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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1891
Page
8
The United States Circuit Court notes May 26 with the grand jury report delivered and trials to commence today. Judge Nelson presides as proceedings start midweek.
A Boston Municipal Court heard a melodramatic assault case involving Leonard Grover and his two sons against Herbert R Archer and Benjamin M Johnson. Witnesses described a dressing room confrontation, a cane blow, and stage door violence amid claims of theater people plotting a quarrel.
Veterans of Fort Warren meet at Youngs with Otis Weld elected president and H W Gore as secretary treasurer. Farewell dinner given to Rev Griftis and wife before Europe trip. Master Plumbers hold Denver trip reunion at Thorndike with J J Tute presiding. Browning Society elects officers and hears S R Calthrop read on The Ring and The Book. Union Goat Club marks 40th birthday at Thorndike with Henry Parkman presiding. Master Yeamster Association previews grand banquet at United States Hotel. New England Retail Furniture and Carpet Dealers discuss abolishing installment system at Tremont House, adjourned for a week.
At the annual meeting Alpine McLean chaired as vice-president, Daniel Russell presented figures on aid to 464 discharged convicts. Data cover origins, literacy, temperance, prior arrests, residences, and the year’s activities. Officers elected include Rev. James de Normandie president and Daniel Russell as agent.
The sixty sixth anniversary of the American Unitarian Association was observed in Tremont Temple with three sermons. President George Hale presided as speakers from Anna Garlin Spencer to S H Crothers debated liberalism and social reform while urging stronger liberal thought within orthodoxy. Messages from Rev. C W Wendte and others stressed growth, education, and youth involvement as key to Unitarian progress. The committee on nominations for next year was announced.
The will of the late Mrs Josephine A Barnaby was set for probate in Municipal Court but postponed to June 26. Hearing delayed while Colorado v Graves, executor, T Thatcher Graves, murder case proceeds. Second will drafted in Chester last January.
In the United States Circuit Court Edison Electric Light Company sues United States Electric Light Company claiming the incandescent lamp by the latter is substantially the same in principle as their own patent and seeks court protection against infringement.
The morning session of the American Unitarian Association opened at Tremont Temple at 9 30 with George S Hale presiding. Reverend William H Fish Jr led prayer as Samuel Hoar presented director nominations. Treasurer Walters Blanchard reported receipts 57100 46 expenditures 124764 38. An appeal was made for a Meadville Theological School endowment of 115000. Adjournment set for 2 46 pm.
In the afternoon session the association announced officers for the coming year: President George S. Hale of Boston. Vice Presidents George William Curtis of Staten Island and George O. Shattuck of Boston. Secretary Rev Grindall Reynolds of Concord. Assistant Secretary George W. Fox of Boston. Treasurer Walter S. Blanchard of Concord. Directors include Mrs Sarah Hooper of Boston, Rev Charles F. Dole of Boston, Roger Wolcott of Boston, Florence Davis of San Francisco, Rev John W. Chadwick of Brooklyn, Rev Samuel M. Crothers of St Paul. Rev A M Knapp, liaison with Japan, praised progress toward liberal Christianity there, noting one organized church and preaching station in Tokio, three Japanese preachers, two editors, and a native tongue service book.
At State Prison the volatile inmate Jesse PomeRoy devised tools including a broken saw and fake padlock to breach cells and reach the corridor. He was halted by staff and confined to Fort Russell as repairs occurred. Fellow inmate Daniel Mullen crafted a dummy head to fake his presence, later found in the loft and placed in solitary.
Executive Committee of the New England Amateur Rowing Association voted 17 to 5 to hold a July 4 regatta in Lawrence. Lawrence city funds $600 for prizes plus $400 extra for civic support. transportation remains unsettled. Haverhill Boat Club and Harvard Rowing Club join. treasury shows $62.56.
Chauncy Tall's kindergarten training class holds graduating exercises this afternoon at the school. Anniversary visitors are invited to use the free reading room and parlors of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union at 264 Boylston Street.
Six year old Patrick Doherty of 40 Field Street Roxbury was run down by a wagon on Ruggles Street yesterday afternoon and killed instantly. The wagon was owned and driven by John Y Christie of Brighton District.
The Supreme Judicial Court selects commissioners in the Hosea Kingman et al case for five year tax shares to the Commonwealth treasurer. Other matters include Charles H. Lewis vs George D. Otis et al over collateral stock sale of Frenchmans Bay & Mt Desert Land & Water Co. and Eureka Silk Manufacturing Company related injunctions. Suffolk Superior Court docket entries list numerous civil actions with jury verdicts and ongoing cases across multiple sessions.
In Essex County Probate Court on May 25 Judge Hanman presided as the wills of deceased residents were proved for Abby Coombs of Newburyport Luther Hatch of Newburyport Maria E Kimball of Groveland and Mary K Morse of Ames.
Letters of administration were granted on multiple estates including Woodward Webber of Lynn Henry B Watts Swampscott Sarah Crowther Amesbury and others. Inventories feature John Hanrihan West Newbury $488768 J Warren Haskell Gloucester $4540 Ward Noyes North Andover $796,281 Samuel M Noyes Georgetown $4170 John P Roberts Swampscott $169,381 Catherine Schofield Amesbury $3050.34 Ethan Stone Baiem trust for Eunice A Stone and others $23,424 Zerub Strout Groveland $6,883 Rebecca K Swasey Haverhill $704,835.
Probate docket lists names of executors and heirs such as Mary Woodbury Nellie Lane and Patrick McMaugh alongside Cambridge residents. Superior Court in Dedham shows multiple contract actions including Hugh Nawn City of Boston and John Peach shoe machinery. jury out on several cases with verdicts and notices of libel lists.
Superior Court in Middlesex hears Harriet A. Stiles claim for 3000 damages from December collision on Hancock street Everett between her sleigh and George G. Saunders pung. Parties and counsel listed. Motions for new trials to be heard Friday in numerical order with exceptions settled.
May 26 dispatch from Washington forecasts till 8 p.m. Wednesday for New England and eastern New York. Expect fair weather with showers along the Maine coast, cooler temperatures, and brisk north winds.
The forecast predicts fair to partly cloudy skies across Northern and Southern New England with cooling temperatures and northwest winds. Showers occurred overnight in parts of the Midwest and East, with limited rainfall totals reported in Portland Albany Block Island New York and Washington. Temperatures cooled across New England and the northern lake regions with readings near or below freezing near Lake Superior.
A Salem report notes the French lad Arthur G. Pelletur serving as interpreter during a school census, who warns of violations of the child labor law. His communication to the local paper highlights concerns over enforcement and the impact on local youths. The piece underscores regulatory tensions during the census process.
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