Changes in Baseball Rules and Local Player Plan
A Boston era column discusses rising interest in baseball, calls for broader local player pools from state regions, and predicts future rule changes. It notes Charley Ganzel’s move to join the Boston club, speculation on Manning’s value, and various sporting notes from cross country, jumping, and boxing events, including upcoming technology scratch games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Ganzel
Charlotteville
Boston
John Morrill
Wesl
Duffy
Radford
Haddock
Buffinton
Arthur Irwin
John Ward
Anson
Frank Selee
Kalamazoo
Bostons
Selee
Jack Manning
Jack
Boston Brotherhood and Association
Yale Sprinters and New York Fast Men Set for Tomorrow
Yale will be represented by Allen and other blue rivals in a fast field from New York led by Hijertberg. The mile race features the Suffolk and Trimount groups, with Harry Cornish as starter. The unicorn will be worn by a large team as Winslow's Rink is expected to be crowded tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Allen
New York
Hijertberg
Suffolk
Harry Cornish
Lord
Winslow
Uncle Jacks Bluff in Trotting Challenge Declined
The proposed match between Uncle Jack Hook's two year old Anno rean and Colonel Thayer's Ralph Wilkes for a mile heats stake of 1000 to 1590 was discussed and rejected as ill advised. Thayer would not race Ralph Wilkes against a filly and the stakes were inadequate for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Hook
Annorean
John E. Thayander
Ralph Wilkes
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
Ayer
Charles M. Jewett
Colonel Thayer
Kentuky Association
New England ‘Trotters and Breeders’ Association
Spurgeon's Pulpit Succession Likely Favor Pierson
London reports that Mr. Pierson the American minister who assisted Spurgeon is likely to become the permanent successor at the Tabernacle. At a recent congregational meeting they urged him to stay until June and assume co-pastor duties as Spurgeon had wished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pierson
Spurgeon
Tabernacle
Mr. Pierson
Bastor
Binding Agreements Reported Among Anthracite Firms
The Evening Post reports binding agreements signed by nearly all anthracite carrying and producing companies to maintain rates and restrict production. Ontario & Western, Erie, and Delaware and Hudson have already joined. Details on a potential board of control are confidential, with power to set prices and output possibly granted to a central body. Relations to the Pennsylvania road remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Evening Post
Ontario & Western
Erie & Delaware and Hudson Companies
How Furniture May Talk and Save at Paine's
An old tale about a guest and his host’s furniture illustrates the value of proper representation in buying. The piece recommends Paine's Furniture Co. at 48 Canal Street for affordable dining room furniture, claiming some of the lowest prices in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epe
of Paine’s Furniture Co
Canal Street
Beecham’s PIL touted as cure for bilious and nervous illness
An old advertisement promotes Beecham’s pills as a remedy for bilious and nervous disorders. It claims quick relief and broad approval among users, positioning the product as a trusted household medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
National Solons Debate Wool Tariff and Immigration
In Washington the House referred the naval appropriation bill and moved to the free wool bill committee. Dingley opposed the measure and disputed a claim about prior Congress spending. Turner attacked Speaker Reed’s rulings. Reed and Turner clashed. Patterson urged tariff reductions affecting Southern black labor. Senate actions included land cession talks with Cherokee lands, immigration regulation with a passenger tax and medical inspection, and a Senate inquiry on U S Senators. Executive session followed post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Herbert
Alabama
Dingley
Maine
McMillin
Congress
Turner
Georgia
Reed
Supreme Court
Walker
Massachusetts
United States
Patterson
Tennessee
Republican Party
South
West
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Indian ‘Territory
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Hoar
Committee On Education and Labor
Washburn
Marine Hospital Service
Morgan
Teller
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Treasury
Paddock
Policy Shocks Bold Doors Open in South Boston Shop
A Post Man visits a South Boston joint at 482 Broadway where a black bootblack runs a legal front and a white man operates a policy game behind a partition. The front room handles daytime bootblacking while the back room hosts illegal wagering in a gaslit setup. Policemen could prosecute, yet no bars exist in either room and the shop thrives amid temperance hall complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
South End
Broadway
Richards
Washington Street
Northampton
Moe
Despair Leads Farmer to Take His Own Life
