The Fall Campaign Against Secretary of State Olin
A political movement aims to depose Secretary of State William M. Olin as the Howland faction presses for Kennett and Senator Bennett support. The piece critiques the Iron Hall growth and Royal Ark liabilities, noting annual assessment strains and anticipated election expense legislation passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Olin
Willard Howland
Chelsea
Olin
Hewland
Kennett
Republican Party
Howland
Old Guard
Beard
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Iron Hall
Order
Royal Ark
Transfer of Weather Work From Army to Agriculture Dept
The Fifty-first Congress ordered the weather work of the Signal Service Bureau moved from the Army to the Agriculture Department effective July 1. A chief signal officer will head the bureau under the Secretary of Agriculture with a $63 000 appropriation increase aimed at aiding farmers. The change ends a long dispute over permanency and a life pension. about 400 personnel become civilians, while four officers return to the Army. Names mentioned for the chief include Assistant Secretary Wilets and Professor Nipher, with salaries ranging from 2500 to 4600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Service Bureau
Army
Agricultural Department
Signal Service
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Rusk
Sergeant Smith
Boston
Albert J. Meyers
Greely
Cleveland
Harrison
Wilets
Department of Agriculture
Nipher
Abbe
W. M. Davis
Cambridge
Henrichs
Bureau
Boston university club project takes shape at Algonquin meeting
Representatives from Harvard Yale Amherst Williams Dartmouth and Brown united in support of forming a Boston university club. A temporary organization was created with officers from Amherst Yale and Brown and multiple committees were named to recruit leading alumni, draft a constitution, seek incorporation, and plan a central clubhouse near downtown Boston.
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Boston
Algonquin Club
Harvard
Yale
Amherst Williams
Dartmouth
Brown
W. Parker
Amherst
Marcus Morton, Jr
W. W. Kellen
All Round Championship at Irvington Oval Today
Five competitors enter the all round championship of the Boston Athletic Association at 3 p.m. on the Irvington Oval. Events mirror the national championship with adjusted standards, including the 100 yards dash, shot put, high jump, 880 yards walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 yards hurdles, 56 pound weight throw, broad jump, and one mile run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Association
Irvington Oval
W.G. Irwin
Daniel Long
P. J. Finneran
T. Richardson
J. Crane
School Committee Advances New School Buildings Plan
The School Committee met on Mason Street to review an appropriation bill and approve construction of multiple new school houses in Bowditch Lowell George Putnam Bunker Hill Minerson Mt. Vernon North Brighton and a Mechanic Art High School on Belvedere and Dalton. The committee also moved to purchase several parcels of land on Meeting House Hill Dorchester Jamaica Plain Brighton Roxbury West Roxbury Roslindale and other locations for new school sites and approved an order to allow school principals to dismiss early up to two sessions per year under the Physical Training Committee. The board adjourned until Tuesday.
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Mason Street
Gallagher
Bowditch
Lowell
George Putnam
Bunker Hill
Minerson
New Grammar School
Mt. Vernon
Brighton
Mechanic Art High School
Belverdere and
Dalton Streets
Capen
Law Department
John ©. Watson
William KK. Clark
Lyceum Hall
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
John A. Whittemore
Charles F. Farrington
Burroughs Street
Jamaica Plain
Agassiz
Roderick J. Richardson
Waverly
Mackin
Susan Adsworth
Thornton Street
Roxbury
Lewis Coleman
Belvedere
Beach
Washington Street
Roslindale
Margaret E. Welch
Gardner Street
Baker Street
West Roxbury
Mowry
Committee On
Presbyterian Union Reception in Boston Church
The Presbyterian Union of Boston will host its first meeting at Columbus Avenue Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening May 12 from 6 to 8. A reception will honor Rev. James Stalker D D of Glasgow who will deliver an address. Tickets from treasurer John Gilchrist 5 Winter Street must be obtained by next Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Union
Presbyterian Union of Boston
Columbus Avenue Presbyterian Church
James Stalker
D.D
Glasgow
John Gilchrist
Winter Street
Public meeting on housing and labor issues at Mounting ton Hall
A public meeting in Mounting ton Hall Institute of Technology on Thursday May 7 features Jacob A Riis author of How the Other Half Lives describing clothing manufacture in New York tenement houses. Speakers include Mrs Alice N Lincoln Chief Horace G Wadlin and Chief Rufus R Wade with Dr Samuel Eliot presiding. All interested invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountington Hall
Institute of Technology
Jacob A. Riis
New York
Alice N. Lincoln
Horace G. Wadlin
Labor Bureau
Rufus R. Wade
State Police
Samuel Eliot
Successful Innovation New and Valuable Gifts in Painting and Sculpture
A feature highlights new and valuable gifts in painting and sculpture. Notable works and benefactors are noted, with emphasis on the institutions receiving the acquisitions and the artists involved. The article surveys recent donations and their impact on local galleries.
