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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1888

Page

8

Congress Debates 1892 Exposition and Indian Education Bill

The Senate debates a 1892 international exposition plan for a temporary exhibit and a permanent national museum site. It also discusses a Dawes committee education bill for Indian children and a marriage property clause, with opposition citing constitutional limits and centralization fears. The session includes maritime site commissions and a Blair educational bill vote, ending with adjournment to Monday.

Empire of Brazil Dominion of Canada North Central South America Christopher Columbus National Museum Interior Department United States Three Americas Dawes Committee On Indian Affairs Secretary of the Interior Mitchell Pacific East Senate Pacific Coast Great Britain Islands Pacific Ocean Pacific Oregon Washington Alaska Dolph Cameron Yeas Committee On Education and Labor Blair Reagan Congress Texas West Plumb George Berry Blackburn Brown Wall Camden Colquitt Eustis Garland

House assigns committees in landmark list for Congress

Speaker Carlisle completes the House committee roster naming members for Ways and Means, Appropriations, Judiciary, Banking, Coinage, Commerce, Rivers and Harbors, Naval, Post Offices, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, Territories, Railways, Manufactures, Mines, Public Buildings, Levees, Educational, Labor, Militia, Patents, Pensions, Claims, War Claims, Private Land Claims, District of Columbia, Revision of laws, Expenditures, and more. The Speaker also appoints Cox of New York to Smithsonian regents and adjourns until Monday to organize clerical staff.

Washington Carlisle House of Representatives House Ways and Means Mills Texas McMillan Tennesee Breckinridge Arkansas Kentucky Turner Georgia Wilson West Virginia Scott Pennsylvania Bynum Indiana Kelley Browne Reed Maine McKinley Ohio Burrows Michigan Randall Forney Alabama Barnes Missouri Foran Sayers Clements Campbell New York Gay Louisiana Rice Minnesota Cannon Illinois Ryan Kansas Butterworth Long Massachusetts McComas Maryland D. B. Henderson Iowa Judiciary Culberson Collins Seney Oates Rodgers Glover Henderson Brumm Woodburn Nevada Whiting Wilbur Norwood Hemphill South Carolina Tracey Wilkingon Martin Hall Payson Ilinois Kean Vandeveer California Belden Wickham Rayner A. R. Anderson Logan Bryce Phelan Tennessee O'Neil Pennnsylvania Dunham Davis J. A. Anderson Davenport Virginia Rivers and Harbors Blanchard Jones Stewart Catchings Mississippi Wise Snyder Gibson Fisher Thompson Bayne Grosvenor Nutting Stephenson Wisconsin Cogswell Merchant Marine and Fisheries Dunn Morse Springer Hatch Cummings MacDonald Dingley Hopkins Felton Farquhar Clarke Agricuture Davidson Stahlnecker Morgan Glass Burnett McClammy North Carolina Biggs Funston Hives New Jersey Laird Nebraska Conger Pughsley Patton Duvois Idaho Belmont McCreary E. Hooker Russell Raynor Chipman Cathtan Ketcham Phelps Hitt Rockwell Morrow Townshend Tillman Hooker Marsh Spinola Elliott Robertson Yoder Steele Cutcheon Gear Fitch Carey Wyoming Naval Herbert McAdoo Whithorne Rusk Cochran Abbott Harmer Thomas Gott Boutelle Hayden Blount Dockery Merriman Ermentrout Enloe Anderson Montgomery Rowland Bongaham Guenther Peters Allen White Lind Caine Utah Public Lands Holman Latfoun Stone McRae Wheeler Stockdale Jackson MeKenna Herman Oregon BE. J. Turner Voorhees Washington Territory J. L. McDonnell Peel Shiveley Perry Hudd McShane Cobb Hare Perkins Nelson la Follette Darlington Gifford Dakota Cox Hayes Kilgore Mansur Ford Strabble Baker Dorsey Symes Colorado Warner Joseph New Mexico Florida Pidcock Carlton Plumb Wilber McCormick Gaines Connecticut Bacon McKinney New Hampshire Grimes Bunnell Crouse Smith Mines and m O’ferrall Chandler Neal Green Lynch Biges Woodbirn McCullough Gest Flood Nichols Arizona Public Buildings and Grounds Dibble T. D. Johnston Lowden Newton Bankhead Hogg Milliken Wade Lehrbach Kennedy Post Pacific Outhwaite Crain Richardson Caruth Tracy Granger Weber Holmes Dalzell Hovey Mason Hougen MccAdoo Owen Weaver Towa Tiiman Cowles North Sawyer Gallinger Spooner Rhode Island Hunter Bliss Hutton O'Neal Pennington Delaware Wilkinson Helsland Brewer Sayres Cochraw Latham Barns Matson Lanan Hoge Finley Yardley Boothman Butler Brower Kerr Lowa Treasury Department Simmons Bowden War Department Laffoon Wilkins Arnold Delano Navy Department Eer Romers Mattett Post Office Department Anderson, Brown Moffett Interior Department O'Neill Bramm West Brown Virginia Department of Justice Liabina Greenman Sherman Virinia T. J. Campbell Dougherty Barry Walker Yost Shaw Hays Lee O'Donnell Sound Lousiana Fischer Enlon Hiestand Dergan Iry Island Lawler Cothran Osborne Brown Clardy Taulbee McKenna J. D. Taylor Vira Maffett Whitthorne Howard Shively Buchanan Williams Landes Mlinois Compton Vance Hangen Bland Cheadle B. B. Taylor United States Boston Philadelphia Marine Signal Board of The Grant Vermont Board of Regents Smithsonian Institution

