Protests Rise Over Lovering Appointment as Banks’s Successor
The Roxbury Post Office dispute mirrors a larger pushback against nominating Mr. Lovering for Massachusetts marshal. Independents and reform Democrats warn the choice risks alienating voters next year while urging the President to consider Pratt or banks’s return. The article also notes Postmaster Conger’s looming replacement and regional political maneuvering in New York and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury
Cleveland and
Hill
New York
Wasmaeron
General Banks
Massachusetts
Lovering
Worcester
Democratic Party
General Collins
Mr. Morse
Mr. Lovering
Collins
Frank J. Pratt
Colonel Russell
Pratt
Internal Revenue District
Fitzgerald
Treasury
Lird
Washington
Conger
Cleveland
Michigan
Arthur
Blaine
Young Conger
Senate Committee
Senate
New England Hospital Fair at Horticultural Hall Opens
A charity fair to aid the New England Hospital for Women and Children is under way at Horticultural Hall. The lower hall hosts a free café with delicacies led by Mrs. Waters and others. upper halls feature numerous tables, autograph and photo displays, a Japanese tea house, and daily paper publication. Notable attractions include a rare autograph collection, a Japanese theme booth, and stage entertainments. The event runs throughout the week and promises to be a major social highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Horticultural Hall
J. A. Waters
Bray
Holden
French
Port Royal Club
Miss Kimball
William G. Preston
William A. Hall
S. J. Howes
First Religious Society
Roxbury
Roland Worthington
Josephine Page
John O. Teele
Elizgabeth Chamberlain
King’s Chapel
H. J. Minot
Cordner
Lyman
Peabody
M. B. Hall
Eva Channing
Laura Norcross
BE. B. Channing
Roxbury Highlands
Mar Finney
Caroline G. Baker
William H. Finney
H. H. Tuttle
R. S. Bradley
Jamaica Plain
A. Davie Weld
D. Shearman
Helen M. Ireson
Edward Newhall
Eugene Barry
Roxbury Centre
M. F. Curtis
Harriet Lemist
H. A. Burr
Marie Hoefendahl
Grace Bradlee
H. 5. Cutler
S. Bliss
H. P. Chandler
Henry DD. Wilmarth
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Parker
William Ellery Channing
Thomas Starr King
Rufus Choate
Joseph Story
Charles Francis Adams
William Li. Prescott
George Bancroft
Bayard Taylor
John Bright
Lord Dufferin
Robert Eel
Charles Reade
William Black
John Ruskin
Burne-Jones
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Christina Rosseti
Jane Porter
Alexandre Dumas
Victor Cousin
Young People’s Society
Church of the Disciples
Cure for coughs and debility via Wilbur’s tonic
Dr. A. K. Wilbur offers a tonic made from cop liver, phosphates of lime soda and iron at 854 Washington street. The preparation is described as 10% pleasant to take yet said to rejuvenate the systems and increase vigor and appetite for overwork and debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Wilbur
Washington Street
A. BR. Wilbor
Washington St
Boston
Station Agent Missing on Saugus Branch
Edward C. Mitchell station agent at Faulkner's on the Saugus branch of the Boston & Maine vanished after leaving the depot at 5 p.m. The 21 year old, who lived with his parents, was to return at 10. A safe was not opened and a witness claimed he took the 6:30 p.m. train to New York. A woman is mentioned in connection with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleven
Cleveland
Hill
Blaine
George
Conant
Maupun
Edward C. Mitchell
Faulkner's
Saugus
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mitchell
Boston Children’s Aid Society
Pinearm
Lowell
Pin Farm
Pine Farm
Foxborough
Boston
Edward Jason
Devonshire Street
Salem Gift Offers Bertram House for Public Library
Salem council hears a donation offer of the late John Bertram residence for a public library if the city raises 25000 as a permanent fund. Income funds purchases books and maintenance. Committee to arrange and draft resolutions of thanks. House value estimated at 20000 to 25000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mary A. Bertram
Jennie M. Collerton
Clara Bertram Kimball
Annie Bertram Webb
John Bertram
Mystery Vitriol Case Deepens In Havenuin
Police believe alibi for Horne may hold as a stranger bought vitriol at G I Sargent's drug store in Bradford the Saturday before the attack. Officers found a gossamer near Lock street head, suspected to be used by the assailant fleeing the scene as Miss Mahan grows weaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havenuin
Horne
G. I. Sargent
Bradford
Lock Street
Miss Mahan
Elks Member Fatally Struck on New Haven Line
