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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1890

Page

8

Andover Controversy Report on Smyth versus Visitors

Commissioner Robinson reports findings in the Smyth appeals case against Phillips Academy Andover Visitors. The report says Eustis acted without undue influence or prejudice, concludes no bias evident, and notes the board’s procedures and voting in Smyth’s removal. The outcome is viewed as effectively adverse to the appellant.

Robinson Eustis Ecret Appellee Corporation William T. Bastis D.D Edwards A. Parik J. Werrellman John M. Greene der. Eustis Dr.ustis Fastis Drustis Chet Sui Mn Stayth Noo Andover Andover Seminary Woodruff Smyth New Haven Board of Visitors Dr. Rustis Mprimsfield Teller Stacy Joe Boston lele@ran Inz Sinveh Mustis Appellant Busts Seelye William T. Eustis George Cla Vorinson

Young Men's Democratic Club elects thirty-two new members

Ira C. Hersey presided at a meeting where thirty-two new members were elected. An amendment to the constitution was adopted creating a nineteen member executive committee with five members to transact business. A grant of $100 was authorized toward the Grady monument in Atlanta. A new information-gathering committee was formed to clip political articles and keep scrapbooks.

Ira C. Hersey Young Men’s Democratic Club Vremont Swift Grady Monument Atlanta Nathan Matthews, Jr Josiah Quincey Charles W. Bartlett Boston Edgar H Bowers Needham Augustus M. Brown Marblehead A. George Bullock State Mutual Life Assurance Company Worcester A Choate Reverly William B. de Las Casas Malden Joseph D. Couch Somerville Frank M. Davis Howard W. Pixon Frank Panning Manning Printing Company Newton Upper Falls Charles A. Fitzgerald West Newton John #. Fitzgerald United States Internal Revenue Mathew I. Foley Roxbury Thomas J. Gargan Henry F. Hurlburt Lynn Een Keeler Herald Gardiner M. Lane Union Pacine Railroad Company Cambridge James E. Lord Haverhill J. Audley Maxwell John Ss. Monroe Kidder, Peabody & Co James I. Mullen Thomas A. Mullen D. W. Northrop Newtonville Richard Fay Parker Andrew J. Rady

Boston Aldermen Seek Higher Tax and Debt Limits

The Boston Board of Aldermen votes to petition the General Court to raise the city tax rate from 12 to 10.50 per thousand and the indebtedness limit from 2 percent to 21.5 percent. Individual aldermen clash over plans as districts plead for street, sewer, and public works funding.

Board of Aldermen Boston General Court Alderman Cushing Cushing Alderman Smith Mr. Cushing Movier McLauchlin Cushitge Leary Wiile Neier Sialih McLaughlin Smith Yras—Carruth Flood Gove Stacey Woolley O. Naavs Folsom Reed Walworth Light & Power Company A. R. Chapman Wast Aassachusetts Corporation Cty George Putnam Boston Electric Light Company Stanley Street W. W. Gooch Edison Electric Light Company Putnam Walworth Company Bangor E.W. Burdett Edison Company Chapman Suburban Light & Power Company Nichols, Dupee & Co Asa BP Potter G. Hi. Greenleaf Hugh O’brien Oliver Ames Commonwealth Avenue Ipso

Royal Island Bell Ringers Give Tremont Temple Concert

At Tremont Temple last night the Royal Island Bell Ringers performed with assistance from W Hayward, xylophone player, and Mar A J Losey, humorist. Highlights included Turkish Patrol, She Lost Chord, national airs, and Boulanger March with Hayward blindfolded. Losey’s impersonation drew praise.

Tremont Temple Royal Isiand Bell Ringers W. Hayward Mar. A. J. Losey

Newton Bank Names New Director After Speare Death

At the Newton National Bank annual meeting J. R. Farnam of Waltham was elected a director to succeed the late Edward Speare of Newton. The remaining directors were reelected.

