Dimensions of Valkyrie Explained by English Sailor
An English yacht sailor analyzes the Valkyrie design from Dunraven's letter describing dimensions and performance. The Earl of Dunraven's letter contents remain private while the Atlantic Yacht Club in New York prepares a club reading session for Thursday evening. Commodore Smith notes the letter is very satisfactory though only two cup committee members attended today's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl of Dunraven
Commodore Smith
Cup Committee
New York Yacht Club
Valkyrie Is Watsons Best Boat In English Sailor View
New York May 14 Special Thomas Sloan English yacht sailor recently arrived to sail a forty foot cutter built at South Brooklyn for My Wetmore of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Club He visited Valkyrie and compared it with Watson designs noting Valkyrie will be the best boat Watson ever designed He likened her waterline to the Thistle and described her deep forefoot long overhang and Lloyds measurement around 85 to 94 feet overall
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Valkyrie
Watson
New York
Thomas Sloan
South Brooklyn
My. Wetmore
Seawanhaka Corinthian Club
Melissa
Earl Dunraven
Lloyd’s
Katrina
Lloyd's
Atlantic Yacht Club Elects Committees And Names Applicants
The Atlantic Yacht Club held a special meeting with fifty members present. Commodore E W Dixon presided as four teen candidates remained for consideration. A five member house committee was chosen, Regatta committee members named, a measurer appointed, and a fleet captain selected for the dedication celebration of the new clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Yacht Club
E. W. Dixon
Regatta Committee
Thomas C. Rice
J. H. Pray
M. R. Stevenson
J.J. Hern
J. J. Driscoll
Augustus Bellevue
Thomas G. Rice
Cambridge land gift to Harvard Rowing Club proposed
Real estate transactions list major Boston area sales with names, street locations, and prices. Alexander Agassiz represents an unidentified buyer purchasing 70 000 square feet by the Charles River near Putnam avenue to gift to Harvard College for the Rowing Club. Other transfers include Elisha Thayer selling Atlantic avenue property to Boston Heating Company for 77000 and various mortgage financings around Beacon West Chester park and Newbury Street properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Alexander Agassiz
William Stearns
Charles River
Putnam Avenue
Harvard College
Harvard Rowing Club
College
Boston
Elisha Thayer
Boston Heating Company
Atlantic Avenue
American Loan and Trust Company
Boston Young Women’s Christian Association
Scotch Presbyterian Church
Warren Street
A. D. Hooper
James D. Casey
Pynchon and
Heath Streets
William L Bowditch
Joseph M. Currier
Purchase Street
William Berwin
Bertha Levy
Dwight Street
Michael Donahoe
Elizabeth Barry
Middlesex Street
Daniel W. Becker
C. R. Goodwin
Forest Street
G. Z. Adams
Institution For Savings
Roxbury
Cody Merrill
Stanmere Place
Isaac Pratt, Jr
F. Nichols
Chester Street
A. Pfeffer
S. J. Morrill
Gates Street
Mercie M. Souther
M. G. Betts
Broadway
Thomas Parker
Michael
Madison Street
Samuel Hatch & Co
G. W.J. Riley
Winchester
Mass
L. C. Pattee
Lebanon
N. H
Dudley Street
J. W. Calnan
C. W. Sawyer
Charlestown
Esterday
Caldwell
Perkins Streets
Mr. Lockwood
Newbury Street
O. H. Drisko & Son
Albion Knowlton
Stanhope Street
John C. Haynes
Business Pures
N. Mathews
Athletic Club
Suffolk Savings Bank
G. Bradford
Beacon Street
West Chester Park
William Minot, Jr
Edwin B. Horn
Marlboro Street
A. Welch
Martha P. R. Codman
West Street
Jacob Goldsmith
H. Goldsmith
Parker Street
Onry Pfaff
West Dedaim Street
