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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1889

Page

8

Public meeting at Faneuil Hall to back Democratic candidates

Citizens of Boston invited to a noon meeting on Monday November 4 1889 at Faneuil Hall. Hon Patrick A Collins will preside and speakers include Gov candidate William E Russell Lieutenant Governor candidate John W Corcoran and Dr William Everett among others. Large list of Boston notables and supporters attends this political gathering.

Boston Faneuil Hall Patrick A. Collins William E. Russell John W. Corcoran William Everett Quincy

Democratic Rallies Set Across Boston and Nearby Areas

The campaign ends with multiple Democratic meetings this week. Russell and Corcoran speak in Lynn and Ward 8 Boston, with J H ONeil and E J Flynn in Ward 8. Cross appears in East Boston and No 1 district, plus Chel sea on November 2. Other gatherings include Quincy, Dudley Street Opera House, Faneuil Hall, and Woburn with various speakers and presiding officials.

Russell Corcoran Lynn J. H. O'Neil E. J. Flynn Ward 8 Boston Henry M. Cross Quincy Cross Chelsea P. A. Collins Dudley Street Opera House James M. Keith Dr. Everett Faneuil Hall General Collins D. L. Moreland Woburn

Arlington Winchester district backs Samuel H. Smith for General Court

The Independent voters in Arlington and Winchester urge support for Samuel H. Smith for Representative to the General Court. Smith, a Harvard educated reformer, left the Republican party in 1884, is son of the late Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith, and is backed by independents and the independent Republican town committee of Winchester. He faces Republican candidate J. William H. H. Tuttle.

Arlington- Winchester Samuel H. Smith Smith Republican Party Samuel Abbot Smith Arlington Harvard College Harvard Law School Cleveland Russell Arlington Tariff Reform Club Tl. W. Higginson Congress J. William H. H. Tuttle Republican Town Committee Winchester

Ward 19 Democrats rally behind William H Carberry

In Cabot street bath house a rally of Ward 19 and eighth Suffolk district supporters backs William H Carberry against Senator Thomas F Hunt. Speakers include ex Senator Shea Alderman Short Max Fischacher and others. Hunt’s Senate record is criticized and threats of an elevated railroad bill and Boston Albany capitalization are highlighted. The crowd cheers Carberry.

William H. Carberry Suffolk Thomas F. Hunt Cabot Street Bath House John J. Martin O’connor Shea John C. Short Max Fischacher Richard Roxbury Carberry

Prohibition Rally Held in Cambridgeport Attracts 1500

A Cambridgeport Union Hall crowd of about 1500 heard speeches and musical selections in a prohibition rally led by W G Farnum. John P St John of Kansas spoke to a strong ovation urging prohibition and critiquing the Republican party. He claimed beer consumption was vastly higher in three Republican states than in eight Southern Democratic states.

John P. ST. John Cambridgeport Union Hall Silver Lake Quartet W. G. Farnum Thomas Scully Isaiah W. Sneath Edward Kendall W. F. Sturdevant James H. Roberts J. G. Ball John H. Thurber E. T. Gilbert G. F. Kendall Henry Bird J. N. Dover Hugh Stewart John Bascom Williamstown N. Y J. W. Hamilton D.D Fast Prohibition Party

Democrats of Cambridge Rally Planned for Friday

The Cambridge Democrats announce a Friday rally in the Central Square building with addresses by Mr. Sherman Hoar and Senator Donovan.

Democrats OF Cambridge Central Square Sherman Hoar Donovan

Republican Anticipations at State Central Meeting

Twenty two Republican State central committee members attended yesterday noon at the headquarters and gave favorable outlooks. Secretary J O Wardwell told the Post reporter that they expect to beat the Democrats by 27000 to 28000 votes, otherwise they would consider themselves defeated.

Republican State Central Committee Heacon Arters J. O. Wardwell Post

Prohibition Speakers Revised in Local Meetings

Mrs. Louise Barton will speak in Natick on November 1 instead of Holden. The Hon. George M. Buttrick will speak at the Prohibition rally in Tewksbury next Friday. The Hon. Volney B. Cushing of Maine will address Prohibitionists in Reading on Monday night, November 4.

