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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1887

Page

8

National Fishery Convention Opens in Providence Port

The great national fisheries convention convened at the Pavilion Hotel with Luther Maddox presiding and George Steele named permanent chairman. Delegates from Virginia to Maine gathered to discuss unity of fishing interests and push for stronger protection and retaliation against Canadian policies harming American fleets.

Guaverstein Pavilion Hotel Luther Maddocks George Steele United States Oil, Menhaden and Guano Association New York American Fishery Union W. A. Wilcox American Fish Bureau Charles Leys Woodbury Fitz J. Babson James Gifford Provincetown Daniel T. Church Tiverton Washington United States House of Representatives Great Britain England Babson Newfoundland Cour Sea Pergley Canadian Dominion Canada Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Sylvester Cunningham Gloucester C. H. Pease New Bedford I C. Young Wellfleet D. T. Church J. M. R. Sanford S. Brown Mystic Bridge Conn P. Benjamin Fulton Market George T. Tuttill Greenpoint N. Y John Luce Lewes Del F. Field Egg Harbor N. J A. J Eastport Congress Spencer F. Baird United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Virginia Maine Cor Ams

Hopkins Chosen as Miss Crocker Successor on School Board

At a board meeting the selection of a Crocker successor was decided with Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins winning 17 of 22 votes. Also approved were teacher appointments, resignations, salary adjustments for truants, and requests for electric lighting and extended evening school sessions.

Lucretia Crocker Board of Supervisors Louisa P. Hopkins Sarah A. C. Bond Susan Minns Hopkins Miss Minns Bond Committee On Accounts Annie F. McMahon Bunker Hill Katherine W. Huston George Putnam Josephine Garland Brimmer Ida Phabe H. Simpson Lewis Committee On

Assault on a Driver on North Avenue Leads to Arrest

A driver Hastings was knocked senseless on North avenue as a passenger attacked him with a sand bag or slingshot while Conductor Lewis brought the car to a stop. Officer Blinn arrested John Murphy, identified by the conductor, and Murphy will face arraignment.

North Avenue Lewis Hastings Porter’s Porter’s Station Harvard Square Lucey Station 1 Blinn John Murphy Murphy Hawley East Cambridge Brighton Street Boston Portland Street Grant Webster Avenue Cambridge Bancroft West Somerville Worcester Somerville Thomas Keenan Chelsea Callahan McElroy Maee Samuel Miller Robert Miller W. White Jones Linnell Itis Orentz Walter van Si Yk Thomas J. Durress Francis J. McCarty Charles McManus Dennis Sheehan John Collins John Calhave Edward Downey William Coughlin House of Correction Warren Street O'Connor

Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins Chosen Supervisor

Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins, newly elected supervisor, hails from Newburport and is about 50. She taught in Newburyport schools and has been a professor at Swain Free Academy in New Bedford teaching English literature and pedagogy. She has prepared teachers for public schools and authored notable works on education.

Louisa P. Hopkins Newburport Swain Free Academy New Bedford

City Notes Highlights From Evening Arts and Meetings

The Society of Arts meets at the Institute this evening with Dr F D Peters of Walpole presenting on copper mattes Bessemerizing. A temperance talk at Clarendon Street Church features Rev Mr Barnes on prison work. An Owen heater test occurs tomorrow at 11 before railroad commissioners in Fitchburg yard. William Ordway Partridge reads Keats at the Hotel Vendome with Albert Van Raalte assisting. next reading March 1 covers Shelley.

Society of Arts Institute F. D. Peters Walpole Clarendon Street Montgomery Barnes Massachusetts State Prison Owen Fitchburg Railroad Company William Ordway Partridge Keats Hotel Vendome St. Agnes Partridge Albert van Raalte Shelley

The Late Albert Morse Remembered

At a February 21 1887 meeting of the Boston Merchants Association a funeral committee was named and resolutions adopted praising Albert Morse a longtime business man and friend The group expressed sympathy to his family and noted his nearly forty years in the same line of business

Albert Morse Boston Merchants’ Association

Changes in the German Reichstag 1871 to 1884

The Pall Mall Gazette charts Reichstag party representation in 1871 and 1884. It lists Conservatives 57, Reichspartei 37, Liberals 30, National Liberals 125, Fortschrittpartei 46, Centrum 63, Poles 13, Social Democrats 2, Volkspartei 1, Guelphs 5, Autonomists 2, Danish party 1. By 1884 Conservatives 78, Reichspartei 28, Liberals 1, National Liberals 50, Freisinnigen 67, Centrum 99, Social Democrats 24, Poles 16, Volkspartei 7, Guelpis 11, Alsacers 15, Danish party 1.

