Modjeska Delights Boston Journalists At Vendome Suite
Mme Modjeska assures reporters she has no plan to retire from her SHAKESPEAREAN career. The New England Woman's Press Club hosts an afternoon reception at Vendome with Mrs Bozenta in attendance and plans for a home fund entertainment at Hollis Street Theatre next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mme
Press Association
Mojeska
New England
the Vendome
Monjeska
Shakspere
Jount Bozenta
Modjeska
Mme. Modjeska
The
Hollis Street
New England Woman’s Press Club
Tielen Potter
New York
Miss McGarry
Montreal
Mathilde Lennon
Gillette
the Park
Cocere
E. H. Merrill
Globe
E. M. Goss
H. M. Winslow
Caroline Dupee
K. Parker
Armstrong
Twombley
Advertiser
C. Stuart Wheeler
Yankee Blade
Edith Perry
Herald
Dalrymple
Hayes
A. Marion Donovan
the Post
Grace Soper
Journal
Progressing Slowly Greenfield Plans Deerfield Split
Yesterday saw limited progress in the Legislature. The House failed to reconsider the holiday liquor ban and made little headway on militia examining boards. A Cambridge registry expansion was patched to suit Middlesex lawmakers, while Deerfield Greenfield partition and municipal bond tax petitions drew adverse reports. Senate session was quiet. General orders grant new militia companies led by Robinson of Southbridge, Connors of Lowell, Morrissey of Plymouth, Reeves of North Andover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Registry of Deeds
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Deerfield
Greenfield
Senate
Adjutant-General’s Office
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
William T. Robinson
Southbridge
Charles Connors
Lowell
Herbert E. Morrisey
Plymouth
Andrew Reeves
North Andover
Senate Actions and Bills Pass Amid Budget and Labor Debates
The committee on public service reports a bill fixing the Suffolk sheriff salary at $3000 and allows withdrawal on Edward P. Loring’s petition for a salary increase. Various committees report inexpedient or pass motions on liquor law, women workers’ hours, savings bank limits, and a National Woman's Suffrage Association incorporation. Debates cover travel limits for committees, railroad rule changes, and posturing on snow blockades. Several bills are passed to be engrossed or disposed of, including provisions for dockets, cemetery land, street widening, police procedures, and hospital improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Service
Suffolk County
Edward P. Loring
Committee On Labor
Committee On Banks and Banking
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
National Woman’s Suffrage Association of
Massachusetts
House
Commonwealth
Glines
Senate
Howland
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
Sprague
Foxboro Cemetery Corporation
Manchester
Summer Street
Thomas Fitzmaurice
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
Boston and other cities seek tax exemption on bonds
The House reported leave to withdraw on petitions from Boston and several cities seeking tax exemptions on their bonds. A similar report covered petitions from Mayors of Brockton Chelsea Fitchburg Gloucester Haverhill Holyoke and others. The body debated measures on intoxicating liquor restrictions and county registry expansions while orders and committee reports moved toward engrossment or further consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Taxation
Boston
Brockton
Chelsea
Fitchburg
Gloucester
Haverhill
Holyoke
Flynn
Hagerty
Committee On
Manning
Worcester
McDonough
Middlesex County
Registry of Deeds
Cambridge
Whitcher
Stoneham
Henry
Fall River
Committee On Towns
Greenfield
Deerfield
Townsrior
American Landlords’ Liability Insurance Company
Central District Court of
Amendment and veto actions on liquor laws and public acts
Senate records show acceptance of the report from the liquor law committee with inexpedient recommendations on liquor license elections and related enforcement measures. Also noted are inconclusive items on physician prescriptions for druggists sales and public statuary amendments, plus resolutions on freight car couplers and train brakes.
