Value of arbitration and paternal legislation dominate Worcester Holyoke session
The Worcester and Holyoke debate centers on arbitration powers and paternal bills as the House schedules Tuesday orders of the day. The Suffolk truancy bill is killed, gas commission oversight on electric firms advances to a third reading, Worcester tax assesses are reviewed, Holyoke ward division faces a failed attempt, and a Sunday restrictions bill for under fifteens is reported. Senate delays core business to consider the Lord's Day bill next Tuesday while a Beverly case probe opens at 7 p.m.
Mercantile Agency Regulation Sparks Testimony Hearing
The committee on mercantile affairs continued hearings on proposed regulation of commercial agencies. E C Lawrence of the American Boot and Shoe Company argued the bill would cripple agencies, citing their information practices and liability limits. Other witnesses noted agencies’ value to manufacturers and business and described current pay, operations, and the need for openness to protect sources. The session also reviewed riverine and municipal measures and adjourned with further testimonies set for Friday at 10 15 a m.
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Committee On Mercantile Affairs
E. C. Lawrence
American Boot and Shoe Company
Boot and Shoe Trade
Lawrence
Sagents
Boston
Robinson
Morse
Gates
United States Mercantile Agency
Shuman
Whitten
Burdett & Whitten
Brown
Brown, Durrell & Co
New England
Boston considers oil storage law change and harbor bridge plan
The committee on manufactures heard W J Goulding in favor of relaxing oil storage rules so licenses are unnecessary and cities cannot restrict storage for oils not covered by the law. Public service endorsed James Donovan’s civil service amendment for city laborers. Harbors and public lands resumed hearings on a Charles River bridge Boston to Cambridge with officials from both cities. Boston officials support, some aldermen push permissive wording. Petitions show broad local backing, citing retail and tax interests. hearings adjourned to address a South River bridge and a separate claims petition.
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Committee On Manufactures
W. J. Goulding
Grocers and Oil Trade Association
James Donovan
Boston
Civil Service
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
Charles River
Cambridge
General Hazard Stevens
Russell
Judge Wells
N. G. Smith
Garden of Boston
Smith
Stillman B. Allen
Suffolk
Middlesex
South River
Wavern
Labor Legislation Sparks Debate in Massachusetts House
Lawmakers clashed over a substitute bill amid warnings about burdens on manufacturers and workers. Supporters pressed for careful consideration and possible amendments, while opponents urged halting further labor regulation. Adjournment left several bills pending on taxes, real estate, court jurisdiction, and public works.
House Acts On Legal Reforms And Holyoke Ward Division Debate
The House adopted the order to place all matters on the table at close of next Monday's session on Tuesday's calendar. Judiciary reported a trustee appointment bill for partition cases with varied land interests. A child protection bill imposes fines for public show access by under fifteens without guardian. A jail or prison term or fines are set for lending to minors to commit sexual acts, with no description required. A sheriff prohibition report was rejected. Military affairs reported inexpedient on hospital records indexing. The House rejected a Senate bill to amend a truancy school act in Suffolk. A measure to appoint public show restrictions for under fifteens passed. The gas board bill moved to third reading. Worcester tax assessors bill debated. critics fear politicization and incompetence. Holyoke ward division bill sparked fierce debate over fairness and local self government, with opponents citing imbalances and corrupt control. Judd’s plan failed on a vote. Consideration of limited partnerships postponed. state board of arbiters bill referred.
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House of Representatives
Suffolk County
Worcester
Holyoka
Judd
Board of Arbitration
Committee On the Judiciary
Senate
House
Beverly
Dresser
Medford
Taft
Palmer
Walker
Boston
Collison
Middlesex Real Estate Association of
Cambridge
Superior Court
Commonwealth
Buchanan Burr
Pocasset River
Bourne
William Stollery
House of Correction
E. J. Donovan
Suffolk
Board of Gas Commissioners
Committee On Cities
City of
Holyoke
Hathorne
McDonough
Ramsellers
Lincoln
Jockton
Keane
Juda
Delaney
Spellman
Springfield
Methodists Name New England Conference Appointments
Leominster April 19 The New England Conference issues district by district postings of appointments. Boston District lists presiding elder and numerous ministers and supplies at churches from Ashland to Wollaston with specialists at Swed ish Mission and Navy chaplains. North Boston Lynn and Springfield Districts follow with extensive ministry assignments and supplies across many cities. Amaryllis matting at Pray's.
