Interstate Commerce Dismisses Fitchburg Rail Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued opinions on several cases. The Thacher vs Fitchburg case over grain transport rates was dismissed for lack of a direct violation. the Burton Stock Car case found no ground to order mileage payments and left rate questions for study. Larrison vs Grand Trunk and Michigan Central vs Grand Trunk ruled commercial travellers must pay no more than other travelers, with mileage tickets and published rates held to be nonpreferential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washincton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ralph W. Thacher
Schenectady
N. Y
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Boston
Chicago
Schnectady
Commission
Schoemaker
Burton Stock ‘Ear
Burton Company
Burton Stock Car Company
Burton
Western Classification Committee
Louis Larrison
Grand Trunk Railroad Company
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Larrison
Michigan Central Company
Grand Trunk Company
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Company
Morrison
Beneficent Veterans' Rights Union at 4 Pemberton Square
An appeal highlights the Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau housed in a basement room at 4 Pemberton Square. Since 1866 it has aided veterans, widows, and children with employment, meals, lodging, transport, and hospital care, funded by public contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemberton Square
Veterans’ Rights Union and Employment Bureau
D. R. Pierce
Boston
Charles E. Hapgood
Edwin Hunt
CuHarves
Cameron Corvin
Steamer Puritan Contract Awarded to Fletcher of New York
The Old Colony Steamboat Company selects W A Fletcher Company of New York to build the steamer Puritan at Roach's yards for a cost of 1 500 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony Steamboat Company
W. A. Fletcher Company of
New York
Roach’s
Labor Mass Meeting Discusses Local Organization and Unity
A Wells Memorial Hall gathering of cigar makers carpenters and tailors discussed forming a local labor body. Daniel H. Biggs presided as Samuel Gompers of New York spoke on benefits of organization and the labor movement. George Kk McNeill urged unity among Knights of Labor trades unions and other workers against long hours and low pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Memorial Hall
American Federation of Labor
Daniel H. Biggs
Central Labor Union
Tokio fete delights Point of Pines with Japanese illuminations
Professor Wallerman presents a grand Tokio fête with Chinese lanterns forming the word Tokio and countless shapes. Eight to nine thousand spectators enjoy lantern displays, booths, temples, and anchors while the Cadet Band plays selections such as The Mikado’s Festival and Tokio Mazurka. The event, repeated nightly, boosts Point of Pines popularity as a seaside resort alongside the Jaking of New Orleans show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallerman
Japan
Point of Pines
City Hospital Trustees Report for 1886 Details Costs and Admissions
The twenty third report shows year end 1886 with 322 patients, 5368 admitted, 4405 discharged and 603 deaths. Average stay 23.89 days, out patient load 12 738. total maintenance cost 177 806 27 dollars. Net city cost 144 898 70 after paying patient revenue 32 407 57. Average weekly cost per patient 7 52 dollars. Patient numbers exceed prior years by 25 percent over five years, 40 over ten, 60 over fifteen. Trustees rejected homeopathic treatment petition. trust fund stands at 34 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Escape of ex Warden McGarrigle Stirs Police and Sheriff
Al Curiaco reports police and sheriff offices failed to locate ex Warden McGarrigle after an ongoing Sunday morning search. Neither agency learned his direction or current hiding place, leaving the fugitive’s whereabouts unresolved and speculation about a foreign departure or local concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
McGarrigle
Boodier
Regatta Committee Seeks Citizens Cup With NYYC
