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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1896

Page

8

Reed delegates prevail unpledged in congressional race

Unpledged delegates leading the race include William H. Allen James Roberts Frank E. Willis Serena H. Tower Amos Cummings Frederick P. Dillingham and William G. Bail as reported on page 1 continuation.

Ing William H. Allen James Roberts Frank E. Willis Serena H. Tower Amos Cummings Frederick P. Dillingham William G. Bail

Ward 10 A P A ruse ends in defeat for Crockett

Edward S. Crockett a leading ward 10 A P A figure faced a crushing setback as his ticket failed to win on the ballot after attempting a double listing. Officials placed names in alphabetical order singling Crockett out once and his bid collapsed amid crowd hustling and bloc politics.

Edward S. Crockett Mason Street Ward Committee Crockett Ward 10 Oliver Twist Beacon Hill Club Wiley A. P. A Ward C. P. Western Darwin Barnard C. L. Burrill F. A. Foster Tilly Haynes H. A. Furnell F. K. Bradman Arthur L. Spring G. Metzier Alfred Mudge Edward Sullivan Walter L. Sears Bradman Mr. Crockett

All for Reed unpledged lists win Ward 19 race

In Ward 19 a contest between Heed delegates and unpledged lists ended with the Heed delegates victorious. Named figures include state leaders George E Meeuen Albert E Fraser Joseph Utley Jacob Bernhard Samuel Evans Norman Mintz James W Dickie and Charles O Stone along with congressional hopefuls for the ninth district Edgar P Benjamin James T Davidson Andrew C Anderson Edmund M Welch and for the tenth district Charles H Lincoln Benjamin F S Bullard Charles B Woolley and Albert E Taylor.

George E. Meeuen Albert E. Fraser Joseph Utley Jacob Bernhard Samuel Evans Norman Mintz James W. Dickie Charles O. Stone Edgar P. Benjamin James T. Davidson Andrew C., Anderson Edmund M. Welch Charles H.lincoln Benjamin F. S. Bullard Charles B. Woolley Albert E. Taylor

Hutchinson Wins Clear Victory in Ward 17 Race

In Ward 17 Senator Hutchinson defeats Representative Krebs in a decisive result that ends expected heated contest. Names in play include James M. Douglass Gustavus F. Walker Alfred F. Barney Charles P. Bean and others across state and congressional races with several noted figures listed.

Ward Hutchinson Krebs James M. Douglass Gustavus F. Walker Alfred F. Barney Charles P. Bean Forrest E. Starr Amos E. Bates George G. Bandhor Howards Henry C. Blossom Herman A. Shedd Edgar H. Emerson William G. Whitney Albert A

Results in Other Wards Read by City Officials

A fragmented list shows ward and state level candidates including Jessie M. Gove E M McPherson Wesley A Gove Joseph B Maccabe John L Bates John L Coch ran Charles T Witt John L Lowden J Franklin Murphy William F Otis Joseph H Barnes Jr George B Battis John H Webster Robert O Southerland Congressional Peter Morrison John Mans Thomas B Grimes Walter F Burke Hugh L Stalker Albert C Til den Collingwood C Mian Alexander D Bagley Luke J Reily George H Battis Alonzo E Winn Irving W Campbell Walter H Hili ett Edward H Deehan Ward 2 State Andrew P Fisher Edward B Hayden Joseph J Yennison Albert R Stedfast Paul kh Olufson Hugh ngressional Walter P Grueby Wil eurtney John J Lane Alfred Walter B Nate Gilbert W Ate and congressional Wil James W Jacobs Hiram W Dennett George Hyde ndley n Turner Charles D Griggs Warren B otton Winfield F ssy Augustus William H Oakes

