Debated Beverly division bill stalls with no vote
In the General Court Beverly town split talks trigger heated debate over tax and debt apportionment. Senators discuss Beverly Farms residents, Boston tax losses, and the impact on city and state finances as the House chambers fill for the women suffrage vote.
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Beverly
Senate
Committee On Towns
Fisk
Supreme Court
Kingsley
Beverly Farms
New Town
Old Town
Whitney
Millbury
Boston
Goromer
Symonds and Whitney
Hathorne
Bos- Boston
Case No
Commonwealth
Gleason
Mr. Hathorne
Brice
American Commonwealth
Symonds
Water rights hearing on great ponds and damagess bill
The water supply committee held a hearing on allowing towns to take water from great ponds with no damages owed to littoral owners. Pratt urged general principles aligning with the Fall River Waiuappa case, while others argued retroactive changes and state ownership limits. The session adjourned with a civil service veterans preference bill reviewed and no opposition.
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Committee On Water Supply
Pratt
Abington
Rockland
Supreme Court
Fall River
E. C. Bumpus
Quincy
H. G. Barker
Cambridge
Revere Copper Company
B. N. Johnson
Thomas West
Haverhill
J. L Sargent
Manufacturers’ Association
Committee On Public Service
Civil Service Commissioners
Civil Service
Russell
L. Powers
R. L. Tobin
Massachusetts
Henry D, Hyde
E. B. Pierce
Taxation committee hearing on stock shares assessment and mortgage exemptions
Garvey of Lowell John D. Long and Clement K Fay of Boston urged a bill to secure correct assessment of shares of stock in corporations incorporated by other states. Opponents remonstrated. Experts George W Hills and Henry Winn spoke on taxation and said current mortgage exemptions were unfair to other interests.
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Garvey
Lowell
John D. Long
Clement K. Fay
Boston
Committee On Taxation
Qessis
Fay
George W. Hills
Henry Winn
School Committee Honors and Staffing Actions
The Boston school committee met last evening and adopted resolutions for the death of Charles Woodman Clark former master of Gaston school. It approved several teacher appointments and promotions and urged legislative authority to locate school sites bond land and fund new buildings. It also sought power to elect salaried officers during good behavior and considered supplying US flags to high and grammar schools.
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Packard
Charles Woodman Clark
Gaston School
Gallagher
Swasey
Messrs. Fallon
Mowry
Walsh
Bertha Pierce
Bigelow School
Annie 8. McCormick
Bigelow
Lena Lev. Dutton
Mather
Daisy G. Dame
Albany Street
Samuel F. Tower
English High
Rosanna Follan
Agassiz
Julia G. L. Morse
Bowdoin
Annie M. Wilson
Dearborn
Catherine J. Cunningham
Eliot
Marion A McIntyre
Mr. Vernon
Lucy G. Flusk
Dorchester
Everett
Margaret Holmes
Ae O’brien
Anna G. Wells
Lowell
Florence Marshall
Rice
Almira L Wilson
Committee On Legislative Affairs
City of
Boston
United States
Hotels Hosts Diners for Bank Officers and Alumni
President Augustus L. Thorndike presided at a complimentary dinner for Boston Cooperative Bank officers at Hotel Thorndike praising the bank which paid 7 percent since its founding. A parade of dinners followed at various inns with alumni and society groups from Harvard, St Pauls School, Vermont Medical College, and others, listing officers and attendees and new arrivals at several hotels.
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Augustus L. Thorndike
Boston Cooperative Bank
Hotel
Thorndike
Revere House
Frederick W. Lincoln
George Uriel Crocker
F. W. Lincoln
Samuel Hatch
Parker's
New England Cracker Association
Boston Tavern
Norfolk Social Clu
Quincy
C. W. Karcher
M. A. Brown
N. B. Lawrence
H. W. Cook
G. L. Bragg
A. J. Tavener
F. W., Brown
B. S. Palmer
J. B. Maccabe
Palmer
Andrew Hall
F. A. Smith
Colonel Matthews
J. T. Fynes
Young’s
Frank H
A. Webber
Wilcox
New York
C. M. Babbitt
Chicago
C. Whitmore
Louise Whitmore
Gardiner
H. D. Fisher
Colorado Springs
B. Bowen
Philadelphia
Revere
A. M. Wallace
Bridget
Conn
GW. Todd
Kansasity
Coughton
C.H
Women Admitted to Bostonian Society Vote
The Bostonian Society met at the Old State House to decide on admitting women as members. Samuel H. Russell the Rev J P Bodfish and John N Barbour spoke for and against. The motion to admit passed with 74 in favor and 14 opposed.
