Abolition of Grade Crossings Debate in General Court
The General Court resumes a long debate on grade crossing abolition as the House weighs the Mack elevated railroad bill. Amendments by Taft to require one mile of fully equipped track before location petitions pass. debates on equity between Mack and Meigs systems, and calls to place both on a level footing. The session ends with the bill referred under House Rule 55 to the next General Court for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
State Dairy Commission
Senate
Quincy
West End
Howland
Chelsea
Mack
Meigs
Taft
Gloucester
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Mack Company
Powers
Hyde Park
Meade
Salem
Manhattan
Durant
Cambridge
Williams
Dedham
Boston
Ayes
Lynn
Brockton Memorial Hall Bill Advances in House
The House demanded roll call on engrossment with yeas 103 and nays 92. Bills reported include Brockton’s $40,000 memorial hall for war soldiers and sailors, Boston park debt outside its limit for Charlestown District, and a club incorporation bill amended and engrossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeas
HOUSE
Brockton
Boston
Charlestown
Prince
Abolition of Grade Crossings Debate in House
The House debated a bill to abolish grade crossings with lawmakers divided over railroad cost shares. Coveney urged 75 percent railroad payment, Moriarty urged delay, and Quincy proposed city and state caps while others warned the measure could bankrupt towns. The session adjourned with no final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohier
Beverly
Ladd
Boston
Coveney
Cambridge
McNary
Williams
Dedham
Kimball
Fitchburg
Worcester
Railroad Committee
House
Moriarty
Quincy
Monk
Brockton
Commonwealth
Morison
Aldermien
McDonough
Railroad Commission
State Dairy Commission Bill Recommitted After Debate
Senator Campbell challenged the scope of a bill to establish a State Dairy Commission and curb oleomargarine fraud. The original question was whether to study expediency, but after brief discussion the measure was laid on the table. The bill was later reread and recommitted following a ruling that the point of order stood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dairy Commission
Campbell
Municipal gas lighting bill advances to engrossment
The House passed to engrossment a bill to enable cities and towns to provide gas and electricity with amendments for purchasing existing plants and detailing purchase methods. An appeal from cost awards by the commission was also added. Debated alcohol penalties for first offences but amendments were rejected after lengthy discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Weymouth
Committee On
Senate adopts earlier meeting time and revises railroad order
The Senate votes to meet at 11 o clock to speed business. The treasury committee refers bills on clerical help and military expenses to the next General Court. Grade crossing issues in Lynn and Boston are postponed. The railroad order requiring flagmen at grade crossings is postponed, with McDonoughs bill offered as a substitute. Several engrossed bills include hospital loans in Quincy and pensioning ballots in Fitchburg. The compensation act for employee injuries is rejected per judiciary committee. Senator Hunt signals a motion to reconsider at the next opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Treasury Committee
Lynn
Boston
Roxbury
House
Senator Hunt
Cambridge
Railroad Committee
Mr. McDonough
Quincy
Fitchburg
Committee On Judiciary
Hunt
Real estate auction profits in Ashmont and surrounding sales
Holbrook and Fox sold a dwelling and seven land lots near Minot and Beacon streets, mostly to adjacent owners. Prices included house and lot 13 at 8500 and lot 10 at 16 cents per square foot, with several other lots and nearby properties changing hands to George Wheatland Jr. and Emily Merriam among others. The Realty Exchange held its regular meeting with Osborn presiding and new broker members elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook & Fox
Ashmont
Minot Street
B. D. McDonald
A. G. Sanford
J. B. Dexter
Beacon Street
Ivy Mountford
St. Mary’s
Lawrence Land Trust
George Wheatland, Jr
Shawmut Avenue
Dover Street
William J. Koten
New Bedford
Emily Merriam
Herbert L. Perry
George ©. Appleton
J.C. Nason & Co
West Newton Street
E. P. Wilbur
St. Botolph Street
Dibble
Mr. Lowe
Thomas M. Babson
Winn
Columbus Avenue
West Canton Street
J. Kaldman
Mr. Pennington
Open Race for Small Boats at Hull
The hull event fills a gap in the Massachusetts Yacht Club schedule with an open race for New England Yacht Racing Association clubs under 21 feet. Prizes of 10 and 6 dollars per class. Starts 11 am from the new club house pier. Entries to William A. Cary, secretary, No 30 Court Square. Also notes Chelsea Yacht Club approved 3500 dollars for a new clubhouse with construction to begin promptly.
