Cambridge Quiet Amid Striker Tension and Horse Car Return
Cambridge sees calm as horse car service resumes with police aid from Lynn to Worcester. Officials report rare violence, minor stone-throwing, two drunken arrests, and a cleared crowd at Harvard Square. Conductor Moore injured on Beacon Street. investigations and disciplinary steps announced.
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Cambridge
Horse Railroad Company
Lynn
Salem
Lowell
Worcester
Matthews
Grand Army
Cloyes
Soule
Ramsay
West Somerville
Hayes
Davis Square
Sergeant Dow
Carleton
Somerville
Elm Street
Union Square
Brick Bottom
Seab
East Cambridge
Leverett Street
Boston
Medford Street
Park Square
Third Street
Cambridge Street
Cambridgeport
Lechmere Square
Clowes
Murray
Knights of Labor
Cornhill
Washington Street
Haymarket Square
Merrimac Street
Lowell Street
Haverhill Street
Haverhill
Causeway Streets
Moore
Trouble In The Camp Of Strikers At Brattle Square
Report from Brattle Square headquarters shows growing strife among strikers two weeks after the tie up. Dissatisfaction centers on the committee and treasury with leaders threatening resignation. Only a fraction of applicants for reinstatement receive work while many old hands remain unemployed and wary.
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Brattle Square
Pike
Jenness
Starter Boynton
Bancroft
Peaceful Bay View car line riot watch in South Boston
Snow blanketed West Fourth Street as Bay View line cars ran with police aboard no incidents by sunset. Extra officers guarded Broadway and Dover routes. four men arrested for obstructing sidewalks. one man with a sword taken to station. Scab cries and minor window damage reported but no major disturbance.
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West Fourth Street
South Boston
Bay View
Judge Burbank
Hersey
Goodwin
Division
Eldredge
Broadway
White
Boston
I Street
Thomas Donegan
Station 6
Dorchester
Third Streets
Hugh Bresnahan
Bragdon
Wilworth
Rideout
Fessenden
Kingsley
Station 1
Martin Devine
Patrick McCarty
William O’ Neil
Thomas Cleary
Dover Street
Coolidge
Catholic Young Men Dinner Marks Social Start for Boston College Group
The Young Men’s Catholic Association of Boston College held its first dinner at Boston College Hall with about 200 attendees. Officers included Rev. E. V. Boursand S J as president and A A Turner as vice president, while speakers praised the group and its city role, with toastmaster Gerald Griffin introducing the president.
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Young Men’s Catholic Association of
Boston College
Boston College Hall
E. V. Boursand
S. J
A. A. Turner
William [. Pelletier
H. F. McGrady
P. A. Halpin
J. F. McNichol
M. J. Byrnes
W. J. Scanlan
E. A. McLaughlin
Boston
Turner
Gerald Griffin
Henry J. Shander
Peter Cassidy
Gerome Dougherty
E. V. Boursaud
Association
Father Boursaud
Father Fulton
O’brien
Whall
Thomas Fay, Jr
Edward A. McLaughlin
House of Representatives
Washington and Lincoln Honored in Old South Festival
Memorial exercises at the Old South Church celebrate Washington and Lincoln as enduring symbols of liberty and conscience. Charles C Coffin delivers remarks praising citizen virtue, democracy, and the moral fuel of justice and self sacrifice.
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Charles Carleton Coffin
Old South Church
Dr. Holmes
Lowell
Gaston School
H. E. Holt
New England Conservatory
Edwin D. Mead
Carrie L. Williamson
Girls’ Latin School
Edith R. Lynch
Boston
Florence E. Phillips
Mary L. Fay
Clarence E. Burnham
Mead
Charles C. Coffin
Coffin
Washington
Sierra Nevadas
America
George Washington
Mr. Coffin
aptaieeEreab
Robert C. Winthrop
Lincoln
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Republic of God
Euphrates
Holy
Zion
End of shift at Bay View line with calm workers
The Bay View line was the first to run at 6 pm while the Federal street line, the last remaining, did not start. Workers gathered at St Michael's Chapel for a benefit concert as their headquarters remained peaceful and orderly through the evening.
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J. E. Gerry
Beacon Street
Somerville
Pollard
Moore
Chisholm
Bay View
Federal Street
White
St. Michael’s Chapel
Our Duty to Unfortunate Women And Police Matrons Debate
Mary A Livermore addressed a packed Wesleyan building on reform for women in distress. She urged society not to blame victims of vice, cited wage inequality, and urged support for a Tremont Temple mass meeting and a statehouse bill. Present were leading reformers, ministers, and civic figures.
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Mary A. Livermore
Wesleyan
Kate Gannett Wells
State House
Ellen Foster
Iowa
Birtwell
Children’s Aid Society
Holiday Observed at South Boston House of Correction
For the first time in years a holiday was celebrated at the South Boston house of correction yesterday. The inmates did no work and a concert was held in the afternoon.
