Interest of Labor In Abolition Of Fines For Imperfect Weaving
In the legislature yesterday the House debated bills to end fines for imperfect weaving and to empower savings banks to invest in Boston & Lowell railroad bonds. Speaker Noyes sustained a point of order, delaying action to allow a proper bill. The session also discussed rail consolidation plans and sought railroad commissioner opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCooey
Blackstone
Noyes
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Lowell Road
Quincey
Rairoad Commissioners
Old Colony
Providence
Senator Sleeper Presides as Rules Are Sought to Be Suspended
The senate, led by Senator Sleeper in the president’s absence, debated petitions including a move to suspend rules to admit a Springfield home for women and children for authority to hold property, and to admit Warren G Fay’s petition for Brookfield division. Several committee reports and actions followed on death certificates, medical degree empowers, State aid petitions, and various resolutions and public health and sewer investigations with engineer appointments and projected costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleeper
Senator Spellman
Springfield
Senate
House
Warren G. Fay
Brookfield
East Brookfield
Committee On Railroads
George E. Messer
Committee On Education
C. D. Emerson
Medical College of the American Health Society
Michael O'Neil
Committee On Public Health
Sprague
General Court
Committee On Agriculture
Crispus Attucks
Charter for a street railway in Southbridge debated
The twelfth joint rule was suspended to admit Chapin and others petition for a charter for a Southbridge street railway. Referred orders covered lease of Boston and Providence to Old Colony, public hearings, and report to General Court within thirty days on public-advantage. Also discussed wages fines for weavers and savings banks investing in rail bonds. The State board of health submitted its report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic
Charles River
Massachusetts Drainage Commission
Howard A. Carson
Boston
Phineas Ball
Worcester
C. H. Swan
Mystic Valley
Saugus
Delta Upsilon Society
Williams College
Chestnut Hill Real Estate Association of
Marlb
Committee On Fisheries and Game
F. B. Goss
Barnstable
Francis L. Chapin
Southbridge
Mr. Quincy
Quincy
Mr. Waalin
Reading
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Providence
Old Colony Railroad Company
General Court
Committee of Labor
McCooey
Blackstone
McCoce
Russell
Maynard
Mellen
Keane
Holyoke
Wardwell
Haverhill
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Milne
Fall River
Milliken
Malden
Barrett
Melrose
Wadlin
Woman
Hyde Park
Lowell
Whitcher
Stoneham
Read
Cambridge
Gile
Wyman
State Board of Health
Old Colony Lease Debate Framed by Shoesmith James Means
Open letter from James Means, Boston shoe manufacturer, to Representative Josiah Quincy, opposing a bill to lease the Providence railroad to the Old Colony. Means denounces consolidation proponents, warns of continued Old Colony abuses, and pledges broad opposition from Taunton to Brockton, urging organized resistance and wider distribution of the letter.
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Old Colony
James Means
Josiah Quincy
Providence
Boston
Quincy
Mass
Boston & Providence
Hall
Taunton
State House
Braintree
Massachusetts
Brockton
Mount Holyoke seeks power to confer college degrees
The Mount Holyoke Female Seminary trustees petitioned to rename the institution Mount Holyoke Seminary and College and to add a college department with authority to grant collegiate degrees. Trustee Rev Dr N G Clarke argued the seminary’s advanced work already equals a college, while supporters cited insufficient funds to expand the curriculum without degree conferral.
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Committee On Education
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Mount Holyoke Seminary and College
N. G. Clarke
H. D. Hyde
Claflin
Eliza Blanchard
Anna C. Edwards
Palmer
Harvard
Secret ballot hearing on Australian system and fraud safeguards
Representative Hayes of Lynn led a committee hearing on secret ballots and fraud prevention amid numerous petitions for adopting the Australian voting system. Proponents described public expense ballots, secrecy, and no canvassing between receipt and voting while Hayes outlined a bill for city elections with sample ballots labeled State and Boston Municipal Ticket Ward 16.
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Representative Hayes
Lynn
Committee On Election Laws
Hayes
Massachusetts
Boston
Ward 16
England
Foster
W. B. Patterson
Charles F. Shaw
Bedford
Shaw
George R. Stetson
New Bedford
P. O'Neil Larkin
Labor Party
Sprague
Michigan
Frank Foster
Doston Central Labor Union
W. P. Cherrington
Ward 14
Joseph B. Dunn
Park Department
Thomas N. Hart
O’brien
Dunn
Dann
R. H. Dann
Commonwealth
Dana
Messrs
George ©. Neill
J. K. Hiscock
Debated Australian voting plan in Boston hearing
The 1872 British and colonial voting system debate reached Boston with speakers arguing for reform to curb vote buying and intimidation. Proponents cited tallying, government funded ballots, and secrecy to ensure genuine expression, while opponents warned of corruption in cities like New Bedford and urged local adaptations.
