The Subway Scheme in Boston City CouncilAction
The Boston common council debated the subway grant to Henry E Cobb and others for conduits and telegraphs. The council heard opinions from the corporation counsel and lawyer William B Russell and voted 24 to 35 against immediate suspension of rules before passing the order disapproving the grant.
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Betier
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Ward 10
Maccabe
Ward 1
J. Bayes
Ward 17
Boston
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Murphy
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Perkins
Peters
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Shaw
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Stevens
E. Sullivan
Vialle
Winslow
Dramatic Notes On Next Week's Boston Theatres
Theatre goers await Mme Janauschek at the Museum and The Henrietta at Hollis Street with seats on sale. Benefits by Wilson at the Museum and Shea at the Park are announced. Minnie Maddern opens April 16 at Grand Opera House in In Spite of All and Caprice later in the week for charity. The New York Mirror Annual 1888 earns praise for breadth, accuracy, and a full dramatic bibliography.
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Hollis Street
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Shea
the Park
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New York Mirror
England
France
Germany
Fiske
Stage
London
Dejazet
V. P
Alcazar
Comstock & Co
Coke Producers To Shut Down In Connellsville Region
Pittsburg April 12 Independent coke producers in the Connellsville region ordered their works closed immediately as coke prices fail to cover production costs. Five ex-syndicate firms will stay open. The shutdown leaves 6000 to 7000 workers unemployed.
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Penn
Connellsville
Alleged Burglars Arrested in South Adams Case
Deputy Tinney and State Detective Pease investigating a safe burglary at M. C. Richardson's grist mill in South Adams uncover evidence implicating Joseph Mith alias Cutts Thomas Collins George Ompson Henry McCarthy and John Taylor. Suspects were arrested in Troy New York and Taylor who has given information may turn state's evidence.
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South Adams
H. M. Pease
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M. C. Richardson
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Alias Cutts
Thomas Collins
George Ompson
Henry McCarthy
John Taylor
Emen
Troy
N. Y
Tayor
Morgan Moran nuptials in New York at home ceremony
Edwin D. Morgan, grandson of the late ex governor, wed Elizabeth M. Moran daughter of Theodore T. Moran at the bride’s home 4 West Fifty third Street. Rev J Swope of Trinity Chapel officiated with immediate relatives as witnesses. James Parker of Boston Harvard classmate served as best man. No bridesmaids or ushers.
Collier Shines in Jack Cade at Theatres of Boston
The review praises Mr. Collier as Jack Cade in the fifteenth century English tragedy. It notes his improved ease and absorbing portrayal, especially in the fourth act with Mariamme. The piece also mentions his upcoming appearance in Metamora and recalls past Boston productions of Jack Cade.
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MR. Collier
Jack Cade
Robert T. Conrad
England
Henry VI
Boston
Edwin Forrest
New National Theatre
meCullough
Boston Theatre
T. W. Keene
Park Theatre
Kearsarge Veterans Meet in Grand Army Hall
The Kearsarge Veterans held a pleasant meeting in Grand Army Hall at 1161 Washington Street with Commodore Paul H Kendricken presiding and Commander Martin L White assisting. Shipmates initiated included Charles McKenzie Roland Gard ner James Jriscoe Warren Mans field Rufus Eaton John Holmes Benjamin Williams Alexander Franell John Stickney and E C Harrison. William H Badlam engineer of the Kearsarge read an account of the cruise and battle with the privateer Alabama.
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Kearsarge
Grand Army Hall
Washington Street
Paul H. Kendricken
Martin L. White
Charles McKenzie
Roland C. Gardner
James Jriscoe
Warren W. Mansfield
Rufus Eaton
John Holmes
Benjamin P. Williams
Alexander Franell
John Stickney
E. C. Harrison
William H. Badlam
Alabama
Hartford jury awards $44,560 against Met Life in life policy suit
In Common Pleas Court at Hartford yesterday the jury found Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York liable for $44,560 in a policy suit filed by Mrs. McGurk as executrix for her late husband. The defense claimed false representations by the insured.
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Common Pleas Court
Hartford
Shoe Men Talk Tariff. Contradictory Views on Market Access
A letter to the editor surveys 1880s shoe industry views on tariffs. It quotes executives on home versus foreign markets, notes wage effects, and cites Massachusetts labor statistics. Critics argue protected duties hinder workers and that foreign competition, even with tariffs, would not devastate U.S. production.
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Lynn
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Brotherhood Brakemen Lodge Hosts Grand Master Visit
A special meeting of Lodge 97 Brotherhood of Brakemen was held at St. Stephens Hall Wells Memorial in Boston in honor of Grand Master S. C. Wilkinson of Peoria Illinois and Vice Grand Master W. G. Edens of Bucyrus Ohio. The visitors attended a banquet and will address Aub Lodge 239 at Pythian Hall Tremont Street before returning west.
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Messrs
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Edens
Boston
Massachusetts Humane Society February March Awards
The Massachusetts Humane Society awarded medals and cash honors for rescues from Feb to Apr 1888. Recipients include Harold Nowell for saving Cora Robins at Manchester and others for rescuing crews and individuals in Marshfield Mohegan and Springfield incidents.
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Cora Robins
Manchester
Mass
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Ray Ames
George Tolman
F. del
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Abbot Pierce
Edward A. Hill
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Springfield
Charles E. Armstrong
Boston
The
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North River Canal
Salem
Watertown
Reunion of the Senate of ’87 Dinner in Boston
Massachusetts Senate holds its first reunion and dinner of 1887 at Youngs with Chaplain Dowse Clerk Clapp and other officials present. Senator Milliken chaired. President Boardman spoke. Senator O Sullivan of Lawrence delivered a standout, witty address to the gathering of senators.
