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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1887

Page

2

Prohibition Debate and Nuisance Bills Highlight Session

Lawmakers set ten minute speech limits and advanced multiple measures including a fence nuisance bill, a Charles River bridge bill, and a ban on lobster sales under a length rule. Remonstrances against a constitutional amendment were heard while Beverly Farms debate continued and various committee reports were acted upon.

House of Representatives Charles River Senate Beverly Farms Division Gleason Worcester Committee On Banks and Banking Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin District of Columbia New York State Cook Committee On Fisheries and Game Shea Clark Hartwell Alger Forbes Morse Reed House Sleeper Boards of Health Pacong & Webster Railroad Company Commonwealth Acton Committee On Cities Board of Public Works Boston Committee On the Judiciary Board of Examiners

Street railway rights sale and gas commission debate

The section outlines a 25 year exclusive right to lay and maintain tracks over a bridge to be sold at public auction, with provisions tied to Public Statutes and cross city access in Boston and Cambridge. Proceeds go to sinking fund commissions after expenses. Debate covers amendments, tolls, and governance on gas and electric light commissions plus routine legislative actions and votes.

Boston Cambridge Colby Darling Wharton Walker Worcester Gas Commissioners Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners House Committee On Election Laws John M. Berry Keane Holyoke Quincy Charles River Causeway Street Crosby Pittsfield Symonds Salem Beverly Farms Committee On the Judiciary S. E. Sewall Committee On Labor Committee On Taxation New Bedford Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science Orange Water Works

State House considers rear building and gallery plan

The State House committee heard H H Sprague in favor of a brick and stone rear building to cost 450000 to 500000 with a grand staircase from Doric Hall to a statuary gallery over Mount Vernon street. The four story 24000 square foot project would include a library and reading room, two elevators, and possible terrace expansion if the reservoir lot is acquired. The plan shifts space from various rooms including the post office and smoking room. the city of Boston contemplates conveying the reservoir land if grade adjustments on Beacon Hill are made.

State House H. H. Sprague Andrews & Jaques Sillars Jaques Doric Hall House of Representatives Hoor Mount Vernon Street Derne Street Ashburton Place Whitmore Boston Beacon Hill Temple Street Fitchburg Railroad Company Water Street Charlestown Torrey John R. Murphy H. W. Bragg Cunningham Iron Works

John Larrabee Succeeds S A D Sheppard On Board

Melrose resident John Larrabee was named by the Governor to the board of registration in pharmacy, filling the unexpired term to 1890. Larrabee, a former House member in 1886, will serve alongside appointees Arthur Lincoln, Augustus Wilder, Carroll Wright, and others named by the executive council. Dr. Cochranes endorsement for Digestylin is cited in the notice.

John Larrabee Melrose Board of Registration In Pharmacy S. A.D. Sheppard Larrabee Arthur Lincoln Hingham State Library Augustus A. Wilder Chelsea Carroll D. Wright Bureau of Labor Statistics Charles Arthur H. Forbush Forbush & Co Boston County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts March & Co Milk Street Trim Chas. S. Murch Arthur JL Forbushl Mass

Unconstitutional Thirty Days Provision Upheld as Void

The Supreme Court ruled the thirty day naturalization provision of the 1885 acts unconstitutional in Patrick Kinneen vs James H Wells et al. The registrars refused registration within thirty days of natualization, prompting the tort action to recover damages. The court held the seven section unconstitutional and overruled the demurrer, allowing the case to proceed.

Supreme Court Patrick Kinneen James H. Wells Devens

Fusileer Veterans Mark Boston Centennial Celebration

Boston Fusileers centennial observance began at 1 PM with a march from Boylston Hall to Faneuil Hall and Parker House, drawing thirteen companies and invited dignitaries led by Mayor Hugh O'Brien. Captain Henry G. Snow presided as Lt Sidney A. Stetson acted as toastmaster followed by toasts to the President and Commonwealth. An ode by Rev Samuel Barrows was sung, and a concert and dance by the Salem Cadet Band closed the evening at Boylston Hall.

Boston Fusileers Active Corps Boylston Hall Faneuil Hall Fusileer Veteran Association Parker House Barry Montpelier Veterans’ Association Philley Brown E. W. Hinks E. J. Jones Henderson Bancroft Oakes French Mitchell Richardson Parker Cann Joseph Proctor Henry G. Snow Fusileers Sidney A. Stetson William Beals Veteran Fusiliers Snow United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts O’brien Boston Isaac T. Burrill Samuel Barrows Salem Cadet Band

Merritt Fruit Co Limited Faces Receivership After Judgment

The Merritt Fruit Company of New York seeks a receiver following a 1880 judgment against it for Peter Denton & Co. of Glasgow. Incorporated in 1885 with 860,000 capital, later reduced to 28,500. Other firms noted include Lithographoid Engraving and Printing Co placed in receivership for 12,836, and several insolvency actions against Kaufmann & Co and Ames R. Ingham.

Merritt Fruit Company, Limited New York Peter Denniston & Co Glasgow Scotland Albert Merritt Warner & Merritt Philadelphia Lithographoid Engraving and Printing Company of K. H. Gill Kaufmann & Co George DeForest Join N. B Ames R. Ingham Lawrence Laconia N. H

Battle over Kearsarge burial ground as Roxbury Latin seeks park

A second City Hall hearing addressed proposals to take Kearsarge burial ground for a Roxbury Latin school playground. Remonstrants led by L Foster Morse argued the city’s neglect of the site and warned against disturbing graves while noting higher valued burial grounds. Protests from E Co Hall J F Baldwin Charles M Seaver and others pressed to keep the ground undisturbed. The record also mentions The Revere House adopting the European plan and gaining popularity.

Kearsarge Roxbury Kearsarge Avenue Boston King’s Chapel Gran On Common Copp's Hill South South Burial Ground E. Co. Hall Watertown J. F. Baldwin Cambridge Charles M. Seaver Currier Amos Morse

American Oriental Society Holds Final Meeting at Atheneum

The American Oriental Society met in the Atheneum at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with acting president Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody presiding. Senior figures like Prof. W. D. Whitney and Prof. Charles R. Lanman led readings on the year and papers on Syriac manuscripts and the Book of the Dead. Officers elected include President Whitney, Peabody as vice president, and Lyon as recording secretary, with a slate of Harvard and Bowdoin scholars filling key roles.

American Oriental Society Atheneum W. D. Whitney New Haven A. P. Peabody Cambridge David Lyon Harvard Charles R. Lanman Charles Short Columbia College N. Y J. Henry Thayer William C. Winslow Isaac H. Hall New York W. ©. Winslow M. Edouard Naville M. Naville John Avery Bowdoin College Yale College D.D E. B., Salisbury W. Hayes Ward The New York Independent David G. Lyon Corresponaire W. W

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