Boston Senate Passes Amended Eastern Avenue Bill
Senator Hathorne pushed an amendment allowing Boston to issue up to 500000 in bonds for the Eastern avenue widening project outside the normal debt limit. The measure, tied to the four part agreement with the Commonwealth, was adopted and sent to a third reading amid debate on funding and timing.
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Boston
Eastern Avenue
Congress Street
Oliver Street
Senate
Hathorne
Guy
Board of Commissioners of Sinking Funds
Fetcalf
Kingsley
Commonwealth
Metcalf
Amendments to 1885 Acts allow limited treasury expenditures
A senate bill reports amending chapter 226 section 6 to permit monthly treasury disbursements at the prior year's rates at the start of the new financial year. Expenditures and liabilities must not exceed one third of the previous year's total appropriations until new government appropriations are made.
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Senate
Treasury
Abolition Petitions and Library Acts Highlight Session
Leave to withdraw was reported on the petition of Andreas lame for abolition of the Boston common council. F W Dallinger’s petition sought drawbridge legislation for the Loston and Albany railroad near Cottage Farm station. Repeal of the Massachusetts Kennel Club charter in Lynn was considered. Inexpedient were orders to abolish city councils and compensate injuries from intoxicated drivers using license funds, plus reimbursements to cities for prosecutions under Public Statutes. Ills were reported to establish a public library in Lawrence and build its building, and an act to improve state government housing in Boston.
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Andreas Lame
Boston Common Council
F. W. Dallinger
Loston & Albany
Cottage Farm Station
Massachusetts Kennel Club
Lynn
Lawrence
Boston
Beverly Farms Bill Delays as House Debates All Afternoon
The Beverly Farms bill stalled in the House after a long afternoon of discussion with no vote. Greenwood of Ashland and Sobier of Beverly spoke for the bill, Qua of Lowell defended last year’s committee, Sanger of Cambridge criticized, Brown of Salem proposed amendments, and adjournment came at 5 pm with debate to resume.
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Beverly Farms
Greenwood
Ashland
Sobier
Beverly
Qua
Lowell
Sanger
Cambridge
Brown
Salem
Public statutes and city reform measures before legislature
The House and Senate calendars show bills engrossed on taxation of vessels and relief for soldiers and widows, street widening for Boston, harbor netting, and the debated Board of Public Works in Boston. General Hazard Stevens argues for or against centralizing street and sewer control in a three member board appointed by the Mayor.
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Board OF Public Works
General Hazard Stevens
Committee On Cities
Boston
A Push To Preserve Mayor’s Power Against New Charter
Citizens denounce a proposed city charter that removes direct mayoral accountability by placing public works under an autonomous board. They warn it shifts decisive power to a thirty nine member body, eroding the mayor’s executive authority and inviting patronage. The call remains to improve rather than adopt the bill.
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City Hall
Cobb
Committee Hearings on Private Schools and Education Policy
The hearing opened with John P. Desmond testimony from Haverhill, then Rev. Leyden and Rev. Dunn presented Catholic church directives on sacraments for parents sending children to parochial schools. Debates over who should judge school quality, appointment of examiners, and independence of education. Adjournment followed with rail grade crossing legislation discussed by Crocker and others.
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John P. Desmond
Haverhill
Leyden
J.rs. Dunn
Donnelly
Long
Donnlly
Hildreth
Holyoke
United Kingdom
Germany
France
England
Dewing
Revere
Balisle
Worcester
New England
Crocker
Railroad Commissioners
Superior Court
Lovke
Needle Woman's Friend Society Annual Meeting Reorganizes
At the Unitarian building yesterday the Needle Woman's Friend Society held its annual meeting. Secretary Mrs. Sarah D. Gosse reported thirty three skilled workwomen kept busy. Coarse work was done by fifteen summer, twenty winter, and thirty spring Friday workers. Changes in the board of managers included Miss Sara F. Richardson, Miss Martha W. Edgerly and Miss Elizabeth Thompson replacing Miss Davis, Mrs. James and Miss Ruthven. The treasurer cited receipts of 56766.9 cash on hand 8906 and expenditures 558763. Old officers were reelected.