Newport R I July 25 A meeting of the old regatta committee was held with several members absent They authorized the secretary to inform the New York Yacht Club of a movement to offer a citizens cup for a race to see if the project is agreeable and if a race can be held under better conditions than last year They voted to add Mr F P Garretson to the committee 250 subscribed by ex Gov Wetmore Mayor Powell and Mr J N A Griswold The committee will act until a meeting of subscribers is held and action taken
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
New York Yacht Club
F. P. Garretson
Wetmore
Powell
J. N. A. Griswold
Race at Pullman Surfaces Controversy Over Hanlan Gaudaur
Toronto observers say the Pullman Ill. race between Hanlan and Gaudaur sparked a shift in public opinion. Initial jubilant plans with fireworks and music are abandoned as people label the event a hippodrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Pullman
Ill
Hanlan
Gaudaur
Remedying the Trouble at Conanicut Park Hotel
Newport R I July 25 The sickness at Conanicut Park Hotel is being rapidly remedied under Dr Hi M Jernegan of Boston. The leaking drain well is being filled and the trouble should end in a day or two. The proprietor Anthony of Providence and his two daughters are critically ill with little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Conanicut Park Hotel
Hi. M. Jernegan
Boston
Anthony
Providence
Beating Arrest of Thomas Ford Overholded Wife
Officers Shaw and Manning of Station 6 arrested Thomas Ford last evening for beating his wife in the South End. The assault left her in doubtful recovery according to her physician. The couple had been apart for some time and Ford entered her room to pull her from bed and strike her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw and Manning
Station 6
Thomas Ford
Ford
Debating Board of Aldermen Clash Over Cambridge Railroad Move
In a heated Cambridge board meeting Aldermen Carroll and Lee opposed each other on all issues. The highlight was the Cambridge Railroad petition seeking electric motive power within Boston limits, amended to cover North Harvard Street. The motion passed with eight yeas and two nays, Carroll and Sullivan dissenting as orders and street work were approved or postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Carroll
Lee
Cambridge Railroad Company
Stony Brook
Brighton
Saratoga Street
Boston
Harvard Street
Western Avenue
Cambridge
Allen
Donovan
Haynes
McLaughlin
Smith
C. W. Smith
Sullivan
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
Massachusetts Grand Lodge of United Workmen
Faneuil Hall
Trinidad
Moulton Street
Ward 1
Parker Street
Boylston
Baldwin
Bennet Street
Lenox Street
Tremont Street
Shawmut Avenue
Brattle Square
Ceylon Street
Hyde
Preble Streets
Warren Street
Henley Street
Monument Avenue
Hampshire Street
Vernon
Calvert Streets
St. Paul Street
Caledonia
Falmouth
Caledonia Street
West Chester Park
Falmouth Street
Committee On
Frank Jones & Son
Committee On Finance
Frederic Kendall
George F. Allen
Samuel Little
Samuel Lombard
Maria M. Ourish
Albert Morss
Audran Opera Olivette Revived at Oakland Garden
Audran's tuneful opera Olivette was revived last night at Oakland Garden with a strong cast. Harry Brown played Coquelicot with grotesque flair, Edith Jennesse impressed as Olivette, and Joseph C. Fay, BE Stanley, Frank Moulton, Minnie De Rue, and Sadie Cushman supported. Olivette runs nightly throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audran
Oakland Garden
Harry Brown
Boston
Due Desis
Brown
Coquelicot
Edith Jennesse
Olivette
Joseph C. Fay
Captain de Merrimac
BE. P. Stanley
Valentine
Frank Moulton
Duc Dess
Minnie de Rue
Sadie Cushman
Velontine
Five August Raymond excursions to famed summer resorts
The Raymond travel firm announces five August trips to Saratoga Niagara St. Lawrence River Montreal the White Mountains Lake Memphremagog Lake George and more. Trips span five to eleven days. another Pacific Northwest California voyage departs October 11 lasting fifty three days with winter stay option. Information via Messrs Raymond Whitcomb 206 Washington St. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Saratoga