Private School Supervision Sparks Heated Hearing
A Massachusetts hearing on state supervision of private schools featured Rev. T E Leyden denouncing parochial education as a Rome attempt to control public schooling. Supporters argued for vital safeguards to prevent inferior private instruction, while opponents warned against broad state intrusion and urged preserving parental choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Leyden
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Main Tall
Church of Rome
Leyden
C. F. Donnelly
McEttrick
Donnelly
Brooklyn
Wilde
Massachusetts
New England
Mary E.tucker
J. &. Barrett
Harvard Grammar
Caimbridgeport
M. R. Deming
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square
Boston
T. W. Higginson
Medici
Leo
Wuld
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gray
Higginson
Igginson
Insolvency Petitions Filed Against Boston Tailor and Others
Business troubles include W P Willis Co filing a creditor's petition in insolvency against J H Austin tailor of 22 Winter street Boston. O B Williams tinware dealer Springfield failed. Andrew J Francis provision dealer New Bedford failed. 11 Co Howard Springfield will settle through insolvency with a 40 cent on the dollar offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Willis & Co
New York City
J. H. Austin
Winter Street
Boston
O. B. Williams
Springfield
Andrew J. Francis
New Bedford
11. CO
Howard
Harvard Annex rebuttal to Bowdoin prize claim
The Cambridge letter refutes a Christian Register sourced article claiming judges awarded the Bowdoin prize for an Annex essay. It details which judges saw the manuscript, the sealed letter, and authorship, arguing the prize was not granted to the Annex work and condemning an accusation about Torrey’s view of women as inaccurate. Cambridge, March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Register
Harvard Annex
Annex
Bowdoin Foundation
Harvard College
Torrey and Young
Messrs. Torrey
H. W. Putnam
Young
Torrey
Arthur Gilman
Gilman
Electricity Club Hears Talks on Harmonizing Insurance and Electric Plants
Representatives from major electric lighting firms met at the Electric Club on Boylston Street to discuss harmonizing insurance inspection aims with the addition of electric light plants. The group reviewed New England Insurance Exchange rules, debated arc and incandescent light provisions, and examined primary and secondary wiring and fuses with expert input from MIT Professor Rice and Bell Telephone officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Club
Boylston Street
Electric
Electric Light Committee
New England Insurance Exchange
W. R. Gray
City of London Insurance Company
S. E. Barton
The
Fire Insurance Company of North America
Robert H. Wass
Franklin Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Cabott
Boston Fire Underwriters’ Union
P. H. Alexander
Brothy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rice
Thomas D. Tockwood
Electrical and Patent Department
American Bell Telephone Company
Barton
United States
Dingle
Obituary: The Hon. William Dorsheimer Dies in Savannah
The Hon. William Dorsheimer publisher of the New York Star died in Savannah, Georgia of pneumonia. Born in Lyons New York February 5 1832 he rose from Buffalo law practice to public service including district attorney for northern New York and Lieutenant Governor. A Reform and liberal Republican figure, he supported Fremont and later the Liberal Republicans and served in Congress before moving to New York City and joining the New York Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dorsheimer
New York Star
Savannah
Lyons
N. Y
Dorsheimer
Buffalo
Philip Dorsheiner
Hesse-Darmstadt
America
New York State
Willian
Phillips Andover Academy
Harvard
Parton
Aaron Barr
Jefferson
Dorsneimer
Horatio Bop
Judge Martin
Bufaio
Johnson
New York
Cincinnati
Samuel J. Tiden
John Co. Robinson
Tilden
Mgr. Dorsheimer
Meade
State Survey
Tiden
Cleveland
Dorsheiner
New York City
United States
Elihu Root
Washington Lodged There Mrs Harrington’s Coffee House Site Change
Mrs Harringtons coffee house at 15 17 and 19 School street Boston faces demolition as new brick six story building will replace the old site once occupied by Cromwells Head Tavern dating to 1751. Washington tarigue visited in 1756 and notable patrons include Governors Banks Gaston Butler Rice Boutwell Whipple Poore and Vice President Wilson who frequented the hub landmark for noonday coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunnewell
Albion
George Washington Tarigue
Shirley
Coty
Governors Banks
Gaston
Butler
Rice and Boutwell
E. P. Whipple
Jamey Fields
Ben. Perley Poore
Wilson
