Auctioning Railroad Stock Revival at Legislative Hearing
The Railroads committee heard a petition from the Boston Executive Business Association Merchants Association and the New England Shoe Leather Exchange seeking to require railroad capital stock increases to be sold at public auction. Josiah Quincy urged restoring the 1871 law, arguing railroads’ public function justifies special treatment while opponents cited potential abuses and discrimination. The hearing adjourned with continued testimony planned and ex-Governor Robinson expected to join later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Executive Business Association
Merchants’ Association
New England Shoe & Leather Exchange
William R. Richards
Jerrome Jones
William Craffin
Edwin L. Sprague
William K. Rice
John R. Leeson
D. W. Wilcox
E. B. Walson
Phineas Pierce
Joseph Burnett
Mr. Skinner
Dewson, Williams & Co
Henry D. Hyde
Eastern Railroad
Pat
Mr. Hyde
Samuel Hoar
Boston & Albany Railroad
Richard Olney
Boston & Maine Road
Elbridge G. Torrey
Fitchburg Road
Josiah Quincy
Quincey
Quincy
Almn
Mr. Lorrey
Fitchbury
Torrey
Senator Coffin
Hyde
Old Colony
Collin
Quinney
William Richards
Boston Merchants’ Association
Boston Business Association
Robinson
Boston Singers Third Concert Receives Mixed Fortunes
ARTHUR WELD reports on the Boston Singers third concert conducted by Mr. Osgood. The program balanced fine choral execution with dull passages, featuring Raff elegy and Rubinstein Moses excerpts. Desert by Felicien David offended with tiresome, Oriental misfires, while Dvorak 149th Psalm emerged as the standout, superbly sung by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Singers
Osgood
Raft
Boston
Raff
Germany
Rubinstein
Moses
Gertrude Franklin
Jeannette Rice
Asnath
Pharaoh
Felicien David
Desert
Allah
Notre Dame Cathedral
Simeon
H. O. Johnnson
Conservatoire de Paris
Mar. Osgood
Howard McPicknor
Dvorak
Arthur Weld
Somerville clubs host lectures entertainments evening
The Rev J S Thomson of the First Unitarian Church spoke on Europe last night to Unity Club. Our Class Association held its ninth annual reception at Perkins Street Baptist Church East Somerville. Spring Hill Literary Association staged an entertainment at First Baptist Church Somerville with music and readings. Part proceeds aid Morse School. Mrs Dr Eri L White hosted a birthday party on Kow Street with music readings and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Thomson
First Unitarian Church
Somerville
Europe
Unity Club
Our Class Association
Perkins Street Baptist Church
East Somerville
Spring Hill Literary Association
First Baptist Church
Morse School
Eri. L. White
Kow Street
Longfellow Memorial Association Meets in Cambridge
A meeting in the Fay building Cambridge reveals no quorum so last year’s officers remain. President Charles Norton, vice presidents Holmes Lowell Whittier, secretary Gu man, treasurer Vaughan, and directors including Lawrence Higginson Walcott Montague Walcott. Report notes park work, fence, central stone work, $9000 spent, $15009 balance, Glasgow gift from Dr. Francis H Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow Memorial Association
Fay P
Cambridge
Charles Jot Norton
Oliver Wendell Holmes
James Russell Lowell
John Greenleaf Whittier
Arthur Guman
Benjamin Vaughan
William Lawrence
Coleone T. W. Higginson
H. P. Walcott
Samuel L. Montague
Roger Walcott
Mt. Auburn Street
Glasgow
Francis H. Underwood
Somerville City Council acts on claims and openings
Bridget Condon files a claim for injuries from a Beacon Street sidewalk fall on Jan 30. The council schedules a hearing for New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co to operate a slaughtering business on Medford Street. A special election is set for April 1 in Ward 1 to replace Councilman Wilcox. School Board petition seeks four rooms added to Tightland or a new four-room Elm street building. Building numbering order considered. Councilman Pulsier chairs. President Osgood absent due to Providence railroad accident injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Bridget Condon
Beacon Street
New England Dressed Meat & Wool Company
Medford Street
Wilcox
Tighland
Elm Street
Pulsier
Osgood
Providence
Republicans Nominate Edward A. Butler for Rockland Mayor
At a caucus in Rockland Massachusetts tonight the Republicans nominated Edward A. Butler for Mayor. An advertising note promises $30,000 to be distributed among users of Dr. Craig's Original Kidney and Liver Cure with a druggist circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Edward A. Butler
