Boy Pitcher Dominates as Giants Fall to Phillies in Chicago
The New Yorks arrived with bravado but were routed by Boston 12 to 5, as Kelly, Hornung, and Wise starred in fielding and timely hits. Powers struggled for New York, while Madden and Keefe split nine runs. crowd of 4,500 packed the stands.
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New Yorkers
James Mutrie
New Yorks
Boston
Giants
New York
Madden
Tate
Powers-Chicago
Powers
Tim
Keefe
Hornung
Joe
Kelly
Wise
Nash
Merrill
Billy
Johnston
Ewing
Ward
Connor
O'Rourke
Tiernan
Gillespie
Wheelock
Morrill
Bostons
Short
Dorgan
Richardson
Foy
Buck
Homung
Horace Peatty
Ohnston
Innin
Reds
Sam Wise
Hardihood
Hle
Ropgons
Kew
YORKS
I. PO. A. I. Bhp O
Fepann
Es Ays O
Wwestite
Sak
Nath
O’rourke
Tlernan
Gonamaons & Af
Olinda
Rich
Sinea Bostons
Kell Connor
Morr
Balla
O’ Rourke
Prostaperata
Phillies
Washington
Gilmore
Senators
Ferguson
Brooklyn and Staten Island Games Result Briefs
In Brooklyn Brooklynites defeated Louisville 4 to 3. Staten Island metropolitans won 11 to 10 against Cincinnati. Philadelphia Athletics topped Cleveland 10 to 6 in the listed games.
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Brooklyn
Louisvilles
Brooklyns
Staten Island
Cincinnatis
Metropolitans
Philadelphia—Athletics
Clevelands
North Conway and Mt Kearsarge Railroad Extension Passed
In Concorp New Hampshire on June 16 Senate referred several House bills and passed the measure to extend the time for constructing the North Conway and Mt Kearsarge railroad. The House met this forenoon.
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Concorp
N. H
Senate
North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge
House
Concord House hashes rail bills and savings bank topics
Noon sessions adjourned to evening as bills were presented to place state railroad control in Concord favored by the Concord railroad. Measures also cover savings bank investments and the Manufacturers and Merchants Mutual Insurance of New Hampshire and the Claremont Loan and Trust Company. House railroad committee to begin hearings on bills to ease and consolidate the railroads next Tuesday afternoon.
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New Hampshire
Concord Railroad
Manufacturers and Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company of
Claremont Loan and Trust Company
House Railroad Committee
Yacht Races at Nahant Open Dorchester Club Event
The Dorchester Yacht Club hosts its 100th race off Nahant today under Ras pires. Over sixty entries include Papoose facing Shona Mabel Shadow Magic and Vision for the Globe cup. Boats range from third class keel to small class with Tom Cat and Pansy. Judges boat and club steamer depart Gas House Wharf at 10 15 a.m. The event aims to be the largest in club history.
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Dorchester Yacht Club
Nahant
F. Adams
Papoose
Shona
Mabel
Shadow
Magic
Vision
Majel
Plus
Breeze
Prince Karl
Gem
Lizzie F
Daly
Eugenia
Lizzie F. Warner
Atalanta
Kitty
Echo
Tom Cat
Sea Bird
Expert
Pansy
Gas House
Rifle and Revolver Scores From Massachusetts Meet
The first day of the Massachusetts Rifle Association spring meet at Walnut Hill drew a large attendance in fair weather. Winds were strong from 8 to 10 o'clock and most matches will continue all week. Scores posted are from competitors who completed five scores. additional scores from ongoing events will be published as they finish.
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Massachusetts Rifle Association
Walnut Hill
American Electric Mfg Company names strong board at annual meeting
New York June 16 The American Electric Manufacturing Company held its annual meeting with a harmonious session. The election of President Goff was ratified and a new board of directors was chosen including H S Hyde L M Bates Rowland N Hazard Edward H Goff and others. The annual report showed phenomenal business growth and strengthened finances signaling another active year ahead.
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New York
American Electric Manufacturing Company
Goff
H. 8. Hyde
Agawam National Bank
Springfield
Mass
Charles B. Whiting &Co
Worcester
William A. Stedman
Newporties, Gas Company
Henry F. Brying
Comany
Cambridge school committee meets in June session
The June meeting of the Cambridge school committee held last evening nominated and confirmed William A. Stone as temporary Latin school teacher and Julia R. Robison for Reed school. Resignations from Alice S. Berry Harvard school and Lizzie C. Cohen Webster school were accepted, H. A. Townsend nominated to fill Berry’s vacancy. A rule allows suspension of pupils who refuse to pay book assessments, pending referral to the ward member of the supplies committee. San ford B. Hubbard elected as school supplies agent at 1200 dollars annual salary until November, 1500 dollars thereafter. Timothy Harrington expelled from public day schools for insubordination. Executive session followed for annual teacher elections. J. E. Johnson of Wichita, Kansas found with a pistol shot wound near the heart in his sleeping room. cause of shooting unknown and Johnson silent.
