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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1887
Page
5
The piece argues German clubs like the Liederkranz and Arion Society shape New York culture influencing arts, music and society. It notes their broad reach, American memberships, and their role in bringing German musicians to the city.
The Arion Society formally opened its new Park Avenue club house between East Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets, facing the Liederkranz. The buff brick Italian Renaissance building stands 125 by 90 feet and 80 feet high with many halls and a grand concert hall. Music by Frank Van Der Stucken and his Dedication March highlighted dedicatory ceremonies in a large German‑community crowd.
Arion conductor Van Der Stucken leads a plan to stage a winter concert series featuring only American composers. The move highlights his belief in American talent and aims to broaden public exposure to works by American musicians amid criticism from influence circles.
The writer notes Mansfield’s strong performance in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, calls The Arabian Nights at Standard Theatre pleasing to many yet tedious to sensible readers, and criticizes As in a Looking Glass at Fifth Avenue Theatre as vulgar. The Dark Secret arrives at Academy of Music with notable staging and water effects.
A rousing Cooper Union gathering in New York welcomed Neal Dow and Dr. McGlynn as Manhattan Temperance Association members adopted resolutions praising Dow as the father of prohibition. Dow described Maine’s early fight and education of voters, then McGlynn praised unity with the United Labor party, with General Clinton B. Fisk also speaking.
The cholera struck steamer Alesia remains anchored off the lower quarantine as passengers are kept on Hoffman Island. Two patients died last evening and one this morning. Francisco Cesario, 38, moved from Hoffman Island Hospital to Swinburn Island in very poor condition. Twenty three passengers are now very ill. Cesario may die while others improve.
A group of Edinburgh University representatives visits Princeton University to discuss religious interests. Distinguished guests include Professor Henry Drummond and Professors Simpson Greenfield with Mr Webster and Mr Smith. President McCosh hosts the delegation as they plan several days of meetings and additional campus visits.
Dartmouth Athletic Association at Hanover N H elects Chauncey Gleason president H W Knight vice president and seven directors Heh Walker B F Ellis B A Pond E W Pond G P Hurd and P Vian The annual field meeting is set for October 5 and 6.
The Springfield Republican recalls General Henry H Briggs born in 1790s era ties to Williams College class of 1844 and Pittsfield officials. It narrates his death from an accidental pistol discharge in 1861 at age 66 after prayers with his son enlisting, his service as first brigade commander of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, and his legacy in the Pittsfield camp and Arlington Heights deployment.
Washington reports nearly half of the fourteen million dollars in bonds called last Thursday have been accepted by the Treasury. Officials expect the balance soon, with Congress urged to act on currency and tariff. Warner of Ohio says silver coinage advocates have quieted, unlikely to pass suspension this year.
A Boston financial column analyzes possible end of Bostwick as NY and New England railroad president, notes heavy speculation in the road’s stock, and debunks bids from New Haven and Albany. It explains the two-sevenths rule for bank reserves, cites John Jay Knox, and outlines reserve calculations and excess.
The bulletin notes cooler conditions east of the Mississippi and on the North Pacific coast, with warmer spells in the Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys. Seasonal temperatures show regional variances, with a general drought in the central wheat region and parts of the South. Rainfall varies, with drought in New England and the South Atlantic, but abundant rain in the western wheat region and from Texas to Dakota. Frosts occurred into parts of Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
Frank W. Stowe of New York, general agent of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, was indicted by the county grand jury for soliciting insurance for the Guaranty Mutual Accident Association in New York. The action marks the first prosecution in years with more likely follow ups to come.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will limit its Southbound Act 5 tourist party to 100 persons. Registrations are taken at the company's office 205 Washington Street. Those seeking accommodations should enter their names without delay.
A special Pullman train will operate the entire service for the PRR pleasure tour on October 5. The tourists will travel aboard their own dedicated train, with full crew and arrangements managed by the railroad.
The page lists performances at venues including Globe Theatre with Jim the Penman and Erminie at 7 45. Boston Theatre presents A Run of Luck. Boston Museum shows The Red Lamp. Hollis Street Theatre offers The Corsair at 7 45. Ardb Atheneum plays Lost in the Snow at 8.
Ames H Hunt and Henrietta Hunt wed at Lake View Illinois. Albert H Davis and Kate L Gallagher married in Somerville. William Mullins and Katie Tutty united. Thomas W Norman and Bertha W Clark wed in Boston. George H Streeter and Alice A Wright tied the knot in Lexington.
Obituaries list multiple deaths with ages and locations including Hyannis Somerville Roxbury Dorchester South Boston and Cambridge Francis Bulfinch John Cummings Jeremiah Crowley Peter Homer and others aged 34 to 84 plus infants. Services details noted for Catharine Foster and Elizabeth Tuttle among entries.
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