Dr. Craig
Electric Cars in Trains Explore City Reform
The Boston Common Council debated funding for Sergeant Libby and approved a resolution opposing electric cars running in trains through Cambridge streets until West End road provides proper tenders. They also examined ambulance service delays, hospital staffing, and lighting needs. A $100,000 city debt issue and salary reforms for Suffolk deeds officials were directed to committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Willam O. Libby
Oarsman
Casey
South Boston
Allen
Libby
Kinney
Ward 22
Boston Common Council
Cambridge
West End Road
Barry
von L. Meyer
Special Committee On Auditors
Rowe
City Hospital
Boston
Committee
City Hall
Old Court
Registry of Deeds
Cochituate
Parker
Ward 10
General Court
Suffolk County
Mystic
Charles River
Deer Island
Committee On Public Institutions
Lowell Ill in Cambridge With Grippe Complications
America's Port Butter James Russell Lowell has been gravely ill at his Cambridge home. He showed some improvement last night after a hemorrhage from grippe. Dr. Merrill Wyman and Dr. R M Slodges of Boston consulted, but the results remain unclear and not yet out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
Cambridge
Social and legal roundups from Boston events and courts
The report details dinners and gatherings at Quincy House Young's and the American House with mentions of the Tenth Battery officers elected for the year. It lists numerous arrivals at Vendome and other hotels, and covers Supreme Judicial Court cases including Libby Leonard v Leonard and Adams et al. with rulings on negligence and divorce, plus a civil action involving a billiards debt and a libel suit against Massachusetts Title Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jury Club
Supreme Court
Quincy House
Mig
Brooklyn
Young’s
Alderman Coffey
New York
Tenth Battery
J. Henry Sleeper
George H. Innes
Asa N. Gowell
Charles E. Pierce
John D. Gilman
Benjamin Corlen
Thomas Cusick
W.T. Blaney
Charles Stark
J. Webb Adams
George T. Goold
Adolphus K. Parker
Horace P. Beal
Newton High School Association
Chu Ling Kwan
Tong Ling Kou
China
Vendome
James S._ Kuhn
Pittsburg
Penn
F. J. Rooney
Wilmot
St. Johnsburg
E. M. Kilvert
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Post
Miss Post
Beatrice Post
Francis B. Thurber
E. L. Embree
A. E. Reynolds
George T. Tilt
Charles Is. Dustin
Hartford
Conn
BE. Jackson
Middletown
Comm
Pawson
Manchester
Eng
W. UW. Hill and Family
Worcester
B. A. Kimball
Concord
N. H
J. L. Feavey
Woseboro
N. Hi
F. L. Pope
Tremontt
F. O. Brewer
George E. Lane
G. Li. Lochmond
Robert Shaw
J. N. Taylor
Frank Whitney
Chi- Cato
Peny
Cuthbert
William Whitaker
Thomas D. Whitaker
Philadelphia
Adams
Charles Smith
Gus Latz
David Jones
T. C. Crocker
A. Rolfe
Portland
G. O. Draper
Hopedale
C. Beyer
Robert B. Chapman
Providence
Supreme Judicial Courts
Commonwealth
Charles Ciriack
Merchants’ Woollen Company
Cirlack
Dedham
Cinack
el. W. Bragg
Elisha Greenhood
R. M. Morse, Jr
H. G. Nichols
Libby Leonard
James Leonard
Nova Scotia
United States District Court
Wisconsin
Cour
H. L. Baker
David Hurley
W. P. A. Lakey
M.J. Creed
John M. B. Churchill
William Purcell
Boston, Halifax & Prince Edward Island Steamship Line
F E. L. Barney
Ed. Lindley
J. W. Rollins
Annie Quinn
Almira M. Pesham
Charles Street
Boston
P.O. Larkin
W. Hutchins
W. Wheeler
E. ML. Johinson
Francis L. Brown
Massachusetts Title Insurance Company
Hibel
Freight, cargo liens case in federal court
United States District Court on February 27 heard libels by Nelson and others over a cargo of 295000 feet of lumber aboard the vessel Hans Anderson. Actions seek freight payment into court possession of the cargo and decree of freight from lumber saved. Attorneys Dodge Dabney Cunningham Lowell appear for libellants, cargo, and ship respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Nelson
J. William W. Black
Bark
Eliza Lines
James E. Ward
Hans Anderson
E.S. Dodge
Dabney
F. Cunningham
John Lowell
Royal Baking Powder Leads All In Official Test
Royal Baking Powder, produced under congressional authority by the Department of Agriculture Chemical Division, Washington, D C, is declared the best cream of tartar baking powder. It is praised for strength leavening power purity flavor and economy, yielding finer bread biscuits cakes and pastries. Try Royal Baking Powder if not already using it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chemical Division
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Legal proceedings and replevin cases recounted in court records
