That tunnel scheme hearings on Boston East Boston bridge plan
The Boston common council debated a seven member committee to study a city backed tunnel or bridge to East Boston. A bridge option was proposed to avoid navigation interference. Other orders urged street widening, conduits for utilities, library work, kindergarten funding, and Evacuation Day pay for city staff. A Chinese laundries licensing measure was sent to judiciary for consideration.
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East Boston
Common Council
Lomasney
Boston
Fraser
Fanning
Hayes
Ward 12
Committee On Judiciary
Dergt
Battery Street
Sde
Commercial Street
Arry
Committee On Appropriations
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Norfolk Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston Memorial Association
Boston Harbor
South Boston
City Hospital
Roxbury High School
Grand Army
Water Board
Elmwood
Roxbury
Main Street
Charlestown
Board of Overseers of
East Boston Ferries
National Meter Company
Indignant Democrats Oppose Breen Delegation Plan
In Lawrence on March 15 the Daily Eagle warns Democrats about illegally called caucuses that chose Breen delegates to the district convention. It argues Breen opposes President Cleveland and urges voters to back delegates reflecting national administration support, noting a possible contest to defeat Cleveland at St Louis.
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Lawrence
Specral
Daily Eagle
Democratic
Breen
Lowell
St. Louis
Cleveland
Democratic Party
The Howard Open Again Detours Dan' Bully Visit
Snow-bound in New York Danl Bully cannot perform at the Howard Atheneum this season and will be replaced by an improvised program featuring bicycle acts, a comic queen of ballad singing, Ethiopian sketch, revolver shooting, and sparring demonstrations. The two heavyweight fighters engaged in a lively display of the manly art amid a revived, bustling program for patrons.
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Howard Atheneum
Dan
New York
Dan’l
The
Howard
Revolver
America
Ethics of Law Address by Moorfield Storey at Young Men's Christian Union
Moorfield Storey of Boston spoke on The Ethics of Law during the Practical Ethics course at the Young Men's Christian Union. He argued that law reflects moral rules, widens with civilization, and should be coupled with honesty in legal practice. The talk, the eleventh in the course, stressed law’s role in regulating duties to others and the lawyer’s need to avoid fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorfield Storey
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Union
Story
Storey
Union
Stony Brook Flood Precautions Amid Snowmelt Threat
Superintendent Perkins of Roxbury sewerage outlines precautions for rising water from rapid snowmelt. A force of twenty men monitors the brook and removes surplus snow, with stop planks ready at Walkhill and Canterbury dams to flood areas and reduce drainage. He warns of potential flood if a cold snap follows rain, noting the system can handle about half the 1586 flood.
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Stony Brook
Perkins
Sewer Department
Boston Belting Company
Walkhill Street
Canterbury
Ashland
Canterbury Streets
Walkbill Street
Hyde Park
Roxbury
The Power of Citizenship Sermon at St. John the Evangelist
Dr Chambre of Lowell preached on citizenship at Mission Church of St John the Evangelist. He urged citizens to exercise the ballot, avoid partisanship, and demand clean government while upholding family morals and religious instruction in schools. The talk linked civic duty to national and heavenly citizenship and warned against indifference and licentiousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John the Evangelist
Dr. Chambre of Lowell