C. E. Thayer
Silas W. Merrill
Blagden Street
B.L. Vevin
Nellie 8. Thomas
Huntington Avenue
Conveyancers’ Title Insurance Company
E. B. Abercombie
Kk. H. Andrews
George W. Nason
Hulvart
Regent
Fenwick Streets
Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Alian T. Burrill
Newary Street
Police Board Names Twenty Reserve Officers for Duty
Twenty reserve policemen were appointed by the board of police commissioners and assigned to duty at various stations. The transfers include Weod from 6 to 13 Manning from 11 to 6 Sanborn from 3 to 11 Bower from 16 to 4 Burr from 8 to 1 O Neil from 7 to 8 Little from 9 to 4 Saunder son from 6 to 9 Berlin from 8 to 7 Jam from 2 to 3 Lombard from 12 to 3 Kirby from 13 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Police Commissioners
Onry I. Weod
William F. Manning
Everett F. Sanborn
Edmund J. Bower
Rom
Levi M. Burr
Joseph H. O'Neil
Charles P. Little
John H. Saunderson
John J. Berlin
Andrew Jam
Richard Lombard
Edward P. Kirby
Massachusetts Rebate Association Promises 10 Percent Yield
The Massachusetts Rebate Association at 13 School Street offers a rebate by distributing commissions from its trade influences. Members pay a nominal annual subscription and may obtain a promised 10 percent yield on expenditures through its purchasing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Rebate Association
School Street
Bostonslaying Pittsburgs in sixteenth hits and thirteen runs
Boston beat Pittsburg 13 to 7 in a high scoring game highlighted by Radbourn’s pitching and strong Boston hitting. Johnston Brouthers and Nash shone in defense while Smith homered for the Pittsburgs. The crowd of about 2,500 saw a fusillade of singles and multiple runs across several innings, with Boston seizing control early and maintaining it through the later frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rip van Winkle
Pittsburg
Redlegs
Pennsylvany
Sanders
Radbourn
Pittsburgs
William
Bostons
Smoky City
Dunlap
Eateh
Brown
Johnston
Brouthers
Nash
Richardson
Ganzel
United Effort
Tts
Globe ‘Theatre Management
Harvard Baseball Juniors Defeat Seniors 16 to 8
The Harvard juniors beat the seniors 16 to 8 in a afternoon game powered by tighter fielding and clustered hits. Bingham led batters with a three-base hit a two-base hit and two singles. Bates McKean each had three hits and Piper hit a home run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Bingham
Bates
McKean
Piper
City Notes From Boston Civil Engineers Meeting and Local News
The Boston Society of Civil Engineers meets at 7:30 PM at the Boston & Albany station with papers by John A. Gould Jr. on high service water works and Charles Haberstroh on recent flow measurements. Bids for northerly Court House plumbers range from $14,700 to $33,792. Police seek an owner for a bay horse and buggy left by Parker at a Richmond Street stable. Deputy Burrill and police leaders review stations and property. Jamaica Plain Gun Club to dedicate a new clubhouse with a 10 AM tournament at Clarendon Hills. Public institutions group names Dr. Thomas L. Jenks as chairman and Gen. M. T. Donohoe as clerk. A claimed real estate sale by Louis J. Elkan to Albion Knowlton is disputed. Elkan says only a land ship sale for $1,300 occurred, not a house estate sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Boston & Albany
John A. Gould, Jr
Boston Water Works
Charles FE. Haberstroh
Court House
Messrs
Isaac N. Tucker
Thomas H. Duggan
Daniel G. Finnerty
J. F. Cronin
D. A. Horgan
Parker
Richmond Street
Burrill
Larry Cain
Gardiner
Twe
Jamaica Plain Gun Club
Mr. Knowlton
Knowlton
Benjamin Whittemore Elected to Boston School Committee