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House OF Correction
South Boston
Notable Recital Held in Chapel Under Cheeney Direction
In the chapel under Mr George L L Cheeney a concert featured Mrs Kate F Barnard soprano Mr Charles C Roby baritone Mr Charles F Higgins violinist Mr Charles E Lindall cornetist Mr Melvin R Day impersonator Mr James W Cheeney pianist and accompanist Mr George L Cheeney humorous vocalist with President O Neill and board members present. The audience, mainly men, enjoyed the performance and applauded each number.
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George l L. Cheeney
Kate F. Barnard
Charles C. Roby
Charles F. Higgins
Charles E. Lindall
Melvin R. Day
James W. Cheeney
George L. Cheeney
O'Neil
Messrs
Appleton Street Chapel Festival at Columbia Rink
The Appleton Street Chapel held its Washington’s birthday festival at the Columbia Rink with Mme Arcau directing fancy dances and a daylong program. The Dairy maids march, La Petite Coquette, Spanish dance, Minuet de la Cour, Hungarian Kortanz, and Pas des Fleurs thrilled eighty young ladies and ensembles. Baldwin's Cadet Band provided music at Parker Fraternity Hall for an evening social.
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Appleton Street Chapel
Washington
Columbia Rink
Mme. J. Arcau
May Scott
Bertha Fachon
la Petite Gertrude
Bessie Brown
Mabel Jones
Parker Fraternity Hall
Appleton Street
F. T. Rose
Charles W. Cogswell
William Gooch
Patterson
L. Fannie Babcock
Baldwin
Festival in Music Hall for Washington's Birthday
The Warren Street Chapel celebration at Music Hall marked Washington's birthday with a full day of entertainment from morning to midnight. Children enjoyed dancing figures and a costume exhibition with a French minuet, Tyrolese dance, sailors' hornpipe, and Highland fling, while adults danced in the evening. Notable attendees included Henry S. Bowditch, John L. Emmons, and Samuel Welch. featured young performers were Gussie Nelson, Katie Buttekan, Edna Robinson, Clara Zobisch, and Florence Prince.
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Music Hall
Warren Street Chapel
Washington
Henry S. Bowditch
John L. Emmons
Samuel Welch
Gussie Nelson
Katie Buttekan
Edna Robinson
Clara Zobisch
Florence Prince
Perkins Institution Blind Children Festival Parade
The Perkins Institution for the Blind held a successful festival with 11 am program including geometrical and historical recitations, orchestra selections, solos, and gymnastic displays by girls directed by Miss Bennett. The afternoon mirrored the morning with praise for the boys’ military drills led by General John H. Wright. Miss Laura Bride man hosted a reception at Howe school. visitors included Mr and Mrs John Ellis and Miss Julia R Gilman with ten Gilman pupils. Proceeds fund a new Jamaica Plain kindergarten.
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Perkins Institution For the
Miss Bennett
John H. Wright
Laura Brideman
Howe School
John Ellis
Julia R. Gilman
Gilman
Jamaica Plain
Washington Birthday Reception Marks YMCA Event
The New Year reception of the Young Men's Christian Association was celebrated last evening after being postponed due to January 1. Harvard quartet songs, a gymnastic display, and Rev. William Griffis speaking on what the country expects from its youth highlighted the program. Governor Ames and other notable attendees joined in the afterglow in the parlors.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Washington
Harvard
William Griffis
Governor Ames
E. M. McPherson
Matthew Bolles
B E. Cole
Shoe and Leather Bank
Joseph C. Stevens
Seymour
Dinner at the Charlestown Prison Birthday Concert
Colonel EF J Russell, warden, celebrated Washington’s Birthday by hosting a chapel concert for about 550 inmates. After the performance the prisoners walked in the yard for 30 minutes before a roast beef dinner. Jesse Pomeroy, solitary confinement inmate, also received the dinner in his cell.
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Charlestown
EF. J. Russell
Washington
Jesse Pomeroy
Prizes Offered by Wells Memorial Association for Essays
The Wells Memorial Association invites Workingmen's Club members to submit essays on Capital and Labor, Savings and Economy, and Industrial Education with under 3000 words. Prizes of 25, 15 await the top essays sealed envelopes due June 1, 1887. An 1785 1831 Schouler History exam offers 15 10 5 prizes in May or June. registration by April 1, 1887.
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Wells Memorial Association
Workingmen’s Club
Messrs
J. D. W. French
Blatchford
Loring
South Friendly Society Holds Successful Fair at Vendome
The South Friendly Society members of Rev. Edward Everett Hale's church held a charity fair at Hotel Vendome attracting many visitors. Proceeds benefit the society with baskets candy from South End industrial school pupils and tables run by club members and volunteers.
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The
South Friendly Society
Edward Everett Hale
Hotel Vendome
J .Y. Andrews
Georgia Merrill
Hattie E. Freeman
Edward Everett Wale
Elliott Russell
8. T. Hooper
South End Industrial School
Deaf Mutes Masquerade at Horticultural Hall on Washington's Birthday
About twenty five masked attendees staged a silent promenade at Horticultural Hall. The event, led by George A. Holmes, featured prize costumes including a washerwoman and a Night enshrouded figure. Proceeds support a $4000 campaign to fund a bronze statue of Thomas H. Gallaudet in Washington in 1888.
