State House Bonds and Gas Commission Report Highlight Legislature Session
The Legislature considered a petition to amend the 1885 act to issue bonds for a new courthouse. The gas commissioners filed their annual report showing total receipts of 4.59 million and expenses of 2.90 million, with a 1.55 million profit and a 528 thousand surplus. The report notes company capitalization, taxation, and issues like ammonia excess, while other actions include prompts for pensions, arbitration court supports, and proposed library and voting reforms.
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Court House
State House
Judicial System Reform Report Spurs Court Changes
Former Senator Dunbar heads a 1886 committee proposing sweeping overhaul of inferior courts. Reforms include cost shifts to discourage debt appeals, more sitting of superior criminal courts, state payment of travelling judge expenses, abolition of trial justice in populated areas, creation of Franklin County district court, and seven year terms for justices. Also calls for clerks and seals, uniform court forms, and limited retirements with partial salaries. Accompanying bills implement recommendations.
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Dunbar
Commonwealth
Senate
Franklin
Boston
Certal
Central Court
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Commissioners of Savings Banks
Senate committees take up licensing, taxation and drainage topics
Senator Milliken's committee may visit sites as needed. Keith presents Brockton petition for constitutional ban on intoxicating liquors. Towns may license stationary boiler engineers. Lynn seeks highway defect notice reform and permissive special elections. Drainage plan for Mystic Valley referred. Arlington Mills seeks up to 1.5 million in new capital. Boston court house funding to be issued. Ipswich asylum bill moved to public charities. Lynn seeks 100000 growth for sewerage system. Governor Ames recommends enlarging State House grounds.
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United States
Commonwealth
Senate
Court House
Executive Council
State House
Milliken
Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
Keith
Plymouth
G. E. Keith
Brockton
Newhall
Lynn
Phillips
Steeper
Mystic Valley
Jefts
Arlington Mills
Wilbur
Causten Browne
A. 5. Wheeler
W. G. Russell
RK. M. Morse, Jr
Isaac C. Ropes
Nathan Morse
Thomas P. Procter
New Court House
Boston
Jones
Asylum For
Ipswich
Committee On Public Charitable Institutions
Menard
Ames
Council
House Votes Adjournment to Meet Today at Eleven
The House, on motion of Mr Taft of Palmer, adjourned to meet today at 11 o clock. The annual report of the State gas commissioners was received. Two new companies were organized under the general law Spencer Gas Company with capital of 50000 and the Gas and Electric Lighting Company of Wal.
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Taft
Palmer
Spencer Gas Company
Gas and Electric Liehtineg Company
Wal
Insurance Officers Elected In Vermont And New Hampshire
At Bourmeton Vermont the Vermont Life Insurance Company reports 117000 surplus for policy holders and lists elected directors and officers. In Manchester New Hampshire the People's Fire Insurance Company shows assets 40586085, net surplus 19338 41, premiums 21820047, losses 31639 04, and 1489260699 in risks with named directors and officers. Amoskeag Fire Insurance Company also held its annual meeting with at risk 153122240, gross premiums 19271 31, net surplus 5212 10 and elected directors and officers.
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Theodore A. Hopkins
C. M. Spaulding
W. H. Hart
Elihu B. Taft
Edwin Wheelock
C. W. Carter
D. W. Robinson
George H. Morse
Robert Roberts
Walter Carpenter
William H. Hart
C. R.turrill
Manchester
N. H
People’s Fire Insurance Company
John P. Moore
H. P. Watts
Joseph
D. McDuffie
Lewis Simons
P. A. Devine
George H. Stearns
Hiram Hill
John Kennard
H. P. Simpson
W. G. Hoyt
H. QO. Kent
Lancaster
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
Walter Aiken
Franklin
Seth M. Richards
Newport
Hiramg A. Tuttle
Pittsfield
M. A. Haynes
Lake Village
Alonzo Elliot
Noah
Clark
J. ©. Moore
George W. Weeks
Charles F. Morrill
Stephen B. Stearns
Charles H. Bartlett
Amoskeag Fire Insurance Company
James IF. Briggs
John Hasley
Alpheus Gay
Abram
Harry
Stephen N. Bourne
Horace P. Simpson
Charles Williams
Leonard P. Foster
John A. V. Smith
Henry M. Putney
Hiram D. Upton
Joseph L. Stevens
John W. Wheeler
Salem
William P. Chamberlain
Keene
Jonathan Sawyer
Dover
Williams. Ladd
Walter L. Goodnow
Jeffrey
Prescott F. Stevens
Concord
F. J. Shepard
Derry
James E. Dodge
James F. Briggs
John Hosley
Hiram
Brimmer School Dinner Honors Master Bates and Farewells
At a Brimmer School Association dinner 126 attendees heard President Mathews praise Master Bates and reminisce about his 33 years guiding the school. A Mendelssohn Quartet performance and a letter from Bates' successor followed, with other speakers honoring Bates and the Everett School lineage.
