Civil Service Reform Debate at Mystic Valley Club
The Mystic Valley Club heard Dor man B. Eaton ex Civil Service Commissioner discuss civil service reform as a merit system replacing spoils, its impact on federal offices, and the need to separate legislative and executive powers. Richard H. Dana and State Treasurer George A. Marden attended as noted guests. Eaton urged fitness based postmaster appointments and warned against political tests in the postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Valley Club
American House
Dorman B. Eaton
Richard H. Dana
Boston
George A. Marden
Elmer H. Capen
Eaton
Legislative Department
Garfield
Congress
Orly
Bratueboro
Pearson
New York City
Massachusetts
Ohio
England
Gates
Richard H. A
Ethen
Tom” Platt
New York
Clarkson
Civil service reform debate over postmasters and parties
State Treasurer George A. Marden defends Republicans and civil service reform while criticizing Democratic spoilsmen. He cites limited removals under the new administration and claims education in New Hampshire shaped his reform stance. Dana notes reformers are abused by both parties for criticizing the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Marden
Tom Platt
Roscoe Conkling
Duke Bennett Hills
New Hampshire
Dana
Cambridge Aldermen Reopen Tow Cars and Rail Lines
Cambridge Board of Aldermen voted to allow West End Railway to reintroduce tow cars with two men per car, require fenders, and restore one fare on the South Boston line. They recommitted action on a double track petition, noting the road denied requesting withdrawal. A separate petition sought authority to maintain engines and boilers at East Cambridge glass house for a power station and to run overhead feed wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
West End Railway Company
South Boston
Brattle Street
Committee On
Glass House
East Cambridge
Pepalit
Obituary of Junius Spencer Morgan Banker Dies in Monte Carlo
Junius Spencer Morgan, renowned American banker long based in London, died yesterday in Monte Carlo from injuries suffered in a carriage accident. Born April 14, 1813 in West Springfield Massachusetts, he built a global banking career with Morgan Ketchum, Mather, Beebe, and finally J. S. Morgan & Co. He supported Trinity College and Hartford Orphan Asylum, and donated Sir Joshua Reynolds works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius Spencer Morgan
Monte Carlo
Mr. Morgan
West Springfield
Holyoke
Mass
Alfred Welles
Boston
Morgan
Morgan, Ketchum & Co
New York
Hartford
Howe, Mather & Co
Howe
Mather, Morgan & Co
James M. Beebe
George Peabody
London
J.8. Morgan & Co
Drexel, Morgan & Co
J. Pierpont Morgan
Junius J. Morgan
Junius
Juliet Pierpont
John Pierpont
America
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Wilden
Alexander H. Rice
Massachusetts
Hartrantft
Pennsylvania
Hawley
Connecticut
McCulloch
Sarah Spencer Morgan
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Foreign Corporations Oppose Stockholder Lists Law
Richard Olney argues against a bill forcing foreign corporations doing business in Massachusetts to annually file stockholder lists. He warns the measure would be ineffective, easily evaded, and would unfairly tax small shareholders while driving big, nonresident investors elsewhere, harming the Commonwealth’s economy and tax system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Olney
Esa
Legislative Committee On Taxation
Commonwealth
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Atchison
Massachusetts
Boston
New York
New England
Amoskeag
Com- Ri 7
Great Corporation of Manchester
Notable Obituaries and Deaths Across Regions
Includes Elvridge A. Pierce of Portsmouth dies after health decline. Dr Hiram B. Sibbetts of Concord survives his death. Mrs Mary Banahan, aged 102 in New Jersey, recalls early century events. Marcus A. Stearns of Chicago dies after self-inflicted gunshot. Joan Kimball of Easton dies at eighty. Benjamin Darling aged eighty two at Woonsocket Asylum. ex Mayor Edmund L. Judson dies aged sixty. Franklin Danforth of Norridgewock passes. W H Warden of Washington dies. Edward Lloyd of London Chronicle dies aged seventy five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvridge A. Pierce
Portsmouth
N. H
Gardiner
Kittery Navy Yard
Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company
Boston
Pierce