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Hull
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Hull Yacht Club
New England Yacht Racing Association
Balilepeth
Club House
William A. Cary
Regatta Committee
Court Square
Chelsea Yacht Club
Accidents Mar Night as Several Hurt Across Cambridge
A string of mishaps leaves William Norris with serious internal injuries after a 600 pound bar fell on him while unloading iron in East Cambridge. Fifteen year old Thomastk Burke suffers a slight leg wound from an accidental shooting in a Tremont Street gallery. Painter John Mullen breaks a leg after a fall from a scaffold at Northampton Street. Seven year old John Mc Donald is crushed when a Jamaica Plain car wheel runs over his foot. Peter Farrell of Waltham fractures his left ankle after being knocked down by an unknown team on Haverhill Street. All are treated at local hospitals.
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William Norris
East Cambridge
Bar
Webster Avenue
Cambridgeport
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomastk
Burke
Tremont Street
Lizzie Menszee
John Mullen
Fellows Street
Northampton Street
City Ospital
John McDonald
Vernon Street
Jamaica Plain
Peter Farrell
Waltham
Haverhill Street
Dr. Eliot
Fatal burning accident in Peabody likely claimed by Mrs O'Donnell
Propony June 9 A fatal burn injury occurred on Spring street when Mrs Margaret O'Donnell aged forty two was alone with a small boy and preparing supper. Her clothing caught fire from the stove and despite alarm the flames caused fatal burns before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Propony
Spring Street
Margaret O'Donnell
Navy Ensign Edward H Durell Marries Annie H Kendall Hyde Park
The First Congregational Church at Hyde Park hosted the wedding of Ensign Edward H Durell and Miss Annie H Kendall. The groom wore his full navy uniform as numerous brothers attended. A reception followed at the Kendall home on Fairmount Avenue before the couple departed on an extended postnuptial tour.
Meigs Company seeks elevated system as city debates street sprinkling
Boston Aldermen near a decision on Meigs Elevated Railroad routes to Sullivan Square and surrounding streets. The mayor’s nominees for city offices were confirmed after reconsidering a prior street superintendent vote. The city weighs extending sprinkling, costing about 368 six hundred dollars, with water returns. A plan to allow electric lighting for city use and park meeting permissions was reviewed along with parkland acquisitions and budget items for the Water Board and poor relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Alderman Leary
J. Edwin Jones
Yreas
James W. Ricker
Lemuel B. Burrill
Society For the Prevention of
Committee On Street Department
E. S. Converse
Grand Army of the Republic
General Court
City of
Boston
Fire Department
Harvard Bridge
Meigs Elevated Railroad Company
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
South Street
Jamaica Plain
Scollay Square
West Boston Bridge
Union Square
Brighton
South Boston
Tremont Street
Shawmut Avenue
Washington Street
Adams Square
Forest Hills
War Board
Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Company
Par Commission
Ward’s Pond
Committee On Parks
Ict
Siowpower
Committee On Finance
Water Board
Marlboro
Sudbury River
Committee On Water
Committee On Public Library
John A. Lewis
Public Library
Von Bulow Gift to the Art Museum Revealed
Dr Hans von Bulow funded a bust of Apollo bequeathed to Boston’s Art Museum in 1864. The bust, sent to Ferdinand Chickering in New York, languished for twelve years before ownership and purpose were finally traced last May. The museum learned the gift’s origin after von Bulow visited Boston and sought acknowledgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Chickering
New York
Boston
Their Silver Wedding at Jamaica Plain
