Massachusetts Historical Society meets with portraits controversy
The Massachusetts Historical Society held its monthly meeting with Dr. George E. Ellis in the chair. Members discussed Sharpless Washington portraits, Custis letters, and a heated dispute over authenticity, with Mr. Hart denying Major Walter’s claims and outlining prior misrepresentations.
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The
Massachusetts Historical Society
George E. Ellis
Longfellow
Horace FE. Scudder
Globe
Charles H. Joy
Octavius B. Frothingham
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
James Walter
Washington
Major Walter
Hart
Breverin
Sharpless
Parkman
Samuel H. Russell
Algiers
United States
Stephen Decatur
Queen Victoria
John Bigelow
New York
Congress
Goodell
E. J. Lovell
Germany
America
Channing
New England
J. A. Doyle
All Souls
Oxford
Chase
Daniel Webster
Thomas Ball
John S. Morse, Jr
Charles Francis Adams
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sixth Earl of Northumberland
Drake
Thomas Harvard
John Harvard
Clothworkers’ Company
General Court
TALK ON THE POLL TAX IN FIGHT WITHIN PARTY
Republican lawmakers debated the poll tax resolve in the Senate and House. Senator Morse opposed the measure but failed to force a call of yeas and ways as it moved to a third reading. House Republicans met in secret to decide on action when the measure returns next week. Immediate routine business included rule challenges and a motion to attend Judge Russell's funeral. The House also reconsidered coast defense resolutions, laying them aside for a substitute.
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Morse
Senate
House
Committee On Railroads
Russell
Hearing Considers New Heating for Railroad Cars
Railroad hearing reviews methods to heat and light cars using stoves versus an engine based system. Colonel Stott leads petitions while inventor James Emerson describes a detachable undercar boiler and rapid heating to thirteen cars, with safety claims and feasibility across routes.
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Committee On Railroads
Commissioner Kinsley
Colonel Stott
Lowell
Soule
Boston & Albany
Vermont
James Emerson
Holyoke
Leonard
Connecticut River Road
Emerson
Northampton
Springfield
Moseley
Mulligan
White River
Furber
Boston & Maine Road
Insurance committee hears for employers' liability mutual
The insurance committee heard William C. Lovering Philip L Moen Roger Wolcott and others on incorporating an employers liability mutual insurance company It was proposed to insure employers and employees against injuries with a mutual structure but the bill was withdrawn to be perfected The labor committee heard about wage assignment evading weekly pay tests and the cities committee discussed police signal system funding in Boston Also criticism over city government independence and legislative overreach was voiced by several speakers
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William C. Lovering
Philip L. Moen
Roger Wolcott
Employers’ Liability Mutual Insurance Company
Lovering
Commissioner Tarbox
Edward Atkinson
Mutuals
Clement K. Fay
Committee On Labor
Committee On Cities
Boston
Bailey
Messrs. Russ
Farmer
Lee
L. Edwin Idley
O’rien
Minneapolis
Metropolitan Board of Police
Charles Carleton Coffin
H. W. Putnam
New York
Cincinnati
City Governs Itself Amid Patent System Debate
A Boston council vote backed city self governance while the mayor vetoed an appropriation amid a strike. Opponents called the patent based system a job for owners, urging petitioners refer to the Mayor and arguing no public demand existed.
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Boston
Putnam
State House
Osborne
Ohio
State Senate
Dudley
Coffin
Peass
Senate Debates Poll Tax and Brotherhood of Boston Bills
Senate action includes reports on insurance premiums under oath, orders to convene harbor committee, and debate over poll tax with Morse opposing. moves to defer discussion to Feb 23 and next Tuesday fail or pass,徐 includes Clapp library petition and public service measures on records, salaries, and state institutions.
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Senate
Forbes
Phillips
Committee On Insurance
Boston Protective Department
Boston
Milliken
Morse
Senator Morse
Shea
Alger
Dwyer
Edward Clapp
Clapp
Belchertown
Clark
Jones
Essex
Committee On Public Service
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Railroad Committee
Russell
Department of the Auditor of the Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Prison and Hospital Loan
North Woburn Street Railroad Company
Brookline
Beacon Street
Suffolk County
Tewksbury
State Industrial School
Lyman School
Monson
House Action Sets Bond Authority and Local Measures
The twelfth joint rule was suspended to admit the Harwich selectmen petition for bonds up to 10000 for a manufacturing building. The rule also allowed a liquor sale prohibition order and Middlesex county land appropriation in Concord. Wharton honored Judge Russell and the railroads committee was authorized to attend his Plymouth funeral. Resolutions on Massachusetts coast defences were tabled after reconsideration.