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Cambridge
William A. Stone
Latin
Julia R. Robison
Reed
Alice S. Berry
Harvard
Lizzie C. Cohen
Webster School
H. A. Townsend
Miss Berry
Committee On
Sanford B. Hubbard
Timothy Harrington
The Statutes of 1887 and Boston Legislation Review
The 1887 General Court produced 452 acts and 108 resolves, with a strong tilt toward special legislation affecting Boston, police, libraries, and pensions, while railroads and liquor laws dominated debate. It reports police, city council, and library control shifts, major railroad consolidations, and widened labor protections, including Labor Day as a legal holiday, arbitration powers, factory reforms, and child labor inquiry.
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General Court
Commonwealth
Boston
Metropolitan Board of Police
Amon
Board of Police
City Council of
Cambridge
Charles River
Andover
Shawsheen
Brookline
Beacon Street
West End Company
Legislative Mill
Eatern
Boston & Maine Roads
Fitchburg
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston & Lowell Road
Mystic Rower
Mystic River
Ocean Terminal
Boston & Albany
Natick
Boston, Winthrop & Shore Road
Massachusetts Road
House
Senate
Springfield
Board of Arbitration
The Pirates of Pen zance Opens Season at Theatres Oakland Garden
The Oakland Garden opened for the season with Brocolini opera company in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. A fair audience endured the cold as Signor Brocolini's Pirate King impressed, Janet Edmondson shone as Mable, and Edward Cameron and Adelaide Russell with Frank Moulton met the roles well. The choruses were light but well sung. the finale and ta r an ta ra in act one stood out. The opera runs nightly with Wednesday and Saturday matinees and an extra matinée today.
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Oakland Garden
Brocolini Opera Company
Signor Brocolini
Janet Edmondson
Mable
Edward Cameron
Frederic
Adelaide Russell
Ruth
Frank Moulton
Stanley
The Streets of New York Plays at Boston Theatres
The strong realistic play The Streets of New York will show this afternoon and evening at Boston venues Hollis Street Bijou Museum and Howard Atheneum. Barnum's great circus opens in Boston on Monday June 20.
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New York
Boston
Hollis Street
Bijou
The
Museum
Howard Atheneum
City Notes On Trips, Sales, And Closings In Boston
About seventy five members of the American Train Despatchers Union with guests enjoyed a harbor trip on the Rose Standish. A public lands hearing discussed selling 400000 square feet at Tremont and Heath streets, a clay site bought as gravel. The Nantasket regatta excursion is a highlight with limited tickets. The Deliberative Association met at Youngs Hotel for a dinner. Bishop Nicholson will preach at Dartmouth Street with ordination and confirmation planned. Municipal Signal Company elected directors led by Colonel Pope and others. The 160th New England Club dinner will draw military visitors. Many wholesale stores plan closures through Monday across boots, shoes, leather, furniture, and dry goods. Fire alarm box numbers in East Boston were updated from 168–198 to 612–698.
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American Train Despatchers’ Union
Rose Standish
Carter
Rockland House
Nantasket
Committee On Public Lands
Tremont and
Heath Streets
Roxbury
William R. Nicholson
Dartmouth Street
Municipal Signal Company
Albert A. Pope
George W. Gregory
Willard White
E. Hyde Rust
Thomas Roche
John ©. Wilson
Jarvis D. Braman
New England Club
Boston
Messrs. Glover & Willcomb, Harrison, Beard & Co
Boston Chair Manufacturing Company
G. M. Leavens & Co
Besant Interview Reveals English Novelist’s US Curiosity
In a Philadelphia Press London Letter Walter Besant is described through lunch with a friend, detailing his health, Hampstead home, daily routine, and role with the Society for the Exploration of Valesting. The piece recalls his Golden Key sketches of editors and jokes about Chicago writers, noting his hope to visit the United States to better observe its people.
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London
Philadelphia
Peoples’ Palace
Mr. Besant
East Lopidon
Hampstead
Society For the Exploration of
Valesting
Golden Key
Mr. Rice
Chicago
Chicago Inter Ocean
United States
Ita
Drift toward sectionalism in 1888 Republican platform views
In a WW. dispatch, critics denounce Senator Sherman’s speech but note no liberal alternative emerges. Most Republican papers back the speech as sound doctrine, signaling a 1888 campaign shaped by sectionalism and subsidies. The drift favors mobilizing voters on South hatred and Treasury giveaways, alarming prudent politicians.
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Sherman
Pee
Courts United States Circuit Court on patent case and contract suit
June 16 sessions report two matters before judge Nelson. In Hammacher et al. v Epamondas Wilson the court rules a revocation of a license for patent 169981 of pianoforte pedals held by Ulman. Decree for complainants. case sent to master for report with exceptions noted by both sides. In Deetjen et al. v Matthias the suit seeks damages on a contract for a cargo of Bogus molasses. timing disputes and market fluctuations cited. plaintiffs claim waiver of time. counsel listed for both sides.
