PUTTING UP THE BARS Rejection of Alger's Order on Salaries of Court Officers
The Senate refused to suspend rules and rejected Senator Alger's measure to revise salaries of sheriffs and clerks of courts across counties. The action likely reflected more than opposition to suspending the rules. The House precommitted the coast defence resolution to the committee on federal relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Senate
Commonwealth
House
Committee On Federal Relations
Gas Versus Electric Light Debate Shows Municipal Pole Control
Hearings before the committee on manufactures examined gas company plans to supply electric lighting. W E B Willaway proposed a new draft requiring filings with gas commissioners after electrification and omitting pole location provisions. Local authorities argued over pole permissions and public travel impacts while opponents warned of gas company monopoly and high capital. Testimony cited Newton Electric Light and Power Co and others. hearing to continue next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Manufactures
W. EB. L. Dyillaway
Lane
Leominster
Leominster Gas Light Company
Samuel L. Powers
Newton
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Ie Committee
Electric
Horace B. Parker
Newton Electric Light and Power Company
F. H. Ashcroft
Lynn
Reuben Arey
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Senate action on suspension petitions and county official salaries
The Senate rejected admitted petitions under suspension of rules including E C Hawkes costs award and liquor sale orders. A Harwich manufacturing project petition was tabled. The body ordered public service review on county sheriff and court clerk salaries and audit duties, with action pending on engrossment of several bills including Mashpee lands, flats fund, prison and hospital loans, and a North Woburn Street Railway addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
E. C. Hawkes
General Court
County Commissioners
Middlesex
Concord
Keith
Cape
Harwich
Alger
Dwyer
Committee On Public Service
Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth
North Woburn Street Railway Company
Resolutions Recommitted. Railroad Consolidation Referred
On motion by Mr Dresser of Medford coast defence resolutions were recommitted to the committee on federal relations. Mr Dillingham of Sandwich had the Governors message on Troy and Greenfield railroad and Hoosac Tunnel referred to the Hoosac Tun nel and Troy Greenfield committee. Inexpedient was the judiciary report on capital punishment witnesses and the taxation report on taxing horses sheep and swine. Probate and insolvency reported a bill for an additional term of the Probate Court in Orange in Franklin county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresser
Medford
Dillingham
Sandwich
Troy & Greenfield
Hoosac Tunnel
Committee On
Orange
Franklin County
Lawmakers clash over lobbying rules and usury caps
Representative Graves testified on a judiciary order about lobbying by state officers. Beard’s action last year and this year drew criticism. A Boston water use petition hearing set for next Wednesday at 3 p m. Senator wen pushed a bill on usury limits, noting penalties in 32 states and territories and proposing a 6 percent rate with 10 percent cap. Ex Senator Pillsbury appeared opposing for several banks.
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Representative Graves
Committee On the Judiciary
Graves
Beard
Boston
Wen
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Shea
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Montana
City Hall
Pillsbury
National Banks and Trust
Funeral of Judge Russell Brings City and Pilgrim Hall Tribute
Funeral services for Judge Thomas Russell were held at his Boston home on Hancock Street and at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth. Notables including Dr. Cyrus A. Bartel, Frank B. Sanborn, and judges attended, as did his widow and daughters. The procession to Plymouth carried the remains for burial on Burial Hill, with services led by Rev. E. H. Hall and Rev. George W. Briggs.
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Thomas Russell
Hancock Street
Cyrus A. Bartel
Frank B. Sanborn
George S. Hale
A. E. Pillsbury
Bacon
Blodgett
Sanger
Curtis
Briham
William B. Gale
George Start
William Lloyd Garrison
I. J. Garrison
A. Bb. Use Deswood
J.B. Smith
J. H. Wolf
Edward Hamilton
Kinsley and Stevens
Herschel
William A. Crafts
Board of Railroad Commissioners
William G. Russell
Edward A.taft
William Briggs
Edward Hi
Hall of Cambridge
Plymouth
Boston
Judge Russell
Burial Hill
Pilgrims Hall
Pilgrim Society
Russell
E. H. Hall
George W. Briggs
Opera at Boston theatres signals strong week ahead
The Boston theatres plan a busy week led by the National Opera Company returning to the Boston Theatre with Lohengrin Martha The Flying Dutchman Aida Faust and the ballet Coppelia The Globe hosts Dellinger Lorraine with Gertrude Griswold in Boston debut Other venues show Fin Mac Cool Held by the Enemy and Young Mrs Winthrop along with The Ivy Leaf and a Freedman Blind run
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Opera Company
Boston Theatre
Dellinger
Lorraine
Chicago
Herr Dellinger
Don Cesar
Louis XIV
France
Gertrude Griswold
Paris
Boston
Emily Soldene
Signor Perugini
Grand Opera
Mime
Mathilde Cottrelly
de Wolf Hopper
Lerndon Morsell
Percy Anderson
Adolph Neuendorft
Dramatic and Musical Gossip on City Theatres Today
The afternoon and evening entertainments list Boston Ideal Opera Company in Victor and Boucicault in Kin Mac Cool plus Hoodman Blind at Park and Held by the Enemy at Museum. Symphony concert features D M Babcock as soloist with Haydn in G major and Mendelssohn I Am a Roamer. The Park promises Hoodman Blind followed by The Private Secretary with Gillette. Miss Rosina Vokes to appear Monday in The Schoolmistress and a star-studded Park lineup including Ward Mansfield Davenport Janauschek and Jim the Penman through season’s end. Globe notes two notable attractions already announced.
