Cambridge hearing probes alleged coercion by city water boss Conlan
A Cambridge committee held a City Hall hearing on alleged coercion of city employees by water works head Patrick Conlan. Senators Alger and Nelligan accused Conlan of pressuring workers to influence votes, while Conlan denied the charges and claimed a frame to force his discharge. The session extended late with an executive committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Patrick Conlan
Alger
Nelligan
Water Works
W. Kingsley
Conlan
John McCarty
William Curtin
Almshouse
T. McCarty
Eames
C. W. Kingsley
The
Water Board
Nevens
Russell
Curtin
Corcoran
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Horse Auction Marts Reflect Reform and Growth in Boston
A detailed look at Boston auction stables modeled on London Tattersall outlines safer, transparent sales. Vendors show sound horses after veterinary checks with three days of inspection and no concealment. Walker's New England stable on Portland Street is highlighted as a premier house attracting top buyers and strong bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Boston
Breeders’ Association
Kentucky
California
New England
M. C. T. Walker
Portland Street
Butler Men Nominate Lovering for Governor in Secret Meeting
The Independent Republican state committee met at the Revere House with about 116 members present. They nominated a state ticket headed by Henry B. Lovering for governor and John Q A Brackett for lieutenant governor, while other officers included Henry B. Peirce, Charles Co Thatcher, Charles R. Ladd, and A J Waterman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Republican
Butler
Revere House
Wallace
Secret Society
Ames
Lovering
Henry B. Lovering
John Q. A. Brackett
the Commonwealth
Henry B. Peirce
Charles Co. Thatcher
Charles R. Ladd
A. J. Waterman
Messrs. Lovering
Thatcher
Brackett
Lackluster Republican Rally Draws Sparse Newton Crowd
A planned Republican rally in Newton drew 52 attendees at 7:30, rising to 100 by 8 as Charles Robinson Jr. opened the meeting. Speakers including Capen of Tufts College and Lieutenant-Governor Brackett spoke on temperance and civil service reform, meeting with muted reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capen
Tufts College
Republican Party
Brackett
Darling Loses Nomination in Somerville Republican Fight
Representative Samuel C. Darling fails to secure renomination as opposition to his anti Glines stance grows. In Ward 2 Frank H. Raymond defeats Joseph J. Giles 75 to 26. Ward 3 elects 100 to 97 for Russell delegates and Ward 4 168 to 112. Ward committees named for the party convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Darling
Glines
Somerville
Fifth Middlesex
Samuel Cutler
Sixth Middlesex
Joseph J. Giles
Frank H. Raymond
Seventh Middlesex
Morse
Darling
First Middlesex
Irving L. Russell
Russell
Southworth Nominated for Senator by Charlestown Republicans
At a Charlestown Republican meeting Secretary Robert A. Southworth was unanimously nominated for Senator after Senator Pilsbury withdrew his name. The convention, led by chairman William H. Oakes and secretary Daniel J. Barry, found sixteen delegates present. Pilsbury had initially been considered but withdrew, and Southworth stated he was not a candidate if Pilsbury entered the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Homer Edgerly
Gerry Brown
E.eeesesensesees
Josenh
Sista Riarsta
Athenw
E. L. Pilsbury
Pilsbury
Southworth
Republican State Committee
Political Notes Nominations and Conventions in Massachusetts
The Peabody Prohibitionists nominate PD L Littlefield for Representative. Democrats renominate John Welch for Senator in the seventh Middlesex, elect John Morrison to state committee. Calvin Hitchcock nominated by Republicans in the fifth Hampshire for Representative. Quincy Democrats nominate Josiah Quincy for mansive. Walton nominated for Representative in thirteenth Middlesex by Democrats. Republican delegate convention in Malden aims to nominate a candidate for Representative to fill a vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. L. Littlefield
Seventh Middlesex
John Welch
