Veto Power Debate and Congress Moves in Washington
In Washington the Senate discussed the veto power and reform to curb executive overreach as Mr. Allison reports back the deficiency and Indian appropriation bills. The House tackles the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill amid partisan delays on fisheries and pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Severan
Senate
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Stewart
United States
Cleveland
Congress
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
New York
Bute
California
Bell Telephone Company
Republic
White House
Grover Cleveland
West
Plumb
Manderson
Cullom
Coke
Sherman
Jones
Arkansas
Morgan
Postoffice Bill Debate and Marine Conference Actions
In Washington on May 24 the House resumed the postoffice appropriation debate amid criticism of mail service in the West and South. Dingley urged American subsidies to prevent foreign ships from dominating ocean routes, while Blount opposed subsidies. The bill passing followed, then Belmont’s Senate marine conference bill was amended and moved forward, aiming to revise sea rules, signal systems, lifeboat safety, wreck reporting, and navigation obstruction removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Dingley
Maine
Lloyd Line
New York
Brazil
Blount
Madison
Jefferson
United States
Dockery
Missouri
New York & Brazil Line
Dunn
Arkansas
Fathers of the Republic
Belmont
Senate
Compulsion of Witnesses and Municipal Powers Debate
P D West argues against 1883 Massachusetts statute authorizing city officials to compel testimony. He cites Whitcomb v City Council and New York People v Keller to warn that municipal bodies lack judicial power and may violate due process. West urges clear constitutional language to prevent Star Chamber abuses and protect citizen rights.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Supreme Court of
Whitcomb
Massachusetts Reports
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
New York
People
Keller
Hun
McDonald
United States Supreme Court
Super Court
Frrst Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
Supreme
Star Chamber
P. D. West Newton
Senate and House clash in reform push and elevated rail plan
In the General Court the Senate defeats a House bid on the Good Shepherd matter while debates over grade crossing abolition and a Meigs system elevated railway continue. Railroad and banking bills surface as the day ends with several measures proceeding under suspension.
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Senate
of the Good Shepherd
Richard J. Monks
Silas Peirce
Nathaniel J. Rust
Thomas Hills
Charles T. Gallagher
Arthur F. Estabrook
Amos F. Breed
Frank H Monks
Mercantile Loan and Trust Company
Lowell Company
Isaac Stebbins
William R. Pearman
Sylvester B. Hinckley
Thomas Martin
John G. Low
John Magee
Court action on contempt and city council powers reviewed
In a brief letter T D adds little new to a prior reply. The 1883 act appears drafted by a lawyer and relies on an expression in a cited opinion. The issue is not if the council may imprison for contempt but whether the Supreme Court, at council request and for its purposes, may do so.
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T. D
Supreme Court
Van Santvoord and Leonard Wedding at Unity Church
The marriage of Mr George B Van Santvoord and Miss Lillian Leonard was solemnized at the Church of the Unity by Rev M J Savage with ushers Edwin A Sabin Bert O Wetmore Herbert A Hastings Willis Everett Nowell and groom Charles W Leonari as attended. A reception followed at Hotel Holman and the couple left by the late train for California before returning to Boston in the early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Unity
George B. van Santvoord
Lillian
Leonard
M. J. Savage
Edwin A. Sabin
Bert O. Wetmore
Herbert A. Hastings
Willis Everett Nowell
Charles W. Leonari
Emma
Howe
Sarah Silk
Hotel Holman
California
Boston
Copper Market Dull With Limited Sales Reported
New York May 24 copper was very dull with spot and June pegged at 16.60. Most holders refuse to unload under 16.66 while one operator took 50,000 pounds and 100,000 of June delivery at 16.60. These were the only reported sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glanders Controversy at Massachusetts Veterinary Meeting
At a Massachusetts Veterinary Association session on a Wednesday, Dr. J F Winchester chaired a debate over the state cattle commission's glanders actions and the slaughter of Cambridge horses. Dr. Bryden defended examination methods and urged limited slaughter while alleging overreach by the board.