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Boston
Drury Lane
Hollis Street
Mme. Modjeska
Mr. Boucicault
Ideal Opera Company
Victor
Park
Hoodman
Museum
Globe
Bijou
Howard
Variety
D. M. Babcock
Haydn
Mendelssohn
I Am
Reinhold
the Globe
City Notes Probate Valuation and Local Events
The estate of Moses Williams is valued at 8,974,482 with 3,055,450 real and 916,032 personal. J W C Prescott's funeral was held at 379 Charles Street with Masonic and lodge attendees. A safe was blown open at Mt Hope station, $70 stolen. The Star course features Alice May Esty and others in a Monday concert. A lecture on telescope by Prof James C Sharp at YMHA. M B Faxon to speak on Annuals and their Cultivation at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
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Moses Williams
J. W.C. Prescott
Mt. Lebanon
A. M
Charles Street
Dr. Crawford
Temple Street
Alice May Esty
Gertrude Edmonds
J.C. Bartlett
Lou F. Brine
Harry L. Cornell
Leon Keach
George C. Dobson
James C. Sharp
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
M. B. Faxon
Saugus
Watson
Webster
Locke
Porter
Corrugated W. F. Co
Packard
Carr
Boston & Maine Railroad Co
Sohier
Boston
Boyd
Dearborn
Foster
Old Colony
Worthing
Clement
Haskett
Rowell
Libbey
MacGowan
Willey
Suffolk B. Co
Aldrich
John Convey
South Boston Railroad Company
Allen
H. F. Naphen
Dabney
Josiah N. Brackett
B.y Howes
D. F. Fitz
M. Holbrook
Business Troubles and Insolvency Court Proceedings
Feelin W Williams of Fall River offers 70 cents on the dollar to creditors in a multilateral assignment list. The Suffolk County Insolvency Court, Judge McKim presiding, passed on several assignee accounts with dividends declared for Allen, Chapin, Galligan, Walsh, Piecre, and others. adjourned meetings for Monroe, Smith, Nolan, Campbell, Lane brothers, Colby, Rachel. National and international business failures report 267 for the week, up from prior weeks, with Canada higher than normal.
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Feélin W. Williams
Fall River
John S. Roper
W. Warren
E. W. Hillorn
Newberry
Ind
Randall & Fryar
Fairfield
Minn
J. KE. Smith
Newbern
N. C
Thomas I. Kelly
Providence
Meckhissack & Bro
Denmark
W. H. Green
Lee K. Allen
Franklin Street
Abraham TI. Chapin
Washington Street
James H. Galligan
James M. Walsh
Apothecary
Dudley Street
Arthur H. Piecre
Adams Street
Dorchester
George A. Monroe
West Broadway
Charles P. Smith
Middle
West Fourth Street
John A. Nolan
Eighth Street
Boston
Frederick W. Campbell
Bowdoin Street
Asa N. Wheeler
Haverhill Street
Matthew T. Patterson
Albany Street
John J. and
Andrew T. Lane
Lane Bros
Harrison Avenue
Ebenezer T. Colby
Custom House
Wellington Street
Charles A. Rachel
Beverly Street
N. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency Today
Telegraph
United States
Canada
New Yor City
Hale's Honey Cough Cure and Other Patent Medicines
Advertisement lists Hale's Honey Cough Cure at 25 cents, 60 cents, and $1. Glenn's Sulphur Soap 25 cents. German Corn Remover 25 cents. Hills Hair and Whisker Dye 50 cents. Pike's Toothache Drops 25 cents. Bean's Rheumatic Pulls claimed as a sure cure. 606.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Glenn
Pike
Bean
Leaning Toward Probation Dissension and Mission Return
The American Board prudential committee reviews Rev. R. A. Hume’s stance on the probation after death. Evidence shows he views it as not forbidden by Scripture yet has not committed to it publicly. The panel approves his return to the Maratha Mission, believing his past service and statements align with the board’s stance and mission wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Hume
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Prudential Committee
Hume
American Board
Public meeting for Stratford on Avon Shakspere Library plans
A Lyceum Theatre London public meeting on Shakspere's birthday aims to devise fundraising for the Stratford on Avon Shakspere Library which has so far failed to attract subscriptions. Mr Irving once donated proceeds from a Lyceum show, the best aid the fund has received. The note recounts other European commentary and a French insult to Prince Bismarck, plus a Gambetta statue progress and a political row over Irish governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Theatre
London
Shakspere
Stratford-on-Avon Shakspere Library
Irving
Lyceum
Borrowed guest and Boston social fashions this winter
A witty column notes a gentleman who dined at three events in one night, the rise of French style with children and maids, and a Victorian tale of social amusements. It highlights chaperoned Harvard gatherings, poetry borrowing mishaps in Boston, and a humane view of animal welfare alongside studio symposiums and Florentine social echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard
Massachusetts
Sunday Notices for Association Hall Meetings
Association Hall hosts a men only meeting with singing by the male chorus at 3 p.m. Young men invited. A sermon to young Sunday evening at Union Hall 18 Boylston Street by Rev Francis Hornbrooke of Newton. Special music and social singing with doors open at 7, program to begin 7:30. Public invited.