DeWitt Clinton Commandery
Knights ‘Templar
Hiram B. Sibbetts
Concord
Northfield
Harvard Medical College
Natchez
Miss
Carroll Parish
Mary Banahan
New Jersey
Oxford Furnace
Marcus A. Stearns
Chicago
Samuel Colt
Edmund L. Judson
Albany
N. Y
Grand Lodge
New York
Franklin Danforth
Norridgewock
Danforth
W. W. Warden
Johnson
Washington
Eighe
Best Post
Edward Lloyd
London Daily Chronicle
Llores
London News
The Old, Old Story Of Consumption Cure Promise
The piece recounts a dying patient with consumption and contrasts it with a modern medical breakthrough. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as cures, noting prices at 60 cents. The ad frames these tonics as solutions to the dread disease alleged to be arrestable in early stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Sage
Charles Craig
Bright
Craig
Craig Medicine CO
Passaic
N. d
Belmont Church Dedication Readied for Today at 2:30 PM
Belmont Congregational Unitarian Society plans a 2:30 p.m. dedication service for its new church building. Rev Brooke Herford of Boston will preach, Rev Grindall Reynolds to give the dedication prayer, and Rev Hilary Bygrave to read the hymn. Parish leaders and Rev Augustus M. Lord, Rev Ed Young, and Rev John Bradley Gilman will attend. J Henry Fletcher, building committee chair, to present the keys to Edward F. Atkins, parish committee chair. Choir from Church of the Unity Boston to sing. Special services planned for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont Congregational-Unitarian Society
Brooke Herford
Boston
Grindall Reynolds
Hilary Bygrave
Augustus M. Lord
Ed. Young
John Bradley Gilman
J. Henry Fletcher
Edward F. Atkins
Church of the Unity
Unequal Justice in American Law Cited in Letter
Ellen Battelle Dietrick of Boston condemns U S laws for harsher treatment of animals than women and children. She cites cases where men beat horses or children faced lighter penalties than men who beat wives. She argues reform is needed to extend protection and justice to the vulnerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bedott
Ellen Battelle Dietrick
Boston
April Home Market Club dinner discusses tariffs and trade
The Parker House dinner was presided by Hon. W. W. Rice with remarks from Alden Speare and Rev. Arthur Little. Speakers argued for tariff protection and reciprocity, opposing blanket taxes on essentials, and warned of class impacts while urging free hides and selective duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Market Club
Parker House
W. W. Rice
Alden Speare
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Little
D.D
John Hawkins
Timothy Merrick
Rice
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hlinois
Moon
Worcester
Congress
England
Mr. Speare
Louisiana
Rance
Little
John T. Hawkins
P. Breckinridge
North American Review
Europe
Dedication at Dorchester Methodist Church in Dorchester
The Dorchester Methodist Episcopal Church on Stanton Avenue hosted a crowded dedication service with organ voluntary Psalm 122 scripture reading by Rev. Raymond I. Holway, prayer by Rev. Arthur Little, and a dedication anthem. Treasurer Charles B. Fox reported building costs at 10,440.68 and subscriptions of 5,940.58 toward debt, with 1,500 to cancel mortgage and mortgage debt reduced to 3,600. Post-service talks by Rev. G. S. Chadbourne and others preceded a vestry supper and an evening program featuring Rev. E. M. Taylor, Bishop Foster, and Rev. W. N. Brodbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stanton Avenue
Dorchester
Raymond I
Holway
Arthur Little
G. 5
Chadbourne
Jesus Christ
Charles B. Fox
Charles D.W. Marcy
T. Corwin Watkins
J. W. Brigham
E. M.taylor
Foster
W. N. Brodbeck
Rev Talmage Coming to Boston for Tremont Temple Talk
The Brooklyn preacher Rev T DeWitt Talmage will visit Boston next Tuesday to speak at Tremont Temple. This will be his first appearance since returning from a Holy Land pilgrimage and excitement over seats is running high, with strong demand anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
T. DeWitt Talmage
Boston
Tremont Temple
Mr. Talmage
Holy Land
St Pauls Parish Officers Elected At Annual Meeting
At the St Pauls Church Society annual meeting parish officers were elected Wardens E H Bennett J W Woods clerk A J C London treasurer W A Ham vestrymen Joseph Comer H W Daniel George Emerson W H Ham M G Parker J P Reynolds G H Richards A J C Sowdon Howard Stockton Nathaniel Thayer delegates to the diocesan convention A J Sowdon Howard Stockton William T Hart
