Ex-Governor Gaston Edges In Beverly Investigation Testimony
The Beverly case probe continues with ex-Governor Gaston and Mr. Lewis S. Daheny as counsel for Jesse Pierce. Slattery and Maher faced cross examination while lobbyists detailed work and pay. Representative Davlin denied offers of $2000 for his vote. the Senate and House committees adjourned with an evening of entertainment by Rev. Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Senate
House Committee
Gaston
Lewis S. Daheny
Jesse Pierce
Messrs. Slattery
Maher
Dabney
House
Senate Committee
Davlin
Somerville
Mr. Butler
Russian Easter Festival Delights Salem Hall Audience
The Russian Easter festival in Music Hall delighted inmates and spectators with dances, songs, and a Russian Tea Garden. A grand march opened the program with Boston School Regiment cadets in uniform and young ladies in peasant costumes. Governor Ames attended as officials watched a sword drill and a promenade concert followed by refreshments and themed booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Masters
Russia
Salem Cadet Band
Boston School Regiment
School Regiment
A. A. Clatin, Jr
Ames
Dalton
A. P. Martin
Valetta Parish
Mattie Pickens
Maud Williams
Mabel Chareb
Lillian Cutler
E. Watson
Grace Watson
Bertha Howlett
Minnie Butler
Maud Robinson
Mabelle L. Southwick
Bertha Russell
Mabel Adams
Gertrude
Mary Lawrence
Lillian Bradord
Professor Masters
A. E. Richardson
J. W. Cartwright
J. F. Farrar
H. A. Ewing
G. G. Wilder
Elliott
George Cushing
R. D. Cushing
A. B. Wetherell
G. F.T
Senate Investigation Reveals Beverly Farms Lobbying Ties
Witnesses describe paid efforts to secure Beverly Farms incorporation. Insurance solicitor Thomas J. Marsh Jr. testified he was paid 550 dollars to use influence, speaking with Senator Gleason and others, while denying improper payments. Attorneys Bent Fernald Townsend testified to retainer arrangements and meetings, with questions about funds and influence. Senator Slattery explained contact with Maher and guard against bribery. investigation proceeds with further testimonies and cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Keith
Cape District
Thomas J. Marsh, Jr
Williams
Mr. Hoar
Hoar
Beverly Farms
Gleason
Worcester
Adams House
Towne and Jones
Berkshire
Committee On
Towns
George C. Bent
Cambridge
Beverly
Hartwell
House
Wilbur
Alger
Dwyer
Tif
George H. Fernald
Worcester County
State House
Milton B. Townsend
O'Sullivan
Lawrence
Senator Slattery
O’sullivan
Slattery
Dabney
Mr. Pierce
Maher
Bennett
Pierce
John G. Bennett
South Framingham
Division
Old Town
Giddings
California fraud case exposes legislator bribery scheme
Testimony details payments and offers tied to Beverly division votes. Key figures include Maher, Slattery, Pierce, Bennett, Sobier, Giddings, and Odell, with sums ranging from 25 to 100 dollars and up to 2000 dollars proposed. Witnesses describe meetings at the State House and Beverly, and a plan to influence a Boston bill through Knights of Labor connections. The probe tracks money exchanges, promises of influence, and the shifting intent of main actors.