Lowell
John H. Morrison
Calvin Hitchcock
Ware
Fifth Hampshire
Quincy
Temple of Honor Hall
Malden
Declination of Colonel Thomas E Barker Mentioned
The record notes the declination of Colonel Thomas E Barker. William A Wilde, who served last year, was nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Barker
William A. Wilde
October Dividends Rise for Fall River Mills
The October dividends from Fall River mills show a healthy period with 21 corporations reporting payments. Highlights include American Linen Company 15 dollars per share and Crescent Mills 14 percent, with total dividends across all firms about 226 1/2 thousand on capital of 10.56 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falll River
Fall River
G. M. Haffords & Co
American Linen Company
Barnard Manufacturing Company
Barnaby Manufacturing Company
Chace Mills
Crescent Mills
Edison Hilectric [Laminating Company
Flirt Mills
Globe Yarn Millis
Granite Mills
Globe Street Railway
King Philip Mills
Laurel Lake Mills
Merchants’ Manufacturing Company
Narragansett Mills
Osborne Mills
Sara
American Linen
Barnard
Crescent
King Philip
Laurel Lake
Narragansett
Kuison Light
Union Mills
Bourne Mills
Border City
Esee
Ibie
Csserscervece
Cccc
Notable Clergy and Musicians Die Across Several Cities
Obituaries recall the deaths of Dr. Joseph H. Price pastor of St. Stephen's New York for forty years and other clergy from Boston Reading Malden and Duanesburgh. M. Platonoff and Sir George MacFarren also pass away as the era loses influential religious and musical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Price
New York
Boston
Brown University
Episcopal Church
St. Stephen’s Church
M. Platonoff
M. Katkoff
Moscow Gazette
Joseph Chapin
West Roxbury
Luther Elliott
Reading
Williston Seminary
Uriah Clark
Malden
Salvation Army
David C. Davis
Duanesburgh
N. Y
Parson Davis
Hosea Ballou
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Almon Gunnison
George Alexander MacFarren
Cambridge University
Royal Academy of Music
None of the Passengers Survive Vernon Wreck
Mitwavukes, Oct. 31. Vessels that passed the Vernon wreck off Two Rivers Point last Saturday have all reached port. None report rescuing anyone, so it is believed all aboard when she left Glenhaven are dead. The crew was twenty six, passengers possibly ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitwavukes
Vernon
Two Rivers Point
Glenhaven
Judge appoints referee to hear triad of party inspector cases
New York October 31 Judge Van Brunt names Francis L Stetson prominent lawyer as referee to decide the applications of the United Labor party Henry George the Progressive Labor party Socialist and the Irving Hall party for the extra election inspector to a party polling 650000 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
van Brunt
Francis L. Stetson
United Labor Party
Henry George
Progressive Labor Party
Socialist
Irving Hall
Fell Dead While On Duty At Old Colony Depot
Eugene King a 60 year old night watchman at the Old Colony depot died of heart disease while on duty during his rounds at 12 15 this morning. He resided at North Weymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene King
Old Colony
North Weymouth
Aldermen Approve Public Works and Hear Overvaluation Claims
Boston city board reports on land purchases for new storage basin and major court house contracts totaling about $500,000 in upcoming work. A hearing finds no action on alleged overvaluation, while park and health committees settle land and nuisance issues. Transfers and loans for bridges face mixed outcomes as officers and administrators seek claims against the Adams estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
Water Board
Suffolk County
Guargg
Park Commissioners
Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation
Back Bay
Committee On Parks
Joint
Standing Committee On Health
Joseph Harris
Harrison Square
Glover's Corner
South Bay
Norway Iron Works
Smallpox Hospital
Cambridge Street Bridge
Allston
Lee
Hugh O’rien
Cty
Boston
Cambridge
Cambridge Bridge
Police Department
East Street
Board of Police
Samuel R. Adams
Adams
Captain Adams
Twenty Days' Grace in Hersom Diamonds Case
