Work of Henry W Foote funeral at King's Chapel
The Rev H Price Collier of Brooklyn preached at King's Chapel for the late Henry W Foote. A large crowd attended and floral tributes filled the church. The funeral, held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, drew many notable figures including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Phillips Brooks. The service followed King's Chapel ritual with no eulogy. The body was taken to Salem for burial.
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King’s Chapel
H. Price Collier
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry W. Foote
Christ
Kine
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Eliot
Harvard College
George E. Ellis
Green
Phillips Brooks
Alexander McKenzie
Robert Treat Paine
Henry F. Jenks
Charles Eliot Norton
Samuel J. Barrows
George 5
D.D
South Congregational Church
Hale
Resurrection
B. J. Lang
Misses Franklin
Finlayson
Messrs. W. J
John F. Winch
Jesus
Blumenthal
Salem
Arthur T. Lyman
of Wolcott
Francis C. Lowell
A. Lawrence Lowell
Samuel A. Eliot
Herbert Lyman
Mr. Richardson
Dismissal Telegraph Despatch Targets Local Watchman
A telegraphic note from Secretary Wixpom informs W. W. Kennison that his watchman post at the Boston Post Office and Sub-Treasury building is terminated. Kennison, a Republican and former naval officer, is described as having served with distinction in the Civil War era aboard the Cumberland.
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Sub-Treasury
Washinarton
D.C
W. W. Kennison
United States Postoffice
Boston
Mass
United
Oston
W. Wixpom
Cumberland
Merrimac
Progress on the Harvard Bridge Construction
Work on the Harvard bridge proceeds satisfactorily with completion expected in the coming fall. Sixteen masonry piers are finished and seven remain. Abutments are done and thirteen iron spans near erection. Wooden flooring is well advanced. The draw-pier and fenders are largely completed and the iron draw is in place, with waterway on the Cambridge side ready for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
Courts Hear Motion On Examiner For Bell Telephone Case
United States Circuit Court session on June 1 heard a motion to appoint an examiner to take testimony in United States versus Bell Telephone Company. Government seeks full issues. respondents press limited scope to fraud as to procuration of letters patent. Arguments completed. decision reserved.
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G. 8. Whitman
O.A. Galvin
United States
Chauncy Smith
B. F. ‘Thurston
Supreme Court Rescript in Perkins Estate Suit Against Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court dismisses exceptions in a damage suit by Sarah A. Woodman administratrix for Sir Moses D. Perkins of Pittsfield N H against Metropolitan Railroad. Court upholds verdict of $5000, finding the deceased tripped on rail ends beyond barriers and that the railroad was negligent, even if an independent contractor did the work.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Sarah A. Woodman
Metropolitan Railroad Company
Plaincif
Moses D. Perkins
Pittsfield
N. H
Adams Square
Gore & Co
R. M. Morse, Jr
Marcus Morton, Jr
M. F. Dickinson
Superior Court First Session docket and case list
The record catalogs a first session docket for Staples J and a third session led by Bishup J, listing numerous cases by plaintiff and defendant such as McDonald v Bartol, Dunn v Haviland, McElhany v Thayer, Adams v Bellows, and others. It notes case numbers across sections and references parties, railroads, banks, and companies, with an April list and ordering by number up to 5249.
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McDonald
Bartol
Dunn
Haviland
McElhany
Thayer
Clark
Holland
Adams
Bellows
Chein. Klec. L. & P
Hodgdon
Isillings
Sor
Seeader
Hanagan
O' Neil
Feeley
Standard “Rood Co
Davis
Probate Court Suffolk County List of final and third accounts
Probate Court listings for Monday June 3 include executor and administrator accounts, guardianship petitions, probate of will items, and related legal actions. Notable entries include Abbott, Blair, Bliss, Drake, Draper, English, Dixwell, Glendman, Harriman, Higginson, Meany, Read, Storrs, Thayer, Wilkins, Woods and others with accounts, petitions, and real estate sales.
