Among City Politicians A Dicey Fight Over Boston Mayor Nomination
Boston Republicans split over Mayor Hart with opposition from party leaders. Ongoing talk centers on Hart’s renomination despite dissatisfaction with his administration and alleged favoritism toward Democrats and allies. Democratic backers led by Owen A. Galvin and Joseph H. O’Neil prepare to contest, aiming to control the city committee and push Galvin for mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Republican Party
Hart
Ernst
Meehan
O’brien
Homer Rogers
Kelley
Michael Meehan
Moody Merrill
Mr. Hart
A. Galvin
Walter
Philip J. Doherty
Galvin
City Hall
Frost
Post
Gove
Owen A. Galvin
Cunniff
Maguire
Mr. Galvin
O'Neil
Leopold Morse
Nathan Matthews, Jr
True and Honest Independent Candidate for Mayor
A reader urges selecting a mayoral candidate who is not a political hack and has a record of redressing abuses and helping the city. The writer argues for an independent candidate driven by prosperity, courage, and integrity, free of party or clique influence, to gain broad citizen support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Tal
Names Considered for Speaker’s Chair in Coming Year
The piece notes a push to elevate the Speaker's role in the next Legislature, with Republicans leading the canvass to replace the last incumbent. Candidates cited include F. W. Kittredge, F. Morison, Hayes, Sproul, Taft, Sohier, Sanger, and Wardwell. Developments in the ensuing weeks will be watched by citizens across parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
Barrett
Messrs
F. W. Kittredge
F. Morison
Boston
Hayes
Lynn
Sproul
Worcester
Taft
Gloucester
Sohier
Beverly
Sanger
Wardwell
Haverhill
Republican State Committee
Harvard Free Wool Club Lectures On Tariff Reform
The Free Wool Club announces a lecture series on tariff reform led by William Lloyd Garrison on Friday November 15 in Sever Hall open to the public. Henry George may speak later as the lineup is finalized. Also notes Harvard's second bicycle hare and hounds run with I Barron and J B Henderson as hares. Harvard prepares for a championship game against Wesleyan with a full team roster and a protest to Princeton over eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lloyd Garrison
Sever Hall
Henry George
Harvard
I. Barron
J. B. Henderson
Cambridge
Somerville
Union Square
Gymnasium
E. A. Bailey
Holmes
Burlingham
Wright
Rhinelander
Bass
Post
F. Rogers
Wesleyan
Springfield
Rushers
Cumnock
Blanchard
Cranston
Tilton
P. Trafford
Stickney
Hutchinson
Dean
Saxe
Lee
K. Trafford
A. M. White
Princeton
Laying of Water Mains Threatens Suspension Without Funds
The Boston Water Board warns that without a $150,000 loan approved by the Common Council, water main extension work will stop. An unexpended balance of 64,696,57 remains after payrolls, with bills exceeding it, risking furloughs for 200 laborers and delaying water service before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Commissioners
Common Council
Boston Water Boat
Thomas N. Hart
Boston Water Board
Board of Aldermen
Water Board
Nless
Boston
Rogert Grant
Proposed Mass Meeting at Faneuil Hall by Labor Federation
Entertainment committee met at 134 Harrison avenue and arranged a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall for December 12 with leading labor movement figures expected. Knights in the Dance presentation and related events also noted among union activities and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faneuil Mall
Knights
Federtion of Labor Uet
Harrison Avenue
Faneuil Hall
Labor Movement
International District Assembly
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Alexander Peters
Charles J. Wheeler
Aids
The
Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union No. 6
Paine Memorial Hall
M. Donovan
B. A. McLaughlin
Fannie Kneeland
Albany Street
Desirable shift on liquor issue in Democratic ranks
Dorchester letter praises moving liquor interests out of the Democratic fold and into Republican circles. The writer argues that excluding the liquor element will help seal revenue and civil service reforms, urging Cleveland's reform stance to win wider support in Massachusetts politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Republican Organization
Party of Revenue Reform
Civil Service Reform
Cleveland
Massachusetts
C. Dorchester
Case of the Rev Mr Smith at Somerville church meeting
The Perkins Street Baptist Church of Somerville held a business meeting led by Rev Mr Higgins with a North Baptist Conference committee present. Two society members were added to the Association committee to hear statements at Tremont Temple next Tuesday afternoon. The meeting adjourned.