The Boston school board and city council elected Benjamin Whittemore to fill the late Gerald Griffin's seat after a multi-ballot vote. The debate over the George H. Lee diploma persisted with majority backing to end debate, while minority member Winship urged renewed consideration. The 250th anniversary of the first public school in America was set for June with a $250 expense, and a plan to open 25 acres in Franklin Park for schoolchildren was proposed. The supplies committee reported five year costs for books, drawing materials and stationery totaling $272,239.54, offset by on hand books valued at $76,109.58 leaving $196,130.02 per year for 62,007 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B. Whittemore
Gerald Grifin
Messrs
Benjamin K. Whittemore
Cassius C. Powers
Peter S. Maher
Henry Canning
Isabellae C. Barrows
Mr. Whittemore
Mr. Canning
Mr. Powers
Barrows
Whittemore
Canning
Wees
Winship
Brighton
George H. Lee
Allen
Wormelle
Falion
Humphreys
Annie N. Crosby
Roxbury High
Emma L. McDonald
Mr. Vernon
Grace M. Clark
Lewis School
Sara Mock
Dwight
Fanny L. Rogers
Mather
Belle M. Harrington
Pierce
Mary Butler
Mt. Vernon
Annie
Burpee
Cottage Place
Marian ‘I. Morse
North Margin Street
Kindesgarten
America
Park Commissioners
Franklin Park
Boston
Emery
Murphy, Humphreys and
Grainger
West Roxbury High School
Whittemore Elected to School Committee in Boston Area
Mr Benjamin B Whittemore newly elected member of the school committee belongs to the Mercer Whittemore firm trade insurance agents for Attna Fire Insurance of Hartford Conn He has long involvement in education including a Norwich Conn superintendent post and five years as a City public school teacher He has lived in Boston over a decade and is well known in insurance circles He resides in Dorchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B. Whittemore
Mercer & Whittemore
Attna Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Whittemore
Norwich
Boston
Dorchester
Breweries Bought by English Investors in U S
London capitalists through Samuel Untermeyer have gained control of five American breweries valued at six and a half million dollars. The breweries include Adolph Hupfels in New York Albany Brewing Co in Albany and Gottfried Kruger Mrs Christina Trefz and Peter Kauckary in Newark. A six member board will govern, with Untermeyer representing the English investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Gibbs & Co
London
Samuel Untermeyer
Adolph Hupfels
Albany Brewing Company
Albany
Gottfried Kruger
Christina ‘Trefz
Peter Kauckary
Newark
N. J
Untermeyer
City Hospital Visits Regulated After Scarlet Fever Rule
City Hospital regulator directs that patients with scarlet fever or diphtheria cannot receive visits unless dangerously ill or sufficiently convalesced to move to a common ward. Inquiries are directed to the lodge for patient condition updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
Cotco Mines Company Shares Advancing After May 25
Boston investors are told that CotcHis MIntneG Com PANY shares will rise in price after May 25. All information is with R. H. Whitney & Co., 48 Congress Street, Boston, where checks or drafts should be made payable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CotcHis Mintneg Company
Boston
R. H. Whitney & Co
Congress Street
May term opens as Circuit Court to begin hearings
The United States Circuit Court opens today with the grand jury to be charged at 11 o'clock. Judge Colt is absent and hearings will be postponed for a few days. Jury trials in civil cases on the calendar will begin Tuesday the 28th inst at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Colt