At Sprinerizip a freight train crew found John F. Reavy of this city dead on the up track near Warehouse Point. The body, mangled at the waist, suggests he was run over while attempting to pass between cars after attending an Elks meeting in Hartford the previous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprinerizip
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Warehouse Point
John F. Reavy
Reavy
the Elks
Hartford
The Army of the Unemployed in New York
The Daily News estimates about 50 000 skilled workers and 100 000 total people willing to work in New York City. Burgers raided several stores in Pawtucket Sunday night stealing goods worth an unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army OF
New York
The
Daily News
Burgers
White, Fuller & Co
James Steele
Mooney Bros
Patrick Duf
Pawtucket
R. J
Completing Tickets The Aldermanic Contests Ward 24
The Cambridge campaign nears its close as the Democratic city convention shapes lines. Republicans of Ward 4 nominate William Power Wilson. Major Grady to oppose Gove in Ward 1. ex Senator Jenkins to run against Alderman Carroll. Democrats to finish aldermanic ticket tonight. Republicans settle Ward 24 fight tomorrow. council nominations set to follow. Voters review field ahead of ballots next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Power Wilson
Pp. J. Grady
Jesse M. Gove
Jenkins
Carroll
Common Council
Board of Aldermen Debates City Finances and Ballot Rules
The regular meeting covered city finances with treasurer and auditor reports showing balances and expenditures. Aldermen tabled a ballot regulation order and discussed transfers, detention house use, drill hall funding, ward maps, land taking for Beacon street, and street paving projects in Florence and Dorchester streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Rodney McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Ailen
Carroll
Standing Committee On
White Buildings
East Street
Police Department
Superintendent of Public Buildings
East Boston
Beacon Street
Sullivan
Quincy Market
Committee On Public Buildings
Florence Street
Ashland Street
The
Baptist Church
Congress Street
Sea Wall
Atlantic Avenue
Dorchester Street
Dorchester Avenue
Wighth Street
Czar and Nihilist Lecture Explores Russian Repression
Mr George M Towle delivered a lecture on Czar and Nihilist noting Alexander II reforms and assassination. He described Nihilism as a secret network spanning aristocracy ministers and officials with women funding and hosting meetings. The talk covered Moscow dispatch and the autocratic rule of Alexander III with a future comparative view lecture planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Towle
Sleeper Hall
Alexander II
Russia
Jowle
Secret Police
Moscow
Alexander III
Europe
United States
Democrats and the School Board Ticket Formed
A Democratic sub committee completed a candidate list for the school board at Washington street headquarters. The ticket includes Edward C. Carrigan Russel D. Elliott Francis A. Walker Joseph D. Fallon John G. Blake George R. Swasey Samuel Elliott and Mrs. Emily A. Fifield. The lineup aligns closely with the Republican slate with Walker and Samuel Elliott omitted by GOP reasons and Carrigan replacing Dr. A Gaston Roeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Committee
Washington Street
Edward C. Carrigan
Russel D. Elliott
Francis A. Walker
Joseph D. Fallon
John G. Blake
George R. Swasey
Samuel Elliott
Emily A. Fifield
Ward Twenty Four Anti-Saloon Caucus Ticket Circulated
Dorchester Ward 24 Republicans plan a caucus to back an anti-saloon slate for aldermen and common council seats led by ex Senator John Conness. Nominees include Light Dudley Bicknell for the council and a broad ticket of names from Walter Hayes to J. Homer Pierce as committed to clean government over saloons and ring rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Dorchester
John Conness
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Robert W. Light
L. Edwin Dudley
Thomas W. Bicknell
Walter
City Hall
Boston
Ward 24
Oran
Franklin King
P. Fay
Jonathan Dorr
Edward B. Kimball
T. C. Evans
Willard O. Ruggles
Henry F. Howe
Fred J. Stark
James
James 8. Conani, 8, V. Holbrook, John P. May, Walter L. Rayes
Frank Wood
Thomas A. Fox
W. Channing Clapp
J. Henry Blanchard
William B. Bird
Henry B. Blackwell
Christopher R. Eliot
J. Homer Pierce
James H. Stark
Samuel Ay, Jr
Frank E. Brigham
Asaph Churchill
John Reynolds
Charles F. Bush
Wind-up in Cambridge rallies for mayoral race