The Superior Criminal Court granted a twenty day continuance in the Hersom case after counsel Gargan argued new evidence could question jeweler Harris credibility. The judge denied Gargan’s late filed exceptions due to clerical rules, prompting questions about next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hersom
Harris
Superior Criminal Court
Bacon
Thomas J. Gargan
Jewellers’ Union
Boston
Proctor
Gargan
Musicale at Parker House by Mime D Angeli s Pupils
An evening musicale hosted by Mime D Angelis at the Parker House featured performances from Mrs Nellie Stacy of Cambridge Miss Leo Greco Miss Mattie Colby Miss Marie Woods Mrs Edith Beach of Manchester Miss Laura B Wood Miss Lucy Tucker May Greenwood Miss Faith Morse Miss Marion Osgood and the Mendelssohn quartet with the Lotus Club The program included reading Aldrich’s Face Against the Window and a humorous piece on domestic infelicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
D’angelis
Nellie Stacy
Cambridge
Leo Greco
Mattie Colby
Marie Woods
Edith Beach
Manchester
Laura B. Wood
Lucy Tucker
May Greenwood
Faith Morse
Marion Osgood
Mendelssohn
Lotus Club
Professor Osgood
Aldrich
Tufts Class Football and Society Notes
Tufts reports the third class football game on campus ending 10 0 in favor of ’59. Faculty votes to grant AM degrees to Divinity AB graduates. Zeta Psi initiates Pearson 90 Charles Stover 01 Henry A Potter 91 H Austin Tuttle 91 William K Denison 91. Brown 88 defeats Cate 89 in tennis 6-2 6-5 and Potter 91 defeats Brown 6-5 6-5 for college title. Next Friday juniors play freshmen in class football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tufts College
Pearson
Cate
Divinity School
Potter
Leighton
Pattee
Edgerly
Local Notes on Society, Crime, and Public Work
The New England Historic Society meeting features Professor John Fiske discussing Governor Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts. Boston police report embezzlement charges against Walter W. Wheeler and a larceny arrest of Thomas Burcham alias O'Brien and Frank Gorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Historic Society
John Fiske
Thomas Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Walter W. Wheeler
Dorchester
Hallett
Emma ©. Grier
Concord
N. H
Meionaon
Boston
Thomas Burcham
O’brien
Frank Gorman
Oxford Street
John Denom
David Robbin
Mary Sizgone
Boston Street
Bay State Gas Company
Shawmut Avenue
James Lucas
Cheever Court
East Boston
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
City Hospital
Peter H. Fleming
Superior Criminal Court
Timothy Cunningham
Charles J. Paine
Eastern Yacht Club
H. N. Allen
Waltham
John K. Sumner
Sumner
E. D. Holmes
Allen
Holmes
Auction Sale Of Dutch English Silver And Bric a Brac
Messrs C F Libbie Co of No 16 Hayward Place announce an auction this week selling old Dutch and English silver antique marquetry furniture and bric a brac consigned by A S Hamburger Amsterdam The lineup features marquetry bureaus sofas chairs card tables chiffonières half clocks solid silver apostle spoons tea sets Delft ware brass chandeliers and fire sets carved oak chests and tables antique arms old English plated ware and related items. The collection includes some very choice pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. C. F. Libbie & Co
Hayward Place
Monument Erected for Jennie Collins in Walnut Hill Cemetery
A polished Scotch granite monument in Walnut Hill cemetery Brookline is dedicated to Jennie Collins The Working Girls Friend and Founder of Boflin s Bower Died July 20 1887 at age fifty years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Collins
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Brookline
Social Notes From Tremont and Parker Houses
Mrs Charles Dickens and her daughter were registered at the Tremont House. The Examiner Club met at the Parker House. The board of aldermen held their regular weekly dinner at Youngs last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Tremont House
Examiner Club
Parker House
Board of Aldermen
Young's
Court suit alleges pirating of copyright music