The document details questions about malicious intent by company officers, jury verdicts in a defamation matter, and an action of replevin for seven chairs and furniture from an Odd Fellows encampment. It records attorney appearances, court rulings on admissibility of testimony, and lists several case citations and parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W
J. D. Long
H. G. Allen
William Gaston
D. F. Kelton
Insolvency Court adjourns third meetings in Suffolk cases
Suffolk County McKim judge adjourns third meetings for multiple insolvency proceedings including William F Burrows Libber v Milward Hampton v Hay Toomey v Leonard Woods v Kinney Frank P Tyke Hale v Learned Oshua Brothers Topper v Pinasyenis Edwin J Stafford Isaac M Cinker William H Chase Rand Avery Co Sheburne v Gill Isidor Manefiths First meetings set for Eugene L Bufine Henry C Turner Chester Williams William R Bunger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
McKim, J
William F. Burrows
Libber
Milward
Hampton
Hay
Isaac M. Cinker
William H. Chase
Rand Avery Co
Court Docket of February Trials and Fines
Superior Criminal Court list dated February 27 shows multiple defendants with sentences including six months in the House of Correction for neglect to support family and four months in the House of Industry for nightwalking. Other outcomes include fines of 20 dollars and costs for assault, burglary, liquor law violations, and cheating with bail set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hughes
House of Correction
Nettie Rich
House of Industry
Max Hertz
Nettie Simpson
Jonathan Seavey
Samuel Winn
William H. Dennehy
Massachusetts Reformatory
Mary McGonigle
Commonwealth
Same
Hoi Yo. Noble
Alley
McNamara
Same Ve Webver
Malicious arrest case leads to damages award
In an action of tort heard in the Superior Court, Moses Dickson sues Henry Livingston and others for $5000, alleging malicious arrest on a horse and wagon theft charge. After trial, three defendants are dropped and Livingston faces verdict for the plaintiff at $8000, with counsel listed for both sides and related case citations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Dickson
Henry
Livingston
Smith
Jameson
Thayer
C. SK. Paige
J. A. McGeough
George F. Huntress
Harrett
Amer
Robinson
Robinson Vy. Roeth. Webbs, Co
Land
French
Stone
St. Louis
Cashman
Chase
Eet & J
Chelsea
Cottrell
J. G. Holt
C. J. Morse
P. B. Kiernan
Hayes Lougee
Churchil
Hodg
Towle
Lloyddon
Garofolo
Cataldo
Lewis
Farrell
Carey
E. RR
Claney
Helen
Saltsmarsh
Briasford
Boston
Phorapson
Sbebbins
Old Cols
Whittleey
Superior Court Libel for Divorce Proceedings
Middlesex County court notes the contested divorce Foss versus Foss with arguments scheduled Friday morning. Following, hearings resume in cases 1739 Snedd versus Fish, 4083 Murphy pro ami, 3379 Keen versus Sheeran, 380 Murphy versus same, and 4247 Stone versus Gregory et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Thompson
Foss
Snedd
Fish
Murphy Pro Ami
Keen
Sheeran
Murphy
Same
Stone
Gregory
Superior Civil Court Case Summaries for Brockton
Plymouth county court details hinge on two actions. Ebenezer Hodge et al. v Packard ends with a defendant verdict for fraud claim on a steam boiler sale prior to insolvency, case to be reported. William A Hollis et al. v Nellie F Kimball concerns land parcels in Abington and a deed alleged fraudulent to shield a wife’s rights amid a sheriff’s sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Civil Court
Plymouth County
Brockton
Bishop
Ebenezer Hodge
J. Wallace Packard
Repley
Reed Bros
H. Kingman
H. H. Chase
J. J. Dowd
William A. Hollis
Nellie F. Kimball
Abington
William F. Hollis
Hollis
Cook & Coughlin
Supreme Court actions in Fellows vs Moore suit
Essex County Massachusetts February 27 rescript from the Supreme Judicial Court in the Fellows estate case. George E. Lane administrator sued Joseph A. Moore over a $5000 promissory note alleged as a gift. Jury verdict for plaintiffs at $5655 with defendant failing to limit consideration of post gift declarations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Essex County
Salem
Supreme Court
George E. Lane
Nathan W. Fellows
Gloucester
Joseph A. Moore
George Codd
N.W. Fellows
Dover man guilty of malicious burning. others fined and sentenced
