English Visitors Arrive for Boston Welcome and Events
The English parliamentary deputation arrives in Boston today hosted by the Commercial Club. They will meet Gov. Ames and Mayor O'Brien at the Vendome, attend a 5 PM reception, and visit the harbor, Harvard, Mechanics' Fair, and suburbs. Notable accompanying figures include Andrew Carnegie, Cumberland Palmer, and Philip Garrett. A Tremont Temple mass meeting under the American Peace Society follows Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Commercial Club
Hotel Vendome
Governor Ames
O’brien
the Vendome
Robert C. Winthrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard College
Messr
Andrew Carnegie
Cumberland Palmer
New York Club
Philip C. Garrett
Philadelphia
Tremont ‘Temple
American Peace Society
E. 8
Tobey
Lyon Playfair
Halley Stewart
John Wilson
M.P
Workingmen’s Congress of Great Britain
Bishop Foster
Methodist Episcopal Church
KE. E. Hale
Alexander McKenzie
Ae Haynes
Sir Lyon Playfair
Caleb Wright
Munroe Ferguson
John Swinburne
Octavius V. Morgan
George Campbell
Andrew Provand
Benjamin Pickard
William Randal Cremer
Mir Lord Kinnaird
John Inglis
Charles Freak
British Trade Union
Nelson, Philip Conrad Convicted in Taxed Malt Liquor Trial
United States Circuit Court November 9, judge Nelson J. Philip Conrad faced charges for operating as a wholesale malt liquor dealer without paying the special tax. Jury disagreed and jurors were excused to January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Nelson
J. Philip Conrad
Democratic Path to Cleveland Victory in 1888
An Independent observer analyzes the 1887 results in Massachusetts and New York, arguing that strong independent votes boost Cleveland’s chances next year. He cites Ames and Lovering as barometers, notes the registration gap, and predicts large Democratic turnout with business support to seal a Cleveland victory while Democratic gains puzzle Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Ames
Blaine
Worcester
Lovering
Mr. Lovering
Lodge
Democratic Party
Dr. Burden
Ames State Committee
Uorse
Democratic Executive Committee
Andrew
Boston
John Andrew
Butler
Arthur
Financial Administration
Mr. Manning
Mer. Fairchild
Honest Cleveland Delegates Sought for National Convention
The administration seeks honest delegates from Cleveland to turn in and elect at the forthcoming national convention. Strong emphasis on integrity and loyalty to party principles as the process moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Treaty ratified. United States and Hawaiian Government agree
The proclamation announces the 1875 commercial reciprocity convention with Hawaii extended for seven years with a year’s termination notice. It grants the U S exclusive rights to Pearl River Harbor on Oahu for a coaling and repair station and specifies ratifications exchanged in Washington. Signed by Frelinghuysen and Carter. presented by President Grover Cleveland on November 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Kingdom
Hawaiian Islands
City of
Washington
Senate of the
United States
Hawaiian Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Henry A. P. Carter
Pearl River
Oahu
Frevk
T. Frelinghuysen
Grover Cleveland
Five Derricks Fall at Pemberton Square Court House Site
A derrick at the new Pemberton square court house construction failed dragging five others down. Foreman William Hatton and two Italian laborers were injured, with McColgan suffering a shoulder fracture and needing hospital care. The building incurred about $1000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
William Hatton
Louis Gardella
Michael McColgan
McColgan
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Johnson
Boston Marine Society Highlights Finances and Farewells
The Boston Marine Society met at Merchants Exchange rooms and reviewed a year of finances with cash on hand of 26446 dollars, receipts 2165.75 and expenses 2160.14. Beneficiary payments totaled 6500 dollars as treasurer reported nearly 28300 spent against 30300 received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Marine Society
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Humphries
Treasury
Committee On Relief
Martin
Society
R. G. F. Candage
Thomas Lamb
Weltch
Charles W. Franklin
Thomas Leach
Gorham Bb. Knowles
William A. Gardner
Benjamin I. Robbins
Nathaniel Hamblin
Harvey Schindler
Richard Matthews
FM. Boggs
John Bradford
James P. Martin
William _F. Humphrey
Albert Lewis