Newton Newton National Bank J. R. Farnam Waltham Edward Speare

METHODISTS IN ROME SEEK MISSIONARY WORK

January meeting of the Methodist Social Union in Berkeley Ali drew about 180 guests. Leroy B Jolson presided as Maplewood Quartet performed, Dr C Braydon led prayer, and Rev Leroy Vernon of Syracuse spoke on eighteen years as a missionary in Rome. Fifteen new members were elected. The mission has founded twenty four churches in Italy loyal to the Pope.

Methodist Social Union Berkeley Ali Leroy 8. Jolson Malden Maplewood C. Braydon Lasell Seminary Leroy Vernon Syracuse M. Y Rome Vernon

Annual Work Report Of City Missionary Society Meeting

The City Missionary Society held its annual meeting at 19 Congregational House with President Arthur W. Tufts presiding. The secretary reported receipts totaling extensive missionary and relief funds, 23 missionaries active, 438,932 visits to 12,205 families, 60 funerals, 174,816 papers distributed, and 1,708 Sunday school enrollments across three chapels, plus charity work at hospitals and public institutions. Officers elected for the coming year include Tufts as president and Elijah Harr as secretary, with a large slate of pastors and lay leaders named as managers and officers.

City Missionary Society Congregational House Arthur W. Tufts Elijah Harr Board of Directors Rosemary Cottage Old Colony Chapel Tyler Street Shawmut Chapel Harrison Avenue Munday School Philips Chapel Seventh Street City Hospital Retute Children’s. Friend Society Marcel Fresh Air Fund Eliot Arthur W. Jaufts Edwin B. Webb D.D Elijah Horr Samuel PF. Wilkins Timothy Smith Samuel KE. Hervick George A. Gordon William E. Griffis C. A. Dickinson Nehemiah Boynton BF. Hamilton A. & Twombly A. H. Plumb A. P. Foster W.ick. Campbell C. A. Beckwith George C. Brooks D. Ib. Fullerton M. G. Schoppe W. G. H. Temple John J. Pattie Ellis Mendell C. C. Kellome A. HL. Quint B. Shapleigh Ward Gorge Poole I. N. Lothrop L. F. Crowell Luther P. Adams George

Horsford’s Acid Prosonate for Night Sweats

An 19th century remedy promises quick relief for night sweats due to consumption. The advertisement touts speedy benefit from Horsford’s Acid Prosonate, a patent medicine sold by unnamed dealers, without medical endorsement.

Horsford

Meetings and arrivals fill Boston hotels many clubs

At Young's and other venues last evening the Marketmen's Republican Club, Boston Executive Business Association, Twenty-fourth Regiment Association, and Boston Leather Associates held annual or regular gatherings. Officers were elected for 1890 including presidents S. B. King, C. P. Amory, and E. H. Towle. dinners set for Feb 17 at the Quincy House. numerous guests and arrivals listed from New York to Augusta Maine.

Marketmen’s Republican Club Young’s Hotel S. B. King 5. B. King Cyrus Thatcher Charles H. Porter Harris S. Bean James Boyden C. B. Wooiey A. W. Preston L. E L. Hanson Thomas Decatur W. J. Esterbrook J. A. Scott Alonzo Spear J. R. Brown G. A. Fales A. W. Patch George I. Mead O. P. Ford F.E. Friend F. E. Richardson Quincy House Boston Executive Business Association Revere House Henry S. Goodwin Thomas Hills Henry Winn G. Bradford George G. Crocker Wellesley Club Shorndike Albert Clarke Les Parnham George W. Marice Twenty-fourth Regiment Association Charles B. Amory Charles P. Amory John Deland T. R. Miller John B. O'Brien Weasurer James Thompson George AG Orig Boston Leather Associates Young's Stotel Henry E. Locke Philos Brooks William H. Baldwin Albert Plaunner W.C. Lewis E. H. Towle A. M. Williams H. di. Baldwin GA. Burgess Trish Charitable Society Parker House JH. Burke PDPD Dwyer O. J. Lewis Brunswick Miss Shaw J Manley Te Blaine Younsy’s Alrs Thomas Lombard L.litcomb Augusta HH. Zinn Washington Street D. K. Claflin Clathin & Larrabee Proprietiog Megantic Fish & Game Fremont House Cameron Petersburg Drumm St. Paul's S School Concord N. Hi S. V.ee Adams N. Y H. A. Clay Portland T. Armstrong Philadelphia George Ie Sullivan Rutland W.F. Ricker Newark N.J James H. Butler Halifax Revere Joan K F. Henry New York E. M. Mills E. M. Mills, On the Hon. ©. W. Sulloway Prank HH. Percival Waterville Tavern John Stevens J. B. Henderson R. M. Eberle W. R.S. Morris The Booth- Modjeska Company Quincy Alexander Eae Washington D. c T. W. Hubbard J. Dunne H. O. Prescott Westers Kt