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church Society
E. H. Bennett
J. W. Woods
A. J.C. London
W. A. Ham
Joseph Comer
H. W. Daniell
George Emerson
W. H. Ham
M. G. Parker
J. P. Reynolds
G. H. Richards
A. J. C. Sowdon
Howard Stockton
Nathaniel Thayer
Cc. Sowdon
William T. Hart
Flag protest at Brookline school presentation
The British American Society of Brookline planned to present a flag to William H. Lincoln School on Boylston Street. About one hundred students signed a paper protesting the acceptance and said they would not attend the ceremony if the flag was accepted. Also noted is a New York Life Insurance Company policy distribution form outlining the policy under which the company resumes business in the Commonwealth per agreement with the insurance commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commonwealth
Congress
New Engand
Over & Ain
Massachusetts
Samuel Hoar, Esq
Amory & Langdon
Luconia
Amoskeag
Manchester
Androscoggin
Nashua
Bates
Newmarket
Cabot
Pepperell
Cocheco
Salmon Falls
Continental
Stark
Howards
York
Great Falls
China
Hill
Pembroke
Jackson
Hoar
Olney
Borners
Chattanooga East Chattanooga Soon To Be A City With Value
The article argues Chattanooga's east valley area is the future commercial center with three trunk lines and rivers aiding navigation. New England capitalists note rapid growth from 25,000 to 60,000 in five years and predict a town will emerge in East Chattanooga with substantial, lasting value and no speculative bubbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grant
Sherman
Abram 5S. Hewitt
Missionary Ridge
East Chattanooga
George H. Thomas
General Thomas
New England
Pevear
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Boston
East
Macbeth at Globe Aids Vincent Memorial Fund
Amateur performance of Macbeth at the Globe Theatre raised funds for a new hospital. Joseph Proctor played Macbeth with Mrs E L Davenport as Lady Macbeth, supported by John A Conkey Duncan and Charles Soule Malcolm, with Theo Bendix conducting a chorus and William Seymour guiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Memorial Fund
Macbeth
Globe Theatre
Joseph Proctor
E. L. Davenport
Lady Macbeth
Duncan
John A. Conkey
Charles
Soule
Malcolm
Theo. Bendix
William Seymour
Fund For the New Hospital
Yachts Bought Sold and Sailed
The schooner Coronet advertised for sale at auction on the 19th was disposed of by private treaty. Owner R. T. Bush has not named the buyer, but Lloyd Phoenix is suspected. Steam yacht Shearwater departed Charleston for Boston. Commodore Boswell of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club bought the Scotch cutter Vreda, a fast 46 foot lead-water line vessel. Vreda, first seen in 1888, scored many wins and defeats Valkyrie and Veerhound, and will sail to Toronto under its own canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronet
R. T. Bush
Lloyd Phoenix
Commodore Boswell
Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto
Vreda
Valkyrie
Lord Dunraven
Cork
Veerhound
Toronto
Oil merchant Herbert B. March killed at Old Colony station
Herbert B. March a well known oil merchant of India street Boston was killed when struck by a moving train at Old Colony station yesterday morning He died en route to hospital He was born in Wakefield in 1859 and lived in Cambridge since boyhood He was son of ex Alderman J B March and a member of the Oil Dealers Association and Mizpah Lodge of a sons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B. March
India Street
Boston
Old Colony
Mr. March
Wakefield
Cambridge
J. 8. March
The
Oil Dealers’s Association
Mizpah Lodge of A Sons
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Cambridge Aldermen
J. 8
Belmont
U. S. Gov
ST. Paul's
Chattanooga, Tenn
Vincent Fund
Shearwater
Charleston
S. C
G. C. Taylor
Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons, Sole Proprietors
Mason
Mason & Hamlin
Hamlin Mall
Tremont Ser
U.S
Edmund W. Miller
Hamilton PL
Park SL
Altim
Blackstone
Waitt & Bond
W. & B. Blackstone
Blackstone St
Congress Street
Lla. m
Smiths
Smith
S. A. Richardson
Congress Ave
Chelaene
W. Knox Smith & CO
Chelsea
George C. Goodwin & CO
John Street
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