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Leominster
New England Conference
Boston
D. W. Lindsay
Ashland
J.C. Smith
Allston
W. Fall
Appleton Church
E. Higgins
Bromfield Street
D. H. Ela
City Point
J. Candler
Dorchester Church
R. F. Holway
Egleston Square
Highland Church
Thorndike
Howard Avenue
Howard Avenue, »X Steele; Jamaica Plan
T. H. Knight
Mariners
Bethel
J. Buen
Mattapan
J. P. Kennedy
Morgan Clapel Mission
B.J. Johnston
Parkman Street
People’s Church
CG. E. Davis
Revere Street
Roslindale
GG. Beekman
Swedish Mission
Sorlin
W. N. Brodbeck
Washington Village
Winthrow Street
J.T. Clymer
Brookline
J. J. Twombly
Charlton City
O. W. Adams
Cherry Valley
Leicester
I. A. Mester
Cochitmate
C. H. Walters
Dedham
E. A. Howard
East Douglas
J. Capen
Franklin
Highlandville
Holliston
J. Neal
Hopkinton
L. J. Hall
Hyde Park
F. Woods
Milford
C. Tilton
Millbury
W. C. Townsend
Natick
W. B. Towlman
Newton
F. Nichols
Auburndale
W. N. Newhall
Newton Centre
W. R. Clark
Newton Lower Falls
J. B. Gould
Newton Upper Falls
J. Peterson
Newtonville
Butters
Norwood
J. Gill
North Grafton
Oxford
P. R. Stratton
Saxonville
E. W. Virgin
Sorewsbury
F. B. Graves
Southbridge
W. J. Ponitret
South Framingham
G. E. Sanderson
South Walpole
Spencer
A. W. Mills
Upton
W. S. Jugger
Uxordge
E. G. Carrick
Walpole
Webster
E. Knox
Westboro
A. W. Tirrell
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H. Dorr
Whitinsville
W.T. Perrin
Webster Square
L. W. Staples
G.A. Crawford
United States Navy
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South America
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Townsend
Prentice
Upham
Pierce
Huntinton
Dorchester, Jr
Dadman
Montgomery
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R. H. Herrick
Athol
W.N. Richardson
Ayer
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Barre
Hardwick
J. A. Day
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Trinity
F. MH. Packard
Cambridge
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E. P. King
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Leominater
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Oakdale
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Rockbottom
Winchendon
RE. P. Herrick
Winchester
G. H. Perkins
Woburn
M. E. Wright
H. Lummis
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
D. Richardson
American Peace Society
Lynn
Joseph H. Mansfield
Ballardvale
N. H. Martin
Beverly
J. W. Barber
Meridian Street
L. B. Bates
Saratoga Street
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Groveland
Ipswich
J. Galbraith
Lawrece
Parker Street
L. P. Cashman
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Maple Street
J. O. Knowles
St. Paul's
W. H. Meredith
South Street
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A. Dwight
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Reading
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Wilmington
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Wellington
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Belchertown
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Chicopee Falls
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Hampton
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J. Fallon
Greenfield
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Lyden
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Monson
J. HL
Emerson
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Pelham
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Wales
W. Gordon
Ware
E. Hitchcock
J. F. Mears
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J. Wood
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Wilbraham
J. R. Cushing
Williamsburg
H. A. Jones
Reunion of the Old Sixth Regiment in Baltimore
About 200 members of the Old Sixth Massachusetts Regiment Association gathered yesterday at the United States Hotel for their annual reunion and dinner. A morning business meeting elected officers led by President Major George A. G. Colgan. Letters from state and civic leaders were read, and a wreath from Miss Mary B. Sheldon was presented with thanks. The afternoon featured speeches by General B Butler Mayor O'Brien and other notable attendees.
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Old Sixth Regiment
Baltimore
Old Sixth Massachusetts Regiment Association
United States Hotel
E. F. Jones
New York State
Ames
Dalton
Long
Saltonstall
Corse
Brackett
Pillsbury
John L. Stevenson
Lion
Patrick A. Collins
A. 5. Follansbee
Mary B. Sheldon
Maryland
Massachusetts
George A. G. Colgan
0. M. Marshall
G. W. Prouty
D. C. Sisson
H. M. Woodward
J. W. Hadley
G.A. Finney
B. F. Chapman
B Butler
O'Brien
George H. Patch
The
Boston Globe
George S. Merrill
Lawrence
B. F. Watson
Jones
Grand Army Entertainment in Boston Music Hall
The Grand Army of the Republic posts in Boston and vicinity and the Ladies Relief Corps held an evening of programs in Music Hall. Comrade Henry F. Spach presided as the réveillé began with Post 2 Fife Drum and Bugle Corps. Hugh O’Brien and Charles Nash spoke. readings, recitations and music followed by Carter's Military Band and other groups.