David H. Hall
Rufus Crowell
Marine
Roland C. Stark
Calvin H. Baker
C. W. Jackson
Henry C. Lewis
George B. Williams
Ch. B. Forbes
Quincy House
Boston Wholesale Grocers Elect Officers At Annual Dinner
The Boston Wholesale Grocers Association held its annual dinner at Young's Hotel with about 100 members present. Officers elected included President George C. Powers and vice presidents Jacob P. Bates and Charles E. Moody, along with secretary treasurer William J. Seaver Jr. The meeting featured remarks by Honorable Charles P. Noyes and others, plus music by the Mendelssohn quartet and a singing of Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Young’s Hotel
Howard W. Svourr
George C. Powers
Jacob P. Bates
Charles E. Moody
William J. Seaver, Jr
Benjamin W. Munroe
Roland Winslow
Benjamin I. Leeds
A. E. Southworth
James A. Sawtell
A. M. Swallow
H. O. Aldrich
William Saville
H. D. Hutchinson
Matthias Rich
J. F. Nickerson
Frank H. Sleeper
J. &. Crocker
Charles H. Adams
H. B. Pierce
E. 8. Conant
Hale
Mr. Noyes
Charles Moody
C. A. Richards
Henry ©. Whitney
Thomas E. Barker
William Seaver
Alexander H. Rice
George D. Robinson
Leverett Saltonstall
Mendelssohn
Fire at Ontario Street building causes $50 damage
An alarm from Box 112 at 4 PM yesterday reported a fire in a three and a half story wooden building behind 16 Ontario Street. The blaze, spreading to bedding, damaged the premises occupied by Kate Stokes and others for an estimated fifty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Street
Kate Stokes
Governor appoints Hooper prison commissioner in place of Fay
Governor Ames named Robert C. Hooper of Boston as prison commissioner replacing Clement K. Fay of Brookline who resigned. The council confirmed the nomination under a suspension of the rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Robert C. Hooper
Boston
Clement K. Fay
Brookline
Harvard Discussion on Ireland Sparks Campus Debate
A lively afternoon debate at Harvard discussed Ireland and land reform with speakers arguing justice and expediency. The event also included a hare and hounds run starting Matthews Hall and culminating near Brighton, plus notes on Plato and the Pierian Sodality with plans for a concert and a Christmas trip to major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unay
Ireland
England
J. M. Hallowell
United Kingdom
Scotland
Wales
Great Britain
Davenport
Dana
Matthews Hall
North Avenue
Watertown
Newton
Brighton
Allston
Barry's Corner
Harvard Square
Boylston Street
G. P. Coggswell
Farlow
J. W. H. Walden
Classical Club
Goodwin
Plato
Pierian Sodality
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Veterans Boston Fusiliers Hold 100th Anniversary Fall Dinner
The Veteran Association of the Independent Boston Fusiliers held a fall dinner at the Crawford House with Captain Henry A. Snow presiding to mark the corps centennial. Stenographers and Delta Upsilon Tutts Chapter also held dinners at local hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran Association of
Boston Fusiliers
Crawford House
Henry A. Snow
Stenographers’ Association
Undertakers
Quincy House
Tutts
Delta Upsilon Society
Young
Beacon Park Set For Repeats Of Exciting Mystic Races
Mystic Park last week hosted successful races and Beacon Park will stage a repeat event today. The sprint between Mme Marantette’s team and I A Hale’s rival draws crowd, plus a road wagon race for a cup and a $50 match between George A and Belle Franklin. Mme Marantette to exhibit Woodlawn saddle and harness. First race at 1 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Park
Beacon Park
Mme. Marantette
I. A. Hale
George A
Belle Franklin
Mme. Marante
PATAL RAILROAD COLLISION KILLS BRAKEMAN FARRELL
At 12 15 this morning two gravel trains on the Boston and Albany railroad collided between Cottage Farms station and the Three Roads smashing several cars and killing Robert Farrell a brakeman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Cottage Farms
Robert Farrell
Tan Custom Department Work Noted by Simmons Co
Tan Custom Department of G. W. Simmons & Co. at 32 to 44 North Street impresses with its remarkable output and efficiency, far surpassing old-fashioned methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Custom Department
G. W. Simmons & Co
North Street
Death of Charles Town Veteran Firemen's boss triggers funeral delegation