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The
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Samuel H. Russell
J. P. Bodfish
John N. Barbour
Captain Luther Kenny Arrives to Command New Schooner Louise J Kenny
Gulovucester March 12 Captain Luther Kenny arrives as the commander of the Atlantic company's new schooner Louise J Kenny named for his wife. The 155.4 ton vessel, largest fishing craft from this port, will carry 500 hogs heads of salt and a crew of eighteen men who accompanied him.
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Luther Kenny
Gulovucester
Sipecrau
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Company
Louise J. Kenny
Coal Prices Cut Across Major Grades In New Schedule
Representatives of the six leading coal companies met in New York and cut wholesale prices by 60 cents per ton for stove coal 65 cents for chestnut 40 cents for egg and 16 cents for grate The new schedule takes effect immediately Stove price set at 4 15 chestnut 4 egz 3 75 and other grades adjusted accordingly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barge accident ties 82-year-old man to hospital
Alfred Halverson, 82, a crew member aboard the barge Lone Star, was tangled in a hawser off Boston Light and broke both legs. He was transported to City Hospital for treatment.
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Lone Star
Boston Light
Alfred Halverson
Suffolk County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Central Congregational Church
Jamaica Plain
Hannah Wason
Methodist Episcopal Church
Broadway
Boston
L. G. Parker
Fifth Regiment
Charlestown City
Prohibition Rally Draws Women Support in Tremont Temple
A large Prohibition rally in Tremont Temple featured speakers Miss E S Tobey Mrs A J Gordon and others arguing for constitutional prohibition with emphasis on cracking the liquor trade at its root and expanding women’s participation in law making. A street parade and child workers from the Loyal League of the Temperance Union capped the event with songs and a collection totaling 50.
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Tremont Temple
E. $. Tobey
New Hampshire
A. J. Gordon
Supreme Court
Rhode Island
Boston
Fessenden
Rabbi Schindler
Kansas
Iowa
Massachusetts
Maine
Alice J. Osborne
Joseph Cook
Mr. Haynes
Temple
Osborne
English High School
P. E. Bishop
Loyal League of the Temperance Union of Massachusetts
Emily McLaughlin
Washington
Bradford
Chevis
Kentucky
United States
Miss Tobey
Marguerite Harriman
Massive NY Firm Stock Sold to Jordan Marsh Co
The largest single transaction in Eastern America saw J & Johnston’s entire stock sold to Jordan Marsh & Co. The five floors of fabrics were moved en bloc to Boston’s Jordan Marsh store. Buyers from New England flocked to the Washington Street sale, with Boston heavily represented. Clerks and teams worked late to deliver goods as the sale continued. Coffee and bread were provided to staff, with 6000 loaves used.
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Montain Bane
Ak Ymet
America
J. & ©. Johnston
New York
New England
Boston
Washington Street
Courts Dismiss Infringement Suit Over Raw Hide Patent
In a March 12 decision Judge Corr ruled in Royer versus Coupe that the combination of a raw hide fulling machine with an automatic reverser claimed in patent 172346 lacks patentable invention and dismissed the bill. The related case against other defendants found no infringement and was dismissed. Attorneys I. L. Livermore and F for plaintiff. B. F. Thurston for defendant.
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United States Circuit Court
Corr
Herman Royer
William Coupe
I. L. Livermore
B. F. Thurston
Suffolk Superior Court March sessions list and cases
Suffolk County docket outlines First through Fifth Sessions with cases including Abbie A. Gordon vs Albin M. Richards for Montasco Hotel conversion and Richard Clark vs Merchants and Miners Transport for injuries. Also notes Isabella Kiernan rent dispute, McCarthy vs Roxbury Stone Co for a powder explosion, and Parker vs Horton assault damages. Middlesex County list notes Lowell juries and William Sullivan case slated for trial.
