Not Done as a Trick Adjourning to Caucus Night
Reported note on Common Council adjournment practices with a quorum present, followed by unanimous vote to adjourn to next week. Debate over whether wording caused the move and accusations of deliberate action were denied as friendship and good will among members were shown. President Barry Bell called the meeting to order at 7:30 with few members in seats. A unanimous motion adjourned until Thursday, April 21, despite spectators expecting political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Barry Bell
Minute Men assemble for 1861 veterans reunion at Tremont Hall
Comrades gather at Tremont Temple at 11 am for informal reception to old Minute Men of ’61, excluding General Charles Devens. At 12:30 the line forms by regiments and proceeds to the State House for review by the Governor, then escorts the president and vice presidents to City Hall. Tickets grant one full ration at Faneuil Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meionnon Fiall
Tremont Temple
Minute Men
Charles Devens
State House
Park Street
Association
Beacon
School Streets
City Hall
Washington
State Streets
Merchants Row
Faneuil Hall
Fire set by two youths arrested in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain
Gustave Wise aged 16 of Washington Street near Beach Street West Roxbury and William Gray aged 18 of Bellevue Street Jamaica Plain were arrested yesterday by Division 13 police on a charge of setting fires to shanties occupied by Italians. The fires occurred in April and December 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Wise
Washington Street
Beach Street
West Roxbury
William Gray
Hellevue Street
Jamaica Plain
Division 13
A. N
Boston Board of Trade to Meet at Hotel Brunswick
The Boston Associated Board of Trade will hold its next meeting at Hotel Brunswick on April 18. Mayor Matthews and Osborne Howes Jr of the Rapid Transit Commission will attend as guests and explain the commission's leading plan features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Hotel Brunswick
Matthews
Osborne Howes, Jr
Rapid Transit Commission
Communion Service Promises Remembrance at Durham Church
The Reformed Episcopal Church on Dartmouth Street will hold its customary communion service commemorating the institution of the Lord tonight. Christians of every name are invited and visiting ministers may be welcomed into the chancel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Episcopal Church
Dartmouth Street
New England Conference of Educational Workers Meeting
The New England Conference of Educational Workers will hold its next regular greeting on Saturday April 16 at 9 45 am in the hall of the English High School Montgomery Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conference of Educational Workers
the English High School
Montgomery Street
Boston
New England Normal Council To Meet On April 15
At the school committee room on Mason street the New England Normal Council will hold a meeting Friday April 15 at 9 45 a m The discussion topic is Normal Training Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Normal Council
Mason Street
Boston Theosophical Society Meeting on Reinarnation
The Boston Theosophical Society will hold its next meeting at 152 Boylston Street on Thursday April 14 at 8 p.m. The discussion on the subject of reincarnation will be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Theosophical Society
Boylston Street
Carney Hospital Fight Sparks Massachusetts Senate Debate
The Massachusetts Senate debated a $10,000 appropriation for Carney Hospital in Boston, with supporters praising the Sisters of Charity and critics warning against recurring state aid to private institutions. A substitute resolution to provide the funds passed 100 to 46, while other measures on life-saving stations and public matters were considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Carney Hospital
Savage
Lowell
Ssters of Charity
Sawyer
Danvers
Rosinsky
Bofton
Blanchard
Boston
Chales
State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Meyer
Ferrin
Stoneham
Bicknell
Weymouth
Clark
Palmer
Perkivus
Committee On Cities
Loston
Cambridge
Baton Park
City Point
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs. Hinds, Sullivan and
Petition Voting On Bass River Route Charter Referenced
The records show seven to two against the petition of the old company and eight to one against the Coombs petition seeking State aid for the Bass River route. The voting outcome on the charter for the Bass River route was unfavorable, aligning with the broader rejection of the proposed State aided venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass River
Coombs
Death of General Stark in Nashua New Hampshire
General George Stark died suddenly at his Nashua residence on April 13. Born April 9, 1823 in Manchester, he was linked to Major-General John Stark. A pioneer railroad builder, banker, militia leader, and Nashua representative, he leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasuva
N. H
George Stark
Manchester
John Stark
Bennington
Frederick
Stark
Nashua & Lowell
Concord
Nashua & Wilton
Stony Brook
Nashua Lowell
Hudson River
Causeway Street
John F. Stark
New York City
Nashua
Barnaby will case moves toward May trial
Citations issued by the chief justice in the Barnaby will contest. A commission will take testimony in the state and abroad, with Biogett of Denver handling legatee testimony. Depositions will be taken in Chester, New York and Rhode Island as witnesses are available, with Blodgett and Barney present.
