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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1887

Page

5

Legislators Tour Cape Cod Canal Visit to Dredge and Casino

The Massachusetts Legislature, 280 members, rode 10:40 trains from Sandwich down the Old Colony to view the Cape Cod canal. Governor Ames led in the Puritan parlor car, with the group touring Town Neck, crossing the canal aboard the dredge, dining at the Casino, and hearing speeches by Speaker Noyes, Congressman Collins, and others. The visit ended with bands, speeches, and a festive return to Boston amid sunshine after rain.

Massachusetts Sandwich Old Colony Cape Cod Canal Russell Oliver Ames Bristol Plymouth Middleboro General Dodge Thomas Rutter H. S. Fairbanks New York William H. Ames Taft Palmer Warden Waltham Lockwood Hallett Nantucket Newhall Ames Michael Buckley Glass Works Harvey Blunt E. C. Carrigan Noyes Commonwealth Collins Beard Frank D. Allen Governor's Council Clark Canal Company Senator Newhall Dodge Beverly Taft, Spellman and Gile Faulkner Comany Carrigan Stephen O’meara Boston Press Club Cape Cod Ganakanan F. Butler Boston

Schiller Recital Opens at Chickering Hall with Mixed Praise

Mme Madeline Schiller gave the first of three piano recitals in Chickering Hall yesterday. The program featured works by Kullak Liszt Chopin Schumann and Beethoven. Critics praised technique and forceful expression while noting occasional coldness and lacked sympathetic feeling. The second recital is slated for next Monday with a program including Beethoven op 110 and pieces by Mendelssohn Brassin Saint Saens and Chopin.

Schiller Chickering Hall Mme Madeline Schiller Kullak Liszt Chopin Schumann Beethoven Sonata Lubeck Goddard Nendelssohn Brasin

Mayo Thorndike Concert at Chickering Hall

Arthur D Mayo pianist and Edward Thorndike baritone gave a strong Chickering Hall concert drawing a good audience. Mayo performed Ryfield’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor op 72 Schumann Papillons op 2 Mendelssohn Hebrides variations and concerto No 2 in D minor op 40 Thorndike sang Pergolesi Verdi Schlesinger Schubert Fesch and Dessauer. Applause was frequent and the evening gave much pleasure.

Mayo-Thorndike Arthur D. Mayo Edward Thorndike Chickering Hall Mr. Mayo Ryaff Schumann Hebrides Mendelssohn

Two Months In Jail In Fraud Case Against Ross Couple

Charles R Ross was sentenced to two months in the common jail after pleading in Municipal Court with Hannah V Ross in a fraudulent spiritualist séance case. Judge Parmenter allowed the case to proceed on present pleadings and noted the wife’s presumed coercion under coverture. The man appealed, posting $800 bond for Superior Court review.

Charles R. Ross Hannah V. Ross Ross

Injunction Denied Over Banner Outside Lynn Factory

Chief Justice Morton of the Salem Supreme Judicial Court yesterday heard P P Sherry of Lynn seek a temporary injunction against the Lasters Protective Union restraining a banner in front of his shop. The court, finding doubts about equity jurisdiction and lack of clear case for a preliminary injunction, dismissed the temporary relief and ordered a hearing in Boston for a permanent injunction.

Morton Supreme Judicial Court Salem P. P. Sherry Lynn Lasters’ Protective Union Henry F. Hurlpurt Sherry General Butler John R. Baldwin Hurlburt Lasters’ Union Leach Butler Boston Equity

Legislature of 1856 Holds Second Reunion in Boston

The 1856 legislature held its second reunion and dinner at the Quincy House with Ex-Governor Gardner presiding and thirty-one members present. The event honored the late Rev. Andrew Pollard of Taunton and featured speeches by Rawson, Kendrick, Peabody, Dawley, Bates, Fisher, Warren, Lewis, and Bayton, with regrets sent by many unable to attend due to age or illness.

Quincey House Gardner Osmond Brewster Boston Andrew Pollard Taunton Chandler R. Rawson John Kendrick Orleans Josiah G. Peabody Lowell J. E. Dawley Fall River Amos Bates Plymouth Jabez Fisher Fitchburg George W. Warren Suffolk Abiei Lewis Franklin John Bayton Fall J. W. Parker Groton John C. West Pittsfield Henry N. Case Springfield J. E. Morrill R. H. Belden Hartford J. C. Mudge Petersham F. Hard Dean Coleraine George FR. Russell Worcester Israel W. Anderson Danvers Charles H. Nye Sandwich William Reed

Butler Denies Dining With Endicott in Washington

Mr. Sigourney Butler was found in his office discussing matters with Josiah Quincy and denied that he dined with Secretary Endicott. He said the morning Post paragraph about the two was unfair and that his appointment was an honor to serve the duties of a vacant office. Welcker or Chamberlain in Washington may welcome his regular lunches at their restaurant.

Sigourney Butler Josiah Quincy Butler Washington Endicott Welcker Chamberlain Restaurateurs

Bargains In Carpets Arrive As Hartley Visits Smyrna

Mr Henry A Hartley the well known carpet man has arrived in Smyrna selecting a choice line of Oriental rugs and carpets. The firm is offering decided bargains in fine carpets rugs and draperies to make room for new stock.