Mr and Mrs Benjamin H Ticknor celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a 4 to 7 reception at their Jamaica Plain home. Around 300 guests attended including notable figures J Dana Bates Barry H Edes Samuel Kitson Bernard Carpenter George Snow George R Kiley S A Shearman J G Wenster Jane G Austin Darwin K E Ware Houghton Ladd Towle and many others from New York and local circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H.ticknor
Jamaica Plain
Ticknor
New York
Dana Bates
Barry H. Edes
Samuel Kitson
Bernard Carpenter
George Snow
George R. Kiley
A. Shearman
J. G. Wenster
Wenster
Miss Goodwin
Alexander Young
Nora Perry
Jane G. Austin
Darwin KE. Ware
H. Houghton
Houghton
J. Murray Kay
C. H.ashburn
J. F. Hunnewell
Barnum W. Field
James Lee
Lee
James W. Ricker
Prescott T. Ward
William H. Ladd
Ladd
Edmund Clarence Stedman
A. H. Pickering
J. L. Edmands
Janes P. 5Earns
Joseph H. White
Oscar Fay Adams
J. Allen Davis
Davis
W. Clarence Burrage
Charles
S. Kendall
F. M. Bramhall
Pratt couple celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary
In Allston at No 3 Gardiner Street Mr and Mrs Isaac Pratt marked fifty years of marriage with a festive afternoon. An orchestra played as relatives hosted guests including Mrs Pratt’s sister Miss Thompson and Enoch Pratt founder of the Pratt Library. Gifts included a gold headed cane and a string of gold beads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pratt
Gardiner Street
Allston
Mrs. Pratt
Higginson gift funds Harvard athletic field expansion
About seventy five Harvard undergraduates learned of Henry Lee Higginson's munificent gift for a new athletic field. Professor J. W. White outlined plans to acquire land and develop the site along Western Avenue with soil suitable for sports, with grading and gradual filling to reclaim nearly fifty acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
J. W. White
Henry Lee Higginson
Higginson
Brighton
Longfellow Park
Cambridge
Longfellow
Igainson
College
Western Avenue
Rindge
Rules for Democratic caucuses adopted by city committee
The Democratic city committee's twenty five member panel adopted rules governing caucus procedures. Rule 1 sets nomination paper requirements with signatures and endorsements for tickets, eligibility limits, and inspection rights. Rule 2 details pre caucus supervision by the city committee president, chair and vice chair selection, and dispute handling. Rule 3 assigns wardroom hiring and certification duties to appointed agents. Rule 4 assigns caucus order to the chairman and outlines limited business to the election of city committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Committee
Washington Street
Matthew Keany
Boston
City Committee
Royal Baking Powder Endures Quality Against Cheap Substitutes
For twenty five years Royal Baking Powder Company refused to yield to cheap market trends. Lower cost brands, made of inferior materials, lose strength after opening and can compromise health. Royal Baking Powder remains absolutely pure, reliable, economical due to stronger leavening power, and delivers wholesome food with full strength until use. It asks if any other human consumption has as many loyal housekeeper fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Baking Powder Company
Caucus Rules for Ballot Process and Officer Roles
The document outlines caucus procedures including roles for chairman secretary ballot clerks and supervisors behind the rail. It specifies ballot voting by ballot check lists challenges and vote counting procedures with timelines for delivering results certificates and preserving records.
City plumbing ordinance proposal prompts expert testimony
A. A. argues against proposed section on drain pipes, urging use of wrought iron over cast iron. He claims wrought iron offers better longevity, fewer leaks, and easier piping, and requests hearings and expert testimony before adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Public Garden Seats Questioned by Taverner
A. Swiss of Boston argues that public spaces should serve the industrious and vulnerable, not a vulgar hoodlum class that crowds common areas with blasphemy and foul talk. He urges city action to provide seats and safer facilities, noting public areas are degraded by loafers and disruptive behavior.
