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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1889

Page

8

Salem Cadets and Regulars Clash Over New York Junket Budget

Massachusetts Senate fights over sending a full regiment or cadets to New York for a April celebration. Senators Hathorne Kingsley Symonds Clark spar over accommodations costs, the guard’s role, and whether to spend the $17 500 or more, with push for a possible $30 000 allotment.

Cadets Senate New York Treasury Committee Kingsley Middlesex Charlie” Symonds Essex Salem Hathorne Suffolk Clark Committee On Federal Relations Massachusetts Massachusets Symonds of Essex O’sullivan Senator Symonds Senator O'Sullivan Symonds Treasury Assichusetts O’ Sullivan Pike Pilsbury Messrs Campbell Cook Bristol E. J. Donovan James Donovan Dwinell Evans Fisk Gibson Gunn

Megantic Fish and Game Club's 100 members host second annual dinner

The Megantic Fish and Game Club held its second annual dinner at Young's cafe with a brief business meeting. Reports touted grounds in Quebec and proposed expansion by 30,000 acres to join the current 80,000. Speakers included President James Wemyss and Massachusetts fish officials urging lobster law enforcement and seasonal close seasons.

Megantic Fish and Game Club Young Quebec James Wemyss Post Blooming Grove Park Association New York C. F. Lee Charlestown Samuels Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association A. N. Cheney Shooting Harris The American Angler Walter Brackett Boston W. H. H. Murray Wemyss Putnam Fish and Game Massachusetts Fish Commissioners Cforts Fish and Game Protective Association of Woodlands Canada Lee Kennedy Smith Eustis Walter, Brackett Woodward Dr. Morris Thomas H. Hall N. J. Hall Benjamin T. Hall Hart William J. Russell Cambridge Kev. Phillips Books C. R John B. Chipman Inglewood Fish and Game Club

Case of Mr Brooks Death Amid Debt Rumors and City Notice

The Hon Charles J Brooks died by his own hand and was moved from Tinkham's to his widow's Dorchester home. The city council paid tribute with unanimous resolutions praising his public service while noting his debts. Funeral details await scheduling as relatives in Florida are notified.

Charles J. Brooks Tinkham Howard Street Dorchester Brooks Florida Robert Wiener Post Wiener Evening Star Boston Herald Star Miss Mitchell Silas Gurney Tremont House Mansfield Hotel Company Stowe, VI Gurney Common Council Hart Alderman Rogers Allen Sprague Ward 10 Messrs Stevens Barry Parker Jenkins Keenan Sullivan Stan Sprague and Parker Shaw Frazer Rosnosky

Sale of Rand Avery plant at auction next Monday

The Rand Avery Company printing and publishing plant to be sold at 10 am Monday at the corner of Federal and Franklin streets. The extensive assets include over 200 machines 200000 pounds of type an electrotype foundry plates and cuts vast paper stock and office furniture. A 25 percent deposit is required to secure purchases.

Rand-Avery Rand- Avery Company Rand- Avery Federal and Franklin Streets America

Dobson Upholstery chief Daniel Duffy Missing in Philadelphia

Daniel Duffy who led the upholstery department at John & James Dobson disappeared from Philadelphia several days ago. Authorities allege he may have embezzled funds from his employers with a suspected shortage ranging from ten thousand to one hundred thirty five thousand dollars.

Philadelphia Daniel Duffy John & James Dobson

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

Augusta and Chicago buyers listed from Mutherin Rice Co Craw Augusta to J Duveneck Mammoth Shoe and Crothing Co York to Traverse City Mich vendor roster shows names and firms across multiple cities. The notice catalogues shoemakers agents and wholesalers including Dehun Gossage Co Shay Foreman Virden Ehrlich Moore Spencer Weller Duveneck Thielbar Terry Gusky Brown Hand Sewed Shoe Mannah Lay Mercantile Co listing buyers and firms in a trade notice.