St. Paul
Boston
New York
Kingdom of Heaven
Exhibition reviews of Boston art shows and Green portraits
The Boston Water Color Society third annual show at Williams & Everett is seen as agreeable but not strong, with most works only suggestive of ability. Critique covers many members and landscapes, noting strong pieces by Allen, Bolt, Hallet, and Smith among others. C. E. L. Green’s upcoming gallery at Chase is praised for refined color and solid technique, with a highlight shore scene deemed near perfect. Also referenced are private collections by J. L. Groves, upcoming Easter items from Prang, and the spring show at Noyes Cobb & Co with European and American works, plus notes on public art events, sales, and regional exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Water Color Society
Messrs. Williams & Everett
J. H. Caliga
J. A. Fraser
F. Childe Hassam
H. Winthrop Peirce
CG F F. Pierce
Louis Ritter
Arthur Rothh
Henry Sandham
John §. Sargent
Thomas Allen
E. D. Bolt, Jr
G. H. Clements
C. Copeland
E. H. Garrett
Hendricks A. Hallet
Philip Little
C. E. Mills
Joseph L. Smith
W. L. Taylor
P. R. Triscott
Ross Turner
Mr. Allen
Bolt
Park Street
Clement
Copeland
Marsh
Garrett
Hallet
Mr. Little
Mills
Smith
Taylor
Triscott
Nice
C. E. L. Green
J. Eastman Chase
Green
Charles Francis Adams
Adams
Noyes, Cobb & Co
Burnier
Berne- Bellecour
Cromanus
DeBeul
Detaille
Frere
Grolleron
Haag
Jacque
Jacomin
Drapy
Kaemmerer
Karlovsky
Michel
Piot
Richet
Rico
Richter
Saunier
Schreyer
Troyon
Verbas
Verboeckhoven
van Marcke
Wahlberg
Yon
Becker
Henry Bacon
Dusseldorf
Hofgarten
Ernst Herter
Salisbury Tuckerman
Boston
Holland
Paint and Clay Club
Art Club Gallery
Art Club
Thomas Robinson
Providence
Tom’’ Robinson
Moston
Cambridge G A R Post 30 hosts camp fire at hall
Post 30 G A R members and supporters gathered at Grand Army Hall Cambridgeport for a camp fire with recitations by Captain Jack Crawford cornet solos by Master Hopkinson and harmonica duets by the Lewis brothers. Brief addresses followed by a hearty collation. An Odd Fellows bar masque at Cambridgeport hall featured a floor direction team and a list of organizers.
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Post 30
Grand Army Hall
Main Street
Cambridgeport
Post
Jack Crawford
Master Hopkinson
Lewis Brothers
Battery A
Boston
Somerville Sons of Veterans Wife
Messrs. Holt
Kivlan
James A. Fox
D. N. Beach
Post Department
George &. Evans
Odd Fellows’ Hall Association
Friendship Lodge No. 20
Cambridge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
John C. Crocker
H W. Vallentine
Charles Waugh
John F. Coolidge
John W. Matloon
James W. Coleman
K. W. Bettinson
James W. Melver
The Revere House Famed For Fare And Service
The Revere House earns praise for its excellent fare and attentive service, distinguishing itself among local dining options with steady quality and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere House
Rotch Scholarship Promises Yearly Funds for Study Abroad
The Rotch travelling scholarship, founded in 1888 by the late Benjamin S. Rotch’s children, funds two years of foreign study for under 30 architects who have two years practice in Massachusetts. A April 5 Boston judging event at the Museum of Fine Arts will determine candidates and prize sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roteh
Benjamin S. Rotch
Boston Society of Architects
Massachusetts
Boston
Europe
Messrs
Eaward C. Cabot
Charles A. Cummings
R. 8. Peabody
Arthur Roten
Edmund M. Wheelwright
Clarence H. Blackall
F. E. Kidder
Samuel W. Mead
Cabot & Chandler
William F. Newton
Greece
Edgar A. Joslyn
Paris
Society of Architects
Iron Hall convention opens with varied programme at Mechanics Hall
