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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1887

Page

5

Catholic university to be non sectarian and costly

Washington reports Bishop Ireland announces a new Catholic university to be non sectarian in intent with a $1,000,000 endowment. It will offer law medicine sciences and classics with ten chairs and foreign lecturers from Europe.

Washrneton Sproran Ireland St. Paul Catholic University Baltimore Washington Church In Europe Pastor University of

Summer Visitors Flee Bar Harbor as Season Ends

Bar Harbor reports a rapid exodus of visitors amid an unusually short season. Hotels emptied while cottages remain occupied. new roads and rail plans loom to open up the island. Notable investors and residents eye Sorrento and Stave Island as year ends and winter work begin.

Bar Harbor Spredrau Otter Cliffs Mountain Gorge Eagle Lake Northeast Harbor Jordan’s Pond Frank Jones New Hampshire Charles Sinclair Wentworth Newcastle N. H Colonel Moore Manchester Union Sorrento Atlantic Ellen H. Arthur Arthur John E. McElroy St. Sauveur Heber Bishop Blaine Cottage O. M. Shaw Fred Shaw Florence Italy Shaw West End Charles T. How Abbey’s

Gale Casts David Dows Adrift. Fear Foundering

Special report from Duluth states the steamer Spokane reached Two Harbors and says the schooner David Dows of Toledo was cast adrift in the Tuesday and Wednesday gale and has not been seen since. Fifteen souls are feared lost. The Dows, once the largest lakes schooner, was valued at $60,000.

Milwacker Wis Wisconsin Duluth Spokane David Dows Toledo Dows

Hazen Honored in Whitefield Welcome Day

Whitefield New Hampshire celebrated Representative L T Hazen renouncing the Hazen bill and backing the Atherton bill with a mass reception. Crowds greeted him at the depot and at the Coos House with cannon salutes, bands, and a long procession. Local leaders like lumber dealer George W Libby praised Hazen as a prominent respected figure aligning with constituents. A grand reception and fireworks are planned for tomorrow with speeches from Cyrus A Sulloway and other state notables.

Whitefield & Jefferson Railroad Mr. Hazen Whitefield Cornet Band White Hazen Coos House Concord Halazen Atherton Whitefield Libby Boston & Maine Concord Road New Hampshire Cyrus A. Sulloway Manchester

Ives reference case heard in Court of Common Pleas

In New York on September 8 the Ives reference case was argued in the Court of Common Pleas. Referee ex-Judge Noah Davis faced sharp criticism from Counsellor Adams who said the referee overstepped orders by asking unauthorized questions to Mr Ives. Algernon Sullivan for Assignee Cromwell defended the referee’s conduct amid lengthy debate before the court took the papers.

New York Ives Court of Common Pleas Noah Davis Adams Algernon Sullivan Cromwell

Downes Will Funds Charities In Canton Trust Set

The will of George E. Downes of Canton directs funds to multiple charities including the Children's Mission, Massachusetts Infant Asylum, New England Hospital for Women and Children, and others with specific bequests totaling over 100000. A $200 yearly annuity attaches to the Children's Hospital gift, and income is to be reinvested to preserve principal. Executors named are Arthur A. Smith and Caroline T. Downes.

George E. Downes Canton Tremont Street Massachusetts Infant Asylum New England Hospital For Women and Children Young Men’s Christian Union Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Baldwin Place Boston Provident Association Unitarian Sunday School Society Children’s Hospital Fanny Tucker Frank W. Tucker Women’s Industrial Union Boylston Street Perkins Institution Massachusetts School For the Blind Arthur A. Smith Caroline T. Downes

Abbey and Schoeffel May Build New Boston Theatre

Abbey and Schoeffel plan a new Boston theatre as Park Theatre lease ends this season. They seek a site within a stone throw of current location, with three promising options under consideration. Lotta may not renew Park lease, but will likely keep a Boston presence with two brothers at the helm.

West Street Hollis Street Upown Opera House Park Theatre Messrs. Abbey & Schoeffel Lotta Boston Abbey Mr. Schoeffel Schoeffel Park Abbey & Schoeffel Lottawi

Interstate Commerce Commission to Hear Boston Case Soon

The commission has sent a letter announcing a Boston hearing on the chamber of commerce vs Boston and Albany and others, with dates to be set. Commissioners are currently in Chicago handling several Minnesota to Oregon cases before possibly visiting Washington and New York for a broad hearing on Trunk Line Association rate classifications.

