Mayor veto sustains order in Boston council actions
The Boston common council vetoed an order to pay George Martin of South Boston 3000 for land damages after debate over embankment impact on his buildings. The session adjourned to Thursday Sept 8 and covered budget moves, salary increases, and committee actions.
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Common Council
George Martin
South Boston
Whall
Leahy
Foss
Whitmore
Lauren
Gomez
Mr. Martin
Fowler
Ward 28
Martin
Yeas
Ward
Standing Committee
Ward 23
Police Department
Law Department
Committee On Bridges
Long Island
Board of Police
Boston Water Board
Cochituate
Hanover Street
Albany Street
Bridge Department
Cambridge
Marine and
Franklin Parks
Corporation Counsel
City of
Boston
Metropolitan Railroad Company
Board of Street Commissioners
Walpole and
Tremont Streets
Committee On Fire Department
Michael Martin
Committee On Lands
Interior shortage in Levi Bacon accounts spurs unrest
Discovery of a 16 000 shortage in the late Levi Bacon's patent office accounts unsettles clerks in the Interior Department. A blue pencil slip links 1880 campaign payments to the amount, while several entries lack clear charges against clerks.
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Interior Department
Levi Bacon
Patent Office
Interior
Bacon
Hayes
Jay A. Hubbell
Michigan
John L. Norris
Washington
Hubbell
Deartment
Congressional Committee
Teachers in Council Discuss Privileges and Individualism in Teaching
Meeting of the American Institute of Instruction in Buruworox Vermont features J. Milton Hall on teacher duties beyond the classroom and J. A. Gresnough on individualism in teaching. Officers elected include Hall as president and multiple state vice presidents. The program includes a concert by the Howard Opera House orchestra and a lecture by Rev. O P Gifford on making the most of life. Dartmouth alumni form the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the American Institute with a named leadership group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buruworox
American Institute of Instruction
J. Milton Hall
J. ©. Norris
Charlestown High School
Norris
Supreme Court
Lincoln
J. A. Gresnough
Westfield
Mass.) Normal School
Comenius
Laurie
J. M. Lawin
Rhode Island
Ray Greene Hauling
Massachusetts
James W. Webster
Augustus D. Small
New England
Howard Opera House Orchestra
O. P. Gifford
Boston
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Alumni Association of the American Institute
Henry Whittemore Ousetts
W. H. Campbell
Vermont
Messrs. Carrigan and Hume
Patterson
W. H. Montgomery
Washin
Edson
Alumni Board Oversees College Financial Report
Alumni shall annually report the college's financial condition and supervise examinations. The report was unanimously approved.
Utah Commission Defies Law in Utah Constitution Submission
Anger spreads across Utah as a majority commission backs submitting a new constitution to voters, prompting protests from businessmen and political factions. Grand Army of the Republic disavows Mormon gentile events on July 4 1887, citing loyalty to the flag and accusations of treason.
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Utah
Utah Commission
United States
Grand Army of the Pears
James B. McKean
Department of Utah
Salt Lake City
Water crisis floods Salem mains and halts business
Salem faces severe water shortages when Peabody water pressure bursts seven Salem mains after Wenham shut off. Hose lines supply upper city while Peabody provides by two this afternoon, repairs expected by midnight and an extra main likely laid immediately. Salem officials had previously resisted opening a gate to Peabody last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Peabody
Wenham
Summer Musical Festival Opens with Full Chorus
Wrins New Hampshire reports the third day of the fourth annual summer festival drew 800 people. The afternoon featured a 200-voice chorus, Blaisdell's Orchestra, and performances by Maud M. Starkweather of Boston, Dr. B. F. Rix, Dr. W. B. Reilly of Lowell, and Martha Dana Shepard of Boston. Evening works included a chorus with Boston artists and soloists Jennie Holt and others. Two concerts remain for tomorrow. conductors are G. F. Halslander of Boston and H. G. Blaisdell of Concord.
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Wrins
N. H
Blaisdell
Maud M. Starkweather
Boston
B. F. Rix
W. B. Reilly
Lowell
Martha Dana Shepard
Starkweather
Marie Hester
Heaton
Rix
Reilly
Jennie Holt
United States and Canada Phosphate Mining and Fertilizing Co Formed
A new company organized at Hallowell with $200 000 capital aims to mine phosphate near Buckingham Quebec and produce fertilizers. Officers include Maynard Sumner as president and General Tilden as treasurer with a slate of directors from Rockland Hallowell Damariscotta and Buckingham. The land spans 200 acres and shows a fine vein.
