Gleanings in Politics Reflect Local Republican Moves
The Republican State committee met to form a resolutions committee for the upcoming convention. The roster includes Draper, Hoar, Dawes, Long, Bates, Green, Reed, Rainey, Noyes, Warren, Conversa, Horton, Needham, Davenport, Hopkins, Spalding, Shipley, with Emerson replacing Merrill and Withington vacant. Chelsea GOP debates Senator Kimball as Long, Lodge, and Cogswell swing events. Sprague implied in Wards 9 and 10. British naturalizations reach 282 at Temple Place. next Saturday club sessions and Park Street follow. Local delegates named across counties. Suffolk seventh favors Lathorne for Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee
William F. Draper
Hopedale
Hoar
Dawes
Long
Theodore
Bates
William
Conversa
Malden
Nathaniel A. Horton
Salem
Daniel Needham
Groton
William N. Davenport
Marlboro
B. Hopkins
Worcester
T. G. Spalding
Northampton
Joseph L. Shipley
Springfield
Jacob Emerson
Methuen
George S. Merrill
David J. Withington
Newburyport
Chelsea
Senator Kimball
Lodge
Cogswell
Henry H. Sprague
Elijah A. Morse
Suffolk
J. P. Jordan
Edward J. Lathorne
Temple Place
Park Street
South End
Parker Memorial Mall
Pockport
J. W. Marshall
Amos Rowe
B. R. Kidder
I. D. Work
le Ks Poole
J. C. Pierce
N. F
York
Edwin Canney
Joan Parsons
William Marchant
J. J. Giles
New Bedford
Warren Ladd
George H. Freeman
Amos F. Lovejoy
Eben C. Milliken
Benjamin Baker
Frank E. Milliken
David B. Kempton
Rufus H. Wills
Henry L. Bliss
B. H. Fessenden
E. Williams Hervey
Seth W. Godfrey
Jonathan Bourne
Morgan Rothe
Thomas M. Stetson
Edward W. Brown
James R Denham
Edwin Dews
Stouchan
J.E. Whitcher
Onslow Gilmore
Amos Hill
M. J. Ferren
Lyman Dyke
E. B. White
Charles Bock
W. H. Gorham
Charles C. Dyke
George Jones
J. F. Berry
Fred Nickerson
J. W. Barnetead
Lewis Perry
J. Lablaire
Bile Frain
Notable Weddings and The New Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House on Washington street will miss its October opening and likely even November due to iron-work strikes in Pittsburgh. Changes include a deeper auditorium floor, more proscenium boxes, and new grand staircases. A royal wedding links Europe and America as Lieutenant Fitzwilliam Ruxton of Ardee House and Miss Mary Chickering wed with notable guests and a dawn reception at 290 Beacon Street. Other marriages follow in Jamaica Plain, Concord, and Harrisport with ceremonies and social galas reported from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Pittsburg
Ane
Family Circle
Hymen
Europe
America
Fitzwilliam Ruxton
Ardee House
Ireland
Mary Chickering
H. Chickering
Pianoforte
Phillips Brooks
Old Country
Beethoven
Parcher
Lady Cork
Lady Hume
Laura Henshaw
Joseph Chickering
Beacon Street
Royal Artillery
Gibraltar
WaxkrFmp
Albion Street
Kre H. Knight
Jamaica Plain
L. I. Marion Butterfield
Saugus
George Butterfield
D. S. Coles
W. E. Huntington
Boston University
H. W. Knight
Saco
A. J. Preston
Conxcorp
Herbert W. Blanchard
O. H. Smith & Co
Boston
Julia Wood
Hazen's bill stands as Atherton bill supporters push on
The New Hampshire House debated indefinitely postponing the Hazen bill with O C Moore of Nashua accusing a Boston broker syndicate of bribery. The final ballot failed 136 to 167 as Atherton backers vow to continue and Hazen foes prepare amendments to limit state control and fares.
Proposed Amendments to Hazen Bill Considered in New Hampshire
The Hazen bill amendments were presented in Hazen, N H, Sept 22 and will be discussed Tuesday in the House. One proposed section would disqualify railroad commissioners from cases where parties are involved and allow appointed substitutes to serve with sworn duty. Another amendment would permit railroads in the state to lease to existing operators for up to thirty years, with limits on current act provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxcorn, N. H
Spreeran
Moore
Nashua
Railroad Commission
Ceree
Batchelder
Salem
Bell of Exeter
Todd
Atkinson
Fiale
Manchester
Sulloway
Atherton
Supreme Court
Morrill
Concord
Hazen
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Boston & Lowell
Wheeler Arrests and Bank Fraud Claims Stir New Haven
New Haven Conn Sept 22 E S Wheeler insolvent iron importer arrested on charges of obtaining money by false pretences. Phenix Bank Hartford discounted a $2914 note drawn by James Wick Co Baltimore and indorsed by Wheeler amid rumors of bogus branches. Wheeler held on $5000 bonds. Additional warrants expected as bankers pursue losses linked to Wheeler paper and related firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Wheeler
Phenix Bank of
Hartford
James Wick Company
Baltimore
Baltimore Company
B Wheeler
S. E. Merwin
Wheeler Company
Ilinois
Joliet, Ul
Shellinois
Jarmanus M. Welch
First National Bank
Hartworp
Phenix National Bank
Jenney
Pierce N Welch
Phoenix National Bank
James Weeks Company
RE. 8
New York
Heidelbach, Jakesheimer & Co
Wheeler & Co
Tired Members Clash in Boston Common Council Session
The Boston common council heatedly debated spending proposals and authority over city projects. Players from wards 0, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18 and 22 clashed over school houses, pauper homes, a Cambridge bridge loan, and municipal jobs. A night watchman and a Grand Army post meeting place feature amid adjournment after a rowdy, fatigue fueled session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issume
Gomez
Sanger
Ward 11
Long Island
Sullivan
Roxbury
Wilson
Whall
Queen Kapiolani
Murphy
Donovan
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Committee On
Water Board
Finance Committee
Franklin
Carroll
Ward 15
Barry
Dover
Washington Streets
Grand Army
McNary
Ward 18
Committee On Finance
Committee On Sewers
South Boston
Horace Mann
City Hospital
Whitmore
Ward 12
McNeany
Fowler
Cambridge
Charlestown
House of Industry
Messrs
Blume
Ward 7
Timbuctoo
Legislative amendments on railroad leasing and fares debated
A series of proposed amendments discuss railroad leasing limits, shareholder compensation, fare caps, and judicial oversight. The provisions seek to restrict long term leases, set fare rules, permit court review, and adjust election timing, with names of legislators from Exeter Manchester Nashua Concord and others cited.