Sunday School Teaching Hints Discussed by Unitarian Leaders

Mr. R Metcalf opened the fourth regular meeting of the Unitarian Sunday School Union in the Second Church chapel with insights on practical teaching. He contrasted Tremont temple Saturday gatherings with Channing Hall attendance and favored four grades with a lender for each, urging church funding for books and a furnished reference library. Mrs Kate Gannet Wells criticized nationalist cant at Tremont Temple, stressing individualism and imagination as essential for Sunday school teachers, while the Orthodox one lesson plan was deemed discarded. A social supper preceded the discussion, with Dr Eawin J Lewis presiding.

R. €. Metcalf Unitarian Sunday School Union Kate Gannett Wells Channing Hall Eawin J. Lewis

Theological Library approves new book list for church readers

A committee meeting at 23 Mt. Vernon Street, presided by Rev. Dr. E. J. Young, unanimously approved a slate of new books for Theological Library. Titles include The Bible and Modern Discoveries, Supernatural Revelation, St Paul and Protestantism, The Language of the New Testament, and many more by Harper, Lipscox, Mivart, Wright, Briggs, and others.

Theological Library Mt. Vernon Street E. J. Young Harper Professor Mead Matthew Amos Lipscox Mivart Owens Luthardt Kenan Israel Briggs Lighttoown Baraze Professor Wright D. d. Hill Maurice Memerie John Lord Canon Westcott Max Muller Brace W. Robertson Smith Burnett Stalker Taylor

Courts and Jurisdiction in Patent Case Against Connecticut Firm

United States Circuit Court hearing on a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction over a patent infringement suit. The Pope Manufacturing Company, a Connecticut corporation, claimed not to be within Massachusetts district jurisdiction, citing exclusive Connecticut circuit court jurisdiction. Attorneys Lund for plaintiff and Redding for defendant present. A related case Consolidated Store Service Company versus Lamson raises the same jurisdiction issue with Maine and New Jersey corporations.

United States Circuit Court Cort. J. National Typewriter Company Pope Manufacturing Company Connecticut District of Massachusetts Circuit Courts Circuit Courts of the United States Circuit Court of the United States District of Connecticut KR. Lund William A. Redding New York Consolidated Store Service Company Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company Maine New Jersey Causten Browne C. M. Barnes B. F. Thurston

Supreme Judicial Court Session Noted Equity Dockets

Proceedings in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court list equity cases including No. 509 Robert Codman vs Paul Kretl et al with attorneys for Codman and defendants, No. 616 John C Morse executor vs Francis J. Merton et al from probate, unfinished, with Morse for plaintiff and Suatiuck and Monroe for defendants, plus references to Nos. 621 630 685 640 641.

Robert Codman Paul Kretl W.L. Putnam KR. Codman, Jr H. Hi.Jackson Jabez Fox C. KR. Cobb John C. Morse Francis J. Merton R. M. Morse George O. Suatiuck

Superior Court First Session Court Docket Duels

The January first session lists cases before Pitman and Aldrich with filings in insolvency antidischarge disputes, damages suits, and multiple trial dockets. Notable entries include Nye v Chester over discharge concealment and Farley v Sinkelstein attached goods disputes, plus numerous civil actions and scheduled verdicts across sessions.