School Street
Andrew
Beacon Hill
Harrington
A Boston Chronicle Column Attacks Tariff Talk as Pharisaism
In a Boston dated March 27 8, a writer rails against Walker’s Christian tariff argument, portraying Jesus as opposed to protectionism and condemning the high tariff as modern Pharisaic greed. The piece labels the Worcester manufacturer’s stance as selfish and anti common good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Paul
Nazarene
Phariraic
Mr. Butterworth
Mr. Walker
Walker
Worcester
Boston
Senator Blair’s eccentricities letter to the editor
A reader argues the Post should note Senator Blair did not originate or advocate a plan to connect the Gulf of Mexico with Hudson Bay. Blair merely presented a memorial by a local constituent requesting the favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kir
Blair
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson’s Bay
Boys Surfs Go Fast at Simmons Co Prices
Shoppers buy early as boys' surfs priced at 119 dollars and 286 dollars at G W Simmons and Co attract buyers planning ahead for their wants in this line beginning at Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co
School Supervisors Elected To Two Year Terms
The school board reelected six supervisors for two more years, ending debate on reducing the board from six to four. Names listed include Mason, Peterson, Metcalf, Kneeland, Conley, and Hopkins. A hygiene petition to open summer yard hours was granted, with supervision and private funding. Personnel changes include Alfred Bunker as principal, Morace Fann as Morace fann principal, Moran in hygiene, Sharland in music, and Dooley and Conaty as temporary assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Carrigan
Blake
Swasey
Chapin
Fifield
Samuel W. Mason
Ellis Peterson
Robert C. Metcalf
John Kneeland
George H. Conley
Louisa P. Hopkins
Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association
Hygiene Association
Committee On Accounts
Udley
Alfred Bunker
Quincy School
Sarah Fuller
Morace Fann School
John B. Moran
J. B. Sharland
Margaret I. Dooley
Dearborn
Rose BE. Conaty
Sherwin
Edmund Dwyer Gray Dies in Dublin of Heart Disease
Edmund Dwyer Gray, noted Irish parliamentary figure, died in Dublin last night from heart disease. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1880 and chaired the Mansion House committee that year, raising £150,000 for relief. He represented St Stephen's Green, previously Tipperary and Carlow, and was proprietor of Freeman's Journal and Belfast Morning News. Born in Dublin in 1845.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Dwyer Gray
Irish Parliamentary Party
Dublin
Gray
Ireland
St. Stephen’s Green
Tipperary
Carlow
Freeman’s Journal
Belfast Morning News
Mr. Gray
Traits of the Owl at Boston Scientific Society
The Boston Scientific Society met at 419 Washington street with Vice-President Perrin presiding. Officers elected include President Edwin F. Sawyer and Vice-President Perrin. Sawyer delivered his inaugural and F A Bates presented a paper on Owls of North America with fifteen specimens illustrating owl habits and varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Scientific Society
Washington Street
FB. H. Perrin
Edwin F. Sawyer
BF. H. Perrin
George W. Evans
John Rivchle, Jr
Riwerd B. Norton
Sawyer
Thieves Break In Dorchester Home Steal Valuables
Yesterday a thief forced a glass pane at 25 Mt Vernon street Dorchester while the Powell family was away and took a hunting case gold watch valued at 75 dollars along with a hat boots and a pair of pret a pa r items. John McMahon was arrested for larceny of a valise containing 100 dollars worth of ladies wear from a wagon on Buckingham Street weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry ¥. Powell
Mt. Vernon Street
Dorchester
Powell
John McMahon
Bolomon Sieinert
Buckingham Street
Bethaia sails from New York May 5 to Liverpool
The Cunard steamship Bethaia departs New York on May 5 bound for Liverpool. She will be followed at weekly intervals by the Pavonia, Samaria, Cephalonia, and Cataoe, continuing Cunard's well known service sequence from the same port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethaia
Cunard Line
New York
Liverpool
Pavonia
Samaria
Cephalonia
Cataoe
Fire damages four story building at 352 Washington street
Early morning blaze heavily damaged a four story building at 352 Washington street. Third floor occupancy included Frank Wood prater and others. total loss estimated near 87000 with many tenants reporting water and smoke damage. Upper floors suffered fire and water damage to shops and stocks. several firms insured and some losses partially covered by insurance.