Cambridge municipal campaign closed with rallies for both candidates Champlin and Russell. Champlin spoke at Cedar Hall Ward 5 and Harugari Hall Ward 3 while Russell canvassed Ward 5 wardroom and St Pauls Church Cambridgeport, including a mass meeting of the colored voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Champlin
Cedar Hall
Harugari Hall
Russell
Ward
St. Paul’s Chureh
Cambridgeport
Ex Mayor Parsons Resumes Bid In Tight Guioverster Race
Ex mayor Parsons consents to run again for mayor and declares ballots will be at the polls tomorrow morning. His return shocks both parties as three candidates contend in a likely close race with supporters confident of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guioverster
Mass
Parsons
Corey Hill Toboggan Club Expands At Brookline Grounds
The Corey Mill Toboggan Club grows to 350 members and improves Winchester Street facilities in Brookline. A new two story building adds reception and storage, electric lighting, and four arc lights. Chutes are lengthened and numbering ordered to reduce confusion. The club will open formally when snow arrives and host carnival nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corey Mill Toboggan Club
Winchester Street
Brookline
Corey Hill Club
Corey Hill Snowshoe Club
Toboggan Club
Snowshoe Club
A. D. Peck, Jr
Funeral of Harry E. Burbeck at Charlestown Universalist Church
The funeral for Herald journalist Harry E. Burbeck was held yesterday at the Universalist Church in Charlestown with prayers at his Cedar Street home. Rev. Charlies Foden Lee led services and tributes included a commission book design from the Herald and a crescent with stars from the Boston Press Club. Pallbearers included city editor Charles B. Danforth and others from the Herald, the Boston Press Club, Engine 27, local fire protection, Charlestown High School, and the family lot interment followed at Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Burbeck
The
Herald
Universalist
Charlestown
No. 11
Cedar Street
Charlies Foden Lee
Boston Press Club
George EF. Titus
D., Webster Brown
Protective Sy Cob
Boston Fire Department
J. Hurd Brown
George Gardner
Charlestown High School
Reading
Cambridge Officials Deny Thief Gang At Spruce Street
City officials led by Mayor Russell and Chief of Police visit No. 93 Spruce Street North Cambridge and declare the prior report about a gang known as The White Wings false. The letter dated December 5 1887 states no trap doors masks or signs of improper use exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce Street
North
Cambridge
White Wings
Russell
Elief
Police of
West Cambridge Associates
Herald
William E. Russell
Loruxor J. Cloves
Chiet
Police
Massachusetts charity society hosts quarterly meeting at Parker House
The Massachusetts Charitable Society held its quarterly meeting and dinner at the Parker House last evening. Guests included Miss Aus der Ohe and sister of New York, Josiah H. Drummond a Portland, Maine lawyer, Mrs. Scott-Siddona at Tremont House, and others noted at nearby hotels. The Winthrop Club and Master Painters' Association met at Young's, Rosicrucian Society gathered there, with C. B. Gafney and Mrs. Gafney of Rochester plus Colonel T. P. Cheney among attendees at the Quincy. The United Associates dined at the United States Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Charitable Society
Parker House
Aus der Ohe
New York
Josiah H. Drummond
Portland
Scott-Siddona
Tremont House
Winthrop Club
Master Painters’ Association
Young’s
Rosicrucian Society
C. B. Gafney
Last No-License Rally Hits Cambridge Venues
The final no-license campaign rally in Cambridge was led by Hon. H. C. Houghton at Union Hall with Mrs. Emily McLaughlin General John B. Swift and others. An overflow meeting occurred in Temple Hall and Institute Hall hosted further addresses by Rev Father Scullay General Swift Professor Peabody and J. J. Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Union Hall
H. C. Houghton
Temple Hall
Emily McLaughlin
John BE. Swift
James P. Murphy
C. W. Kingsley
Dunn
Lexinton
Institute Hall
East Cambridge
Father Scullay
Swift
Peabody
J. J. Meyers
Rev Canon Brock to visit Boston for centenary fund drive
The Rev Canon Brock D D formerly of Oxford and president of King's College University Windsor Nova Scotia will spend December 6 to 13 in Boston aiding maritime provinces fund raising for a June centenary. He will be at home Tuesday evening December 6 at 429 Beacon Street for scholars and education patrons to receive calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Brock
Oxford
British Empire
King’s College University
Windsor
Boston
Maritime
Friends of Education
Portiere sale among holiday inducements at H. Pray and Co.