Louise Barton Natick Holden George M. Buttrick Tewksbury Volney B. Cushing Maine Reading

Lynn nationalists send candidates a reform questions sheet

The Nationalist Club of Lynn distributed a questionnaire to all city legislative candidates. It lists several items for response and asks candidates to indicate support or opposition to proposed reforms. The text emphasizes issues likely to influence local policy directions.

Nationalist Club of Lynn Daama

Increase in compulsory school attendance to seventeen years

The measure asks if voters support extending compulsory attendance to seventeen years for the full school term and securing State aid for children of indigent parents. It also questions whether to increase compulsory attendance at all and to what level.

Endorsing Norfolk Sheriff Endicott by Plymouth Republican group

A Plymouth and Norfolk county Republican meeting at Tremont House yesterday endorsed Augustus B. Endicott, Norfolk County sheriff, with signatories including Moses Williams and Payson E. Tucker. The testimonial praises his efficient civil and criminal administration and unassailable integrity.

Augustus B. Endicott Norfolk County Moses Williams Moorfield Storey Payson E. Tucker George Fred Williams Winslow Warren J. Stimson Clement K. Fay Sigourney

Reunion of Veterans of the First Massachusetts Cavalry

About 150 members of the First Massachusetts Cavalry Association held their twenty-fourth annual reunion at the National Lancers armory on Bulfinch street. A banquet followed the business meeting, with officers reelected and guests including General Hincks and Colonel Drinkwater. The group planned its twenty-fifth reunion during the G A R encampment next autumn.

First Massachusetts Cavalry Association National Lancers Bulfinch Street Davis B. W. Crowninshield Charles G. Davis D. H. L. Gleason E. A. Smith H. H. Warner Department of the Atlantic W. 8 Huntington Independent Battalion E. W. Hincks California Horace B. Sargent Chir Drinkwater First Maine Cavalry Association Massachusetts Dudley Curtis Adams Stanton P. Allen The Troy Times L. N. Ducheny Chauncey Pettibone Polo

Boston Athletic Club Indoor Meeting at Exeter Street

The fall indoor meeting of the Boston Athletic Club was held last evening at Exeter Street clubhouse. Events used a strict handicap. several results and times are listed with winners in standing high jump, running high jump, shot put, fence vault, pole vault, standing broad jump, running high kick, half mile run and half mile walk. The program noted one sparring exhibition and that the club will hold another meeting open to all athletes.

Boston Athletic Club Exeter Street W. Austin R. Wainwright Austin D. W. Shea F. B. Lund C. M. Lincoln H. R. Dalton M. Lincoln Shayer J.W. Dutton E. T. Sturger N. “Thier H. R. Dutton Serateh Bk. G. Curtis J.T Williams Thayer J. C. Robinson L. J. Webster F. R. Peters H. H. Bemis

New St James's Church Cambridge to Open with Services

In North Cambridge the new St James's Church at North avenue and Beech street will open with a forenoon service on Tuesday Nov 5 officiated by the diocesan bishop. That evening Rev Dr Phillips Brooks will preach. Universalist Sabbath School Union met at East Cambridge with 21 schools represented. Supper for guests was hosted by parish ladies. Household effects at 720 Main street Cambridgeport sold at public auction, largely to ex-Alderman Forks Holton, for about 20 000 dollars though estimated value was 40 000 to 50 000.

St. James’s Church North Avenue Beech Street North Cambridge Edward Abbott Mississippi Hugh Miller Thompson Phillips Brooks Universalist Sabbath School Union Second Universalist Church East Cambridge Lothrop W. Biddle EB. L. Rexford Mr. Polk J. P. Coddington C. R. Tenney J. W. Joy George Close Emerson C. L. Lothrop Dr. Harper Main Street Cambridgeport John F. Fairbairn Forks Holton Holton

Boston Agent Sought by Hotchkiss & Co

Note from Broxeract and Hotchkiss & Co listing 31 Broadway New York seeking a Boston agent familiar with the business to represent

Broxeract Hotchkiss & Co Broadway New York Boston

Boston society meetings and hotel arrivals crowd 1890 civic scene

Boston engineers inspect the hydraulic dredge on the Charles River and review the Harvard bridge at the American House. Royal Arcanum and Charitable Irish Society events fill the social calendar with a long list of guests and hotel arrivals across the city.

