Senate Rejected Civil Service Reform Sparks House Action
State house debates focus on civil service reform and probes into Beverly division charges. Senate and House committees plan hearings. adjournment dates set to inspect drainage works at Moon Island with Monday sessions. Debate over prohibiting officers from standing on party committees fails 70 to 112. Milk inspection bill opposed as favoring adulteration. High license, water supply, and rail bills assigned for next sessions.
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State House
Beverly
Senate
House
Boston
Quincy
Messrs. Stockwell
Sutton
Rowell
Sleeper
Middlesex
Moon Island
Cape Cod
Saugus Water Company
Saugus
Revere Water Company
Marble
Worcester
Salem & Danvers Railway Company
Naumkeag Street Railway Company
JHE
Committee On Agriculture
Ames
United States
Committee On Railroads
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Eastern Railroad Company
William McDonough
Committee On
Committee On Education
Suffolk
Post
Lenox
Commonwealth
E. J. Donovan
Suffolk County
Milliken
Maldenara
Perkins
Cambridge
Civil Service Commission
Messrs. Ray
Franklin and
New Books Review Wasteland Wanderings by Charles Abbott
The piece praises Abbott's Wasteland Wanderings, highlighting his naturalist prose and vivid scenes from Delaware creeks. It notes engaging chapters on birds, insects, tortoises, bitterns, cave life, and a breezy tale of a chest and dirt search. Strong affection for nature marks Abbott's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Abbott
Delaware
Abbott
Charles
New York
Harper & Bros
Labor and Milk Bills Spark Mixed Views in House
Worcester lawmakers clash over civil service reform and milk inspection measures. Some call the bills farcical or against health, while others back amendments. The main bills are rejected or returned to committees as action proceeds on liquor law fees and gas company conditions.
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Senate
Committee On
Judiciary
Rowell
Boston
Taft
Palmer
Stockwell
Sutton
Committee On Manufactures
Knights of Labor Cooperative Building Association of
Cambridge
Massachusetts
JHE JLOUSE INVESTIGATION BEGINS HEARINGS TOMORROW
The committee appointed to investigate the Beverly charges met in Room B after adjournment with Mr. Kent of Worcester chair and Mr. Wardwell of Traverhill clerk. They voted to hold the first public hearing tomorrow at 7 pm for those who made the charges to substantiate them in the Green Room. A. C. Ayers was appointed stenographer.
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House
Beverly
Kent
Worcester
Wardwell
Traverhill
Green Room
A. C. Ayers
Tramp in Europe and a children’s tale noted in chatter
A traveler by workman dress details a year in Europe from New York to Naples spending about 800 dollars with 135 for passage and 182 for subsistence. He recalls adventures and arrests while recounting his Europe visit in a lively style. Also listed is Professor Johnny a children’s tale about a naughty cousin’s summer reform and good deeds.
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Lee Meriwether
Europe
New York
Naples
Gibraltar
Bosphorus
Harper & Bros
Johnny
Jak
Thomas Crowell & Co
Price
Books in press a roundup of forthcoming titles
Cassell & Co to issue John Noman by Charles Henry Beckett with virile imagination and strong characters. Homer Greene of Honesdale to publish The Blind Brother with Crowell & Co, after winning 1500 in Youths Companion prize. Cecil H. C. Howard to publish Life and Public Services of General J W Phelps. Mrs G H Wilson’s Musical Year Book vol four to be issued in May with a Boston season record 1856 87 and national music happenings curated by leading figures.
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John Noman
Charles Henry Beckett
Cassell & Co
Beckett
Homer Greene
Honesdale
Penn
T. Y. Crowell & Co
New York
Greene
Pennsylvania
Pittston
Messrs. Crowell & Co
J. W. Phelps
Cecil H. C. Howard
Frank E. Housh & Co
Brattleboro
Old G O Taylor Whiskey Marketed Since 1875
We have no new process to make a new whiskey in a day. The old whiskey is well known. G O Taylor old bourbon has been public since 1875 and gains favor. G O Taylor pure rye, recently in the market, has eight years in wood. Chemsits declare it pure. Chester H Graves & Sons Boston Mass proprietors. Grocers and druggists offer it in bottles only. Unbranded cases shipped on request.