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No. 352
Washington Street
Frank Wood
Prater
Charles M. Litchfield
Photog Gowing
Rapher
Oscar
William M. Pierce & Co
Litchfeld
Gowing
Pierce
Bacon Paper Company
H. McCargo
J. M. Kitcomb
Tranecond
Hundeman Street
Harrison Avenue
Danage
Onur
Ont
Ouse
Joseph Ball
Warminster
Union City
Penn
W. P. Biles
Providence
R. I
R. Bliss & Co
Pawtucket
Malden
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Madison Street
Charlie Miller
Tremont and Suffolk Mills elect officers at annual meeting
At the Tremont and Suffolk Mills annual stockholders meeting, officers were chosen including Arthur Lyman and Frederick Ayer as directors with Alphonso Covel as treasurer and Charles F. Young as clerk. A sale of estate No. 8 Seneca Street fetched $3650 to Frank McCarthy. The late Herbert Wells’ funeral was held in Brookline, and bequests from the estate of J. Phillips George support several charitable societies. The Columbus Avenue Universalist Church event featured Miss Maria Chadwick with performances by Tufts College quartet and others. Henry H. Faxon sent $50 to the International Council of Women. A Boston Children's Friend Society benefit entertainment is planned at Berkeley Hall with all proceeds to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Arthur
Lyman
Frederick F. Ayer
Frederick Ayer
James C. Ayer
Jacob Rogers
James W. Clark
Harrison Gardner
Alphonso
Herbert Hardy Wells
Brookline
Reven Thomas
J. Phillips George
Boston
Caroline
American Bible Society
Society For
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Society For the Relief of the Widows and Orphans
Columbus Avenue Universalist Church
Maria K. Chadwick
Tufts College
Laura A. Smalley
Susie F. Hosmer
Carrie D. Fairbanks
Henry H. Faxon
International Council of Women
Washington
Boston Children’s Friend Society
Clarendon Hotel
C. M. Post
Berkeley Hall
Hotel Guests Record from Druggists Meeting and Socials
The Druggists' Association held a monthly meeting and dinner at Tremont House. A book-keeper social hour occurred at Quincy House, with many attendees listed from Crawford House, Quincy House, American House, Revere House, Young's, Parker House, Tremont House, Adams House, and other hotels. Names include Crawford House attendees from Philadelphia and Tokyo, Quincy House visitors from Bangor and New York, and notable figures from Portland Me., Greenfield Mass., and Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druggists’ Association
Tremont House
Quincy House
Young’s
Crawford House
A. Day
Philadelphia
J. F. Maligan
Chicago
William E. Bartlett
W. M. Colton
Yutaro Mishima
Yoshiji Okami
Tokio
Japan
R. W. Baker
Nova Scotia
K. C. Nichols
Bangor
John P. Perkins
Pullman
A. E. Johnson
Keene, N. H
LC. Libby
Burnham
J. D. Sleeper
Burlington
J. A. Shumway
Holyoke
J. M. Fogg
Lawrence
Harris
Haverhill
A. H. Wheeler
Southpridge
H. A. Willis Fitchburg
Arthur Anderson Brooks
Greenfield
A. S. Webster
Washington
D. C
Young
S. Webster
John H. Lorimer
F. W. Morris
A. Lend
Hartland
Charles Hamlin
Amos Sherman
Woonsocket
R. I
Tremont
H. M. Castor
Baltimore
Dewitt Brokaw
New York
George W. Chase
North Adams
J. P. Michaeller
Montreal
United States
Charles J. Hall
J. O. Packer
Samuel Cole
Pittfield
William B. Tucker
L. W. Martine
Adams
R. M. Merrill
Charles A. Estes
J. P. Baxter
Portland
F. J. Bently
C. H. Tucker
W. H. Whitare
James 5. Murdoch
Charleston
Public Meeting In Boston On Egypt Exploration Fund
The Egypt Exploration Fund work, valued in Europe and the U.S. for education and enlightenment, enriches Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts with site objects. A public meeting on April 19 will be presided by Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D D, of Cambridge, to deepen interest in the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt Exploration Fund (Society
Europe
United States
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
Hyde Lectures at Andover 1887 1888 Series on Asiatic Missions
The Hyde lectures for 1887 1888 will be in Bartlett Chapel Andover Theological Seminary during the first three weeks of spring term led by Rev Edward A Lawrence M A The course covers Asiatic missions with lectures based on personal inspection topics include Providence in Missions The Philosophy of Missions China Corea Japan India The Turkish Dominions The Entrance on Work The Departments of Work Problems of the Work The Mission Home and Rest The Church and Missions Lectures start March 29 at 7 p m Reserved seating for seminary students, visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Andover
Bartlett Chapel
Theological Seminary
Edward A. Lawrence
Lawrence
Providence
China
Corea
Japan
India
The New Public Library Plan Advances