Supreme Court Rescripts in Cassidy versus Charlestown Bank
The Supreme Judicial Court orders a decree for the plaintiff in Cassidy versus Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, ruling the bank lacked title to the Locke estate and could not convey it. Facts cover mortgage error, foreclosure, bid, and misapplied loan. Attorneys: Aarns for plaintiff, Barns for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Thomas Cassidy
Charlestown
Five Cents Savings Bank
Joseph H. Locke
Fee
Chelsea
W.H. Aarns
Samuel T. Barns
Charles Alexander Et al
Maximilian Kaiser
Frost & Co
Manchester
N.H
Edward Avery
George M. Hobbs
A. B. Abbott
Equity
C. Allen
J. Daniel Frank
Sleeper
N.S
Causten Browne
George L. Hunteess
George L. Roberts
W. B. French
Boston Court Dockets Include Assault and Injury Actions
A compilation of tort cases from Boston sessions details Patrick H. Coakney vs Henry C. Hemenway alleging assault and arrest by police, plus multiple labor and railroad injury suits. Notable entries include damages claims for elevator deaths and a Bridget Cleary assault case with a $1700 verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Gargan
P.M. Keating
A. K. Pillsbury
Aga Grant
M. Palmer
David Hurley
P. A. Lally
J. R. Churchill
RK. Lund
M. J. Creed
Dennis Sullivan
Eastern Middlesex Railroad Company
Timothy Sullivan
Same
Revere
Maiden
Onimal
F.S. Hesseltine
E. Hemenway
Jesse S’. Wheeler
Ssullivanny
E. Midla
Fuller
Kettell
Taylor
Haines
Mangine
Behoin
Hogarty
Moston
Lernard
Wright
Linton
Allen
Mtg. Co
Driscoll
Smith
Woodbury
Bart
Sheehan
Boston
Thompson
Peter J. Magee
West End Railway
R. M. Morse, Jr
M. Morton, Jr
William Gaston
M. I
J. A. McGeough
F. L. Hayes
McKey
Dorcey
W. H. Co
Storer Vy. Ray
Sullivan
East
Kelly
Cambridge
Middlesex
Middlesex $.0.Co. Gas Light Co
Peterson
Macool
Martine
Kimball
Lucas
Ioster
Spillane
Hatch
Amer
Dowell
Thurber
Murray
Feeley
Leonard
Sherman
Martin
Mitchell
Marclay
Deiren
Doyle
Old Colony
Davis
Sane
Mcsweeney
Losion
Commonwealth Docket Summaries Include Drunkenness and Larceny
List of court cases including Albert Dyer and Bertha Eckardt with assaults and adulteries. Records show 1036 Commonwealth vs Henderson drunkenness. 972 Corcoran breaking and entering. multiple larceny, forgery, embezzlement and liquor-law violations across a series of cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Dyer
George Morton
House of Correction
Bertha Eckardt
Walter Slade
Massachusetts Reformatory
Commonwealth
Henderson
Same
Corcoran
Wheeler
Hackett
Kelly
McCarthy
Flaherty
Edens
Vierce
McGinnis
Dolan
Burns
Saime
Burke
Driscoll
Flynn
Hallahan
Halrahan
Winsmore
French v Inhabitants of Quincy damages for injuries
In the April term of the Superior Court in Dedham, Daniel F. French sues the Inhabitants of Quincy for damages after a fall on a Quincy sidewalk in August 1885. Verdict for plaintiff set at 1179. Lawyers: Walker for plaintiff Pattee for defendant. Catherine Duffy v Daniel Donovan breach of marriage contract. Plaintiff from Brookline, defendant Norwood. They fixed a wedding day and she would not consent to postponement at his request, so they parted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk County
Dedham
Barkker
Daniel F. French
Quincy
Walker
W.G. A. Pattee
Catherine Duffy
Daniel Donovan
Brookline
Norwood
Damages Actions and Court List From May 14 1887 Middlesex
Superior Court Middlesex May 14 Mason J lists cases in progress and on calendar. Parties include McLaughlin v Kemp Adams v Boston Adans v Boston and multiple others. Juries will be sworn soon and motions for new trials and bills of exceptions set for May 24. Divorce list to be taken up May 20.