Henry A. Hartley Smyrna

Rembrandt Etchings Exhibition A Historic Complete Show

A major Rembrandt etchings exhibition presents the most complete U S showing to date with 319 originals and numerous related works. Curated by S S Koehler, the collection draws on Henry F. Sewall and Gray holdings with loans from Hart Hooper Koehler and others. The display follows Vosmer for chronological order and includes a substantial catalogue aiding serious study.

Burlington Fine Arts Club London Vosmer Rembrandt Danaé Jupiter Francis Brooks Boston Atheneum Koehler Vosmier

Notable Gallery of Noyes Cobb & Co Sees 100 Paintings

An exhibition at Noyes Cobb & Co features over 100 paintings by seventy nine artists from European schools and American masters. Notable works include Karlovszky Russian Officer Shooting House Thieves Michel landscape E L Weeks Oriental scenes Coomans Pompeian life Diaz landscape and Detaille Company of Cuirassiers. The show runs through next week with auctions slated for Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.

Noyes, Cobb & Co Michel Verboeckhoven Kowalski Karlovezky Grolleron Epp Diaz Detaille Coomans Beraud Pinchart Robbe Richet Berne-Beliecour Chilminski Monticelli Piot Roosenboom Schreyer Trouillebert Henry Bacon Scott Leighton E. L. Weeks W. E. Norton J. Appleton Brown J. R. Burleigh Emil Carlson W. M. Chase W. McEwen C. W. Eaton L. D. Eldrea C. W. Stetson Karlovszky Russia

Dunsmore’s London collection shows marked progress abroad

In A A Childs gallery a compact set of eleven John Ward Dunsmore paintings is highlighted. Now based in London, he enjoys popularity, showing at exhibitions and selling well. Works emphasize sixteenth century themes, vivid color, and narrative storytelling, including the large All is Fair in Love and War with a posing young lady and clock scene.

A. A. Childs John Ward Dunsmore Dunsmore Boston London

Prizes at American Art Galleries Third Fund Exhibition

Edward Gay wins 2000 for Broad Acres and Charles H. Davis of Boston 2000 for Late Afternoon. The first prize goes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the second to the Union League Club. Louis Mason to move into Dartmouth street studio next week. Hassam admitted to Paris Salon with a Paris street scene. Barbedienne bronze Borghese Gladiator likely to go to Metropolitan Museum of Art. purchase funds nearly secured.

Edward Gay Charles H. Davis Boston Metropolitan Museum of Art Unioneague Club Louis Mason Dartmouth Street F. Childe Hassam Paris New York

Boston Theatres Showwave of Matinee and Evening Plays

Amusements section lists Patti in Traviata at Boston Theatre with 2 pm matinee and 8 pm showings. The Octoroon plays at 8. Hollis Street Theatre features the Dalys in Vacation with 2 pm and 8 pm. Mansfield stars in A Parisian Romance at the Museum with 2 pm and 8 pm. Globe Theatre presents Ruddigore with 2 pm and 7 45 pm. Park Theatre hosts Janauschek as Meg Merrilies with 2 pm and 8 pm. Howard Athenaeum stages Planter's Wife at 2 and 8. Theatree presents A Cold Day daily at 2.

Boston Mme, Patti the Octoroon Hollis Street Dalys Boston Museum Richard Mansfield Ulobe Theatre Park Theatre Janauschek Meg Merrilies Howard Athenaum Planter

Auctions and sales lineup for Monday sessions

Today sales include jewelry at 10 a.m. by George Ef. Hall and stocks at 11:30 a.m. by R. L. Day & Co. Real estate and building lots go on at 1 p.m. Atwood & Weld present. Fruit sale by Horatio Harris at noon. Monday features rare autographs with Charles F. Libbie & Co. at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

George Ef. Hall R. L. Day & Co Francis Henshaw & Co Atwood & Weld Horatio Harris Charles F. Libbie & Co

Marriages Prompted in New England Articles

Marriages listed include Charles Sumner Cortland of Dover New Hampshire to Julia Hilliard Wallingford of Wellesley at Wellesley Hills on April 27. Also Charles A Locke of Cambridge wed Florence M Dyer of Boston in Cambridge on April 28. Edwin E Whitehouse wed Lillie P du Alister on April 27 in a ceremony led by Rev B H Winkley.

B. H. Winkley Edwin E. Whitehouse Lillie P. du Alister

Deaths in Ipswich and nearby areas names ages and dates

Death notices list multiple individuals with locations Ipswich Newton Chelsea Brookline and Washington. Entries include Mary Lynde Brown April 27. Henry Claflin April 29 age unknown. Jane M Coffin April 26. James E Dee April 26 age 29 years 11 months. Margaret Hawkes April 25 widow age 68. Mary Kane April 26 age 35. Robert Caldwell MacKay April 29 in 87nd year. Mary Maynard April 28 at 128 Pembroke Street. Avery Plumer April 27 age 73. Lucy Jackson White April 26 age 68. Ellen Moseley Wood April 29 age 46. Funeral notice: Avery Plumer from Old South Church April 30 at noon.

Brown Ipswich Mary Lynde Newton Henry Claflin Los Angeles Cal Jane M. Coffin J. S. Coffin Malden Dee Brookline James E. Dee Chelsea Thomas Green Hawkes Margaret Michael Hawkes Kane Mary Henry Kane MacKay Robert Caldwell MacKay A Maynard Pembroke Street Azor Maynard Plumer Avery Plumer Old South Church White Washington, D.C Lucy Jackson William A. White Woodd Ellen Moseley William B. Wood Lyman Nichols

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