Spies and Heiress Betrothal Tale From Prison
The nurse Miss Van Zandt, a 20 year old Vassar graduate and heiress, seeks a prison wedding for August Spies, one of the death sentenced anarchists in Chicago. The Pittsburgh magnate Thomas S. Clarke is set to inherit and the couple met after a misspelling notice led Spies to respond in German. The Van Zandts and Judge Gary share attendance.
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August Spies
Chicago
Vassar
Thomas 8. Clarke
Pittsburg
Springfeld
Miss van Zandt
Arbeiter Zeitung
van Zandts
Gary
League of American Wheelmen to Explain Internal Fight Publicly
The League of American Wheelmen’s board gathered at the Grand Union Hotel New York on January 18 to disclose the fight over secretary editor posts. Proxies from Pennsylvania were excluded amid dispute. Abbott Bassett of Boston won the post over John A Wells.
Protection Democrats Agree On Tariff Measure
Congressmen met at the Riggs House with about twenty members present to approve a plan for a House measure. The plan aims to repeal tobacco and related dealer taxes and place listed articles on the free list, while reducing revenue by about 58 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Gay
Louisiana
Protection Democrats
Riggs House
Congress
Striking Longshoremen Suffer Setback Against Old Dominion
New York January 18 The Old Dominion Steamship Company maintains a full workforce and can hire extra men as needed. Strikers attempt a broader boycott aiming at grain elevators, but foreign lines not in boycott continue to take cargo. The crisis is expected within twenty four hours as boycotting agents decide next steps.
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New York
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Old Dominion
Trains Run Late After Ice on Tracks
Suburban trains faced heavy delays yesterday as masses of ice blocked tracks. Western lines saw twenty minutes to an hour of delay, Greenfield Fitchburg line one minute, Chicago express nearly three hours late. By 1 pm, services largely returned to normal.
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Old Colony
Western
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Greenfield
Fitchburg Road
Boston & Albany
Boston Merchants Send Delegates to National Board of Trade
The Boston Merchants Association sends O. H. Sampson and Joseph W. Woods as delegates to the National Board of Trade annual meeting in Washington on January 19. It is the city’s sole trade organization to dispatch representatives.
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Boston Merchants’ Association
O. H. Sampson
Joseph W. Woods
National Board of Trade
Washington
Gossip at City Hall on Ward Removals and Fire Chief Defeat
City Hall gossip centers on Monday aldermen votes and possible renomination cuts. Democrats in caucus may decide to oust incumbents, amid talk that Walter H. French’s defeat as fire commissioner signals shifts. Dr. Durgin faces district opposition while Dorchester distrust colors the health post decision. Seth Perkins could become city engineer if William Jackson is rejected.
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Board of Aldermen
Alderman Barr
Walter H. French
French
Durgin
Board of Health
Bromwich
Dorchester
Carroll
William Jackson
Seth Perkins
Mr. Perkins
City Notes and Local Plans From Boston News Briefs
Obituaries mention Mary De B Simonet bequeathing 2000 to St Pauls Boston and 500 to Hyannis Baptist Society. Fire Insurance directors named: Wigglesworth Spellman Saltonstall Palfrey Stockton Olsen Fairbanks Higginson Atkinson. George W Smith funeral held at 666 Dudley Dorchester with many groups represented. John P Dore elected chairman of street commissioners. J W Johnson will Quincy House to widow after two years. Weekday entertainment at Woman's Union featured Susie P Rogers Edith Estelle Terry Blanche E Rogers. Dartmouth College alumni reunion set for Jan 26 at Revere House. New England Meteorological Society met at MIT with papers by Goodale Pike Davis. Franklin School Association to meet in Berkeley Hall. Massachusetts Poultry Association exhibition starts at Mechanics Hall. Association of General Freight Agents meets in Pathfinder Railway Guide rooms. Boston Cab Company officers elected led by Edward A Taft as president and treasurer Thornton A Smith.