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G. O. Taylor
Boston
Mass
Alderman Smith's Cut in Looming Cambridge Bridge Battle
The Cambridge board held a glum session as Alderman Sullivan eyed a toll-cut plan and South Boston school-house purchase loomed. Aldermen debated transferring rights to lay underground wires, with politics, suspicions, and a spectral cat motif coloring the discourse. Major actions included appointments, a favorable report on the conduit transfer, and a split vote on leg matters tied to the Cambridge bridge project.
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Sullivan
East Boston
South Boston
Carroll
Haynes
Reed Lot
Charles J. Kidney
Levi Chadbourne
John M. Johnson
Ebenezer Hodge
A. W. Newman
Benjamin F. Paine
George A. Newhall
George James
Levi P. Dudley
Hay
William H. Cary
Charles M. Paine
N. Porter Cleaves
James P. Stewart
A. W. Murphy
John Kenny
John J. Caddigan
Edward Hughes
James Collins
Yeas
American Conduit and Construction Company
Nate Smith
Bromwich
N. G. Smith
Smith
Boston
Cambridge
Common Council
Wilson
City of
C. W. Smith
Mr. Wilson
Elisha Akins
East Boston Ferry
Sargent’s Wharf
Alleeman Donovan
Apple Island
G. F. Candage
Forest Hills Cemetery
Canterbury Street
Charles E. Smith
Salem News Board dismisses foreman over fire hose issue
The board of engineers voted to drop the foreman and assistant foreman of steamer No. 3 following an investigation of the hose trouble at the round-house fire. Over 30,000 cords of bark are used yearly in Salem and Peabody tanneries, and freight rate increases under the interstate commerce law raise costs by $2 per card, equating to $60,000 annually for tanners and a 4 cent per pound hit to leather under contract.
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Board of Engineers
Salem
Peabody
Harvard Hasty Pudding Club Presents The Talisman Musical
The Harvard Hasty Pudding Club will stage a three night benefit musical at Horticultural Hall this Thursday to Saturday. Entitled The Talisman or the Maid the Monk and the Minstrel, the show features D. P. Griswold L. Honore F. Remington C. Carroll H. Homans W. Endicott 38d W. A. Brooks F. Clyde 3d C. A. de Gerndorff W. B. de Billier among its performers.
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Harvard Hasty Pudding Club
Horticultural Hall
D. P. Griswold
L. Honore
F. Remington
C. Carroll
H. Homans
W. Endicott
W. A. Brooks
F. Clyde
C. A. de Gerndorff
W. B. de Billier
Landscape gardening lecture and legal notices mixed
Dr Goodale discussed four European landscape styles Italian Dutch French and English with examples such as Hunnewell's Italian garden and Versailles. The talk touched on Andrew Downing and Humphrey Repton guiding American taste. Then a list of court cases and filings appears, including dissolutions, disputes and multiple case numbers such as 2470 2881 2882 3498 4154 2611 920 582 3166 3339 2547 4176 2911 7225 858 1806 2880.
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Potsdam
Versailles
Lenétre
England
Humphrey Repton
Andrew J. Downing
Copeland
Dr. Goodale
Paris
S. L. Whipple
W. H. Lucie
Sheehy
Mahoney
Hunitley
Newcomb
O’'Brien
Same
Bowditch
Hutchins
Nicholson
Foxwell
Miller
McKay
Cooke
Ordway
Grant
Nason
Williams
Freeman
Block
Erie
No. Shore Despatch Co
Kelley
Niles
Rankin
Taunton Loco. Works
Taylor
Boston
Superior Court case list and verdicts in Suffolk County
April sessions document from Beacon J cites multiple actions across four sessions. It reports a verdict for the plaintiff in Doherty vs. Boston & Lowell Railroad for $2,289 and outlines numerous cases involving injuries, property damage, contracts, and commissions against various railroads and defendants, with names of attorneys and judges.