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Harwich
Southard
Baston
Middlesex County Commissioners
Concord
Wharton
Boston
Judge Russell
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Dresser
Medford
Committee On Street Railways
W. L. Faxon
Quincy
Committee On Public Health
Committee On Banks and Banking
New Bedford Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Bridgewater
Court House
Salem
Newton
State Library
Ferdinand Shultz
Enterprise in Council Bluffs Iowa boom town rise
Council Bluffs Iowa markets a real estate boom as eight railways converge on a Missouri toll bridge. The city of 30 000 expects growth to 100 000 in a decade with 30 square miles, seven miles of paved streets, a 16 million gallon waterworks, 83.5 million in manufacturing capital and 24 million in merchandising capital, including Boston capital. Local papers boast illustrations of current and planned progress.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Missouri
Boston
Officials Raise Police Pay Amid South Cove Dissent
Boston council passes orders increasing salaries for police inspectors lieutenants sergeants and patrolmen despite protests from Mr Ladd of Ward 10. South Boston moves gain carriages during a strike while other budget items and street paving projects are assigned to various committees.
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Mr. Ladd
Boston
South Cove
Leary
Ward 18
City Point
Ladd
Edward F. Riley
Augustus M. Perry
Court House
Council Chamber
Board of Police
South Boston
Committee On Police
South Bay
Joint
Committee On Health
Committee On Appropriations
Austin Street
Main
Washington Streets
Charlestown
Falcon Street
Brooks Street
Meridian Street
Winthrop Street
Warren Street
East Boston
Ninth Street
Dorchester Streets
Hook and Ladder Company No. 5
Ward 15
Many Small Forgery Suspect Arrested in Boston
John Hanson aged 23 was seized by Officers Murdough and Lynch of Station 5 after a December 1882 forgery attempt on baker William Wallace. Previously jailed in Vermont for a $45 check pass. He reoffended in October by sending a $20 check to Noyes Bros. Hanson was arrested at 196 Shawmut Avenue after a boy identified him.
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John Hanson
Murdough and Lynch
Station 5
William Wallace
South End
Mary Croffet
Bridgeport
Conn
Hanson
Vermont
Boston
Noyes, Bros., Grocers
Washington
Worcester
Shawmut Avenue
Robbed by a book-keeper from silk firm
George W. Beattie, a five year book-keeper for Fiedler Moeldner Co, stole about 5000 over three years. He admitted guilt after discovery and was discharged with no legal action planned. Beattie, about 80, unmarried, fled Roxbury with a valuable but mortgaged collection of books pictures and bronzes.
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George W. Beattie
Fiedler, Moeldner & Co
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Beattie
Moelcner
Deattie
Conspirators Arraigned in Mutual Insurance Fraud Case
Mary A. Leonard, a Lexington Street domestic in East Boston, was arrested yesterday forenoon in the fraud plot against the Mutual Accident Insurance Company of New York. She and co-defendants Thomas Bray and Frost were arraigned in Municipal Court and held in 8000 each for March term. Saunders case continued. Thomas and Saunders have confessed, corroborating detectives' earlier accounts.
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Mary A. Leonard
Mutual Accident Insurance Company of
New York
East Boston
Lexington Street
Thomas
Bray
Frost
Saunders
Statistics of Odd Fellows in Massachusetts
The grand lodge of Massachusetts Odd Fellows met yesterday with full officers and broad representation. State membership reaches 32 769, up 691. relief given to 1 620 members and 388 widows families. Benefits paid total 384 201 81 to brothers and 3470 42 to families, with total relief expenditures 51 459 83. Rebekah degree includes 8 277 brothers and 3 408 sisters.
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ODD Fellowship
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Odd Fellows
Major Walter's Mis quotations in Washington portraits debate
A Boston message to the Massachusetts Historical Society recounts Charles Henry Hart's letter about Major James Walter's Washington portraits. Hart describes prior correspondence, reception of Walter's book Washington Memorials, and his reluctance to condemn the work though he found faults.
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Major Walter
Washington
England
Sharples
Mr. Cary
London
Massachusetts Historical Society
Charles Deane
Walter
Boston Post
A. C. Goodell, Jr
the Historical Society
Arthur B. Ellis
Philadelphia
Committee of the Historical Society
Custis
Mr. Ellis
Philadelphia ‘Times
Times Office
Times
Hart
Ellis
Goodell
America
Charles Henry Hart
George E. Ellis
D.D
Mr. Hart
Boston
James Walter
Major Waller
Continental Hotel
Cunard
Etruria
Union League Club
New York
Limmiegievaty
Boston City Notes Roundup of Church, Deaths, and Lectures
Notices from Boston include plans for the 150th anniversary and 50th ordination at West Church on March 1 with James Russell Lowell possibly speaking. Funeral services for Judge Russell are set for Hancock Street, with a special Old Colony train to Plymouth. Also covered are a city drill at Roxbury High School, charity work by the Children’s Hospital Ladies’ Aid, a stabbing incident of misfortune, counterfeit suspects in Lawrence, and upcoming lectures by Justin McCarthy and church leaders.