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Mary de B. Simonet
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
Baptist Society of Hyannis
Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Thomas Wigglesworth
I. M. Spellman
William G. Saltonstall
John C. Palfrey
Howard Stockton
P. Olsen
Charles F. Fairbanks
Waldo Higginson
George Atkinson
George W. Smith
Dudley Street
Dorchester
Columbia Lodge of Free Masons
Boston Commandery Knight Templars
The
Orpheus Musical Society
Master Builders’ Association
Storer
John P. Dore
Board of
Burrill
J. W. Johnson
Quincy House
Grafton County
New Hampshire
Woman's Union
Susie P. Rogers
Edith Estelle Terry
Blanche E. Rogers
Mary J. Safford
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Dartmouth College
Revere House
Sons of Old Dartmouth
New England Meteorological Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
G. L. Goodale
F. W. Pike
W. M. Davis
Whiting
Wellesley
Franklin School Association
Berkeley Hall
Massachusetts Poultry Association
Mechanics’ Hall
Phillips School Association Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Phillips School Association held its annual meeting at the Phillips schoolhouse on Pinckney street. Officers elected for the coming year include President John F. Andrew, Vice Presidents Elias H. Marston A. G. Wyman H. M. Foristall Thomas M. Edmunds Otis Norcross and William A. Corey. Secretary A. M. Newton Treasurer M. S. Marshall and executive committee members John F. Andrew E. H. Marston A. M. Newton M. S. Marshall Walter H. Baker Alfred T. Neal.
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Phillips School Association
Phillips
Pinckney Street
John F. Andrew
Vine Preemaent
Elias H. Marston
A. G. Wyman
H. M. Foristall
Thomas M. Edmunds
Otis. Norcross
William A. Corey
Charles A. Grimmeans
Thomas.j. Gargan
Cuent Prouty
S. Blanchard
Supreme Court Sessions Open With Replevin Case Discussed
The Supreme Judicial Court heard a replevin action involving a piano and parlor furniture. The plaintiff claimed damages based on idle detention and interest loss, but the court held this ruling incorrect and properly refused it.
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Supreme Judicial Court For
Commonwealth
Morray
C. J
Field, Devens
C. Allen
M. A. Lewis
James R. Austin
H. J. Edwards
W. O. Kyle
John H. McDonald
Caroline H. Willis
R. H. Cooney
L. H. Wakefield
Franklin F. Marple
George D. Burton
Champlin
R. P. Clapp
Lucy R. Gibson
Manufacturers’ Marine and Fire Insurance Company
L.M. Child
J. C. Gray
W. L. Pitman
Henry Fuller
Claudius A. Pease
Charles H. Drew
Lyman
F. I. Brenner
James M. Burke
John Colbert
Charles F. Paige
A. Galvin
Boston Loan Co
Henry Myers
Possesion
Legal Docket Highlights from Essex Superior Court
A long list of cases from the Essex County Superior Court with verdicts and ongoing trials. Notable items include No. 1042 Solomon H. Dyer vs. John N. Kimball for seduction damages with a plaintiff verdict of 5250, and No. 501 Oakley W. Alden vs. Horace K. Thurber et al for raspberry jam dispute verdict 571.50. Several other suits, trials, and sessions are noted with attorney names and outcomes.
