higher due to tariffs on vel vets mohair and related materials. Glass and all furniture containing glass have also increased in price.
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Spiegel & Co
Chicago Herald
McKinley Campaign Boosts High Prices Rally in Ohio
The New York Tribune and Boston Journal criticize merchants who raise goods prices to match higher import costs under the McKinley bill. McKinley tours Ohio boasting of a new era of high prices and higher costs of living.
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New York Tribune
The
Boston Journal
McKinley
Ohio
McKinley Plan Praised For Bold Campaign Appeal
In Kalamazoo a speaker argued that "things" symbolize poverty and cheap goods, linking cheap merchandise to a weak nation. He contrasted denial versus acceptance and congratulation, noting McKinley’s plan is bolder and more captivating to the imagination.
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Kalamazoo
Mr. McKinley
Between Two Opinions on Pierce and Republican Tariff Policy
The article analyzes Edward L. Pierce’s speech at the Vendome, contrasting his asserted personal honor with his alleged opposition to Republican tariff policy. It details his views on reciprocity, free coal and iron, and food taxes, noting party pressure and the potential conflict if elected to Congress.
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Edward L. Pierce
the Vendome
Pierce
Congress
Chickatawbut Club
Pierck
Piercre
Canada
Nature
Nova Scotia
New England
Massachusetts
Reed
Mr. Pierce
Pierce and the tariff split sparks in New England calls
A heated exchange questions Mr. Pierce's stance on tariff reform and party loyalty. The Boston Journal suggests his views align with Republican principles, while critics push him to clearly choose between supporting Joan F. Andrews and opposing the tariffs. The piece notes the cutlery duty rise as a key issue and cites an interview with a major St. Louis hardware dealer.
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Republican Party
Boston Journal
Pirnxkee
Joan F. Andrew
Pierce
Prerer
Congress
Pension Office Scandal Allegations Target Commissioner Raum
The Washington correspondent for the New York Tribune alleges Raum runs the pension bureau to favor agents. He cites recall of field examiners to push new disability pension claims, warns of added clerks and fees, and predicts hardship for veterans while pension agents profit. The claim is endorsed by the Tribune as reporting on a Republican organ.
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Raum
Congressional Committee
Washington
The
New York Tribune
Noble
Congress
Tribune
Depew Addresses Locomotive Engineers on Unions and Public Opinion
The address to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers during their twenty seventh annual convention centers on labor federation, management concessions, and the power of public opinion to resolve disputes. Depew argues for recognizing the engineers and warns against strikes while stressing the public’s role in guiding outcomes.
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Derry
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Depew
Central Road
Brotherhood
United States
Federation of
Labor
Artur
Derrew
Drepin
Tariff Will Raise Costs for Willow and Rattan Goods
The Wakefield Rattan Company manager states that tariffs will push prices up on willow and rattan items. Raw materials from East India, including reed and split rattan, face heavier duties, forcing higher stock costs and sale prices to recover costs.
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India
Wakefield Rattan Company
New York World mocks Boston on Clémenceau Case censorship
The New York World ridicules Aldermen for halting The Clémenceau Case while claiming Boston shows genuine vice in back alleys. It concedes some reason to suppress small excitable communities but says New York’s metropolitan view treats such acts as less harmful, recalling past crusades like Tosca.
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Boston
New York
Clémenceau
John Fiske
Farmer Hangs Himself in Barn in Melancholy Note
A farmer has hanged himself in a barn, noted for its convenient beams and readily available rope. The piece warns melancholy farmers should avoid barns unattended, especially on gloomy days, and suggests guards for agricultural societies to consider safety measures.
Enfield Society of Shakers Expels Brother Over Reading Sun
The Enfield Society of Shakers expelled a brother for perseverance in reading the New York Sun, against elder orders. The act may give the paper publicity similar to that earned by the Kreutzer Sonata through the Postmaster General's condemnation.
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Enfield Society of Shakers
New York Sun
Drummer Delivers Key Waterloo Message Under Fire
A newly noted incident recalls a drummer who surfaced during the Battle of Waterloo to carry a message from the Duke of Wellington while aides-de-camp were engaged. He risked exposure by turning his cheek to the enemy, yet remained unharmed as he completed the signal.