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Superior Court
Suffolk County
Beacon
Roger Doherty
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Boston
Lowell
Winchester
North Woburn
J. F. Wilson
A. A. Strout
W. H. Coolidge
Kieran
Glynn
Henry C. Little
J. Gargan
Turner & Scafe
John Donohue
New York & New England Railroad Company
John M
Thomas P. Donohue
Milton Street
Readville
J. FE. Cotter
E. ©. Bolles
Richard M. Saltonstall
Essex County Court Sets Dates After Hazen Memorial
Superior Court in Essex County under Judge Hammond schedules all motions for new trials and bills of exceptions for Monday April 25. The Essex Bar Association met at the Court House to honor the late N W Hazen of Andover, with Northend of Salem Newhall of Lynn and Jones of Haverhill forming a committee to draft a memorial. Wing versus City of Lawrence returns to defense as proceedings continue.
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Essex Bar Association
Court House
N. W. Hazen
Andover
Essex County
William D. Northend
Salem
Thomas B. Newhall
Lynn
J. P. Jones
Haverhill
Hazen
Wing
City of Lawrence
Court sessions open with multiple cases listed for April
Superior Court Middlesex and Supreme Judicial Court Essex prepare to hear dozens of matters. The calendar includes April 19 hearings on Whittle versus Baker and numerous civil actions against towns and companies. Two murder cases in Salem are expected with possible guilty pleas or trial dates, along with many divorce actions.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Essex County
Salem
Lynn
Lawrence
Theological Library Holds Annual Meeting in Boston
The General Theological Library met at 28 Mt. Vernon street with Hon. William Claflin presiding. Treasurer's report shows 8492 84 receipts and 49890 71 expenses, leaving 102 13. total property 147717 18 with 53000 encumbrance. City possession of former Somerset street building awaits remuneration. The society seeks 100000 to lift the mortgage and replenish the library. Officers elected: President William Claflin. directors Payson, Grover, Dove, Pulsifer. others include Hunnewell, Shattuck, Sawyer, Laforme, Wade. treasurer Payson. secretary and librarian Farnham.
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General Theological Library
Mt. Vernon Street
William Claflin
Boston
Somerset Street
State House
John N. Denison
Samuel R. Payson
William
Grover
George W. W. Dove
Royal M. Pulsifer
H. H. Hunnewell
George
Shattuck
M.D
Samuel E. Sawyer
Joseph A. Laforme
Levi C. Wade
Phillips Brooks
D.D
Luther Farnham
A. J. Patterson
Scenes in Bible Lands lecture at Second Church
Rev. John Worcester of Newtonville gave an illustrated talk on Scenes in Bible Lands before the Unitarian Sunday School Union. Ninety stereopticon views traced Jerusalem towns, Joppa, Bethlehem, the Plain of Philistia, and Jerusalem scenes. Officers for the coming year were nominated by Horn, Sprague and Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Worcester
Newtonville
Unitarian Sunday School Union
Jerusalem
Joppa
David
Goliath
Condor
Philistia
Bethlehem
Messrs. Horn, Sprague and Merrill
Marriage of John P. McCauley and Nellie Burns at Sacred Heart
The ceremony took place yesterday at the Church of the Sacred Heart East Boston officiated by Rev Father Clarke. Nellie Burns and John P McCauley were attended by Miss Katie Stokes and M A Murphy best man. The couple now reside on Chapman street and were congratulated by many friends including a Post delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. McCauley
Post
Nellie Burns
Church of the Sacred Heart
East Boston
Father Clarke
Katie Stokes
M. A. Murphy
The
Globe
Chapman Street
Annual Dinners and Banquets Across Cambridge Malden
The K 28 technology graduates held a second annual dinner at Tremont House. West End Union Club Malden held its 17th annual banquet at Revere House. Survivors of Company C Third Massachusetts met for their annual dinner at Stevere House with Surgeon General E F Holt presiding. Company C was the first to go to war, leaving Cambridge April 17 1861. A letter from Captain Richardson, its first commander, now in Texas, was read. Cambridge Club dined at Youngs Hotel. Brewers met at Quincy House yesterday afternoon.
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K 28
Tremont House
West End
Richardson
Texas
Cambridge Club
Young's Hotel
Brewers
Quincy House
Java Coffee Varieties and Prices In Local Market
An advertisement lists pure Java Coffee options with assorted prices per thousand or per unit, including fine Java and Choicest Java as well as Mandarin and Mocha varieties. Also mentions Formosa blends, Japan teas, English Breakfast, green teas, and Bakers products with assorted prices.