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Massachusetts Veterinary Association
Medical
Boylston Place
J. F. Winchester
Massachusetts State Cattle Commission
Cambridge
Williamson Bryden
Bryden
Lynn
Boston
Lyman
Harvard Veterinary Department
Harrison
State Board of Cattle Commissioners
Landers
State Board
Cambridge Railroad
Lim
Winchester
Cambridgeport
Harvard Square
Aly
Kindergarten for the Blind Endowment Fund Contributions
A detailed list of donations received April 7 to May 9 1888 for the Kindergarten for the Blind shows funds from numerous individuals including E Pierson Beebe Louise Brooks and Mahion D and John T P Spaulding totaling 23700 68 with annual income noted 605 and a call for continued support toward a 100000 endowment to cover current expenses for the second year of operation in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Pierson Beebe
Louise Brooks
Heidi
J. Arthur Beebe
George Irvin
Nannie Irvin
Jessie Barclay
Florence Vose
Helen Foster
Gertrude Child
A. Devens
E. F
J. N. Wiske
A. M. Goodwin
Cambridge
Martin L. Hall
Mattie P. Luther and
E. C. Marvin
Anagnos
South Boston
P. T. Jackson, Jr
Devonshire Street
Boston
His Wicked Brother in Law Funneled Counterfeit Bill
Samuel Pease admitted that his father in law Andrew Rice of North Andover raised a $2 bill to $60 to pass on Franz Schneider. Assistant Marshal Johnson arrested Rice and he was taken to Boston. Both men face a hearing before United States Commissioner Hallett tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Samuel Pease
Franz Schneider
Andrew Rice
North Andover
Marshal Johnson
Rice
Boston
United States
Hallett
Salem Larceny Suspect Arrested In $500 Case
Salem police arrest Eunice Pepitas a salesgirl at Almy Bigelow Washburns for larceny of goods from the firm. A large quantity of stolen goods was found in her room at the boarding place. She planned to sail to Nova Scotia where she came from. Authorities estimate the larceny over $500.
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Salem
Eunice Pepitas
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn’s
Nova Scotia
Mystic Valley Club Banquet Delivers Temperance Challenge
The Mystic Valley Club held a banquet at Parker's hall with about 200 members and guests. Dr. Elmer H. Capen presided, V guest speakers included Hon. B. B. Bishop and Hon. B. B. Johnson who urged organizing clubs to combat the saloon and reform civic duties. The Tufts College Glee Club entertained, and a report from the national anti saloon conference was read before the group adjourned until September.
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Mystic Valley Club
Mystic Vale
Parker's
Pisgah Mountain
Elmer H. Capen
B. B. Bishop
B. B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Mystic Valley
Gladstonian
Boston
Judge Bishop
Capen
Waltham
T.e
Andy” Johnson
Andy
Roscoe Conkling
Ned’ Stokes
Hoffman House
Jim’ Fiske
Josephine Mansfield
Tufts College Glee Club
Valley Club
Dr. Capen
John Herbert
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Class of 88 Graduates
At Association Hall last evening the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy staged a large commencement for the class of 88. President Henry Canning and Rev E A Horton addressed the graduates as Baldwin's Orchestra filled the hall with music. The thirty-nine graduates received their Ph D degrees and the band ended with a rallying “Up and At Them.”
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Association Hall
Baldwin
Henry Canning
Henry Lincoln
Joseph T. Brown
E. A. Horton
Pharmacists
Kk. L. Pateh
John H. Chute
As Toliows
Daniel Williams Adams
George Guy Kalley
Emory Franklin Bennett
Robert Henry Billings
Albert Edward Booth
Frank Tuttle Brackett
Wilfred Fletcher Brown
Nathan George Bubier
John Henry Chute
Walter Adgison Claflin
William Corner
Charles Edgar Dotey
Llewellyn
Joseph Allen Tailby
Walter Prestley Thorn
Jorge Vargas-Hereida
William Henry Weed
Charles Thompson Willard
Norris's Later Works Mixed in Aesthetic Decline
A review contrasts W. E. Norris's late novels with earlier successes noting diminished vigor since Thirlby Hall. Maximina by Valdés praised for freshness and charm though not without excess politics. translation by Cole cited. The piece highlights Spanish author Don Armando Palacio Valdés and compares European literary influence and artistry.