Superior Court Pitman Southworth JH. Nye Fred H. Chester Chester J. L. Power John Charles Nathan Sinkelstein N. W. Farley J. W Blanchard Joseph Bennett

Superior Court Docket Ships Out Multiple Defendants

Jan 20 court action lists Rachel A. Friel jailed four months for idle and disorderly conduct Felice Car tassimo fined twenty five for embezzlement Israel Beshgolleno fined fifty for assault Stephen Dowd seven years for breaking and entering William Feltis fined one hundred and ordered three months in House of Correction John Sokolovski four years for assault Charles Campbell larceny sent to Massachusetts Reformatory List of cases including Commonwealth v. 299 Same v. Flaherty McCaffrey Adams Henneberry Falvin Kerwin Rovers Nowell Whitcomb Shields Dolai Towne Walsh Stills McCormick Meier

Superior Criminal Court Blodgett J. Rachel A. Friel House of Industry Felice Certassimo Israel Beshgolleno Stephen Dowd William i. Feltis House of Correction John Sokolovski Charles Campbell Larceny Massachusetts Reformatory Commonwealth Same Flaherty McCaffrey Adams Henneberry Falvin Kerwin Rovers Nowell Whitcomb Shields Dolai Suv Towne Walsh Stills McCormick

Harris v Lynn and Boston Rail Road Co tort action

Superior Civil Court Essex County Salem January term. Harris, a colored preacher from Lynn, sues for personal injuries from lies thrown from defendant’s car due to agents’ carelessness. Defense general denial. Jury out. Attorneys: J B Keith for plaintiff W H Niles for defense. Also listed cases include Woodbury v Inhabitants of Beverly and several others with defense denials and trial details.

Superior Civil Court Essex County Salem Sherman Harris Vs Lynn & Boston Railroad Company Lynn J. B. Keith W. H. Niles Woodbury Beverly E. C. Battis H. P. Moutton Walsh Corrigan Williams Williams v. Lynn & (24)—Greene Vy. Donkey. Boston RK. Co. Hvdst Samne Y. Sitive Murphy Page Reando Spence Hasings Mess Proctor

Wills Proved in Probate Court Essex County Salem Jan 20

In Essex County Probate Court Salem on January 20 Harmon J. proved the wills of several deceased individuals including Ozias Paley of Methuen Mehitable Bartlett of Marblehead Annahl E Bradford of Salem Mary A Clark of Salem Mary EB Cutts of Salem Emeline Martin of Marblehead Joan Murray of Lawrence Eleanor Perry of Beverly Susan M Phillips of Lyon and Samuel.

Essex County Salem Harmon J. Wills Ozias Paley Methuen Mehitable Bartlett Marblehead Annahl E. Bradford Mary A. Clark Mary EB. Cutts Emeline Martin Joan Murray Lawrence Eleanor Perry Beverly Susan M. Phillips Lyon Samuel

Administered Estates and Bequests Across Several Towns

Letters of administration granted for estates in Salem Lynn Gloucester Boxford Andover Beverly with inventories showing values such as 15989 for William Coes 406283 for Eien De Coursey 15035 for Thomas Perkins 85000 for Joseph B L Seeley and 1000 gifts to school districts in Kansas and New Hampshire. Will provisions distribute bequests to various charities and Friends groups in Lynn Salem and New York Five Points House of Industry named residuary legatee.

Cornelia A. Osborne Oilers Thomas Perkins Salem Caroline Perkins Caroline P. Ostood Joseph BL. F. Seeley Beverly Ozias Bailey White Cloud Kan Merril New York Susan M. Phillips Lynn Fragment Society Society of Friends

Civil Sitting at Dedham City Court January 20

In Dedham Superior Court, Nammond case against Thomas Lyons seeks payment for labor and materials for Canton post office work. verdict for plaintiff at $138,190. Attorneys A Healy for plaintiff and EF Buswell for defendant. Other dockets include Dwyer v Inhabitants of Stoughton and Gos Day v Ross with various actions listed.

