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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1887

Page

2

House debates pass narrowly on license question vote

The Beverly division license question bill moved to third reading after a 60 to 45 vote with 33 pairs. Attendance was light and many absentees paired to protect records, leaving final passage uncertain amid limited debate.

House of Representatives House Senate West End Street Railway Company Beacon Hill Boylston Tremont Street

State House Enlargement Debate Splits Over Land and Wings

Boston committee weighs Governor’s plan to enlarge the State House by acquiring Mt. Vernon street estates and closing streets. Supporters differ on rear additions versus a new building, with opinions from J L Williams and others on land use, safety, and cost. A separate eastern building is urged as a practical long term solution.

State House Committee On Temple Street Mt. Vernon Street Mt. Vernon Temple Hancock Streets Hancock Capitol Hancock Avenue J. L. Williams Worcester Springfield Boston Williams Court House Beacon Hill George H. Elson Chappelle Bowdoin Street Bowdoin Robert F. Fisk Joy Street John Ritchie Bostonian Society Parker Hill Corey Hill H. H. Sprague Sprague Peirce

Prison Commission Reports Huge Yearly Prison Rise and Drunkenness Tally

The commissioners presented the annual county prison report noting a large year to date rise in population through Sept 30 1886 with a drop in the final quarter. Female prisoners made up about 16 percent. Nonpayment fines reached 10 692 the highest on record while 2 525 paid after commitment leaving 7 869 to serve. Fines collected totaled 36 567 05. Total commitments across prisons stood at 25 458 with 21 649 males and 3 809 females. Over 83 percent of commitments were for public order offences and 17 981 for drunkenness.

Gas acts to allow electric light by Massachusetts gas firms

The bill empowers the board of gas commissioners to authorize gas companies to generate and supply electricity for light and power within designated territory after a two thirds stockholder vote. It sets timelines for plant construction, requires city or town consent for street wiring, and extends powers and duties of gas firms under existing laws. The measure includes provisions on damages recovery, local health and safety regulation, and transfer rights from electric companies to gas firms. A Boston Beacon Hill tunnel petition and electoral tenure items appear alongside.

Senate Committee On Mercantile Affairs Hartwell Committee On Manufactures Board of Gas Commissioners Commonwealth Secretary of the Commonwealth Boston Beacon Hill Boston Common Boylston Street Tremont Street Beacon Park Streets D. Warren Robert Treat Paine Henry Woods Henry 8. Grew Martin Brimmer Francis Parkman William Endicott, Jr William Caleb Loring Russell Gray John Shepard E. Rollins Morse Anne H. Hardy James H. Blake Joshua M. Sears James H. Beal E. V. R. Foes W. A. Haskell F. H. Prince Alexander Cochrane John L. Bremer J. Rollins Morse Charles H. Parker Percival L. Everett Marshall K. Abbott F. W. Lincoln, Jr Charles D. Barry Mahlon D. Spalding E. Guild Charles Head Lynn

House suspends rule to admit West End Railway Boston tunnel petition

The House concurred with the Senate to suspend the twelfth joint rule to admit the West End Railway Company petition seeking permission to tunnel Boston Common. The suspension also admitted petitions of James B. Moore.

House Senate West End Railway Company Boston Common James B. Moore

Women suffrage bill fuels heated debate in Massachusetts House

A heated floor fight over a bill giving women the right to vote on liquor licenses in cities and towns dominated the day. Supporters argued it protects the home and temperance, while opponents warned it threatens the family and politics. The measure advanced to a third reading by a 60 to 45 vote, with several pairs recorded.

