Amusements This Evening in Boston Theatres
A list of performances across Boston venues with show times. The Fall of Babylon at Oakland Garden Roxbury. The Soudan at Boston Theatre. Castles in the Air at Globe Theatre. The City Directory at Tremont Theatre. Natural Gas with Donnelly and Girard at Park Theatre. The English Rose at Boston Museum. The Sea of Ice at Grand Opera House. May Howard Burlesque Company at Athenaeum. Corinne at Street Theatre.
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Oakland Garden
Roxbury
Babylon
Boston Theatre
Washington Street
the Soudan
Globe Theatre
de Wolf Hopper Opera Company
Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
Park Theatre
Donnelly and Girard
Natural Gas
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Grand Opera Horse
Washington
Dover Streets
Howard Athen
Howard Street
Howard Burlesque Company
Holls Street Theatre
Hollis Street
Corinne
Departmental Page Placements Noted in Publication
The notice outlines page allocations for departments with the Financial Department on page six, the Commercial Department on pages six and seven, and the Ship News on page three, guiding readers to locate departmental content.
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Ship News
World’s Fair plan blamed on Chicago committee
A National Fair Commission member denounces Chicagoans for botching the plan from the start. The commission condemns the dual site choice as a swamp in one area and a pumped water sheet in another. A resolution orders directors to report the sites real condition and the funds needed, noting possible deduction from the 10,000,000 guaranty fund.
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National Fair Commission
Connecticut Governor Crisis Over Merwin Bid for Senate
In Connecticut a dispute over the governorship and lieutenant governor nomination pits Governor Bulkeley against Merwin. Bulkeley clings to candidacy while Merwin seeks the nomination. Party managers try to quell Bulkeley’s resistance as call for harmony grows before campaign funds are needed.
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Bulkeley
Connecticut
Merwin
Congress urged to set day for consideration of copyright bill
Speaker Reep faces renewed pressure from friends of the international copyright bill after changes in sentiment. supporters claim a House mood shift since the earlier defeat and advocate calling up the measure before adjournment. Critics focus on broad presidential powers to suspend trade under the meat inspection bill and its foreign objections.
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Reep
Friends of the Copyright Bill
House
Simonps
Connecticut
Simonds
Congress
It Is Not Safe for Manufacturers to Trust This Hope
A brief cryptic note expresses doubt about relying on a hopeful forecast for manufacturers, signaling caution about adopting the outlook without safeguards or evidence. No specific names or places are identified in the fragment.
Disputed Trade Bill Grants President Wide Power
The article argues that a proposed trade bill would allow the president to ban imports from offending nations and suspend any food or drink imports deemed adulterated. It warns this broad authority would undermine foreign relations and make the president a dictator over American merchants' trade.
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Boston Post
United States
Hides tariff debate ends with a peril to leather makers
The column analyzes the tariff bill episode on hides, arguing the reciprocity amendment threatens Massachusetts leather industries. It recalls Republican concessions, McKinley resistance, and warns the President may tax hides under a reciprocity pretext, endangering local jobs and industry. It critiques party organs and cites Senator Connedy and Donnelly’s cipher debate on Shakespeare.
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Senate
Conference Committee
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
West
New England
Washington
McKinntey
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Farmers’ Alliance
Columbus
Indignation Over Arnold Marriage Rumor Denied
The report that Edwin Arnold plans to wed a Japanese lady is angrily denied by his brother who says Arnold will soon return to London. The Empress of Austria has arrived at Tangiers aboard the yacht Chazale from Gibraltar and will be quarantined two days.
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Edwin Arnold
Mr. Arnold
London
Tangiers
Gibraltar
Fanny Davenport
Westminster Hotel
New York
General Boulanger
Lowell
Allen G. Thurman
Democrats of Columbia
Cleveland
British row over arrest of Irish tenants leaders
The piece argues BALFOUR erred in arresting Mr. Ditton and Mr. O'Brien for inciting tenants to withhold rent, a longstanding Plan of Campaign tactic. It says the move may backfire, turning Irish leaders against him and reviving support for the campaign as martyrs are made.
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Mr. Balfour
Ditton
O’brien
Trish Party
Dillon
O’ Brien
Lotta
Fleuretta
Amphion
Brooklyn
Messrs
Broderick
Rising
Daily
New York Women Clubs Rise In Numbers And Purpose
Two New York clubs for women, the Ladies New York Club and the College Women’s Club at Barnard College, report growing memberships and improved facilities. The piece discusses evolving aims from humanitarian work to social and cultural study, and notes benefits of club life for busy independent women while pondering the future balance of club types. The article also previews improvements to the Commonwealth weekly under new management.
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New York
New York City
Ladies
University Club
College Women’s Club
Barnard College
Old Commonwealth
Boston
Dr. Haur
Eng
Duel avoided between Governor Gordon and Colonel Livingston
Reported near-miss duel in Georgia ended by six friends revealing a misunderstanding. Governor Gordon had feared Colonel Livingston had attacked his character, but Livingston did not intend to say such a thing. Reconciliation followed. The tale notes Livingston represents the Farmers' Alliance, a farmer issuing a challenge is described as unprecedented.