Bribery Inquiry Opens Over Beverly Division Bill
The Beverly division bribery probe began in the State House green room at 7 PM with committee members and counsel for anti-divisionists and Beverly Farms supporters present. Witnesses including O Hearn testified to talks with Pierce and promises of compensation for votes, while Doherty and Collins debated on probes and presents. Dennis W Quill testified that three representatives were offered bribes to vote yes, naming Donovan, O Hearn, and McDonough, with further claims of funds to sway James Davlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
House of Representatives
State House
Thomas G. Kent
Worcester
J. Otis Wardwell
Haverhill
Thomas Post
Lenox
Daniel L. Milliken
Malden
John H. McDonough
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
George H. Kern
North Adams
P. J. Dogherty
N.S. Myrick
Dennis W. Quill
Gaston
P. A. Collins
L. 5. Dabney
Beverly Farms
O’ Hearn
Lawrence
Pierce
O’hearn
Doherty
Collins
Brady
Lowell
Fred H. Williams
Farms People
Committee On Division
B.ee Donovan
T. F. O’hearn
James F. Davlin
Testimony on division vote stirs fears of money influence
In Somerville testimony Captain Odell refused to endorse earlier claims after new information surfaced. A lobbyist effort and a $3500 fund raise were disclosed, while James F. Devlin said no money offered for his vote. Quill and others faced questions about the basis of their statements as the hearing adjourned to continue at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Odell
State House
James F. Devlin
Quill
Butler
Slattery
Senate
Charles H. Odell
Davlin
John H. McDonough
Beverly
Eaton
Mr. Eaton
Nine Hours A Day Master Builders’ Association Meet
A meeting of the Master Builders' Association on Devyonshire Street chaired by President Whitcomb adopted a committee report. It recommends nine hours for the first five days and eight on Saturdays, paid by the hour, from April 1, 1887 to April 1, 1888, with annual conferences suggested each January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Builders’ Association
Devyonshire Street
Whitcom
William H. Sayward
City Notes Concerts and Crimes Reported
A Union Hall concert featured Carrie T Cutler and Lillie 8 Cutler of Taunton with other performers. Charles McCarthy, implicated in lodging-house thefts, was arrested by Station 5 officers. James Russell Lowell sails for Liverpool today aboard the Pavonia. Euterpe meeting adjourned for lack of quorum at 178 Tremont Street. An unknown drunken detainee died in a Station 2 cell. A natural history society session yielded Jordan on mineral vitality from a geological view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Carrie T
Cutler
Lillie
Taunton
Thomas
Mignon
Pinsuii
Philip Greely
Frank G. Reynolds
Margaret Humphrey
Charles McCarthy
South End
Station 5
James Russell Lowell
Liverpool
Cunard
Pavonia
Society of Natural History
E. O. Jordan
Weather Indications Apr 21 1887 New England Forecast
Washington April 20 1887 for twenty four hours beginning 7 a.m. Thursday April 21 fair weather with winds shifting to west and south in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont slight rise in temperature elsewhere in New England and eastern New York. Observers report clear skies barometer around 30.04 to 30.08 inches and mean daily temperature about 48 degrees with a high near 56 and a low near 40. Precipitation none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Observer
Signal Seavier
Boston
P.M
P. A
Besb
Memorial Exercises for President Arthur Held in Assembly Chamber
In Albany on a April evening relatives of the late President Arthur attended the service in the Assembly Chamber. Chester A. Arthur Jr Nelie Arthur Cohoes Arthur H. Masten and the McElroy family were present. Senator Smith opened the meeting and introduced Governor Hill as chairman. Speakers included Benjamin Brewster of Philadelphia and Chauncey M. Depew of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
President Arthur
Assembly
Chester A. Arthur, Jr
Nelie Arthur
Cohoes
Arthur H. Masten
John Kk. McElroy
William H. McElroy
Smith
Governor Hill
United States
Benjamin. Brewster
Philadelphia
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
George Clarke of Otsego County Assigns Liabilities 1 Million
Canaioharie N Y April 20 George Clarke of Springfield Otsego county the largest land owner in New York State assigned today Liabilities 1 000 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canajoharie