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Waterloo
Duke of
WiuLi
Tin tariff rise pushes tin ware prices higher
The present sheet tin tariff is one cent a pound and the McKinley tariff bill raises the duty to 22-10 cents per pound. The rise will advance tin from SL25 to B38 a bow by weight, affecting all tin ware products and causing price increases across the line. Circular from a Michigan Hardware House dated Sept. 9.
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Michigan Hardware
Battle with robbers near Lima ends in deaths
In Lima Ohio on October 17 a gang was caught at a safe on the Chicago and Erie road near Ohio City two miles west of town. Citizens confronted them and a gunfight followed. Three robbers were killed and others wounded before the gang escaped, leaving one of their men dead.
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Lima
Ohio City
Here
Chicago & Erie Road
Theatrical Notes Show Cast Changes and New Bills
Theatres alter Monday programs as Mason leaves the Museum delaying old comedies. Davenport replaces him. Little Emly runs next week then The Magistrate may follow. Miss Marie Wainwright brings Twelfth Night to Tremont with same company. New bills at Grand Opera and Howard, plus Mme Angel at Globe from Aronson with full New York cast. The Soudan continues at Boston Theatre. Charity Ball enters second week. Philharmonie concert planned. Jefferson-Florence company opens Heir at Law at Palmer's Theatre.
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Mason
Museum
Field
Em’ly
Forrest Robinson
Marie Wainwright
Tremont Theatre
Viola
W. F. Owen
Toby Belch
Grand Opera House
the Howard
Reilly and Wood
New York Casino
Mme. Angel
Globe Theatre
Rudolph Aronson
Mr. Aronson
New York
Eden Theatre
Paris
The
Glove
Marie Halton
Louise Kissing
Eva Johns
Fred Solomon
George Olmi
Henry Hallam
A. W. Maflin
Camille Darville
Soudan
Boston
Hollis Street
Jefferson-Florence
Palmer’s Theatre
Park Street Church Changes Stir Boston Opinion
The Boston Post discusses proposed alterations to Park Street Church to convert the basement for shops and the upper space for clubs and reading rooms. The piece notes the church’s historic role, the value of the property for business use, and the desire to retain Dr. Gregg, while arguing against a secular air that would alter the church’s character.
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Park Street
Gregg
New Steamship Spree Aboard and Other Odds and Ends
A varied column notes the Nord Deutsche Lloyd steamship Spree due in New York early next week. It mentions a London cabby winning a French prize, a governor addressing inmates in Columbus, a man changing a surname to White, and a Massachusetts monument drive for John Boyle O’Reilly. It also recalls veterans of all U.S. wars and quotes H W Lucey on journalism.
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Norddeutscher Lloyd Line
New York
London
Morley Memorial College
Campbell
Ohio
Columbus
Dillon
Dublin
Mr. Dillon
Kogoshek
Shek
Grodjinski
Gordon
Nylund
Erickson
Cotton Mather
John Robinson
John Winthrop
Massasoit
Jonathan Edwards
John A. Andrew
Hawthorne
Longfellow
Sumner
N. Y
Collect for the Twentieth Sunday After Trinity
The prayer asks God to keep believers safe from harms that injure the soul and dull virtue, ensuring both soul and body stay sound and ready to follow divine commands. Authorship attributed to T. W. Parsons.
Fire Destroys Cherry Morrow Plant Inside Tennessee Penitentiary
A fire within the Tennessee Penitentiary complex at Nashville gutted the Cherry Morrow Manufacturing Company plant and nearby outbuildings, with losses estimated at 200000 dollars. No inmates were inside the affected prison area.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cherry Morrow Manufacturing Company
State Penitentiary
Cherry Morrow Company
Rome
Siena
Florence
Laports
Ind
Lacrosse
New Haven
Conn
New York & New lTraven
Woodmont
Fire alarm needless. lodger causes small house fire at 52 Carver
At 4 06 yesterday afternoon Box 42 alarm proved needless. A 10 14 last night a slight fire broke out in the dwelling of Catherine Griffin at 52 Carver street. Lodger Fritz Siegel upset a kerosene lamp on the bed, causing burns to his feet and legs. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Carver Street
Catherine Griffin
Fritz Siegel
Littl
Seivel
City Hospital
Coast Defences at Boston Winthrop Land for Fortifications
Secretary Proctor expects Boston to receive a fair share of a $500000 fortification appropriation. Colonel Mansfield surveys Grover's Cliff at Winthrop for a mortar battery land purchase or condemnation. Two parcels, 27 acres back from the cliff and 15 acres nearer, are under consideration. Deer Island and Padduck Island activities remain undisturbed for a year or two.