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Providence
R. L
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Colorado
John T. Biogett
Denver
Blodgett
Chester
Penn
Barney
Cheser
New York State
Rhode Island
Last of the Victims in Hill Farm Mine Disaster
In Denpar Pennsylvania on April 13 six miners were recovered from the Hill Farm mine with coffins placed in the mine overnight. Coroner Holbert and a jury examined the scene and ordered the remains removed and buried. The six named men are Karney Maust Joseph Bigeley Muton Turner Peter Kagan Joan McCane and Willie Hay the latter hailed as the hero for sounding the gas alarm.
Fire destroys Consumers' Pure Ice plant in Curcaco
A spark from a portable hoisting engine ignited flooring, destroying the uncompleted factory and cold storage warehouse at Thirty-fifth and Wallace streets. The loss is $50,000, fully insured. The blaze started today and left the site a total ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Consumers’ Pure Ice Company
Man Hangs Self in Barn Loft in Springfield
SprinGFIELD April 13 Joseph N Brown age 30 driver of a city watering cart hanged himself from a beam in A J Pease barn on Water street. Body found at noon after four hours. No known cause. Brown unmarried.
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Springfield
Joseph N. Brown
A. J. Pease
Water Street
Brown
Englishman Shoots Self in Providence Boarding House
Theodore Vincent Latham a 30 year old Englishman employed at the Boston Store shot himself in the head at his Clifford street boarding place in Providence this morning and is not expected to recover. He left a note to Mrs. A. L. Manchester of New Bedford. He came to Providence from New Bedford in December.
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Provivence
R. J
Theodore Vincent Latham
Boston
Clifford Street
A. L. Manchester
Florence Streets
New Bedford
Smallpox traced to New York exposure in Providence child
Providence April 13. A four year old sick with smallpox at the pest house contracted the disease in New York. Dr Chapin reported New York health officials say cases of smallpox were found near 50 Grand Street where the child lived with its parents two weeks before moving to Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
New York
Chapin
Grand Street
Firefighters Save Winsted Homes From Forest Blaze
A noon forest fire on the mountain near Winsted threatened houses and barns as a strong wind spread flames over a half mile. About four hundred workers from local factories fought the blaze for three hours and saved all buildings, though valuable timber was burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
Big mill for Ludlow will cost sixty thousand dollars
Luptow Vermont April 13 The Black River Woollen Company plans a $60,000 factory at Ludlow as soon as weather allows. The plant will use a premier water privilege in the state. It will draw many workers and tenement houses will be built for their housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luptow
Black River Woollen Company
Fire Burns Timothy Sullivan Home in Andover
Lawrence April 13. About noon today the house of Timothy Sullivan in West Parish Andover was burned along with the adjoining barn and sheds. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars with insurance. Cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Timothy Sullivan
West Parish
Andover
Forest Fire Destroys 500 Acres Near Plymouth
A forest fire today burned about 500 acres of oak and pine near Plymouth. The blaze was extinguished by this afternoon. Principal losers named are Alonzo Blackmer and Otis Burgess. The fire was probably set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Alonzo Blackmer
Otis Burgess
Boston Sweat Shops and Health Issues in Tenement Areas
Testimony before a congressional committee on sweating cites Boston as largely free of tenement house workshops for clothing. Inspector John E. Griffin notes some unhealthy houses and urges state and national inspection with tagging for goods from tenement work. Crowley defends use of term sweat shop and asserts no tenement factories exist in Boston like in New York. April 13, 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Griffin
Congressional Committee On
Boston
Thiaw
Massachusetts
Sherman Hoar
Crowley
F. W. Jacques
Clothing Workers’ Union
Senate
Louis ‘‘Ohen
New York
Hoar
Henry A. Ross
Louis Ashe
York
John J. Mahoney
East
Cambridge
Silas W. Loomis
Boylston
Washington Streets
Htis Jim
Lewis Street
United States
Post
Congress
New England
John Crowley
Pedlers Debate Street Permits at City Hall