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NEW Phosphate Mining Company
Rocknanp
Hallowell
United States and
Canada
Maynard Sumner
Rockland
Tilden
Augusta
J. Fred Merrill
J. R. Bodwell
James A. Hall
Damariscotta
J. H. Manley
Auta
J. P. Armhurst
Vinal Haven
A. D. Cameron
Buckingham
F Merrill
Province of Quebec
Medford Tax Roll Totals Real Estate Leads Valuation
Medford assessors near completion report total taxable property at 8 479 035 dollars. Real estate total 6 721 820 dollars and personal property 1 757 215 dollars. Residents pay 5 285 320 dollars in real estate and 1 634 365 in personal. non residents owe 1 436 500 dollars real estate and 122 850 dollars personal. Tax rate 17 dollars. polls 2 535. Net gain in property 331 801 with eighty three more polls.
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Meprorp
Two Men Arrested for Burglary in Lowell Incident
Bertrand Venno and Alfred Nolet were arrested after entering Francois Cote’s room at 11 Fulton Street Lowell and stealing property valued at 125 dollars. Venno wore Cote’s clothes and surrendered checks to trunks containing the rest of the loot. Both men are veterans of the Riel rebellion and hold bravery medals.
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Far River
Bertrand Venno
Alfred Nolet
Francois Cote
Fulton Street
Lowell
Venno
Cote
Nolet
Riel
Insurance Agents Arrested for Soliciting Without License
Frederick Webber and Charles M. Moore of New York Life Insurance Company, nonresidents, were arrested in Pittsfield for soliciting. The new law requires licensed residents to operate in the state. Each was held on $1000 bond. penalties include fines up to $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprincfield
Frederick Webber
Charles M. Moore
New York Life Insurance Company
Pittsfield
Rubber Works Shut Down After Inventory Skips
Providence July 7 The National Rubber Works Bristol has suspended work indefinitely due to surplus goods. Rumor says two to three months. About twelve hundred operators are laid off.
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Provivence, R. L
National Rubber Works
Bristol
Digging for Gold Resumes at Abington Mine
Axzington reports work has restarted at the Abington gold mine. Superintendent Harrigan will receive needed financial support to reach 100 feet along the ledge of the first discovery. A new engine and machinery arrived, and digging will start again in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axzington
Abington
Harrigan
Man Dies After Self Inflicted Wound Near North Smithfield
Providence reports 22 or 28 year old George M. Robinson shot himself in the temple by the roadside in North Smithfield this morning and died five hours later. He was not in good health and had a sister named Robinson living in Lacon and a cousin Marion W. Covell in Peabody Mount Masa.
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Providence
George M. Robinson
North Smithfield
Robinson
Lacon
Marion W. Covell
Pe Eakhion Mt Masa
Precedent for Dr McGlynn Excommunication Case Recalls Forbes
The article recalls Dr John Murray Forbes, the only priest excommunicated in the U S Catholic Church, outlining his New York origins, ascent in the Episcopal Church, conversion to Catholicism during the Oxford movement, ten years in Catholic orders, and eventual excommunication after returning to Anglican rites. It notes his open letter to Archbishop Hughes, his Protestant pulpit return, and his death about six years ago.
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N. S
John Murray Forbes
Columbia College
Episcopal Theological Seminary
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Hudson Street
Episcopal Seminary
England
Henry Edward Manning
John Henry Newman
Dr. Forbes
Father Thomas Preston
St. Ann’s Church
East Twelfth Street
Bisho Bailey
Baltimore
Doane
Albany Episcopal Diocese
Forbes
South Carolina
Boston
St. Ann’s
Hughes
Archbishop Hughes
Elizabeth
N. J
Everett treasurer Daniel Emmons dies in California at 76
Reports say Daniel Emmons once left Everett amid unsettled accounts ranging from twenty thousand to eighty thousand dollars. A series of dispatches linked to a California lodge and a supposed relative reached Everett before word confirmed his death in northern California at about age seventy six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Emmons
Everett
California
William Johnson
Everett Association
Charles Atwood
Atwood
Emmons
Murderous quarrel ends in wife’s death in Hartford
John Swift aged 22 shot and killed his wife Katie J. Swift in Hartford Connecticut after a threat made in a saloon. He fired as she walked with two coworkers on Trumbull street after 6 30 PM and she died at 7 45 PM at the hospital. Swift was arrested.