Boston Society of Civil Engineers Massachusetts Dredging Company Charles River Harvard Europe Royal Arcanum Club Crawford House Sumner Albee Cambridge P. H. Charlock Elizabeth N. J C. W. Hazzard Monongahela Royal Arcanum Boston Henry Goodwin L. H. Hammond John S. Murray W. P. Burbank W. E. Rice G. Robinson Frank N. Dickenson C. V. Carpenter H. A. Boynton J. L. Hovey D. J. Cone W. L. Kel W. H. Boynton C. T California William Thames Golden State Lars Clarke Young Butterworth Philadelphia W. D. Bangs St. Louis W. H. Singleton Washington B. Clark Portland H. B. Franklin Providence K. I J. F. Robertson St. John N. B John P New York Charles F. Smith Connecticut T.C. Brown FE. Emery Plymouth E. Wood A. Stetson H.C. Fay Athol L. B. Harding Stamford Conn P. Pp. Filipades

Flower show at New England Conservatory ends with few chrysanthemums

Rain reduced attendance and final counts for the New England Conservatory of Music flower show. Separately, Rev John McDowell Leavitt will speak at First Reformed Episcopal Church on Mimic Romanism. Also noted are Baby Pathfinder demand, a health committee hearing on Soley street nuisance, and Salem street in Roslindale renamed Cohasset street.

New England Conservatory of Music John McDowell Leavitt Church Review Protestant Episcopal Church First Reformed Episcopal Church Dartmouth Street George F. Follansbee Soley Street Robert W. Wiley Mr. Follansbee Wiley Roslindale Salem Street Cohasset Street

Opening Sanders Theatre Concerts by Boston Symphony

The Cambridge series opens at Sanders Theatre with the Boston Symphony Orchestra led by Mr. Nikisch. Die Meistersinger Vorspiel Rosamunde entr acte Schumann D minor symphony feature soloist Mrs. Corinne Moore Lawson. Tickets remind: concert starts promptly at 7 45.

Sanders Theatre Boston Symphony Orchestra Schubert Nikisch Boston Corinne Moore Lawson

Trials in Internal Revenue Cases and Bill of Exceptions Dispute

United States Circuit Court October 30 reports jurors excused for criminal trials on liquor dealer tax violations. In Sarah A. Preble v Henry M Bates et al a question on timely filing of a bill of exceptions is argued with clerks’ dates and notice disputed. Judge Carlisle orates reserved decision with Butler for plaintiff Hoar for defendants.

United States Circuit Court Carpenter Internal Revenue Law Sarah A. Preble Henry M. Bates B. I. Butler Samuel Hoar

Boston Superior Court docket highlights multiple cases

First Session before Barker lists damages for personal injuries from a pulley incident at 41 Arch Street. Second Session before Hammond includes a note on a promissory note dispute and a verdict for the plaintiff in a wine clerk services claim. Third Session before Aldrich covers numerous civil actions. Fourth Session before Bloop Gett features Adams v West End Street Railway for 20 000 dollars. Fifth Session notes hearings in contested divorces.

Suffolks Barker Fannie J. Poor Joshua M. Sears Rae Arch Street W. Gaston C. Bk. Todd Dabney H. Wheeler Voor Sears Brady Boston Talmage Brock- Way Andrews McKeon Curran Walsh Foster Golathwaitt Smith Ward Howard Hammond J. No Mortimer F. Wells William TH. Perley Hotel Pembroke L. Whipple W.H. H. Andrews G.S. Jacobs Samuel Lonaacre Boston Consolidated Produce Company D. D. Corcoran C. R. Elder Longacre McCormack Cable Con. Rad. Co. Rub Hart Byrne Kingsbury Aldrich Blop GeEtt Sarah Adams West Ind Street Railway Company Washington Street Adams Square Dunham W. F. Merritt M. F. Dickinson, Jr Adams West End Gibson Kieffer St. Ry Pratt Ware Bassett Turner Mahoney Noonan Maine RR Willis Keleher Nason Hawkes Lavey Sup Coun Rogers Simmons Roy Are Kohn Shea Hozan Hickey Merchants Lowell RR Miners’ T. Co

Thompson assault and Mansfield larceny cases listed

Superior Criminal Court entry dated Oct 30 shows John Havey Thompson fined 20 dollars for assault and battery and Michael Mansfield jailed six months for larceny. The record lists multiple Commonwealth v. cases with numbered dockets from 1529 to 1828 and reprisals against Reeves, Munson, Miller, Gildea, Robinson, and others.