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Horticultural Hall
George A. Holmes
George Washington
New England
New York
Thomas H. Gallaudet
Washington
Readings and Dinners Mark Social Calendar of Boston
Miss Minna Caroline Smith celebrated James Russell Lowell with an original study at No 5 Park Street while Browning Society heard readings at the Brunswick. Knights of St Rose MIT Chapter dined at Revere House with 140 members. Boston Press Club plans a Parker House dinner for Justin McCarthy. Vanderbilt trio checked in at Youngs. Charlestown Cadets and United Workingmen dined at Quincy, MIT class of 84 and Warren Phalanx at Youngs.
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James Russell Lowell
Minna Caroline Smith
No. 5
Park Street
Browning Society
Brunswick
Maida Craigen
Kent Robertson
Arthur Pickering
Knights of St. Rose
Massachusetts
Forresters
Revere House
J.J. McLaughlin
J. F. Daily
Hugh R. O’ Donald
J. H. Watson
Patrick McLaughlin
Justin McCarthy
Boston Press Club
Parker House
McCarthy
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius, Jr
Young’s
Charlestown Cadets
United Workingmen’s Association
Quincy
Big 8
Warren Phalanx
Company D
Nims Battery Association
Young
Third Annual Reunion of Mechanic Apprentices’ Library Assn
The third annual reunion was celebrated with a dinner at Parker House last evening led by President F W Lincoln. Seventy three members attended and a portion of records from a fifty year old meeting was read showing eleven of those present then were present again last night.
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Mechanic Apprentices’ Library Association
Parker House
F. W. Lincoln
Artillerymen's Reunion Honors Washington Monument Participants
Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company who joined the 1885 Washington excursion and monument dedication gathered at Young's Hotel for a reunion presided by Mayor George Merrill. After-dinner remarks were given by General John M. Corse and several officers and doctors.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Washington
Washington Monument
Young's Hotel
George Merrill
John M. Corse
Augustus Whittemore
John Mark
George H. Patch
W. H. Cundy
A. E. Leach
Smith
Worcester Continentals
Malden Serenaders Delight Fans on Washington's Birthday
The Malden Serenaders presented their sixteenth Washington's Birthday entertainment to a crowded Opera House. Four end men debuted, with C. A. Paige E. P. Holt in the first edition and Gus Beaudreau Walter E. Adams in the second. A lively program featured songs, banjo and guitar numbers, a topical satire, and the comic sketch Confusion or One Night in a Madhouse ending the event.
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Maupex
Sprcrar
Opera House
Malden
Washington
C. A. Paige
E. P. Holt
Gus Beaudreau
Walter E. Adams
Frank Perkins
Hern
Hosmer
Fred Hall
P. G. Forbes
C. E. Spofford
Fred L. Putnam
Hartwell Staples
Messrs
Lansing
Shattuck
Lou Hosmer
Bert
Putnam
Charles Spofford
Billy Brown
Zeb Doolittle
Darling
Ed P. Holt
Jasper Jewson
Daisy
O. C. Putnam
Romeo Irving
Dickey
Richelieu Booth
Fred Putnam
Fifty-ninth Regiment Association Formed in City Point
Over thirty members of the Fifty-ninth Regiment M V M met at the United States Hotel to perfect an association and test Alder man Haynes's cook. Lt Millward was reelected president with Captain Corcoran as secretary as Major Barnard became quartermaster. A grand reunion involving several regiments was proposed for summer.
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Fifty-ninth Regiment
United States
Tilly Haynes
B. F. Millward
Millward
Cochrane
Fifty-ninth Regiment Association
Corcoran
Barnard
Ingalls
Beach House
City Point
Dudley
Wythe
Fifty-eighth Regiment Association
Fifty-sixth
Fifty-seventh
Fifty-eighth
Fifty-ninth
Fires Reported at St James Episcopal Church Cambridge
An alarm from Box 69 in Cambridge at 9 50 last evening cited smoke issuing from the chimneys of St James Episcopal Church located at Beach Street and North Avenue in North Cambridge.
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Cambridge
St. James Episcopal Church
Beach Street
North Avenue
North
Farmhouse Burned at Ward Hill Bradford
A large farmhouse owned by Charles Hazeltine at Ward Hill, Bradford, and a barn with contents were destroyed by fire this evening. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, insured. The cattle were saved.
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Havering
Charles Hazeltine
Ward Hill
Bradford
Weather Indications for New England and New York
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Wednesday Feb 23 forecast calls for fair weather in New England with lower temperatures and northeasterly winds. Eastern New York should see fair weather with falling temperatures and easterly winds shifting to southerly.
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Washington, D. C
New England
New York
Boston Weather Summary From Observer Office
Boston forecast from the Signal Service reports conditions for February 22 1887. Expect cold, clear to partly cloudy skies with brisk northeast winds and low temperatures around freezing. Expect rising humidity and light morning frost inland.
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Boston
Observer’s Office
Signal Servicer
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Patrick Rafferty
Henry A. Snow
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