Metropolitan Museum Spring Reception Goes Into Evening
The Metropolitan Museum of Art shifts its annual spring reception from afternoon to evening, with electric lighting praised for gallery illumination. The plan to open Sundays may be proposed to municipal authorities, funded by public money. New loans and gifts fill the first east gallery including Whitman portrait by Mrs. Milbank and Healy by G. P. Avery, plus works by Chase, Yewell, Johnson, and many others. Rembrandts remain through October, and a new bronze group The Bohemian by Bartlett arrives with other sculpture and sword cabinets. Hotel and social notices follow with arrivals and gatherings at local inns.
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New Yorks
Srrcrat
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walt Whitman
Jeremiah Milbank
G. P. A. Healy
G. P. Avery
W. P. W. Dana
Howland Russell
King Phillip
Rubens
Velasquez
Escosura
Frederick Loeser
Henry M. Johnson
Brooklyn
Corot
twoCazins
Sovot
Chatillon
Johnson
Roybet
Puget’s Sound
Colorado
Samuel Colman
Henry A. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Department of Sculpture
George H. Lucas
Paris
Moreau-Vautier
Augustine
City of God
Mary Leroy King
Edson Cemetery Keeper-Involved in Violent Fit
Captain Martin V. B. Davis, keeper at Edson Cemetery, suffered a temporary mental collapse this forenoon and attacked himself with an axe. Police subdued him after a struggle. he was placed in the insane ward at the city farm. Reports cite possible trouble with cemetery accounts and a confession of $110 short, with $106 repaid toward the city. Davis, a war veteran of the Swentieth and thirty-third Massachusetts, was appointed keeper in 1889 by Mayor Palmer.
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Lowell
Martin V. B. Davis
Edson Cemetery
Ricker
Davis
City Farm
Anyee
Howard
Swentieth
Thirty
Massachusetts
Edson
Palmer
Fifield
Death of an Old Printer in Lowell
Deacon Leonard Brown a well known printer dies at his Durant street home aged 70. He earlier worked with the Corner and Citizen as a reporter. A Mason Odd Fellow GAR and Veteran Fireman, he served in the Sixth Regiment. He leaves a widow a daughter in town and a son in Boston. Native of Lexington.
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Lowell
Leonard Brown
Citizen
Durant Street
Masonic Order
Odd Fellows
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Lexington
Clocks and bronzes showcased in Tremont Street store
The second floor of the new Shreve Crump and Low Building at Tremont and West streets will house clocks of every description and choice bronzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreve, Crump & Low Company
Tremont and
West Streets
Catholic Home for Women Urges New Building in Boston
The Young Women's Catholic Association held a Steinert Hall meeting to raise funds for a new home. In three years receipts totaled 10 479 with 9 046 spent on provisions and furniture. 126 girls cared for, twelve since opening, yet 700 turned away. Archbishop funded rent, association contributed 3 000. A plan to involve Boston Catholic children and seek small donations was approved with a committee to meet the archbishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Catholic Association
Steinert Hall
Association
Patrick Donohoe
Boston
John Condon
William McCarthy
M. E. P. Fennell
John Curtin Patrick Donohoe
T. B. Fitz
Arrests of Eastern Investment officers for stock fraud
Officers Andrew A. Meyer and Benjamin P. Walker were arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud Rev. John W. Winkley and his wife of rights in two shares of stock valued at 100 each. Winkley seeks $700 invested under false claims of property, real estate value, and investment security. Lucius W. Cram also faced warrants. he was absent, reportedly in Portland. Meyer and Walker held on $1000 each for Municipal Court appearance.
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Andrew A. Meyer
Benjamin P. Walker
The
Eastern Investment Company
John W. Winkley
Messrs. Meyer and Walker
Lucius W. Cram
Cram
Portland
Meyer
Walker
Warm Day Draws Crowd to Central Park Zoo
In New York a Barnum’s Circus timber wolf toured the Central Park menagerie drawing curious children who offered peanuts and ginger snaps. Warm weather shifted animal behavior with eagles bathing, alligators waking from a long fast, and elephants notably tranquil as keepers planned the first meals for the fasting reptiles and a gentle greeting from Tip the elephant.
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Central Park
New York Times
William Conrad
Barnum’s Circus
Conklin
After Effects of the Grip Promoted Stimulant Whiskey
A prominent American doctor notes the grip weakens the aged and debilitated, causing deadly after effects. He urges a stimulant to restore vitality, endorsing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the best option to strengthen nature and counteract grips after effects.
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America
Duffy
Weather forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Washington reports forecast through 8 p m Tuesday for New England and Eastern New York calls for fair weather, slightly cooler conditions, and northwest gales.
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Washington
New England
New York
Post's Forecast: Fair Northern New England Cooler Tonight
Northern New England today will be generally fair with fresh west winds and frost at one exposed place. Southern New England partly cloudy with diminishing winds and lower temperatures. The weather synopsis notes widespread cloudiness from a high pressure area moving in from the north, with light precipitation in parts of the Missouri Valley and Pacific Coast and minor showers in southern districts.