William H. Preble Mark E. Smith George A. Garland Willis W. Stover Charles ©. Shute Ralph V. Spear Jeremiah J. McCarthy George H. Gammans Edward W. Presho Fred A. Norton Samuel A. Davis Frank L. Bowker John F. W. Barnes G. Will Crawford George N. Swallow Anthony S. Morss Charles S. Cheever John B.W. Day Rowland W George W. Tower Joseph W. Cummings Robert J. Boyd Fred J. Morrish Sidney Holmes Herbert E. Belmont Charles J. Morton Edward H. Dalton Stephen M. Marshall Ward Edwin A. Curtis Isaac Fenno I. R. Clarke J. Louis Rousemaniere F. W. Rugg George H. Waterman Schuyler S. Bartlett Abner Jones Charles J. Hayden John Backup John Carr Richard F. Andrews, Jr Charles T. Barry John D. Brickett Clarence W. Starrett Albert C. Sawyer Fritz Klemm Walter Ballantyne Samuel Little Horace G. Allen Henry S. Dewey Albert E. Carr Charles Mann George M. Scates William W. Davis William E. Skillings Albert W. Hersey Samuel H George M. Schell Adolf C. Biewend Oscar F. Weden George S. Tomlinson Charles J. Page John C. Tobin George W. Crocker J. J. Capelle Marshall Reed C. W. Weber William Lentz John F. Pfau Thomasl. Livermore Samuel B. Capen Gustave Magnitsky Walter Reed William Sumner Edward Orchard William Dallow, Jr J. Albert Brackett Abraham Jordan John Camrell Frank Seiberlich Arthur K. Spaulding Charles W. Dennis Albert Post William E. Sheldon John A. Maier Sewall D. Balkam Paul W. Zimmerman Alexander Miles George H. Prince George Colby Francis A. Davis Edward E. Philbrick Douglas F. Maine George Hyde James Ips Morgan Allan H. Farnham William E. Campbell Julius J. Schriefegiesser David H. Irving Samuel W. Houston John W. Ordway Samuel H. Spring Clement H. Reed J. Henry Gould George A. King George E. Lovett Gardner Murphy Isaac B. Allen George W. Maine Abraham A. Rothenberg Henry J. Rowley John J. Emery G. Stillman Blanchard John H. Colby John W. Johnson Orin Douglass Samuel E. Courtney John B. Desmond Arthur G. Broad Sidney Moulthrop William P. Ordway Homer Rogers Granville A. Fuller Samuel H. Mitchell Henry M. Wild James Wingate Frank F. Rhodes William H. Emerson James W. Harvey W. D. Wheeler Fred Hammond Congressional A. Grendon Dyer George A. Nute Walter C. Abbott Charles T. Stetson Elmer E. Chain Frank W. Krogman John W. Harvey Frederick G. King Charles P. Harding Frank M. Moore Frank H. Howe Jessie M. Gove E. M. McPherson Wesley A. Gove Joseph B. Maccabe John L. Bates John L. Cochran Charles T. Witt John L. Lowden J. Franklin Murphy William F. Otis Joseph H. Barnes, Jr George B. Battis John H. Webster Robert O. Southerland Peter Morrison John Mans Thomas B. Grimes Walter F. Burke Hugh L. Stalker Albert C Walter P. Grueby Wil“eurtney John J. Lane Alfred Walter B. Nate Gilbert W

Quincy Delegation Split Sets Fight Over Merrill and McKinley

Republican cau cuses across Quincy wards renewed last December’s split between Hammond and anti-Hammond factions. Hammond men carried wards 1 2 3 4 for unpledged delegates opposing Merrill, while wards 5 and 6 pledged for Reed and Merrill. Merrill will have seven of twenty one delegates with fourteen against him. Listed delegates include state and congressional picks for each ward, naming Howland Nash Holt Prescott Hall MacLeod Dolliver Olsen Colby Gatcome Spooner Gay Burrell Johnson, Jr. Bigelow Thompson Dackers Morris F Calder Williams Stewart Prout Shackley Ames Sandberg Hammond Burke Erickson Pinkham Sherman Fairbanks Bryant Freeman Wellington Barker Moxon Redmond and others.

Quincy Hammond Merrill McKinley Adams Reed and Charles A. Howland John W. Nash Isaac M Holt George W

A P A caucuses decide slanted party tickets in Cambridge

Cambridge caucuses for state and district conventions yielded light attendance, dominated by A P A members, upsetting regular Republicans who blamed the city committee. Ward results favored A P A. Ward 2 4 saw compromise tickets. State and district delegates listed for each ward with named leaders and officers.

Somerville Caucuses Endorse Reed Amid Unity Across Wards

Somerville voters caucused last night with unanimous support for Thomas B. Reed as presidential nominee and the slate elected in all wards. Ward 3 saw Mayor Albion A Perry briefly listed as a delegate before A P A supporters cut him from the ticket. other wards filed state and congressional delegates aligned with Reed.

Caucus Choices Made in Vowell District

Republican caucuses chose district and state convention delegates. Regular nominees were elected in three of nine wards, while A P A members won six wards. They reportedly favor Ward 9 Councilman White as district delegate. The caucus act requiring Australian ballot was defeated 252 to 100. Attendance was light.