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Suffolk County
William Eleazar Abbott
Henry W. Bellows
Isabella M. Bliss
John G. Blair
James R. F. Blakley
Sn J. Bleakley
Blake Brown
Minor
Washington C. Burns
Edward Glennon
William Goldsmith
William Gray, Jr
Elmira Grover
Herbert J. Harriman
George Higginson
Francis Jackson
Peter Kiernan
Charles E. Randall
Eliza Leggett
Daniel P. K. Laing
Betsey W. McDonald
Mary Meany
Stephen J. Meany
Francis H. Mullen
Whiliam Bh. Munroe
Clara E. O’brien
Frank P. O’brien
Robert T. Peace
Charles Wortlock
Joseph Pratt
William Read
Szusu
Jeremiah Reagan
Hannah R. Rosnosky
Susan A. Stackpole
Charles L. Stebbins
Sarah Stone
Aimariah Storrs
Jane H. Taylor
Aes
Rogers Taylor
Petion
Joel Thayer
W. C.thayer
Same
J. FE. Thayer
Sarah E. Baker
Cassander
Wilkins
Duniley Wylinens
Eliza Woods
Eliza F. Pitman
Henry C. Brooks
Local Labor Unions Meet in City Halls and Hall Unionizes
Local Assembly 7576 Knights of Labor admitted fifteen new members and planned a Labor Day parade with District 30 on July 4. Resolutions backed the trunk makers trade label and the cigar makers yellow label. Assembly 5572 FreightHandlers met in Codman Hall in secret to elect three delegates to the trades council. Assembly 628 FreightHandlers elected three delegates at Washington and Dover. Building Laborers met at 43 Eliot Street initiating about fifty new members, strongest city labor body. Joint Labor Conference debated Alderman Gove over sending a labor representative to the Paris Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Chickering Hall
District 30
Codman Hall
Trades Council of
Washington and
Dover Streets
Trades Council
Eliot Street
Wells Memorial Building
Gove
Notable docket of early 19th century cases and inventors
A summarized index listing numerous law cases by year and party names, including 1533-May v. Wellington Coal Co.. 1807 McKenney v. Dockie. 4526 Matthews v. Westcott. 4888 Douge v. Dexter. 567 Saunders v. Frye. 764 Obv v. Bullard. 915 Christian v. Gilmore. 992 Jacobs v. Waite. 1080 Ruggles v. Whittemore. 2029 Vegelin v. McCarthy. 2270 Murray v. Lifman. 2429 Robingon v. Law. 2722 Alverson v. Arimi et al. 2726 Cook v. Oneto. 3387 Leavitt v. Prior. 3524 Bird v. Simmons. 3526 Pittsburgh v. Smith. 3988 Schinickl v. Jones. Lateen v. Raymo. 4278 Samveon v. McCready. 4279 Moss Engraving Co. v. McCready. 4458 Walker v. Simmons. 4547 Smith v. Levins. 4589 Rubel v. Schnitzer. 4590 Young v. Walker. 4890 Luggan v. Hathaway. 5010 Boston Photo Co. v. MacKaye. 5280 Puiffer & Sons Mfg Co. v. Boston & Albany RR. 277 Metzger v. Donoghue.
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Iev
Matthews
Westcott
Douge
Dexter
Saunders
Frye
Obv
Bullard
Christian
Gilmore
Jacobs
Waite
Ruggles
Whittemore
Vegelihn
Carthy
Murray
Lifman
Robingon
Law
Alverson
Arimietaaid
Bird
Simmons
S8burgh
Smith
Schinickl
Jones
Lateen
Raymo
Samveon
McCready
Moss Engraving Co
Walker
Levins
Rubel
Schnitzer
Young
Luggan
Luggan v. Hathaway
Boston Photo. Co
MacKaye
Puiffer & Sons Mfc. Co
Boston & Albany KR
Metzger v. Donoghue
Reformatory escapee Bates seized on Howard Street
Sergeant Brickley and Officer Watts of Station 2 arrested 18 year old James F Bates on Howard Street last evening. Bates had escaped from the Concord reformatory on the 27th and there was a $50 reward offered for his capture.