City Notes From Boston Anew On Police, Bees and Balls

Patrolman Courtney was knocked down by a runaway horse at Summer street and Atlantic avenue, bruising his head. Mayor O’Brien seeks department data on clerks and wages. Bees meeting at 45 Milk street 10 AM Saturday. Boston Police Relief netted about 12 000 at a ball, largest ever. A intoxicated woman attempted suicide at Station 2 and was cut down. J T Locke of Somerville arrested for obtaining a watch with a worthless check. Sergeant McCausland links him to a five year old embezzlement case. Assessors meet at noon to act on Benjamin Cushing’s death. Coachmen’s ball may net 2000 plus gifts of 400. Melville Mitchell of Lynn lost overboard near Boston Light. body not recovered. Devonshire street facade to replace hammered granite with polished stone. Drivers Union Ice Company workers strike over foremen treatment. Virginian propeller being repaired to avoid costly cofferdam. Free home nursing lectures January 7 and 14 at 8 PM. Murdoch Lecture at Y M C A on Vocal Training. Wendell Phillips memorial fund meeting February 22 Tremont Temple. Waiters’ Benevolent Association ball January 18 at Music Hall. Harvard Congregational Society entertainments January 10 to February end. Wendell Phillips Hall preliminary meeting January 17 11 AM. Boston Chamber of Commerce special meeting January 9 for prohibition lard and submarine cable vote. consider bylaws changes.

Courtney Summer Street Atlantic Avenue O’brien Ploughiman Building Milk Street Boston Police Relief Association Boston Board of Assessors Benjamin Cushing Coachmen’s Benevolent Association Melville Mitchell Lynn Nellie V. Rokes Boston Light Devonshire Street Equitable Union Ice Company Charlestown Leyland Steamship Virginian Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union Boylston Street Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association James E. Murdoch Young Men’s Christian Union Tremont Temple Wendell Phillips Waiters’ Benevolent Association Music Hall Harvard Congregational Society Gleason Street Wendell Phillips Hall Association Boston Chamber of Commerce Ve Soule Congress Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Board of Directors Association Frazer Ward 6 Board of Assessors Boston Messrs. Frazier Lomasney C. C. Powers Cushing J. S. Mahoney Ward 13 City of Messrs. Foss, Shaw and Desmond House of Ladder Company No Court House Common Council Norway Iron Works Smallpox Hospital Rutherford Avenue Devens Chapman Streets Bunker Hill Street Chelsea Elmont High Street Neonset Hudson Street Ward 12 Allen Barry Old South Association

New Common Council Opens 1888 with Routine Business

The Boston city common council convened for 1888 with most members present and a calm start. New members dominate debates as leadership coalesces around Councilman Frank Morison, while Democrats lack a clear head. City Treasurer and Auditor reports show favorable balances and continuing public works expenditures. A memorial for Benjamin Cushing and several committees and street improvements were set, including paving needs and a new court house study.