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Albert Hammacher
Epaminondas Wilson
William F. Ulman
D.C. Linscott
Tra D. van Duzee
Nelson
J. C. L. Deetjen Et al
John J. Matthias
Moorfield Storey
B. L. M. Tower
C. T.russell, Jr
Superior Court Session Notes June 16 and 18 19th
Replevin for three bay horses valued by assignees of George W. Davis with $300 lien claims decided for plaintiffs. Slander case damages set at $1. Court adjourned motions for new trials to second session. Numerous docket items listed for subsequent hearings and postponed cases. Second session covers James W. Roberts et al vs City of Boston on Massachusetts Avenue land damages and other tort actions.
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John W. Corcoran Et al
F. M. White
George W. Davis
Shirely
Davis
J. Thomas
E. B. Callendar
Amos A. Shepard
Martha B. Shepard
Laintiff
J. H. Butler
Capen
Safford
Smith
Bergen
Goulding
Grady
Train
King
Dinger
Duesy
Ely
Dufin
Sears
Boston & Maine RR
Goldenburg
Blake
Francis
Boston & Albany
McCormick
Andrews
Cooper
Fearley
Martin
Burns
O’ Hearn
Treuther
Rich
Brown
Wilson
Hill
Farrell
Hollings
Holden
Crowell
Lord
Webb
Thayer
Drisko
Fenton
Hackett
Yale
Fitzgerald
Old
Horton
Biddle
Bates
Old Colony
Treat
Fitzpatrick
Blodgett
J. No
James W. Roberts
City of
Boston
Massachusetts Avenue
Allston
Panto
Charles Robinson
T. M. Babson
James Monehan
Bay State Sugar Refinery
Pey
J. L. Eldridge
Lincoln
Superior Court
Essex
Vose
County of Essex
Alexander
Dennett Et al
Warrall
Douglass v Jennison et al jury trial over hotel stair hazard
In Middlesex Superior Court a tort action seeks damages for injuries alleged to have occurred when a search of the Elm Park Hotel in Natick on Aug 15, 1886 left a cellar stair unsafe after a removed step. Plaintiff contends negligence. defendants deny. Trial underway with Wakefield for plaintiff and Sleeper for defendants.
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Georgia C. Douglass
Charles W. Jennison
Elm Park
Natick
Sai Hotel
L. al. Wakefield
H. G. Sleeper
Chenery Vs
Stearns
Douglass Va
Jennerson
Studley, Jr
City of Boston
Gallagher
Houghton Et al
Powers
Pro Ams
Lyons & Tr
Atwood
Hasting
Porter
Rey
Sherwin
Admx
Sewall Et
Thayer
Dixon
Wachusett
Electric Light Co
Davis Va
Everett
Boston Teachers Certificate Exams Slated This August
Candidates for certificates to teach in Boston public day and evening schools will be examined Tuesday through Thursday, August 23 to 25, at the girls' high school on West Newton Street. Examinations start Tuesday at 9 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Attendance required daily. Prospective candidates should request a circular with full exam information from Phineas Bates, secretary of the board of supervisors, Mason Street.
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Boston
West Newton Street
Phineas Bates
Board of Supervisors
Mason Street
Will of Hon. J. N. Buffum Bequeaths House and Money to Wife and Abby
The will presented for probate leaves the house to the wife for life with Abby as soon after her death, the widow to support Abby with 200 per month. Buffum also bequeaths 10000 to Georgees mily Albarn and half the income of his Market Street Lynn business, the other half to his wife and then to Abby after her death. The remainder goes to the wife.
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J. N. Buffum
James N. Buffum
Abby
Albarn
Market Street
Lynn
London Jubilee Plea Sparks Loyalist Letter
A London letter from a royal subject with modest means asks for a ban on jubilee references and punishment for editors who write about it. Truth comments on MPs, the Abbey service, and seating miscalculations. The piece notes Imperial representatives for the jubilee and hospital seating profits, plus church dispensation issues at Bal Moral and the Presbyterian chapel.
Warning Canada from a New York Sun war scenario
The article argues that if the United States declared war on Canada, the defense line around Montreal could swell from 20 000 to 100 000 troops aided by veterans and volunteers. It suggests Canada should seek peaceful union or friendly cooperation rather than hostilities in such a crisis.
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N. Y
Russia
France
United States
Canada
Captain Murchison dies after ninety-day fast ends
Captain William Murchison of Jackson Tennessee who undertook a ninety day fast has died. In Maine Mrs H Towle of Saccarappa attempted suicide by leaping into the Presumpscot River but was saved.
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William Murchison
Jackson
Tenn
H. Towle
Saccarappa, Me
Presumpscot River
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Shillinglaw, Nutwood, Jr
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