Executive nominees spread across Massachusetts institutions
Governor Ames sent nominations to the executive council for trustees of Massachusetts General Hospital Charles V Bemis Samuel D Warren Thomas E Proctor and David P Kimball all of Boston and Medford. Others named trustees for the Perkins Institute and Massachusetts School for the Blind include Francis Brooks John Dwight Thomas F Temple and Frederick L Ames of Boston. Nehemiah A Leonard of Springfield to Northampton Lunatic Hospital trusteeship, Merritt having resigned and Haile declining. Also Thomas L Nelson of Worcester named commissioner on accounts of the Providence Worcester railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Executive Council
Charles V. Bemis
Medford
Samuel D. Warren
Boston
Thomas E. Proctor
David P. Kimball
Massachusetts General Hospital
Francis Brooks
John , Dwight
Thomas F. Temple
Frederick L. Ames
Perkins Institute
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Nehemiah A. Leonard
Springfield
Northampton Lunatic Hospital
Merritt
Forest Hills Accident at Boston & Providence Station
Railroad commissioners publish findings on the January 12 derailment at Forest Hills station. The report cites careless switchman timing, a bad switch frame, a high platform and obstructed view from the switch target, urging interlocking systems and improved visibility to prevent repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills Station
Boston & Providence Railroad
Rubber Trust Formation Denied by Official
Hon E L Converse stated there will be no rubber trust formed at present despite a meeting last Friday of a manufacturers committee including Meyer of Meyer Shoe and Hotchkiss of New Haven. He added that any future trust would not affect 1888 business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Converse
Meyer
Meyer Shoe Company
Hotchkiss
New Haven
Smuggling Water Colors Hidden in Frame at Port
Appraisers at the custom house found four watercolors painted in Florence concealed between a large painting and the frame. The contents were hidden to avoid duty, allowing the smuggled artwork to attempt entry tariff free into America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Florence
America
Ninth annual convention of Women’s Relief Corps held in Parker Memorial Hall
The ninth annual convention of the Women’s Relief Corps convened yesterday in Parker Memorial Hall. President Parker delivered an address and several reports were read, with the evening program featuring exemplification of the new ritualistic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Relief Corps
Parker Memorial Hall
Parker
Remedy for horses by Tuttle Elixir Company
The Tuttle Elixir Company recommends its remedy as a cure for painful and annoying horse diseases. It is suitable for shoe boils and callouses of all kinds. The company runs a veterinary hospital at Hyde Park with capacity for fifty horses and promises careful treatment for all ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle Elixir Company
Hyde Park
Ironton Iron Mining stock collapses after Boston fears
Boston stockholders watched Ironton Iron Mining drop from about $10 to near $1 as reports detail debt, new bonds, and reorganization plans. Directors push $100,000 8 percent bonds at 60 cents on the dollar to fund development while stockholders weigh participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Dew
Ironton Iron Mining Company
Hurley
Wis
Vrsuant
George N. Abeel
Daniel McGarry
M. W. Burt
George H. Abeel
A. J. Hayward
J. B. Zerbe
Ironton Ion Mining Company
First Mortware
Onds
Peredle
Earl W. Oglebay
Robe
Boston
Bostonians
Ironton
Mr. Zerbe
Ironton Mining Company
Young’s Hotel
McGarry
Peace- Snider
Zerbe
Pence & Snider
Kenton
Messrs. Pence & Snider
Gogebies
Gogebie Development Company
Holliston Mills Faces Creditors Meeting in Massachusetts
A notice reports Holliston Mills of Holliston Massachusetts has called a creditors meeting for Friday February 10 after filing for bankruptcy showing assets of 35908771 and liabilities of 23111258 plus reserves. A stockholders committee noted asset and debt figures and plans to mortgage property to pay debts, though not successfully. Edward Clark presides as president with Z Talbot as treasurer, the latter an area nail and tack maker also tied to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. McGarry
M. W. Burt
A. J. Hayward
George H. Abeel
J. B. Zerbe
Holliston Mills
Woollen Blankets
Holliston
Mass
Edward Clark
Natick
Z. Talbot
Talbot
W. H. Deforrest
New York
Cincinnati
Bh. A. Scheyer & Co