A neat and durable portiere is offered at 500 dollars a pair as a holiday inducement by H Pray Sons and Co located at 660 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Pray, Sons & Co
Washington Sireck
Court Records Skim Through December Term Docket
The First Session lists cases in tort contract and bastardy law from Annie Stagdale vs William Baker to Mary 5 A Colburn vs New England Mutual Aid Society. Notable matters include a $10,000 injury claim from a surgical operation at Women’s Free Hospital Springfield and a $5,000 life policy dispute with falsified age. Trial status and counsel are recorded for several docket entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blovgett. J
Annie B. Stagdale
William H. Baker
Women’s Free Hospital
Springfield
Edward Avery
W. H. Towne
R. M. Morse, Jr
Stogdale
Baker
Tenney
Welch
Conlon
Cavanagh
Shaw
Dizer
Keileher
Barnard
Cutting
Daigneau
Lord
Proctor
Gilver
Boston
Burns
Same
Chandler
de Silva
Pitman
Johnson
Hayes
Donnelly
Gattley
Cushman
Lockhart
Kern
Mumford
Boston Ice
Merrinew
Carty
Blouman
Raphael
McLean
Doe
Loso
Pushee
Russell
Wilson
Puilman
Downs
Campbell
Littlejohn
Fitchby
Vozel
Banger
Morse
Osgood
C. G. Keyes
C. A. Mackintosh
Mary
A. Colburn
New England Mutual Aid Society
John Colburn
Thomas H
Arthur C. Russell
F. D. Ely
Contested Divorce Decree Granted in Nealey v Netley
Supreme Judicial Court in Essex County grants a decree in the divorce case of Cora Ella Nealey versus Robert Netley. The court finds no violence but notes fear caused by language on a couple of occasions. The child stays with the father. no alimony awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Ella Nealey
Robert Netley
Msi
Nealey
City Notes and Local Meetings Report
John Mullen of 236 I street South Boston was run over and seriously hurt at Tremont and Winter streets. Carpenters Union No 383 met to nominate officers for the year. election next Monday at 55 Franklin street. Union donated 60 to the Woman's Industrial Home of Ruston. Bylaws due January first. Pioneer Cooperative Bank met. 8000 dollars sold at remunerative rates. Special Officer Cogan recovered 300 dollars worth of silverware stolen from Sidney Boardman’s Fall River residence. burglars Brannagan and Flynn captured earlier for another break in Taunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mullen
I Street
Boston
Tremont
Winter Streets
Carpenters’ Union No
Dexter Hall
Franklin Street
Ruston
Pioneer Cooperative Bank
Stomfield Street
Cogan
Station 1
Sidney Boardman
Fall River
Brannagan
Flynn
Frederick Mason
Taunton
Ancient Hebrew Art and Conscience Talk Highlight Selections
Mr M L Keliner spoke on Ancient Hebrew Art at the Semitic Seminary. J B Fletcher addressed The Conscience to Philosophical Club, age 87. About twenty men train for varsity crew including two from last year. Horace B Scudder to discuss Ben Franklin funds, now $250000, at Historical Society. Pierian Sodality Banjo and Glee Club plan Sanders Theatre concert on the 19th with dancing in Memorial Hall afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Keliner
Semitic Seminary
Philosophical Club
J. B. Fletcher
Horace B. Scudder
The
Historical Society
Benes Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
Pierian Sodality
Banjo Club
Glee Club
Sanders Theatre
Memorial Hall
Congregational Sunday School Superintendents Unite in Berkeley Street Meeting
Last evening the Congre gational Sunday School Superintendents Union held a large attendance meeting at the Berkeley Street Church. Officers were named including President Charles Wyman of Cambridge and Secretary E B Hooper. New members from Worcester Boston West Medford Stoneham were elected, and short addresses on the superintendent’s view from pastors' perspectives were given by several clergymen before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Sunday School Superintendents’ Union
Berkeley Street
Charles &. Wyman
Cambridge
J. G. Pollard
E. B. Hooper
Samuel Usher
W. A. Paine