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Jenkins
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Wilpur
Clark
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Hartwell
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Lawrence
Warren Beats Metcalf In Court Tennis Thriller
Warren defeats Metcalf after a long dual on Hunewell court, securing 6-4 6-3 8-6 6-5. Referee R. D. Sears, marker C. Hickey. Next match at 2 pm pits Warren against Arthur Hunnewell. Spectator Foxhall Keene of New York paves talk of possible Sears bout.
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Lectures on Landlord and Tenant At Boston University
City notes report a lecture series on Landlord and Tenant to be given before Boston University law school by Simon G. Croswell starting next Monday with an invitation for resident graduates to attend. Other items include civic events, church meetings, a Trinity Church clerk and treasurer election, and local misappropriation cases.
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Simon G. Croswell
Royal ©. Taft
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Club
Hotel Vendome
North End
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Winslow
Thomson-Houston vs Citizens Electric in Circuit Court
The United States Circuit Court hears Thomson-Houston Electric Company versus Citizens Electric Light Company et al over alleged infringement of Elihu Thomson and Edwin J. Houston patents for improvements in current regulation of dynamo-electric machines. Defendants contend the invention was described in a prior patent and not claimed, thus not infringing. Arguments proceed with listed counsel for both sides.
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Cout. J
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Citizens’ Electric Light Company Et al
Elihu Thomson
Edwin J. Houston
B. F. Thurston
BF. P. Fish
Chauney Smith
H. Browne
New York
W. Burdett
Baseball Varsity Schedule and Boston Controversy
Baseball news lists Varsity nine game dates and venues from May 7 through June 26 against Princeton Yale in Cambridge New Haven and Princeton in Princeton and Cambridge. A Boston papers report claiming faculty barred play with professionals is disputed. inquiry ongoing. In Baltimore April 12 Smith held the Boston nine to one hit as Conway struggled and Wise Sutton and Kelly faltered with fielding. attendance about 10 000 with Baltimore winning 3 to 1.
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Sutton
Kelly
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Bostons
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Omang
Fifth District Democrats Convene in Cambridge for Cleveland Platform
The Fifth District Democrats met at Cambridge City Hall with 141 delegates from Cambridge Somerville Waltham Watertown Lexington Burlington Woburn and Boston. They endorsed President Cleveland pledged support for his renomination and urged immediate tax relief while nominating Alger and O'Brien as delegates with Bartlett Gargan as alternates.
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George A. Thurston, Jr
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Watertown
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Burlington
Woburn
Boston
J. W. Coveney
Fifth Congressional District
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Thomas J. Gargan
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Gargan
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Somerville City Council Considers Memorial Hall Proposal
A special Somerville council meeting tabled Willard Kingsley Post 139 G A R petition to donate land on Highland Avenue for a Memorial Hall costing about 40000. The plan would place post rooms atop a memorial floor and tablets for soldiers, with ownership to the city. Also, Daniel Stillman was elected Ward 38 overseer of the poor for three years and a conference budget report led to a new committee.
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Kingsley Post
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Highland Avenue
Somerville
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Edmonds
Round Table Club meets at Whitman home for Kennan paper
Due to Mrs. William Claflin illness the Round Table Club gathered at 77 Mt Vernon Street last evening. The program featured a paper titled The Convict's Mine in Eastern Siberia by Mr George F Kennan of Washington. An animated discussion followed.
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Round Table Club
Henry Whitman
Mt. Vernon Street
Siberia
George F. Kennan
Washington
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Swedenborgians Hold Monthly German in Berkeley Hall
The third monthly German of the Swedenborgian group was held at Berkeley Hall. A large gathering of Swedenborgian youth and maidens attended. The event featured lively music and convivial spirits pleasing to the founder of the New Church.
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Berkeley Hall
Willis v Merchants and Miners Transport Company
A Massachusetts court case resumes, James Willis administrator sues for $10,000 damages over Charles Willis death when the steamer Chatham struck a yacht. Lawyers: Bolles and Sawyer for plaintiff. Stone for defendant. Also lists numerous court docket items and a note of ongoing divorce proceedings in the Fourth Session.
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Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Charles
Willis
Chatham
H. E. Bolles
E. A. Sawyer
Richard Stone
Superior Civil Court cases yield mixed verdicts
In Essex County on April 12 BiLop ert presiding a jury returned a sealed verdict for the plaintiff in Downing et al. v Finney awarding 2800 dollars. Other actions include Crowley v Pacific Mills pro forma verdict for the defendant and appeal to the Supreme Court. Additional suit Pillsbury v Sellers et al concerns rent due with defendants publishers of a newspaper.
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Ert
Downing
Supreme Court
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Charles C. Bell
Goodrich
Craig Et al
Express
Haverhill
B. B. Jones
R. R. Gilman
Pillsbury
Sellers Et al
Sanborn
William L. Thompson
Unitarian Club of New York Holds Inaugural Meeting
At the first dinner of the Unitarian Club of New York over 200 attendees heard D. H. Chamberlain outline the club’s aims to exert moral and religious influence. George William Curtis recounted Unitarian history in New York and praised early ministers Dr. Dewey and Dr. Bellows as pioneers.
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D. H. Chamberlain
George William Curtis
Dorman B. Eaton
S H. Camp
Charles F. Parkham, Jr
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