W H Kennedy and others sue John McTammary Jr for injunction and damages over an organette device using perforated strips to perform Cradle's Empty Baby's Gone. Plaintiffs claim infringement reduces sheet music sales. device performs mechanically, not via readable musical notes. Case heard after demurrer rulings by Judges Lowell and Colt. Attorneys Causten Browne J E Maynadier for plaintiffs. Charles T and William J Russell for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Kennedy
John McTammary, Jr
Kennedy
Lowell
Colt
Causten Browne
J. E. Maynadier
Charles T
William J. Russell
Superior Court October Session Docket Summary
In the first session Judge Blodgett hears Fosdick vs Bangs and Robbins vs same, with a $2100 claim tied to a patent burner and auditor issues. Gould vs Slater Woollen Co alleges $5000 tort for poisons from cloth. various docketed cases follow. Second session Judge Hammond presides Henry J. Holland vs City of Boston for $4000 injury from a failed coal hole cover. verdict $1750. Plympton et al. vs Dunn concerns a promissory note suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Ocet
Blodgetr
Jdl
Andrew J. Fosdick
David E. Bangs
Mary A. Robbins
Same
National Heat and Light Company
New Hampshire
Vermont
E. B. Callendar
L. Girardin
W. B
Gould
Slater W. Co
Farley
Martin
Sewall & D. Cordage Co
Brooks
Johnson
Townsend
King
Clifford
Kelley
Manning
Doyle
Abrams
Lozowski
Cavanagh
Durgin
Rockwell
Libby
Shattuck
Rand
Alexander
Kaiser
Conneilly
Bust
Cole
Dorr
Greensburg
Draper
Haynes
McKean
McGuire Va. Clay
Harvey Va. Anderson
Dooley
Bartlett
Cook
McKechnie
McCarthy
Boston
Barrett
Billings
Hammond
Henry J. Holland
City of
Way Street
B. Allen
A. D. Bosson
T. M. Babson
N. A. Plympton Et al
William F. Dunn
Essex County Law Term Held in Boston During Salem Repairs
The Essex county law term, moved due to courthouse repairs in Salem, will begin in Boston today and likely run through most of the week. Equity hearings for the county will also be held, with sessions in the lobby starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex County
Court House
Salem
Boston
Equity
Tuesay
Jury list and schedule for Middlesex Superior Court
Verdicts and trial statuses for McGrath v Town of Woburn and Hennessey v Mass Cath Order of Foresters with others noted. The present short list will finish. no more jury trials this term. Motions on Nov 7. Lowell list and Cambridge list pages to be taken up on Nov 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Pitman
Jdl
McGrath
Town of Woburn
Hennessey
Mass. Cath
Order of Foresters
Bell
City of Malden
Forbes
Town of Groton
Fall
Hamner
McCarty
Multiple Business Failures Reported in Eastern and Southern States
Creditors facing sizable losses as several firms and individuals from Boston to Cincinnati and beyond file for insolvency or assignment. Debtors include Ss. S. Young of Boston, Carmichael Manufacturing of Westerly Rhode Island seeking extension, Seeley & Trowbridge of New York, and Charles 8 Bryce of New York with liabilities near 188 thousand dollars. Other filings show assets far below debts or significant misfortune across wholesale woollens, grocers, druggists, and fruit dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. S. Young
Clarendon Street
Boston
Arthur 8
Charles D. Lewin
Cincinnati
William G. Roberts
George Campbell
Lawrence
Nehemiah W. Colwell
Carpenter
Centre Street
F. H. Hazelline
Bridgton
Williamstown
N. C
Charles
Byrce
Front Street
New York
Baus & Co
Lane Makers
Boston Postmaster Seeks Fast Foreign Mail Routes
Postmaster Corse explains that Boston letters to foreign ports may be redirected through New York to speed delivery. He would use any quicker route, including Chicago, if a faster path to Europe is found. Swift Cunard steamers being unavailable motivates routing via New York for prompt arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corse
New York
Boston
Chicago
Europe
Cunard Line
Luxurious Raymond Excursion Cars Across the Continent
The Raymond and Whitcomb expedition train brands include two lining cars named for Pacific coast hotels the Raymond and the Del Monte and a composite car with a barber shop bathroom reading room and making room named the Harvard. These three join a royal set of sleeping cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Messrs
