Altering the Laws Legislature Debates and Petitions
The legislature considers a flood of business including separation of rail grades in Springfield, separation of Main street, and new passenger station needs. Debates on sheriff service ban, tax limits, and numerous petitions from cities and companies follow, with orders adopted ranging from labor holiday recognition to public library funding and street railway cross entries.
Legislature Faces Busy Session with Fights Likely
Yesterday's legislative record shows heavy workload with 108 orders 89 petitions and multiple bills in the House while the Senate nears action. Proposals include music education extension education system expansion and a fire gas and electric regulatory shift. A $75 000 appropriation for Boston flats improvement appears among committee reports. Pilbury seeks Boston government investigation and Alger advances an employers liability bill similar to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gas Commission
Senate
Pilbury
Alger
Board of Agriculture
Parkman
Roberts
Lynn
Ray
Franklin
Bailey
Everett
United States
Garity
Teele
State Board of Arbitration
Brady
Lowell
Pinkerton
Worcester
Butler
Crosby
Pittsfield
Bigelow
Watertown
Tucke
Carpenter
Broookline
Judd
Springfield
Connecticut River
Quincy
Quincey
Giddings
Great Barrington
District Court
Berkshire
Hamilton
Greenfield
Ready
Spellman
New England
Wales
Attleboro
Bartlett
Haverhill
Hathorne
Larrabee
Melrose
Sillars
Danvers
Brookline
Farren
Colby
Bennink
Cambridge
Gran Army
Pear
City of
Marsh
North Adams
Gresger
State House
Hancock, Derne and
Temple Streets
Aqueduct and Water Companies
Mckttrick
Fitzgerald
Moseley
Hyde Park
Field
Commonwealth
Dresser
Medford
Conant
Acton
Wardwell
Fossitt
Robinson
Ware
Hampden County
Symonds
Salera
Committee On Finance
South Boston
Committee On Military
Committee Hearings On Employer Liability And Rail Safety
The joint judiciary committee opened hearings on petitions and bills to regulate employer liability for death or injury, with speakers advocating broader coverage and stricter duties. A gas and electric lighting hearing followed, then the Hoosac Tunnel panel discussed Fitchburg railroad director appointments and mortgage exemptions, with no opposition and support from ex state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Frank K. Foster
District Assembly No
Knights of Labor
George HL. Fall
Railroad Commissioners
Charles G. Fall
England
George E. McNeill
Committee On Manufacturers
Jeffs
Hoosac Tunnel
Troy & Greenfield
Fitchburg Railroad
George A. Torrey
Boston & Albany
Vorrey
Gleason
Executive council confirms reappointments to asylums
At yesterday's executive council session nominations were confirmed under a suspension of the rules. All appointees are reappointments: John F Moors Worcester Lunatic Asylum Taunton trustee William C Lovering Taunton Taunton Lunatic Hospital Lyman D James Williamsburg Northampton Lunatic Hospital Harriet R Lee Salem Danvers Lunatic Hospital George B Richmond New Bedford Wesboro Insane Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
John F. Moors
Theenfield
Worcester Lunatic Asylum
William C. Lovering
Taunton
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
Lyman D. James
Williamsburg
Northampton Lunatic Hospital
Harriet R. Lee
Salem
Danvers Lunatic Hospital
George B. Richmond
New Bedford
Wesboro Insane Hospital
State Board of Agriculture Continues Session
The State board of agriculture spent most of yesterday on routine business. Mr Wood of Newton spoke on fruit as a farm product. The next country meeting is set for Dec. 6 1887 at Springfield. The Massachusetts Agricultural Society fair dates begin Sept 15. The board adjourned to 9 30 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tite Board OF Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Wood
Newton
Springfield
Massachusetts Agricultural Society
Senate Moves to Probe Boston City Government Corruption
Senator Pilsbury of Suffolk offers an order authorizing the committee on cities to investigate corruption claims in Boston government. The inquiry includes charges from the mayor and the Boston Daily Advertiser, civil service law application, official selection methods, and election interference. The motion to lay the order over passes. Senator Phillips of Springfield seeks a petition urging a new railway passenger station at Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Pilsbury
Suffolk
Boston
Committee On Cities
Boston Daily Advertiser
Civil Service Law
Dwyer
Phillips
Springfield
