House Passes Salary Bill and Senate Passes Soldiers' Exemption
Legislature pushes business toward prorogation with many matters sent to the next General Court or passed under suspension. The House approved the 100 salary increase amid a tight 101 to 100 vote. The Senate engrossed the soldiers' exemption bill despite veteran opposition and civil service protests.
West End bill remonstrants press governor to withhold signature
A remonstrants hearing with Governor Ames debated the West End consolidation bill and its impact on Boston street railways. Campaigners argued public control and shared profits, while supporters claimed benefits to travelers and reduced city friction amid a broad legislative session.
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West End
Ames
Robinson
Causten Browne
A. A. Ranney
Browne
Ezra Farnsworth
Boston
Henry D. Hyde
Hoe
Exayor
Cambridge
Hyde
Western Railways
William G. Russell
Henry M. Whitney
Perkins
Legislature May Prorogue After Week of Sessions
Senator Glines reported that the Legislature may be prorogued on Saturday after sessions held each day of the week. A resolve providing 425 for the heir of Peter Avignon who died in the war was passed to be engrossed under suspension of rules. The Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League remonstrance against the soldiers exemption bill argues the policy harms public service despite veteran sentiment.
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Commonwealth
Richard H. Dana
William H. Lincoln
Brookline Civil Service Reform Association
A. B. Underwood
F. J. Hosmer
Charles B. Fox
Patrick Carr
Welch
Jordan
Dwyer
Morse
Phillips
Gleason
Worcester
Shea
House
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Boston
Fitchburg
Gould
Glines
Senate
Alger
Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association
Asa P. Morse
Jones
Lynn
Clark
Committee On Public Service
Plymouth
Yeas
Cook
Fernald
Jefts
Jenkins
Essex
Kimball
O'Sullivan
Perkins
Pilsbury
Reed
Roads
Sayles
Slattery
Towne
Currier
Fletcher
Forbes
Keith
Marble
Sleeper
Berkshire
Milliken
Howard
Yea
Wilbur
Secretary of the Commonwealth
State Board of Education
Great Barrington Water Company
Committee On Taxation
Committee On Election Laws
Peter Avignon
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform League
Boston Post legislative record note and votes June 15 1887
The Westboro Insane Hospital fire protection and improvements bill passed to engrossment with a $17 000 increased appropriation for contingencies. A bill to curb corruption in private legislation and regulate private agents or attorneys in the General Court was referred to the next General Court. Stony Brook Boston bill debated and postponed to today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Field
Keane
Kight
Ennedy
Pe McCue
McEl- Leach
Lynch
Maguire
McCarrick
Mclntosh
Miller
SPT
Morey
Murphy
Nies
Noo O Hearn
O'Connor
Perkins
Pe Pray
Quinn
Fall River
Stony Brook
Boston
Bill to create state printing office rejected by committee
The finance committee reported against the bill to establish a superintendent of State printing and the measure was subsequently rejected. A reference to the next General Court followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Finance
Superintendent of State Printing
General Court
Finance committee report on convict labor bill and related acts
The record covers the finance committee report on the convict labor bill with dissents, motions to suspend rules for charities, amendments to sewage disposal funding shifting costs to the state, and multiple engrossment actions on bills from telegraphic message transmission to park land use. It notes debates over lard fraud, comptroller appointments, and a dramatic salary-vote recount, ending with the engrossment of the pay raise bill by a narrow margin after a long procedural sequence.
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Committee On Finance
McEttrick
Boston
Parkman
Society For the Relief of
Senate
Mystic
Charles River
Wadlin
Reading
State Board of Health
Finance Committee
Worcester
Couraweatt
Kent
Judiciary Committee
Messrs
Butler
Parker
Pinkerton
Gile
Howe
Shrewsbury
Hall
Taunton
Copeland
Brockton
Messrs. Dresser
Ware
Gamwell
Pittsfield
Larrabee
Melrose
Conant
Acton
New England
North
Squire
Southard
Easton
E. J. Donovan
Bigelow
Watertown
United States Court
House
Spellman
Springfield
Upham
Salem
Savings Bank Commissioners
Collison
Darling
Somerville
Godfrey
Smart
Taft
Palmer
Gray
Brown
Kearns
Sleeper
Chaffee
Dillingham
Pousland
Robinson
Atwood
Doherty
Eames
Fitzgerald
Garfield
Lynn
Garity
O'Connor
Pray
Scully
Downes
Hallett
Lynch
Marsh
Noyes
Symonds
Walker
Fales
Milford
Milliken
Malden
Ray
Franklin
Daylin
Cambridge
Waters
Orange
Dresser
Medford
Ruvanaeen
Yeas—Mesars
Barney
Bartlett
Belcher
Bennett
Agawam
Boardman
Braty
Bray
Briggs
Brigham
Brockbank
Brooks
Calnan
Carman
Carney
Champlin
Clark
Brewster
Conlin
Conroy
Davis
Davlin
Dennis
Desmond
Gr. J. Donovan
James Donovan
Duniea
Farren
Felch
Field
Fitzpatrick
Flynn
Fossitt
Foote
Hagerty
Haggerty
Southbridge
Harrington
Harris
Hastings
Hayes
Heasley
Judd
Holyoke
Spring
Athletic Association forms at Cadet Armory meeting
About 200 members attended the first session at the Cadet Armory on Columbus avenue. Henry Parkman opened, announcing land secured at Exeter street and St. James avenue for a future building to be ready in early 1888. A 1200 member cap was set, funds to come from a first mortgage and bonds. A governing committee was authorized with Parkman and others named, and officers were elected: President Robert F. Clark, Vice President Henry Parkman, Secretary Paul Tucker, Treasurer Arthur Hunnewell.