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Washington
Proctor
Mansfield
Boston
Grover’s Cliff
Winthrop
Deer Island
Despatches on strikes and industry at Ishpeming and Worcester
Over one thousand striking Ishpeming miners have returned to work and up to five thousand may be back by Monday. Augustus Case, son of Admiral Ludlow Case, drowned near Bristol Rhode Island yesterday forenoon. This week s business failures total 191 in the United States and 29 in Canada per R G Dunn and Bradstreet. The Rollins will case withdrawn and settled after a year s delay. Washington Mills Lawrence worsted mill will expand to employ 750 more. The annual State convention of the W C T U closed in Worcester with delegates named to Atlanta in November. Resolutions against license adopted and the local option law deemed too limited in operations.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Augustus Case
Ludlow Case
United States Navy
Papposequash Point
Bristol
R. G. Dunn & Co
E. Russell & Co
United States
Canada
Atlanta
Republican Rally in Lawrence Sparks Greenhalgh Tirade
In Lawrence a Republican rally at City Hall drew 900 to 1000 as Congressman William Cogswell and General Charles Greenhalge defended the McKinley tariff. The talk praised the 1890s Congress, attacked Democrats, and warned of violence in elections while defending the tariff’s impact on industry and workers.
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Lawrence
Spector
Greenhalgh
John E. Russell
Lowell
City Hall
George S. Merrill
Merrill
William E. Russell
William Cogswell
Salem
General Cogswell
Internal Revenue
Boston
Sherman Hoar
Waltham
Cogswell
Waltham Watch Company
United States
Congress
Gogswell
Cleveland
Donnybrook Fair
Senate
Frederick T. Greenhalge
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Massachusets
Codman
John F. Andrew
Dr. Everett
George Fred Williams
Greenhalge
Hoar Addresses Holyoke Rally Highlights Tariff Debate
Senator George F. Hoar spoke at a Republican rally in Holyoke Opera House as part of the state campaign. He argued prosperity benefits all, noted wage rises and lower prices, and traced tariff policy from protection to the MecKinley bill, claiming reduced revenue and a growing free list while new factories create millions of jobs.
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Senator Hoar
Holyoke
Springfield
fLororan
Opera House
George F. Hoar
Congress
of Representatives
National House
Features of Today's Commonwealth
Philip Hale analyzes Verestehagin and his pictures with brilliant scrutiny. John Ritchie Jr debunks romance in Our Knowledge of Mars and fights astronomers fantasies. Edward E Hale reports on the Lake Mohonk Indian conference. William Ordway Partridge offers a sympathetic sketch of William Shade. Appalachian Club hut tale in the White Mountains and Boston learned society notes complete the issue.
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Commonwealth
Philip Hale
Verestehagin
John Ritchie
Mars
M. Flammerton
Edward E. Hale
Lake Mohonk
William Ordway Partridge
William Shade
Appalachian Club
White Mountains
Boston
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Boston Post
Post Publishing CO
Post Publishing
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
MR. Depew
New York Central
Philharmonie
Bernhard Listemann
Boston Theatre
Tomorrow Avenue
Wr. Holmes
Brimstone Corner
Solomon Willard
St. Paul’s
Somerset Club
Bunker Hill Monument
Old Court House
Lyceuum
Saturday Review
George Washington
Mexico
Union
H. W. Lucey
Dickens
Micawber
England
T. W. Parsons
Tennessee Penitentiary
Siena Cathedral
MR. Greenhalgh
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