THE Interstate Commerce Commission Edward A. Moseley Boston Chamber of Commerce Boston & Albany Railroad Chicago Minnesota Oregon Washington New York F. B. Thurber & Co Francis H. Leggett & Co Thomas L. Green United States Trunk Line Association New York Central & Hudson River Railroad New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore & Ohio

Corinthian Yacht Club Sails Fifteenth Regatta At Marblehead

The Corinthian Yacht Club will run its fifteenth regatta and third championship race at Marblehead today starting at 3 p.m. The yachts are split into three classes keels and centreboards for boats twenty five feet sailing length and under. Liberal cash prizes await winners in each class.

Corinthian Yacht Club Marblehead

Destructive Gale Leaves Many Lost or Missing at Sea

Halimax Nova Scotia dispatch reports heavy gales on August 26 and September 3 off shore wrecking multiple schooners. Captains convey deaths, injuries, and severe damage as crews struggle to save ships and crews at the Banks amid anxious waits for returns from Gloucester, Boston, Provincetown, and other ports.

Halimax N. S Sprcran Cohoon Chester R. Lawrence Gloucester Canso Hugh McEachen Nelson Mabel Kenniston Ocean Pride Kavanagh Nova Scotia Nellie Woodbury Boston Provincetown

Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Union Meets At United States Hotel

The annual meeting and banquet were held with discussions on mutual fire underwriting. Officers elected include President E B Stoddard Worcester and first vice president T H Johnson. Resolutions honored C M Miles and L H Bradford. Saugus Mutual Insurance Company admitted as a member.

Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Union United States Mutual E. B. Stoddard Worcester T. H. Johnson George Heyward Concord Alfred L. Barbour I. C. Bigelow Boston E. M. Tucke Lowell R. F. Upham E. Howe, Jr C. M. Miles Worcester Mutual Insurance Company L. H. Bradford Ben Doe Mutual Insurance Company Saugus Mutual Insurance Company

Theatrical Show Listings Across City Theatres

Amusements update lists matinees and evening performances at Park Theatre Hollis Street Globe Boston Theatre and more. Titles include Jim the Penman The Corsair René Kif the Arkansas Traveller The Dominie's Daughter Nobody's Claim and Nobody's Claim at Howard.

Auction Sales Today Include Leonard & Co Paintings

Today at 3 p m Leonard and Co offers paintings followed by real estate at 4 p m by S R Knights and Co in closely timed listings. The auction notices indicate sales times and participating firms.

Leonard & Co S. R. Knights & Co

Linton Palmer and Starkweather Fletcher Notices

In this city Sept 7 by the poet J Haynes Charles C Linton to Annie D Palmer. At Somerville Sept 7 Rev O P Gifford of Boston united Dore A Starkweather to Alice M Fletcher both of Somerville.

Deaths in City in Early September

Death notices list William Anthony 35, Mary Alice Driscoll 7 months, James Freeman for an unspecified age, Thomas Gilmartin 40, Margaret Kirkrupp 2 years 3 months 11 days, Ruby Loveless 66 years 1 month 23 days, John F. Lyons 29, Ellen Y Macfarlane 77, Peter O Neil 66, William Paul 85 years 11 months, Beatrice Webb 25 days, Ralph W Wetherbee 21 days. Names, ages, and hospitals included.

Loveless Ruby Loveless William Loveless Lyons Carney Hospital John F. Lyons Macfarelane Ellen Y Thomas Macfarlane O'Neil Massachusetts General Hospital Peter O'Neil Paul Dedham William Paul Webb Boston Highlands Beatrice Webb Wetherbeer Jamaica Plain Ralph W Henry H Addie A. Wetherbee

Mary J Hidmes Announces New Novel Gretchen

Mary J Hidmes prepares release of her new novel Gretchen this week with distribution planned across bookstores and outlets nationwide.

Mary J. Hidmes Gretchen Mary J. Holmes Macy’s Book Counter Mary Jy Houlmes

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