Raymond & Whitcomb
Boston
Hotel del Monte
Harvard
Fur Lined Overcoats and Champagne Ad Promo
An old advertisement promotes fur lined overcoats and fur collars and cuffs for coats for gentlemen. It mentions in house production and echoes the brand Lewis Roederer Champagne wines praised for over fifty years as rich dry and superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Roederer
National Boot and Shoe Buyers Listed by City
A compiled roster lists boot and shoe buyers by city and company, with representatives from Baltimore to Utica. Names include Spragins Buck & Co, Patterson Renshaw & Co, Young Kimmell Diggs, Pretzfelder Kline & Co, J M Schnadig, H A Richardson, G W Cady, Reed Jones, Miller Cutler, Hinkle Nesbet, Willis Bro, Texas Cooperative Association, Jones McKee, Hazen & Co, Huiskamp Brot, Bamberger Streng, Hill & Sons, Murray Dibrell, Richardson Bros, Bell Walt, Fleishman Morris, Foot Schulze, Kelley Goodfel, Tallman & Hurd, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Lil
Smith, Rd
Baltimore
Spragins
S D Buck
Spragins, Buck & Co
N Patterson
Patterson, Renshaw & Co
Brun
A Young
Young, Kimmell & Diggs
Tre
H Preizfelder
Pretzfelder, Kline & Co
Chicago
I P Farnham
I P
Farnum & Co
J M Schnadig
Schnadig & Co
Marks
Cran
Cincinnati
G Ringgold
Ringgold & Co
W Laws
Laws & C
Adolph Meyer
A. Mayer & Co
A Richardson
H A Richardson & Co
L Crane
Crane B & S Co
Re. Co
Wubus
J K Orr
Orr & Co
Cleveland
W Cady
Cady & Co
Columbus
O Jones
Reed, Jones & Co
Chillicothe
E Cutler
Miller, Cutler & Co
Ain
Evansville
B Hinkle
Hinkle
Nesbet & Co
Galveston
Texas
F Breath
Willis & Bro
Mr Callaway
Texas Cooperative Association
Indianapolis
Ind
A Jones, Jr
Jones, McKee & Co
Kansas City
H M Weaver
Weaver
Jones & Co
Knoxville
Tenn
E E McMillan
McMillan, Hazen & Co
A Henson
Haynes, Henson & Co
Keokuk
W Huiskamp
Huiskamp Brot & Co
Louisville
J Streng
Bamberger, Streng & Co
Memphis
H Vogel
Hill & Sons
Maysville
H Means
Miner & Bro
Milwaukee
Wis
M Meiss
Richardson Bros & Co
Philadelphia
Penn
Heir
Bell, Walt & Co
Richmond
W Fleishman
L Z Morris
Fleishman& Morris
Sedalia
McKay
St Paul
Minn
B Foot
C Henry
Foot, Schulze & Co
St Louis
T Kelley
Kelley, Goodfellow & Co
Utica
A Tallman
Tallman & Hurd, Brun
California mining stocks close in San Francisco market
Official closing prices for today list mining shares such as Best & Belcher Bodie Consolidated Union Consolidated Gould & Curry Hale & Norcross Nevada Queen Mexican and Nevada Queen, along with other names in mixed gains and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Cal
Best & Belcher
Savarc
Bodie
Sierra Nevada
Con
Vacs
Union
Wivia
Gould & Curry
Yellow Jacket
Hale & Norcross
Commonwealth
Nevada
Pyle's Peakine Harmful Only to Dirt, Cleaner Victory Ahead
A quirky note proclaims Pyle's Peakine as harmless to people and objects except dirt. The slogan hints at a cleanup push, urging dirt removal before any broader use or promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penn Mut Life Insurance Company
J. G. Holt
W. C. Greene
T. J. Gargan
Pat H. Keating
Honey
Blake
Whipple
Walker
Oliver
Wheelan
Fleming
Wood
Boston RR
Murphy
McCordick
Morrill
Stevens
O'Brien
Crowley
Toomey
Chandler
Boardman
Hathorne
Grady
Upton
Seeenbie
Lowe Cattle Co
Alilen
McKenna
Wright
Lothrop
Canney
Mason, J
Flesham
Lane
Blackstone National Bank
Roberts
Security Bank of Minnesota
Fogg
Thorndike
Wells Memorial Ass'n
Warner
Newhall
Smith
Coffee
Batchelder
Swig
Farrar
Town of Arlington
Lambert
Gay
Damon
O’ Keefe
Bruce
Childs
Connor
Connell
Murray
White
Dyer
McIndoe
First National Bank
Clinton
Cutter
Yeaton
Hunneweil
Litenfield
Brown
National Therm
M. Co
Newton
Mme, D’angelis
Tufts
Zeta Psi
United States Circuit Court
Colt, J
E R. Co
Supreme Judicial Court
Ganges &Sons
Posro
Kakas & Sons
Washington Street
Lee Schreider
Schreider
John D. & M. Williams
State Street
Paris
Aker
Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
Boot and Shoe Buyers
LN Town
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