Niagara
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
White Mountains
Lake Memphremagog
Lake George
Pacific Northwest
California
Boston
West
Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb
Washington Street
Indian boy struck by Boston & Maine locomotive near Swampscott
Frank Teetam a Mic Mac boy with his father cutting witches for baskets along the railroad near Swampscott station was knocked from the track by an incoming express and swept into a culvert. A surgeon found no broken bones and he was taken to Lynn Hospital in wet condition and bleeding from mouth and ears. The family camps at the Salem Willows in Digby Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Teetam
Boston & Maine
Swampscott
Lynn
Digby
N.S
Salem Willows
British American Political Association Meeting At New Era Hall
About 150 attended the session at New Era Hall last evening. President Charles Downer presided as resolutions from a prior meeting were debated. Several speakers denounced those who interfered with the Queen's jubilee in the city. Twenty new members signed the roll, bringing total enrollment to fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British American Political Association
New Era Hall
Charles Downer
Messrs Dame Stoddard and Kerndall Stock Fishing Tackle
Sportsmen preparing for summer outings are reminded that Dame Stoddard and Kerndall offer the most complete fishing tackle stock in New England. The store carries every item a fisherman could dream of for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Dame, Stoddard & Kerndall
New England
Races at Beacon Park Open Summer Meeting
Beacon Park opens its summer meeting with closely contested races. Entries list 2:25 class purse 8000 featuring A W Cowan Jersey City and others from Brockton Medford Ramsey and Great Falls. 2:40 class purse 300 includes Kantaka Juror and Lady Comstock with entries from Readville Brockton and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Park
A. W. Cowan
Jersey City
Ober. Ge
St. Bluo
G. Bergen
A. Johnson
Brockton
G. Newsboy
M. Mattie
W. Moulton
Allston
G. Im
Darreen J. Golden
Medford
Ernest Maltravers
Marsh
Great Falls
G. H. Wicks
Aliston
Belle Franklin
R. G. Kimball
Island Stock Farm
B. m. Kantaka
William Covill
Schenectady
N. Y
J. H. Nay
Readville
J. W. Smith
G. Little Fred Gr. I
Stiles
Lowell
Jennie C. White
Boston
Charlie C
J. H. Rowley
Providence
Donald J. H. Rowley
Lady Comstock
A. W. Moulton
Bridke Dove
Saungon
Taunton Didt
Ort Oumcor
Rocket A. Woodward
Mary Kent
J.J. Bowen
Kitty Abbott
T. D. Marsh
B. Norton
Waterbury
I. D. Wiggin
Kate Claxton Avs
Dore
Panton
Oess
B. G. Hostage
O. Matthews
B.g. Columbus
Two Well Contested Races at Mystic Park East Boston
East Boston Driving Association held a Mystic Park meeting with two closely run races in the 2:45 class. Kitty withdrew after shoe loss in heat three while winners Sancho and Unknown were noted in summaries alongside other finishers and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Park
Sancho
Unknown
East Boston
Frank Lord
Udanowa
T. H. Casey
B.g
James Fitzgerald
B. m
Kitty F
A. A. Arthurff
B. m. Coe
Cattleman’s Joke Turns Murder Confession Folly
John Potts alias George Gilbert confessed aboard the Bulgarian to murder his seven year old daughter hoping to gain passage from Liverpool. Capt Parry reported the claim but the man later recanted, saying it was a joke. Dr Jelly found him mentally sound and ordered release. The captain doubted his presence aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyland Line
Boston
Liverpool
Parry
Arans
John Potts
George Gilbert
Mgr. Colcord
Alien Office
George F. Jelly
Board of Directors For Public Institutions
Post
Irons
City Notes Report Diverse Local Events and Incidents
