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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1888

Page

8

Cardinal Gibbons Receives Warm Boston Welcome

Cardinal Gibbons is hosted by the Catholic Union at St. Patrick's School in Boston. Archbishop Williams, Bishop Bradley, and Mayor O'Brien join the ceremony as the cardinal thanks leaders, praises American loyalty, and receives a blessing amid regal set pieces and a 54-voice choir.

Imuay Catholic Union Ring Williams Holy Father Baltimore New England Cardinal Gibbons King Boston St. Peter’s Catholic “Union O’brien Weston

Cardinal visit highlights Boston Catholic loyalty scene

The cardinal's Boston appearance drew a warm reception as clergy, officials, and congregation bowed and kissed his hand. After the event, the cardinal sat in the aisle while attendees paid homage, signaling strong Catholic support in New England.

New England Baltimore Boston

Fine Arts Notes of Studio and Gallery Review

Walter L. Dean completes a Gloucester dory scene with fishermen and nets. The Paint and Clay Club showings draw crowds and small sales under E Everett Marden. Auctions include Jervis McEntee works in New York. Various exhibitions and artists travel through American Gal leries and the Munich 1858 issue is discussed with New York artists wary of forming a collection. Watts refuses sales, later donates a painting to Manchester Art Gallery.

Walter L. Dean Gloucester Dory E. Everett Marden New York Jervis McEntee Noyes, Cobb & Co Thomas Robinson Arandel Society Museum of Fine Arts Cavallini Giotto Martini Lorenzetti Ottaviano D’ Avanzo Masolino Masaccio Fra Angelico Filippo Lippi Botticelli Kruseman van Elten American Art Galleries van Elten Robert Koehler Munich London Watts Manchester Hope Manchester Art Gallery

Modern Berlin rule and London housing boom described

A scientific note outlines Berlin bans on buildings over five stories while London sees tall hotels and overcrowded tenements with rising land values. It notes Metropole’s size with seventeen elevators and discusses hydraulic water systems, copper deposition tubing, and a powerful English gun program alongside new engines in Italian and ocean steamships. It also mentions a portable pneumatic tool for mining and a case of spontaneous electricity in a mother and son, with varying electric tension and nervous conditions.

London Metropole England

Boston Board Grants Hearing On Subway Conduit Transfer

The Board of Aldermen debated transferring rights from the American Conduit and Construction Co to Cobb, Palsifer and Chapman to lay underground conduits for telegraph, telephone and power across numerous streets. The corporation counsel warned the city cannot grant the petition and remonstrances from major telegraph firms were noted.

Intemperate Women's Fair Opens Amid Rain at Music Hall

The Intemperate Women's Home fundraiser opened at Music Hall with a formal procession led by Governor Brackett and Mayor O'Brien. Dignitaries praised the effort while 100 young aides in blue, pink, cardinal, and white saluted. A large reception followed with flowers, a reading room for "lords of creation," and a flower table gifted by Power Wilson. The Beacon Orchestra provided music and attendees departed by 9:30, with Mrs C H Sprague and numerous helpers noted for decor and hospitality.

Venice Boston Music Hall Colonel Barker Hugh O’brien E. F. Pratt Jacob Hecht A. Grant B. Reed Wales Alice Capen Isaac Dana Fanny Bachelder Turner Marshal Clark Cushing Ladies’ Aid Society Chelsea Post A. L. Coolidge N. K. Baker Caroline Dupee E. L. Fernald Belle Armstrong R. F. Elwell J. Frost T. W. Seaverns Kate C. Phelps EF. &. Beam Ff. A. Keith Fordyce M. Stimson T. Lombard Maria H. Bray William H. Bowdlear Josiah H. Capen E. E. Smith Wales Carrie Draper Rebecca Dexter Follett Lords of Creation Power Wilson Frances Willard Beacon Orchestral Club C. H. Sprague Atwood

City Notes Record Minor Train Accident and Local News

A Hyde Park bound train arriving at Boston and Providence station at 1 05 pm yesterday met a minor incident near the Dartmouth street bridge as wheels struck a frog and slid off track slightly delaying traffic. No injuries were reported. James Wilson the smallpox patient from Galloupe Island has been fully cured. Joseph M. Wales was arrested for forgery. An address on the Protective Tariff was urged at the Young Men's Christian Union. Michael Cleary was assaulted on South street. the footpad was captured. Justice John Lathrop was inducted as a Superior Court judge. A Universalist memorial service honored Rev Dr William H Ryder of Chicago. George Miles won a water board contract for a Breed's Hill high service tank. Anna Rogers fractured her arm on Washington street and was treated at City Hospital. Timothy Shea died at City Hospital from a hip fracture after an earlier accident on Congress street. A Rowley man had a theft of clothes and shoes while asleep in an Eastern depot. Merchants Fire and Marine Insurance elected directors. Rogers became president. Franklin Insurance reelects its old officers. Ex Commodore Charles V Whitten to be hosted at Round Table dinner March 19. Rev Dr J H Morrison spoke on the originality of Jesus to the Boston Association of Ministers.

