Court opinions in Nelson Morris vs Steamship Bostonian
United States District Court files an opinion ruling a vessel deviation breached the freight contract. The libellant seeks 8000 dollars for cattle damage after the Bostonian towed a derelict Coriolanus to Queenstown, delaying cargo and reducing cattle flesh. The court rejects safeguards in the bill of lading that claimed exemption from willful violations and notes that the shipowners are liable for the deviation and resulting losses.
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United States District Court
Nelson
Liverpool
Queenstown
Libellant
Liberlant
Tansport
Coriolanus
Boston
Henry M. Rogers
Dabney
F. Cunningham
Supreme Judicial Courts
Knyont- Ton
Boston Street Cleaning Reforms Prompt Major Shakeup
J Edwin Jones and Deputy Michael Meehan resign as Mayor Matthews orders consolidation of street cleaning with the sanitary police. Henry H. Carter named Acting Superintendent of Streets to oversee all street cleaning, with cooperation from Sanitary Police and full support for completing annual reports. The amicable exchange aims to streamline city work and prepare for potential ordinance changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edwin Jones
Michael Meenan
Matthews
Department of Sanitary Police
H. H. Carter
Michael Meehan
City of
Boston
Lam
N. Matthews
City Hal
Nathan Matthews, Jr
M. Meehan
J. Epwin Jones
Streets
City Hall
J. Bawr
Jones
MicHael Mefhan
City of Boston
Henry H. Carter
Sanitary Police
Ialse
N. Matthews, JR
Cry of
George W. Forristall
Drax Sin
Kenry H. Carter
Carter
How They Take It By Jones Meehan On City Hall Corridor
Reporters observed Mr. Jones and Mr. Meehan exiting the mayor's office in City Hall. Jones said the policy aligns with Mayor Matthews inaugural plan to consolidate street departments and that the new official should assume charge soon to learn the department before spring work begins.
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Carter
Mr. Jones
Icai
Mr. Meehan
City Hall
Jones
Matthews
The New Superintendent Carter's Experience in City Streets
Mr Carter, born in Boston and MIT civil engineer class of 1377, led sewer and water works projects from 1877 onward. He served as chief engineer of the Boston sewer department before later becoming assistant engineer in charge of sewerage system extensions, earning the third highest salary in the department and holding memberships in the ASCE and Boston Society of Civil Engineers. He is a Democrat not active in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Henry H. Carter
Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil Engineers
Joseph P. Davis
Moon Island Reservoir
Dorchester Bay
Wightman
Boston Water Works
South Framingham
Farm Pond
Sudbury River
Jackson
American Society of Civil Engineers
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Fires Burn Wide Areas Across Several Towns
A string of blazes reported January 18 swept Main Street Horton and East Front Street, destroying multiple stores including the Bank of Horton and Walbridge & Co hardware. Total losses approach 200000 dollars with substantial insured coverage. similar fires damaged a jewelry shop in Worcester and a dyehouse in Palmer, with deaths reported at Otis Company’s mill and several smaller incidents in Greensburg and other locales.
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Horron
Kan
Main Street
Vera
East Front Street
Bank of Horton
Deustche Bros. Dry Goods
Craig Bros. & Co
C. R. Sattler
Hemphill
Horton
Commercial
Burrago
Walbridge & Co
Worcester
A. F. Burbank
Lownet
C. A. Holt & Co
Billerica
Charles Wilde
Palmer
Palmer Mill
Otis Company
Shree Rivers
Elijah Freak
Joseph Babcock
Greensburg
Fairfield
Kepple
Granger
Knights Offer Skin Grafts to Save Brother's Life
In Carcano on January 18, 132 Knights Templar donated their cuticles to attempt skin grafts for Sir Knight John Dickerson. Previous autografts failed, and surgeons hoped human skin could salvage his life after a deep thigh wound from cancer removal. Volunteers prepared with diet and abstaining from alcohol, then underwent grafting at the Emergency Hospital.
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Carcano
Knights Templar
John Dickerson
Dickerson
Ex-Governor Thayer Rally Sparks Nervous Prostration
Report notes ex Governor Thayer of Nebraska suffers nervous prostration after spending eighty hours in his apartments to block Governor Boyd during the Legislature opening. Medical sources term his condition alarming. he is near 75.