Mass petitions push extending state education to music
A flood of petitions from Boston leaders and notable figures requests extending Massachusetts higher education to music. Signers include ex governors Robinson Long Rice and Gaston, Harvard figures, Warren Hayes and many Boston musical societies urging prompt action to standardize music instruction in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George PD. Robinson
John D. Long
Alexander H. Rice
William Gaston
Peirce
John K. Paine
Musical Department
Harvard University
John S. Dwight
Harvard Musical Association
A. Walker Brown
Eugene B. Hagar
Loring B. Barnes
The
Handel and Haydn Society
H. L. Higginson
Samuel C. Cobb
Charles A. Cotting
Charles Fairchild
Charles A. Whittier
J. Jackson
Boston
Carl Zerrahn
Henry C. Barnabee
S. L. Studley
Boston Ideal Opera Company
Mrs. Gardner Brewer
Caroline A. Grewer
Emily Talbot
George H. Lyman
Charles F. Shinmin
Henry A. Whitney
C. B. Frothingham
George W. Wales
J. Lowell
W.W. Greenough
Edward Jackson
I.T. Talbot
William Lincoln Parker
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Acs
Massachusetts
Wardwell
Haverhill
Nelson W. Green
Fales
Milford
Norwood
Parker
Worcester
Savings Bank
Savings Bank Commissioners
Mershack
Wheeler, Conant & Blodgett
Simms, Hatch & Whidden
C. F. Hovey & Co
Shreve, Crump & Low
Chandler & Co
Seavey
Foster & Bowman
Coleman
Houghton & Dutton
Rice, Kendall & Co
Denny, Rice & Co
Howard W. Spurr & Co
Wakefield Rattan Company
Silas Pierce & Co
J. D. & M. Williams
Leopold Morse
Bird
Framingham
Board of Agriculture
State Pharmaceutical Association
West End Street Railway Company
Lowell Gaslight Company
Berlin
UL. D
State bills and committee actions on petitions and appropriations
The session reports leave to withdraw on petitions for state aid by Mary B. Burditt and Frederick B. Kellogg. Roads and bridges committee approves annulment of a highway through Onset Bay Grove land. Several bills advance or are ordered to third reading including clerk salaries, cemetery and school appropriations, and corporate charters for Arlington Mills and the Marine Society at Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Burditt
Wakefield
Frederick B. Kellogg
Onset Bay Grove Association
Plymouth County Commissioners
Department of the Auditor of the Commonwealth
Central Cemetery Association
State
Industrial School
Lyman School
Monson
Tewksbury
Arlington Mills
The
Marine Society
Salem
Snowshoers Parade and Races on the Common in Boston
Yesterday the Les Trappeurs club formed at the Quincy House then headed to the French Church on Isabella street for a reception hosted by resident French Canadians. Mayor Beaugrand and Father Manat spoke as do Dr. Desjardins and Father Audiffret. After a hotel dinner the group marched to the Common for three snowshoe races won by Prevost and Dufort, with prizes medals to be awarded later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Trappeurs
Quincey House
Isabella Street
Lavallee
de Sire
Helen O'Reilly
Audiffret
Beaugrand
G. N. Manat
Astor
Desjardins
Boston
J. Prevost
G. Gaudry
N. Ranssen
N. Gravel
G. Dufort
Granger
Boucher
H. G. Cushman
le Trappeur
J. Gaudry
Messrs. Wright
McDonald
Crosby
Cabot
Massachusetts Bicycle Club House
Bowdoin Prizes Awarded and Harvard Party Dates
Bowdoin prizes awarded to Marland Cogswell Hobbs for a dissertation on Jay's Treaty and to Charles Francis Adams Cormier for a study on Loyalists. No prizes in groups 3 and 4. Judges named across literary, classical, and scientific subjects. Harvard senior party invitations sent for Armory Hall on Feb 16 and Apr 20. Junior crew listed with stroke Baldwin and captain Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowdoin
Channing
Thomas 8. Perry
John F. Morse, Jr
Allen and Dyer
T. D. Seymour
Yale
Davis
Hyatt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
Armory Hall
S. W. White
W. Wetherbee
I. J. Putnam
F. ©. de Veau
John P. Hopkinson
William E. Russell
Frank W. Andrews
Samuel
Baldwin
Churchill
Bancroft
Appleton
Homans
Carpenters
Funeral of Rev Father McNamara at Mission Church Roxbury
The funeral for the late Rev Father McNamara C B R was held yesterday morning at the Mission Church on Tremont Street Roxbury district. Solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev Father Hickey. Pall bearers included Thomas F Hunt Thomas Kelly J B Hand James Gallagher Daniel Frawley Patrick OHare with J P Cleary serving as funeral director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father McNamara
Mission Church
Tremont Street