Becraft Maine March 10 W Horace Banks a 60 year old farmer from Poor s Mills hanged himself in his barn Despondency over the loss of his wife was the cause of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becraft
W. Horace Banks
Poor’s Mills
Bad Cold Cure Advertised by Salt Lake Proprietors
A fragmented old ad copy describes a patent remedy for a “Bad Cold” sold by CHES.- 3A Eaves & ndons Sole Proprietors of Boston. It prescribes rock candy in Taylor Pure Rye Whiskey mixed with hot water and repeated dosing as a cure. The text also notes the medicine’s label bears a patent or proprietor name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt
Lake
Fhymciens
EL Eaves & Ndons
Oston, M
Talked Electricity at Boston Merchants Club Dinner
About 150 members and prominent electricians gathered at Parker House for the Boston Merchants Club monthly dinner. S. P. Mandell chaired as Professor Elihur Thomson outlined practical electricity advances and speakers from Thomson Houston and Edison firms discussed power transmission arc lighting and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Club
Parker House
S. P. Mandell
Elihur Thomson
A. Coffin
H. A. Pevear
Eugene Griffin
O. T. Crosby
Edmund Ord
J. R. McKee
D. Green
William Wood
J. M. Smith
Thomson Electric Welding Company
B. F. Spinney
Charles H. Newhall
J. L. Bartlett
F. A. Gilbert
Chester Gile
W. Pierson
Thomson
C. Lf. Crosby
Thomson-Houston Company
Edison Company
KE. Griffin
J. KR. McKee
Fearless landlady rescues sleeping lodger in Glen Falls
Plainfield Connecticut March 10 Mrs Nellie Maines a fearless landlady in the factory village of Glen Falls saved a somnambulist lodger who climbed out of a dormer window and slid along the eaves three stories above the sidewalk. She and her sister lowered themselves to reach him and pulled him safely back inside the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Conn
Nellie Maines
Glen Falls
Our Young People vesper series at Second Church Copley Square
Five special vesper services begin next Sunday at Second Church Copley Square under Suffolk Conference and Channing Club. Series titled Our Young People features Rev W R Alger on March 13 with The ingdom of Enthusiasm and Hope, Rev M J Savage on March 20 The Importance of Convictions, Mrs Mary Livermore on March 27 The Women's Ideal, Brooke Sach on April 6 The Young Woman's Ideal, and Rev Radwick on April 10 Religion and Death. Services start 7:30 and end 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Square
Suffolk Conference and Channing Club
W. R. Alger
M. J. Savage
Mary . Livermore
Brooke, Sach
Rev
Radwick
Aldrich v Merrill et al suit for deceit recovered
In the United States Circuit Court on March 10 Judge Aldrich presided over Floyd v Merrill et al seeking 100000 for deceit. Plaintiff owned twenty shares of Haverhill Roller Toboggan Co stock. defendant treasurer misrepresented insolvency and value, selling stock for 1000 though worth 4000. Jury awarded 3000 plus interest. Supreme Judicial Court arguments listed several cases with parties and counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Aldrich
J. B. B. Floyd
E. F. Merrill Et Jr
Haverhill Roller Toboggan
B. F. Butler
T. H. Pearse
W. A. McLeod
Thompson
Maria Kulberg
H. R. O'Donnell
J. W. Low
T. Riley
J. W. Walsh
Stephen P. Brown
Edwin E. Aldrich
Washington Street
Perkins & Lyman
P. H. Hutchinson
H. Dunham
Boston Superior Court Docket Proceedings and Damages
Suffolk court entries list first session cases against Boston city and others including Sharkey v Boston for $5000 injuries from a defective derrick at Basin 56 Ashland on Dec 8 1890. Other actions include Powers v Boston Gas Light Co for $10000 injuries from a manhole explosion and Corcoran v Boston & Malden Co with numerous case references and third session notes of various tort and contract suits. Names of attorneys and trial statuses noted throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Aldrich
J. F. Sharkey
City of
Boston
Basin 56
Ashland
J. W. Gorcoran
R. W. Nason
Daniel Barber
James Driscoll
J. Bennett
S. W. McDaniel
B. N. Johnson
A. D. Chandler
Nellie A. Powers
Boston Gas Light Company
Peter I. Lyden
Boston Heating Company
Fort Hill Square
Oliver Street
Jems Baker
J. P. Greenough
J. P. Parmenter
Bisner
William
King
Myra Stearns
L. Powers
K. A. Stearns
Cohen
H. Dunham
Elson
Haley
Haw
Alice's
Parker
Edwards
John
Davis
Davis Son
Snow
Eele
Myera
Fee
Quinn
Tucker
Adams
Cart
Debausset
Stuartwright
Feecley
Rinn
Willis
Bourneuf
Parmary
Quincy
Fessenden
Thomas Connelly
Frank Jones
Newbury Street
G. R. Swasey
B. S. Parker
George_ Wyckoff
R. D. Evans
Thomas Dwyer
Same
P. Sullivan
G. L. Huntress
H. Albers
James Pierce
William H. Plaisted
Massachusetts Circuit Court Notices and Case List 1892
A dense ledger of legal cases and notices from the Essex Superior Court and District of Massachusetts listing numerous docket numbers, parties, and briefs. It includes mortgage, equity, and breach of promise actions, a horse title case, and a March 10 1892 district notice that J Foster Biscoe seeks admission as an attorney in the U S Circuit Court.