Superior Criminal Court Thompson John Havey Michael Mansfield House of Correction Commonwealth 1855 Same Martin Ryder Gilligan Haracan Howland Burke Harris Fisher Munson Miller Gildea Robinson Reeves

Lowell Defendants Face Short to Long Term Prison Terms

Superior Court criminal docket from Middlesex County on October 30 lists defendants including Will E. Richards of Lowell with cheating sentence three months at the House of Correction, Camille Boisveau six months for receiving stolen goods, Bephire Bourk one year for breaking and entering, George Kendall two years and six months for breaking and entering, James Beamish one year for larceny from a building, William Lynch one month for embezzlement, and George W. Sherwood ten years for robbery with first day solitary at the State prison.

Superior Court Middlesex County Sherman Will E. Richards Lowell House of Correction Camille Boisveau Bephire Bourk George Kendall Natick James Beamish Somerville William Lynch Nat

Fort Payne Emerges as a Yankee Prosperity Hub

A New England excursion party visits Fort Payne Alabama and finds a sudden boom. The Fort Payne Coal & Iron Company has opened coal seams and iron ore deposits on Lookout Mountain. A mineral railroad is under construction to move coal to furnaces as the town rapidly develops with banks, hotels, streets, and factories.

Fort Payne Ala Spreray New England Alabama J. M. Ford South Gulf Red Mountain Lookout Mountain Fort Payne Coal & Iron Company DeKalb Manitou Park Ford Cook & Rawles Dustin-Hubbard Machine Works City Brainerd Birmingham Dustin- Hubbard Manufacturing Company Amesbury John Maxwell Woburn Mass Henry B. Peirce J. H. Mendall L. B. Jordan Malden de Kalb Busiel Rice’s Opera House Elsa Clark Cushing Uch Denison Horatio ‘Adams Massachusetts Ripley Clark Vermont M. F. Foster New Hampshire A. M. Dodge W. H. Gilmore D. E Horton Paul Lang William A. Holmes Hk. S. Frye Edward Kilburn Hustlerville W. P. Rice Kansas City Fort

Municipal Court Criminal Session October 30

Harpy J Applebee John J Emerson and Charles Hill arraigned on a charge of being present where panel implements were found at 272 Boylston street. Each bound to $25 and one third costs. Bas tey held for larceny of 46 dollars and a 15 dollar watch of F S Mordo. McDavitt found guilty of stealing coat and vest valued at 10 from Benjamin Harris and sentenced to three months House of Correction. McKeon arraigned for stealing 2500 dollars worth of goods from Boston Loan Company, held on 5000 for trial. Meehan arraigned for buying and selling pools at Nemo Club, 13 Province street, held for trial Nov 8.

Harpy Benjamin Harris House of Correction James McKeon Boston Loan Company Michael Meehan Nemo Club Province Street

Local Attorney Applicant Seeks Bar Admission in Boston

Clifford Brighaim of Salem Massachusetts applies for admission as attorney and counsellor of the U S Circuit Court in the District of Massachusetts under the rules of the Circuit Court. John G Stetson serves as Commissioner of the U S Circuit Court.

District OF Massachusetts Boston Circuit Court of the United States Clifford Brighaim Salem John G. Stetson U. S. Circuit Court

Salvini Engagement At Tremont Theatre Opens Thursday

Box office opens at 8 o clock Thursday for Sal vini engagement at Tremont Theatre. Palmer calls this visit Salvini's last with eight performances planned, four per week. Week one offers Othello on Monday and Friday, Samson English version on Wednesday and Saturday, with Alexander Salvini in A Foregone Conclusion on other evenings.

Salvini Tremont Theatre Palmer Signor Salvini Samson William D. Howells Alexander Salvini

Accident at Stillman Street Lamp Explodes Burning Couple

Last evening about 8:50 Michael Marka and his wife Mary of 26 Stillman Street were burning a lamp when it exploded spraying gasoline. Mary was badly burned and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, believed to be fatally injured. Michael also suffered burns while trying to smother the flames. The blast triggered Box 12 alarm but caused no property damage.