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Thayer
Nebraska
Lixcoln
Neb
Boyd
Chcaco
Lincoln
Labor and Capital The Two Factions of the Tailor ing Trade to Harmonize
The Central Labor Union met in regular session at Type Hall with President R. J. Anslow presiding. Delegates from several unions attended and endorsed harmonizing the tailoring trade. The plan urges local ready made clothing workers to affiliate with the National Operative Union and supports expanding the National Clothing Operatives. Resolutions praising retiring President Anslow were adopted. Knights of Labor officers were elected. Park Employees Assembly endorsed the silver bill for free coinage and reported a favorable reception from Mayor Matthews. Building Trades Council discussed employers liability act changes and executive resignations followed. Steam Railroad Men’s Union organized new officers. various committees and entertainment arrangements were noted. The Scottish rail strikes continued with some workers returning to duty as the Caledonia line holds positions for deserters.
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Central Labor Union
Type
Washington Street
R. J. Anslow
Timothy Barnes
William Smaley
Clark's Thread Mills
New Jersey
Carpenters’ Union
Wood Carvers’ Union
Cigar Makers’ Union
Hat Makers’ Association
Boston Printing Pressmen’s Union
Typographical Union
The
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
National Operative Union
Boston Central Labor Union
National Clothing Operatives
National Union of Clothing Operators
Anslow
Knights of Labor
Dexter Hall
James McGuire
L. A
Worthy Foreman
James Paddon
Park Department
P. O. Kelly
East Boston
Richard Sullivan
Nicholas J Sullivan
Judge Advocate’s Court
G. Doherty
A. Dubagan
John de Lacy
M. F. O’brien
D. Q. Kelly
State Assembly
Sage Robert Co. Fanning
Park Employees Assembly
Chickering Hall
Matthews
Amalgamated Building Trades’ Council
Pythian Hall
Carpenters’ City District Council
Building Trades Council
Fuller
Newman
Wall
Alexander Peteur
Park Theatre
Steam Railroad Men’s Union No. 1
Blatchford Hall
Wheeler
J. Monahan
Thomas Liguch
EK. A. Angerton
L. Adams
Scotch Railway
Guascow
Southwestern Railway
Caledonia Railway Company
City awards park loan to Day & Co amid bids
Proposals opened for a 500000 public park construction loan payable January 1, 1921 at 4 percent annual interest. Day & Co. won the loan with a 104.2 percent bid. total premium 20180. Other bids included East Boston Savings Bank Ipswich Savings Bank N W Harris Co Boston Five Cent Saving Bank and Adams Blodgett Co. The water flood at Commonwealth Building basement prompted quick sewer help. Mellin's Food ad touts ease of preparation for mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston Savings Bank
Ipswich Savings Bank
N. W. Harris & Co
Boston Five Cent Saving Bank
Metal Cornices And Bay Windows By E Van Noorden Co
They do Not Rot or leak like wood, are light, fire proof, durable and can be worked into any de sign, enriched with Zinc or Copper ornaments. This is true of METAL CORNICES and BAY WINDOWS. We also make METAL FINIALS, RIDGES, GUTTERS and CONDUCTORS. Write us for particulars. E. VAN NOORDEN & CO., 888 Harrison Ave, Goston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. van Noorden & CO
Harrison Ave
Goston
Citizens of Boston Endorse Conference to Oppose Free Silver
Mayor Nathan Matthews Jr calls a noon meeting at City Hall to discuss forming a non partisan effort against free coinage of silver. About two hundred influential Bostonians are invited, including governors, generals, bankers, and former officials, with invitations sent to major business circles. A separate Young Republicans meeting is planned for Faneuil Hall on Tuesday at noon to protest the bill in the U S Senate and to urge broad party participation.
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Matthews
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Governor Russell
Hatle
John M. Forbes
Henry Lee
Prince
Samuel Greens
O’brien
Claflin
Long
George ©. Crocker
Brackett
John L. Gardiner
Franklin Haven, Jr
Endicott Peabody
J. Jefferson Coolidge
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
William Forbes
George von le-Meyer
Howard Stockton
Charles_ Levi Woodbury
Charles
Herbert L. Harding
Henry R. Reed
Jerome Jones
F. W. Kirtridge
Henry W. Swift
William H. Baldwin
Moorfield Storey
Harvey N. Colitson
John R. Leeson
George Fred Williams
J. Otis Warnell
John W. Corcoran
Joseph O. Burdett
Augustus Hemenway
E. W. Burdett
A. Lithgow Devens
Elihu LB
Thomas E. Proctor
Bernard Jennings
BR. U. Weld
A. Davis Weld
Thomas K. Fivz
B. Dana
Henry E. Cobb
United States Senate
Charles Fairchild
Club
E. O. Hover
Robert H. Gardiner
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
State Street
The Wisdom of Expense in Boston Offices
The article argues modern office style reflects occupants and says Boston offices often have uncomfortable chairs. It notes small spending can upgrade a counting room to the best modern style and advertises Paine's Furniture Ware rooms with a department for counting house furniture and a free catalogue.