Front Street
Chicago
Ramsey D. Heddex
Springfield (O
Boston
Court Room
Court Square
Suffolk
Fred. H. Seavey
Messencer
Downfall of John C Crowley Revealed by Intimates
Intimates say Crowley has long been insolvent and borrowing from friends. They note his seven year old removal as Union Institution for Savings president by bank examiner for actions that would have led to indictment and prison, yet he remained connected as trustee and counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Crowley
Crowley
Union Institution For Savings
The Great Diorama at Old South Church
Visitors flock to Old South Church to view Philippoteaux's Battle of Corinth and The Banks of the Nile with 26 cent admission during public hours. A complete exhibit with twenty one mammoth pictures, orchestra and descriptive lecture runs at 2 and 8 pm with 50 cent reserved seats. The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company advertises safes for rent in its fireproof vaults at No 87 Milk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South Church
Philippoteaux
Corinth
The
Nile
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Milk Street
Fragmentary stock notation from a historical list
The excerpt lists share quantities for several entities: 35 shares of Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company, 10 of Amory Manufacturing Company, 10 of Ames Manufacturing Company, and 50 of Iron Railroad Company. The text appears as a row of ledger-like entries without context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vt. & Mass. RR. Co
Amory Mfg
Ames Mfg
Iron RR. Co
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Forest Hills
Rubber Trust
Women’s Relief Corps
Roston Iron Company
Ironton Lion
Ironton Iron Company
Minneapolis
Woalt
Ironton Iron Mine
Gogebic Range
Ontonagon County
Ashland
Lake Superior
Colby
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad
Gogebic Iron Range
Arendy
Messrs. M. A. Hanna & Co
Wheeling
Valley of the Ohio
Coopeny
Ironton Iron Mining On
State of
International Trust Company
Boston Stock Exchange
Hunt
Caries and Dealers
Grocker, Burbank & Co
Fitchburg, Mass
Manufacturers OF
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
S. E. Sewall
Julia Ward Howe
Samuel W. McCall
William H. Preble
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company
Charles Merriam
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
Lee, Higginson & Co
Puleman’s Palace Car Company
Weinsheimer
Sec’y
Chicago & West Michigan Railway Company
Musical Publications
New England Conservatory
Clarke
Bellak
Kinkel’s
Stainer’s Dictionary
Adams
Rts
Young People’s Classics
Oliver Ditson & Co
Share Ameskeag Mfg
Lawrence Mfg
Essex
First National Bank
Hyannis
Pacific Guano Co
Hartford Fire Ins. Co
Holliston Mills Seriv
Manchester Mills
Lyman Mills
Androscoggin Mills
Boott Cotton Mills
Do &J. Falig Mfg
Lowell Mfg
York Tite. Co
West End St. Ry. Co
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester RR
Boylston Mutual Ins
Dwelling House Ins
Nashua & Lowell
Nanmkeag St. Ry. Co
Opdyneburg & Lake Champlain RR
Rutland RR
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Waitley
Savinaw Valley
St. Louis
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland RR
Massacrou
Medical
Blangard’s
Academy
Medicin 8
Paris
Naparic
Fartre
U.s
Era & Co
Wien
S. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
Cambridgeport
OFI
Northampton Street
Columbus Avenue
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Alate Gate
Warren Avenue
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
New Engle Co
Electrical Accumulator Co
Natl. Market Bank
Dedham Water Co
Wellfleet Marine Ins. Co
Oriental Coal Oil Co
Iso
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Franklin Co
Lewiston
Lincoln Natl. Bank
Dedham Natl. Bank
Dedham
Grand Avenue Ry. Co
Kansas City
Ann Rivar
Saco & Ports
McKay
Fire and Marine Ins. Co
de Lombard Investment Co
Union Pac
S. F
Georgetown
Portsmouth
ADPI
Evans
Eng. Mort. Sec. Co
Western
Top
St. F
Ull , WG
Sand
Eastern
Boston & Albany
City of Fitchburg
M. L
City of Cleveland
Peterborough Ri
N. H
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Asdas
Baturas
Martha's Vineyard
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Ex Steamship
Bessarabia
Fiske’s Wharf
A. 8. Richards & CO
John C, Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
Ames Evpfs & CO
Homeool
Cemists
London
Chichester
Enny Royal
EVE Chichester Chemicalco
Madison SQ Phila
Diamond Brand
PI Geo
Goodwin & CQ
Hanover
Hester
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