The ordinances committee met in the Alderman's room with delegates from the Boston Pedlers' Association to discuss stret peddling permits. No draft of permissive rules exists yet and no ordinance changes have been made. Pedlers oppose expanding restricted streets and learned licenses cost 25 dollars for the first time, noting others sold goods illegally without licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
City Hall
Boston Pedlers’ Association
Lue Edlers
Police department transfers reshuffle officers in nine districts
In an order issued by the Board of Police, last evening, Patrolman William L. McDermott moves from Division 6 to Division 11, Patrolman William H. Shea from Division 9 to Division 11, Patrolman William S. Cummings from Division 11 to Division 9, and Patrolman William H. Innis from Division 11 to Division 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Police
William L. McDermott
William H. Shea
William S. Cummings
William H. Innis
Mayor Alger to Attend Father Scully Gymnasium Ball
Mayor Alger and the Board of Aldermen accept invitation to attend annual Father Scully Gymnasium ball on Monday evening April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Father Scully
Ethel May Live Victim Shot By Merry At Boston Hotel
Ethel Beaumont remains at City Hospital after a morning shooting by George Merry. Beaumont describes threats and the moment Merry fired hitting her in the back. Merry, last seen in Boston, is at large with investigators tracing his Providence connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Merry
Ethel Beaumont
The
Post
City Hospital
Ethel M. Beaumont
Lock Street
Nashua
N. H
Boston
George G. Merry
Worcester
Merry
Peter Shelley
Mery
Solomon Carter Dead A Boston druggist dies in Savannah
Solomon Carter, a prominent Boston wholesale druggist born in 1816 in Lancaster Massachusetts, died November 11 in Savannah Georgia. He built Carter firms from 21 and led in pharmacy, library, and politics, serving in city offices and the Massachusetts Legislature. He leaves a widow and three sons.
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Solomon Carter
Savannah
Lancaster
Mass
Boston
Thomas Hollis
West End
Solomon Carter & Co.; Carter, Wilson & Co.; Carter, Colcord & Preson
Carter, Rust & Co
Carter & Wiley
Carter, Harriss & Hawley
Carter, Carter & Kilbain
Carter
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Mercantile Library Asociation
Whit Organizaton
Réuiiean
Bad Opinion Of The Law On His Larceny Case
Frank Williams pleads guilty in Superior Criminal Court to larceny of a buggy harness and reel and criticizes the habitual criminal act before Judge Fessen. He cites past sentences totaling about twenty five years and argues the law is cruel. the report lists prior sentences for George M. Madison and Martin Peterson in separate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Superior Criminal Court
Robel
Fessenden
George M. Madison
Martin Peterson
Runaway horse and wagon injure horse and collide with coupe
A horse and wagon owned by George H. Brown of 63 Revere Street driven by Fred Stonge ran away on Berkeley Street near Chandler Street yesterday afternoon. The wagon struck a coupe at 67 Berkeley Street injuring the horse attached to the coupe, which was owned by James T. Ormond and escorted by John J. Driscoll. The coupe horse was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Brown
Revere Street
Fred Stonge
Berkeley Street
Chandler Street
James T. Ormond
John J. Driscoll
Stone from Ames building coving falls to sidewalk
A large stone in the coving of the Ames building on Court street loosened and dropped to the sidewalk yesterday afternoon. It fell from near the roof but struck no one, though many pedestrians were nearby. A crowd gathered, awaiting another shower as the coping was watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Court Street
Protests Boston University Expropriation Plan
Dr Warren protests city plans to seize Boston University lands on Somerset Street and Ashburton Place. He argues the university, chartered by the state, serves a wide public, draws students from 37 states and 20 foreign countries, and removal would harm citizens within thirty miles. He warns defeating the project protects learning and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry Parkman
Boston University
Beacon Hill
University
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
American Union
The
Somerset Street
Ashburton Place
City Hall
William F. Warren
Transatlantic Ship Arrivals From April Listings
A ledger of ships arriving or departing on April dates in Boston Baltimore New York Genoa Hamburg Southampton and Bremen names include Francisco Oldenburg Venetia City of New York Elbe Polynesian Werra Suevia Trave and others listing origins Bremen Hamburg Liverpool Bremen Stettin New Ark and New York. The notes indicate arrivals and routes with April dates and ports throughout the Atlantic trade lanes.