Paine case ends with hung jury in liquor law count
In Essex County Superior Court Salem May 14 the jury could not agree on the liquor law charge against William B. Paine of Marblehead. The Commonwealth won against intoxicating liquors and Jeremiah Lucie on furniture. Catherine Saunders of Gloucester was sentenced to one year for larceny. Several Lynn residents received six month to eighteen month sentences for adultery. Beverly man Albert P Grant jailed ten months for larceny from a building. Kate Patterson of Lynn received three adultery sentences totaling three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Essex County
Salem
Dunnar
William B. Paine
Marblehead
Commonwealth
Jeremiah Lucie
Catherine Saunders
Gloucester
House of Correction
Michael J. Condon
Alice Hankard
Michael Monachar
Stella J. Stone
Lynn
Albert P. Grant
Beverly
Kate Patterson
Insolvency Court Opens Case in Essex County
In Salem on May 14 in the Insolvency Court, a first meeting was held for James Warnock of Haverhill with assignees William McKean and James M. Goodwin. A warrant was issued against Charles S. Marston of Essex. Proceedings against Charles F. Treat of Lynn were vacated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Salem
Harmon
James Warnock
Haverhill
William McKean
James M. Goodwin
Charles 8. Marston
Essex
Charles F. Treat
Lynn
McNultyWill Case Opens in Plymouth Court
Heirs of Rev. Father McNulty seek to set aside his Brockton will alleging forged signatures and intoxication impairment. Witnesses for defence testified to genuine signatures while an expert said the will’s signature resembled Father Doherty’s handwriting. Court adjourned to Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Conlin
Bridgewater
Michael Doherty
John Cronin
Brockton
Samuel P. Gaines
Bridgewater Savings Bank
Henry L. Crane
J. J. Dowd
Minnie Conlin
Boston
William E. Kelly
John McAray
Fred P. Howard
The
Home National Bank
Francis P. Glynn
Thomas P. Lyden
Charles W. Summer
George A. Wheeler
Joseph P. Paine
New York
T. B. McNulty
Father Doherty
Simons & Pratt
Asa French
Charles 8. Davis
Municipal Court May 14 Two youths held for June Superior Court
In a criminal session Parmenter C J Coakley and John Kelly were held in 2000 bail each for appearance at the June term of the Superior Court after allegedly assaulting and relieving Edmund A Whipple of 7 dollars on Cherry Street. Additional case notes show Benjamin Cohen charged with legally SSIABE property on conditional contract continued. Civil session lists include multiple dockets from 1721 to 1902 with varied case names such as Fanning v Mullen Saunders v Frye Linsman v Flynn Lux v Ballou and many others. Continuous docket entries reflect old civil litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmenter
C.J. C. J. Coakley
John Kelly
Edmund A. Whipple
Cherry Street
Superior Court
Benjamin Cohen
Harpy and ApAms, Jr
Memory and the Rational Means of Improving It Lecture
Dr Edward Pick spoke at Lever Hall Cambridge on memory enhancement through strong impressions and comparison. The report notes ideas blending, study tips for language, and a list of tennis league standings plus upcoming Canoe Club races and a Freshman Glee concert at Lyceum Hall for class crew funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pick
Lever Hall
Cambridge
Philosophical Club
Lee
W. L. Kingsley
Jennings
Vallant
Brooks
Stetson
Chase
Orcutt
Hale
Brown
Richardson
Rogers
Lockett
Es L. Kingsley
Potter
Canoe Club
Puritan Club
Lyceum Hall
Senator Hale Injured in Train Collision
Los Angeles May 14 The Senate commission on trade relations with Canada arrived here this afternoon Senator Hale sustained a badly injured right leg in a collision of trains near San Jose yesterday The incident occurred during the journey to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Ancees
Cal
Senate Commission On Trade
Canada
Hale
San Jose
Opportunities in Texas Opening for Yankee Brains and Money
Colonel E H Ropes describes Port Aransas enterprise near Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi as a gateway for Northern and Eastern capital. He argues Texas offers deep water harbor access, rapid growth, and diverse industries from dressed beef to tanneries, cotton mills, and silk, with Aransas Pass favored over Galveston for faster harbor development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New England
Young’s
E. H. Ropes
Port
Denison
Northwest
Lone Star
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Southwest
Corpus Christi Bay
Aransas Pass
Galveston Bar
Mississippi
Denver
Colorado
Nebraska
Thayer
New York
Galveston
Aransas
Aransas Bar
Rio Grande
Mexico
Corpus Chasti
Mexican National Railroad
el Paso
Gulf Coast
United States
Boston
Chicago
Laredo
San Antonio
Episcopal Church
Opportunity to invest now for potential gains
A brief note urges readers with capital to consider investing to avoid missing a current opportunity. It emphasizes potential profit and timely action, implying favorable market conditions and the benefits of early commitment. The message targets individuals with money seeking growth.