One hundred fifty members of the Charles Town Veteran Firemen's Association met in Monument Hall to act after the death of George Otis Wiley who was president. They voted to send a fifteen member delegation to his funeral at his Malden residence and drafted resolutions for the family. Other items include Patrick Collins facing liquor license charges. Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells lecturing to Sunday school teachers on conversation topics. and a Perkins Institution concert at the Dudley Street Opera House honoring John S. Griffin with Charles J. Dolan as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Kate Gannett Wells
Channing Hall
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Dudley Street Opera House
John S. Griffin
Charles JT. Dolan
Cambridge Aldermen Order Recount Of Ward 2 And 4 Votes
Cambridge aldermen authorize recounts of Representatives votes in Ward 2 and Ward 4 after petitions from local residents. The chief of police lists druggists with sixth class liquor license violations and a licenses committee referral. Special police officers are confirmed and the mayor authorized to seek legislation to reduce the railroad nuisance at street crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Thomas Devens
M. F. Dow
FF. H. Lowell
A. R. Bayley
Edward Penney
Boston & Albany
Somerville Aldermen Act On Street, Burial Ground Petitions
The Somerville board of aldermen held a regular meeting last evening. The Somerville Horse Railroad Company seeks leave to lay tracks on Medford street from the Medford line to Central street. Rymes and Nickerson were elected sinking fund commissioners to fill vacancies from the deaths of Tufts and Conant. Willard C. Kinsley Post No 139 G A R asked for land to build a memorial hall and it was referred to public property. An incorporated body asked leave to maintain a burial ground on Broadway West Somerville and it was referred to a special committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Board of Aldermen
Somerville Horse Railroad Company
Medford Street
Medford
Central Street
Christopher K. Rymes
John B. Nickerson
Nathan Tufts
E. D. Conant
Willard C. Kinsley
Charles 8. Lincoln
Broadway
West Somerville
Supreme Judicial Court Calendar Nov 9 Briefing and Docket
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth, Nov 9, adjournment details set the law docket through next Tuesday, equity docket on Wednesday the 16th, and criminal docket on Monday the 21st. Cases argued include Bowditch v Raymond and Doyle administrator v Boston and Albany railroad. counsel listed for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court For
Commonwealth
Morton
C.J
FreLp
Allen
Boston Superior Court Docket in Three Sessions Matches Many Cases
First session on November 9 lists Timothy Kelly vs Alonzo P Clifford over ten Hartford street cellars. Abraham Abrams vs Peter Lozowski claims assault damages. Numerous cases follow in order, including Hartfield and Boston Cab Co disputes. Second and third sessions cover land takings for Humboldt avenue and damages from May 7 cab collision, with judges Hammond and Mason presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Blodgett
Timothy Kelly
Alonzo Pp. Clifford
Hartford Street
J. H. Burke
G. A. Griffin
L. M. Child
Abraham Abrams
Peter Lozowski
P. B. Kiernan
J. W
J. F. Pickering
Cavanagh
Durgin
Hammond
Foster
Lawrence
Pacific National Bank
Carruth
Johnson
Standard B. Co
Cheney
Bradford
Eavenson
Bovnevere
Joyce Va
A. B. Co
Miller
Ticknor
Norburn
Chelsea
Morrell
Hale
Smith
Wainwriht
Butler
Maynard
Proyle
Souther
MecLoughlin
Cecconi
Mccintosh
Taylor
Arthur W. Tufts
City of
Boston
Humboldt Avenue
Charles F. Kittredge
H. M. Nason
Leonard Ware
Boston Cab Company
Causeway Street
N. Morse
J. M. Way
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Ware
Boston Cab Co
Dunbar
Corbet
O'Neil
Feeley
Hafler
Cressey
Town of
Hull
Goula
Powers
Mead
Doyle
Sullivan
Evans
Thayer
Agrey
Bryant
Taber
Copeland
Shaeffer
Haines
Stevens
Hughes
Old Colony
Marston
Hathorne
Lockwood
Twitchell
Cronin
Shaw
Buterick
Rowe
Chadbourne
Manton
Bigelow
Murray
Brooks
Winters
Kingsley
Gilbert
Fleming
Simmons
Tryder
van Nostrand
Mcintosh
Kible
Regan
Mason
Cambridge court list clears pages for Thursday session
Superior Court Middlesex Is notes that pages 89 40 and 41 of the Cambridge court list are in order for Thursday November 10. Judge Pitman presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex, Is
Pitman
Cambridge
Fatherless and Widows Society marks seventieth anniversary
