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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1889
Page
8
Boston lawyers debate amending the 1890 statute that allows jail for witnesses unable to post bail. Critics say it harms innocent families while ensuring appearance, noting few cases of hardship. judges report rare detentions and lenient magistrates.
Waltham December 29 A new Waltham Young Men's Christian Union was organized this afternoon in Endicott Hall with 145 members. Officers include Ephraim Stearns president and T H Armstrong vice president. The group aims to recruit beyond existing evangelical church associations and secure a permanent secretary.
A Post visit to Suffolk Nor folk and Essex sheriffs reveals how many witnesses linger in jails for want of bonds. Examples include Hannah White held 30 days before bail and George Isles detained as a witness in a Somerville larceny case. Amato and Cocchiara remain jailed in Dedham for lack of bonds. Herrick reports no long detentions in Lawrence.
Prominent lawyers including Oliver Stevens and P H Cooney discuss whether the bail detention law for witnesses should be modified. Chief Justice Parmenter suggests judiciary review. ex governor Long cites risk to testimony. Stullman Allen and Boardman urge limiting imprisonment of witnesses and ensuring availability.
Old stockholder defends Mr Lamson who created the Lamson ball system and cash and bundle wire mailing systems. He recounts Lamson's rise from a five cent store in Lowell in 1879 to a $4,000,000 corporation and says Lamson earned steady dividends while managing finances and innovations.
The Cambridge varnish maker Lysander F. Babcock died and his funeral was held from 727 Main Street with Rev. George W. Briggs officiating. Ruggles Street Quartet sang and Masons sent floral tributes as delegates attended. Burial at Mt. Auburn followed. The veteran printer William A. Holland likewise had services at St Marys Church Cambridgeport led by Rev. William Dwyer. Floral tributes came from Alfred Mudge & Son and the Herald compositors. Charles Beck Post sent a delegation and pallbearers are named. Remains taken to Malden for burial.
At 9 30 yesterday morning Sarah Hagley aged forty eight married of 171 Vernon Street attempted death by her own hand by cutting her throat with a table knife. She was in destitute circumstances.
The 1 o'clock Shoreline New York train gains a longer morning window for business travel and a leisurely dinner en route. The train is now due to arrive at 30 p.m., with passengers assured a comfortable dining experience during the journey.
Professor G Frederick Wright spoke on The Nampa Toy at Park Street Church after Sunday services. He traced North American geology and described the Nampa image found 320 feet underground near the Snake River lava beds, suggesting an ancient civilized race and linking it to Biblical creation ideas. A facsimile toy, modeled by Wright and associates, was shown. it depicts a fragile one and a half inch clay figure of a woman, partly finished and missing one leg.
At St. Paul's Church yesterday morning the rector Rev Dr Lindsay preached from Luke II 20. The boy choir directed by Warren A Locke sang Adeste Fideles Hark the Herald Angels Sing and In the Beginning during the service.
The Rev O P Gifford preached his farewell sermon on Temple Building at Warren Avenue Baptist Church last evening. He succeeded Rev George C Pentecost and reflected on a long, successful pastorate and offered touching remarks to parishioners.
The King's Chapel Sunday School held a 3 o'clock carol service. Rev. A. M. Lord read scriptures as children sang Hail to the Lord's Anointed and celebrated the holiday together.
Christmas Day services at the New Old South featured music described as especially fine. Rev. Dr. Gordon, pastor, delivered a sermon from Peter i 24 focusing on the line All flesh is grass, concluding with a comparison of Christ life and the resurrection to grass’s reproduction.
A special Advent service at the Church of the First Religious Society featured Dr B E Hale Rev Howard N Brown Walter Blanchard and Rev James De Normandie with responsive readings hymns sung by the choir and festive cards distributed. The evening program included Te Deum and a discussion on Hymns of the Latin Church and sacred music history.
A large Ruggles Street Church gathering anticipated a Christmas service but the pastor chose differently. The service featured scriptural reading and hymns by a male-voice quartet as Rev. W. T. Chase spoke on Job. The opening of a new industrial school in the vestry was announced for next Sunday at 10 o clock with ladies invited as teachers.
A special Christmas service at Second Church in Copley Square featured festive decorations and a music program led by organist and soloists. The Rev. E A Horton preached a short sermon from Romans 8:17 about joint heirs in Christ.
