Mechanic’s Theory Focuses on Bussey Bridge Collapse
Testimony in the Bussey bridge disaster hearing weighed whether the wreck stemmed from a defective bridge or a train breakage. George Richards, master mechanic, described telescoping of cars Nos. 2 and 3 and noted potential breaking journals and obstructions on the bridge. The inquiry adjourned with Superintendent Folsom slated to testify next.
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Bussey Bridge
George Richards
Roxbury
Providence Road
Folsom
Putnam
Deane
Mr. Richards
Ually
Mr. Williams
Tie
Funerals for disaster victims begin across Dedham Roslindale
Dozens gathered for the funerals of Lizzie Mandeville at St Marys Church and Myron Tilden, Alice Walton, Edward Norris, William Strong, and William Snow in Dedham and Roslindale. Services were led by local clergy, with church and Masonic rites and interments at nearby cemeteries. The scenes reflected community shock and mourning after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Roslindale
Bussey
Lizzie Mandeville
St. Mary’s Church
Harvard Street
Sodality
John L. Whiting
C. D. Brooks & Co
Father Johnson
Dooley
Hurlihey
Brookdale Cemetery
Myron Tilden
J. B. Seabury
P. B. Davis
Hyde Park
Alice Walton
Episcopal Church
Lewis Burton
Cleveland
John L. Wakefield
Arthur Withington
Harry Pelton
Thorndike Spalding
Edward Cassell
Edward FE. Norris
Masonic Fraternity
Brookline
William S. Strong
Washington Street
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Andrew Burrows
South Presbyterian Church of
South Boston
Mt. Hope
William Snow
Mr. Strong
J. C. Hewitt
Albert FE. Johnson
Huguesius
Lovence Street
Johnson
Stowell & Co
Crowding the Trains After Boston & Providence Wreck
Letters to the editor accuse the railroad of criminal carelessness as crowds swarmed the wreck scene. Captain Folsom counters that crowds seized trains and fares, with volunteers helping remove debris while officials could do little to restrain the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
Boston & Providence Railroad Company
Folsom
Boston & Providence Railroad
Lenten Musicale Honoring Mr and Mrs Apotlinio
A large crowd attended at 32 East Chester Park last evening for a Lenten musicale honoring Mr and Mrs Spencer Apollonio. Performers included Schubert quartet, soloists like Mr Joseph W Leach and Mr W H Drew, plus Miss Lulu Stanley and Mr Melvin Day. The event featured German songs, duets, elocution, a ten-piece orchestra, and a late supper with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Joseph W. Leach
W. H. Drew
A. W. Burnett
Charles R. Adams
Jacob Benzing
Avon D. Saxon
Franklin A. Shaw
Luzzi
Buck
Marie Hester
Ada May Drew
Pinsuti
Lulu Stanley
Melvin R. Day
Jessie I. Oliver
Annie Whitcombe
Julia E. Wells
Emma ©. Wheeler
Pearl Dudley
Rudolph
Schubert
Goodnight
Maharba
J. F. Paul
G. A. Davis
Frank O. Nash
Fannie Sprague
George C. Dickson
Edwards
E. B. Paul
R. Casten
Dt Miss Hayes
Miss Clapp
Annie Washburn
Mme. Valdi
Spencer Apollonio
Cyrus Beebe
Howes
Horton
Brown
S. Potter
Myr
S. W. Spofford
Funeral notices from a Boston disaster aftermath
Multiple obituaries detail the deaths from a recent disaster and the funerals of William Durham Elwell Ida Adams Hattie Dudley Alice Burnett Harriet Cardinal and others. Services were led by Rev. Beakman Wyman Hewlett Beck and others at Roslindale West Roxbury Medfield and local churches.
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Watcr
Stowell
G. Beakman
Roslindale
West Roxbury
Beckwith
Ida Adams
Kittredge Street
Mr. Hewlett
Hattie Dudley
Dudley Street
Alice Burnett
Amherst Street
Obituary for Theodore N. Foque of Malden dies at 55
Theodore N Foque of Malden died early yesterday at age 55. He served in the Malden Legislature, was treasurer and tax collector, and a long time head bookkeeper and manager. A Mason and active civic figure, he left a widow two sons and three daughters. Funeral at his residence at noon Saturday.
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Theodore N. Foque
Malden
Farrar, Follett & Co
Boston
Gilman, Fogue & Co
North End
A. H. Davenport & Co
Board of
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Mt. Vernon Lodge
Boussant Commandery
Royal Arch
The
Tabernacle
Jefferson Council
American Legion of Honor
Mizpah Lodge
Deaths of Brigadier General Love and three businessmen
Brigadier-General George M. Love died in Buffalo of pneumonia after a short illness. He commanded the 116th New York Volunteers and was brevetted brigadier general for gallantry at Cedar Creek. William A. Swift, a noted builder of xbury, died at his South Street Roslindale home aged 75. J Watson Beach, Weed Sewing Machine president and Beach & Co. member, died in Hartford of pneumonia after three days illness at 64. He recently led Mercantile Bank as president.