Superior Courel Norfolk County Dedham Nammond Patrick E. Healy Thomas F. Lyons P. A. Hutch Tsoh Wigston Faunce

Hattie D M Clark vs Town of Wakefield injury suit note

Superior Court documents show Hattie D M Clark suing the Town of Wakefield for damages after injuries from a sidewalk out of repair. Plaintiff represented by Barnett and Clark. defendant by Hamilton. case listed among docket entries with multiple related references.

Hattie D. M. Clark Town of Wakefield Ction Charles Barnett Chester W. Clark Ss. KK. Hamilton Lynch Gankrapp Winchester Alias Davis Abe Ryder Dolan Nason Leéahe Cofer Flannigan White Fisher

Municipal Court Session List of Civil Cases

First and second municipal court sessions listed numerous civil dockets including Fanning v Marge, Griner v Hickey, Quinn v Woods, Boyle Verzie v Meyer, Lax v Brennan, Bucher vilinus, Averling v Pearson, Metblle Ins Co v Goods Haven, Wolfsohn v Kimmports, Slattery v Emerson, Lonergan v Allens, Smitht v Seavey, Keily v West End, Ocisv Payne Helio, Jackson v Boston, McKenzie v Sateh Underwear Co, Jackson v Stevens, Pavenwort v Hol, Doyle v Catlisbrook, Wearson v Wayh Weelin v Moore, Park v Hindle, Heston Marble Co, Palconer ve Ainien Walsh, phoneic v Dewe, Smith v McLeod, White v Knellman, Durell v Turner.

Fanning Marge Pmiend Trnndy Peni Griner Hickey Quinn Woods Posh Verzie Meyer W—Lax Brennan Kimmports Slattery Vo Emerson Lonergan Allens Smitht Seavey Avsl Keily West End Ocisv Payne Helio Jackson Boston McKenzie Sateh- Underwear Co Ell HNRB Stevens Pavenwort Hol Doyle Catisbrook

Bar Meeting Aims Concerted Action In US Courts

A bar meeting of U S practicing lawyers is planned for Tuesday to discuss the President's judiciary message. The group will consider whether to launch a nationwide effort to advance the President's recommendations in the courts.

United States United States Court

City bids for sewer section in Brighton revealed

City engineer reported proposals for building section 1 of the intercepting sewer in Brighton. John Cavanagh & Co. bid 70,855. National Construction Company 48,772. Metropolitan Construction Company 62,291. Bids were taken under advisement.

Brighton John Cavanagh & Co National Construction Company Metropolitan Construction Company William Lloyd Garrison Roxbury G. A. R. Hall Washington and Fudley Streets Lakes William Atkinson Young Men’s Christian Union Afrea A. Doerpler Charles HW. Manning Peter E. Neil Irish Charitable Society Music Hall New England Helping Stand Society Children’s Mission Samuel Hatch & Co Endicott Street Michael McLaughlin Carawing Granite Railway Company Pemberton Square William Bb. Sewall John W. Leighton John F. Glazood William &. Williams George F. Greene Frederick S. Davis Lienry LB. Osgood J. Albert Simpson

Men of Small Means Form Local Building and Loan Board

Mr J M Marks of Security Building and Loan Association Minneapolis organizes a local branch in this city. A board of directors includes F L Creesy P H Goss Robert Burien J L McIntosh Charles A White Carl Ef Weintzmann with Creesy as president and Goss as treasurer and secretary. Shares cost 100 dollars with 60 cents monthly payments, maturing in about seven years. Incorporated under Minnesota law and supervised by the state bank superintendent. Office at 28 School street room 45.

J. M. Marks Security Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis, Minn F. L. Creesy P. H. Goss Robert Burien J. L. MclIntosh Charles A. White Carl Ef. Weintzmann Philip K. Goss West Nch Vs of Minnesota State Superintendent of Banks School Street

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