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Needle Womans’ Friend Society
Needle Woman’s Friend Society
Unitarian
Sarah D. Gosse
Davis
James
Ruthven
Sara F. Richardson
Martha W. Edgerly
Elizabeth Thompson
Bribery Charges Fall In City Clerk Election Probe
A committee assigned to probe bribery accusations linked to the City Clerk Curtis election adjourned. Councilman Rosnosky sent a letter explaining his stance, saying further inquiry would be useless now that Curtis is elected and sworn in, likely causing ill will or scandal. The clerk of committees noted no formal specifications were filed and the hearing closed.
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Curtis
Rosnosky
Godspeed to Bishop Elect Gratton in Boston
The Clerical Association of Boston names five members to arrange a godspeed celebration for Rev. Charles Gratton bishop-elect of Fond du Lac. Clergy and laity are invited to attend a Holy Communion at the Church of the Advent on Brimmer Street in Boston at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13.
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Godspeed
Grafton
Clerical Association of
Boston
George W. Shinn
A. St. John Chambré
William J. Harris
William B. Frisby
Charles W. Ketchum
Charles ©. Gratton
Fond du Lac
Brimmer Street
Burke's Dublin Stout Endorsed by Medical Profession
Burke's Dublin Stout receives endorsement from medical professionals citing health benefits and safe production standards. The endorsement positions the stout as a trusted choice among consumers seeking quality and reliable ingredients in a traditional Irish beer.
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Burke
Dublin
Boston School Committee Debates Short Hand Reports
The Boston School Committee debated verbatim reports of proceedings and tabled the order. They also advanced bills to obtain civil service exam forms for boiler engineers, announced a vacancy election, scheduled April sessions, transferred Barnes to Gaston, elected Hipley to Bigelow, and approved numerous temporary and assistant appointments and probationary teachers.
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Emery
Chapin
Committee On
Board of Aldermen
Thomas H. Barnes
Bigelow
Gaston School
Frederick Hipley
Annie P. Elwell
Phillips School
Eliza L. ‘Tilden
Prince School
Elizabeth
Muldoon
Allston
John Vaughn
Henrietta
Manson
Emerson
Jassie ©. Fraser
Gibson
Grace M. Clarke
Lewis
Emeline W. Rivley
Adams
Isaac K. Burgess
Harriet L. Smith
Bowdoin
Walter A. Robinson
Eliot
Lillian S. Hilton
Lowell
Annie A. Webster
Stoughton
Will of Mrs Sargent bequeaths Turner Sargent art collection
The late Mrs Amelia J Sargent wills her art collection to the Museum of Fine Arts after her father and brother, Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, die. The Turner Sargent collection includes works by De Hensch, Adrian Van der Velden, Netscher, Richard Wilson, Rubens and Van Dyck, Caracci, and others, with notes of provenance and purchase. Several funds are left to hospitals and charities, and the residue goes to her brother and Charles C Jackson in trust, with Harvard and other institutions receiving bequests. The will names executor Judge Holmes and is dated October 3, 1886.