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George M. Love
Buffalo
New York Volunteers
Cedar Creek
William A. Swift
Xbury
South Street
Roslindale
J. Watson Beach
Weed Sewing Machine Company
Beach & Co
Hartford
Mercantile Bank
School Superintendents Convene in Washington
Washington March 16 At the convention of school superintendents papers were read on powers and duties of officers and teachers and the best system of country supervision Delegates called on the President in a body this afternoon The evening session discussed industrial education in schools led by J W Dickinson of Boston and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinoton
J. W. Dickinson
Boston
Mass
East Boston Club Holds Public Exhibition at Webster Hall
The East Boston Athletic Club staged a public exhibition at Webster Hall drawing about four hundred local sports figures. A sparring tournament for a gold medal among East Boston amateurs crowned McGiveran as champion. Other bouts featured Sweeney of Baltimore versus Wall of East Boston and several additional matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston Athletic Club
Webster Hall
East Boston
Young McGiveran
Christopher Sweeney
Baltimore
Thomas Wall
Sylvie
Henry
Delvey
Giveran
Sweeney
Cannon
Smith
Riley
John Fitzpatrick
Cunningham
McWilliams
Lancashire
Foley
Kirwin
Boston
G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys Grow in Popularity
Proprieties of Chester H. Graves & Sons report tenfold business rise over years as the best drug and grocery trade favors their standard spirits for purity. Bottles bear the firm name signature under the cork, with unbranded cases available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Election of Officers by Boston Society of Civil Engineers
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers elected L. I. Rice as president and F. P. Stearns as vice president at Youngs Hotel. New memb ers bring total to 184. Memorials for Theophilus E Sickles and Clarence W Lunt were read. The banquet featured a menu engraved with Boston water works and civil engineering scenes.
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Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Young’s Hotel
L. I’. Rice
F. P. Stearns
H. L. Eaton
H. Manly
Thomas Aspinwall
H. D. Woods
Theophilus E. Sickles
Clarence W. Lunt
Thomas Doane
George N. Voce
Ora Shinn
New York & New England Railroad
Samuel M. Gray
Providence
R. L
Robert W. Greenleaf
Boston
E. D. Leavitt, Jr
Clemens Herschel
L. B. Bidwell
M. M. Tidd
F. B. Stearns
W. E. McClintock
E. C. Clark
D. Fitzgerald
Fires destroy multiple buildings across New York and beyond
A morning blaze in Acnany New York leveled a four story brick block housing a general store and shoe shop owned by H R Wright with two men nearly suffocated. Reed Manufacturing Plant in Canovanaing was also wiped out with a 50000 loss. Norwich Saint Patricks Church burned with a 250000 structure and 52000 insured. Muskroon Michigan Furniture store and five adjacent buildings burned with 10000 loss. Taunton barn and livestock burned on Friend street. Blackville South Carolina business area hit with losses near 100000 and partial insurance.
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Acnany
N. Y
H. R. Wright
Broadway
Hamilton Street
Jones
Boots and Shoes
Iwo
Canovanaing
Reed Manufacturing Company
Norwich
Conn
St. Patrick’s Church
New York
Muskroon
Mich
A. N. King’s Furniture
George Forshee
Taunton
Michael Daley
Friend Street
Charleston
8. C
Blackville
Harvard Crew Signals Spring, Society Notes, and Thayer Club
Last night Bishop Neely spoke at St. Paul’s Society in St. John’s Chapel. The Charles River is ice free and university crews prepare to row. the senior list includes Porter and Churchill among others while the sophomore lineup features Storrow and Parker as captain. W H F Thayer ’89 named regular editor of the Daily Crimson. D K E Sophomore Society to present John Harvard, Esq. at Union Hall April 1 and 2, proceeds for the crew. Harvard Monthly March issue out with Dyer on Iphegenia Martyr and Hamerton reply to Higginson. Thayer Club law school 1887-88 court slate lists Baldwin, Boyden, Brown, Gage, Gorham, McAllister, Palmer, Ransom.