Augusta H Rice Mutherin, Rice & Co Craw J Gouley Louisville Weller Weller & Paine Louisvile J Duveneck Mammoth Shoe and Crothing Co Peoria H Thielbar Thielbar & Co Philadelphia Penn G W Terry Rowe & Terry Pittsburg Jean O M Bingham J M Gusky St Louis J C Price O St Clements Ht Louis A D Brown Hamilton Brown Shoe Delma Ala Mr. Rockaway Toledo B .Faylor Am Hand Sewed Shoe Tre Traverse City Mich B Atwood The Mannah & Lay Mercantile Co

Anchor line ships may resume loading here for Glasgow

The Anchor line Italia and Trinacria are to load here with cargoes for Glasgow and rumor revives that service will be extended to this port again. Mr Ballou of New York, representing the Anchor line, will not say if the departure is temporary. Ernest D Blackwell, about 28, a carpenter, was arrested on a forgery warrant for 160 dollars dated July 1 1885 in the name of Benjamin F Hariew of South Carver.

Italia Trinacria Glasgow Ballou New York Anchor Ernest D. Blackwell Rogers Building Benjamin F. Hariew South Carver Charlestown Gas Company James F. Hunnewell William Wheildon Phinchas J. Stone James A. Sawtell Leonard B. Hatton Charles F. Byam Charles BR. Lawrence George . Neal George L. Perin Shawmut Avenue J. C. Blaisdell E. Burt Phillips George Briggs William H. Phillips H. K. Moore

Court frees man over age 40 from military enlistment charge

United States Circuit Court hears habeas corpus case of John Gormley. Gormley enlisted briefly at a Boston rendezvous in 1888, deserted later, and was imprisoned. He contends he was not legally a soldier due to age and status steps, and the appeal questions the desertion conviction.

United States Circuit Court Coxt John Gormley District Court Gormley Portland Street Boston Fort Warren H. W. Putnam W. H. Brown Thomas H. Talbot

Social whirl at Vendome and area clubs noted

A Vendome concert fundraiser for Moral Reform Society drew Miss Dunton Miss How and others while the Forty fifth Regiment Association held its annual reunion at Young r s with Cyrus Bates presiding and George Pond as guest. Suburban Baseball League set officers at Quincy House as office changes ripple through the Thorndike and Victoria hotels with staff shifts. A ninth annual KE H 8 class meeting at Young s elected officers and hosted teachers Hitchings Grandgent. Complimentary dinner for Hon Carroll D Wright was hosted by Massachusetts labor officials at Young s. Various dignitaries and guests stayed at Oxford Vendome Brunswick Parker s Adams House Revere House and Crawford House with a long list of names from New York Boston Providence London and beyond.

Vendome The Moral Reform Society Miss Dunton Mary How James H. Ricketson Gardner Lamson C. Wallen Company A, Fortyfifth Regiment Association Young George E. Pond Company A New York Press Pond H. R. Thompson Lyman D. Willent Elias W. Bourne W. B. Story L. Henry Whitney Levi D. Jones Albert W. Mann Quincy House T Lowell W. H. Marden H. C. French Messrs. Despeaux and Fay Thorndike G. B. Balch Hivberd C. J. Anepase F. G. Marden J. H. Gamble Victoria F. G. Carter E. Ogden Child Brunswick KE. H Charles E. French Mr. Hitchings L. H. Grandgent McNary F. N Sprague Charles H. Currier Mulhall Walter Whitney Herman Husch J. N. Sohmist John H. Casey W.N. Schmidt John A. Bruen Henry Barber, Jr J. F. Ripp G. H. Smith Charles H. Rockwood Delip J. Mul New York Oxford C. A. Wright J. C. Weismiller Hancock, Mich Philadelphia E. W. Hyde Bath T. King St. John N. B F. J. Nanamore Bridgeport Con J. S.'Holmes Wisconsin A. W. Sulloway Northern Railroad Quincy Houe Franklin N. H Improved Order of Red Men Massachusetts Crawford House Revere House George F. Richards W. B. Webster Exeter H. P. Dewey Concord George Burnham, Jr Portland William D. Cowles J. W. Seymour, Jr Manazer John O. Patten J. L. Taylor, Sr Family Andrew J. Doherty, Jr Brooklyn Tremont House D.M. Chesney O.&. Follett George A. Brown Vermont Martii San Francisco W. H. Sinock Newark

