City Architect Bateman Holds Over Amid West End Row
Temporary commissioners of public institutions named by the mayor while city architecture affairs shift. Bateman says he intended to resign but will stay on when the mayor requested it, until a successor is approved by the aldermen. Atwood, Weissbein, and others discussed as potential replacements.
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West End
Bateman
Hart
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Vinal
Mt. Vernon Bank
Atwood
Harrison H. Atwood
Weissbein
Ernst
Republican Party
Alderman Gove
Mr. Atwood
Richardson
Bailey
Opening of Merchants Weeks Draws Thousands to Boston
A crowd of visitors is expected as Merchants Weeks begins in Boston. The event, running for two weeks, promises strong wholesale and retail participation with rail travelers converging on the city. Local firms prepared to entertain and boost trade, notes indicate thousands will arrive with families.
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Boston
Tremont House to be leased by Harris and Stranahan
Saturday's Post says Tremont House will be leased to Messrs E P Harris and R H Stranahan hotel men with a Western capitalist backing. Rumors linked J H Beckman of Parker House to the venture, but Beckman denies any connection and promises new plans and equipment if he enters the business again. The new firm is expected to arrive late this week.
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Post
Tremont House
Messrs
E. P. Harris
R. H. Stranahan
J. H. Beckman
Parker House
Beckman
School and Church Clash at Music Hall in Miner Sermon
Dr. A A Miner denounces Roman Catholic influence and church authority in a Music Hall talk. He cites infallibility claims and school board battles, blasting Catholic power and urging defense of secular schooling amid a Boston crowd.
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Music Hall
T. P. Briggs
Frank A. Waterman
New England
B. F. Bradbury
Governor Long
A. A. Miner
Father McKenna
Church of Rome
George Washington
Washington
Bodfish
Kr. Gargan
Rome
Vatican
Cardinal Manning
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Boston Deaths Trend and City Fraudulent Telegram Swindle
The city reports 193 deaths in Boston last week, down from 215 a year earlier. A 30 year old swindler targets residents with bogus telegrams, collecting 60 to 65 cents per call. Police raided the Congress Club at 17 Avery Street, seizing gambling equipment.
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Boston
Lagrange Street
Congress Club
Avery Street
Notable guests and arrivals at Bangor hotels described
City editor Clarence S. Lunt and several prominent visitors were recorded staying at Bangor hotels including Adams House Tremont House and Tavern. Names listed span New York Providence Cincinnati Chicago and Portland with guests from J. Hayden to George J. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace among others.
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Clarence S. Lunt
Bangor
Adams House
William R. Palmer
Madison Square Theatre
New York
Tremont House
William J. Tucker
Andover
Central Church
Walden Ramsey
Vendome
Brunswick
J. R. Hayden
H. A. Hunt
Providence
K. L
Edmund Pendleton
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. E. Harrington
Cedar Rapids
George J. Wallace
N. H
Edward Parrons
M. B. Turner
Belfast
Samuel Hollinan
O. Parker
F. H. Corning
Yarmouth
N.Y
W. RB. Campbell
London
Eng
Henry W. Smith
Washington
George Duval
Daniel W. Richardson
Max Schwartz
Austin D. Wolf
Henry _C.Baird
Philadelphia
Alex Devine
Helena
Mont. Tremont
E. P. Bates
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles E. Ellis
Manning
John Graham
W. H. Graham
Kellogg
Brooklyn
Albert
Rice
Maine
Revere
J. P. Spaulding
Lowell
W. Daws
Detroit
Marblehead Regatta Plans For Corinthian Yacht Club Cup
The Corinthian Yacht Club issues a circular inviting yachtsmen to four day cup races for forty, thirty and twenty seven foot classes off Marblehead. Eastern Yacht Club and Corinthian cups valued at 250 and 125 dollars attract competition with amateur steerage rules and sail-offs in ties. Regatta committee lists George A. Stewart and others. Chiquita owner A Hemenway holds first cup win for the Eastern cup to be raced in 1889.
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Corinthian Yacht Club
Marblehead
New York Yacht Club
Eastern Yacht Club
William F. Weld
George A. Stewart
State Street
Boston
Frank W. Chandler
William Fowe
John B. Paine
Harry P. Benson
Chiquita
A. Hemenway
Windward
Leeward
Marblehead Yacht Races Set Through September
Marblehead harbor will host a busy series of yacht races starting in June and ending in September. The schedule lists events by club and date including Corinthian pennants first championship cash prizes and numerous Beverly Yacht Club races with Pleon and Corinthian participation in cup and sweepstakes events.