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James Russell Lowell
Dr. Bartol
West Church
Judge Russell
Hancock Street
Plymouth
Old Colony Railroad
Boston
Howard Stockton
Cocheco, Salmon Falls and
Essex
Mary Silva
Hanover Street
Highland Battalion
Boston School Regiment
Bacon Hall
Roxbury
Roxbury High School
Ladies’ Aid Association
The
Children’s Hospital
Maritoro Street
Robert C. Winthrop
Wellesley
Richard M. Fitzgerald
William T. Faunce
Court Street
United States
Hallett
Antonio Remlin
Gioveccenci Spone
Lawrence
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
Boston District Messenger Company
Supreme Court
Justin McCarthy
J. L. Withrow
Park Street
Third Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Hamilton A. Hill
John Winslow
John Welch
L. A. Hoxton
Courts and Dockets From Boston Superior Court
United States Circuit Court overrules a motion for a new trial in Smiley vs. Huston where the plaintiff won 8541 for breach of promise. Boston Superior Court sessions list numerous tort actions and verdicts, with cases pending and adjournments noted, including Brown et al. vs. Boston Blower Co for 15000 damages and several ejectment and injury suits, plus jury results and attorney references.
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United States Circuit Court
Carpenter
Superior Court
Brigham, C. J
James 0. Brown Et al
Boston Blower Company
C. W. Bartlett
L. Lincoln
M. Parker
Watson
Webster
Locke
Porter
Corrugated
W. I. Co
Packard
Carr
Boston & Maine Railroad Co
Sohier
Boston
Boyd
Dearborn
Foster
Old Colony
Worthing
Giemont
Haskett
Rowell
Libbey
McGowan
Willey
Surolk L. Co
Tudow Russell
Hughes v Lowering and Hayes v Bullard Civil Actions
Middlesex Superior Court notes a verdict pending for Hughes v Lowering with counsel OC and T. & T. H. Russell for plaintiff and Stearns and Butler for defendant. In Hayes v Bullard et al the action seeks 5000 dollars plus interest against executors of Alexander Dickinson of Cambridge. Trials and general denials are listed with attending counsel HH Winslow and S Hear.
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Hughes
OC. T. &T. H. Russell
Hayes
Bullard
Henfield
Wakefield
Regan
Pro Ami
Goodhue
Mahoney
Fame
Lombard
Admr
Morse
Mutual Benefit 42d Annual Statement Ready for Distribution
The Mutual Benefit announces its 42d Annual Statement is prepared for distribution, signaling a marked advance in all measurable areas and inviting review by members and stakeholders.
New Policy Offers Guaranteed Cash Value and Convertible Features
The company announces a new policy with guaranteed cash value, convertible to cash after two annual premiums, with figures clearly stated in the policy. It emphasizes higher cash value than Massachusetts non forfeiture law policies and offers annual statements and circulars on request.
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Massachusetts
Zenana Mission Holds Twenty-Sixth Boston Meeting
The Boston branch of the Women's Union Missionary Society met at 11 yesterday forenoon at Mrs. William Appleton's Beacon Street home. About fifty members attended as Mrs. A. J. Gordon and Mrs. Henry Johnson of New York spoke. Officers elected include President Mrs. William Appleton and vice president Mrs. J. D. Richardson with several other officers and managers named.
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Boston
Women’s Union Missionary Society
William Appleton
Beacon Street
Zenana Mission
Aii
A. J. Gordon
Henry Johnson
New York
Ciety
J. D. Richardson
Florence Dix
Edward Crosby
Henry Safford
E. B. Barrett
Lowell
G. W. Ellis
Francis Lowell
Phinney
Walter Baker
Amelia Morrill
Spillman
Sarah Wheelwright
A. A. Gould
J. C. Gordon
Elks Benefit in Boston a Grand Success
The Boston Lodge of Elks annual benefit at the Boston Theatre drew a full house with Nat Goodwin and company performing Turned Up. Mayor O'Brien presided at breakfast with officials and guests before the troupe returned to New York after a successful afternoon program ending around four. A routing note mentions a man named Henry Boyle found frozen on River Street in Dracut aged 37.
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Boston Lodge of Elks
Boston Theatre
Nat Goodwin
New York
Boston
the Elks
Revere House
O’brien
William Warren
Joseph Haworth
Rich and Harris
Marshall P. Wilder
Goodwin
Haworth
Oman
Pin Mac Cool
River Street
Henry Boyle
Dracut
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John Convey
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Hagan
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Brown
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Atkinson
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Snow
Jewett
Continental Life Ins. Co
Boston Wall Paper Company
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Richmond
Lord
Crocker
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
H. R. Bailey
Dabney
Robert 8
Minot
Horace E. Briggs
F. Rackerman
Brewster
E. K. Hale
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Charles B. Jenness
E. A. Whitman
W. H. H. Andrews
Dodge
Briggs
Brooks
Jenness
Browman
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Kempster
Quincy M. and
Weathercoce
Noah Webster
G. O. Taylor
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W. J. Rooney
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