The Boston Fatherless and Widows Society celebrated its 70th anniversary at Mrs. J. N. Fiske’s home on Commonwealth Avenue. The annual report highlighted substantial benevolent work and a healthy treasury balance, with a retrospective review of the society’s progress since 1816 17. Reelected officers included President Mrs. George W. Ware and Treasurer Charles G. Nazro, among others, with a long list of trustees and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Fatherless and Widows’ Society
J. N. Fiske
Commonwealth Avenue
P. 8. C. Olmstead
Temperance Horton
Samuel B. Cruft
Howard Benevolent Society
George W. Ware
Henry Wood
Edward
Tobey
Edwin B. Webb
Andrew J. Loud
Charles G. Nazro
James A. Penfield
Luther M. Merrill
A. D. Williams
Abbie W. Pearson
J. EB. Daniels
George W. Warren
George §. Dexter
Joseph W. Howes
William E. Gutterson
Charles S. Squiter
Grenville Hovey
John W. Olmstead
L. K. Shattuck
George A. Goodyear
Nellie M
Pointed claim for Humphreys Homeopathic Specifics Nos 1 and 7
The piece touts Humphreys Specifics Nos 1 and 7 as cures for coughs colds and sore throats with claimed triumphant success. It urges not to let minor illnesses destroy health, presenting a stark conviction about market staples in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Demonstration Lectures in Cooking at Lasell Seminary
Mrs Lincoln gives demonstration lectures in cooking at Lasell Seminary this, the eleventh year of instruction in that branch, and Mrs Oakes conducts private lessons.
Creditors Meet Over National Rubber Company Assets
Creditors at the Narragansett Hotel Providence reviewed a balance sheet for the National Rubber Company dated Oct 15 1887 assets listed at 1 096247 66 and liabilities at 875284 59. The assignee Colonel Colt urged interest on 350 000 bonds and a two week creditors report on possible reorganization with discussions on property disposition. Also noted were insolvency actions against several firms and individuals in various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rubber Company
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
Colonel Colt
Woodland
Nashville (Tenn
Jeremiah Hearn
Saco
C. Ragan & Co
Ary Goods
Vandalia
St. Louis Planing Mill Company
Fifth National Bank
Osborne, Hutchins & Hunt
Cincinnati
Man True & Co
Port
Stoddard Lectures Return for Ninth Season at Boston Music Hall
The Stoddard lectures begin November 23 with a program of travel notes from Europe Spain the Pyrenees and Constantinople illustrated history on Julius Caesar and a Byron themed evening. Mr Stoddard used summer travels to collect new illustrations and notes to please large audiences in Brooklyn Philadelphia and Chicago. Ticket sales start next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Boston Music Hall
Philadelphia
Chicago
Spain
Pyrenees
Constantinople
Julius César
Byron
Man
Pet
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Massachusetts
Washington Street
Senate
House of Representatives
Walker
Lynn
Newhall
McAlpine
O'Sullivan
Ticme
Charles E. Hibbard
Lee
Pearl River Harbor
Sandwich Islands
T. F. Bayard
Secretary of State
New Court House
Boston Wholesale Grocers
Harvard
Patal
Cambridge Aldermen
Somerville
Gilfillan
Mawhinney
Kelleher
Winkley
Hazeltine
Samie
Same
Wrigley
Fay
McGillicuddy
Ford
Hall
Lyons
City of Boston
Litchfield
Boston & Albany RR
Murrey
White
Coffee
Lasell
Oak Grove Farm
Stevenson
Faneuil Hall Square
Chas. L. Bly
Pearl ST
Ofis
W.p. Balch Live Stock Commission Agency
Woodward's
Bromfield Street
Devonshire Street
Calder
Roxbury
Washington St
William and Edwin Sheafe
Yurice, Button and
Congress
John F. Pray
Boston Linen
Boston Bond
Samuel Ward Co
Devonshire St
S.B. Tobey & Co
Congress St
Henry F. Miller
Miller Hall
Tremont St
Boston Association
Chestnut Street
Philadelpha
Boston Post
Cunningham
Spring Lane
ING Agency
Columbus Ave
Price
Health Food CO
New England
Victor Cycles
Overman Wheel CO
Columbus Avenue
Laromne“ Entuck Sne
Gas Lighting Co
Arch St
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ben J. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Post Office Square
Fire Insurance
North American
State Street
Kilby ST
Albert Bowker
E. Patridge
Sec
Paris
Baker’s
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Office of Purchasing and Depot
High St
Wells Willard
U.S
U.S. Army
Walter R. Wightman
Congress Street
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