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H. A. Neely
D.D
Maine
St. Paul's Society
St. John’s Chapel
Charles River
Porter
Bradlee
Crocker
Churchill
Woodman
Appleton
Baldwin
Bow
Blossom
Storrow
Parker
Hebard
Perry
Markoe
Trafford
Woodbury
Bush
W. HF. Thayer
Daily Crimson
John Harvard
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Harvard Monthly
Dyer
Iphegenia Martyr
P. G. Hamerton
Republic
Supreme Court of the
Thayer Club
Law School
Boyden
Brown
Gage
A Sharp Horse Swindle Nets Man From Great Falls
George F. Hogsden of Great Falls New Hampshire was approached by a stranger who proposed boarding two horses. A second man offered twenty five dollars to buy one horse, leading Hogsden to place fifty dollars down. He was later refused the rest of the price and cannot recover his fifty dollars. The alleged scam occurred near Cook's stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hogsden
Great Falls
N.hs
Hogsden
Ile
Cook
Mrs Bishop at Home in East Boston After NY Trip
Mrs Washington Irving Bishop arrived in Boston with her brother and spoke of alleged slander by her husband Mind Reader Bishop. She cited February discoveries as the cause of separation and said she may pursue legal action to nullify the marriage. Readings mention prior injury incidents and a long list of court cases in the record.
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Washington Irving Bishop
Boston
New York
Mind Reader Bishop
John D. Mack
Bismarck
D.T
Court Remands Banigan Case Over Water Damages Suit
United States Circuit Court decides to remand Joseph Banigan v City of Worcester and denials on similar cases. Rhode Island landowners seek damages over Tatnuck Brook diversions for Worcester water supply actions under Massachusetts 1886 statute. Court allows relief by commissioners and upholds jurisdiction despite remote land ownership and trustee citizenship issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Carpenter
J. Joseph Banigan
Worcester
Worcester County
Rhode Island
Blackstone
Massachusetts
Tatnuck Brook
Massachusetts Manville Company
Mass
Banigan
W. G. Russell
W. S. B. Hopkins
F. P. Goulding
Supreme and Superior Courts Docket Highlights March 16
Boston courts list cases before Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court First Session with allocations for specific, unresolved matters. Notable items include Moore v Stinson and Commercial Wharf v Winsor in the Supreme docket, plus Daley v Daley and Clough v Lyon in the first Superior Court session, detailing claims, defenses, and verdicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Mourton
C. J
Devenis
W. Allen
Holmes
James Moore
Daniel Stinson
Causten Browne
J. H. Taylor
H. H. Eee
Commercial Wharf Company
Augustus Winsor
Geor O. Shattuck
John C. Gray
Mary McIntire v City of Lowell lands case opened
The suit No 989 seeks damages for land taken by the city and was started then suspended to view the premises. The record lists prior cases including 451 Weld Spalding v Edward Conant a horse sale warranty dispute with $325 claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conant
Spalding
T. F. Greenhalge
Fred Lawton
J. N. Marshall
J. Doves
Bugbee
Fertean
Chamber
Weeks & Jrs
Work
Libby
Franklin
City of
Lowell
Caverty
Independent Order Good Templars meet in Paine Memorial Hall
The annual session of the Independent Order Good Templars of Massachusetts was held in Paine Memorial Hall Appleton street with Grand Chief Templar Charles L. Abbott presiding and all grand lodge officers present. Reports by Abbott and Mrs Sarah A Leonard outlined the past year s work.
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Independent Order
Good Templars of
Massachusetts
Paine Memorial Hall
Appleton Street
Charles L. Abbott
Arlington
Grand Lodge
Sarah A. Leonard
Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Union
Bulwer
Richelieu
Box
Cox
H. G. Wadlin
Eureka Assembly of ’Longshoremen
Cadman Hall
West End
Irving
Clark
Revere Billiard Hall
William H. Merriam
Knights of Honor
Greenville Place
A. H. Plumb
Mt. Hove
Mortgage Recorded In Salem For Plum Island Street Railway
A mortgage for $40,000 of the Plum Island Street Railway Company property and franchise is recorded in Salem to International Trust Company to secure bonds of equal amount due in 1907 at 5 percent interest payable semi annually.
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Salem
Plum Island Street Railway Company
International Trust Company
Somerville Mason Edward Powers Found Dead Near Tracks
The body of Edward Powers a 70 year old mason from Elm House Somerville was found beside the Bostop Lowell railroad tracks near Somerville Centre station. Police say he was killed by a late train Tuesday evening leaving a family.
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Edward Powers
Elm House
Somerville
Bostop & Lowell
Somerville Centre
Powers
Hidden cause of most suffering claimed in Boston article
A Boston feature argues a concealed kidney disease underlies many illnesses including pneumonia convulsions and apoplexy. It cites Dr J H Cutler and others endorsing Hunt's Remedy with testimonials from residents and workers across Boston and suburbs urging readers to evaluate their health and try the remedy.