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Richard Clark
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Berkshire
E. J. Jenkins
W. B. Orcutt
K. Stone
Isabella Robinson
P. B. Kiernan
Chelsea
Houghton
Froughton
J. W. O’brien
T. J. Morrison
John J. McCarthy
Roxbury Stone Company
J.J. Sullivan
H. E. Swasey
McCarthy
Rox
Morse Vy
Boston
Harrington
Order
Barnes
Richards
United Friends
Robertson
Kirman
Brown
Mass
Collins
Callahan
Ins. Co
Shaw
Lawrence
Hurley
Lalley
Mfg. Co
Casey
Lamb
Stafford
Bartlett
Washington Street
West Roxbury
J. F. Kilton
TI. J. Gargan
Bailey
Free
Hamilton
Tefton
Mulvey
Paul
Matthews
Sullivan
Newhall
W& M. RR
Pierce
Carroll
Oberlander
Car
Cavanagh
Dargin Stairs
Same
Messenger
Higuins
Ropes
Gael Ce Pl
Edmans
Allen
Herry
Minton
Fenwick
Holland
Clark
Marcus
Fitch
Greaves
Page
Ings
Abbott
Morandi
Irene
Middlesex County
Mason
Lowell
Smith Baker
Nicholas B. Keyon
Medford
David G. Richardson
Reading
William Sullivan
Daniel J. Murphy
Thompson Mary A Betham of Melrose Lays Charge in Court
Middlesex Superior Court records March 12 list Mary A Betham of Melrose as common raiser and brawler with $50 fine and costs. John McGovern of Weburn cited for labor nuisance.
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Superior Criminal Court
Middlesex County
Thompson
J. Mary A. Betham
Melrose
John McGovern
Weburn
Framingham man fined for liquor nuisance in small town case
Harry B. Pembexton of Framingham charged with liquor nuisance receives $100 fine and costs. Omas Peters of Bherborn fined $50 and costs for liquor keeping and ordered to serve three months at the house of correction.
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House of Correction
Harry B. Pembexton
Framingham
Omas Peters
Bherborn
Adjourned Plymouth County Supreme Court Session Opens
March 12 session begins with civil trials. Dr Moses R K Simmons versus Dr W E C Swan of Stoughton alleges unpaid services under a disputed contract. Defense contends the contract illegal. case continued to tomorrow.
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Supreme Court
Plymouth County
Alpdrich
Moses RK. Simmons
W. E. C. Swan
Stoughton
Burns v City of Lawrence slips on sidewalk case set for jury
In Essex County Superior Court on March 12 Judge Orwey heard Nellie Burns sue City of Lawrence for 4000 after she fell December 12 1886 on a slippery sidewalk allegedly due to ice. Defense contests liability. Arguments closed and the case goes to the jury. Also listed Shapine v Shaw water damage dispute with grade change and several other docket items.
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Superior Court
Essex County
Orwey
Nellie Burns
City of
Lawrence
Jonn P. Sweeney
Knox
John Shapine
Jeremiah Shaw
Haverhill
N. P. Bartlett
Benjamin I
Brickett
Shapine
Shaw
Elliott
Hennessey
Hart
O'Neil
Phen
Phillips
Varley
Essex
Survey
City of Ings Bank
Parkman
Matthews
Superior Court Docket Summary March 12 Staples
March 12 docket lists J William J Robinson fined for larceny. Kate Hennessey on file for larceny. John O Brien and John Riley convicted of robbery to four years State prison. Benjamin Reynolds four years house of correction. George Pamstead four months idle and disorderly. Ann Phipps eight months assault 2nd battery. Case list numbers show Commonwealth vs Harrington larceny and others for liquor law and larceny across many defendants. multiple counts of breaking and entering false pretences rape cheating and more against named defendants.