Recount Call Over Boston Ballots Defective Marking
A Boston recount drive emerges over defective ballots seen as mis marks. Petitions circulate in wards seeking counting of ballots where intent is clear despite marks not perfectly placed. The issue centers on the 1889 ballot act and Attorney General opinions guiding election officers on counting votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Democratic State Committee
Keany
Board of Aldermen
Messars
Russell
General Court
Fall River
Lowell
Peirce
Z. Bowrean
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Henry B. Peirce
Selwyn Z. Bowman
Curtis
Naparese
Attorney-General
Recounts Sought in Boston Area Elections
Dr. William Everett of Quincy seeks a recount in the first Norfolk senatorial district where he trails by a small margin. Senator Moses P. Palmer is reelected in the fifth Middlesex district by 45 votes over James Skinner, who requests a recount. Aldermen recounted Representatives in Wards 6, 19 and 28 with no changes. Whitaker, a defeated Republican in Somerville seventh district, petitions for a recount. Kilmer leads by 23 votes. Read, unsuccessful Republican for Cambridge senator, also petitions for recount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Everett
Quincy
Norfolk
Moses P. Palmer
Middlesex
James Skinner
Board of Aldermen
James B. Whitaker
Somerville
F. M. Kilmer
John Read
Cambridge
Voting secrecy questioned over polling booth design
An Australian correspondent criticizes local voting setup noting tall open booths expose voters to observers. He says secrecy is compromised as onlookers and familiar names could infer votes. He advocates boxes opening to the rear, like Australia, to prevent watching voters mark ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Australia
City Notes From Boston Clubs And Meetings
The American Numismatic Society met at 18 Somerset street yesterday noon. Clergymen listed for the Massachusetts Sunday school convention at Tremont Temple include Rev. John Hall Dr RK R Meredith Rev A E Dunning Rev F N Peloubet and other notable church figures. A vocal and instrumental music program is planned for Wednesday evening at the Y M C Union with contralto Grace Annie Munroe and others. The Bostonian Society will meet in the Council Chamber Old State House on Tuesday at 3 pm with Hamilton A Hill presenting Governor Winthrop s Homestead the Green. Rev B Fay Mills speaks on The Evangelist and His Work at the Evangelical Alliance meeting next Monday morning in Meionaon. The New England Club will host guests at its Young s dinner this afternoon including J W Ryckman W W Christie Hugh Coyle Edward Burgess W H Lincoln and others.
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American Numismatic Society
Somerset Street
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
John Hall
RK. R. Meredith
A. E. Dunning
F. N. Peloubet
Y. M. C. Union
Grace Annie Munroe
Bostonian Society
Council Chamber
Old State House
Hamilton A. Hill
Winthrop
the Green
B. Fay Mills
Evangelist
Bis
Evangelical Alliance
New England Club
Young’s
J. W. Ryckman
W. W. Christie
Hugh Coyle
Maritime Exhibition
Edward Burgess
W. H. Lincoln
Arlington Street Cru Rog
Brooke Herford
B. Y. M. Christian Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
Edmund H. Bennett
Boston University Law School
Marie van V. Rogers
Mary
Davis
Carl F. Merrill
Byron A. Robinson
George Mendall Taylor
Boston Young MeEn’s Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
RE. L. Perkins
KE. L. Tead
Losper Hill Congregational Church
Somerville
Hoy
Arthur Burrell
Lord
George McDonal
P. J.J. Cooper
Messrs. Stewart and Cooper
George W. Proctor
Council OF the Disciples
Brookline Street
Warren Avenue
Charles G. Ames
Christadelphian Bible
Chandler Hall
Essex Street
Newbury Street
Leighton Parks
Orkeley
Marlboro
James L. Hughes
Toronto
Hughes
Canada
Rome
South Congregational Citizen
Exeter Street
Hale
Srooxp
Bostoux
Copley Square
Edward A. Horton
Tremont Truple
Emory J. Haynes
D.D
Associates Cauraches
Clarendon Street
People’s Church
Mills
Shawmut Congregational
Dickinson
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Brodbeck
Social life and amenities in modern college education
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer spoke to Boston University girls in the Claflin room on social life and the aims of a college education. She urged that women cultivate broad sympathy and life in addition to classical learning, and shared experiences from Germany about being viewed as a strong minded yet tasteful woman. An attentive audience crowded the room and lingered afterward to greet her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Freeman Palmer
Boston University
Claflin
College of Liberal Arts
United States
Notable Guests at Hotels Stir Boston Social Scene
Republican representative-elect J Henry Fletcher hosted a Quincy House reception attended by hundreds. The Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society held its annual meeting with guest William S Andrews, aged 92. From Mendelssohn Quintet Club to the Harvard Andover Club, notable figures and guests filled the city’s hotels and clubs including Young's Tavern Thorndike and the Tavern venues, listing prominent names and residences across Boston.