Cambridge Bancroft Myers John Hopewell, Jr Thomas B. Reed Levi F. S. Davis Somerville Hopewell George S. Saunders Frederick W. Weinschenk William A. Bancroft John Kinnear G. M. Church C. W. Small H. A. Allyn G. H. Stearns Henry White A. H. Ricker J. J. Myers H. M. Potter Charles Moore W. A. Lister L. D. Garfield G. H. Blatchford J. M. W. Hall P. M. Sleeper Frederick W. Dallinger John Odorne Edgar R. Champlin Wellington Fillmore Robert O. Fuller Benjamin C. Hazel Charles H. Montague Charles H. Titus James A. Woolson Edwin P. Boggs James Bolton Nathan C. Lombard William A. Munroe George S. Evans Isaac S. Pear Bartholomew M. Young Charles W. Cheney David W. Butterfield John G. Thorogood M. E. Rideout James A. Dow Charles W. Thiery Charles F. Wyman George L. Whiting Elmer Gray Edward P. Bertwell Henry Ju. Churchill Charles A. Osborn G.€. Stevens H. M. Fears Otis K. Merrifield Henry L. Churchill C. A. Osborn Chester W. Kingsley Otis T. Brown R. C. Surbridge B. F. Thomas Frank D Thayer Edward T., Jordan S. S. Spear George L. Wentworth Nelson W. Gardner Nathan B. Canterbury E. B. Nevins Edward W. Hunt George E White Gordon Willis W. H. Pratt M. E. Hawes Bradford Hawes Frank M. Crown Lawrence Congressional John L. Robbins Charles C. Hazeltine Charles Sherman Charles Brigham James P. Niles A. O. Davidson Calvin D. Crawford George S. Parker C. C. Symmes E. C. Benton

Lenten wedding unites Marguerite Kimberly and Harry Burrage

In West Newton a social wedding joined Miss Marguerite Kimberly niece of Rear Admiral Kimberly and Mr. Harry Lang Burrage cashier of the Third National Bank of Boston. The ceremony at the Admiral’s Perkins street home was conducted by Rev. J. C. Jaynes with a satin lace bridal party and a reception with notable guests from Newton Boston and Brookline. The couple will tour the South before residing on Sterling street West Newton after May 1.

West Newton L. A. Kimberly U.S. N Perkins Street Marguerite Kimberly Harry Lang Burrage Third National Bank of Boston J. C. Jaynes First Unitarian Church West Newtom F. L. Pratt Emma Nickerson Elsie S. Kimberly Eleanor Burrage Eleanor Carter Maud Scudder Herbert L. Felton Russell A. Ballou Edward G. Blaisdell William Bacon John Burrage Porter B. Chase Newton Brookline Roosevelt Ellis Miss Hart New York City B. J. Lang C. H. Porter Charles Burrage E. B. Haskell B. H. Dowse George H. Phelps George Frost A. F. Luke J. P. Tolman

Verdict Awarded In Railway Injury Suit

In Superior Court before Judge Richardson a jury awarded $3500 to plaintiff Robert M. Carroll in the case against the West End Street Railway Company. The suit sought $20,000 for injuries suffered November 16, 1894. Other items note Owney the post office dog arriving from Spokane Falls and various local accidents and events.

Superior Court Richardson Robert M. Carroll West End Street Railway Company Owney Boston Postoffice Spokane Falls Wash John Adams Washington Street Ryan Shawmut Avenue Mr. Adams John Shyer James E. Dargan Prince Street Cambridgeport H. Rollins Appleton Street Milton Place Edward Gibson Suburban Electric Light and Power Company Little Wanderers Allston West Newton Street Fremort A. Tarr Robert Trairer Workingmen’s Political League Tremont Street

Maine Board of Trade meets in Waterville banquet

Eighteen boards represented by about seventy delegates at the semi annual State Board of Trade session in Waterville Maine. Secretary Rich urged a legislative appropriation for an exposition of Maine products and industries. A banquet followed with toasts on State Board of Trade College Men in Business Maine's Rolling Stock Technical Schools and Colleges Spindles North and South Farmers and Merchants Forestry and Water Powers by a roster of Maine leaders.

Waterville State Board of Trade Rich Maine State Board Waterville Board E. F. Webb Henry Lord Bangor Nathaniel Butler Colby F. E. Boothby Portland Harris State College A. R. Savage Lewiston Edward Wiggin Presque Isle Llewellyn Powers Houlton

Vermont Woman Dentist First License For Female

Miss Grace Bosworth of Rutland passed the State Dental Board examination at St. Albans and is admitted to practice in Vermont. She is the first woman licensed in the state.

Burlington, Vt Grace Bosworth Rutland State Dental Board St. Albans Vermont

Man Dies From Burns After Burrillville House Fire

Alan White aged man living near Herring Pond Burrillville died from burns after his dwelling caught fire Monday. A neighbor entered the house and found White unconscious from smoke and badly burned on hands and face. Fire was put out and he died at his daughter's in Mohegan.

Woonsocket R. I Alan White Herring Pond Burrillville White Mohegan

Internal Revenue Club Forms Boston Branch

Gaugers storekeepers and clerks from the Internal Revenue Department met at the American House and organized a branch of the National Association of Internal Revenue Department at large. Officers elected include President J. J. Leary Vice President H. V. Slack Recording Secretary M. J. Tierney Financial Secretary D. A. Wheaton Treasurer Miss A. Littlefield with a finance committee M. J. Henrity Miss C. A. Moore and J. B. Blake.