Common Council Frank Morison Ward 9 Sanger Blume Wilson Ladd Whitmore Whall Short Gomez Leary the Gaeers Sesse Cess Reese

Union Pacific resolves shop move losses for employees

The Union Pacific Railway Company compensated several thousand dollars to employees at Hagie Rock Idaho who faced property losses after shops were moved to Pocatello. The settlement followed careful review and aimed to preserve good relations and public trust with staff.

N. S. Times Union Pacific Railway Company Union Pacific Employees’ Magazine Denver Hagie Rock Ida Pocatello

Printers Strike at Quebec Papers Over Hours and Pay

Printers on all the French papers in Quebec have struck for nine hours per day and higher pay. The ac Hons, led by E. S. Sparrow, have only a few suites left to let from three to ten rooms, all outside, offering modern improvements at reasonable prices.

Quebec E. S. Sparrow

Courts Pending Civil Trials Juries Excused

United States Circuit Court session on January 5 reports no civil cases ready for trial and the petit jurors were excused from further attendance during the term. Judge Colt presided over the docket.

United States Circuit Court Colt. J

Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Insurance Policy Validity

Rescripts in two cases affirm the validity of policies despite changes in title and assignment. Manufacturers' Fire and Marine Insurance Co v Western Assurance Co upholds that assignment and title change did not void the reinsurer's policy. John P. Woodbury v Marblehead Water Co allows water pipe rights but denies injunction, retaining bill for damages assessment.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth Manufacturers’ Fire and Marine Insurance Company Western Assurance Company Indianapolis Cotton Manufacturing Company George B. Yandes Yandes Schnull W. C. Loring H. D. Hyde John P. Woodbury Marblehead Water Company Swampscott Marblehead Lynn G. O.shattuck J. Woodbury J. P. Farley, Jr

Court hears multiple damages cases in Suffolk First and Second Sessions

In the January 5 session of the Superior Court Suffolk County Judge Mason presides over case No. 670 Shattuck v Rand for $15000 in personal injuries from a December 1882 elevator fall at the Hotel Garfield Rutland square. Second session Justice Barker handles George Mooney v Boston & Lowell Railroad for injuries from a September 7, 1886 collision at Canaan New Hampshire.

Suffolk County Mason Claribel D. Shattuck William Rand Hotel Garfield Rutland Square W. Gaston D. C. Linscott Dabney G. Allen George Mooney Boston & Lowell Railroad Canaan N. H B.C. Moulton C. I. Loring A. A. Strout W. H. Coolidge Cdeadlibontad McQuaide Chase Same Sanborn Snow Boston Honey Leitas Smith Simith Fuchs Burke Hill Ryan Sargent Bonney Journal Osgood Martin Newspaper Co Walters Shute Howard Turner Albright Atherton Reed Kattelle Measures Flaherty Beck Blake Stoward Blaisdell Ahern

Manchest er court actions list tort suits and trials

Essex County Superior Court files dated Jan 5 include Kinsman et al v Town of Manchester land takings for street widening and multiple tort cases such as Naumkeng street railway personal injuries. Lawyers listed for plaintiffs and defense in the two active dockets with several case references.

Kinsman Et al Town of Manchester Samuel Kinsman H. P. Moulton E. C. Beattis F. L. Evans Fionn Naumkeng Street Railway P. J. McCusker Perkins Crouse Foster Brown O' Niel Lawson Davis Dean Lloyd Taber Whelan Mahoney Saunders City of Danforth Rich- Lynnards Williams Smith City of Gloucester Gloucester

Superior Court Norfolk County Dockets and Verdict Highlights

Norfolk County sessions on Jan 5 feature multiple cases: Pitman v Inhabitants of Sharon awards plaintiff $169 for injuries from a fall on a highway bank. Stevens v Gaffney awards $137 for injuries from a defective store step. Emma Rines v William Holbrook awaits jury verdict on tardy process. Miscellaneous cases listed include Pratt v Smith and Curran v Weymouth among others.