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Sixteenth
Middlesex
J. Henry Fletcher
Quincy House
W. F. Woodbridge
M. W. Marsh
W. F. Davis
Messrs
Thomas Adler
Wilhelm Ohliger
M. Droze
Paul Henneberg
Mendelssohn Quintet Club
United States Hotel
Otto Hegner
Magnus Hegner
Tremont
Basle
Switzerland
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Young's
Harvard- Andover Club
Thorndike
Vendome
H. J. Patterson
Dayton
D. F. MacDonald
Philadelphia
J. Franklin Dean
James J. Highinson
New York
Providence
W. Bowles, Jr
Springfield
W. E. J. Varney
Washington
Debold
Brooklyn
N. Y
Whipple
Worcester
Burrom and Co Patent Card Case for Business Cards
Carvis J Burrom & Co patent a device for business cards and a case to hold them. Cards attach on the left with mucilage forming a block and fit into a leather cover by a wing. Illustrated on page 3 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carvis J. Burrom & Co
City of Boston Tort Cases and Damages
Suffolk Superior Court entries detail tort actions in first and second sessions. Thomas Brady sues the City of Boston for injuries from a defective Hampshire Street hole, verdict for plaintiff 2000 dollars. Daniel Talmage et al. sue John L. Brockway in replevin over fifteen barrels of rice. Patrick Corcoran sues the City for 3000 dollars, surrounding a military-style inquiry into adultery and confinement. a verdict is not yet reached. John J. McCormack vs Cable Rubber Company, case of fire damage to a child on vacant Jamaica Plain land, second trial pending. lists for Monday sessions set for 1 PM.
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Suffolk Ss
Barker
Thomas Brady
City of
Boston
Hampshire Street
B. Allen
Jesse Wheeler
I. M. Babson
Daniel Talmage
John L. Brockway
A.M. Lyman
M.C. Hobbs
D. D. Corcoran
Patrick Corcoran
Roxbury
Deer Island
Dedham
K. Greenhood
Kk. W. Nason
Hammond
John J. McCormack
Cable Rubber Company
Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain
John L. Eldredge
D. F. Fitz
A. Hemenway
C. G. Keyes
Superior Court Breezes Through November Dockets
In Aylesford on a Lord's day, J Aylesford Allen Dunbar was fined ten dollars. Maria F Lucid faced a five dollar fine for assault and battery. Thomas J Linton received a continuance on the same charge.
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Superior Criminal Court
Dunbar
J. Aylesford Allen
Maria F. Lucid
Thomas J. Linton
Insolvency Court in Suffolk County Meets Informally
In Suffolk insolvency court on Nov 8 judge McKaa held third meetings for Flanders Daniels Prescott Jatte Enos Green Manly Holmes and others with adjournments to later dates. First meetings included Albert Whitney Hollis Bailey assignee and Charles G. Dor.