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Brickley
Watts
Howard Street
James F. Bates
Concord Reformatory
Etiquette For Yachtsmen And Royal Thames Yacht Race
A detailed code for yacht manners outlines colors, signals, and salutes. It covers colors timing, flags at anchor, pennants for officers, lights at sea, and official exchanges when visiting ports or joining squadrons. Also notes Valkyrie’s winning race at the Royal Games Yacht Club with Irex and Yarana placing, and reports a late loss at the Quincy Club regatta due to a missing turning buoy and Erin’s accident.
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United States Naval
United States Naval Station
Club Burgee
Great Head Yacht Club First Regatta Opens Clubhouse
The Great Head Yacht Club held its first regatta on a windy Saturday with a small turnout as boats were not yet commissioned. Courses covered several buoys across five miles for Class III and seven plus for Classes I and II. Winners included Clio and Elta May, while Owl served as judges boat. a clubhouse hop followed the event.
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Great Head
Apple Island
A. Br.om, & Clio, Goodwin & Merrill
FE. A. C
G. H. Worcester
Elta May
A. H. Lawrence
Evelynn
L. T. Harrington
Modee
D. W. Belcher
N Seud
L. S. Weston
Witiha
Cushing
Owl
Harry Hutchinson
J. 5. Cushing
Fred H. Haley
Dorchester Yacht Club Announces 3 Race Series Dates
The 107th 109th and 110th Dorchester Yacht Club races sail from Harrison Square on June 5 July 5 and Aug 5 at 3 30 pm. Classes cover Fourth Fifth and Sixth with specific length limits and staggered starts. Prizes range from 15 to 5 dollars with 50 percent first prize if only one boat starts.
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Dorchester Yacht Club
Harrison Square
Old Harbor
Changes in lights and buoyages on New England coast
Notice of buoy replacements near Nantucket Sound and West Chop Light and a new fifth order light at Goula Island in Narragansett Bay. The Goula Island structure features a red brick tower with black lantern and a bell in fog, visible twelve and a half nautical miles. Copies available at the hydrographic office.
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New England
L’homme Dieu Shoal
Nantucket Sound
Mags
West Chop
Goula Island
Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Hydrographic Office
United States Navy
Changes in Yacht Ownerships List
The record notes numerous ownership transfers of vessels including Marion cat Harry T. Matthew to Harry Hutchinson, Tyrant cat Elwell to Beetie, and others such as Lottie sloop C. E. Mann to Tay Lorelei W. P. P. Low fellow to A. E. Emmons, and Sylph shoop Wallace B. Wilson to Walter M. Richardson.
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Marion
Harry T. Matthew
Harry Hutchinson
Tyrant
Elwell
Beetie
C. A Prince
Charles Humphreys Guild
Lottie
C. E. Mann
Lorelei
W. P. P. Low
A. E. Emmons
Fancy
Charles Belcher
Messrs
Cade and
Moore
Ruby
L L. B. Smith
Granger
Enright
Birmah
Cutter
J. H. Hubbard
George Gannon
Lurline
J. M. Waterbury
W. B. Wetmore
Merlin
Whitlock Ee Normad
Stoop
C. Wintringham
Sylph
Shoop
Wallace B. Wilson
Walter M. Richardson
Brook Yn
Oaiene
William P. Whitmarsh
George Burry
Soley Challenge Cup Set For Dorchester Yacht Club Race
Mirage and Rocket of the Dorchester Yacht Club have challenged Psyche for the Soley cup now held by Psyche. The race is tomorrow and a close contest is expected as all three are in first-class condition. If Psyche wins she will hold the cup absolutely.