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Solomon H. Dyer
John N. Kimball
Jerdict
M. Coggan
W. Scofield
J. W. Pettengill
V. Lynde
Austin Ford
Garrett Linehan
Mt. Calvary
T. F. Maguire
Ford
J. A. Maxwell
Linehan
Tenney
Welch
Stiles
Holt
Faunce
Same
Spaulding
Raphael
Hume
Mayer
O’ Shaughnessy
Suff. B. Co
Dorey
Moore
Drennan
Chamberlin
Trundy
Todd
Rogers
Boardman
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Shaw
Newsome
Shattuck
Rand
Boston Marine Insurance Co
Butler
Cole
Boston
Cassidy
Boston & Albany R. R
Hart
Talcott
Eastern R. R
Brown
Boston Blower Co
Watson
Webster
Locke
Porter
Andrews
Aldrich
J. No
Oakley W. Alden
Horace K. Thurber
Sam le
C. Q. Tirrell
H. N. Pratt
A. Hemenway
Nelson L. Graffam
Eli M. Robbins
Carrie Robbins
Lexington
J. R. Clark
Graffam
Robbins
Merriam & M. P. Company
Wood
Newton
Edwards
Hall
Nashua Savings Bank
Quincy M. F. I
Writ of entry action ends in tenant possession
An action by Z P Thurber to recover an estate under a Wiggin deed ended with a verdict for the tenant after defenses of bad faith and long adverse possession. Attorneys A E Clary and H P Moulton argued for demandant and tenant respectively. The report also notes a civil damage suit by Richard Graham against John R Dunlap for liquor sales and a habeas corpus case involving Dunlaps sentence. Jury list fully in order.
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McMahon
McKinney
Fee
Carr
Hovey
Boston
Woodward
Porfonato
Rosenburg
Doe
Hathaway
Bouarot
Titton
Linden Spring Co
Williams
Morton
Ennis
Crosby
Lane
Fitchburg R. R
Money
Goodnow
Walpole
Emery Mills
Roberts
White
Hammond
Aymar
Webster
Denning
Bradley
Adams
Bellows
Fenelly
Price
Tarbell
Linehan
Same
Dempsey
Snow
Goodrich
Marsh
Fame
Page
Whipple
Lawton
Baker
Pitman
Jos. M. Hart
Joseph H. White
Huntington
Edward Everett
J. A. Bennett
William A. Simmons
Daniel
Knowlton
George B., White & Co
G. Fall
N. B. Bryant
Demandant
Z. P. Thurber
E. L. Wiggin
A. E. Clary
H. P. Moulton
Graham Vs. Dunlap
Richard Graham
John R. Dunlap
Lynn
Dunlaps
Niles & Carr
J. H. Fisk
Superior Court Docket Entries Middlesex County Jan 18
List of cases heard by Judge Thompson in Middlesex Superior Court on January 18 including Richardson v B L R R 1561Devitt v Baeder et al 105Saunders v Crie 1443Badger v McLaughlin et al 2001Wormwood v City of Waltham 1698Redding v Lee 1680Hill v Maguire 1111Brogan v City of Cambridge 1462North et al v Dearborn 1736Lesage v Foster 1929Dodge v B A R BR 2113Higgins v Shepard 1967Tate compt v Parker 1327Glen Falls Ins Co v Hill et al 288Smythe v Postanka 2061Hunt v Stewart et al 2075Rowe v Holt 1702Quimby v Ulman 2031Hurd v Knowles exr 1778Mason v Plummer 1883Horgan cr v Noyes dr 2076Hayes v Builard et al 1183Tracey v Handy et al 938Pinkham v City of Newton 2189Steinkrauss v Cambridge RR.
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Richardson
Devitt
Baeder
Saunders
Crie
Badger
McLaughlin
Wormwood
City of Waltham
Redding
Lee
Hill
Maguire
Brogan
City of
Cambridge
North
Dearborn
Lesage
Foster
Dodge
A. R. BR
Higgins
Shepard
Tate
Compt
Parker
Glen Falls Ins. Co
Smythe
Postanka
Hunt
Stewart
Rowe
Holt
Quimby
Ulman
Hurd
Knowles
Mason
Plum
Webster Historical Society Elects Officers and Plans Meeting
The Webster Historical Society held its annual election of officers with Joshua J. Chamberlain named president and a long slate of vice presidents and committee members from many states. The adjourned session sets 2 o clock on the first Wednesday in April at Tremont Temple or Old South Church with addresses anticipated from Senator William Evarts and others. A major fundraising effort is planned at the meeting.
