Dunraven Responds on Conditions for America Cup Challenge
The New York Yacht Club receives two Dunraven letters about the international yacht rate and Valkyrie class. He confirms acceptance of club rules, outlines preferred race dates October 1 to 8, and requests thirty mile courses with vessel length within the third class. The cup committee will prepare a reply next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Yacht Club
Earl of Dunraven
Valkyrie
America
Dunraven
Cup
Union Boat Club Regatta Entries For Next Saturday
The list shows entries for the Union Boat Club regatta next Saturday at 3 pm. Senior championship boats include W.8 Eaton F.P. Whitman R.P. Blake and others. Canoe, wherry and omnibus races are noted with several participants and empty clubhouse postings for some events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Boat Club
Eaton
F. P. Whitman
R. P. Blake
Guild
H. G. Spooner
W.S. Eaton
E. P. Whitman
KR. P. Blake
C. Guild
Shell
Compromise Shell
Wherry
Rob Roy
Birch Canoe
nFa
Blake Hardy
Haskell
Hammond
Whitman
Clarke
I T. Spooner
E. C. Ellis
Curtis Guild
Dorchester Yacht Club Sets Evening Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Dorchester Yacht Club will convene at Anchorage Harrison Square this evening at 8 o'clock. Several important matters will be acted upon. Membership applications are before the committees for Hermann F Burkhardt Roxbury Edward W Chickering Boston Walter L Doten Dorchester Charles Humphrey Guild Boston sloop Beetle Philip Little Salem Joseph Ellis Thieshire Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Yacht Club
Anchorage
Harrison Square
Imnt
Hermann F. Burkhardt
Roxbury
Edward W. Chickering
Boston
Walter L. Doten
Dorchester
Charles Humphrey Guild
Philip Little
Salem
Joseph Ellis Thieshire
Silvie and Adrienne Prepare at Boston Yacht Club
Notes of interest describe Schooner Silvie to be fitted out by Sherman at Lawley's then sail to New York. Adrienne owned by William Bush remains moored at the Boston Yacht Club house and is being prepared for the season. Dorothy Q formerly Edmund Quincy’s has been sold for Portland. built by Commodore Pfaff replaces Adrienne and measures 48 feet overall 42 feet water line 14 feet 4 inches beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvie
Charles W. Whitten
Mr. Sherman
Lawley’s
New York
Adrienne
William Bush
Boston Yacht Club House
Dorothy Q
Edmund Quincy
Portland
Commodore Pfaff
Cambridge School Matters
The Cambridge school board met with Mayor Gilmore presiding. Nellie C. Drely was confirmed as permanent Webster school teacher and N. Maria Stevens as temporary Wyand school teacher. Delia Sticknee salary raised by 100 dollars annually. petition from primary principals on file. City council urged to appropriate 300 dollars to establish a kindergarten system with public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge School Board
Gilmore
Nellie C. Drely
Webster
N. Maria Stevens
Wyan
Delia Sticknee
Hail Storm Destroys Property in Clinton Iowa
A heavy hail storm passed over Clinton Iowa yesterday morning with stones six inches in circumference and later round hail stones averaging an inch in diameter. Skylights were broken and small fruit and tender plants severely damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Meekings Great Power Threat Tangles City Hall Scalp Threat
F W Hyatt named numbering clerk in the street department replacing Charles A Lambert after Lambert’s discharge amid a conflict led by Deputy Superintendent Michael Meehan and Superintendent Jones. Lambert, a Gettysburg veteran from Jamaica Plain, accuses politics of his removal while Meehan boasted of targeting his scalp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Hyatt
Charles A. Lambert
Lambert
Jones
Michael Meehan
Jamaica Plain
Gettysburg
Meehan
Boston
Post
Hart
Wise
Post 15
Sam
O’brien
Harvard notes handicap entries and club results