Garden party proceeds at Harris estate raise 1665 for Roxbury Homoeopathic Dispensary. Sergeant O B Cole to Portland draws public regret. Mary Childs injured by express wagon near 238 Centre Street. Old Folks' Party slated for July 27 at Franklin. Nan Tasket seaside hikes popular as Reeves's Band plays. James Devine collapses from heat at Hamlin's wharf and is hospitalized. James O'Brien, 12, drowns in Back Bay Park. body recovered and home at 89 Smith Street. John Toomey to George I Hoyt's store fires a seven shot revolver. bullet removed. he’s hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Estate
Roxbury
Frankliark
Nantasket
Reeves
New England
James Devine
Hamlin’s Wharf
James O’brien
Back Bay Park
Simith Street
John Toomey
East Second Street
Chauncy Hall school publishes fifty ninth annual catalogue
The fifty ninth Chauncy Hall school catalogue highlights changes for Harvard University physics requirements with new laboratory upgrades funded by a 1100 gift. It notes a strong first class and students advancing to business, Institute of Technology, and college tracks. Prizes include a gold declamation medal and best girl award. The volume emphasizes English study, reading habits, and prep for business or higher education, with details on programs for special students, health, and kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncy Hall School
Harvard University
Institute of Technology and College
Chauncey Hall School
Conductor Accepts Fifty Dollar Note Change After Fare Evasion Attempt
A horse car stopped at Tremont and Boylston where a conductor asked Home Savings Bank teller for one dollar bills to change a fifty dollar bill. With small bills scarce he took fifty silver dollars and joked about helping the man who twice tried to evade his fare by presenting a large note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont
Boylston
Home Savings Bank
Hearings On Child Labor Law Raise Age Limit Debate
A Massachusetts special committee met at the State House to study child employment laws. Officials report age verification problems, especially among French Canadians, and suggest potential raises to age limits and improved school attendance requirements to curb illegal work. Hearing adjourned to 10:30 a m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Gleason
Ray
Franklin
Newhall
Essex
Quincy
Quincey
Morey
Lowell
Moseley
Hyde Park
McEttrick
Boston
Wade
C. Hunt
Essex County
Joseph M. Dyson
Worcester County
Worcester
Clinton
Fitchburg
John T. White
Middlesex County
James H. Chadwick
District Police
Berkshire
Franklin Counties
Wanted in Malden Two Men Who Skipped Town
Malden houses built by Oscar D. Brett are seized by creditors after he vanished with cash and owed bills totaling about ten thousand dollars. His brother J Q A Brett is trying to settle debts as receipts and notes in banks come due. James I Stebbins also fled Malden after allegedly stealing cash from F P Cox & Cr. payrolls and bills, prompting a warrant for his arrest as Cox reports a cash shortage of hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar D. Brett
Malden
Chelsea
Boston
J. Q. A. Brett
James I. Stebbins
F. P. Cox & Cr
National Steam Laundry
Cox
Mr. Stebbins
Canada
Stebbins
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
Londop
England
Fatal but Nonlethal Testimonial Carriage Crash at North Cohasset
Sunday accident at North Cohasset left Walworth Manufacturing president J J Walworth and family shaken. The carryall hit a tree after a gate noise spooked the horse. Mrs. Pierce suffered severe rib injuries, Mr Walworth wrist fracture, Mr Pierce minor wounds, and both children escaped unharmed. Doctors Spalding of Hingham and L A Phillips of Boston attended and report Mrs. Pierce's condition improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Cohasset
J. J. Walworth
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Atlantic House
Wallace L. Pierce
Pierce
Henry M. Whitney
Chelsea widow claims persecution in pension charge case
Mrs Catharine Hanley alias Catharine Barrett defends herself against a pension fraud charge alleging she is widow of John Hanley while married to William A Barrett. Married 1870. claim denied a decade later. She has four children and two grandchildren at 58 Hawthorne Street Chelsea and is on $1000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Hanley