The city council committee on the Public Library discussed an order to proceed with the new building within the $400000 appropriation. Trustee Whitmore opposed while others urged compliance. A large crayon model, seven by five feet, showcased the Roman style design in the aldermen’s chamber with the inscription The Public Library Open to All.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitmore
Meeting on Boston Natural History Garden Plan Tonight
Those interested in a Boston natural history garden and aquaria movement should attend the Boston Society of Natural History meeting this evening. The council vote on the proposal will shape the matter, and full attendance is desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Society of Natural History
Greenhalge declines candidacy for superior court post
Lowell March 27 Special The Hon Frederick T Greenhalge denies any candidacy for the Superior Court judgeship to replace the late Judge Bacon and says he would not accept nomination if offered The notice then shifts to Laughton Macdonald Co offering books at Tremont street store with greatly reduced prices priced from a few cents upward
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhalge
Lowell
Frederick T. Greenhalge
Superior Court
Bacon
Laughton, Macdonald & Co
Tremont Street
Passion Week Daily Service At King's Chapel
Daily service at King's Chapel during passion week begins at 7 p.m. The schedule covers all days of the week leading up to Easter. Congregants are invited to attend for prayer and reflection each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Chapel
P. We
A Green Old Age and the Remarkable Octogenarian
A lengthy reminiscence praising longevity and health through care and a remedy. It cites Charles Sumner’s dread of aging and recounts Nathan Chase of New Bedford Mass who recovered from severe heart weakness after using a remedy. The piece extols renewed vigor and a long, happy life as possible for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sumner
Nathan Chase
New Bedford
Mass
Court entries from March sessions and cases argued
United States district court reports March 27 note grand jury session and petit jurors excused to Thursday. Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth March 21 lists cases argued No 534 Minot Jr administrator vs Baker et al unfinished. No 635 Bernard et al vs Barney Petroleum Co begun. Several Nos 536 637 588 539 540 483 545 614 546 547 in chambers Marblehead Water Co vs McLellan et al restraining foreclosure of mortgage on its works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Supreme Judicial Court For
the Commonwealth
MourtTon
C. J
Devens
Callen
HoumEs
Superior court action reports and juries unable to agree
In Middlesex County court on March 7 Sherman notes Charles F. Carr vs Gibson Tweed ended with a hung jury after overnight deliberations. Two jurors favored the plaintiff, ten favored the defendant. Also Mary Sullivan v Daniel Mynchon resulted in verdict for the complainant for 200 dollars, while Leslie A. Hesse v Charles A Prine concerned Mme Morlachi’s estate services. Foster v Alland on a bastardy charge was the last jury case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carr
Gibson Tweed
Mary Sullivan
Daniel Mynchon
Leslie A. Hesse
Charles A. Prine
Mme. Morlachi
Lowell
Mme
Moriachi
C. H. Conant
M. Hall
Foster Vs. Alland
Plaitiff
Superior Civil Court Dockets Cases and Verdicts in Essex County
In Eddy versus Taylor et al the jury awarded the plaintiff 250 dollars. In Darman versus Chandler a verdict for the plaintiff for 415 dollars was returned. Juries were dismissed as cases were not ready. The docket lists multiple cases set for Wednesday morning including Chase v Smith and Molsey v Russell et al.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aaa
Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society
James A. L’ Amoreux
Connecticut River
South Hadley
Waltham
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Rosanna Gaffney
Elmer Hh, Capen
Senator Blair
Boston Scientific Paper Society
Egypt Exploration Fund
the New Public Library
Oratorio
Belshazzar
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
Cambridge Young Men
Chrisian
Natural History Garden
Paris
Baker’s
W. Baker & CO
Bay State
Haynes Exei Ier
Wn. B
Tilton
Haynes
Crosby
Ree
Fonre St
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dundee Goods
Federal Street
FI. Kerrison
Milk Street
Law and News
Superior Cen Irt
Sherman
Arch
Same
Crowley
Pacific Mills
Newcomb
Noyes
Lamprey
Mason
Cook
Bartlett
Daggett
Rowe
Taylor
I'Terch
Graves & Sons
Evary
E. Milein & CO
Walter R. Wightman
Congress Street
Buston
Ipmu
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