Harvard Athletic Association entered men for Staten Island handicap games with selections possible after handicaps. Shooting club reports good scores with winners Green MacKay and Quinlan. Harvard Union officers elected D. Torrey as president and R. Hale as vice president. Carl Lamboltz lectured on Aborigines of Australia. Conference Francaise elected officers H. Strout as president and Sweeney as vice-president with Wright as secretary and Van Rensselaer as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Athletic Association
Staten Island Athletic Club
S. V. R. Crosby
J. P. Lee
E. C. Moen
O. K. Hawes
E. B. Bodley
L.S
W. H. Wright
W. C. Downs
L. S
R. R. Endicott
T. J. Stead
W.H. Wright
A. M. White
C. L. Dodge
E. B. Bod
Green
MacKay
Greene
Quinlan
Harvard Union
Tong
D. ©. Torrey
R. Bb
Hale
Ramsey
Carl Lamboltz
Harvard
Australia
Conference Francaise
H. F. Strout
Sweeney
H. F. Wright
van Rensselaer
General Theological Library Elects New Members
The fifty ninth meeting of the Committee on new members held at 23 Mt Vernon Street elected Mrs William Wilkins Warren and George H Gilbert as annual corporate members. Union Temple Church Church of the Disciples First Religious Society Eliot Square in Boston and St Johns Episcopal Church of Artsmouth NH were elected perpetual members. George H Flinn and William J Shilladay named annual members, with forty four others elected to various positions conditionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Theological Library
Mt. Vernon Street
William Wilkins Warren
George H. Gilbert
Union Temple Church
Church of the Disciples
The
First Religious Society
Eliot Square
All
Cobb Bates Yerxa opens new store on Causeway corner
The new store of Cobb Bates Yerxa at the corner of Causeway and Portland streets is described as very convenient for summer residents along the Eastern Boston & Lowell Massachusetts Central Fitchburg and Boston & Maine railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Causeway
Portland Streets
Eastern
Boston & Lowell
Massachusetts Central
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Great Merchants Week Banquet at Faneuil Hall
The Boston Boot and Shoe Club hosted a May Merchants Week banquet at Faneuil Hall attended by over 200 guests. Speeches by Alderman Liemer B. Rogers and Jonathan A. Lane praised Boston commerce, urged better schools, and urged stronger New England manufacturing and trade ties with Nova Scotia and nearby provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Aldermin Rogers
F. F. Buiery
Jonathan A. Lane
New England
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
Faneuil Hall
Committee On Entertainment
Harrison
Seth Bryant
Wollaston
Galvin
Hartshorn
Boston
Hart
Liemer B. Rogers
Merchants’ Club
Mercaene
New York
Rogers
F. F. Emery
Dart
Carpet trade mourns loss of Charles B Lane in Boston
A memorial meeting of the Boston carpet trade at Joel Goldthwaite & Co. adopted resolutions praising Charles K Lane of Childs & Lane for his courtesy, integrity, and Christian character. A committee including Joel Goldthwaite and others was appointed to attend the funeral service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joel Goldthwaite & Co
Charles B. Lane
Childs & Lane
Joel Goldtthwaite
George J. Bicknell
5. B. Capen
Charles K. Lane
Joel Goldthwaite
W. HH. Pray
Franklin Crosby
John ©. Randall
Death of W R Norcross prompts calmed tribute from Boston trade
The Boston Earthenware and Glassware Association met at Jones McDuffee Stratton to act on the death of William Rowland Norcross of Norcross Mellen Co. Members praised him as an honorable competitor and upright merchant. Resolutions adopted commend his character and note his loss to trade and community. Funeral services scheduled for 4 PM today with many members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Norcross
Boston Earthenware and Glassware Association
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
William Rowland Norcross
Norcross, Mellen & Co
Jerome Jones
J. H. Pierce
Norcross
Rrief
Jury Trials Postponed In Civil Calendar