Catharine Barrett
John Hanley
William A. Barrett
Barrett
Captain Franklin Houdlette Dies After Illness
Death in Richmond Maine on July 18 ends a 14 term chairman of the Richmond board of selectmen career. A longtime shipmaker and shipowner, he was beloved for aiding those in need and his public service. Boston dated July 23, 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Franklin Houdlette
Richmond
Board of Selectmen of
Boston
Court session reviews stock assessment case and clerk fees
United States Circuit Court hears two merged actions over an $100 assessment on eighty Pacific National Bank shares and a Thayer trustee dispute. Defendants contest ownership of forty additional shares and seek offsets from a state court judgment. Lawyers state cases and jurors return from recess to address naturalization fee issues of the district clerk Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Nelson
Jpeter Butler
Mary J. Eaton
Same
George L. Thayer
Pacific National Bank
Thayer
A.A. Ranney
J. H. Benton, Jr
Hill
Treasury
Burglars Rob Nan tasket Residence of Joseph Heilbrun
Burglars raided the Boston broker Joseph Heilbrun’s Nan tasket home Sunday night entering from a rear veranda by a second story window. They took about $1000 in jewelry including a monogrammed open face watch and multiple rings pins and a locket. The thieves fled without leaving any clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Heilbrun
Boston
Nantasket
Stella Bernard
J. H
The Honorable Alpheus Hardy’s Condition Sinks
The Hon. Alpheus Hardy remained semi conscious and comfortable yet shows signs of gradual decline. Doctors expect he may live only about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpheus Hardy
The Two Great Nations Malaria Cure Promoted
A Paris discovery claims Quina Laroche cures malaria by restoring health. It contains Quinine and iron and is touted as effective for all ages. FouGrera & Co. import and distribute this tonic restorer in America widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Beauvais
Broca
Anselmier
Isambert
Veillard
Poquerel
Messrs
Louis Roederer Champagne Wines Enduring Popularity
The Louis Roederer Champagne wines have grown in public favor for more than fifty years. They are described as rich dry and delicious with no superior in the market.
Coastal Hotel Names and Resorts in New England and Maine
A compiled list of hotels and resorts across New England and nearby Maine coastlines. Entries include Glen House in Gorham New Hampshire and Appledore Is near Isles of Shoals, with properties in Plymouth Manchester Salem and Provincetown reflecting late 19th or early 20th century resort branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Hesperus
A. M. Lycett
Beverly Farms
H. O. Marshall
Beachcra Ped Mass
Preston Newcastle
N. H
Wentworth
Isles OF Tee Appledore
Rye Beach
Farragut
Hampton Beach
R. Laird
Portland
Falmouth
Bangor
Bangor House
Kennebunk
J. H. Otis
Old Orchard
G. E. Fogg
Mouse Island
Samoset House
MT. Desert
A. W. Bee
Hingham
Mass
Breen’s
Nantasket
Brown, Cohasset
Bates
Scituate
Brown’s
Duxbury
Peterson's
Plymouth
A. Smith
Burgess
Brewster
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Fitchburg Railroad
4 Beneficent Institution
The
LABOR
PINES
the City Hospital
M’garrigle
Cambridge Railroad
Chauncy Hall
Cohasset
Captain Houdlette
San Francisco
Cal
Alta Lyulwer
Diablo
Pace
Ous
Sea
Potosi
Savage
Con
Crown Point
Nevada
Union
Gould & Curry
Utah
Hale & Norcross
Yelui
G.o.taylor
C. H. Graves & Sons, Sole Proprietors
Columbia
Pope Mfc. CO
Franklin Street
Pacific House
Nantasket Beach, Mass
W. BR. Hathaway
Carte Blanche
John D. & Mi
Williams
State Street
Frora
Vant, Vt
U Keil Ford
Opp
Bromfield Street
Fabyans, Crawford, Twin Mountain
Mt. Pleasant
Bethlehem, N. H
Maplewood
N. Jones
Gorham
Glen House
Franconia Notch
Profile
Pennigewasset
R. R. Tapper
Weirs
Story
S. Ashland
B. Green
Barton
C. H. Dwinell
Woodstock
W. E. J. White
Manchester-By-The- Sea
Masconomo
J. F. Rabardy
Ocean House
W. E. Boynton
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