Investigation of Mr Osborne’s Ballot Controversy Continues
The executive council’s hearing into Mayor Matthews charges against Commissioner Osborne resumes with testimony from Chief Clerk Ryan about stock investments, police officers recounting stubbed coupons, stamps, and Globe votes, and officers describing how ballots were cast, collected, and distributed amid a broad network of liquor dealers and station procedures.
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Executive Council
Matthews
Osborne
Dabney
Ryan
Marine Bank of
Duluth
Savings Bank
Marine Bank of Duluth
John M. Curtin
Mr. Osborne
Fldridge
Beacon
Horatio J. Homer
Globe
Police Commissionere
George E. Savory
Cain
Hoey
Barrett Street
Ilmess
Witness
Allen & Co
Cornhill
William M. Osborne
Globe Office
Saxton
Witnness
Osne
Fire Department
North End
Huguer
Robinson
Charlies
W. H. Sanborn
North Market Street
Saxton of Station 1
Cruft
Theighlands
Hemenway
Station 2
Kimball
Lambert
East
Boston
Patrick O'Brien
Gaskins
Station 15
Kinsley Post
George A. Walker
Roxbury
Hamlin
Daniel Shea
Blackstone Street
James Hoey
Central Street
Edward Shiney
Cambridge Street
William Howard
Green &Stree
O'Brien
Charlestown
O’brien
Main Street
Dawson
Irish
Station 4
New England Printing Telegraph Company
William Grainger
M. H. Curley
Cashin
General Osborne
Richard 7
Police Station 4
David O. Felt
W. J. Sheehan
Mr. Felt
Trish
Mr. Tobin
Mr. Young
New Marlboro
Globe Cannons
Captain White
Captain Topin
William M. Howard
Hotel Windsor
Bowdoin Street
Green Street
Station 3
Tobin
Allen Street
Curley
Shiney
Captain Gaskins Aims For Possible Evening Correction
In the evening session Captain Gaskins suggested he might issue a correction to earlier statements or actions. The remarks hint at revisiting details or clarifying positions expressed during proceedings.
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Gaskins
Sons of Brown University Eighteenth Reunion at Young's Hotel
The Sons of Brown University residing in Boston and vicinity held their eighteenth annual reunion and dinner at Young's Hotel. Alumni gathered in the parlors for greetings, then elected officers for the year. Remarks honored Professor John Larkin Lincoln and noted Professor Bancroft’s disappearance and Professor Lincoln’s health. Auld Lang Syne closed the program with tributes and greetings from Brown University affiliates.
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Sons OF Brown University
Young
Boston
Young’s Hotel
Brown University
Hamilton B. Staples
John Jetlow
Edgar O. Silver
Edward W. Tucker
William V. Keller
Ray Greer Hauling
Municipal Court
A. A. Gordon
D.D
E. L. Pierce
W. A. Mowry
John Tetlow
G. F. Jelly
A. H. Plumb
C. A. Spaulding
G. W. Gild
Fall River
J. A. DeWolf
Staples
Newton
Andrews
T. Whiting Bancroft
Lincoln
Sons
Vicinity
John Larkin Lincoln
Carpenter
Eustis C. Fitz
Gordon
Bailey
Free lecture by W F Ganong at Horticultural Hall
The seventh free lecture in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society course will be delivered Saturday at 11 o clock at Horticultural Hall Cambridge by Mr W F Ganong of the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. The lecture will use large charts on global plant distribution and is expected to interest natural science students. The public is cordially invited. The spring exhibition timetable was postponed to the first week in April. Try Hood s Sarsaparilla for claimed health benefits including improved nerve strength appetite and digestion.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
W. F. Ganong
Botanic Garden
Harvard University
Cambridge
Street Franchises Hearings At The State House
A continued hearing before the Committee on Cities discussed street use by private firms. Newton asks rights to lay tracks and levy license fees, while other bills cover terms for granting tracks, poles, and conduits. Experts testify on compensation and the need for a public commission to regulate franchises. The session adjourned to Feb 26.
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Committee On Cities
Slocum
Newton
City of
Wilson
George Fred Williams
Boston
Bailey
Holmes
New Bedford
Carruth
Farmer
Newbedford
Herbert L. Harding
Boston Citizens’ Association
Canine protection bill sparks adjourned hearing debate
The Massachusetts Agriculture Committee resumed a hearing at the State House on a proposed dog protection bill. Petitions urged protection, while speakers argued the measure would exterminate dogs and invite crime. Various residents from Medford and surrounding towns defended dogs as life and property protectors as the committee closed the hearing sine die.