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Amelia Jackson Sargent
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Suffolk County
Museum of Fine Arts
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Turner Sargent
Beebe
Adrian van der Velde
Augustus Thorndike
Gaspard Netscher
Mr. Brent
Richard Wilson
Ed. N. Perkins
Rubens and Son
van Dyck
George Howarth
Hy Sargent
Lodovico Caracci
Bologna
Italy
Boston
Liverpool
Pifferari
Ball Hughes
Paolo Veronese
John Turner Sargent
Empire
Moscow
Antwerp
Claude
D. ‘Teniers, Jr
Mr. Beebe
Teniers
Marianecci
Raphael
Domenico Ghirlandajo
Florence
Judith
Spagnolette
Spain
Elizabetta Sirani
Bologo
Guido
Paola Mattei
Phosphor
Milmore
Brussels
Musée Francois
Musée Royal
Isis
Osiris
Massachusetts General Hospital
Children’s Hospital
House of the Good Samarian
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Judge Holmes
Charles C. Jackson
Harvard College
Anatomical
Anatomy
Boston Medical Library Association
Warner’s Safe Cure Promoted Against Bright’s Disease
Frederick T. Roperts of the Royal College of Surgeons cites uric acid poisoning and related illnesses as death causes in Bright’s disease. The ad claims Warner’s Safe Cure guarantees against fatality by curing the diseased kidneys and restoring kidney function to expel poisons.
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Frederick T. Roperts
Royal College of Surgeons
London
Eng
Bright
Warner
Will of Charles W Pierce filed in Suffolk Probate Court
The will lists private bequests from 25000 to 80000 and a public bequest of 3000 to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stanstead Plain Can to aid public worship and the church needy. Charles Morse of 3 Lincoln Street Charlestown found dead, body removed to North Grove Street morgue. Frank Rowell arrested as a fugitive from Jersey City on charges of obtaining property by false pretences. Art exhibition in gymnastics at the YWCA with about 100 pupils. Colonel Henry Lee read A Plea for the Preservation of the Relics of Old Boston before the Bostonian Society to a large audience. Police detail of 100 officers ordered for the election on the 22d inst. George Krewall, treasurer of Charles H Hoyt company performing A Brass Monkey at Park Theatre, missing. Hoyt seeks him for missing proceeds. Krewalt staying at Vieths Hotel.
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Charles W. Pierce
Suffolk County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stanstead Plain
Can
Charles Morse
Lincoln Street
Charlestown
North Grove Street
Frank Rowell
Jersey City
Young Women's Christian Association
Boston
Henry Lee
Bostonian Society
Board of Police
George Krewall
Charles H. Hoyt
Park Theatre
Hoyt
Krewalt
Vieth’s
Knights of Honor reception and club gatherings at area hotels
The Knights of Honor Veteran Association held a reception and banquet at the United States Hotel with 125 members and guests including Judge A. R. Savage of Lewiston Samuel Klotz of Newark and William J. D. Carpenter of Pawtucket. Various clubs met or dined at city hotels and many notable arrivals were listed from the Vendome Young's and other hotels with numerous names and destinations.
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Knights of Honor Veteran Association
United States Hotel
M. B. Stebbins
AR. Savage
Lewiston
Samuel Klotz
Newark
N.J
William J. D. Carpenter
Pawtucket
R. I
Derryfield Club
New Hampshire
Young’s
George D. Towne
Schoolmasters’ Club
Parker House
Warren Wheel Club
Crawford House
C. M. Henderson
C. M. Henderson & Co
Chicago
Vendome
Henderson
Lynchburg
Brunswick
W. S. Hale
Hale
Quincy
Keene
William E. Fuller Taunton
C. R. Gillett
James C. Gray
Philadelphia
Charles T. Kirk
Wallace F. Kirk
Thomas McKeen
A. L. Scott
FB. R. Beddell
New York
Ruolph Ellis
Philaelphia
Talking at the Opera Prompt for Taverner Reader Note
A reader urges Taverner to curb late arrivals and chatter during German opera performances. The writer recalls loud talk in the pit, questions the habit in New York, and proposes doors closed during the overture to curb disturbance. Atticus signs from Mt. Vernon Street April 8.
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Taverner
New York
Atticus
Soldiers' Home Festival Plans Amid Ladies' Air Association
A meeting of the Ladies' Air Association at Battery A armory finalized arrangements for a May festival supporting the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea. The reception committee includes Mrs. Henry Hall, Mrs. H. P. McKinnon, Mrs. J. C. Brooks, and Mrs. M. C. Waterman. The event is set for May 5 with a donkey party, a bear toss, tea, a promenade concert, and dancing starting at 9:00 p.m.