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Taverner
England
Boston
United States Land Investment Certificates Offered in NY
A new investment feature is offered by American Loan & Trust Company with Charles A. Fenn and Frazer & Co. for 750,000 treasurer's trust certificates of indebtedness of the United States Land & Investment Company. Security is deposited in Holland Trust Company with first mortgage bonds valued at about six million dollars, yielding 350,000 annually. The certificates bear 6 percent interest from January 1890 and are guaranteed, with underwriting by a prominent New York bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Loan & Trust Company
Broadway
New York
Charles A. Fenn
Messrs. Frazer & Co
United States Land & Investment Company
Holland Trust Company
No. 7
Wall Street
Social Roundup at Young's and Tremont House Gatherings
Old and new Handel and Haydn Society boards dined informally at Young's with nine attendees. Megantic Fish and Game Club held a Tremont House meeting led by President Weryss. Senate of 1848 reunion at Young's presided by Hon. George A. Bruce. Numerous notable arrivals listed for Vencome, Brunswick, United States, Parkers, Youne's, American, Tremont, Clark's, Tavern, Thorndike, Reynoups venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handel and Haydn Society
Young’s
John H. Stickney
Messrs
Carl Zerrahn
B. J. Lang
Charles W. Stone
Megantic Fish and Game Club
Tremont House
Weryss
F. Billings
Barre
Karl Fink
New York
Charles V. Lord
Bangor
R. Fuller
Hartford
Conn
Imre Kiralfy
Roswell Billings
Hatfield
K. D. James
Washington
Dudley
New London
Parker
P. A. Simpson
Albuquerque
N. M
F. H. Hendrick
Pittsburg
J. Noyes
Providence
R. L
Portland
George M. Pullman
Miss Pullman
Chicago
K. B. Granger
A. P. Carpenter
Concord
N. H
E. C. Swett
Tremont
William Whiting
Holyoke
S. J. Thomas
the Misses Thomas
Norfolk
G. £. Davis
F. Young
Worcester
Clark’s
Alexander M. Myrick
R. C. Small
Nantucket
E. L. Abbott
F. C. Boyd
New Haven
D. Cobb
Barnstable
M. H. Herrick
M. G. Kaufman
C. C. Bedlow
J. W. Corcoran
Clinton
W. &. Colcord
Newport
R. Thorndike
F._Cutting
San Francisco
Daniel D. Wiley
Sudbury
H. M. Harris
Reynoups
J. J. Adams
Ll. HL Elder
New Bedford
Brookline Burglaries Narrow to Four Incidents
Brookline burglaries have been narrowed to four cases. C W Kellogg’s Aspinwall avenue home was entered early Saturday, about $60 in cash, a gold watch and silverware stolen. June 2 Cypress street station broke in and railroad tickets vanished. May saw tools removed from an unfinished house, a thief entered a cellar through an open window and took a rhubarb pie. In April a patent coffee urn and salt cellars were stolen from a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
C. W. Kellogg
Aspinwall Avenue
Cypress Street
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the Exchange
Durell—Kendall
WR. Meehan
Jones
Meigs Company
Hlood
Mrs
B. H. Ticknor
Mrs. Isaac Pratt
Harvard Athletic Field
Henry L. Higginson
DR. Craig
Bright
Craig Medicine Co
Passaic
N. J
Bynner
Honey Ross Bude Atkinson
Cit
A. A
Revere House
Epicures
Bowdoin Square
Begum
Charles Street
Middlesex County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Ministers
W. W. Downs
R. J. Adams
D. W. Faunce
Apséy
F. Hinckley
Moxom
Merchants
C. H
Aves & Sons
Agnes Surriage
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