Charles Harper Sharon T. A. Grover E. C. Bumpus A. P. French Benjamin F. Stevens Martin Gaffney Boston E. Greenoe J. A. McGeough L. Emma _ Rines William Holbrook W. G. A. Pattee J. L. Eldridge

Essex County Supreme Court Rescripts in Salem Case

Rescripts issued by the Supreme Judicial Court Essex County Jan 5 involve Mary E. Stanton v City of Salem. The action seeks remedies in the ongoing case.

Supreme Judicial Court Essex County Mary E. Stanton City of Salem

Tort and contract actions in county court docket

Plaintiffs win some and lose others as rulings and judgments are issued in multiple cases. Pickman v Peabody injures land. Swan case reversed with further actions pending. Hale note indorser. Vose salary dispute. Jenkins wood-cutting dispute. Jackman petition. Silloway contract exceptions sustained. Fogg ejectment case dismissed. Abbott note invalid. Simpson schooner bill upheld.

W. D. Pickman Peabody McCarthy Mack Albert D. Swan Swan Hale Spaulding Vose County of Essex Lawrence Jenkins Wood South Danvers National Bank Thomas H. Jackman Shaw Silloway Clara E. Fogg Ken N. Price South Salem Hodgkins-Price Abbott North Andover Simpson

Senator Sherman Propositions on Protection

A letter to the editor argues protection must favor labor and not capital claiming tariffs raise prices and burden the many to benefit the few. It mocks equal distribution and urges the Republican party to adopt Sherman’s texts,Suggesting voters deserve blame for supporting such views. J. C. New York, Jan 4.

Sir Sherman Unien Washington Republican Party J. C New York

Founder of the New Woman's College

A Springfield Republican letter recounts Rev. Mr. Duckson of this city discussing Dr. Fay, once minister of the Upper Chapel in Sheffield, who built a fortune of about 1.5 million dollars in recent years through cautious investments while serving in Ireland and later continuing ministry in Los Angeles. The note praises his logic, sobriety, business sense, and dedication to the profession.

Springfield Duckson Los Angeles West Fay Sheffield Hay Ireland England

Business Troubles Sweep Through Cities and Towns

A wave of insolvencies and compromises hits New York Boston and nearby towns. B L Hersey & Co assigns to Daniel Crosey with no preference while N S Kirtland in Yaleville offers 20 cents on the dollar. Weymouth Me meat dealer compromise set at 21 cents. W J McMaster Toronto suspended with $300000 to $400000 liabilities. Beechiner Healy Conway schedules list liabilities and assets. Attachment on Norton Door Check and Spring Co. Police arrest two men after assault on Officer Kenny in Park square.

B. L. Hersey & Co New York City Daniel Crosey N. S. Kirtland Yalesville Conn Enoch R. Quimby Carpenter Haverhill James E. Whitaker & Co State Street Boston Edward F. Durand New Haven Morita Spier Saco Joseph G. Weymouth W. J. McMaster & Co Toronto Ont Bank of Montreal Robert J. Beechiner Richard Healy Thomas J. Conway New York Charles A. Braman Norton Door Check

Dividend Notice Indorsed by Three State Insurance Departments

The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association reports unqualified endorsements from Wisconsin Minnesota and Rhode Island Insurance Commissioners after thorough examinations in November and December 1887. Cheek Shaw Bucktin personally reviewed the association and commended its affairs to members and the public.

Muctual Reserve Fand Life Association Potter Building Park Row New York Central Trust Company of New York Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association Central Trust Company 4S Trustee Philip Cheek, Jr Wisconsin Charles Shawdrew Minnesota Elisha W. Bucktin Rhode Island

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