Michael Marka Mary Stillman Street Massachusetts General Hospital

Ulster ReEFER Garment Featured in Simmons Ad

The Ulster ReEFER is a new garment shown in G. W. Simmons & Co. advertising today. It is described as affordable and within reach for many customers despite its novelty.

G. W. Simmons & Co

Fort Payne Fortunes Grow On Rich Ore Veins

The Birmingham region is praised for a new ore bed near Fort Payne. Experts predict large, near surface veins enabling low costs of mining and immediate rail access. Local industries expand with coke ovens, rolling mills, and a Dustin Hubbard engine works. Fort Payne sees hotels thriving and a housing boom with dozens of new tenements planned for workers and capitalists touring the South.

London Box Overcoats in New Fashion Style

London shops tout ready made single and double breasted Pall Mall Box Overcoats made from Devon Kersey with strapped seams and refined trim. Priced from $25 to $35, claimed to rival custom orders valued at $50 to $70, and promoted as superior quality and style at popular prices.

London

London Made Clothing Ad Special Value Fall Coats

E O Thompson, superior of London made clothing at 344 Washington Street, proclaims special value fall overcoats priced at 12.00. Sterling English fabrics promise stylish service and quality for customers seeking affordable luxury this season.

E. O. Thompson Washington Street Old South

Fort Payne excursion organizers plan new trip from Boston

Fort Payne leaders led by Payne President J. W. Spaulding and Mayor Godfrey, all prominent businessmen, push Fort Payne toward becoming a great iron city. A second Boston to Fort Payne excursion is set for Saturday Nov 16, with round trip fare of $60 including expenses, as arranged by H. M. Prskeam.

H. M. Prskeam

Burglary, cholera, and fires mark busy day in towns

Thomas McCausland awoke to find two burglars in his home. one fired three shots and fled, later captured as John Webb. Hog cholera ravages Indiana with hundreds dead. Cornerstone laid for Memorial Arch in Kings County, Brooklyn. Mayor-elect J. J. Geraghty defeats rivals in Streator. A blast furnace boiler exploded in Bellaire with $200,000 damage but no injuries.

Thomas McCausland McCausland John Webb Indiana Kings County New York Brooklyn J. J. Geraghty Streator Bellaire Young Women’s Christian Temperance Unions Worcester County North Athol Harry L. Wixon Dennisport Cherokee Live Stock Association Colonel Snyder Mayes Northampton Springfield George Brown New Haven Henry Norman James Lee Memphis Tenn Walnut Bend John Childress Helena Norman Childress Santa Rosa Guatemala

Sheriff Flack’s Answer In Fraudulent Divorce Case

New York Oct 30 Sheriff Flack states in his answer that before the divorce was granted on July 12 his wife agreed to maintenance and dower terms including conveyance of a house at 25 East Fifty-seventh Street and two life insurance policies totaling 5000. He says he provided $25 weekly to his son as agent for his wife, who refused it and told the son to keep the policies and house funds for her. He maintains the original divorce may still be valid but does not object to the current divorce proceeding while preserving his wife’s rights to challenge the agreement.

Sheriff Flack New York Flack

Washington Visit Marked Beverly Centenary

Beverly observes the 100th anniversary of General George Washington's visit. He arrived on his white charger and shared breakfast with George Cabot at the house now occupied by Mrs. Seth Norwood. He toured the first American cotton mill in North Beverly, built the previous year, as Mrs. Norwood’s home displays flags and bunting with Washington’s portrait at the entrance.

Beverly George Washington George Cabot Seth Norwood America Upper Parish North

Special Aldermen Meeting on Nominating Election Officers

Aldermen held a noon special meeting to hear Mayor nominations for election officers to fill vacancies. Of 400 precinct officers, 298 declined. Appointments await confirmation at Saturday’s noon meeting. Mayor vetoed a repair order for East Boston Austin shop building, citing Acts of 1889 school committee authority. The matter slated for Nov 7 session.

Board of Aldermen Austin Shhop East Boston

Arrest of Mary Brasby for knife assault on husband

Officers from Station 4 arrested Mary Brasby of 5 Albany Street last evening for assaulting her husband Arthur with a knife, cutting him on the right cheek.

Mary Brasby Albany Street Arthur

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