Roxbury District
Father Hickey
Thomas F. Hunt
Thomas Kelly
J. B. Hand
James Gallagher
Daniel Frawley
Patrick O'Hare
J. P. Cleary
Weathercock vane and whiskey ad from Graves firm
Weather vane proverb leads to an ad for G O Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye by Chester H Graves & Sons. Promotes pure whiskey claims not to affect weight and urges readers to ask druggists or grocers for the labeled bottles with branded corks. Unbranded cases available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weathercock
Noah Webster
G.O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Railway Pile Tender Call for Portland Maine
Tenders invited for supply of creosoted piles of Southern Yellow Pine for Grand Trunk Railway Portland Me. Specifications from John Taylor Montreal. Tenders due by Feb 16 1887. Joseph Hickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
John Taylor
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Joseph Hickson
Cordis Mills Declares Dividend Payable February First
Cordis Mills has declared a dividend payable February 1 at the treasurer's office No 100 Summer street Boston to stockholders of record on this date P Olsen Treasurer 100 Summer street Boston January 28 LaS7 HICUSATONIO BA eee AB PAN
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE Thorndike Company
Summer Street
Boston
P. Olsen
Mivhe Hkoston Duck Company
Geo. F. Fabyan
HVE Cordis Mills
Thorndike Coven
Boston Duck Company
PELE
The
Columbian Manufacturing Company
Simmer Street
Samuel Haines
Cordis Mills
Veder Olsen
TEER
Oll
Auction Notice Adverts From Multiple Firms In Philadelphia
Auction listings announce sales every Monday Wednesday and Friday with immediate cash advances on receipt of goods. Firms include Wilmerding Hoguet Co at 64 66 White St and Townsend Montant at 29 1 Leonard St in Philadelphia, Samuel Bunting Sons Co at 826 928 Market St. Large boots and shoes sales every Tuesday on four months credit with cash advances and check payments on Boston Saturdays following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bunting’s
Boston
Massachusetts
S&t
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Manaster
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Stock Auctioneers Offer Free Appraisals on Feb 5
Day and company list extensive stock and bond holdings for a Saturday auction to executors. Items include National Webster Bank 21 shares, various bank and railroad securities, railroad mortgages, and several corporate stocks and bonds with maturities and coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Webster Bank
National Bank of Commerce
National Exchange Bank
Vermont
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
B. R.R
Top
St. Fe
S & Pass
R. RR
Trust
Pac
Arkansas Valley
Sonorary. Co
Pacific Rd
L Mort
l mort. 68, 1921, #LOOO Atch
R.R. Lstmort
Conn
Pass
Rivers
Central
Istinort
Francis Henshaw & Co Auctioneers note address
Francis Henshaw and Co is listed as auctioneers brokers and appraisers with offices at No 51 State Street Merchants Exchange Building First Floor Room L a historical trade listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. LL. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Boston Stock Exchange Auction Sales Schedule Notice
Members of the Boston Stock Exchange telephone 1665 announce weekly auction sales every Wednesday and Saturday at 12 noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Investment list of various shares and bonds from 1903 1908 records
A dense ledger of fractional and full shares across multiple companies including United States Horse Shoe Nail Co McKay Metallic Fastening Co Natl Tube Works and Washington Natl Bank. It lists numbers of shares and bond amounts with dates and issuing entities such as Cambridge Norse RR and Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Horse Shoe Nail Co
McKay Metallic Fastening Co
Washington Natl
First Natl
Greenfield
Mays
Chicago
Aes
Salem Gaslight Co
Manchester Mills
Somerville Horse RR
American IU. Mfg. Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Cambridge Norse RR
Auction Sale of Condemned Goods at Schuylkill Arsenal
Public auction conducted by Depot Quartermaster's Office Philadelphia on March 2 1887 under Captain John V. Furey A Q M aims to sell condemned clothing equipage quartermaster stores woollen and cotton cuttings old burlap rope paper and more including thousands of uniform coats overcoats buttons cloth and other miscellaneous items at the Schuylkill Arsenal listing items and where to obtain catalogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Street