Pall Mall Gazette Reichstag Conservatives Reichspartei Liberals National Liberals Fortschrittapartei Centrum Social Democrats Volkspartei Guelphs Alsace Party Freisinnige Fortschrittspartei Liberal Party Freisiningen Volkspartel Guelpis Alsacers

No Strike Visible on South Boston Street Railway

Report states there is no evidence of a strike on the South Boston street railway. Cars operated on all regular lines through last night except the Federal street or white line which ran until 6 PM, with no police presence observed on cars yesterday or last evening.

Bay View Line Fourth Street Bay View Broadway Dover Federal Street O’ Day and Hayes Station 4 John Maloney Federal and Kneeland Streets Coolidge South

Mather’s Juliet at Boston Theatre Receives Candid Critique

The Boston Theatre audience saw Miss Mather as Juliet with a faulted, fixed elocutionary style that hinders growth though flashes of ardor appear in key scenes. Paulding’s Romeo shines enough to cover notable flaws as the ensemble delivers a vivid production with lavish scenery and costumes.

Juliet Miss Mather Boston London Assurance

Mrs Langtry Returns to Boston Theatres for One Week

Mrs Langtry brings her new Boston engagement to the Boston Theatre for one week with Lady Clancarty on Monday. Robert B Mantell starts a short Globe Theatre run in Fangled Lives after a New York success. seats are selling briskly.

Fifth Avenue Theatre New York Antoinette Rigaud Museum Fin Mae Cool Hollis Street Kerry Boucicault Hollis Street Theatre Fin Mac Cool

Public meeting on women workers in Tremont Temple

A Tremont Temple public meeting on March 1 at 7 30 PM will be held under the auspices of multiple reform groups including the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the New England Woman's Club to support employing women as police. Notable endorsers listed include Archbishop Williams Rev R R Meredith Rev EB Packard and Rev Phillips Brooks among others. A separate report notes a Pittsee Pennsylvania incident where a scaffold collapsed at Valentine's furnaces in Bellefort killing seven bricklayers who were all single men.

Canada United States Senate of the Congress Cogswell Sam New England Fishery Union Canadian Washington D. T. Church Tiverton R. J R. C. Greene Eastport C. J. Morse I. M. Russell Virginia National Fishery Association Tremont Temple Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Woman's Educational and Industrial Union Moral Education Association New England Woman's Club Massachusetts Home For Intemerate Women Moral Reform Society Ladies’ Physiological Institute New England Woman's Press Association Wintering & Dixon of Pittsee Valentine’s Furnaces Bellefort Penn

Dominion of Canada election returns show Conservatives lead

Feb 28 Toronto report lists 110 Conservatives 86 Liberals 4 Independents. Provincial breakdowns show New Brunswick Prince Edward Island British Columbia totals with eleven constituencies still to be heard from. results expected to be about equally divided between Conservatives and Liberals.

Toronto Ont Atives Als Pen’s. Ntn New Brunswick Prince Edward Island British Columbia

Court cross libels over schooner collision near Chatham Light

United States District Court proceedings on February 23 arise from a collision on the night of March 9 1885 six miles off Chatham Light between the schooner Hanley bound from Rockland to New York laden with lime and the Woodbury from Boston to Washington with copper bolts. The Han ley suffered total loss. Attorneys W W Dodge for Cobb et al and C I Russell Jr for Woodbury represent the parties.

United States District Court Nelson J. Francis Cobb Nellie Woodbury Woodbury D. Hodges Francis Cobb Charles Hanley Chatham Light Hanley Rockland New York Boston Washington, D.C W. W. Dodge Cobb Et al C. I. Russell, Jr

Superior Court First Session Docket and Trials Listed

The record lists cases heard and scheduled at the First Session on September 23, including George C. Rockwell et al. versus George F. Libby et al. for $309 on potatoes, various civil actions, insurance disputes, and takings damages. It notes defenses, verdicts, and attorneys for both sides across multiple dockets, with details of names, case numbers, and outcomes.