Superior Court in Essex County Salem on February 27 found Dewey J. Colcord of Haverhill guilty of malicious burning a barn to injure an insurance company and sentenced him to five years in State Prison. Flora Buckley of Gloucester was fined $75 with costs of $1148 for liquor. Joan McDermott of Lynn was sentenced to the Massachusetts Reformatory for breaking and entering. Charles R. Williams of Lynn was sentenced to eighteen months in the House of Corrections for larceny from the person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Essex County
Salem
Dewey
Pensions for the Aged Appeal for Small Annual Contributions
An appeal from Mrs. James Fields of 148 Charles Street urges annual small contributions to fund pensions for aged, deserving individuals who preserve their independence. The appeal notes disdain for public homes and asks donors to support independent elderly living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fields
Charles Street
Lord Anstruther's Wife in This Week's Weekly Post
A Capital Sory appears in this week's issue of the WEEKLY POST under the title Lord Anstruther's Wife. The paper offers a rich reading mix including a news summary, editorials on key topics, public questions, and Ex President Cleveland's Washington's Birthday Address. Ready Friday. POST PUBLISHING Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Post
Lord Anstrowther
Cleveland
Washington
City Notes and City Hall Deliberations
The Rev Edward J Young spoke on Proper Books and Systematic Reading at the Y M C A Union last evening. Mayor Hart sent a copy of the Revised Ordinances of 1885 and pamphlets of changes since 1876 to Harvard College’s librarian. General Francis A Walker will speak on The Eight Hour Agitation at the Y M C A Union Saturday. Pigeons valued at 500 dollars were stolen from James Garvin in Malden. several pigeons recovered and four East Boston boys were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Young
D.D
Waltham
Young Men’s Christian Union
Harvard College
Hart
Francis A. Walker
Y. M. C. Union
James Garvin
Wentworth Street
Malden
Boston
Seven Sketches in Oil by Hein rich Richard Reder
The Post highlights seven small oil sketches by Munich artist Richard Reder now on display at Leonard's and offered for sale today. Renowned as a landscape painter in Germany, Reder recently visited America to study forest scenery. One study mirrors Motiv am Lech Fluss, previously sold in England for a high price. Max Reder, the artist’s brother, markets the collection, expected to fetch a reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinrich Richard Reder
Munich
Leonard’s
Germany
England
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Business Men OF
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Somerville Entertainments
Somerville City Council
America
R. B. Paine
New Britain
E. Grenier
C. W. Gault
Rochester
Felix Marston
Montreal
J. P. Arnold
H. J. Webb
Joan van Develds
J. W Naewell
Madison
Ind
Theo. Kellogg
New Yort
George J. Ryan
Halifax
N. Sde
Noni Alientown
W. H. Remington
Youna’s
Mrs. J
Richardson
C. C. Warren
Waterbury
D. Warren
Howard Clark
M. Clement
Smart Rice
San Francisco
Cal
L. L.yarbox
Milwaukee
Wis
G. Hall
Indianapolis
Thorndike
Turner
F. B. Bancroft
Joshua L. Chamberlain
Maina
Charles E. Blake
Lynn
BK. N. Burnett
L. A. Blackinton
Attleboro
Crawtorp
G. P. Newton
Troy
E. D. Hotchkiss
Chicago
Ill
S.c. C. Adams
J.eeian
E. Clark
P. M. Keller
Albany
Royal Baking
The
United States Official Investigation
J. H.G. Parker
J. H. Fiske
S. J. Elder
John K. Sartwell
Charles H. North
North
Gerrish Vy
Courtney
Leonard Vy
Nussweer
Rick
Isburg
Winslow
Waite
Burk
Dean
Bost. & A
Mead
Marston
Gellard
the Naumk’g St. KE Co
Booth Vy
Bowker
Marsh All Vy
I Wurus
Cowen
Powers v
Hoston Gas Light Co
McAvena
Fifield
Reynolds
Ander- BO
Eugene L. Bufine
Henry C. Turnerton
Chester Williams
William R. Bunger
Dunbar, J
Stevens
Columbia National
J J Bk
Woollworth
City of Boston
Martin
Avery
Yresnont Meter Co
Burke
Crosby
Ditson
Emery
Nat'l Bk
Garland
Saine
Sale
Fus—shedd
Jones
Veuvaiye
Hayes
Gill
Farie
Gogan
Nawn
Foote
Harkin
Garrigan
Elis
Coolidge
Ford
Sare
Lmnp. & Traders Bk
Foster
Graffam
Copeland
Whiting Vaper Co
Lathrop
Patrick J. Devin
Brookline Club
Charles W. Cushing
C. H. Drew
H. W. Lyman
Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Company
Henry E. Bliss
Ll. Weston
Bon, Fuller
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
George McAllister
Massasoit En
Ask Wives
Sears
Gay
Milliken
Whitcomp
McLaughlin
Sullivan
Westridgewater
Barrows
Middleboro
Lestes
Consolidatea Adjustable Shoe Co
Leach
Conboye
Holbrook
Hall
Ryder
Pensions For
Sory
Post Publishing Co
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
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