The first convention of the Order of the Iron Hall featured a lengthy programme at Mechanics Hall to raise funds for a Home fund and to support a reading room and employment bureau for members. Julius E. Ward opened with an organ voluntary. the Cambridge orchestra led by W. E. Thomas performed Iron Hall. John Thomas drew the crowd. Adelaide Proctor’s Lost Chord was rendered by the Miguen quartet. The Bostonia Glee Club also performed. Miss Mary B. Folger impressed with Chariot Race. Afternoon addresses by district and supreme officers debated fraternal organization roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Order of the Iron Hall
Home Fund
Iron Hall
Julius E. Ward
Cambridge
W. E. Thomas
Leaer
John Thomas
Adelaide Proctor
Miguen
Hattie W. Clarke
Lara A. Gordon
Nellie L. Woodbury
M. Adele Crossette
Miss Crossette
Schumann
Bridges Talk and Musical Events Highlight Boston Club Notes
Regular Commercial Club session at the Parker House features Professor George F Swain presenting A Historical and Descriptive Talk on Bridges with stereopticon. New England Public School Music Teachers Association meets at Sleeper Hall 2 30 pm with a chorus from Everett and Hyde schools. A concert at Eliot Hall Jamaica Plain March 22 8 45 pm supports the Kindergarten for the Blind, band from Perkins Institute. Tickets at Perkins Day streets kindergarten and 94 Green Street Jamaica Plain and 837 Avon Street Boston. Merchants urged to improve mail, with Washington visit promising faster deliveries by Friday. Funeral of Thomas Emmons Fitch son of Fire Commissioner Robert G Fitch held at Hotel Argyle, remains to be placed in receiving vault until May and buried in Chapinville Conn. Floral offerings limited per request of Mr Fitch. L Edwin Dudley to speak on Reminiscences of Reconstruction Days in Virginia at Young’s Hotel tomorrow 2 pm with J Hendrix McLane of South Carolina attending. Boston Baseball Club adjourned meeting at Young’s Hotel to May 9 after considering prior motion to close corporation affairs. New England Trotting Horse Breeders fix fall stakes dates Sept 25 26 27 28 at Mystic Park with entries closing April 1. Dr Francis H Mullen Ninth Regiment surgeon died yesterday. Colonel Strachan orders mourning emblems for 30 days.
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Commercial Club
Parker House
George F. Swain
New England Public School Music Teachers’ Association
Sleeper Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Franklin Square
Everett and Hyde
Boston
H. G. Carey
Eliot Hall
Jamaica Plain
Perkins Institute
Perkins and
Day Streets
H. W. Broughton
Green Street
Avon Street
Washington
Thomas Emmons Fitch
Robert G. Fitch
Virginia
J. Hendrix McLane
South Carolina
South
Boston Baseball Club
Young’s Hotel
Soden
New England Association of Trotting Horse Breeders
Mystic Park
Francis H. Mullen
Strachan
Mme Pegou’s Chopin Recital at Steinert Hall
Mme Albert Pegou gave the fourth in her Chopin recital series at Steinert Hall yesterday afternoon to a good sized audience. Her playing showed a French character with pure technique and adaptability. Notable parts included the sonata and waltz. the fifth recital was postponed from March 22 to April 9. Richard Heard.
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Mme
Albert Pégou
Steinert Hall
M. Pégou
Mme. Pégou
Richard Heard
Cecilia concert March 22 with varied classical works
The next Cecilia concert is Thursday evening March 22 featuring The Praise of Music, Beethoven choral and orchestra pieces with soloists Effie Stewart Whit tier George W Want and Ivan Morawski, Dvorak Spring Fantasy and Gade arrangements. Max Voyrich and Mrs Max Voyrich perform in Steinert Hall tonight with Schumann piano works and Voyrich transcriptions. faelten and Mahr present a piano violin recital Saturday at the Meionaon for the New England Conservatory.