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Boston
Paine
Remarkable cow birth near Boston yields triplet calves
A finely bred cow owned by Dr. H. E. Dennett of 20 Beacon Street Boston produced three fully developed calves last Saturday. All are living and thriving, a highly unusual and notable event for the area.
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H. E. Dennett
Beacon Street
Boston
Superior Court Docket of Civil Cases and Parties Listed
A dense docket list presents numerous civil suits and litigants across multiple case numbers. Names include Ryan, West End, Fike, Leydecker, Brint nall, Lame, Boston, Murphy, Cooke, West nd RR, Fowle, Wilvan, Denning, Gould, Loom, Law plier, Tierce, Hanagan, King, Colton, Bishop, White, Roxb, Tyndale, Seymour, Kelloge, Morrison, N. Y. & N. E.R. R., Sibley, Crocker, Nowell, Dapley, Moleod, Winchester, Miller, Lally, Gates, Tobey, Marshall, Wilson, Davis, Watson, Crinle, Coon, McLean, Emer gon, Weedun, Buckley, Kieeman, Merc. Mut. Accident As, Howard, Saxon, Clifford, Fay, Newett, Rush, Workman, Holland, West nd RB, Welwyn, Hopkins, Morley, Tow Boat Co, Hosmer, Boston & Albany RB, Levinston, Burnham, Dugeui, West ar, Connolly vv. Jones, Wiliene v Hollan g.
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Ryan
West End
Fike
Leydecker
Brintnall
Lame
Boston
Murphy
Cooke
West
Fowle
Wilvan
Denning
Gould
Snow
Erskine
Loom
Lawplier
Tierce
Hanagan
King Va. Colton
Bishop
White
Mason
Ch. J
Roxb
Tyndale
Seymour
Kelloge
Morrison
N. Y
Sibley
Crocker
Nowell
Dapley
Moleod
Winchester
Tobey
Marshall
Wilson
Davis
Watson
Crinle
Coon
Allen
McLean
Emergon
Weedun
Buckley
Kieeman
Merc
Howard
Griffin
Saxon
Clifford
Fay
Ewett
Rush
Workman
Holland
West Nd
Pickins
Aldrich
Welsh
Hopkins
Morley
Boston ‘Tow Boat Co
Smallest steam engine built for Faris Ix position
Labor the smallest steam engine ever made was completed for the Faris Ix position. It is composed of 180 pieces of metal, not quite three fifths of an inch high and weighs months of an ounce. The G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and G. O. Taylor Pure Eye Whiskeys accompany them. Our firm name is on the label over the cork. CHESTER H. GRAVES & SONS, Sole Proprietors, Boston, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Taylor
G.O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Boston
Mass
Probate and Municipal Court Docket Summary Unfolds
Suffolk probate list includes numerous estates guardianships and accounts with decedents heirs and trustees across matters such as Cyrus Alger Mary Ashford Martha Cowles and John Doyle. Municipal court lists multiple civil cases including Demands by Webb Tobin Greenwood and Williams with transfer company and loan disputes.
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Dewey
Probate Court
Suffolk
Beays
Tareas
A. Albee
M. G. Albee
Cyrus Alger
Mary A.ashford
Guardian
A. Bartlett
Catherine Count
Martha W. Fedanth
sidvu—James Bent
George W. Coburn
Susan Collins
Catherine Coughlin
Martha W. Cowles
Mark W. Cross
Herman E. ‘Davidson
Patrick
John Doyle
Ada A. Draper
Elizabeth Pevenick
Felipa Katie
Martha H. Freeman
Howard A. Gammell
William Gorham
Magdalen Gores
Thomas W. Gray
Georgiana Halliburton
Julia A. Tlarney
John Harkin
Mary A. Hill
Jesse Holbrook
Elizabeth Hopkins
Alice G. Hosener
Lucy E. Howard
Abram Jackson
Ebenezer Johnson
Thomas Keady
Jesse Kingsbury
Donehoe
Court docket items for January session announced
Superior Court in Salem lists case numbers and parties including Pitman v Paine 5605 Mudge v Paine 10889 Metcue et al v White v Folsom 6244 Bahan McIntire Saree Trendwelladiox Hanson v Lb Thuotte v Bahan Liennessey v Gray etc with various docket references and executors noted for January 16 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudge
Paine
Metcuse
Vaness
Liennessey Vy. Gray
Massachusetts Supreme Court Notice of Bar Admission
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court notices that on Tuesday January 20 1891 at 930 am if no objections are raised the listed individuals including Leon M Abbott James W Austin 2d Paul R Blackmur Wilfred Bolster Cyril B Burdett Edward R Burpee Guy Cunningham Anna C Fall Emery B Gibbs Edward A Harriman Gustavus Hay Jr George Hayes John T Lynch Edward L McManus Eugene O’Brien Edward W Pulk prick Edward B Pratt Edgar J Rich Odin B Roberts Sumner Robinson Edward H Savary Russell A Sears Charles G Smith Elisha M Stevens Lynde Sullivan Frank W Thayer William H J Tiernan and Milton B Warner will be admitted as attorneys at law if found qualified. Jan 16 1801 Joan Nose Clerk.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
A. m
Leon M. Abbott
James W.austin
Paul R. Blackmur
Wilfred Bolster
Cyril B. Burdett
Edward R. Burpee
Guy Cunningham
Anna C. Fall
Emery B. Gibbs
Edward A. Harriman
Gustavus Hay, Jr
George
Justice Blodgett declines Supreme Court appointment
Judge Caleb Blodgett of the Superior Court has declined a Supreme Court bench appointment to succeed the late Judge Devens. Governor Russell offered the post after praising Blodgett, but Blodgett prefers remaining in the lower court. Public opinion favors John Athrop or Charles P. Thompson, both Democrats, with a partisan tilt unlikely though possible. constitutional amendments voided for not signed by both presiding officers in Indiana.