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Superior Criminal Court
Staples
William J. Robinson
Kate Hennessey
John O’brien
John Riley
Benjamin Reynolds
Robery
House of Correction
George Pamstead
House of Industry
Michael Tolan
Massachusetts Reformatory
Ann Phipps
Commonwealth
Harrington
Same
Mulloy
King Et al
Young
Edwards
Butler
McElbany
Iquor
Mctatridge
O’ Keefe
Mitchell
Godfrey
Brown
Burke
Lawrence
Crowley
Doerty
Friel
Flynn
Graham
Kolb
Lynch
McHenry
McKenry
Walsh
Connor
Miller
Goodman
Metsride
Lake
Municipal Court March 12 Criminal Session Outcomes
Curtis Sadie Freeman and Fannie Trosky bound over for trial in Superior Court on larceny warrants. William Marshall fined 25 dollars for attempting to rescue a prisoner and bound over in 300 dollars for April term. Civil cases listed with multiple docket numbers and party names.
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Curtis
J. Sadie Freeman
Fannie Trosky
William Marshall
Parmenter
C.J
Exy
J. List
Robinson
Massachusetts Supreme Court on removing an administrator
A Massachusetts decision explains that removing an administrator over a conveyance to him by the deceased to defeat creditors is unnecessary. Instead, creditors may sue to void the transfer or bring a decree that assets are available for debts. The opinion cites English equity practice and prior Massachusetts cases, noting the proper path includes removal proceedings, appointment of a new administrator, and then suit to set aside the conveyance if warranted.
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Putney
Fletcher
Supreme Court
Equity
Seton
Firstational Insurance Company
Salisbury
Mass
Ellis
Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad Company
Yeatman
Probate
Court cautions on scope of equity jurisdiction
The court notes the relief prayed may not match the asked remedy and suggests amendment could focus the suit on proper grounds. It emphasizes limiting the decision’s effect to the current case to avoid undermining the courts’ useful equity jurisdiction.
Seventeen Sewer Workers Cut As Mayor Slashes Costs
Mayor Hart orders removal of seventeen sewer department employees to trim expenses to the appropriation. John C Carson and Martin Regan become foremen of merged districts with William Olmstead in charge. Sa laries listed for foremen inspectors and other staff show reductions. Olmstead, a civil engineer with two years in the department, leads consolidated unit. Total annual saving cited at 24100 dollars.
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Hart
Ralph A. Quimby
North End
John ©. Carson
Central District
Martin Regan
William H. Olmstead
Mr. Quimby
John C. Carson
John L. Kelley
Alfred Pitts
John Farrell
Rodmen
Thomas Carberry
Alfred C. Pike
Charles Mooney
John B. Archibald
Joseph Butler
James Short
P. A. Jackson
Aid
Thomas J. Condon
Peter W. Murphy
John Donahue
James Durkin
Olmstead
Civil Service
Victims of High Tariff Warn South Boston Need Sense
A South Boston letter criticizes Senator Dawes Hoar and other Republicans for tariff policy harming laborers. The writer, a discharged worker, calls for free fish potatoes iron lumber wool and sugar, warns of moving to Pennsylvania, and urges elected officials to favor workers over protectionist measures. February 1889.
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Post
New England
South Boston
Dawes
Hoar
Beard
Andrew
Nova Scotia
Europe
Pennsylvania
Norway
Senate
Aldrich
Lenten Services at First Church on Berkeley Marlboro
Lenten Wednesday service at 4 30 o clock will be preached by Rev E A Horton at First Church on Berkeley and Marlboro streets.
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Cnurcu
Berkeley and
Marlboro Streets
E. A. Horton
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Sanger
Morison
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Treasury of the Commonwealth
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M. J. Carroll
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
B. C. Perkins
George F. Day
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Committee On Agriculture
Charles Lawrence
Committee On the Judiciary
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Bradford Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Institute
Hommeopathic Medical Dispensary
Reed Or Brightman
Snell Burial Ground
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J. M. Burgess
William A. Alexander
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You Henry Clifford
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Frank A. Einstein
Savanna
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H. H. Mather
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Attorney- General
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Bethel Church
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H. C. Bliss
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Ravenna
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