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POST
New England
Missouri Valley
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
Bismarck
Rapid City
Huron
North Platte
St. Vincent
Dakota
Nebraska
Helena
Salt Lake City
Des Moines
Chicago
St. Lawrence Gulf
Boston
Northfield
Salem Officials Name School Board Replacement
Salem May 4 The Aldermen and School Committee in joint session elected Ruchbard Breed to fill the Ward 4 vacancy on the School Board caused by John O Shea's resignation. The Supreme Judicial Court arraignment of Michael J Callahan for James W Lane murder is postponed to May 25. Construction starts on St James Catholic Cathedral on Federal Street with contract price 52000 and total cost expected near 90000. Veteran Cadets reelected Joseph A Dalton as lieutenant colonel and the old board of officers remains.
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Salem
Salem Aldermen and School Committee
Ruchbard Breed
John O’shea
Ward 4
Supreme Judicial Court
Michael J. Callahan
James W. Lane
St. James Catholic Cathedral
Federal Street
Joseph A. Dalton
Coughlin Nominates Gilbert as City Physician Aide
Fall River politics report Mayor Coughlin re nominated Dr. John Gilbert as assistant city physician and he was confirmed 5 yeas to 3 nays. Alderman Bassett, Republican opponent, is sidelined by grippe while Gilbert faced repeated objections for deserting the GOP to back the mayor. Also note Fall River Line steamers Puritan and Plymouth now depart New York at 5:30 pm.
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Fall River
Faux River
Coughlin
John Gilbert
Alderman Bassett
Gilbert
Fall River Line
Puritan
Plymouth
New York
Court Notices and Upcoming Trials on Tuesday the Fifth
United States District Court calls criminal trials to resume today Tuesday the fifth. Supreme Judicial Court lists equity assignments for Tuesday the fifth. Cases named include Williams versus Williams and several civil matters such as Union Gaslight Company dissolution petition, Richardson versus Fifield, Shedd versus Richardson, Evans versus Boston Heating Company, National Tube Works versus the same, Hear versus the same, Matthews versus Dow, Smith versus Foster, and Doe versus Sumner.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Holmes
Williams
Union Gaslight Company
Richardson
Fifield
Shedd
Law docket details breach of contract suit and verdicts
Superior Court matters list a breach of contract suit by John S. Hobbs and others against Columbia Falls Brick Company for eight million bricks at eight dollars per thousand with delivery due by June 1890. The defense of fraud and nonexistence was rejected. Verdict for the plaintiffs is two thousand dollars, with further cases and consolidated docket entries listed, including personal injury actions and other civil matters, plus probate notices for Essex County estates.
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Superior Cour
Suffolk
Barker
John S. Hobbs
S. L. Whipple
F. T. Benner
Estates and inventories list for New England residents
The article lists numerous inventories and estates including Samuel W. Johnson of Bradford valued at $977,365 and Hannah Felt of Salem at $456,864. It notes wills distributing sums and residuary bequests to institutions such as Harvard University and Children’s Hospital, plus a $5,000 bequest to the First Universalist Church of North Andover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Noyes
North Andover
First Unitarian Church
George Draper
Nahant
Harvard University
Children’s Hospital of
Boston
Children's Island Sanitarium
Superior Court Middlesex case list includes several actions
May 4 proceedings show Jessie B. Savage versus Appleton Merrill for 1000 damages with verdict for plaintiff 31670, K A Appleton and others represent. additional cases include Robert M. Gill v Andrew J. Fiske for goods sold, and other docket entries with various parties and attorneys listed.
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Superior Court
Middlesex, Is
Cambridge
Ham
Monod
Jessie B. Savage
Appleton Merrill Et al
W. F. Prime
K. A. Appleton
Robert M. Gill
Andrew J. Fiske
Johnson & Harvey
H. Fi. Mather
Political Straws in Massachusetts Reflect GOP Reluctance
The N S Commercial Advertiser notes that prominent Republicans in Massachusetts hesitate to seek the governorship as Governor Russell looks likely to be the Democratic nominee. It argues signs point to continued Democratic strength and a future Bay State shift toward commercial freedom, with William Lloyd Garrison linking tariff ideas to liberty debates.
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Massachusetts
N. S
Boston
Russell
Old Bay
William Lloyd Garrison
Travel party seeks additions for grand northern tour
A select group from Boston seeks one or two more members for an extended voyage to North Cape, Russia, Constantinople, Athens, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. Sail date from New York June 27. References exchanged. Apply at once to Travel, P. O. Box 2704, Boston.
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Boston
North Cape
Russia
Constantinople
Athens
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
New York
P. O. Box
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Georsis & Alabama Investment Company
Tallapoosa
Tey
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Ing
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Globe
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J. D. Robinson
Gad Robinson
Thorndike
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Worcester
C. C. Howard
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Fairhaven
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Wait
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Boston & Albany Railroad
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George Coffin
West End Railroad Company
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M. F. Dickinson, Jr
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Air
Lottie Copp
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Calvin F. Copp
Charles G. Fall
L. Lincoln
W. S. Badger
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Lowell & Dracutt Street Railway Company
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W. F. Dickinson, Jr
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Pullman Pal, Car Co
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