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Government
Java
Japan
Naval Officer Kent makes clerkship changes at the custom house
Charles Whitemore of Salem, clerk No 6 class 4 salary 1800, removed and clerkship abolished. James H Larkin promoted from clerk No 3 class 4 salary 1200 to clerk No 2 class 2 salary 1400. Charles P Clough promoted from clerk No 4 class 1 to clerk No 3 class 1 without change to salary. John D McCarthy of Boston appointed clerk No 4 class 1 salary 1200. McCarthy certified from civil service board.
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Custom House
Kent
Charles Whitemore
Salem
James H. Larkin
Charles P’s Clough
John D. McCarthy
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
McCarthy
Civil Service Board
Ferry collision at North ferry slips injures rail on Kelly
The ferryboat D. D. Kelly missed the southerly slip on the East Boston side during a late night trip and struck the Revere slip due to pilot miscalculation. Seventeen feet of railing on the ladies cabin side was torn away. Superintendent Burke ordered the Hugh O’Brien to run the route in place of the Kelly.
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D. D. Kelly
East Baston
Revere
Kelly
Coabin
Burke
Hugh O’brien
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NEW Books
Publishers’ Notes
Cambridge Bridge
Salem News
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Donahoe
N.Y
N. E. Railroad
Knowles
Propare
Brewer
Ward
Dunkel
Dedham
Logan
Dockray
Constantinedes
Des Pas
Heinlein
B. & P. Railroad Co
MclLutosh
Atherton
B. & M. Railroad Co
Cassidy
B. & A. Railroad
Dorey
Lenahan
Porter
McGaughey
Dean
Merkel
Rothenberg
Connelly
Blodgett
Edgar A. Wyman
Charles E. Mead
D. F. Kimball
Milton
George E. Smith
Henry J. Bartlett
A. Stanchfield
H. G. Allen
B. Wadleigh
Auugusta
Boston & Albany Railroad
Wyman
Meat
Sylvester
Sane
Rockway
Sure
Nickerson
Martin
O'Connor
Rosseau
McIntosh
Lattlefield
Hilliard
Murphy
McGinlan
Crowley
Winnisimmet Co
Favor
Holmes
Willia
Roberts
Bradstreet
Hale
Flynn
Mass. Stan
Ben. Co
McGuire
Roche
Berry
McWade
Barrett
McKea
Kennedy
Welsh
Dowd
Elec. Dev. Mfg. Co
Goodrich
Golf
Lincoln Wharf Co
Pillsbury
Spofford
Titton
Murray
Knight
Whitney
Averill
Boston Protective Dept
Mason, J
Algeria
North End Savings Bank
Yarrington
Simmons
Cohen
Schnitzer
Cunningham
Plage
Dutton
Newsome
Atking
Monahan
Hunt
Leavitt
Rice
Providence RR
Poster
Irvine
Phillips
Dodge
D. Co
Boston Db
Gila
Superior Civil Court
Hammond, J
Middlesex County
Knowlton, J
Whittle
Baker
O'Connell Et al
Hanley
Sammet
Everett
Dudley
Gale
Assec
Moors
Llewellyn
Page Box Co
Cook Va
Stewart
Willis
Pingree & Jr
Graham
Pierce
Remick
Bacon
Wentworth
Farnsworth
Davis
Reardon
Thompson
Wood
Donahue
City
the Theological Library
M'cauley—Burns
Court Street
Sudbury Street
Washington Street
Common Street
New England
Baker'’s
Baker's
Haker'’s Shells
Ees Epps
Frye
Washington
Senator Hiscock
N. Y. Limes
Hiscock
Empire
SEARS
Summer ST
Carte Blancheir and
Vin Sec Schreider
Schreider
City Notes
Inspector Leggett
Fitchburg
Frank R. Conklin
Conklin
Boston Sunday School Union
Tremont Temple
Meredith
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Mechanic’s
Huntington Avenue
Boston Society of Natural History
Edwin O. Jordan
Entomology
Charles Edward Parker
Bell
Shawmut Congregational Church
West Brookline and
Tremont Streets
Postoffice
United States Courts
Thomas Brown
Parker
Auburndale
Treasury Department
Folger
Mandarin Tra Company
Formosa
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