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Beethoven
Effie Stewart
H. S. Whittier
George W. Want
Ivan Morawski
A. Dvorak
Niels W. Gade
H. C. McLain
H. G. Tucker
Bair Ellen
Ce Ceeeses Weer
Max Bruch
KE. B. Kehew
Max Voyrich
Steinert Hall
Schumann
Voyrich
Mozart
Jensen
Messrs
Faelton
Mahr
New England Conservatory
Closing Lecture on Ethics by Rev. Tiffany in Channing Hall
The Rev. Francis Tiffany closed his three part Ethics lectures in Channing Hall focusing on reverence for God self and others. He warned against seeking flaws while sun shines on all and urged restoring reverence noting nothing is beneath us in God eyes and mercy lifts the humble. He urged teachers to pair instruction with example and stressed practice over precept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Tiffany
Channing Hall
God
Jesus
Tiffany
Cambridge School Board Accepts Payments and Leaves
The Cambridge school committee met last evening and approved paying Miss Marion Bradbury 96 for extra services at the Latin school, with her salary permanently set at 800 per year. Sarah Rand of Shepard grammar school was granted leave to finish the year. Rules about corporal punishment were referred to the rules committee to plan substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Marion Bradbury
Sarah A. Rand
Shepard Grammar School
Committee On
Somerville School Exhibits Work In High School Hall
Pupils who attended the winter drawing school presented an exhibit in the High School Hall drawing praise from city officials and teachers. The Somerville Light Infantry Company M will hold a social event with a Kramer medal competition followed by a banquet concert and dance for associates and active members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Percee
Somerville Light Infantry
Kramer
Supreme Judicial Court arguments March fifteenth
The court logged cases presented before Chief Justice Morton with Justices Devens Allen and Holmes. Cases 1929 Gorely vs Butler and 1930 Fitchburg Railroad Co. vs Frost were argued with counsel listed. Additional matters included 1882 Jennings et al. v Fitchburg Railroad. A sequence of later dockets followed.
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Supreme Judicial Court For
the Commonwealth
Morton
C. J
Devens
Allen and Holmes
J.J
Charles P. Gorely
Benjamin F. Butler
W.H. H. Andrews
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Samuel T. Frost
G. A. Torrey
M. F. Farrell
Charles Jennings
Boston Law Docket Posts Tort Actions and Trials
Case list from Boston court session details multiple tort and contract actions. Notable entries include No 4104 William Balaam versus James W Kennedy over injuries from a wagon collision caused by a brewery steam blast, and No 145 George J. Raymond versus Edward Russell et al alleging false Mercantile Agency reports harming credit. Proceedings note trials viewed by jury and forthcoming motions.
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William Balaam
James W. Kenney
Roxbury
Paul R. Blackburn
William Gaston
C. L. B. Whitney
Barker
George J. Raymond
Edward Russell
Mercantile Agency
Robert M. Morse, Jr
R. Lund
C. W. Cogswell
L. S. Dabney
BE. W. Hutchins
Henry Wheeler
Addie A. Dodge
Daniel Swan
Hotel Addison
Tremont Street
S. J. Elder
C. C. Mayberry
A. Upton
E. H. Dachinin
C. B. Kendall
Annex Machine Company
J. F. McKey Sand
M. Perry
Ambrose Eastman
Thompson and Gallagher Convicted in Arlington Liquor Case
Middlesex Superior Court on March 15 found Thomas Gallagher of Arlington guilty of liquor selling in a case involving Davis Locke of Porter's Hotel Cambridge. Case sent to the Supreme Judicial Court full bench on questions of law for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Middlesex County
Thommppson
Thomas Gallagher
Arlington
Davis Locke
Cambridge
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Civil Court docket notices and verdicts
Essex County March 15 docket shows Haggerty v City of Lawrence jury deadlocked 7 to 3 after 1:30 morning, three for defendant seven for plaintiff. Other cases include Leonard v Ayers verdict for plaintiff and Robertson v Boston Maine railroa d on trial. Multiple entries schedule further In order Friday March 8 738 Edison Electric Co cases and various civil actions against local defendants.