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Boston
New England
J. H. Cutler
Poplarst
Bricht
Hunt
Samuel Littlefield
Washington Street
Malden
William Gray
Tremont Street
Joseph L. Hayden
Walworth Manufacturing Company
East Fourth Street
Enfield
Mass
H. Barney
Eastern Railroad
Joseph G. Bicknell
Cambridgeport
George P. Cox
William W
John F. Cox
Bright
Funeral Service for James A. Martin in Cambridge
Funeral services for James A. Martin, who died last Saturday on a railroad train between Springfield and Hartford, were held yesterday at the Third Universalist Church in North Cambridge. The Rev. C. W. Biddle led both church rites and the Masonic burial. Delegations from Mt. Olivet Lodge, Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Commandery K T, and the First Regiment Association attended. Interment followed in Cambridge.
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James A. Martin
Springfield
Hartford
Third Universalist Church
North
Cambridge
C. W. Biddle
Masonic Order
Mt. Olivet Lodge
A. M
Cambridge Royal Arch
Boston Commandery
K. T
The
First Regiment Association
Cambridge Cemetery
Sons of Maine form Cambridge social club
Twenty eight Maine born residents now living in Cambridge met at Central square police building Cambridgeport last evening to organize a social club. Captain Mark H. Folsom chaired the meeting with Alonzo B. Harriman as secretary. A seven member committee was appointed to draft a constitution and bylaws. report due at the meeting on the 20th instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Cambridge
Central Square
Cambridgeport
Sons of Maine
Mark H. Folsom
Alonzo
Harriman
Boston Paper Trade Association Elects Officers at Dinner
The Boston Paper Trade Association held its annual dinner at the Parker House last evening and elected officers for the coming year. President is the Hon. Alexander H. Rice. first vice president J. P. Jordan. second vice president J. P. Higgins. treasurer Henry Q. Stimpson. secretary Charles Pfaff. executive chair Thomas Pinkham. vice chairman the Hon. EF. N. Bement. No paper was read due to the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Paper Trade Association
Parker House
Alexander H. Rice
J. P. Jordan
J. P. Higgins
Henry Q. Stimpson
Charles Pfaff
Thomas Pinkham
EF. N. Bement
Massachusetts Fast Day Proclaimed by Governor Ames
Oliver Ames announces Thursday April 7 as the annual Day of Fasting Humiliation and Prayer for Massachusetts. The proclamation urges public observance with reflection on dependence on Heavenly Father and prayerful supplication. Issued March 2 in Boston with Secretary Henry B. Perce approving.
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Ames
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Oliver Ames
Executive Council
Massachusetts
Council Chamber
Boston
United States of America
Henry B. Perce
God Save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Providence Railroad Management
Mrs. W. Marston Paul
Civil Engineers
Boston Society
Harvard College Notes
Mrs. Bishop
Way Street
S. B. Allen
A. D. Bossen
T. M. Babson
Holland
O’ Brien
Paul
Stearns
Wentw
Pierce
Avery
Waldron
Ducke
Temple
Everett
Hender
Sheehan
Hice
Huse
Baker
Burton
Whitney
Hall
Hlackmer
Hence
Rowe
Canney
Butler
Wildes
Lamb
Whittier
McIintyre
Hawes
Hale
Willis
Roberts
Flaherty
Martin
Igar
Phillips
Sears
Kelly
Murphy
Lynch
Genevus
Miegnett
Same
Nan
Per
Massey
Impson, J
Watson
Penniman
Kelleher
Winkley
Carter
Hart
Kinsman
Holbrook
Russ
Ha.brook
H. Baylies
J. Thomas
Isaac Boehm
Edward L. Nichols
J. B. Warner
E. A. Whitman
L. L. Stimpson
Wentworth
Winslow
Boehm
Nichols
Eliot
Dodge
Ludovick
Sonoven
Richards
Thompson
Newman
Soule
Inverness Oil and L. Co
Munson
Perkins
Houghton
Connelly
Een
Dennie
Locke
Wallace
Dnutt
Leary
S. Sanborn
Superior Court
Brigham, C. J
Thomas Daley
John Daley
O. B. Mowry
Willard Howland
Samuel A. Clough
Edmund Lyon
L. G. Blair
John 8. Patton
E. F. Bean
Stephen W. Trobridge
William H. Morrison
Baker Street
Belmont
S. H. Tyng
Trowbridge
Morrison
Suffolk Brewing Co
Hathorne
Moseley
Glynn
Little
Carroll
Chadbourne
Pike
Farley
Masters
Williams
Mason
William J. Griffeth
George W. Emery
Marshfield
Ales
L. W. Howes
Henry J. Holland
Middlesex County
City Notes
Assembly
Knights of Labor
Turn Hall
the Sons OF Maine
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