At the Boston Young Men's Christian Union Mrs. Mary A. Livermore delivered an address titled Show Us the Father and It Sufficeth Us. She argued true concept of God as Father comes from divine grace and moral life, citing biblical examples and her own observations of kindness and chastisement.
A special Christmas service by Mr. N. W. Gilchrist was sung at the Church of the New Jerusalem Roxbury yesterday afternoon. The Sunday school joined the choral union with solos by Master Kenyon and others. Rev J. K. Smyth spoke to children and Mr. J. K. Phelps directed and played organ. Next Sunday at 10 the church marks the fifteenth anniversary of the dedication.
Christmas and New Year observances filled Episcopal churches and others with festive programs. Innocents Eve at Christ Church featured a decorated vestry and a children’s gift tree. Shawmut Congregational School sang carols under Pastor Grittis. Commonwealth Avenue Baptist hosted a Sabbath school carol service with Harvard Street and Industrial School children. Bowdoin Square Tabernacle offered old time hymns and choir prep. Charles Street A M E held a Christmas tree with songs and recitations enjoyed by the youngsters.
A crowded Music Hall audience heard Rev. Emory J. Haynes praise the Italian statesman Count Cavour describing him as virtuous and unifying Italy. The talk contrasted Cavour with Rome’s church policies and noted his death in 1861. Next Sunday the Committee of One Hundred will sponsor the event.
Officer Alger responding to a pilot shot on Appleton street found Albert Mozorez in No 75. Mozorez, armed with a bull dog pistol and a second large weapon, battled the officer before being subdued and taken to the station then to the Tombs for safe keeping.
R T O Neil aged fifty five without a home died yesterday at the Economy lodging house on Beach street. A doctor pronounced the death from natural causes.
A stray dog was burned to death when an electric light wire fell before building No 729 Washington Street at 6 30 last evening and charged an iron column with electric fluid.
The Thompson and Baker Coal Company at No 26 Congress Street reports a new cargo of genuine English cannel coal, praised for longer burn, brighter flame, and less dirt than other fuels.
A flurry of local meetings and talks is listed for January including the New England Women's Press Association at Parker House January 1 at 4 PM and the Boston Society of Natural History on January 1 discussing Climatic Conditions of the Glacial Period. The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Good Citizenship meets at Old South Meeting House at 3 30 PM. Arthur May Mowry speaks on Calvin's Influence on the New England Town. The Boston Light Artillery Association meets January 8 at 8 PM at American House. Historic Genealogical Society gathers January 1 at 3 30 PM at 18 Somerset Street where Abner C Goodell Jr delivers his fourth annual address. Mrs Bernard Whitman lectures on Columbia and Bogota at Parker Memorial Hall with stereoscopic views. The Rev C A Dickinson of Berkeley Temple addresses the Ministerial Union at Channing Hall December 30 at 1 30 PM on The Church and the Average Man. Clergy of all denominations invited. The Star Course features Miss Chamberlin the whistler Mrs Eldridge Southwick and the Ariel Ladies Quartet tonight. Stephen O Meara lectures on Some Peculiarities of Modern Journalism to the Young Men's Christian Union and guests on Tuesday evening next.
Announcement for first public performance by the Boston Singers Society in Music Hall on Monday evening Jan 6. Tickets are 25 and 60 cents to allow general public attendance, with the choir under Mr Osgood repeating a program from last Friday.
After weeks of toil, rescuers abandon the hunt for the two missing firemen from Thanksgiving Day. No remains identified yet. final body from the ruins awaits an unnamed grave. Relatives Mrs Murnan, Mrs Laker and Mr Brooks witnessed the last efforts.
A long list of names associated with hotels and sponsors appears, naming guests and their home cities such as Adams George A Fanshaw of Saratoga Springs and others from Buffalo Worcester Philadelphia Portland Chicago and more, tied to hospitality houses like Vendome Tremont and Revere.
John B. Mason of the Boston Museum Company is seriously ill with acute bronchitis and la grippe but shows improvement and will remain confined to his rooms for a few days. He cannot perform Wilfred Barrington in Burnett's Phyllis tonight. the role goes to his understudy as friends visit and wish him well.
At the annual meeting last Saturday, reports showed the club thriving in membership and finances. Officers chosen include President Francis A. Walker, Vice Presidents Francis Parkman and Francis A. Osborn, Treasurer Edwin A Wyeth, Secretary John Templeman Coolidge 3d, with an executive committee and elections committee named along with the slate of members.