Three Emigrants Swindled by Strangest Stranger

Three Englishmen who arrived aboard the Westmoreland reported to the Court Square police yesterday that they were swindled. They paid a five pound note and gold worth about $57 to a pleasant stranger who promised to exchange it for American money. The man vanished into a building on Liberty Square and has not been seen since, leaving each victim about $20.

Westmoreland Court Square Liberty, Square

Supreme Court Session List of Arguments and Cases

The Supreme Judicial Court met January 22 with Chief Justice Morrow and Associate Justices. Cases argued included Rebecca B. Craft v South Boston Railroad, and Craft v same, with multiple counsel. Other proceedings covered Bradley v Brigham and Tilden v Greenwood, plus a set of related questions and unfinished items.

Supreme Judicial Court Commonwealth Morrow C.J. Fugno W. Allen Hoymes C. Allen, Jr Rebecca B. Craft South Boston Railroad Company Sol Lincoln J. G. Abbott Charles IT. Gallagher Same Bradley Et al Rufus H. Brigham W. Trowbridge J. I. Joslin Freeman P. Tilden Frederick P. Greenwood G. Fall J.B. Richardson

Long Superior Court session reviews multiple cases and verdicts

The record outlines several Essex County Superior Court dockets from a January session. Notable items include Walsh v Consolidated Railway with a fatality claim, Handy v Tracy on two notes secured by a horse and wagon, and extensive lists of cases under various judges with trials, defenses, and verdicts, plus divorce and tort matters.

Superior Court Blope GeErt Richard W. Walsh Consolidated Railway Company John Summer Street Lincoln J. Gargan T. W. Proctor Plaintaff Albert D. Handy Joanna Tracy Patrick Tracy Rescott Keyes J. R. Smith H. N. Allin

Insolvency Court in Essex County Hears Petitions

At an Essex County Insolvency Court session, a second meeting was held in Warren P. Copp’s case and a third meeting in H B Osborne’s case. Ellias A. Emerson’s petition hearing was adjourned for one week. William R. Badger of Lynn filed a voluntary petition with liabilities of $344,546.

Essex County Warren P. Copp

Court Reports January 22 1900s Municipal Proceedings

Ely J Charles Meyers held for hearing on pocket picking case. Charles B Rogers bound over for embezzlement from employer. Charles Williams bound over for breaking and entering. Civil list and various civil suits listed including Knapp vs Davis and others with multiple case names.

Ely Charles Meyers John Johnson St. John’s Mich Charles B. Rogers George W. Torrey Superior Court Charles Williams Margaret Quinn Parkman Street DiThecat Wuuly Knapp Davis Hopwood Weeks Lewis Shepherd Hoxdon Richardson Partridge Newton Smith Forbes Cargill Morley Fogg oConnell Connelly Tufts Gilbert Jewell Ferris Puffer Sons Bos Albany Railroad Chaffee Armstrong Berrigotcrian Dowick Coyne Sinclair Williams Stone Visconti Pauluces May Gates

Shurtleff Bros Fail in Wholesale Fruit Trade

Shurtleff Bros wholesalers of foreign and domestic fruits at Commercial and Clinton streets have failed and assigned to T. B. Morrill Co. Assets and liabilities are undisclosed though talk suggests ongoing business if creditor agreements arise. Joseph H. Borland, Pittsburg boot and shoe jobber, has failed and confessed judgment for 82000, with many Boston creditors.