United States Circuit Court schedules jury trials for civil cases to begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. instead of the 28th as announced. May 16. Nelson, J. Charles A. Campbell vs. the steamer Progress heard recently over coal furnished to the vessel under a charter to a third party. C. T. Russell for libellee and F. L. Power for claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
United States District Court
Nelson
J. Charles A. Campbell
Steamer Progress
C. T. Russell
Libellee
L. M. Power
Mudge versus Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company equity bill
Benjamin Mudge sues to recover the difference between 85 000 and par value on 100 bonds and 610 shares in Bridgewater Water Company, alleging neglect by the defendant in managing the company after a 1837 loan and stock transfer. The defendant denies liability and claims his own contract breaches. Hearings and settlement discussions followed with counsel for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Mudge
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Bridgewater Water Company
Piamutt
Mudwe
A. ‘I’. Sinclair
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
H.R. Bailey
Court Dockets Reflect Tort Actions and Verdicts in May Session
Superior Court reports from May sessions detail tort actions including Sullivan v Eastern Middlesex Railroad for injuries on Aug 19, 1888 after a collision. Magee v West End Railway with a $30,000 claim and verdict for $10,000. McKay administrator sues Boston Storage Warehouse for 20,000 after a death from elevator defect. multiple other cases listed with affected parties, defendants, and docket numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staples
Dennis Sullivan
Eastern Middlesex Railroad Company
Timothy Sullivan
Revere
Malden
Hesseltine
E. Hemenway
Jesse KF. Wheeler
Sullivan
E. Midla x
Linton
M. Morton, Jr
William Gaston
M. F. Dickinson
Nell McKay
Boston Storage Warehouse Company
Michael J. McKay
J. A. McGeough
F. L. Hayes
Superior Court Docket Includes Embezzlement and Liquor Law Cases
A May 16 docket lists cases in order from Commonwealth v. Langraaid to Saine v. Pierce and others. Entries include embezzlement, false pretences, liquor law violations, assault and battery, larceny, disorderly conduct, and related charges with defendants and references to Massachusetts reformatory or house of correction dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Dewey
J. John Henderson
House of Correction
Charles Hackett
Massachusetts Reformatory
Rose Hanahan
Allen
Edens
Bernard Dolan
Commonwealth
Langraaid
Same
Fred Williams
Saine
Bloom
Barry
Lydon
O Sell
Gaffigan
Rankin
Sane
Town
Ulle
Disord
Name
Burns
Krinster
Saime
O'Donnell
sSame
Moritz
Nugent
Lulz
Ward
Maridiu
Ve. Coughlin
Kelley
Dacey
Pierce
Condon
pGk
McGinnis
Lawe
Driscoll
Sentences Handed Down by Superior Criminal Court
In Essex County Salem on May 16 Duncan J presided. John Mergestroyd and Thompson Sunderlana of Lawrence received $75 fines plus $2394 costs for illegal liquor transport. Patrick C Quinn of Lawrence fined $100 and $40 costs plus three months in the house of correction. Thomas Kennedy of Lawrence jailed eighteen months for breaking and entering. Jeremiah Ryan and George Dineen of Lawrence received Massachusetts reform school placement for the same offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Essex County
Salem
Duncan
John Mergestroyd
Thompson Sunderlana
Lawrence
Patrick C. Quinn
House of Correction
Thomas Kennedy
Jeremiah Ryan
George Dineen
Massachusetts Reformatory
Adams v City of Boston damages claim for sidewalk fall
In Norfolk Superior Court on May 16 Judge Barker presided over Thomas M Adams versus City of Boston. The incident on Columbus Avenue near Providence station in August 1838 left Adams with a broken hip after slipping on an impediment. Defendants produced proof that Adams admitted slipping on orange peel or banana skin and that he was intoxicated. Verdict for the defendant. Also Benjamin F Parker and others against County of Norfolk for damages assessment to widen Walnut Street in Wellesley.
