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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1891

Page

8

Anniversary Exercises Mark Church of the Disciples Fiftieth Year

The Church of the Disciples celebrated its fiftieth milestone with anniversary exercises at the nearly full church. speakers included Henry Williams W C Williamson Julia Ward Howe and Rev Charles G Ames reflecting on Clarke and the churchs early free seat system and reforms while projecting future religious and social changes.

Church of the Disciples James Freeman Clarke Henry Williams W. C. Williamson Julia Ward Howe Charles G. Ames George William Bond Louisville Boston Channing Bartel Williams Ritchie’s Hall Masonic Hall Freeman Place Clarke John A. Andrew Trinitarian Church Frothingham Robbins Bartol Greenwood Episcopal Mr. Clarke Theodore Parker Parker Unitarian Church J. Clarke Indiana Place Lincoln Dr. Clarke Thodore Parker Pheodore Parker Sons of God America

Weather forecast and signals from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport

Weather indications forecast through Tuesday evening. Maine and New England expect fair skies with cool follow spots and warmer readings in Maine. Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York show fair weather with variable winds. Cautionary signals extend from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport.

Washington Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Delaware Eastport

Post's Forecast for New England Weather

Northern New England today will be fair with southwest winds and warmer in Maine, cooler tonight. Southern New England clears to fair with westerly winds and slight cooling. Wednesday all sections stay fair and cooler. A broader fair pattern continues with small local rain near Marquette and scattered past twenty four hour precipitations. The warm wave reaches Atlantic coast states and Western New England with highs near 72 to 80 and morning lows around the 36 to 38 range.

POST New England Maine Upper Lakes Marquette Jacksonville Duluth St. Paul and Trace Ste. Marie Upper St- Lawrence St. Lawrence Gulf Rockliffe Kansas Gulf States Fort Sill Mississippi Missouri Valley Central District Mississippi Valley

Much Ado About Noth ing staged in Boston tonight

In Mason Hamlin Hall this evening Mr J J Hayes presents a first reading of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The note section mentions Mrs Henry K Updegrave of Tower City Penn as a likely youngest US great grandmother, born 1843. Also recaps Disraeli anecdote, Lt Peary’s Greenland expedition plans, and the death of the widow of glove maker Jouvin in Grenoble.

J. J. Hayes Boston Mason & Hamlin Hall Henry K. Updegrave Tower City Penn United States Gratztown Dauphin County Emanuel Shoffstall Aegie Rumberger Maggie Shoffstall Maggie Rumberger Daniel Messner Henry Kk. Updegrave Disraeli Aylesbury Peary Greenland Washington Ulrica Dahlgren Gardiner Hubbard National Geographical Society Whale Sound Philadelphia Jouvin Grenoble France

Estate sale and lectures mark city events at Dorchester and Trinity Church

Samuel Hatch & Co. sold the John J. Loring estate at No 13 Park Street Dorchester to William V Abbott for 4846 cash. Miss Lucy M Salmon of Vassar College delivered a closing lecture on domestic service at 12 Somerset Street. The memorial services for Bishop Paddock open the Episcopal convention at Trinity Church tomorrow at 9:30 AM.

Samuel Hatch & Co William V. Abbott John J. Loring Park Street Dorchester Lucy M. Salmon Vassar College Somerset Street Bishop Paddock Trinity Church

Channing Club Ladies Night At Hotel Vendome

The Channing Club held a ladies night at Hotel Vendome with Mr George Wigglesworth presiding and George Peirce as secretary. Guests included Rev H G Spaulding Rev and Mrs E A Horton Rev and Mrs M J Savage and Miss Lucy Wheelock. Speakers covered the relation of young men to the Sunday school and election results were announced with J N Mouth as president and a list of officers.

Channing Club Hotel Vendome George Wigglesworth George Peirce H. G. Spaulding E. A. Horton M. J. Savage Lucey Wheelock Lucy Wheelock S.J. Burrows Edmund Whitman J. N. Mouth E. J. Lewis, Jr H. F. Howe Tras Sek Georg Hutchinson Jamas F. H. Nazro C. W. Birtwell J. W. ‘Oie

Tragic Roof Fall Ends Life Of 3 Year Old Annie Clougherty

About 6 45 p m yesterday three year old Annie Clougherty playing on the roof of her home at 65 Charter street wandered to the adjoining building on Commercial street and fell to the street. She died instantly. Medical Examiner Harris was notified.

Annie Clougherty Charter Street Commercial Street Harris

Shreve Crump & Low Expands to Tremont and West Streets

Shreve Crump & Low will occupy thirteen thousand square feet in a new building at Tremont and West streets, which they will soon move into.

Shreve, Crump & Low Company Tremont West Streets

Karma Explained Tremont Temple Crowded

A crowded Tremont Temple gathers for a talk titled Karma Explained highlighting self ish materialism as a key theme. The event notes the convention adjourned with attendees reflecting on moral priorities and social concerns.