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Grand Union
Grand Army of the Republic of Boston and Vicinity
Ladies’ Relief Corps
Music Hall
Friends of
Henry F. Spach
Hugh O'brien
Charles D. Nash
S. Agnes Parker
Woman’s Relief Corps
EF. A. Horton
ER. F. Tobin
James Burrows, Jr
Alexander Mitchell obituary in Milwaukee railroad leader dies in New York
Alexander Mitchell of Milwaukee, president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, dies of pneumonia at the Hoffman House in New York. Born in Scotland, he came to the United States in 1839, supported Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, served in Congress in 1870 and 1872, and leaves an estate valued at 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Alexander Mitchell
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Hoffman House
New York
Mr. Mitchell
Scotland
Samuel J. Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Treasury
Congress
Notable deaths across states and nations prompt somber reflections
Obituaries report the deaths of Robert Hunt at 67 in Charles Town after a 40 year service including Mexican and Civil wars, Captain Franklin Mayo at 74 in Chelsea after a long seafaring career, Dr J Vincent Smith at Melrose after a long medical career and military service, Archibald J Weaver at 43 in Falls City, William C Dole at 65, Rear Admiral Bouet of France at 84, and John T Hallahan of Reading at about 50, highlighting varied public service, military careers, and local prominence.
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Robert Hunt
U.S. A
Ludlow Street
Charlestown
Franklin Mayo
Chelsea
Eden
Boston
J. Vincent Smith
Emerson Street
Melrose
Smith
Bridgton
Bowdoin College
Second Maine Cavalry
Angh de Payens
Knights ‘Templars
Waverley
Royal Arch Chapter
Melrose Council
Wyoming
Yale
Adolphe Charles Emile Bouet
Pacific Ocean
John T. Hallahan
Reading
The
Knights of Honor
General orders restrict G A R posts on opinions
General Lucius Fairchild by national headquarters issues order forbidding posts of the Grand Army of the Republic to express opinions on any subject without approval from national and department headquarters. Further orders to follow.
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National Heapquarters
Grand Army of the Republic
National
Department
Lucius Fairchild
Canadian Pacific Plans Independent Steamboat Line
The Times says the Canadian Pacific will launch an independent Chicago to Port Arthur steamship service if the interstate commission refuses to suspend the long and short haul clause. The line would compete for Pacific coast freight with through freight tariffs 40 to 50 percent below American rail rates.
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Cracaco
the Times
Interstate Commission
Canadian Pacific
Chicago
Port Arthur
Captain Evans Abducts Crew Funds in Grandee Scandal
In New York on April 19 Captain H. T. Evans of the Grandee, owned largely by C. H. Meachum of Portsmouth, N H, absconded with $7000 advanced for the crew and other expenses. He sailed from Hong Kong with a woman he met there who also disappeared with him.
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New York
H. T. Evans
C. H. Meachum
Portsmouth
N. H
Hong Kong
Suffolk County Courts Report From April Sessions
Legal proceedings include a boarding house suit where plaintiff claims 266 for services and rooms at 18 and 14 per week, while the defendant disputes the agreement. jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Also listed are multiple tort actions against railroads for deaths at Readville and Chelsea, several trials, dismissals, and settlements across four court sessions in 1886 and 1887.
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Suffolk County
Bacon
Kieran Glynnon
Henry
Little
T. J. Gargan
Willian Schofield
John Donohue
New York & New England Railroad Company
Same
John M
Thomas P. Lonunne
Milton Street
Readville
J. E. Cotter
E. C. Bolles
Richard M. Saltonstall
Donahoe
N. Y
N. E. Railroad
Pronte
Brewer
Charles E. Mead
Joseph E. Sylvester
John L. Brockway
Warren Nickerson
Cherry Street
Chelsea
Tage
Kimball
Milton
George E. Smith
Marie Rosseau
Noah B. Smith
Stanley House
Bowdoin Square
P. H. Hutchinson
Junius W. Littlefield
Joseph S. Hilliard
J. B. Hale
William Dickson
N.C
J. K. Berry
Juries Here Noted For Intelligence At Term Of Court
The two juries at this term are praised as intelligent fair minded and unbiased with verdicts deemed fair. The Middlesex Superior Court lists cases including James Coulter vs Warren A Haynes and multiple others. Supreme Judicial Court in Middlesex opens with probate guardian petition for Mrs Parker and her daughter awaiting two days of trial.