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Norfolk County
Dedham
Barker
Thomas M. Adams
City of
Boston
Columbus Avenue
Providence Station
Benjamin F. Parker
County of Norfolk
Walnut Street
Wellesley
Jury Terms and Case Citations Listed for Session
Jury viewed cases including 221 French et al and 275 Silva v Furnald with attorneys C Everett Washburn for defendant and Charles Benistos for petitioner. Also noted are 280 Weman v Quincy 264 McDonald v Hel 1283 Royce v same listings 286 Wilson v Durgin et al 267 Thayer v County of Norfolk.
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Charles Benistos
C. Everett Washburn
Silva
Furnald
Weman
Quincy
Adin
Robertson
Sanit
McDonald
Hel
Royce
Samelings
Wilson
Durgin
Thayer
County of al. Norfolk
Insolvency Court Sets Third Meetings in Suffolk Cases
Third meetings will be held in multiple insolvency cases in Suffolk County. Listed defendants include Stephen Hain 1593, W C Day 1595, F Starvird 1546 8, Charles Ixon 1521, John Harrison 1533, Coleman Whelan 1685, Girsch Co 1592, F H Crombie 1609, Jackheim Devlin 16663, Fred H Chester 14900, George Evans 1673, Tyler Bros 1601, Newman McCully 1649, Patrick Murray 1602, John Gill 1691, Charles E Kost 1603. First meetings follow for Thomas B Bragan 1646, Rand Avery Com ia 1614, Guens Hudson 3 Barnard Steinardt 1614, William Hayes 1724, Moritz Schutta 1706, John L Brockway 720, George A Denhmam 1604, William Friendlan Ake 1605.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Stephen
Hain
W. C. Day
F. Starvird
Charles
John Harrison
Coleman Whelan
Girsch & Co
F. H. Crombie
Jackheim & Devin
Kfred H. Chester
George Evans
Tyler Bros
Newman McCully
Patrick Murray
John Gill
Charles E. Kost
Kelley vs City of Cambridge jury awards 899 560
Superior Court Middlesex County May 16 Justice Mason presided. In Kelley v City of Cambridge the jury found for the plaintiff for 899 560. Attorneys H H Winslow appeared for the plaintiff and C J Melnure for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Mason
Kelley
City of
Cambridge
H.H. Winslow
C. J. Melnure
Reunion for Class of 88 at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
The Class of 1888 from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy held its second annual reunion and dinner at the Quincy House, fourteen members attended, with P. C. Klein presiding. No guests were invited, and the evening was informal and social. Several members of the Young Men's Democratic Club dined nearby, and numerous travelers and affiliates were listed as arrivals at surrounding hotels and houses.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Quincey House
P. C. Klein
J. W. Fletcher
Quincy Hose
Faneuil Hall National
Belmont Savings Banks
Fletcher
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Thorndike
Williams College
Tremont House
C. W. Smith
Maine
Waterbury
Quincy House
Vendomer
Nathan Guilford
Mary Guilford
New York
Nicol P. Brown
Glasgow
Scot
A. Crozer
Upland
Penn
John E. de Witt
Portland
J. W. Johnson
Philadelphia
Runswick
H. Weillér
J. J. Glessner
Chicago
John A. Watson Taylor
London
Eng
R. Raoul Duval
M. Raoul Duval
Paris
Alvah
Hobart
Yuife
W. P. Jones
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cenn
Josiahemy
H. Collins
Richmond
J. F. Hume
Poughkeepsie
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Bruce
Bath
Parker’s
William. Fullerton
Abe Schwab
Capehart
F. B. Brown
J. E. Foster
J. A. Rogers
E. W. Spier
Charles A. Thomas
Cincinnati
G. F. Linfield
Beaver Dam
Boston Seeks Improved Foreign Mail Service
Postmaster-General Wanamaker is impressed with the need for better foreign mail. Superintendent Hayward of Boston urges a closed mail to Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Sweden, saying sufficient correspondence exists to warrant it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Hayward