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New Athletic Association
Cadet Armory
Columbus Avenue
Henry Parkman
Exeter Street
St. James Avenue
J. O. Shaw, Jr
New York Athletic Association
A. Martin
R. F. Clark
T. Nelson
M. H. Richardson
William Appleton
Arthur Hunnewell
E. Rollins Morse
Lawrence Tucker
H. G. Otis
D.L. Pickman
G. B. Morrison
G. W. Beals
F. L. Higginson
R. D. Sears
J. B. O'Reilly
Robert F. Clark
Pao Tucker
Ben Poore Will Leaves Widow Indian Hill Farm Trust
The will of Benjamin Perley Poore of West Newbury names trustees O Warren M D and John J Currier to manage Indian Hill farm for his wife Virginia Dodge Poore with life interests and monthly support, then a complex division among Poore relatives if funds suffice. Executors given broad sale powers and posthumous bequests of heirlooms and heir obligations.
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Newboryport
John J. Currier
Ben
Perley Poore
Benjamin Perley Poore
West Sev Uary
Essex County
Mass
Georgetown
Virginia Dodge Poore
Virginia Dodge
Indian Mill Farm
West Newbury
Frederick Strong Moseley
Benjamin Perley Poore Moseley
Frederic Strong Moseley
Indian Hill Farm
Mary Louise Poore
Ellen Judith Poore
Eben Judith Poore
Townsend Poore
John Merrill Poore
Carbondale
Scranton
Penn
Sarah Sweetzer Little
Mra
Portland
Allen Dede
West Washington
D.C
Marshall P. Wilder
John James Currier
Newport
Sandy B. Anthony
Newbury
Moses Titcomb
Orin Bailey
Samuel R. Bailey
Charles Summer
Charles W. Stack
Boston Commonwealth
Henry B. Anthony
William W. Clapp
Boston
C. Warren
M.D
Newburyport
Exemption Request by William Poore Endorsed in 1884
In testimony I, Benjamin Perley Poore, request exemption from giving a surety or sureties in official bonds as executors or trustees hereafter. I have set my land and seal on October 29, 1884. BEN: PERLEY POORE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Perley Poore
Theatre in Modern Life Highlighted by Bostonian Society
The Bostonian Society in the Old State House heard Henry A. Clapp discuss the theatre’s place in modern life. He argued actors deserve fair social regard and that society must rightly evaluate their talent amid the theatre’s prominent role. The meeting adjourned until October after a vote of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Curtis Guild
G.D. Low
Boston
William Henry Davis
Cincinnati
Horace Capee
Dorchester
George B. Ager
Jamaica Plain
Edward B. Blasland
Edward Turner
Edward T. Russell
Francis H. Stevens
Samuel Weltch
Frank W. Andrews
G. H. Moore
Lenox
N. Y
Henry Jackson
Simon Eliot
Samuel Danforth
Samuel Smith
Snelling Powell
John Bernard
John Dickinson
Jeremiah Colburn
Thomas Prince
John Gilbert
Manchester-by-the- Sea
Henry A. Clapp
Peres
Ife
Clapp
Stock list from June 15 1887 auction by trustees and executors
A detailed catalog of stock holdings and bonds with names of banks railways and companies. Entries show shares notes or scrip with issuing institutions such as Central Natl Bank York Mig Co Asiatic Natl Bank Salem Eastman Pedsnt Car Heater Co Ltd Boston Gas Light Co and many others. Items marked by authority such as By order of Trustee Administrator Executor and Receiver.