Shurtleff Bros Commercial Clinton T. B. Morrill & Co Joseph H. Borland Pittsburg Penn Borland Boston

Women’s Educational Union Meets at Boylston Street

At the quarterly gathering Mrs. A. M. Diaz, president, spoke on developing women’s power for social good. The group announced $4000 raised from the Fashion in Venice event at Mechanics’ Hall. Original poems were read and a discussion followed.

Women’s Educational Union Boylston Street A. M. Diaz Venice Mechanics’ Hall

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Second Corps OF Cadets Revere Street Railway Company United States Hotel Company Joint Special Committee On EK. E. Baldwin Town of Newton Street Railway Company Waltham & Newton Street Railway House Ferren Wyman Hyde Park Perkins Gracey Bicknell Board of Police National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Bar Infirmary Treasury of the Commonwealth Edward E. Hale School Committee of Holyoke Episcopal Theological School of Crocker Hall State Normal School Framingham Boston Children’s Friend Society Blume New England Shoe and Leather Association Military Department First District Court of Southern Middlesex Northampton Street Railway Company Eorys H. Bond John H. Crowley A. C. Goodell Province of Massachusetts Bay Shepard Danvers Goodell Andrew J. H. Clifford Ellis Ames Privy Council Barnes Chelsea State House Annex Province Law National Bank Seeley Fall River C. F. Stone Waltham Savings Bank N.H. Bixby South Adams Savings Bank B. T. Batchesler Lexington J.J. Whipple Brockton and Tafty Palmer Savings Bank Chapin Union Savings Bank of Whiton State House C. J. Holmes Fail River Union Savings Bank Secretary of the Commonwealth Barnstable County Berkshire Dukes Hampden Hampshire Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Worcester Total Megaantic Club MR. Brooks C. H. Graves & Sons Hawkins Street Mass Inlermer McDonnell Trumbull McCaffrey Jennings White Thompson Moore Higgins Cottrell Lunkett Schuler Eiffelad Reynolds Hllt Jewels Alb Stickney Howard Galliagher O’ Brien Fuller Wilde Sherman Anniball Ferrari Henry Murray J. L. Eldredge Z. Bowman N. A. Prime Compton Kellogg Spence Paul Chandler Boardman Sweaty Newcomb Protec Ferrier Murphy Fitzgerald Decker Zovo Hunting Downer Kelly Harrington Edmands Carter North Spaulding Dhn Eaton Messenger DeLue Johnson Seavey Loud Okary Me-Mu Isk 'T Doherty Cambell Satin 4 Welling Bryant Bost Rub. Co Fosi R King Dailey Russell Lutler Wheeler Mason Cummings Buck Kimball Wright Pitman Ruth A. Lockwood Fred P. Knapp Purchase Street D. Charles Maintiff R. Clark Joseph Bennett John T. Scully Charles Linnehan H. N. Collison L. M. Child Taylor Page Scull Marsh Sane Lathrop Cavanagh Boston Gas ; Light Co Game la Fouche Chap.man Ward Vy N. Y N. Ie Shariett Gunning Whinpley Burnain Wikins Gul Ler W H. Niles J. W. Berry Uuluuci Whelan Marshall Damon Hunt Greenleaf Libbetts City of Lyon Basford Kakas & Sons Washington Mark ALL Pocers Quaker Mill Co Ravenna Ohio Harmon, J Lucius C. Johnson Haverhill Slattery Morse Mulls Durgin Foss Howe Murch Loker Vy. B. & A. RR Foye v. Reinhart Blanchard Silsby Isaacs Wiley Cadogan Tan Balmoaris Patten Lynch Connolly J. E. Cotter H. &. Bolles R. M. Saltonstall Goss Hartshorn Spring Shea O’brien Donovan West End Railway Co Hartley Stultsky Saie Dinsmore Barton Rowell Veak O'Kane Joyce O’arcy Dorr Simons Bushman Hudson Tailer Bray Baxter Hinds McDonald McKay Women's Educational Union Pana Ruan Wall N. Ys
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