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Marblehead
Marblehead Harbor
Corinthian
Beverly Yacht Club
Pieon
Pieon Club
Cruise
Beverly
Pleon
Corinthian Club
Yachting Season Opens Early at Quincy Clubs
The season starts soon with yachts at anchor off the club house and rapid progress in local yards. At Maybury's E F Linton builds a new catboat Secret for the twenty foot class, Commodore Hunt's Posey is rebuilt, waterline unchanged but beam up two feet, and at Lelois's yard refits launchings proceed with Masic Ideal Julia Rocket Cosey while Commodore Shaw's schooner Christine is being fitted out.
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Quincy
Maybury
E. F. Linton
Secret
Commodore Hunt
Posey
Lelois
Masic
Ideal
Julia
Rocket
Cosey
Commodore Shaw
Christine
Memorial Day Sailing Regatta Prepares at Fall River
Preliminary arrangements completed for the annual Memorial Day regatta on Mt Hope Bay under the King Philip Boat Club. Four classes with stationary ballast boats. prizes include silver cup valued at 175 dollars and cash awards from 10 to 40 dollars across classes.
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Fall River
Mt. Hope Bay
King Philip Boat Club
Sailing craft progress and yacht club notices
The Volante lies in Lawley's basin for sale and Verena work advances slowly while Mys tery awaits Commodore Lamb’s word. Lydia Adams has launched and is moored in Dorchester Bay. yacht clubs schedule meetings and season openings across Savin Hill Lynn Dorchester Boston Dorchester Yacht Club. Ex-Commodore Weld reports from Malta and returns by August is doubtful. Diana is being overhauled at Marblehead. Wanderer is being covered in New Bedford. Magnolia is being fitted in Philadelphia. Alice at Nay's yard East Boston is framing and planking progress.
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Volante
Lawley
Verena
Sloop Mystery
Hull Yacht Club
Commodore Lamb
Western Railroad
Lydia Adams
Measurer Hartford Davenport
Dorchester Yacht Club
Dorchester Bay
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Lynn Yacht Club
Boston Yacht Club
W. I. Weld
Eastern Yacht Club
Malta
Gitana
Diana
John C. Soley
Marblehead
Pratt’s Yard
Wanderer
G. F. Weld
Newport
New Bedford
Magnolia
Philadelphia
Alice
Nay’s Yard
Boston
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Awards and Proposals
At a Saturday meeting the Massachusetts Horticultural Society voted to provide additional funds for the window garden committee. A proposal to enlarge the library with a gallery was reviewed. Reports for best exhibits were awarded to J. H. Woodford for plants and flowers, W. N. Brackett for vegetables, and Wood for grasses.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
J. H. Woodford
W. N. Brackett
Fraics
Wood
Puddine and Fruit Puddine Case Sparks Injunction Motion
United States court considers a preliminary injunction in a Baltimore plaintiff’s claim that defendants imitate his farinaceous dessert packaging. The suit also details a Sierra Leone hides dispute with misdelivery claims and asks for delivery of goods and duties, with attorney arguments presented by Cobb for plaintiffs and Dabney for defendants.
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United States
Ee Court
Cott. J
William P. Coltworthy
Greenleaf D. Peabody
Baltimore
A. P. Browne
C. ©. Morgan
Reuben I. Pollard
Esmeralda
Mansfield
Edmund Reardon
Reardon
Custom House
Bill
Sierra Leone
Rearon
K. Cobb
Dabney
John F Brown Found Guilty in Pension Withholding Case
United States District Court records show Judge Nelson presiding. Jurors returned a guilty verdict against John F. Brown for withholding a pension. Juries were dismissed for the term.
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United States District Court
Nelson, J
John F. Brown
Probate Court May 6 Returnable List Suffolk County
Suffolk County Probate Court shows a returnable list for Monday May 6 with numerous petitions and accounts including Mary Green administrator, John E. O Neill administrator, Jasper Stone administrator, Elizabeth Allen will probate, Andrew Abbott trustee accounts, James P. Brewer executor and trustee, and multiple real estate sales guardianships and separate support actions. The docket includes filings for many individuals such as Ann Wesson, Mary A Coleman, Isaac M. Crehore, Saran Dexter, Dennis Donnallon, Samuel Downer, John English, John Foley, Edson Foster, Bazillia Freeman, Sullivan Freeman, Phoebe Freeman, Elmira Fuller, Hannah Fuller, John Gardner, Cordelia Gifford, Godfrey vs Godfrey, Mary Greenleaf, Mary Hartwell, Catherine Hancock, Charles Kelley, Fannie Knight, Ruth Leach, Thomas Linder, Emanuel Lowenstein, Margaret McFarland, Harriet Minot, George Minot, James Plunkett, and more. The Essex County Supreme Judicial Court also notes a May 4 decision by Justice Field in the Attorney General information case.