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Central Natl. Bank
York Mig. Co
Asiatic Natl. Bank
Salem
Adm
Eastman Pedsnt Car Heater Co. Ltd
Boston Gas Light Co
Maverick
Washington Natl
Eagle Bank
Do Blackstone Natl
Bank of Commerce
Do Eliot Natl. Bank
Do Eliot Natl Bank
Second Natl Bank
Do Howard Natl
Do Lyman Mills
Do Continental Mills
Eastern Rd. Com
Do. Ctl. Mass
Do. Lastern Rd
Busell Trimmer Co
Do Natl. Rubber Co
New York & New Jersey Tel. Co
Delaware Mutual Inc. Co. Scrip
Rutland Rd
Rutland
City of Cleveland
Street
M.L
City of
Cleveland
City of Toledo
W. L
Little Rock
Ft. Smith Ry, Co
Florida
Maine
Consol Mort
New York & Boston Rapid Transit Co
Columbiana Bank
Oregon
Do &T
Louis
Cable
Boston
M. L
City of Newton
Mass
Boston, Concord
Montreal Rd
Binking Fond
Dwight Mfg. Co
Old Colony
Cheshire
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Lawrence Duck Co
Boston & Chelsea
Somerville Horse
Cambridge Horse Rd
North Natl. Bank
City of Chicago
Alen
Ights Boston Towboat Co
Kares Lyman Mills
Do Hill Mfg. Co
Tremont Natl
Old Boston
State Natl
Union Natl
Bank
Weymouth
Amory Mig. Co
Fitchburg
Cone
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Machine Agsn
New Hampshire
Moses A. Dow
Cook County
Cincinnati
New York
New England
Detroit
Toledo
Aurora
St. Paul
St. Louis
St Botolph Club Moves to New Newbury Street Home
The St Botolph Club completed moving from Boylston Street to a refitted former Kidder house on Newbury Street. A formal opening is planned for next Friday St Botolphs day with ground floor reception rooms office bar and coat room. Superintendent S A Casey, with the club since its formation seven years ago, will continue managing.
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St. Botolph Club
Boylston Street
Newbury Street
St. Botolph’s
Henry P. Kidder
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the Athletic Association
R.L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Boston Stock Exchange
Natl Bank of Commerce
Winnisimmer Co
Meteor Area Co
Boston Tow Heat Co
Boston & Albany
Howard Natl. Bank
Mame UU
Fitchburg Rd
Boston & Lowell Rd
Alo
Saginaw & Western
Laws. & No
Kansas City
Emporia & So
Wichita & So
Western
South Boston
Boston & Colorado Smelting Co
Atlas Natl
Concord
Boston Tow Boat Co
S Broadway
Do Biate Natl
Boston & Colo. Smelting Co
Blackstone Nath Bank
de Concord Railroad
Boston & I Roy
City of Minneapolis
Sand. & Cleve
Leay
Top. & So
Top
St. Fe
Union Pacific
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
Stark Mills
Boston Gaslight Co
Manchester & Lawrence RR. Co
North Chicago Rolling Mills
Michigan Central
Air Line
Rutland RR
Summit Branch
Iso
Continental Mills
Action Valve Co
Pueblo Smelting and Refining Co
Norwich & Worcester RR. Co
Boston Towboat Co
Empire State Co
Salem Gaslight Co
Providence
Atr Line
Connecticut & Passumpsic
Lowell
Cod
Bowker Fertilizer Co
Union Natl. Bank
Taunton Copper Co
United States
Charlestown
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Lake Champlain
Boston & Lowell
Freeman’s National Bank
Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
Toston & Albany RR
Everett Mills
Northern Pacific
Boston Wharf Co
Pacific Guano Co
Judkins Railroad Train Signal Co
de Vermont & Mass. RR
Manchester & Lawrence RR
Faneuil Hall Natl
Everett Natl Bank
Chicago & Southwestern Rit
Chicago, Burl & Quincy
Union Pacifle Ry
Atchison, Top
Santa Fe Mort. Bs
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon
Milwaukee
Kansas City, Spring
Memphis
St. Louis County
Cedar Rapids & Missouri
Revere Unk
Horatio Uarris & CO
R. Knights & CO
Main Street
Cambridgeport
Washington Street
Leverett
Cotting Street
Sumner Street
North Ferry
Ladd’s Dock
Harrison Avenue
James Williams
Samuel Thompson
Nephew & Co
Field, Chapman & Fenner
F. C. Linde & CO
Beach
Varick and Laight Streets
Richards & CO
Reade St
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St. RY Town
Send & Montant
Leovarsé Street
ST. Botolph Club House
BoYatt. Baking Powder CO
Wall St
Brice
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Waltham Street
Linwood Square
Boston Highlands
N.J. Bradlee
Enq
B. Garrison, Esq
Horse and Steam Cara
Pond Street
Rockwood Street
Park
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Commissioners’ Sale
Federal Street
Federal
Beach Street
Cove Street
Eber Parker
Suffolk
Francis
Arker
Henjamin
W. John PP. Wyman JR
Prescott & Chapin
Atlantic Avenue
Pearl Street
Nath
J. Bradlee
Yewton Talbot
Charles G. White
Commissioners
Forest Hill Avenue
Corbet and
Fuller Streets
Norfolk Street
Corbet
Fuller
Forest Hill
N.E
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Gale
Warren Avenue
Brookline News. Illustrated
Washington
Philadelphia
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