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J. B. Richardson
Thomas I. Grover
Fred Joy
George Miller
George W. Docker
Ito
Cambridgeport
J. F. Kilton
Edgar R. Champlin
Superior Civil Court
Essex County
Jones
Bailey
GeLe
Man
Margaret Robertson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Sweeney
Lincoln
Damon
Edison Electric Ill. Co
Theoio Mey
Erg
Bolduc
Edison Electric 11. Co
Prescott
Sea Shore Home Seeks Funds for Expansion Project
The Sea Shore Home officers urge supporters to fund a proposed expansion costing about 10000 dollars. Building plans include doubling current accommodations and essential renovations, with a deadline of April first. Donations may be sent to Treasurer Elliott Russell or to listed directors and physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEA Shore Home
Hale
Eliliotr Russell
Devonshire Street
E.K. Hale
John Lowell
George Hayward
H. Durgin
E. T. Williams
Elliott Russell
H. Cecil Haven
M. L. Chamberlain
George Thacher
W. H. H. Hastings
Charles W. Townsend
Funeral of C E Wiggin at Warren Avenue Church
The funeral of Charles E Wiggin was held yesterday at Warren Avenue Baptist Church Highlands after a service at his home 9 Woodville square. The Rev O P Gifford led prayers and music while Rev S F Smith preached a moving farewell. Interment followed at Mt Auburn with pallbearers named Sawyer Duncklee Wiles Norcross Chase and Wadsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Wiggin
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
F. Smith
Wiggin
Joseph Sawyer
B. W. Duncklee
Clinton Wiles
W. Roland Norcross
Leverett M. Chase
Jesse Wadsworth
Mt. Auburn
Greatly convenient upholstery and carpet sales fusion
The firm J. H. Pray, Sons & Co. combines upholstery goods and carpets in one store. Shoppers gain by the convenience and consistent color harmonies, eliminating the need to visit separate shops for these items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Pray, Sons & Co
Two Interesting Excursions Announced by Raymond & Whitcomb
The Raymond and Whitcomb agency reveals two spring trips for 1900. The eighth annual spring party to Colorado and California departs Boston April 26. The fifth annual spring excursion to Colorado, California and the Pacific Northwest departs May 8, visiting Portland Tacoma Seattle and Victoria. Circulars are available from W Raymond at 296 Washington Street.
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Messrs
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W. BR. Leonard
Prang
L. B. Comins
L. B. Humphrey
O. B. Whitney
Lord
Louis K. Harlow
Fr. Schuyler Matthews
Charles Vincent
Mme. Pegou
Cambridge School Board
Somerville
Superior Court
Mason, J
Morrell
Kelly
Hawley
Hilareth
Same
Vaughney
Amer, Rubber Co
Webster
Ee —Train
Boston Disinfec. Co
Boston Pisinfec. Co
Foote
Orvis
McKinnon
Aldrich
Todesta
Romano
Hosea
Brown
Crawford
Cushing
Nat. Bk. Cow
Coop. Pr. & Pub
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Askenasy
Packard
Cuava
Hussey
Davis
Pr. Co
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Crandall
Buffineton
Treat
Mason
Swift
Dwight
Cere
Sullivan
Farwell
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Defarari
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Meighan
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Merchants’ Natl. Bank
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Shea
Roberts
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Maloney
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Otto
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Loring & CO
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Washington St
E. J. Brown
Baker’s
Baker & CO
Mass
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Bratt Cambridge
James Russell Lowell
Newton
Watertown
LE Street
Renovating CO
Harrison Avenue
Pearl Street
Boston Furniture Club
Young
Schubert Club
Arthur Foote
J. H. Stickney
Adams House
H. E. Folsom, Vermont; Bolossy Kiralfy, New York; €. F. W. Hubbard
Ellsworth
A. O. Brooks
Springfield
James A. Kane
Portsmouth
Young’s—B. F. Milliken
Eastport
D. L Pettegrew
Worcester
Marcus Morton, Jr
Andover
L. C. Foster, Jr
Ithaca
Tremont—Fe
Dannelly
Fread N.H
B. M. Hillburn
Littleton
N. H
Quincy
Samuel Alexander
Philadelphia
A. S. Ranney
Concord
N. H. Redington
Chicago
Revere
G. L. Driggs Ana Wife
Scotland
James Montgomery
Newmpshire
R. A. Jordan
Bangor
United States
Benjamin Cooke
Fall River
George H. Water
Bridgewater
A. Mayo
Charles Henry Locke
Northampton
Gover
Chester HR
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