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Association Hall
Association
Tian Mrroney
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Francis BB. Hornbrooke
Newton
Sucias Sara C. Peakes
Traste
Robinson
Jabez L
Bject
Byron A. Robinson
Courts Hear Patent Case and Busy Boston Docket
United States Circuit Court resumes with rehearing on preliminary injunction in Union Edge Letter Co. v. Keith over patent 173284 for burnishing sole edges. Proceedings cover numerous Superior Court sessions with many civil actions, debts, and motor cases listed for Monday through Tuesday hearings in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Ciiticuit Court
Cour. J. Union Edge Letter Company
George E. Keith
Charles H. Helms
J. E. Magnadier
J. L
Superior Court Docket Highlights Middlesex Cases
Feb 11 session notes Hughes vs Lowering jury verdict for defendant. Attorneys Rus sell for plaintiff Stearns Butler for defense. Also 85000 promissory note suit Hayes vs Bullard executors of Dick inson will Cambridge. Trials include Hanfield Wakefield. Regan pro ami vs Goodhue. Lombard admr vs Morse. Coulter vs Haynes. Hildreth vs Gleason. Spear vs Shattuck. Morgan vs Clark. McCormick vs Cox. Studley trustee vs City of Boston. Squire assignee vs Hewlett. Chamberlain. Bacon vs City of Boston. Tate compt Vs Pailer.
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H.H. Winslow
Hayes
Bullard
Henfield
Wakefield
Regan
Pro Ami
Goodhue
Mahoney
Same
Lombard
Admr
Morse
Coulter
Haynes
Hildreth
Gleason
Spear
Shattuck
Morgan
Clark
McCormick
Cox
Studley
Trustee
City of
Boston
hlb—Squire
Hewlett
Chamberlain
Bacon
Tate
Pai Ier
Digestylin Digestive Tonic Promises Dyspepsia Relief
An advertisement proclaims Digestylin a palatable cure for dyspepsia and indigestion with tonic action. It urges readers to try a bottle and be convinced, listing Wm. Kidder & Co. at 83 John Street, New York, as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidder & Co
John St
Blank paper to place orders for spirits in Boston
A French phrase explains carte blanche as a blank paper for orders. The notice states a postal card costs 4 penny and may be used to transmit orders to Chester H. Grave & Sons in Boston for G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon, Pure Red Whiskey, or both. It mentions unbranded cases and assorted shipments available.
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G.O. Taylor
Chester H. Grave & Sons
Boston
Mass
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Apollo Club
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the Theatres
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Guiscard
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William
Bismarck
Prince Alexander of
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Durchlaucht
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Place de Caroussel
M. Aube
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Dante
Government of Inquiry
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Prenez
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Page
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Leavitt
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Pray
Hagan
Sartwell
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Whitney
Simons
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Eentat
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McNeil
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French
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Martin
Egan
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Hill
Donnelly
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Fitzpatrick
Baker
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Parsons
Moore
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Seiler
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Lor
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Horace E. Briggs
F. Rackerman
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E. B. Hale
Fendant.ee
Benjamin Brooks
Charles B. Jenness
Philadelphia
E. A. Whitman
W H H. H. Andrews
Fendant
Simon Blowman
Levi Raphael
I. J. Morrison
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Torrey
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Linecoln Wharf Co
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Dolly
Stewart
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Kempster
Haywood
Somer
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Aronson
Goldster
Haven
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Davis
Barnard
Lippitt
Phillips
Lawren
Smith
Saunders
Spurr
Marks
Klaherty
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Donelly
Asli
Ler Works
Eht Co
Harley & Co
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Axminster
HECK
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D.T. Timayvenis
SiIngrad
Turkey
Kirman
Cashmere
BUGS
Ha, Hartley & Co
Brattle Square
Missouri Trust Company
Cleveland, Whitney & Co. Bankers and Brokers
Exchange Place
Hollis Street Theatre
Loesch
Boucicault
John Mullaly
Dakota
New England
New England Colony Association
Thomas N. Bicknell
John B. Mead
West Rattlo Ie Vt
B. B. Kimball
Vermont
H. N. Bruce
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