Arthur L Allen Seeks Admission as Attorney in Arlington
Boston March 8 1892 notice is hereby given that Arthur L Allen of Arlington in said district has applied to the undersigned for admission as an attorney and counsellor of said Circuit Court John G Stetson Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Massachusetts
Boston
Circuit Court of the United States
J. Foster Biscoe
John G. Stetson
U. S. Circuit Court
Massachusetts
Arthur L. Allen
Arlington
United States Circuit Court
Orge H. Perry
Medford
Frances 5. Fiske
Perry Applies for Admission as Attorney in Circuit Court
Notice states ORGE H. PERRY of Medford has applied to Frances S. Fiske Commissioner for admission as attorney and counsellor of the U S Circuit Court in Boston dated March 9, 1892.
Ohio Democrat views on Hill movement and Chicago convention
Ex Governor Campbell of Ohio comments on Hill movement and Cleveland support. He says the Hill push is likely a Gorman ploy to divert Ohio votes to Maryland candidate at Chicago. Campbell believes a Southern candidate nomination would be unwise and that any strong Democrat could win. He spoke at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oho
Cleveland
Campbell
Chicago
Ohio
Hill
Gorman
Cincinnati Enquirer
Maryland
Mull
Boies
Palmer
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Five cattlemen discharged for riot on steamer Tremont
The five cattlemen who caused a disturbance on the Tremont during a Boston to Portland voyage were tried in a United States Commissioner’s Court and discharged. Authorities say there is no U.S. law for such a case, as the ship was outside state jurisdiction. Portland Steam Packet Co seeks a bill for federal redress in high seas riot cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tremont
Boston
United States Commissioner’s Court
Portland Steam Packet Company
Congress
United States
Palmer Tickets for Shore Line and Colonial Express
Mr L H Palmer supplies passage and drawing room car tickets for all trains of the Shore Line and for the Colonial express, the new through day train between Boston and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Shore Line
Boston
Washington
Belvidere Street Extension Proposed Before City Board
Nathan Matthews Srappealed to the Board of Street Commissioners urging the Belvidere street layout from West Chester park to Dalton street. He claimed to have invested over 3,000,000 in the area over five and a half years and sought consideration. There were no objections to the plan and the board took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Matthews, Sr
Board of Street Commissioners
Belvidere Street
West Chester Park
Dalton Street
Matthews
Funeral service for long time City Clerk William P Gregg
Funeral rites for William P Gregg longtime clerk of the City Council were held at St Pauls Church at 2 pm officiated by Rev Dr Lindsay The Ruggles Street Quartet played several selections The city government was represented by Aldermen Lee Sullivan Dever Mitchell Keenan Rust Lewis Fottier Eddy President Barry Councilman McClellan and others Interment followed at Mt Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Gregg
St. Paul’s Church
Lindsay
Ruggles Street
Lee, Sullivan
Dever
Mitchell
Keenan
Rust
Lewis
Fottier
Eddy
Barry
McClellan
Mt Auburn
Escaped Deer Island prisoners identified after mile voyage
About two months ago James O Hallorhan and a companion escaped from Deer Island. They rowed and drifted to Long Island wharf by morning. Yesterday Division 1 police arrested a man named James O Shea, identified as the escapee O Hallorhan, recognized by a scar from ear to chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O’hallorhan
Deer Island
Long Island Wharf
Division 1
James O'Shea
O’hallorhan
Trolley Wire Break Drops Flame on Horse on Battery Street
An electric car passing Battery street yesterday morning caused a trolley wheel to slip, breaking a wire on the opposite track. The broken wire struck a wagon attached horse, causing pain but no serious injury. A blue flame shot from the impacted wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battery Street
West End Railway Company
Fire at New England Drug and Spice Mills East Boston