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Mirage
Rocket
Dorchester Yacht Club
Psyche
Savin Hill Yacht Club Directors Meet This Evening
Notes of interest report a directors meeting at the Savin Hill Yacht Club club house this evening. The Rhode Island Yacht Club opens regatta on June 13 with the Monatiquot Yacht Club set to sail its first race Thursday afternoon on the inside course. At Williams's yard the catboat Josephine owned by Dexter Follett Jr of the Dorches.
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Savin Hil Yacht Club
Savin Hill
Rhode Island Yacht Club
Monatiquot Yacht Club
Williams’s
Josephine
Dexter Follett, Jr
Dorches
Ter Yach Club
W. F. Weld
Gitana
Gibraltar
Charles Richardson
Nepenthe
New Orleans
Southern Yacht Club
Hull Yacht Club
Walter Potter
George W. Tirrell
Theo P. Spitz
FE. B. Carleton
W. H. Couillard
Joe Russell
C. G. Beal
James B. Weld
John L. Frisbie
Alice
Rigger Bellman
Nay’s
Saracen
W. P. Fowle
New York
Marblehead
Merlin
Forbes
Lawley’s
Mr. Foster
Rhode Island
Papoose
C. M. Cox
Hero
A. W. Blackman
Swallow
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Windem
Superior Court
Staples, J
Thompson, J
Cavanagh v. Dur
Peterson
Macol
Howey
Aerace
Townsend Nat.Bank
V. Jones
Einstein
Staples
Howe
Wilson
Allen
Amer, R
Dredging Co
Harrigan
Dore
Lamkin
Edgerly
Burns
Averill
Webster
Hollinsworth
Tube Works
Boston Heat, Co
Tobin
Crontu
Siketown
Fitenburg
Tiley
Galvin
Longacre
Boston i Con
Welch
Old Colony RR
Boud
Johnson
Carlin
Fitchburg
Forsaith
Curtis, J
May
Wellingt. Coal Co
McKenney v. Dock
Cook
Oneto
Leavitt
Prior
Valkyrie
Quincy
Eastern Yacht Club
Seawanhaka Corinthian Clubs
Anchorage
Commodore
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Fromelow
Newport Harbors
Long Island Sound
Boat Service
Ftiag
London
Royal Games Yacht Club
Thames
Nore
Dover
Irex
Yarana
Varana
Quincy Yacht Club
Quincey Yacht Club
Sheep
Lunkin
Erin
Posy
Moondyne
Grape Islands
Bunkin Island
Downer Landins
Hull
Sheep Island
Raccoon Island
Judge
FEA Biswm
HM Bs
BR. G. Hunt
W. A. Shaw
Sykrin
John Cavanagh
Regatta Committee
John W. Sanborn
A. B. Crocker & 69
Kingston, Essex and
Edinboro’ Streets
Kingston Street
Yachts and Yachting Supplies
Edward Burgess
State Street
Robert W. Bibber
Riew
Ereucet
Sixth Strait
Guy Point
South
Samuel Thaxter & Soe
Eldridge
U. S
Tremont St
Be, L. Williams
Prince Karl
Orinds
Pilgrim
Vernette
Cooper
Mosquits
Ninth Street
Vaght Supplies
Pierce & CO
E. O. Thompson
London Clothing
Washington Street
Old South
Louis M. Clark
Francis Gray
Arthur J. Clark
W. B. McClellan
W. H. Wilkinson
Hing
Cah
Sms
Sago Secur
Atyi
Oak
Wwefarmcafe
Washington St
Tufts
Dorchester
Bartlett Park
Winthrop
George L. Cade
H. C. Riggs
W. H. Mitchell
Colonial Annex
A. P. Bicknell
Galena
Minot
Colchis Mining CO
Grant County
Silver City
Colchis
Col.chis Mill
Net Daily
Robert G. Ingersoll
C. d D. Jenkins
M.D
Herbert Parsons
Nathan Cleaves
U.S
Portland
Chas. E. Coon
U. S. Treasurer
Stock Exchange
Atlantic Trust Company
R. H. Whitney & CO
Congress St
T. Metcalf & CO
Pyle
James Pyle
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