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Maximina
Julitn
Don Alfonso
Miguel
Don Armando Palacio Valdés
Cervantes
Valdés
Pepita Ximenez
Spain
France
Don Armando
Chris
W._E. Norris
New York
Macmillan & Co
Don Armando Palacio Vallés
Maria Y' Maria
Nathan Haskell Cole
T. Y. Crowell & Co
New Books on New York City and State Reviewed
A literary note compares two new histories of New York City and New York State. Joel Burr Todd’s The Story of the City of New York offers a broad colonial narrative with maps and an index, while Elbridge S. Brooks’s The Story of the State of New York uses the Jansens as a thread to trace state history to the Civil War.
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New York
City and State
Joel Burr Todd
New York Bay
Verrazano
Hendrick Hudson
West India Company
Peter Stuyvesant
Wouter van ‘Twiller
Irving
Knickerbocker
Stuyvesant
E. S. Brooks
Mr.Todd
Brooks
Erie Canal
Jansen
Teunis Jansen
Albany
City of
Mr. Todd
Mr. Brooks
Charles Burr Todd
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
Laughton, Macdonald & Go
Price
States
Elbridge 8
D. Lothrop Company
Mayor resigns over liquor license convictions in Gloucester
In Gloucester on May 24 Mayor Robinson announced his resignation citing personal convictions that prevent him from signing liquor licenses. Alderman Shephard offered resolutions of regret that were adopted by a rising vote.
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Gloucester
Robinson
Shephard
Foreclosure Sale Under Dunlap Mortgage in South Boston
Mortgagee Anne Bates offers a public auction on June 20 at four o clock for a 1575 square foot parcel of land in South Boston known as No 66 Dorchester Avenue, lying within seven-house block with Humboldt Place passages, secured by a 1878 mortgage from Jerome B Dunlap and Wilhelmina Dunlap to Bates.
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Jerome B. Dunlap
Wilhelmina Dunlap
Boston
Suffolk
Anne Kates
Hyde Park
Norfolk
Twichell
Dorchester Avenue
Humboldt Place
Wilhelmina Dunlan
Wilhelmina Herderhorat
Alpheus M. Stetson
Anne Bates
James D. Thorndike
Annie M. Thorndike
James D
Anna Tuckerman
Frederick Tuckerman
William Sohier
Worcester Square
Caroline A. Mororey
William Minot
Court Street
Frank Brewster
Elizabeth R. Johnson
Betse Stowell
Warren Institution For Savings
Charlestown
County of
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Austin Street
William Winslow
A. R. Thompson
Betsey Stowell
Samuel Ricey
Middlesex
H. M. Bowers
Washington Street
Prospect Hill
Somerville
Ligelow and
Munroe Streets
Semmerville
Bigelow
Munroe
Real and Personal Property Sales Advertised in Boston
Sales of real and personal property attended by all buyers. Horse and carriage sales every Wednesday at the Brighton salesroom. Houses and lands auctioned in various regions. Carts wagons harness and farm road carts sold at auction prices. Residence 169 Warren Avenue Boston.
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Brighton
Warren Avenue
Boston
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Buchanan
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Springer
Illinois
Butterworth
Ohio
South Dakota
Gay
Louisiana
Postoffice
Marine Conference
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Mr. Symonds
Noyes
Dresser
Symonds
House of the Good Shepherd
Railroad Committee
Finance Committee
Railroad Commission
Messrs
Wyman
Adams
Lowell
McDonough
Dexter
Ware
Hartwell
Ayer
Pratt
Abington
Keane
Holyoke
Connecticut River Road
Wadlin
Reading
Symonis
Meigs
Sail Company
Hartford & Connecticut Western Railroad Company
Bay State Gas Company
Water Gas
State Normal School
Bridgewater
Dakota Mortgage Loan Corporation
Walker
Commissioners of Prisons
Glines
Kimball
Boston and Suburban Elevated Railroad Company
Sprague
Howland
Gleason
Brilant
Dr. Bryden
Kindergarten
THE
Dines
Parker’s
W. E. Norris
Messrs. Macmillan & Co
Mdlle de
Thirlby Hall
Mr. Norris
Gerald
Val
March
NEW Books
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Parker, Wilder & CO
Plannels
Leonard Street
Richards & CO
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Charles W. Sawyer
Globe Building
Henry W. Bragg
Lewis J. Bird & CO
Bromfield Street
Providence
Berkeley Street
Columbus Avenue
C. R. Stevens
C. T. Reynolds
Lauret Jar
Stop. Co
Sam’l West
W. F Cushman
Long & Co
Albert Howe & Coo
Market Street
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