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Hartrorp
Conn
John Swift
Katie J. Swift
Trumbull Street
Smith & Bourn’s Harness Works
Swift
Train Robbers Foiled on Texas Express
Fort Worth July 7. An attempted robbery of the through Texas express on the Santa Fe between Pendleton and Temple was halted when a Pendleton telegraph operator sensed trouble and alerted Temple. An armed posse stopped the train after six men tried to board. one robber fell and the others fled.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Through Texas Express
Pendleton
Temple
Southern papers plan daily New York paper for the South
Mayor A Burke of the Times Democrat says Southern newspaper men will start a daily in New York devoted to Southern material interests not adequately covered by current papers. Backers include Col Bebee of the Galveston News Col Grady of the Atlanta Constitution and W J Keating of the Memphis Appeal. They cite growth in Southern wealth and influence needing broader New York coverage.
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New York
New Orleans
5. A. Burke
The
Times-Democrat
New York City
Burke
Beboe
Galveston News
Grady
Atlanta Constitution
W. J. Keating
Memphis Appeal
Severe storm devastates Carlisle and Jacksonville areas
Despatches report a severe wind and rain storm hitting Carlisle and Jacksonville yesterday afternoon. The Baptist Church in Carlisle was blown down and multiple buildings were destroyed. Crop and property losses are unestimated. No lives reported.
Jury Faces Chamberlain Murder Case in New Haven
New Haven reporters note the jury to try the Chamberlain murder case was completed this afternoon and court adjourned until tomorrow morning. In the Way case the grand jury has not yet concluded witness examinations.
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New Haven, Conn
Chamberlain
Pardon Granted to Nathan P. Pratt Former Reading Bank Official
The governor and council pardoned Nathan P. Pratt ex treasurer of the Reading Savings Bank who, after a seven year sentence in Charlestown State Prison for misappropriation, had long been sought for mercy. Support came from General Butler and Middle sex District Attorney W B Stevens noting Pratt's age 78 and exemplary conduct.
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Nathan P. Pratt
Reading Savings Bank
Reading
General Butler
Boston
Charlestown
Pratt
Paterna
Ank
Solon Bancroft
Suffolk Bar
Lowell
Bexy
Butler
W. B. Stevens
Middlesex County
Various City News Highlights At Mt Bowdoin And Boston
The Mt Bowdoin library committee thanks contributors after a lawn party added over 300 to the library fund. Boston harbor officials grant a 1100 foot iron pier extension at City Point. Patrolman Hinckley weds Miss Emmington at 47 Adams Street. A Brighton man reports 100 stolen in three days. Trader's Coffee buyer Edward Taylor arrested for adulteration. Heat incident sends John Donnelly to City Hospital. Nantasket concerts by Reeves's American Band praised. Ship schedule from Rowe's Wharf every hour. The Taking of New Orleans pyrorama at Point of Pines draws crowds with Baldwin's Cadet Band and performers.
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Mt. Bowdoin
Harbor and Land Commissioners
John Donnelly
Albany Street
Cove Street
City Hospital
Nantasket
Reeves
Walley
New England
Rowe's Wharf
New Orleans
Point of Pines
Baldwin
Walter Emerson
Ernest Audurean
Prohibitionists Open Middlesex Campaign Meeting
The Middlesex county prohibitionists held a convention at Eberle Hall Somerville to start the 1887 88 campaign. Morning talks by Rev J H Humphrey addressed separate party action. Afternoon speeches by Rev A W Holt and Rev Dr A A Miner preceded an evening mass meeting with Mrs Trask Hill and Tremont Glee Club providing music. Attendance was small.
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Middlesex County
Eberle Hall
Somerville
J. H. Humphrey
Reading
A. W. Holt
A. A. Miner
Boston
Trask Hill
Charlestown
Tremont Glee Club
Sessons
G. W. Simmons & Co Advertises Ready Goods at North Street
A fixed law imitation draws people to the advertisements of G. W. Simmons & Co at 44 North Street where a thronged crowd buys hats, tents, hammocks, bathing suits, men s and boys clothing of the best kinds at reasonable prices.
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Pee le
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
West End Consolidation Offers Exchange Deal
Metropolitan Railroad Company directors at a forenoon meeting endorsed West End Street Railway’s offer to swap its 8 percent cumulative preferred stock for Metro stock at 1.25 to 1. The board urged stockholders to accept, with President Richards among the first to exchange his holdings at the American Loan and Trust Company.