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Caleb Blodgett
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Devens
Russell
Justice Blodgett
John Aothrop
Charles P.thompson
Supreme
Republican Organization
Inprana Polis
Ind
State Senate
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Miller
Newhall Ve
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Laoee
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Middlesex
Shaw
Cor
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Middle- Sox
Sarah P. Burns
Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen of
Susan
Alvin D. Burns
Grand Lodge of
United Workmen
Massachusetts
Supremeodge
Kentucky
A. D. Burns
Levi W J. Smith
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
Supreme Dree
Burns
D. Burns
Ridge Vs
U.S. Mutual Aid Society
CG. W. Baillett
Richard A. Shea
J. Haskell Butler
John W. Powers
Boston & Maine Railroad
Northampton
Belchertown
G. Wall
L. Lincoln
W. L Badger
Buffalo
Dundee Street
Kingston Street
E. H. Wills
Warren Street
J. J. Merrill
Albert D. Mowry & Co
Border Street
J. Frank Howland
Adams Street
Dorchester
Patrick Garry
Chicago
Nn Colchis Mining Company of
New Mexico
Park Bucher
Broadway
Currea
Brimimer Street
G. C. Grafton
D.D
Fond Dun Lac
M Chus Sts Church Union
Royal Baking
Tion
Commonwealth Building
Mount Vernon Street
District Police
Sewer Department
Lathrop, J
Hosmer
Boston & Albany
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Burnham
Dugeui
Connolly
Essex and
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Essex Street
A. B. Crocker & CO
T Noerson
Inford -Mahey
Faton
Same
Marek
Hobbs
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Wootbury
Vfinnevan
Sherry
Krennan
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Wellington
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Newton v. Bos
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Namie Vo.sare
God
William B. Kingsbury
Stephen L. Lewis
Lydia E. Longley
Rebecca Mayberry
Daniel J. McCarthy
Catherine Ince
Louise ¥. Mereilo
Amelia Milton
Mary Murphy
Executrix
George Soyer
Dora Robinsons
M D. Sohier
George LC
Willia
Marian W. Bredman
Ruth B. Sullivan
Samuel B. Swett
Imal Warren
William Washburn
Anna M. Stoughton
Jonah M. Spring
Carrie M. Smith
Averis
Harpy
McKay
Nagle
Webb
McDonald
McKenney
Tobin
Fellows
Spinney
Arnstrong Transferress Company
Millis v. Atherton
Boston Loan Co
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Brown
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Delaney
Bailey
Coatelo
Anderson
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Johnson
Schobal
Hatfenreffer
Coxblan
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Werner
Lothrop
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Common
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Salem
Pitman
Joan Nose
A van Houren
POST
the Post Publishing CO
Milk Street
Masa
Meredith Water Power CO
Meredith Village
N. Hl
Chester Park
W. M. Paul
Albany Street
Canish
R. Uo. Ball
Franklin Street
Lawrence, Mass
P. O
Lstate
Tremont St
Niles & Smith
van Vasss
Crawley
Streeter & Foster
Tremont Street
E. Allen& CO
Harrison Avenue
Sloemy Ated
Boston Public School
E. de St
Dickinson
New Foster St
Melrose
Boston Post
Em Liman
Essons
Gro. P. RowEtt & Co
Spruce Street
New York
Mason & Hamlin
Frees Organ & Piano CO
Charles L. Bly
Stearss & George
Telegraph & Telephone Line
Pearl ST
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