Annie Besant Theosophy Lecture Draws Wide Range Audience

Annie Besant filled Remont Temple last evening as Christians, Free Thinkers, Nationalists, Socialists, Anarchists, Spiritualists, Theosophists and Nihilists attended. She described Theosophy as philosophy science and religion, explained reincarnation and karma, warned of dangers in premature spiritual development, and urged universal brotherhood. Theosophical proceedings continued with papers by Ful lerton Keighley Patterson Buck Ayres and Judge, highlighting practical work and higher evolution.

Annie Besant Ingersol Lremont Temple Serguis Stepnin Mrs. Besant Teosophical Convention Alexander Fullerton Archibald Keighley H.T. Patterson Brooklyn J. D. Buck George D. Ayres Mr. Judge

Chelsea Common Council Passes Street Appropriation Bill

A regular Chelsea Common Council meeting last evening approved an appropriation bill totaling 366,885 dollars and 13 cents. Allocations include 2,500 dollars for watering streets, 2,000 dollars for street sweeping, and 900 dollars for Fourth of July celebration expenses.

Chelsea

Harvard Boys Get Their Guns

The Harvard Shooting Club met yesterday afternoon at the clubhouse on the Allston Marshes. Scores show Mackay 8 Everett 8 Howard 7 Lamb 7 Brice 7 Weld 6 in Match A. In prize restricted Match A Everett 7 Howard 8 Kent 6 White 5 Weld 5 Brice 0.

Harvard Harvard Shooting Club Allston Marshes Mackay Everett Howard Lamb Brice Weld Kent White

Brakeman Loses Leg in Shocking Brookline Accident

William Green a 24 year old freight brakeman from Philadelphia employed by the Boston and Albany railroad suffered a severe injury at Brookline when, while shackling cars, he fell between them and lost a leg. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.

William Green Philadelphia Boston & Albany Railroad Brookline Massachusetts General Hospital

Labor and Capital in Early 20th Century Strikes and Protests

Labor unrest spans multiple regions with Italian workers in Waltham facing potential clashes after a second Boston gang was hired and a contractor claims men were pulled from the job. In Lynn coat makers strike over pay cuts, while London anarchists plan a May Day rally in Hyde Park. Belgian miners join German counterparts pushing for eight hours and universal suffrage, and London weavers resume work after an extended stoppage.

Waltham Specrar Boston Messrs Clement Lynn Lynx Srucran Johnson & Co Oxford and Almont Streets Globe Manufacturing Company London Howling Lonpoy Hyde Park Oarder Brussels Federation of Brapworp

Bowling Championship Decides Inter-Club Title

The Boston Athletic Association team won the Inter-Club Bowling League title at Norfolk Casino alleys, edging Woodland Parks by 44 pins after a tight finish. Hill starred for BA A, Sonson tied the tournament high with 225, and Newtons rallied their crowd as captain Wood struggled but bowled fairly.

Boston Athletic Woodland Parks Norfolk Wood Hill Pearson Auburndale Goodnow Athletics Boston Athletic Association Hall Sereenae EAC Warren Hill Tourneme B. A. Bisisecsceccs Newton Arlington Casino Woodland Park Chelsere

Fires Detroy Harrisville and Nearby Areas in April Blaze

Fire destroyed Harrisville on the Adirondack route, with losses around 100 000. The blaze began in George Meade’s residence, consuming buildings from the river bridge to Pierce’s store, including the post office telegraph office and Central New York telephone office. Separately, Max Blumenthal’s general furnishing store at Highland avenue and Adams street burned, risking 3 000 to 4 000 in goods. A Blumenthal estimated 1 600 worth of new goods placed recently. A fire at A A Hines’s lodging house on Levereis street started from a bathroom lamp, with second floor damage. A chimney fire on Levereis street caused by a false alarm was reported as well.

Watertown Harrisville Adirondack Forest George Meade Pierce Central New York Max Blumenthal Highland Avenue Adams Street Hdgeworth District A. Blumenthal Josson Patrick McShane Merchants’ of New York Enliven A. A. Hines Levereis Street

Brookline Hearing on West End Street Railway Car-House Plan

Brookline selects held a fourth hearing on the West End Street Railway petition for track location and approaches to a car-house on Chestnut Hill avenue between the railroad bridge and Beacon Street. Various supporters and objectors presented positions. the hearing adjourned for one week with remonstrants' witnesses remaining unexamined.