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Metropolitan Railroad Company
West End Street Railway
Metropolitan Inroad
Richards
Metropolitan
South Boston Railway Company
American Loan and Trust Company
From a Foreign Point of View A Hideous Din
A Boston reader laments Fourth of July celebrations seen abroad and at home. The letter condemns street violence, property damage, and excessive noise, urging sobriety, order, and greater police oversight while praising liberty and patriotism. The writer contrasts foreign calm with American mayhem.
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Burns
Transvaal
America
Talmage
Europe
Salvage suit over 1887 Provincetown rescue of schooner Commonwealth
United States District Court case from July 7 details salvage actions after the schooner Commonwealth and steam tug William H. Clark aided the distressed schooner General 8. E. Merwin near Provincetown following a May 12 1887 collision. Commonwealth crew towed the damaged vessel while Clark assisted, both unloading water and patching hull until sale in Provincetown. Proceedings list counsel for Commonwealth the tug and claimants.
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United States District Court
Nelson
James G. Tarr
General
E. Merwin
Commonwealth
William H. Clark
Merwin
Provincetown
Clark
F. Cunningham
W. Dol. Sohier
Red Dodge
W. L. Tower
Supreme Judicial Court Judge Field Decision Delayed
The Supreme Judicial Court's Judge Field has announced a decision will be issued later. The ruling concerns a case involving civil rights and potential prejudice claims with implications for state court procedures and jurisdiction.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Jul
Field H Field
Onield
Insurance circular discloses Homeopathic Mutual Life policy pressure
Insurance Commissioner Merrill released a circular warning policy holders that a New York company tries to induce surrender of policies for less than full surrender value. The New York insurance department reports the company is financially able to meet its liabilities and urges holders to refuse any reduced-value relinquishments.
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Merrill
Homeopathic Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Insurance Commissioners of
Everett memorial oration on Adams printed in Post
The Weekly Post reports Dr William Everett’s Memorial Address on Charles Francis Adams delivered in Quincy on the Fourth. It reprints from the Daily Post of Tuesday morning, the journal that published the full text.
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DR. Everett
Adams
Weekly Post
William Everett
Charles Francis Adams
Quincy
Daily Post
Onl Journal
Old Dartmouth Students Mark 30th Anniversary Meet
Surviving members of Dartmouth class of 1957 held a morning gathering at the Parker House with visiting alumni including General Edward F. Noyes and ex governors. After discussing reminiscences the group traveled to Nantasket Beach for a formal yet informal hotel meal and few toasts.
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Dartmouth University
New England
Parker House
Edward F. Noyes
Ohio
France
John C. Hale
Charles A. Carleton
New York
John H. Clark
United States Navy
C. C. Conant
Greenfield
la Colby
New Hampshire
Pingree
Vermont
Gailbraith
Supreme Court of
Montana
John A. A. Follett
James B. Richardson
William B. Wright
J. B. Goodrich
Boston
R. H. Duncan
D. C. Wild
A E. Horne
C. EB. Milliken
Littleton
J. H. Waterman
Missouri
E. W. Denny
Florida
Nantasket Beach
Hotel Nantasket
Medical bed allocations expand surgical capacity statewide
A physician with a surgical case may request a bed assignment by informing the authorities. In addition to 50 free beds, a newly completed Septic Hospital adds 12 free beds for surgical cases. Residents from multiple states and Canadian provinces are noted among those involved.
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Texas
Colorado
Montreal
Alabama
Prince Edward Island
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Murdock's Free Hospital for Women Staff Attendance
The Surgical Staff at Murdock's Free Hospital for Women are in daily at tendance except Saturdays to examine patients and assign beds.
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Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women
Liquid Food claims cure wounds and sustain life without operation
Advertises Liquid Food as the only raw, drug free nourishment that rebuilds blood and aids healing for wounds and illnesses. Claims baby vitality improves with drops. notes a homeless boys home and hospital use of 200 large bottles daily. promises quick recovery of skin diseases like eczema.
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Causeway Street
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Teachers IN Council
American Institute
Mrr. Norris
Medford’s
DR. McGlynn
Middlesex Prohibitionists
West End
OLD Dartmouth
G.o.taylor
C. H. Graves & Sons, Sole Proprietors
Free Surgical Hospital For Women
Murdock Liquid Food Company
Windsor
Victoria Street
Londo
J. R. Cleave
EE Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Boylston At
Gia
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