Foreign Mail Department
Boston Post Office
Boston
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Sweden
West Coast line established for Valparaiso and Callao
Hemenway & Browne of Boston and Flint & Co. of New York form a new West Coast line serving Valparaiso Callao and Guayaquil with ports in Chile Peru and Ecuador. Hemenway & Browne mark sixty years in Chilean trade and Flint & Co. trace shipping roots to 1840. Vessels Magellan and Amanda load at Boston and New York, with W. B. Flint to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magellan
Boston
Amanda
New York
W. B. Flint
Identification of mariner found near Warren Bridge
The body recovered from the water near Warren Bridge on Wednesday is identified as John J. Kildey a marine at the navy yard who had been missing since April 30. Also a property sale reports Henry J. Bowen selling Estate No. 29 Mercer Street to George McDonnell for 3225 dollars. Additionally the Boston Press Cycling Club announces its first run to Wakefield on Sunday May 26 from Copley Square at 0:30 a m urging member participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Bridge
John J. Kildey
Navy Yard
Henry J. Bowen
Mercer Street
George McDonnell
Boston Press
Wakefield
Copley Square
Polite Thief Returns Overcoat To Harvard Square Foreman
A thief stole Foreman Tripp of the West End Street Railway Company overcoat. He returned it via a boy and attached a note stating the coat did not fit him and his conscience would not permit keeping it, requesting acceptance of the overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Tripp
Harvard Square Stabies
West End Street Railway Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Paine
Curtis Guild, Jr
BE. P. Whitman
S. Hammond
W. $8. Townsend
J. P. Wade
W. “Haskell J. "Young
Ads Hardy
F. Holden
J. P. Clarke
Bullock
Cambridge School Matters
Harvard Notes
the Athletic Association—Shooting Club
Umfeers
Wilcome
Edward T. Frye
William B. Rice
Lo:ten Executive Business Association
Scot and Shoe Club
Board of Trade
New Hampshire
Providence
Worcester
New
West
South
Maritime
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Pennsylvania
Supreme Judicial Court
Allen, J
Ask Uluue
Feeley
Leonard
Mitchiell
Barclay
Doy
Vid Colony
Martine
Kimball
Thurbet
Murray
Sherman
Martin
Defrew
A.daims
Uv. Eee Roe Aes
Boston & Lowell RR
Donahoe
Boston& Lowell Ri
Brooks
Boston & Maine RR
Willis
Merchants and Miners
Harris v. McLaughen Saern
Collin
Paige
Bersig
Stearns
Ayer
Paine
Wood
Barrett
Silver
Fallon
Wrens
Dougan
Harney
Hayes
Carney
Sprague
Coch. Nower
Tovin
Cronin
Loan
Lefly
Iter
Thomas B. Bragan
Rand Avery
Guens H. Hudson
Barnard Steinardt
William Hayes
Schutta
Herring
John L. Brockway
George A. Denhnam
William Friendlan- Ake
College of Pharmacy
Kent Flanders
Milwaukee
Wis
E. W. Ogilebay
J. J. Gill
Cleveland
Oo. Tavern
K. F. Switzer
Springfield
J. F. Lee
Monson
W. Aleocarder
R.T. Supple
Luther E. Shinn
H. A. Bain
A. C. Eddy
Bristol
R. Lainey
William M. Chase
T. Cannries
J. Beal
Ann _ Harbor
Lib
Boston's Foreign Mail Service
Royal Baking Powpese Co
Wall St. NY
E. Hastings
Baltimore
John W. Brown
Oceana
Wanderlich
Scranton
Pheia
T. P. Brown
Chester
G. W. Bowman
East Main St
Carlisle
Ayers
Thomas F. Adama
Holly Springs
Texas
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
E.C. Thompson
Washington St
Old South
Bank Officers’ Association of Boston
F. B. Sears
S. A. Merril
Fred A. Claflin
H. A. Tenney
E. A. Stone
J. P. Stearns
A. F. Luke
W. E. Hooper
Peter J. Magee
West End Street Railway
Blackstone
Hanover Streets
George Higginson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Salem Marine Society
Kingston Street
Bedford Street
Main Street
Charles Street
Charlestown
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