Yesterday morning a fire at the New England Drug and Spice Mills 95 Border Street East Boston destroyed much stock. Harris valued on hand at 25000 with losses near 10000, insured about 3000. The origin building owned by T Manson sustained about 600 damage insured for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Drug & Spice Mills
Border Street
Boston
Harris
T. Manson
Funeral Held for Fayette Welch at Elks Lodge
The funeral for Fayette Welch occurred yesterday at Lewis Jones's undertaking establishment on La Grange Street. Boston Elks lodges managed arrangements as Welch had long been a member in a neighboring state. No formal services were held. after viewing the deceased, the casket was moved to Mt. Hope cemetery for interment in the Elks' lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Welch
Lewis Jones
Undertaking Establishment
Lagrange Street
Boston
Lodges of Elks
Order
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Elks
Board of Health reports influenza deaths in epidemic
The Board of Health states 205 deaths from influenza including 77 males and 125 females. Ages 60 to 80 died most, with 88 deaths among people of Irish parentage, a high percentage. Ward 24 Dorchester had the highest toll at 16. Ninety seven deaths were under five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Dorchester
City contract awards for paving blocks gravel and piping
Yesterday bids were accepted for 300000 granite paving blocks at 7390 per 1000 by Rockport Granite Co. F McIntosh won beach gravel at 75 cents per ton. Albany street piping yard haulage awarded to Pierce F Lonergan at 69 cents per ton short haul and 149 per ton long haul. Water commissioners awarded iron castings and service-box castings to Stephen Anderson at 18, 1642, and 142 cents respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport Granite Company
Beach
F. McIntosh
Albany Street
Boston
Brookline
Pierce F. Lonergan
Water Commissioners
Stephen Anderson
Line Forms For Opera Festival Tickets At Tremont Theatre
A long queue formed outside Tremont Theatre for the opera festival opening in Mechanic's building next Monday. Boys were hired days earlier to hold spots while urchins filled the line overnight, stretching toward Boylston Street with women among the hopefuls. The crowd grew before doors opened, driven by demand for Patti nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Mechanic’s
Boylston Street
Masonic Temple
Patti
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Baseball Pride
Jack Moakley
Manhattan
Mike Meagher
J. Conners
Charley Crowley
Doherty
Ryan
Callahan
Garland
Shead
Pettis
Suffolks
Francy Maguire
Joe Lannon
Tommy Connelly
A. J. Melloy
Tommy
Parmenter Street Symnasium
Frank Peters
Peters
Forter
Melrose Athletic Club
Will
Salem
Porter
Nickerson
Arion
Monbars
Abbie A. Bassett
Dana
Miss Bassett
East Vassalporo
Dawna’s
Sarsaparilla Co
Mnsuie
Gue
E. H. Jankins
J. P. Dana Sarsaparilia Co
Belfast
Spurgeon's
Boston Post
Fatial
the Post
Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth
Maron
FIELD
C.J
Hoymes
W. D. Northend
Plummer Vs. Dill, Barnlett & Anderson
J. D
Whitaker
Odelle
Clark
Corcoran
L. Co
Wailcott
Williams
Dunn
Craven
Thaxier
Foster
Fisk
Fitch
Wilson
Ox. Gas Lt. Co
Devine
Brownell
Cutting
O’donnell
Kirst Cong. Ch
Holyoke M. F. Ins. Co
Springfield F. & M. Ins
Sun Fire Fir Office
Babe
Sape
Quincy Ma
Bae. Vy
Firch M
British F. Ins
Meigs
Bleiery
Ernst
Wells
Sti Katon
Harlow
Graves
Ain
Protect. League
White
Perry
Panchard
McGuiness
Butler
Eldrite
Lindstoim
May
Leavitt
Nash
Dunbar
Bailey
Tarmon
Rock
Perkina
Burton Stock Car Co
Driscoll
City of Boston
Ee. Co
Bell
City of Bostos
Cleag
Henry
Rafferty
West End
K. l
Norton
J. Collins
WOO
U. S. Gov’t
Charles H. Howland
F. S. Hesseltine
W. H. Preble
Twomey
Gilman
Rhil
Lincoln
Linnehan
Robinson
Jackson
Riley
Fitchburg
Flanagin
Saville
Hanley
Garen
Lovett
Eal
Hersey
Whlcox
Loring
Rameey
Devitt
Chalmers
Morse
Thorpe
Sawyer
Winters
Whalen
French
Littledale
Mason
J. G. C. Morrill
Jeremiah Watson
Bill
Hayes Lougee
T. H. Wakefield
Superior Court
Essex
Lawrence
Bono
Wright
Norris Et al
Burn
Mahoney
Washamington Milla Co
Slater
O'Brien
Magee
Percell
Irwin
Beye Oalven
Same. Donald
Calvin
Peabody
Fortain
Davis & Furber Mach, Co
Law's
Mr. Gregg
CROW
Per Galion, Blanchaerd & Farbear
Dockey
Faneul Hallam
State Street
Wawaae
Wam
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