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Webster Historical Society
Joshua J. Chamberlain
Maine
Alexander H. Rice
Massachusetts
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
Noah Porter
Connecticut
Henry Howard
Rhode Island
George W. Nesmith
James G. Blaine
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
William M. Evarts
New York
J. Henry Stickney
Maryland
D. W. Manchester
Ohio
John Wentworth
Ilinois
Lucius F. Hubbard
Minnesota
J. C. Welling
District of Columbia
George C. Ludlow
New Jersey
William J. Sherman
Missouri
Edward W. Jenks
Michigan
Clinton B. Sears
Tennessee
Josephb. Young
Iowa
Horace Noyes
West Virginia
James H. Campbell
Pennsylvania
William H. Baker
New Mexico
Charles M. Blake
California
Stephen M. Allen
N. F. Safford
Nathaniel W. Ladd
Edmund H. Bennett
M. Chamberlain
Nathaniel I. Safford
William B. Wood
F. M. Boutwell
Edward F. Thayer
William C. Winslow
Thomas H Cummings
Thomas A. Hyde
Nathaniel F. Safford
E. S. Tobey
Stillman B. Allen
Mellen Chamberlain
Thomas H. Cummings
Joshua L. Chamberlain
Weather Indications for New England and Washington
Washington DC January 18. For 24 hours starting 7 am January 19 colder weather and northwest winds in Washington with fair skies. For New England and eastern New York expect cold westerly winds shifting to warmer southerly and fair weather.
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Washington, D. C
Fortaine
New England
New York
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Cottage City Gas Company
Norwood Gaslight Company
Loomis
Bay State Gas Company of
North Attleboro Company
Miller’s River Gaslight Company
Worcester
Worcester County
J. B. Sanborn
Third Massachusetts Cavalry Association
National Cemetery
Winchester
Howard J. Denham
Permanent International Court of Arbitration
H. L. Hardy
Boylston Street
Lewis Hayden
Crispus Attucks
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Glanders
Farey
Helen Magill
Moseley
Newburyport
Guincy
Quincy
Fitzgerald
Gile
Southard
Easton
Comdonnwealth
Insurance Officers
Brimmer
Brimmer School Association
Hugh O’brien
Thomas B. Mathews
Mathews
Mendelssohn
Association
Buffum
Joshua Bates
Brimmer School
Bates
Damon
Pythias
Moses Montefiore
Everett School
George B. Hyde
Mr. Bates
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
Everett
Birch
Wight
Mendelsshon Quartet
Levi L. Willcutt
Eliot School Association
Bela 58. Fisk
Dwight School Association
Quincy E. Dickerman
Grimmer School
Robert P. Gould
Grimmer School Association
William C. Ullmann
Frank A. Drew
Arty
Hens Sheen
League of American Wheelmen
Grand Union Hotel
League
Bulletin
Abbott Bassett
John A. Wells
Eugene M. Aaron
Aaron
Wells
Scienfirm
Stanley, Hart & Co
Philadelphia
James A. Goff
North Carolina
John C. Gulick
Bassett
Racing Board
National Amateur Athletic Association
American Cyclist Union
Board of Representatives
St. Louis
Beckwith
Messrs
Bidwell
Johnson
W. H. French
Dr. Durgin
City Notes
Association of General Freight Agents of
Pathfinder Railway Guide
Boston Cab Company
Edward A. Taft
Thornton A. Smith
Joan C. Paige
William Butterfield
Albert A. Pope
Josiah W. Hayden
Eric Hamm
Paca
Rence R
Ants
David J. Dannahy
Pro Ams
Henry Griffiths
J. L. Eldridge
T. J. Gargan
J. P. Wyman
McPhee
Broderick
Hayward
Bucknam
Davis
Hobart
Whalen
Buswell Trimmer Co
Tucker
Weilsh
Mid. R. R
Cutter
Hamlen
Murdock
Litchfield
Chelmsford
Benedetto
Essex County
Bacon
Thurlow
Wiggin
Signal Service
U.S. A
Ceer
Wang
Observatio
Eastport
Clear
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Aeee
Atlanta
New Orleans
Memphis
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Lt Snow Oswego Peer
Cleveland
Duluth
St. Uy Minn
Yankton
St. Vincent
Bismarck
Cheyenne
North Platte
Tee
Denver
Santa Feee
Panacinwinnsr
Aves & Sons, By
Kentucky
Chester H. Graves & Sons
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