Supreme Judicial Court Opens April Sitting in Salem
Chief Justice Morton presides at the April sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court in Salem. Prayer was offered by Rev. E. B. Willson. Amos H. Geary of Sete is foreman of the first jury and John H. Watson of Beverly Farms is foreman of the second jury. Trials will begin tomorrow.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Salem
Morton
E. B. Willson
Amos H. Geary
Sete
John H. Watson
Beverly Farms
Classification of Winds Lecture at MIT
Professor W M Davis spoke to the New England Meteorological Society at MIT on wind classification. He split winds into endogenetic and exogenetic groups with solar, volcanic, lunar, planetary, continental, topographical, and accidental subcategories. A L Rotch and H Helen Clayton of the Blue Hill observatory followed, detailing wind velocity instruments and cloud height estimation methods.
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W. M. Davis
New England Meteorological Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Lawrence Rotch
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
H. Helen Clayton
City Notes Recap Of Local Deaths And Trials
Funeral of Simpson H Lewis held at St Paul Baptist Church Joy street with Rev Porter Smith officiating. Four women and five men arrested in raid on No 7 Asylum street by Division 5. First Church Unitarian annual meeting. George L Deblois elected clerk and treasurer. Babu Mohini Chatterji spoke at Boston University Hall on Christian and Buddhist relations urging study of differences. Dr Ayer denies involvement in seances for Mr Bridge after municipal court hearing notes. Vermont Temple event planned with Seth Low addressing temperance. Charles A Allen arrested for drunkenness and found dead in Station 4 cell hours later. Funeral of Dr John S Flint at First Unitarian Church Highlands, remains taken to Leicester.
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Simpson H. Lewis
St. Paul Baptist Church
Joy Street
Porter Smith
Lewis
Sergeant Sargent
Division 5
No. 7
Asylum Street
First Church
Unitarian
George L. Deblois
Boston University Hall
Babu Mohini Chatterji
Seth Low
Charles A. Allen
John 8
Flint
Roxbury
First Unitarian Church
the Highlands
James de Normandie
Leicester
Weather Indications for New England and Eastern New York
Washington reports for twenty four hours starting 7 a.m. Wednesday April 20. New England expected slightly warmer and fair weather with winds shifting to the west and south. Eastern New York also warmer with fair weather and winds from south to west. At 12 50 a m.
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Washrngton
New England
New York
Late Ship News from Newport Harbor Apr 19
Jamestown of the training squadron arrived at 3 pm. Commander reports speaking on Apr 18 at latitude 3 24 north, longitude 7251 west. Brigantine Rocky Glen of Boston, 600 tons, from Puerto Rico to Boston sent distress signal. Surgeon dispatched. No international signal code. Also notes arrivals of the Spain from Liverpool and the Tower Hill near the Scilly Islands.
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Newport
R. I
Jamestown
Rocky Glen
Boston
Orto Rico
Spain
Liverpool
Tower Hill
New York
Scilly Islands
Reception for New England Women's Press Association at Winthrop
Mrs Kate Tannatt Woods hosted a social gathering of the New England Women's Press Association at Hotel Winthrop. Mrs L Goodwin spoke on seeking employment, followed by discussion on women’s livelihood. Woods, a journalist of sixteen years, received guests with bouquets and inked cards. An original poem was read and a silver gavel presented to the association chairman. Letters of regret were read from Mrs Abba Gould Wilson and Mrs Hungerford.
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New England Women’s Press Association
Hotel Winthrop
Kate Tannatt Woods
L. Goodwin
Woods
R. A. Ripley
Association
Rs. Woods
Sally
Joy White
The
Herald
Ationy
Abba Gould Wilson
Hungerford
Belyea Marries Grace Paine in Everett Street Wedding
Charles T. Belyea, a prominent local businessman, wed Grace D. Paine at the bride’s home on Everett street. Rev. W. P. Odell of the Methodist Church officiated the ceremony this evening.
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Charles T. Belye
Grace D. Paine
Alfred W. Paine
W. P. Odell
Methodist Church
Everett Street
Yachts, societies meet at Parker House in anniversary week
The Great Head Yacht Club held a meeting at the Parker House last evening with Commodore Tuvenner presiding and Lyman K. Billings named feet captain. Beverly Yacht Club and Universalist Social Union also met there. J. S. Horton chaired the Universalist gathering. The annual festival is set for Friday May 27 at the Parker House. Dr. David A. Collins, just back from Europe, was honored at a Revere House dinner. Ex Governor Willan Gaston received a complimentary dinner at Parker House with speeches by Roseych Abasvne’s group.
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Hovels
Great Head
W. Biddle
D.D
North Campbridge
Parker House
Revere House
David A. Collins
Europe
Rotunda Hospital
St. Thomas Hospital
London
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Samuel Gray
Jonas Caldwell
Samel Maverick
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