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Ladies’ Air Association
Battery A
Chelsea
Henry Hall
H. P. McKinnon
J.C. Brooks
M.C. Waterman
Courts Suit Over McKay Sewing Machine Licenses
United States Circuit Court on April 9 held a suit in equity by J Gordon McKay trustee owner of machines and patents for discovery accounting and injunction against defendants as lessees. Defendants alleged lease expired and McKay offered to public sale with no royalty. Judge Myers reserved decision.
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United States Circuit Court
Coct
J. Gordon McKay
Frank W. Smith
McKay
J. Myers
P. E. Tucker
Charles A. Taber
Record of largest March term indictments in federal court
United States District Court reports March term grand jury returned 122 indictments the most at any term since the court began. Major counts include illegal voting and liquor tax nonpayment. Names include Edgar Swan Levi G Pratt Robert J Winton Emerson J Youland Eldridge H Batchelder Albert B Watson Bernard J Magee and others pleaded guilty or had sentences suspended.
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United States District Court
Nelson
Grand Jury
Edgar Swan
Lynn
Levi G. Pratt
Robert J. Winton
Emerson J. Youland
Eldridge H. Batchelder
Albert B. Watson
Bernard J. Magee
Essex County
Daniel Donahoe
Daniel J. Caine
Supreme Judicial Court April 9 case list
The April sitting opened with prayer by Rev Nehemiah Boynton. Case No 8874 William Washburn v Ira E Moore et al concerns contract for hotel design and supervision services with a claimed balance of 25172. The matter went to an auditor who awarded 8416 10. Also Johannes De Beer v Augusta Jennings seeks to enjoin executors from selling Turkish Baths Vienna corner Boylston Tremont over an alleged agreement for lease goodwill and medical arrears. unfinished trial continues with arguments and account questions.
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Supreme Judicial Court
W. Allen
Nehemiah Boynton
Columbus Avenue
William Washburn
Ira E. Moore
Adams Hotel
Ira L. Moore
Henry Emery
Charles Rollins
Daniel Chamberlain
I. J. Gargan
C. P. Sullivan
R. M. Morse, Jr
J. W. Rollins
C. Allen
J. Johannes de Beer
Augusta P. Jennings
Charles C. Bills
Waltham
Boylston and
Tremont
Hills
George Putnam
J. M. Way
B. B. Johnson
Superior Court First Session April 9 with multiple cases
The report covers First Session April 9 with Farnum v Pitcher on 2000 commissions from 1884, alleged fraud and gaming questions. It lists numerous case numbers, defendants, attorneys, and a mix of verdicts and adjournments across sessions, including Holland v Clark, Murtagh v Whitney, and others, plus adjournment notice for third and fourth sessions.
Tort action list and uncontested divorces in fifth session
The record shows J H Appleton for plain tiffs and J W O'Brien for defendant in case 2640 George Brennan by next friend v John Gallagher for an assault on November 26 1887. Several case numbers follow including Marvin v Green Schwab v N E M Ace t Alan Dooley v Randlett Brennan v Gallagher and others as Fifth Session Alpricx J presiding, court confined to hearing uncontested divorce cases with No 878 on the uncontested list.
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J. H. Appleton
J. W. O’brien
George Brennan
John Gallagher
Thomas Riley
L R. Clark
Marvin v. Green
Schwab
N. E. M. Ace
T Alan
Dooley
Randlett
L Brennan
Gallagher
Richard v. Greene
Davidson
Barrett
Connors
Grilley
Russell
Emerson
Alpricx
Insolvency Court in Salem Hears Multiple Meetings
In Essex County Court at Salem on April 9 Judge Harmon adjourned third meetings for Pellever and Couture Enoch R Quinby W A Peterson Eugene A McCart and Abbie O Peaslee. Also heard third meetings Ric and Woodbury second meetings George M McLane W P Gould Conrad Jaul and Kate Goff first meetings J H Prescott Co of Lawrence assignee A K Webster George D Edmands of Saugus assignee Samuel W Forrest of Lynn Winch of Haverhill assignee Carlos P Messer George R Lane of Gloucester assignee Frank O Griffin.