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Committee On Agriculture
State House
W. Fifield
Medford
Fifield
E. W. Thomas
Alliston
Commonwealth
Mr. Thomas
Messrs
Charles Tnness
E. L. Lord
William Johnson
Fr. J. M. Burgess
Middleborough
Parks
J. ©. Waters
M. Kehoe
Alexander Campbell
Henry B. Hill
Henry F. Moore
Palmer
Mack Elevated Railway Charter Hearing in Boston
The Committee on Street Railways of the Great and General Court held a hearing on the Mack Elevated Railway Company petition for a Boston elevated line. Counsel Woodward Emery outlined merits of the Mack system while asserting demand is self evident, then William B. Mack described his invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
L. M. Butler
Orlando Stewart
J. K. Taylor
Henry L. Leach
George Richards
D. H. Andrews
Joseph A. Shin
Angus Sinclair
Mack
Clarke
West End
Mr. Mack
Emery
Boston
Ublic
West End Company
Mack Company
Committee On
the Great and General Court
Mack Elevated Railway Company
Woodward Emery
William B. Mack
Electric wires and poles regulation debate proceeds
The Committee on Mercantile Affairs continued a hearing on granting aldermen and selectmen more power to regulate electric wires and poles, including relocation and shared pole use. City Electrician Morse of Cambridge described potential efficiency gains and underground trends in major cities. Mayor Rantoul of Salem supported city control over streets, while allowing appeal on pole and wire decisions. The panel postponed further action as related matters proceed.
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Salem
Morse
Cambridge
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Rantoul
Publication of Election Expenses and Holidays Proposed
The Committee on Election Laws heard proposals to publish election expenditures and make election days legal holidays. Senators and representatives discussed treasurer reporting duties, expenditure thresholds, and penalties for noncompliance. A plan for precinct division and a uniform vote counting system was also presented to improve accuracy.
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Committee On
Messrs
R. H. Dana
Josiah Quincy
George Fred Williams
Secretary of State
Supreme
Rosnosky
G. J. Moulton
E. M. Chamberlin
R. L. Gay
Lane
Gloucester
Ira Copeland
Brockton
Peabody's Lecture on Ideals and Social Duty
Professor Francis G. Peabody spoke at the Lowell Institute on ethical theories and the social questions. He framed ethics as the science of conduct linking individual life to the common good and described four paths from defiance to service, concluding that true idealism comes from selfless service to others.
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Francis G. Peabody
Lowell Institute
Peabody
Professor Peabody
Sunday sale of tobacco debated by House Judiciary
The House Judiciary Committee weighed a petition by H. M. Hyams and others to legalize Sunday tobacco and cigar sales by all vendors. Drugstore advocates argued uneven enforcement and calls for equal treatment, while opponents warned of more drug stores and rural disruption. Witnesses pressed for either universal legalization or uniform enforcement. The Railroads Committee then heard Boston and Maine Railroad petition details to purchase lines it operates, with counsel Richard Olney and trustees pressing minor bill changes for system efficiency.
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House Judiciary Committee
H. M. Hyams
E. B. Goodsell
H. Joski
S. Benatail
W. H. Whitman
Frederic Willcomb
Ipswich
Henry H. Faxon
Quincy
Boston & Maine
Committee On Railroads
Boston & Maine Railroad
Richard Olney
William G. Russell
Eastern Railroad
Frederick Bancroft
Nashua & Rochester
Taxation hearing on mortgaged property liens and barber Sunday business
The Committee on Taxation heard support to amend Chapter 11 Section 23 Public Statutes to make taxes on mortgaged personal property a lien and hold mortgagees liable on possession. The hearing closed with arguments about protecting tax collectors. The House Judiciary Committee also heard a petition to allow Sunday barber shop business, with supporters citing losses and opponents citing existing law.
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Committee On Taxation
Next Week's Bazaar Aids Surgical Hospital for Women
Preparations for the Woman's Charity Club bazaar at Music Hall opened next Monday at 8 PM. The event supports the Surgical Hospital for Women at Chester Park and runs through the week with a reception, minuet by Barnard Memorial School children, recitations, grand march led by Martha Washington, and a Beacon Orchestral Club dance set. The executive committee includes Mrs. Micah Dyer and others. membership now 350.
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Music Hall
Surgical Hospital For
Chester Park
Bromfield Street
Micah Dyer, Jr
Barnard Memorial School
Martha Washington
Treatment of inebriety lecture urges medical restraint
Dr. Lucius M. Baker of Baldwinsville argued drunkenness is a disease at a Ladies Physiological Institute talk. He urged not confinement as a class but one year of medical restraint then parole, with indefinite restraint for repeat offenses to erase hereditary roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius M. Baker
Baldwinsville
Ladies’ Physiological Institute
Courts roundup shows injunction denied in patent dispute
United States Court grants preliminary injunction motion on a Pratt patent for car door hangers, reversed on appeal. In the Supreme Judicial Court Knowlton case, the court favored the complainant in a mortgage notes dispute involving Mrs Mary J. Horton, with further reports to the full bench and no injunction issued. Attorneys from Syracuse and Rhode Island represented the respective parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit
Corr
Dunham Manufacturing Company
Coburn ‘Jolly Track Manufacturing Company
Elias E. Pratt
Pratt
George L. Huntress
George W. Hey
Syracuse
John L.S. Roberts
Decndant
Supreme Judicial Court
Knowlton
J. Richard Bromley Y. William
W. Mitchell
Mary J. B. Horton
Providence
Superior Court First Session Case List and Verdicts
The court records multiple dockets from February including Aldrich J No 4427 Daniel Bishop vs John Mannion injuring him on a Brighton worksite with verdict for defendant. No 4720 Terrence Sullivan vs Sun Fire Office Co seeks 300 for a yacht destroyed by fire. Second and third sessions list numerous civil, contract, and mixed actions with verdicts, defenses, and closing arguments. Criminal session under Sherman J lists James Scully and others with fines and orders.