Dennis Baker Village Congregational Church Cummington Committee On Cities Cambridge Symonds Salem Committee On Prisons House of Correction and Insane Hospital Iynwich Mr. Bigelow Watertown Fales Milford Mr. Smith Dover Messrs Dresser Medford Roberts Lynn Darling Somerville MacDonough Boston Yeas Adams Allen Westport Armington Arnold Bartlett Bennink Bird Bray Breed Briggs Brigham Brown Champlin Clark Brewster Colby Cutler Dame Dexter Dillingham Dodge Eames Norwood Field Floyd Garfield Fitchburg Gaylord Gunn Hervey Howe Shrewsbury Hunt Judd Holyoke Larrabee Leach MelIntosh Milliken Morey Moseley Hyde Park Orcutt Parker Post Ray Sillars Smith Southard Spellman Stevenson Story Teele Turner Upham Barnes Batchelder Hamilton Warden Bigelow McCarthy Loring Ware Wadlin Hinchcliffe Bennett Agawam Milne Knight Thompson Jennings Sanderson Gurney Woodward Wakefield Heasley Wood Newton Taft Palmer Stockwell Buckland Pinkerton Quincy Yes Perkins Marsh Parkman Crosby Haskell Kennedy Hastings Kemp McCue Hagerty Hosmer Garity Keane Kearn Day Hathorne Hallett Provin Fisk Reynolds Miller Chelsea Harris Perry Gamwell Belcher Smart Sullivan Foote Wharton Collison Butler Walker Worcester Biigham Clark Institution For City Missionary Society Clapp Memorial Library Beverly Farms Suffolk Central Massachusetts Railroad Company Massachusetts Central Railroad Company New London Northern Railroad Company Amherst South Amherst Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company Boston, Winthrop & Shore Railroad Company Committee On Committee On Election Laws, Reference To the Next General Court Commonwealth

Worcester Aldermen Grant Licenses and Rejections

The Worcester board of aldermen held a secret five hour session today granting sixteen innholder and fifty six common victualler licenses while rejecting eight innholder and eighty eight common victualler licenses. The total issued is about twenty five more than last year under the no license law. The small rise reflects Temperance League findings on several applicants.

Worcester Spectrau Board of Aldermen Central Temperance League

Brook line caucus names town officers and trustees

At last evening's Brook line caucus Moses Williams presided as moderator and Frederick Cunningham acted as clerk. Candidates were nominated for town clerk B F Baker selectmen A L Lincoln Jr James B Hand Francis W Lawrence overseers of the poor E J Thomas Elizabeth Cabot Watts Ea Bowker James B Kana A L Lincoln Henrietta G Codman treasurer George H Worthley assessors William Lincoln RG F Candage J Anson Guild auditors W E Lincoln George Brooks Edward P Richardson school board Albert Mason Rev John Bb Brackett Public Library trustees William Aspinwall Rev H N Brown Charles H Drew Augustin Shurtlett cemetery trustees Barthold Schlesinger Charles Sargent planting trees committee Tt M Whitney F N Olmstead Thomas Aspinwall William Stearns sinking fund commissioners C P Head for one year John W Candler park commissioner T W Lawrence water board William Griggs fence viewer P W Neal Willard Y Gross Alberts Paige George F Johnson Thomas J Murray

Brookline Moses Williams Frederick Cunningham B. F. Baker Albert L. Lincoln, Jr James B. Hand Francis W. Lawrence E. J. Thomas Elizabeth Cabot Watts Ea Bowker James B. Kana A. L. Lincoln Henrietta G. Codman George H. Worthley William Lincoln RG. F. Candage J. Anson Guild W. E. Lincoln George Brooks Edward P. Richardson Albert Mason John Bb. Brackett William Aspinwall H. N. Brown Charles H. Drew Augustin Shurtlett Barthold Schlesinger Charles &. Sargent

Charlestown Navy Yard Names Rear Admiral Kimberly

Commodore Lewis A. Kimberly of the United States Navy is advanced to rear admiral at Charlestown Navy Yard. His pennant is replaced and salutes fired as he assumes new duties. He will leave April 1 for the South Pacific station, with Mrs. Kimberly moving to a Chestnut street mansion after departure.