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Suffolk County
Mary Green
John E. O'Neill
Jasper Stone
Ann Wesson
Andrew Abbott
Elizabeth Allen
William Bacon
James P. Brewer
Satan CC
Chapman
Ann Colbert
Mary A. Coleman
Coleman
Isaac M. Crehore
Rose
C. Dow
de A. Cross
Saran Elien Dexter
Dennis Donnallon
Samuel Downer
Nancy M. Downer
John English
John Foley
Edson H. Foster
Bazillia Freeman
Sullivan Freeman
Phoebe G. Freeman
Elmira W. Fuller
Hannah B. Fuller
John Gardner
Leavitt Gardner
Cordelia D. Gifford
Earl W W. Johnson
Ann Keenan
Julia Kealey
Charles F. Kelley
Fannie
Knight
Alonzo E.knight
Ruth I. Leach
Thomas Linder
Emanuel Lowenstein
Margaret J. McFarland
Charles Marsh
Margaret McDonald
Harriet Minot
George K. Minot
Saime
Same
Samuel K. Lothrop
George Montgriffin
John Mullen
Charlotte L. Palmer
Charles E. Paige
James Plunkett
John E. Reardon
Lydia K. Rothh
Elizabeth Smith
Oliver Smith
Frederick Sonk
Sarah E. Steck
Edmund J. ‘Tileston
Emeline A. Torry
Abbie Walsh
Ernest W. Watson
Guardian
Michael Watson
Sarah T. Wellington
Abijah W. Withington
Charles H. Wood
Joseph Willworth
Samuel Bradlee
Bridget Donegan
Charles L. Wheelwright
Theresa McCullough
Samuel Hooper
Anna W. Lothrop
John C. Phillips
Anna T. Philips
Laine
Thomas Russell
Wilhelmine Kelley
William R. Austin
Catherine A. Baxter
Kirk Booth
Helen T. Booth
Harvey Rogers
Month on the Stock Promises Rich Ore and Mills
There is over a year's supply of ore already mined and ore of increasing richness is being mined daily. Work on the mill is being pushed as fast as possible and over twenty carloads of machinery will be installed when completed, much already on the ground. The enterprise attracts capable men and promises success and large dividends, urging investors not to miss the opportunity as the price is likely to advance.
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Ancient
Egypt
Asea
Phothmes Lil
Aeeyot
Christ
Thebes
Rossellini
British Museum
Seety VIII
Edward VI
John Taylor
Edmund W. Miller
Demurrer Sustained in Ipswich Case and Equity Docket Update
In Ipswich the demurrer arguments claim no stated case for relief by information and that a legal remedy exists for injuries. The Supreme Judicial Court sustains the demurrer. Weekly equity assessments begin Tuesday the 7th. Jury trials: five called, two juries disagreed, three verdicts set aside. docket unchanged.
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Ipswich
Supreme Judicial Court
C. A LuEy
Briggs
Petitioner
Lloyd
Dickinson
Mansfield
Hinckley
Lle McDonald
Brown
List of cases and docket items for Monday through Fifth Session
A long docket lists numerous cases by parties and reporters across sessions. Hearings in equity will be taken up Tuesday May 7 with cases set by agreement or motion for the weekly list, motions heard on Mondays as usual.
Municipal Court Civil Docket Names Felony
First and second municipal court sessions list civil cases with parties including Lux vy Jordan Huntress v Massey Colver v Hook David v Acmery Bartett v McKay Garvin v Barnes Walker v Simmons Fernekees v Mc Kechnie Johnson v Dillingham Chace v Thayer Bayldove v Meyer Matthews v Staf ford Brown v Bassett Richwond v Badger Harrington v Howe Lodge v Bayley Bayldove v Meyer Hughes v Scott Phippen v Keith Gates v Bonner Gillicuddy v Pagani Walsh v Shepperd Lang v Rice.
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Lux
Jordan
Huntress
Massey
Colver
Hook
David
Acmery
Ohas E Co
Bartett
McKay
Garvin
Bayldove
Meyer
Matthews
Stafford
Brown
Bassett
Richwond
Badger
Rarrington
Howe
Lodge
Bayley
Transportation of Fruit and Berries Update
At a Fruit and Produce Exchange meeting, Stuart C. Miller said railroad managers between Boston and Norfolk assured new equipment will allow fruit to reach the city within two days. The committee expects no further major delays in fruit transport.
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Fruit and Produce Exchange
Stuart C. Miller
Boston
Norfolk
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