Philadelphia
John V. Furey
Berlin
U.S
Schuylkill Arsenal
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Main Street
Newhall
Committee On
Judiciary
Messrs
Forbes
Hartwell
Committee On Election Laws
Clark
Berkshire-Hampshire
Hampshire County
Mr. Holyoke Female Seminary
Kimball
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Reed
Bristol
County of
Board of Park Commissioners
Fernald of
Snoffolk
Baldwinville
George Jewett
Mr. Morse
Norfolk
H. W. Wilder
William E. Baker
Krine Park Development Company
Mr. Dwyer
Patrick D. Dwyer
Mr. Wilbur
William T. Clark
Massachusetts Investement and Trust Company
Mr. Fernald
F. L. Capen
Worcester-Hampshire
New York & Massachusetts Railroad Company
Mr. Howard
Spencer Borden
Westport River
Rhode Island Line
Mr. Forbes
Frank B. Fay
George Bright
Sarah Maria Cisco
Hassanamisco Tribe of Indians
Hassanamisco Water Company
Mr. Phillips
Hampden
E. W. Bond
City Library Association of
Mr. Hartwell
Thornton K. Ware
Mr. Jenkins
Massachusetts Health Association
O'Sullivan
Essex
Essex County
Middlesex
Cambridge Knights of Labor
Samuel ©. Cobb
Jefts
New England Conservatory of Music
State Board of Arbitration and
Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Lt. Dwyer
District Court of
Hampshire
Belchertown
Hasthampton
State Board of Health and Local Boards
Wilbur
Worcester County
State Board of Education
Milliken
Howard
Fernold
Public Library
Board of Examiners
Jenkins
Whimball
Perkins
Welch
Marble
Jones
Elmira
N. Y
Agriculture
Amherst
Slattery
Middlesex County
Northampton
Campden
Godfrey
Mt. Hope Bay
Hoosac
First Universalist Society of
Westfield
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Franklin L. Ramsdell
Westfield Gas Light Company
Miles Sampson
Pembroke
Benney
A. J. Davis
Y. Rhe Bancroft
Springfield Gas Light Company
BE. B. Stoddard
State Lunatic Hospital
A. N. Clark
Beverly
First Essex District Court
Henry F. Hulbert
Porter Underwood
Western District
Waltham Firemen’s Relief Association
Easthampton
Patrick Keating
J. H. Newton
Holyoke
B. F. Mills
Greylock Institute Water Company
W. R. Plunkett
Central Berkshire
D. B. Gurney
Brigham Factory Company
H.N. Fisher
Methuen
M. V. B. Morse
Park Commissioners of
Marblehead
Levi Wallace
First Congregational Church
Ayer
C. N. Alexander
Chelsea
Chelsea Creek
Ayers Manufacturing Company
Cottage Street
M. E. Church of
Orthodox Congregational Society of
IF. G. Dexter
Charles River
John D. Shippie
Holliston Water Company
Benjamin F. Mills
Williamstown
Augustus Russ
R. M. Morse, Jr
Hoston
Dukes County
Marcellus Cogpan
Malden
Samuel Tilden
R. M. Yale
Luther Hill
Spencer Water Company
Arthur B. Mills
Nathan Keith
Brockton
John I. Baker
New England Industrial School
Edwin Tufts
Central Massachusetts Railroad Company
Parmenter Crayon Company
William Coggswell
George W. Ford
Frank H. Skinner
Ford & Skinner
Stow
Francis Js. Mitchell
Hull
Charles F. Donnelly
House of the Good Shepherd
Shepherd Thayer
E. P. Chapin
Charles Fe Barker
D. G. Wilkins
West Boston
Owen McAuliffe
First Corps of Cadets
Nantasket Beach
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Western
Daniel J. Dodge
Pittsfield Coal Gas Company
Lighland Power
Austin C. Wellington
M. WY. AL
Fort Warren
Revere Waterees
Saugus Water Company
Lowell and Dracut Street Railway Company
J. Moriarity
Thomas T. Stokes
Bowdoin S. Parker
Groveland Savings Bank
JT. B. Claflin
Woodcock and
Sanmwe
Yeele
Hayperty
Southbridge
Smith
Dover
Bottum
North Berkshire
Bewley
Adams
Allen
West Roxbury District Court
Mr. Breed
Upham
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Smith
Andover
Barvard College Notes
M’namara
Caitada
Hicusatonio
COM
BrrookPort, Conn
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad Company
Housatonic Railroad Company
Bridgeport
C.K. Averill
New York
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmeerding
Hoguet & CQ
White St
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Leonard Street
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Manufacturers’ National Bank
de Market National Bank
Tremont National Bank
Everett National Bank
National Eagle Bank
Market National Bank
Pacific Mills
Washington Mills Co
New
St. Ry. Co
St. Ae & San Francisco
Consol. Rd
Vt. Hs
Rivers R. I
BOR
Horatio Harris & CO
M. I. Ludington
Q. M
U.S. A
Corporation Notices
Boston Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Milk Street
Bowdoin
WM. B. Whiting
Peder Olsen
James Coblan
Leominster
Mase
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