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Gordon
Livinasron
Georgia
Gorodon
Livingston
Colonel Livingston
New York Sun Pokes Fun at Boston Transport Costs
The New York Sun mocks Boston for high cab fares and compares with London Paris Berlin and other cities. It notes in New York travelers often walk long distances to reach cab stands and face high charges. The piece suggests the Sun could spur reform in city transport pricing.
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New York Sun
Boston
London
Paris
Berlin
Chicago
Montreal
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
New World
Lord SackVILLE in Stratford Fountain Row
English papers mock Lord SackVILLE for alleged land rights over the Stratford fountain site as the American donor offers to purchase the spot. Stratford residents threaten to oust SackVILLE if possible amid growing discontent over his conduct.
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Lord Sackville
Two GOP Paths Threaten Party Rise, Halstead Warns
The Brooklyn Standard Union notes Mr. Halstead believes the Republican party risks its national rise if it rejects reciprocity or calls an extra session to force passage of the elections bill. These moves are seen as perilous to the party’s ascendancy.
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The
Daily Advertiser
Joan E. Russelin
Worcester
Massachusetts
Boston
Daily
Russrew
National Republican Party
Congress
House of Representatives
New England
Lopez
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Republicans Praise Pension Office Conduct
The Massachusetts Republicans in convention claim the banks of the country owe the Republican administration for its purity efficiency and businesslike conduct of national affairs. Corpral Tanner and Father Baum are remembered for their work in the Pension Office for all that it was worth says the New York Times.
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Massachusetts
Pension Office
Corporal Tanner
Baum
N. Y
Handwriting on the wall signals tariff storm and party risk
The Baltimore Sun notes Secretary of State Blaine predicts a coming reaction to the new tariff bill. He argues the measure shows strong class interests over public good and foresees reciprocity as a remedy to save his party from wreck. The piece questions whether younger leaders will pause before disaster.
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Congress
Blaine
Baltimore Sun
Beautiful Memorial Window Brings Tiffany Glass to Boston Agency
A large memorial window at the Tiffany Glass Company’s Boston agency at 8 Beacon Street showcases wrought glass prized for light, color, and durability. The Alfred Maine church design features a cross and crown with floral groupings, inscribed to the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of The Family of Dra. Groner Wurrerintep Rogers, erected in 1390.
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Boston
Tiffany Glass Company
Beacon Street
Tiffany Glass
Alfred
Dra. Groner Wurrerintep Rogers
Cal Wood Executed for First Degree Murder
Glens Falls N Y Sept 19 Cal Wood found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be executed by electricity at Dannemora Prison during the week of Nov 3 The verdict and sentence were handed down today in the county court after closing arguments and a brief jury deliberation
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Glens Fallus
N. Y
Cal Wood
Dannemora
Theatres Keep Bills as New Acts Arrive
The weekly slate remains, with DeWolf Hopper at the Globe in Castles in the Air and The English Rose at the Museum drawing crowds. New offerings include Faust Up to Date at the Park Kate Claxton in The Two Orphans at Grand and Shamus OBrien at Howard with Daly’s One Week season to start. Little Em'ily revival at the Museum features O Leary and Clarke with a full cast.
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DeWolf Hopper
Globe
Messrs. Seabrooke
Klein
Mesdames Fox
O’keefe
Museum
Boston
Faust
the Park
Florence St. John
Mr. Lonnen
Kate Claxton
Grand Opera House
C. Erin Venner
Shamus O’brien
the Howard
Augustin Daly
Miss O'Leary
Miss Clarke
Miss Addison
Dan'l Peggotty
Charles Barron
Pio
John Mason
Uriah ‘Heep
George W. Wilson
Micawber
Eas
George C. Boniface
Dlcoti
E. L. Davenport
Junius B. Sooth
Wickfield
James Burrows
Charles
Abbe Wilkins Micawber
Pendleton Little Family
Gummidge
Lulu B. Hunter
Reflections on Boucicault and Boston Life
A Boston observer recalls Dion Boucicault’s contrast of man and actor, notes his stage deftness and aging charm, and highlights a bright visiting librarians’ trip. The piece also laments Cape Cod cranberries damaged by floods, comments on milk white mules in transit, and warns about runaway carriage dangers and emergency lessons.
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Beacon Hill
Connecticut
Boston
Adams Express
Auction in the Star Course Seat Sale Plan
Star Course will auction $5 season tickets at Tre Mont Temple on Wednesday morning Oct 1 to avoid long waiting lines. Unbid $5 seats and all $2 $3 and $4 seats will be sold at the box office the next day. The programme is not yet finished but promised to be the best in eleven years.