N. Y
George Clarke
Springfield
Otsego County
New York State
Electric lighted trains and new cars on Boston & Albany line
The Boston and Albany announces its New York Boston 4 30 p m trains now run with baggage smoking coaches drawing room cars on 42 inch wheels and lit by Julien electric lights heated by steam from the locomotive. The Atchison Consolidated Street Railway Company forms to buy Atchison street lines with $150000 capital. subscriptions to Ferdinand A Wyman at 131 Devonshire Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
New York
Boston
Atchison Consolidated Street Railway Company
Atchison, Kan
Atchison Rapid Transit
Ferdinand A. Wyman
Devonshire, Street
Magnificent Boston Society Weddings Highlight Last Night
Edward C Morris weds Alice L Ames eldest daughter of Frank M Ames at First Congregational Church on Berkeley Street. Bride wore cream satin with diamond crescent veil. Reception at 46 Commonwealth Avenue. Also Charles Warren Allen and Grace Lawrence Boardman wed at Arlington Street Church with lilies of the valley bouquets. Jamaica Plain ceremony for Susan Wheelwright and Charles Kane Cobb drew large crowd. reception on Sigourney Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Berkeley Street
Edward C. Morris
Alice L. Ames
Frank M. Ames
Mendelssohn
Messrs
Arthur Austin
Hobart Ames
Cyrus G. Beebe
Nathaniel W. Walker
Lyman Greenleaf
Charles H. Rollins
Arthur G. Little
James E. Leach
Grace Gregg
Philadelphia
Anna Les Ames
Anna
Eva Ames
Harriet KE. Ames
Stopford W. Brooke
Commonwealth Avenue
Oliver Ames
Kitty Converse
Oakes Ames
Brooke Herford
George Gerrey Boardman
B. L. Arbecam
William Ordway Partridge
Frank Zerrahn Hendrick
New York
T. L. Jack
A. B. Allen
Belle Boardman
George W. Wheelwright
Jamaica Plain
Charles Kane Cobb
Boston
James de Normandie
First Unitarian Church
Boston Highlands
Elsie
Maria Wheelwright
Sigourney Butler
Henry G. Danforth
Arthur G. Nichols
Fred Cobb
Robert Codman, Jr
J. ‘It. Wheelwright
E. W. Wheelwright
Sigourney Street
Favorable reception of Sigourney Butler as second comptroller
The appointment of Sigourney Butler to the second comptroller of the Treasury drew strong praise from lawyers and supporters of the President. A 29 year old Quincy native and Harvard graduate, Butler is linked with Richard Olney in law practice and has served as chairman of the Quincy school board while pursuing public office for the first time. He plans to begin his duties in about a week and has previously sought a Pacific railroad commissionership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Butler
Treasury
Maynard
Butler
Quincy
Peter Butler
Boston
Harvard College
Richard Olney
Pacific Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. L
Michael F. Maher
Knights of Labor
Tower, Giddings & Co
Sohier
Perkins
Mr. Quill
Washington Street
Mr. Giddings
J. W. Hardy
Divisionist
Sally
Order
Witness
Mr. B
Joint Committee
City Notes
E. W. Tyler
Tremont Street
Fr. M. Ames
Allen Boardman
SEARS
Summer ST
Cretonies
Shepard, Norwell & GO
Winter Street
Meiition
Boston Post
Columbia
Tricycles
Franklin ST
Calder
Hower Store
Washington St
American Supply CO
WM. A. Smith
Franklin
Y Water St
National Supply
Victor
Temple Place
Overman Wheel Co
Columbus Ave
NEW Mail
Wm. Read & Sons
Ray’s
Col. West and
Washington Streets
William E. Doyle
Health Food CO
New England Agency
Tremont St
Hotel Vendome
Mass
Henry F. Miller Pianos
Miller Mall
Boston Association
Chestnut Street
Gas Lighting Co
Arch St
A. Richards
Chandlery
State St
Atlantic Ave
Commerce St
Boylston Street
Sage
Chas. L. Bly
Pearl ST
Roxbury
William and
Edwin
Dental Parlors
M. E. Branwee
T American Clothing Supply
Jordan
Marshco Co
G. F. Washburn
T. F. Swan
Cornhill
Eli Rn, Aro Ae
Barnard & CO
Austin
Austin & Graves
Commercial Street
Gracker & Biscuit Bakers
Woodward's
Bromfield Street
Keystone Saddles
England
America
W. J. Newman
Brattle St
BEN Levy & CO
West Street
Mending Bureau
WM. I. Buckley & CO
the Brookline News
Washington
Parker’s
Warren
Levengston
W. Shaw Warren
W. C. Strong
Brighton
Oak Grove Farm
Lesmon
Sol
Monroe
Boyden
Amany
N.Y
Hill
Knight of Labor
W. E. Rogers
I. V. Baker
Rogers
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Austin Lathrop
All Druggista
William F. Kidder & Co
John Street
Bent & Bush
Gettysburg
Victor Bicycles
Berlo & CO
Court Street
The
Cross Pen Co
Old South Church
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