Internal Revenue Department American House National Association of Internal Revenue Department Boston J. J. Leary H. V. Slack M. J. Tierney D. A. Wheiton A. Littlefield

Civil Service Commissioners to Attend Cambridge Reception

The United States Civil Service Commission members J R Proctor W G Rice and J M Harlow accepted an invitation from the Harvard Civil Service Reform Club for a reception at the Colonial Clubhouse Cambridge next Saturday afternoon. President Eliot will help receive. They travel to Boston for a dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club on Friday evening.

United States Civil Service Commission J. R. Proctor W. G. Rice J. M. Harlow Harvard Civil Service Reform Club Colonial Clubhouse Cambridge Eliot Boston Massachusetts Reform Club

Blind Men's Ladies' Night Celebrated by New England Association

The New England Door Sash Blind and Moulding Dealers Association held a ladies night at Young's Hotel with over forty attendees. E W Bailey presided, L M Dinsmore was secretary, and entertainment included Mrs E W Bailey humorist Edward W Emerson and the Beethoven Quartet. Margaret Johnson played piano amid a chocolate cigar joke.

New England Young’s Hotel E. W. Bailey Mr. Bailey L. M Dinsmore Edward W. Emerson Margaret Johnson

National electrical code conference held in New York

A joint conference of electrical insurance and allied interests met at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New York to discuss a national code for electrical construction and operation. William J. Hammer was elected chairman and J. H. Woodbury secretary, representing the American Bell Telephone Company. The convention adjourned until tomorrow.

New York American Society of Mechanical Engineers Wm. J. Hammer J. H. Woodbury Boston American Bell Telephone Company

Socialist Cemeteries Mark 1848 Riots Commemoration

Thousands of Socialists visited Friedrichshain cemeteries to lay flowers on 1848 revolution graves. Eighty Socialist unions joined the display and wreaths were placed. An Anarchist wreath with a black ribbon led the procession as police seized a Commercial Transport wreath bearing a revolutionary inscription.

Berlin Friedrichshain

From Wealth to Poverty A Derbyshire Man Sentenced

Marcus T. Spring, once from a wealthy Kentucky sheep-keeping family, faced Middlesex Superior Court with a tale of poverty driving him to theft. He admitted breaking into the Boston and Maine ticket office in Billerica in October 1894 and, after ties to prior robberies along the line, was sentenced to two years at the House of Correction for breaking and entering and larceny.

Middlesex Superior Criminal Court Bond Marcus T. Spring Boston & Maine Railroad Company Billerica Spring Kentucky Danvers Mass Marcus Worcester New Hampshire Granite State Middlesex County Grand Jury House of Correction East Cambridge

Quiet Wedding in New York Between Devlin and Weissbrod

A quiet wedding united Miss E Marion Devlin and Willis Hamilton Weissbrod at the Devlin home in New York City. The Rev Dr Anson P Allerbury presided, Flora Hough Devlin served as maid of honor, Ernest Alexander was best man, and the couple will reside in Boston.

New York John S. Devlin West Eighty-Fourth Street E. Marion Devlin Devlin Willis Hamilton Weissbrod Boston Emil Weissbrod Greenfield Mass Anson P. Allerbury the Park Presbyterian Church Flora Hough Devlin Ernest Alexander Adams Weissbrod

St Patrick celebrations mark Boston Hibernians divisions

Multiple Boston area divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held St Patrick events last evening in Hibernian Hall and Columbia Hall. Attendees included Cronin Lovett O Donovan and many others with banquets, entertainments, toasts, and plans for the upcoming parade.

Order of Hibernians Boston Vicinity St. Patrick Division 2 East Boston Hibernian Hall Cronin William J. Cronin George J. Lovett D. P. O'Donovan Thomas Arthur John Condon B. F. Moran James Douglas Michael Cavanaugh M. J. Barry Roxbury Gurney Hall John Dolan Hibernian Knights Thomas H. O'Neill Feix Gallagher B. D. Connolly P. J. Sherwin John Kavanaugh Stephen Higgins John Deady K. J. Clerkin W. A. Ryan Philip McGeague John O'Sullivan James Judge Division 11 South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Harrison Hall M. Collins Peter H. Corcoranew Messrs Thomais Madigan P. J. Curley M. F. Lynch Hah W. H. MacMorrow Thomas O'Shaughnessy Oman Kelly C. J. Callahan M. H. Burke Thomas McCarthy T. F. Lenihan Columbia Hall Hampden Street Stephen Gaffey V. S. Quinn Patrick McGreever John Duggan James Barry John F. Murphy W. J. Hasson Thomas Bronnelly M. J. Callaghan Hugh Crossen John J. Furlon Eugene McCarthy

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