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Star Course
Tremont Temple
Local labor meetings seek union under AFL charter
About six hundred machinists gathered at Pythian Hall to form a union under an American Federation of Labor charter. Speakers included Frank K. Foster John F O Sullivan and Tucker N Lemberg. A mass meeting is planned for October 16. Cigar Makers Union 97 met at Type Hall and assessed members a dollar to support striking Binghamton cigar makers. Forester Hall hosted a labor conference that approved resolutions on winter labor legislation. Iron moulders met at Fagle Hall with a committee set to arrange the mass meeting.
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Pythian Hall
Frank K. Foster
John F. O’sullivan
Tucker N. Lemberg
American Federation of Labor
Type Hall
Binghamton
Forester Hall
Fagle Hall
Abolitionists Reunion at Kemont Temple Speakers Named
The committee announced a Kemont Temple abolitionist reunion with speakers including Frederick Douglass and A A Miner D D among others. Sessions are scheduled for 10 AM, 2 PM, and 7 30 PM.
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Kemont Temple
Frederick Douglass
A. A. Miner
D.D
Mark Trafton
A. H. Grimke
A. P. Putnam
F. BK. Sanborn
RK. F. Hurley
George W. Putnam
Quirky Bits and Tribal Warfare Across Nations
A Scotsman jokes about bald heads in New York while a Colorado man is bitten by a rattlesnake but survives. London society reels at American behavior. Head Chief and Young Mule die after a fierce Cheyenne agency battle as soldiers and police repel their charge.
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Jock
New York
Colorado
London
High Life
Prince of Wales
Duchess of
Cooper
Head Chief
Young Mule
Tiugh Boyle
Mule
Prayer for the Church on Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
A devotional verse petition asks for God s pity and protection for the Church. It pleads for divine guidance safety from delusions and steadiness under Jesus Christ its Head, signed T W Parsons.
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Jesus Christ
T. W. Parsons
Scribners Touts dainty editions and new works in October
The October Scribner’s lineup includes Thomas Nelson Page’s In Ole Virginia and George W. Cable’s Old Creole Days in new editions with etchings. Also featured are Benedict Arnold chapter by John Fiske, Fremont by Josiah Royce, Sarah Orne Jewett story By the Morning Boat, and Martha Corey tale by Constance Goddard Du Bois. James on psychology in two volumes, plus Far West Sketches and Life on Board a Cabie Ship.
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The
Scribners
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
George W. Cable
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
London
Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co
Benedict Arnold
John Fiske
Fremont
Josiah Royce
Sarah Orne Jewett
Martha Corey
Constance Goddard du Bois
Messrs
Colorado
Scribner’s
Herbert Laws Webb
Cabie
Rufus F. Zogbaum
Newman Smyth
Maine Woods
Margaret Sidney
D. Lothrop Company
Border
Jessie Benton Kémont
William James
Harvard
Henry Holt & Co
Messrs. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Fra Lippo Lippi
Florence
Margaret Vere Farrington
Horatio F. Brown
John Devoe Belton
Theogeric the Goth
Thomas Hodgkin
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Milk
Post Publishing Company
Haston
Wrepen
Joan Arronim, Jr
Professor Stavestri
Mt. “Etna
H. C. Merwin
Frederick E. Goopricu
Joan Borie O’ Remy
Literary and Scientific Societies of
G. A. Peck
Dorothy Suot
Mr. Senatims Connedy
Shakspere
Dramatic Mirror
Donneliy
Bacon
Donnelly
Baltimore
Fuller
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Isabel Scott
George S. Scott
Douglas Grant
Beach Grant
Adele Grant
Frederic A. Bee
San Francisco
Anson Burlingame
Bar Harbor
Ti-Yen
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
John A. Lane
Ben G. Rogers
James Taylor
Wilfred Clarke
Lawrence Harney
Frederick Broom
Edward Broom
Albert Bruning
Beaumont Smith
Rankin Duvall
Herbert Patten
W. R. S. Morris
George C. Hazleton
Frank Ladger
Robert M
Providence
Mr. Barrett
Ganelon
Messrs. Booth and Barrett
Hamlet
Julius Cmsar
Theodore Bromley
Joseph Levy
Bostonians
Music Hall
Robin Hood
Edwin W. Hoff
High Sheriff
H. C. Barnabee
Little John
W. H. Macdonald
Will Scarlet
Eugene Cowles
Friary Tuck
Leo
Dion Boucicault
George Parsons Lathrop
Edward A. Dithmar
Alfred Hennequin
Charles Barnard
J. H. Me. Vicker
Mirror
Joseph Jefferson
Boucicault
Post
American Library Association
Fabyan
Boston Book Company
Freeman Place Chapel
Parker’s
Cape Cod
New Jersey
Abolitionists’ Reunion
Harrison
Bostonian
Indiana
Dumley
Ferguson
Maude
Shakers
Theodore Moore
Jaketeller
Moore
Boston Herald
Lynn
Herald
Springfield Union
Literary News
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