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Pellever
Divorce cases resume and finish in Essex Court
Superior Court Essex County lists multiple divorce actions with decree nisi granted in adultery, desertion, intoxication and cruel treatment grounds. Notable cases include Maria Schneider and others from Lawrence, Haverhill, Lynn, and Danvers with custody in several decrees. One contested case awaiting trial. others continued. court list to be taken up tomorrow.
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Essex County
Lawrence
Drury
Maria Schneider
Andrew Schneider
Addie A. Goodwin
Warren R. Goodwin
Haverhill
Richard J. Smith
Mary J. Smith
Aaron R. Warren
Harriet M. Warren
Annie L. Dow
Samuel M. Dow
Hattie N. Shannan
Nathaniel S. Shannan
Henrietta Braghart
William Braghart
Dana
Watson
Sarah E. Watson
Lynn
Nisi Pears
Catherine Kefferstein
John Kefferstein
Ada M. Chicking
John F. Chicking
Lucinda Reed
Eben R. Reed
Danvers
Martin Cuddy
John North
Defenes
C. A. de Courcey
John P. Sweeney
Superior Court Docket Highlights Multiple Embezzlement and Larceny Cases
April 9 list from Commonwealth notes multiple defendants including Rogers embezzlement and Nolan setting fire. Also records larceny, breaking and entering, drunkenness, and lewd conduct with sentences ranging from probation to reformatory terms. Names include Rogers Edgerton Collins Mullen and several others in various offenses and penalties.
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Superior Criminal Court
Blodgett
J. Henry Martelle
George Edgerton
Massachusetts Reformatory
Thomas Rogers
House of Correction
Phebe Gannon
William McNamara
William Nens
John Collins
Ernest Marshall
Commonwealth
Rogers
Same
Line
Saime
Lee
Carter
Nolan
Connerton
Toy
Whitemore
Shelley
Allen
Mullen
Randolph
McDonald
Brewster
Donovan
Adams
Brooks
Milliner
Samie
Demsey
Tob
Freeman
Sheridan
Municipal Court April 9 Criminal Session Highlights
In Boston, J Joseph E Wright faced $2000 bonds on forged checks. John Bakeman held $200 on assault of John Schwab. Mary A Clarke fined 1 cent and costs for mortgage conveyance. John A McDonald the $100000 heir had case adjourned to next Thursday. Civil session lists include numerous case numbers and parties such as Goligby v Stewart and Burnham v Collins.
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Aprml
J. Joseph E. Wright
Boston
John Bakeman
John Schwab
Mary A. Clarke
John A. McDonald
Harpy and
Exy, Jr
Goligby
Stewart
Burnham
Collins
Morae
Same
Lechers
Johns
Jackson
Sheald
Polton
Brodbine
Adams
Doyle
Allen
Memory Expert Dr Edward Pick Arrives in Boston for Lectures
London memory authority Dr Edward Pick and his son arrived in Boston and will lecture at Music Hall on memory improvement without mnemonics. He plans a popular, nature based system, arguing mental laws are simple and can fix memory flaws with little effort. Pick stays in Boston for several weeks to teach a full series of five distinct lectures.
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Edward Pick
London
Pick
Boston
America
The
Adams
Europe
Music Hall
Lenten Service at First Church Berkeley
The First Church Berkeley on Marlboro Street holds a Lenten Wednesday service at 4 30. The sermon will be delivered by the pastor the Rev Stopford Wentworth Brooke.
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First Church
Berkeley Corner
Marlboro Street
Stopford Wentworth Brooke
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