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Suffolk County
McKaa
Oliver H. Flanders
Abraham G. Daniels
George A Prescott
Daniel J. Jatte
John A. Enos
Charles A. Green
Thomas F. Wane
T. F. Manly
George C. Holmes
Albert Whitney
Hollis R. Bailey
Charles G. Dor
Superior Court Crim Essex Nov 8 Sentences Issued
Lawrence November 8 192? cases heard. Catherine Hefferan Danvers acquitted on maintaining nuisance. James Moran Lawrence 18 months in House of Correction for breaking and entering and larceny. Several defendants fined or jailed for illegally keeping or transporting liquor, including Amesbury Amesbury Ipswich Haverhill Andover Marblehead. Some cases continued for judgment to May term.
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Superior Court
Essex
Lawrence
Staples
Catherine Hefferan
Danvers
James Moran
House of Correction
Patrick Martin
Amesbury
James P. Plummer
William Hoffman
John C. Hoffman
Joseph Francis
Bradford
House of
Dennis Monahan
Ipswich
James Barrett
Haverhill
George P. Phillips
Andover
Mary Riley
Marblehead
Superior Court Criminal Middlesex Navy Rape Sentences
John Booth of Lowell found guilty of rape to state prison for fifteen years and one day solitary. John Glynn of Waltham convicted of assault and battery to the House of Correction for three months.
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Superior Court
Middlesex County
Navy
Sheerman
J. John Booth
Lowell
John Glynn
Waltham
House of Correction
Municipal Court Nov 8 Criminal Session Summary
Charles H. Parmenter charged with forgery and larceny held for trial Nov 15 in 1500. Harry Asseer held for trial Nov 12 in 200 for larceny. Abram Rubinstein arraigned for arson held 2500 for trial Nov 14. Elias and Genpie Hoffman held to appear Nov 14 as accessories before the fact. Josiah P. Mann held 300 to answer for stealing 160 furniture. Meehan Benton Hayes Haley arraigned for buying and selling pools held for examination Nov 22. Edward Bradley fined 10 for stealing 5 shirts.
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Parmenter
Josiah P. Mann
Superior Court
Michael Meehan
Benjamin Benton
William Hayes
Charles Haley
Edward Bradley
Admission of Attorneys at Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court
Notice that on Tuesday November 12 1889 at 9 30 a m if no objection is made Joseph J Hahn Robert A Lynch and Thomas J Boynton will be admitted as attorneys at law if found qualified Joan Noble Clerk
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Common Wealters
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Joseph J. Hahn
Robert A. Lynch
Thomas J. Boynton
Joan Noble
Our Marine Show at Mechanics Building Shines Again
The Maritime Exhibition drew large crowds with new displays, swan boats and canal views. A fifty-voice chorus performed on the Quickstep deck while soloists Walter Rogers and others featured wind and brass, and Tufts College Gree and Banjo clubs visit today for songs. Cappa's Band repeats Gettysburg on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics
Walter Rogers
H. Wittgenstein
M. Pellacani
A. Barbera
Paine's Furniture invites autumn cabinet shoppers near Canal Street
A writer urges readers to visit Paine's Furniture Company at 48 Canal Street to browse 1889 parlor cabinet designs and find the exact style they seek among new arrivals. The notice emphasizes evaluating varied options and price availability in a local showroom setting.
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Paine
Canal Street
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Democratic City Committee
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Wellesley College
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R. I. Young
St. Johnsbury
W. W. Converse
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William Meggett
Weathersfield
Conn
F. A. Bartholomew
H. &. Brewster
Rochester
Edgar Bernstein
P. P. Hotchkiss
E. A. Waldron
Portland
N. J. Upham
Duluth
Minn
J. L. Stevenus
Peter
N. H
Rughey
Hot Springs
Ark
J. M. Butters
Island Pond
J. K. Mooar
Manchester
Hiskey
Randy
Greene
Humphrey
Schenck
Hest
J. A
Murdock
Carter
Radway
Wilcox
Morse
Carlsbad
Woodward
Warner
Wyeth
Atwood’s .Itters
California
Robinson
Armant
Florida
Ayer
Lubin’s
Jockey Club
C. E. Woodward
Bromfield Street
Rithy
Thomas Mair
Joseph Henry Plunket
Frederick L. McLaughlin
Marine Show
London Box
London
Sears
F. O. Thompson
KFOTE
Sterling English
B. A. Atkinson
Washington Street
Constitution
C. Coodwin & CO
John Street
New York City
James Pyle
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