Superior Court Brigham George C. Rockwell George F. Libby C. Moulton F. C. Loring F. W. Qua G. Bement Watson Webster Locke Porter Corrugated W. F. Co Packard Carr Boston & Maine Railroad Co Guernsey Sebley Fenno Gay McCaffrey Jennings Pray Bird Ferris Crane Mattison Doe Hanson Same Hay Metropolitan Railroad Company Gallivan Brothers Lease Gaylord Digney Hall Daley Aldrich J. No Nashua Savings Bank Quincy Inst Fire Insurance Company Savin Hill T. J. Gargan C. W. Bartlett B. W. Harris Mary E. R. Jones City of Boston Utica Street W.H. H. Emmons R. W. Nason Patrick Donnelly Boston Catholic Cemetery Association Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury John McDonald McDonald J. L. Eldredge Co. L. B. Whitney Morgan Wright Fame Kelley Boston & Albany Hood Cambridge Finn Neagle Phillips Sears Johnson Hale Seary Fanning Clark Samie Smith Pillsbury Burns Duntfy Horn Charter Oak L. Ins. Co Blackstone Natl. Bank McNeeley Donnelly Church Smith & Anthony Shoe Co Reynolds Lerner Cunningham McGinnis Cummings McHale Wood Mallemore Pettengill Com Sense Fert. Co Furness Bennett Barker

Supreme Court Rescripts Issue in Essex County Case

Feb. 23 reports from Salem show the Supreme Judicial Court delivering rescripts to the clerk in Essex County. In the case John Hogan versus John Barry the court orders judgment on the verdict as entered.

Supreme Judicial Court Essex County Supreme Court Salem John Hogan John Barry

Plaintiff's Easement Case Denies Contract Claim

In Perry v Hale the plaintiff asserts an easement but the defendant did not erect the nuisance. Facts show no request to remove it and the court directs judgment on the verdict, ruling the plaintiff cannot maintain a contract action against the defendant.

Kelly Kilduff Wiggin Scoville Jones S. J. Elder H. K. Brayley F. Hunt Augustine H. Goelet Anna Atherton E. B. Callender Lewis Gerardin T. J. Homer

Jury Awards and Court Docket at February Session

In Reagan versus Goodhue and Maloney versus the same, juries ruled for the plaintiffs, one awarding 1000 dollars and the other 500, with counsel F. L. Washburn and S. K. Hamilton, respectively. Several cases waived for February 24, 1352 through 1756, listed with parties. Meanwhile Washington’s birthday songs delighted wards of Mutdock Free Surgical Hospital for Women, performed by Lewis, Short, and Smart and Rice. The West End boys receive twenty new library volumes donated by Mrs. C. A. Slack, a lasting reminder of the day.

Reagan Goodhue Maloney Same F. L. Washburn S. K. Hamilton McLaughlin Murphy Cobb Et al Guyer Nichols Burbank Laker Parsons Partridge Rev Rice Wood Spinney Count Currie Hazlett Exley Kendrick Daniels & Trs Herrick Dyer Mut Dock Free Surgical Hospital Washington Charles L. Lewis James Short Clara E.smart Emma Rice Barnaby Heaven Reinberger Woodbird West End C. A. Slack

Unusual Stir in Kingston Over Hunts Remedy Endorsed

A Kingston correspondent reports that Hunt's Remedy, praised by Jere Smith and his father Cornelius B. Smith, sparked broad local discussion. Kingston Freeman manager W H Winton and several druggists confirm widespread belief in the medicine’s life-saving qualities and rising demand.

Boston Globe Globe Jere Smith Cornelius B. Smith State Insurance Department Kingston Freeman W. H. Winton Smith Mr. Winton Hunt Jera Smith Edwin H. Fasset Kingston Wm. D Brennier Messrs. Cooper Winchell Winthrop

Also Mentioned on This Page

Miss Crocker Board of Supervisors of Schools City Notes the Theatres Hialion S. Hugh O’ Brien Mayo F. O. Prince Williams R. R. Meredith EB. N. Packard A. A. Miner Joshua P. Bodfish Cathedral J. W. Ballentine Rabbi Schindler Phillips Brooks Frederic Courtney George A. Gordon Philip 8 Moxom John Boyle O'Reilly Caleb D. Bradlee Kk. E. Hale James Reed Thomas J. Gargan George O. Shattuck William Gaston James L. Little John Mason Little Thomas Mack Frank B. Sanborn E. J. Osborne TR. M. Pulsifer Charles H. Taylor W.E. Barrett Dominion of Canada Fendants Mary E. White North Russell Street IT. M. Babson Dame Kempster Alien McKenna Lockhart Kern Goelet Athertor McLean Keene Granite Co Winters Dodge Greene Toohey Keeler Connelly Lyons Fay Burt Morton Holt Cudworth Martin Ames Osgood Harris Iune Laimson Cash Railway North River Bank Kiernan. ‘Evidence Railroad. ' Co. Vs Same. Fairbanks Tercsipe Missouri Trust Company Cleveland, Whitney & Co Bankers and Brokers Exchange Place Bostok
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