Learoyd
D. E. Curtis
Hathaway
S. W. Baldwin
Chelsea
P. B. Davis
Hyde Park
Ellis Mendell
Norwood
A. P. Foster
D.D
Roxbury
A. H. Quint
Boston
Fisk Jubilee Singers Headline Star Course
The Fisk jubilee singers were the attraction offered by the Star course last evening, presenting an excellent programme of negro melodies. Before the concert, George A. Foxcroft noted the death of Mr. T. P. Ryder, longtime organist, and announced no music would be played in his memory. Ryder's brother will provide music for the remainder of the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisk Jubilee Singers
George A. Foxcroft
T. P. Ryder
Foxcroft
Ryder
Confession Reveals Bailey's Maine Recruit Tale Unearthed
Charles Bailey, the boy found wandering and taken to Chardon Street Home, admits his story of being sent from Maine with 30 cents by a farmer was invented for sympathy. He had been sent to Henry Brown in Chesterville, Maine, from the Little Wanderers' Home, and after a barn fire nearby he returned to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bailey
Chardon Street
Maine
Bailey
Henry Brown
Chesterville
Little Wanderers
Brown
Jail Escape From South Boston House Of Correction
John Smith a prisoner at the South Boston house of correction escaped yesterday morning. He was serving a sentence of one bed with about three months to serve. He is 27 years old, 6 feet 7 inches tall, dark complexion, 130 pounds, and wore the prison uniform at the time of escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Charles Smith
House of Correction
Boston
Smith
Holiday Goods at Ives Bellamy & Co Store
The Washington street shop of Ives Bellamy & Co. displays holiday goods with a fresh shipment of feather fans in the Louis Quinze and ostrich designs. Prices are described as remarkably low, making the store a pleasant visit for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Ives, Bellamy & Co
Washington Street
Dickens Pickwick Papers Cheapest in Book Line
G W Simmons & Co offers Dickens Pickwick Papers at five cents per copy with 206 pages and 20 illustrations. The dealer discounts 20 percent on orders of 100 copies from the stated price at 32 North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
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Vilas
Interior Department
Bario
Maguire
Thomas Riley
Postmaster Corse
Williams
General Corse
White House
New England Hospital
Salem’s
Bertram
the Board OF Aldermen
Czar
Nihilist
Jacob Sleeper
George Makepeace Towle
Union Pacific Railroad
Alfred Payne
John C. Coombs
Nath A. Walker
J. B. Richardson
Hunt
Cartwright
Coggswell
Tivnin
Green
Taber
Parker
Barrar Ve. Sania
Piper
Knights
Boge Dery
Gilbert
Murphy
Mahoney
Cleverly
Moseley
Converse
Met
Wise
Tatro
Goldberg
Pinaski
Dean
Boardman
Haskell
Corey Hill Toboggan Club
Brock
Wm. C. Winslow
Alace
Rg vi
Sanborn
Colburn
Coyle
Pitchburg
Spratt
Mooney
Cuanse
Crowe
Rollins
Faxon
Sibley
Burke
Frothingham
Wadleigh
Pinkham
Washburn
Menddlery
Coghill
Old Colony RR
Slavens
Mason
Tual Aid Society
Lint
Barry
Higgins
Tower
Fiske
Gould
Pep
N. Bk
Rex
Mahan
Bowdoin Sq. Baptist Society
Bank of Clinton
Cutler
McGilenen
Geyer
Amerige
Hussey
Walde
Watson
McGillicuddy
Cobb
Cooke
Moses
Amuay
McLeod
Jackstone Nail Bank
Lamprey
Benjamin F. Bates
Old Colony Railroad Company
South Framingham
Fitchburg
Gates Crossing
Leominster
J. H. Bentor, Jr
Sarah Bray
George Hunt
Supreme Judicial Court
Essex County
Ec. O
C. Allen, J
Harvard
Ata
Kentucky
Tremont ST
Holwes Furniture CD
Ron
Grorce S. Hale
Edward Jackson
H. D. Chapin
Charles W. Scudder
Ragpert Treat Painee
Duartes W. Hubbard
Heren Paine
Geo
M. Barnard
Annie L. Rotch
William C. Loring
D. D. Suave
H. A. Lams
Theophilus Parsons
Rich
John D. & M. Williams
State Street
American Allotment Association
Vanornum & Southwick
Kremont Street
Room Li
John P. Leary
Main Street
Masses
Paris
J. Baker & CO
Thomas
Daniel J. Horne
J. Rollins
Hoosac Tunnel Dock
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