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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1893
Page
4
Mr Addicks told the Gas Commission that producing water gas in 1893 cost thirty seven and one tenth cents per thousand feet, not counting leakage or distribution. The figure helps explain why gas makers may not suffer much from being forced to sell their thirty seven cent product for a dollar.
The Kansas St Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad sets an example for western lines to curb train robbery. A brigand gang near St Joseph was wiped out, proving the method. Authorities and railroads could stage occasional dummy treasure trains to deter raids and reduce profits for a short period.
The article notes Mr. Greenhalge saying he is not a rigid protectionist to the McKinley bill and would seek changes in Congress. It urges clearer resolutions to reflect his meaning and recalls the 1896 convention’s silver stance and his vote on the McKinley tariff.
The speaker condemns Mr James A Herne for warning Theatrical Mechanics Union members against joining the militia He says workingmen are loyal citizens and that militia serves the people It is a protest against portraying workers as criminals and a defense of state order against violent rule by any group
The text defends Massachusetts workers, arguing they are not violators of law and reject insinuations of danger. It stresses that if peril threatened institutions or rights, the mass of honest workers would protect the state, noting the militia contains many workingmen and gains strength as more participate in service.
A provocative editorial warns that a Boston and Maine railroad could fall under the New York, New Haven and Hartford, arguing Massachusetts and New England must keep railroads under local control. It denounces New York speculation, urges a legislative barrier, and calls Boston merchants to defend regional economic independence and resisting autocratic practices.
The piece argues Republican missteps in presenting a top candidate have doomed Greenhalge. Pillsbury and Crapo loyalists push harmony slogans, but the theft of momentum through trickery and scramble leaves little time to salvage the party before election day. The Norris bloc of 700 delegates could yet swing the nomination, but the push is seen as too late and flawed.
Observant Citizen notes J Rufus Tryon and Richard Washington arriving on official duty and visiting Chelsea Naval Hospital and Charlestown navy yard. Senator Proctor travels to attend his regiment reunion in Lyndonville. A cherub telegraphist entertains with bulletins and a misfit college yell. Wedding plans announce Dr Eugene Galligan and Miss Minnie Kinney to wed on October 4 with many friends offering congratulations.
The Monday night bill at the Columbia Theatre features Glen-da-Lough, an Irish drama set in Two Lakes with scenic splendor and statuary of Erin’s heroes. Stars J. K. Murray and Clara Lane lead amid strong supporting turns, with Crouch conducting and Morton dancers praised. The program also includes The Land of the Midnight Sun at Bowdoin Square and other acts at the Lyceum, Palace, and Austin & Stone's.
In Austin and Stones Museum the imitators labeled Mitchell and Corbett performed boxing exhibitions to a packed crowd. The mock boxers drew cheers and applause though they were just monkeys imitating prize ring rules, while the Chicago Female Baseball Club also featured in curio hall this week.
Manager Billings presents William Muldoon's athletic school and E L Williams's Me and Jack at the Palace Theatre for a week. The bill features a wrestling exhibition with top wrestlers including Muldoon Roeber Marks Napoleon and Atherton, plus the comedy Me and Jack which keeps the audience roaring with laughter.
Mr E S Willard and company opened at Tremont Theatre with Wealth by Henry Arthur Jones. The drama features vigorous action and strong character drawing. Marie Burroughs Impresses. Craddock and Masson praised for solid support. Wealth plays nightly this week except matinee Wednesday and Saturday when The Professors Love Story is presented.
The Pay Train a mix of melodrama and acts starring Flor ence Bindley once known as Baby Bindley. Set in a coal region of Pennsylvania with a real life inspiration, the show features a notable railroad scene where the last car is uncoupled. Maggie Fielding is part of a capable supporting company.
The Irish comedy drama The Sham rock presented yesterday at the Grand Museum proved entertaining and exciting. A racing sequence with thoroughbred horses featured in the show. Performers include Mr Ed win Hanford who sings and dances in Irish style along with the Fitzgibbon family Nellie Howard John McVicker John Phillips and other favorites. The play runs this week only.
Last evening Jay Hunt with Dr Lothrop’s stock presented Leonard Grover’s Our Boarding House at the Howard to a large audience with ample applause for the company. Mme Percival’s orchestra offered well received selections. The Park’s Venus with La Regaloncita and her sisters attracted attention in the other theatres. The Fencing Master at Hollis Street opened strongly with Laura M. praised. extra matinee planned. Next week the New York Lyceum Theatre presents Gone Bee Abroad, while Richard Mansfield’s Parisian Romance closes Boston run. Beau Brummell tonight. Lady Windermere’s Fan next. The Black Crook enters its twenty-sixth week with large crowds. Prince Pro Tem saw major changes at the Boston Museum with Florrie West’s new song and new finale Miier Wild Rosy.
Miss Nellie Dean, organist and musical director at Winthrop Congregational Church in Charlestown, won a gold medal at the New England Conservatory for the most finished rendering of three classical pieces. Mary Lyon’s birthplace near Ashfield, Massachusetts, is now ruins marked by a tablet. Bertha Lamme, first woman to earn an electrical engineering degree, graduates of Ohio State and works for Westinghouse in Pittsburgh.
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