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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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