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Boston
Francisco
Hull
Eng
Baltimore
Oldenburg
Bremen
Venetia
Hamburg
New York
City of New York
Liverpool
Elbe
Stettin
Genoa
Newark
Suevia
Southampton
Trave
Burkhardt Convicted in Jamaica Plain Cruelty Case
In the District Court at Jamaica Plain yesterday Lewis Burkhardt was convicted of cruelty for beating a cow on the 2d inst and fined $23. The case was brought on complaint by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. At No. 3 Old State House, the transport hub run by L. H. Palmer remains a popular point. Tickets for Short Line express trains and the Colonial Express between Boston and Washington can be secured there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain
Massachusets Society For Prevention of
Lewis Burkhardt
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Transpor Ation
Boston
Washington
Chisholm Charged With Larceny In Property Deal
Peter J. Chisholm age 39 of 465 Columbus avenue was arrested by Inspector Dugan for larceny of 51 25 belonging to Frank M. Turner of 88 West Springfield street. Chisholm, a real estate dealer at 825 Washington street, allegedly sold Turner a house and cheated him of the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Chisholm
Yars
Columbus Avenue
Dugan
Frank M. Turner
Springfield Street
Chisholm
Washington Street
Turner
Tavern Closures Trigger South Shore Traffic Juggle
A rapid closing of all sale venues along the town’s south shore causes consternation as residents recall how traffic had been managed in recent years. The piece notes shift in patronage and the town’s efforts to adapt amid closures.
Weymouth Tackles Liquor Trade With Raids By Police
Special to the Post reports consternation among Weymouth legal venders as Captain Garey and Special Officer Fay press raids to end illegal liquor sales. A $2500 appropriation funded the drive, with raids on Pleasant Street and Commercial Street. Town history shows fluctuating licenses, with earlier moves restricting licenses and penalties. The piece notes Hingham and Nantasket moving toward dry status, and ends with a conditional verse about land, ink, and drink.
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Weymouth
Andrew J. Garey
Gerge W. Fay
Garey
Fay
Pleasant Street
Commercial Street
Massachetts
Carrie
N. W. Gardner
Hingham
Nantasket
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Washington St
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Carney
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Meade
Essex
Butler
Bristol
Linus
Champlin
Suffolk
Floverhill
Holyoke
Fall River
Thayer
McEttrick
Mr. Meade
Esex
Coveney
Smith
Superior Court
Iutler
Committee On Pr Ys
Deer Island
Committee On Harbors
Cape Cod
Sip Canal Company
Scott Randall
Messrs
Keliner
Brok
Holmes
Lougee Ad
Simpkins
West
Austin
Nye
General Stark
Ludlow
Tim Sullivan
Inspector Griffin
Mr. Crowley
Pedlers
Mayor Alger
Ethel May
Warren
Boston Uni
Reed
Gowell
Temple Place
James Pyle
N.Y
Boston Daily Traveller
Ivs
Traveller
Traveller Publishing Company
State Street
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