Boston School of Oratory 1889 Graduation Exercises
The Boston School of Oratory held last evening in Pilgrim Hall the graduating exercises for the class of 1889. Recitations and tableaux impressed the audience, with half the graduates to finish tonight. The roster lists Joel A. Bass, May Frances Brigham, May Elizabeth Rehan, Creselle Dunn, and others, plus post graduates Sara Lord Bailey, Vera D. Burpee, Alexa Nolan, Abram Sherman Pigeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston School of Oratory
Pilgrim Hall
Beacon Street
Casey Little
May Elizabeth Brigham
Cresselle Unn
Pauline Poviovna
Mabel Allison Yates
Alexandra Nolan
Joel A. Bass
Jim and
the Old Man
Dickens
Sarah B. Tawney
Clara T. Power
Moses True Brown
May Frances Bridgham
May ElizabethRehan
Cresselle Dunn
Emma Louise Hinds
Georgie Belcher Mitchell
Lenore K. Murray
Ella Kate Powley
Blanche Carrie Sargent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dunraven
MR. Smith
Marvard Rowing Club
EL Brown
Ostlanten
Keily
Beckley
Kbro
Thera
O'Carroll
Richa’d'n
Miller
O Nash
O Dunlap
Quinn Ss
S Maulp
Ganzer
QO O Smith
Sowders
Lauer
Radbeurn
Ewe Ee
Ciavesseee
Piccscoutes
Quinn
Hanlon
Isases
Isiown
Maul
Carroll
Ostons
Town
Punlap
Maui
Ampires
Curry
Fessenden
Giants
Clevelands
Titcomb
NEW Yorks
A.B. Stricker
O' Tiernan
McAleer
I Ward
O Connor
O Twitchell
O.murphy
Faatz
Rich
Radford
O’ Rourke
Tebean
Forster
Zimmer
Whitney
O’brien
Iitcomb
Philadelphia
Phillies
Chicagos
Philadelphias
E. R
Ryan
Wood
Vanikr
Delch
Nty
Datystt.i. Sd
Deere Crag
Anson
Keffer
Mulvey
Farrell
Clements
Farrar
Gumbert
Hallman
Fhnt
Cricavos
Sluss
Eiresee
Deléhanty
van Haltren
Pfeffer
Delehanty
Flint
SeQuaid
Washington
Washington- Indianapolis
B. BR. Whittemore
Preachers
Pitman
Farrington
Brig
Bersig
Stearnsham
Wiggin
W. J. Morgan Co
White
Barnard
Vanuxem
Burr
Setzer
MebDonald
Wise
Loan
Iollander
Straine
BisHor
Bridget Cleary
John Carroll
J. E. Cotter
P. H. Leahy
Paras L. C. Buuspus
Asa P. French
Diney, J
Meliigh
Inhale
Adans
City of
Cooke
McIntosh Et al
French Et al
Warren
Lunt
Richarda
V. French
Vy. Codhho
Harvard Notes
Senator Hale
Royal Bak
ING Powders Co
Wall St
Opportunities
Wlpern
Colchis @inning Company
Robert G. Ingersoll
C. D. Jenkins, M.D
Herbert Parsons
RH. Whitney & CO
E. C. Thompson
Washington St
Old South
Mark
ALL “Rocers Quaker Mill Co
Ravenna
Obie
Norman McDonald & CO
Brattle Street
James Russell Lowell
Mt. Auburn
Newton
Watertown
Colonel Rice
Yankee Brains
Lyons
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