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Superior Court
Aldrich
Daniel Bishop
John Mannion
Pomeroy Street
Brighton
H. Smith
Thomas Burke
Terrence Sullivan
Sun Fire Office Company
J. A. McGeough
F. W. Kittredger
Q. Cooke
Abbott
Barker
Davis
Kerce
Hana
J. Line
Litchfield
J. Sheehan
White
Nason
Sheafe
Schlanger
Welch
J. J. Cutter
M. Coggan
Annie M. Freeman
Mercantile Mutual Accident Association
Knowles Freeman
A. Hemenway
F. Be, Fitz
A. E. Avery
Decker
Ehriein. Co
Hanmer
Haines
Boston
Fitzgerald Vy. Butch. Me. R. R. Er
O' Connor
O'Cun
Adams
Old Connor
Saxon
Clifford
Wentworth
Kimp
Freeman
Merton
Ace
Asso’n
Fitch
Benton
Cann
Long Sal’d
Potter
Dewhall Insurance Co
Walker
Cope
Lburke
Elec
Lt. Co
Boston Furniture
Bisxor
Gray
Glazier
Ponti
Rooke
Matthews
Pettitto
Page
Allgren
Lutz
Shaw
Handy
Desbvraux
Loud
J. D. Long
Walter L. Bouve
John Lowell, Jr
William O. Williams
Albion Knowlton
Berkeley Street
J.B. Warner
J. G. Holt
Dawson
Russell
West End
Same
Same. & Me
Williams
Knowl
Hutchinson
Sheehan
Ham, Good
Porter
de Picot
Mit
Howard
Harrington
West
Henry
Jordan
William Smith V Foster and trustee suit for 10000
No 2678 William Smith sues Alexander Foster and trustee to recover 10000 alleged due on a verdict for plaintiff 3227 Proctor & Ta pan for plaintiff Coolidge and Sibley for defendant. Also listed are cases 5792 Richardson v Town of Hudson for jury damages land taken for a town way and other dockets with motions set for Friday Feb 20 at 2 o clock p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Alexander Foster
Proctor & Tapan
W. H. Coolidge
E. D. Sibley
Oren A. Richardson
Town of
Hudson
M. McDonald
Rodney Lund
J. T
R. E. Joslin
Covell
Davia
Gaffney
Whit
Marriman
Barker
Comb
Atlanta University seeks twenty thousand for black education
Rev Dr Horace Bumstead heads fundraising in Atlanta for the university’s work educating freedmen as teachers and leaders. A Trinity Church chapel turnout was small but speakers urged gifts, highlighting endowment needs, current debts, and annual expenses with emphasis on expanding higher education for the black community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bumstead
Atlanta University
Atlanta
Phillips Brooks
Brooks
L. B. Maxwell
Savannah
Maxwell
Georgia
South
Bumstead
General Armstrong
General 5. C. Armstrong
Bampton Institute
Hampton
Nashville
Negro University of
George A. Gordon
New Old South Church
Banstead
Brooke Horford
Arlington Street
Winthrop Town Caucus Nominates New Officers in Close Vote
The largest known caucus for Winthrop town officers was held in the Town Hall last evening crowding the hall with voters. Nearly all present officers were defeated by a new slate. Alfred Tewkesbury acted as moderator and Charles A. Grant as secretary. Nominations included Charles C. Hutchinson Henry F. Shaneck Horace Waite for selectmen Frank E. Cook for town treasurer E Everett Crosby for tax collector Joseph W. Stoner three year school committee Ernest Griffin Isaac C. Hale as auditors John B. Tewkesbury and John McNaught as constables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Alfred Tewkesbury
Charles A. Grant
Charles C. Hutchinson
Henry F. Shaneck
Horace Waite
Frank E. Cook
E. Everett Crosby
Joseph W. Stoner
Ernest Griffin
Isaac C. Hale
John B. Tewkesbury
John McNaught
Genuine Imported Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Ad
An advertisement promotes the genuine imported Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as an alternative remedy that dissolves tenacious bile eases irritation and relieves obstruction by aiding nature rather than causing sudden irritation. It warns to obtain only the genuine imported article.
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Carlsbad Sprudel
Post Announces New Special Advertising Column
The postal service announces the creation of a special advertising column to reach the public via mailed notices. The program aims to expand advertiser access and public reach through a dedicated space in the post.
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McLaughlin
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