Brookline West End Street Railway Company Chestnut Hill Avenue Raiload Bridge Beacon Street Whitney Smith-Weston Eugwine K. Knapp Leslie B. Weed Park Royal Syndicate Thomas E. Chamberlain BK. Chamberlain Dana Listes Koward Atkinson A. D. Chaudier Moorfield Storey Jacob W. Pierce John Taylor West End Land Company A. D. Chwadier

Death of Lawrence hotel owner Joseph Butterworth

Joseph Butterworth longtime Lawrence hotel proprietor of the Central House and Pentucket House at Georgetown died suddenly this evening of pneumonia. Born in 1827 in Rochdale England he came to America in 1844, worked in Yantic and Andover, spent six years in Australia, joined the First New Jersey Infantry in 1861, bought the Central House in 1877 and ran both inns. He leaves a wife, three brothers and one sister.

Lawrence Joseph Butterworth Central House Pentucket House Georgetown Rochedale Eng America Yantic

How She Was Rebuked

A Confederate monument scene in Atlanta prompts mockery as a woman tampered with a prayer book inscription. A sarcastic passerby notes the Bible source, drawing public rebuke and shame as the woman withdraws.

Atlanta South Constitution

Chilean navy ships Blanco and Huascar destroyed

A despatch to the Chilean legation in Washington confirms the loss of the Blanco and Huascar. The Congress party telegraphs that the ships' destruction will not impede military operations and that the army continues marching southward.

New York Washington Congress Party Chili

Meeting of New England Amateur Athletic Union Managers

The New England Amateur Athletic Union held a meeting in Boston with eight clubs represented. Plans approved for championship games June 17 at Worcester Club, with events matching national championships but excluding tug of war and bicycle races. Receipts to benefit the New England Association. Thomas Riley elected to represent Father Scully Athletic Association. Suspensions issued to Providence swimming club participants and Charlestown Baseball Club wrestlers. Neptune Boat Club granted June 17 events. junior members at Longwood May 23. National board dispute over reinstated athletes discussed. tabled until official word received, possibly affecting Morris Park cross country results.

New England Amateur Athletic Union Boston Athletic Association Worcester Athletic Club Messrs. Adams Chatham A. C Heywood Worcesters Fitzpatrick Wachusett Boat Club J. M. Taylor New England Association Thomas Riley Father Scully Athletic Association Providence Swimming Club Charlestown Melrose Neptune Boat Club Longwood H. S. Cornish I. P. Janssen National Board New England Board Morris Park

An arsenic epidemic strikes Denver deaths top seven

An investigation in Denver shows seven people dead in two months from arsenic poisoning. Annie Armstrong, a domestic in a minister’s family, died in agony from poison believed to kill six. Harry Cheney, a printer, died under peculiar circumstances with arsenic in viscera. Hastings family illness followed dinner. mother and four children died. exhumed Hastings child had arsenic. Surmise roots in despondency.

Denver Col Burr Mr. Hastings Barnaby Hasting

Supreme Judicial assignments and habeas case in Boston courts

Court list shows equity assignments and petitions for appeal. Albert Stearns seeks habeas relief after default and arrest for poor editors. Trial Justice Marden denied relief. magistrate later amended certificate but refused oath. Appeals to full bench. Leonard for petitioner Barker for creditors.

Albert Stearns Upen Marden Stoughton Benzen E. P F. Leonard H. L. Barker

Court records from Boston Superior Court First Session April 27

The docket lists cases against West End Railroad for a 1890 Cambridge street collision involving a 9 year old alleging back injury and $30,000 damages, plus a father seeking $15,000 for loss of services. Several other cases, including insurance disputes, mortgages, and numerous civil actions, are noted with attorneys and defendants.

W. H. Smith Charles G. Fall M. F. Dickinson, Jr G. D. Braman

Cambridge Superior Court case list and docket notes

Middlesex county court entries include Hammond v Woodworth for $100 damages with a jury out, attorneys Wakefield for plaintiff and Webster for defendant, plus a series of case listings including Cullen Compt v O’Dar ara, Marcy v City of Cambridge, Fannier pro ami, Hawks et al lien, Pingan v Quinn, Ryan v Town of Marlboro, and McCarthy v Wakefield Water Co among others.

Superior Court Middlesex Cambridge Hammond John Woodworth Albert Lapine L. H. Wakefield Prentiss Webster McCormick Cullen Compt O' Darara Marcy City of Riboro Rochis Musgrave Fannier Pro Ami Burroughs Roas Pingan Quinn Ryan Town of Marlboro McCarthy Wakefield Water Co Garvey Hatboro

Probate Court in Essex validates wills and administers estates

Gloucesters April 2 Harmen J. proves wills for George E Lane and Sarah K Pew both of Gloucester. Admin orders grant on estates of George W Bronne Agnes Peterson Charles C Lane and Leon and Walen. Inventories include Sarah Colburn Rockport 738338, Mary Sargent Essex 14469 84, Eliza G Winchester Beverly 235335 12 with 67500 in real estate.

Essex Eliza G. Winchester Beverly

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