A telephone wire crossed the trolley wire on Portland street causing excitement on Saturday afternoon. Two horses hitched to a horse car were knocked down while sparks flew. Passengers moved to safety as a lineman was sent to untangle the wire, done without major damage. The horses suffered no injuries.
Edward P. Walker, driven by temporary insanity, stabbed himself then leapt from a fourth story window Saturday. Connected with C. F. Hovey & Co for 34 years in the dress goods department, he was highly esteemed by the firm and friends. He leaves a widow.
Deerfoot Farm offers dairy fed pork in sausage, salt pork, and lard, packaged for family use and delivered fresh daily. Beware of imitations.
December hearing on a tax for 1886 totaling 11116 28 disputed by Western Union Telegraph Company. The state asserts value based assessment tied to line length. Western Union contends method and amount are invalid though admits tax liability. Attorneys Swayne Hale for defendant Bliss for Commonwealth.
United States District Court decides on a libel to recover seventeen days demurrage at nine dollars per day for the schooner City of Ellsworth, which brought coal to a harbor berth with no demurrage clause in the bill of lading. The vessel waited for a berth, then spent about two days unloading. decision reserved.
The Supreme Judicial Court announces no assignments in equity this week as judges consult on matters previously agreed. Today will be the last day of the present sitting in equity of Mr Justice Holmes, with unfinished business to be disposed of by day’s end.
Suffolk probate list shows numerous petitions for probate of wills and administrations. Names include Slies Y Joulmin Winifred White Lucy Adams Burgess P Allen Anne Atherton Elvin G Brown Campbell Henry Carberry Samuel Clark Henry F Clinton Elizabeth Colson Daniel Dearborn Susan Elizabeth Dorr Charles Emmons Jacob Foster John Fulton James Gafiney Catherine A Richard James Jarvis Daniel Kelly Andney Libby Bridget McDermott Clementina Minot Edward Morley Venna Morley Honora Moylan Vashti Palmer Hattie Pierce Margaret Nas Charis Reed Robert Ripley Adam Schlegel Lucian Skinner William de Stanton Susan Swett Augusta Thayer James Molloy Ellen Connelly multiple executor and trustee accounts listed.
Curtis Evy Jules Alexander and Frank Le Prince were charged with destroying provisions worth about $100 in the Hotel Victoria kitchen. They were ordered to recognize 300 each for January term appearance at the Superior Court. Edward Minton charged with robbery.
A fragmented catalog of case numbers and claimant names including Fairfield Bunten Chisholm Wilenutt Hooker Cris Jones Doherty Simonds Bufington Gleason Aldrich Brigham Danghan Turner Waite Higgins Hawthorne Sparrow Sellon Howe Ware Advertiser Newspaper Co Tay Jenkins Cobb Hayward Silverstone Noves Abraham Booth Employers Liability Corporation Seain Machine Co Stuart Webb Robinson Hall Clarke Ulmer Coles Dimock Brothers E worth Brennan Chase Ray Benton Hathorne.
Salem Dec 29. Judge Sherman notes Monday hearings across docket items 5688 Averill v Chadwick 5684 Southwick v Kinnery 5364 Reando et al v Spence 5436 Russell v City 5487 Judkins v same 438 Proctor v Bradley 5527 Donahue v Damon 5544 Williams v Lynn Boston RR Co 5545 Chapman v Jackson et al 5047 Hastings et al Myers 5349 Pringle v Morris 5431 Law v Hilliard 5433 Richards v Littleford 5446 Smithr et al v Mailey 15435 Best v City of Lynn 540 Hollis v same.
District of Massachusetts notice dated December 27 1889 states Joseph R Smith of Newton applied to Winston Warren United States Circuit Court for admission as an attorney counsellor in the district Massachusetts under court rules.
The Beacon Society held its annual election at the Parker House with Francis W. Breed named president and a slate of vice presidents, secretary, and treasurer. Boston Club dinner at Parker House featured General Banks remarks while MIT class of 79 alumni enjoyed their annual dinner at Young's Hotel and elected H. J. Howe president.
The management and exhibitors honor Hugh Coyle the press department superintendent with a今日 testimonial today. The event features an attractive program and services offered by many artists and organizations. Coyle brings extensive newspaper experience including roles at the Daily Telegraph in Washington and the Daily Sun in Kansas City.
An old kitchen remedy claim touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal salvation oil sold for twenty five cents a bottle claiming wide use among Jews and Gentiles alike.
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