Hyde Park Boston & Providence Railroad Dartmouth Street James Wilson Galloupe’s Island Wilson Neptune Cushing Joseph M. Wales William Whitman Young Men’s Christian Union William H. Ryder Chicago Boston Richard Eddy President Capen J. H. Rugg G. H. Emerson C. A. Skinner C. E. Biddle Cambridge Quincy Whitney Charles Caverly George Hill R. P. Lush George Miles South Boston The Water Board Breed’s Hill Anna Rogers Hudson Street Washington Street City Hospital Timothy Shea South Street John P. Squire Congress Street McDonald Rowley Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Company F. K. Bradlee George S. Cushing Thomas K. Cummins Thomas M. Devens Benjamin F. Fields George R. Minot Richard C. Nichols George R. Rogers Gorham Rogers William G. Weld IL. G. Whitney James Simpson Franklin Insurance Company of Charles V. Whitten Hull Yacht Club Round Table Hotel Victoria B. L. M. Tower J. J. Henry J. B. Forsyth J. H. Morrison Boston Association of Ministers Marlboro Street Jesus

Ernest Rhys to Lecture on London Literary Life in the Eighteen-Highties

Ernest Rhys lectures at Chickering Hall on London literary life in the eighteen eighties. He surveys poetry, novels, criticism and drama, tracing trends and the influence of Tennyson Browning Swinburne Meredith Morris Stevenson Besant Lang Gosse Dobson Hardy and Marston. He highlights younger writers likely to shape London’s literary future.

Ernest Rhys Chickering Hall London Rhys Lord Tennyson Messrs. Browning Swinburne George Meredith William Morris Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Besant Andrew Lang Edmund Gosse Austin Dobson Thomas Hardy Philip Rourke Marston

A Christian Sovereign and the Crown Prince of Prussia

In 1886 a visitor recalls Pasteur Godet of Neuchatel who tutored the Crown Prince, later German Emperor. The prince shared daily diary notes during Austria Prussia wars, praising Godet’s lessons and foretelling a future Christian sovereign in Europe. The prince favored modest Swiss summers with quiet visits to Neuchatel and Hotel Bellevue.

Pasteur Godet Neuchatel Prussia Germany Pénelon Austria Bohemian Crécy Sadowa Olmutz Switzerland Thone Europe Frepen Neuchtel Hotel Bellevue

Duty of the State in Moral Education Debate at Boston Ministers’ Meeting

The Boston Evangelical Ministers Association discussed whether the state should educate citizens, valuing individual primacy while urging moral instruction in schools. Speakers urged Bible presence in curricula, while calling for a state role to foster virtue, industry, and public morality with a proposed standard morals text across Boston and the Commonwealth.

Dinners Honor Local Officials and Club Members

Twenty evening high school teachers dined at Young's with J F Pond presiding. Bank presidents attended a Tremont House luncheon, and Democratic representatives were treated to a Quincy House dinner. The Beverly Yacht Club met at Parker House with Commodore Sears presiding, adopting 1888 sailing rules. Merchant Tailors' Exchange held its Parker's dinner.

Young’s J.F. Pond Tremont House General Court Quincy House Parker House Beverly Yacht Club Commodore Sears Merchant Tailors’ Exchange Parker’s

Supreme Judicial Court Terms Hear Arguments March Twelfth

The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth convened March 12 with Justices Morr ton, Devens, Allen and Holmes present. Cases argued include Sewall Day Cordage Co v Boston Water Power Co and Davis Johnson v same, plus George Brooks v same. Attorneys listed for both sides and a sequence of additional filings ordered.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth Morrton C. J Devens C. Allen HoLmEs Sewall & Day Cordage Company Boston Water Power Company Davis Johnson Francis Doran Samuel Cohen J. H. Pence R. J. McKelleger James Benson Eben P. Goodwin L. W. Howes G. C. Abbott C. B. Southard

Raymond v. Russell tort action against Rus sell et al

A tort action seeks 75000 dollars damages for injury and loss from alleged false and malicious Mercantile Agency reports affecting the plaintiff George J. Raymond’s credit. Proceedings list parties Morse Dabney Wheeler for plaintiff and Dabney Wheeler for defendants with numerous prior related cases cited.

Barker George J. Raymond Edward Russell Mercantile Agency Robert M. Morse, Jr R. Lund L. S. Dabney E. W Henry Wheeler

Superior Civil Court Daggers Through Essex County Briefs

March 12 reports jury verdicts in Byers et al v Merlet and McDermott v McGovern for the plaintiffs. Haggerty v City of Lawrence seeks $5000 for a snow ice fall causing a fractured femur. defense denies liability. Docket items Leonard Ayers and Edison cases listed for March 13 along with several railroad and electric company matters.

Superior Civil Court Essex County Haggerty City of Lawrence Shattuck Street John P. Sweeney William F. Moyes BE. T. Burley Leonard Y. Ayers Baldue Edison Robertson Boston Electric I, Co Maine RR Watterworth Damon Edison Sex Savings Bank Electric 11, Co Edison Sting Electric Lil Co. Org

Thompson and others in Middlesex criminal court

In Middlesex Superior Court on March 12 Judge Harry W. Perkins presided. Defendants include Somerville resident larceny case, Cambridge resident liquor nuisance case, Lowell resident liquor nuisance case, and Natick resident liquor nuisance case. Sentences include fines of 50 to 75 dollars plus costs.

Superior Court Middlesex County Thompson J. Harry W. Perkins Somerville Massachusetts Reformatory Alexander M. Celso Cambridge Edward P. Conway Lowell Michael Barnacle Natick

Hen houses at Watertown struck. dogs kill forty to fifty hens

The hen houses belonging to Alexander McKillop and James Quirk in Watertown were entered by dogs Sunday night. Between forty and fifty hens, valued at about $50, were killed in the incident.

Alexander McKillop James Quirk Watertown

Uncle Sam brings 100 crews from Pubnico to Gloucester

The schooner Uncle Sam arrived at Gloucester on Monday from Pubnico Nova Scotia bringing 100 men who go fishing from that port. The harbor has faced difficulties in securing crews recently.

Uncle Sam Gloucester Pubnico

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