Lewis A. Kimberly United States Navy Charlestown Navy Yard Kimberly Commodore McCann South Pacific Bartleman Chestnut Street Charlestown

Elder Salem Deputy Sheriff Daniel Potter's 87th Birthday

Daniel Potter of Salem, who served as deputy sheriff since 1852, celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday yesterday and remains hale. Samuel B. Buttrick, 86, a charter member of Fraternity Lodge S. O. O. of Saliwa, is gravely ill at his home in that city.

Daniel Potter Salem Samuel B. Buttrick Fraternity Lodge Saliwa

Last Work by H. H. Richardson Adds to Pray & Sons Store

The eminent architect H. H. Richardson oversaw nearly finished work on a large addition to Pray & Sons carpet and upholstery store. Located behind their Washington street shop and adjoining R. H. White's on Harrison avenue extension, the building is fire-proof from basement to roof and regarded as a model mercantile structure.

Almooost H. H. Richardson Pray & Sons Washington Street R. H. White Harrison Avenue

Obituary of General Samuel M Quincy

General Samuel M Quincy died yesterday in Keene New Hampshire after a long illness. A Harvard 1852 graduate and 1855 lawyer he edited the Law Reporter with John Lowell. He served as Boston representative and as captain major and colonel in the Civil War and later led United States Colored Troops units before retiring due to wounds and disability. He remained active in military and civic boards.

Samuel M Quincy Samuel M. Quincy Harvard John Lowell Law Reporter General Court Boston Second Massachusetts Infantry Cedar Mountain Staunton Libby Richmond Washington Chancellorsville Seventy-third United States Colored Troops Andrew United States Colored New Orleans Quincy Keene, N. H

Ruth Wyman Hutchinson A Devoted Brooklyn Benefactor

Brooklyn obituary honors Ruth Wyman Hutchinson a New England born Philanthropist active at Plymouth Church for 35 years. She served on prison visitors board and dedicated herself to the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum until her death following the loss of her pastor and friend Mr. Beecher.

Ruth Wyman Hutchinson Brooklyn New England Marblehead John B. Hutchinson Plymouth Church Mr. Beecher Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Orphan Asylum

Mrs N C Goodwin dies after tumor operation

Mrs N C Goodwin also known as Eliza Weathersby died in New York on Wednesday evening from complications following a surgical operation to remove a tumor.

N. C. Goodwin Eliza Weathersby New York

Reading Expressman Charles Cummings Dies at 54

News from Reading and surrounding areas reports several deaths. Charles W. Cummings, 54, long prominent in Reading as an express operator between Reading and Boston, and Baptist Church member, leaves a widow and two daughters. Funeral in Reading on Sunday.

Reading Charles W. Cummings Kennebunk Boston Baptist Church Loongo Africa John Farnham St. Elizabeth Hospital Utica N. Y Benjamin Wood Suffield Conn John A. Beckerman New Bedford Pocasset Nicholas K. Paine James T. Paine West Chester County Mary Osborne Portland

Mystery of the Oregon sinking linked to unsteady ship

Captain Greenwood of the Kanawha recounts seeing a sail that behaved oddly before the Oregon collision. He suggests theories from intoxication to sudden illness aboard the other vessel and touts Hunt's Remedy as effective for shipboard sickness and personal health, noting his own family use.

Oregon S. Greenwood Kanawha Newport News Providence R. I Greenwood New Jersey Ian Lamoa New York Hunt Bright

Auction Sales Listings From 1896 Notice

Auction listings show sales on Saturdays with items from multiple mills and banks including Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co and Boston National Bank. Entities include Androscogginus, Arlington Mills, Bates Mfg Co, Merrimac Mfg Co, Lowell Mfg Co, Newmarket Mfg Co, and several railroads like Boston & Maine RR Co. Also mentions National Revere Bank and Essex Co with Fire and Marine Insurance.

Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Old Boston National Bank Lowell Newmarket Bates Mfg Merrimac Boston & Maine RR Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Chansatian Tenan Arlington Mills

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