Texas Fever Bites Western Bulls in Connecticut
A herd of twenty Western bulls bought near Albany has contracted Texas fever at Horace Barber's place in Warehouse Point Connecticut. Nine died by yesterday morning and another was killed by order of Dr. Cressy. State disease commissioner EK Hyde plans to visit the herd tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hartrorp
Conn
Albany
Horace Barber
Warehouse Point
Cressy
EK. H. Hyde
Renewed suits against Rev Pather Fitzgerald and Archbishop Williams
Prospects of renewed action surface in a Superior Court case in Suffolk County involving Rev. Pather Fitzgerald and Archbishop John J. Williams. A long bill of exceptions questions rulings and witness testimony from an ecclesiastical proceeding. delays cited as tactics to allow Rome to respond to disciplinary charges dating 1876 to 1880. Archibald Williams reportedly went to Rome after January trial at Rome court summoned by the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torton
Pri
Pather Fitugerald
John J. Williams
Boxton
Suffol
Mather Pitzgerald
Robert M. Morse, Jr
Rome
Archmabey Williams
Man Charged in Buffalo With Larceny From Invalid
Richard Treadwell Jr of Union Enamelling Company New York was arrested in Buffalo on an indictment warrant charging him with the larceny of about 380 dollars belonging to Leo an invalid patient in Boston officers report the money was taken from the sick man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Treadwell, Jr
Union Enamelling Company
Fulton Street
New York
Buffalo
Boston
Leo
Porter Association Holds First Anniversary Banquet
The Porter Association marking one year since its start at the Crawford House last evening elected officers including President Charles H. Porter Vice President A W Hersey Secretary William H Studdick and Treasurer A W Herrick The group plans next reunion at the same venue and commemorates the Odd Fellows parade from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Porter Association
Crawford House
Marshal Porter
Porter
Charles H. Porter
A. W. Hersey
William H. Tuddick
A. W. Herrick
Not A Mass Meeting At Tremont Temple
A small turnout at Tremont Temple for a so called real prohibition meeting delayed indefinitely by Rev Dr Mears of Worcester. A $25 check from Henry H Faxon offered a faint spark of optimism for the disappointed organizers. In Keene New Hampshire a 75 year old man Ransom White of Marlboro was fatally struck when a horse trampling occurred at the driving park race track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayback
Tremont Temple
Mears
Worcester
Henry H. Faxon
Ransom White
Marlboro
Keene
N. H
Private dinners and theater auctions headline city notes
Several private dinner parties at the Parker House last evening include the St Andrews Lodge and the Boston Council of Masons at Youngs. The Mystic Park white horse race was postponed. Auction sales for Boston Symphony Orchestra Saturday concerts opened with many seats selling high. Thomas Welch escaped the Bridgewater workhouse. Police transferred two lieutenants between divisions. Annie Wortman arrested for larceny. Amonico Cambarri arraigned for knife assault. George Butler charged with breaking and entering East Boston residence and theft. watch recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
St. Andrews Lodge
Boston Council of Masons
Young’s
Mystic Park
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Flall
Thomas Welch
Bridgewater
Joseph B. Blanchard
Wilbur Lasky
Annie Wortman
Linda Slipp
Harrison Avenue
Amonico Cambarri
Antoine Dagestein
Dagestein
George Butler
Thomas O'Brien
Boston
A Day's Accidents Report From City Hospitals
A list of injured and deceased individuals from Roxbury South Boston and Boston area streets includes John Rahl George Fay Margaret O Neil Patrick Carey John Murphy William Ward William Baldwin Reynolds Callaghan Duffy Clifford all treated or died at City Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital or Whittier machine works facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rahl
Woodville Square
Roxbury
City Hospital
Patrick Fay
Lynde Street
Margaret O'Neil
M Street
South Boston
Patrick Carey
North Beacon Street
John Murphy
North Bennet Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
William F. Ward
Chambers Street
Aare
William Baldwin
Cambridge Street
San Reynolds
Greenfield
Peter Callaghan
C Street
John Duffy
Broadway
Timothy Clifford
Ontario Street
Whittier Machine Works
Callaghan
Clifford
Win ner Investment Company Gasps Kansas City Growth
The Winner Investment Company of Kansas City rose from a $10,000 initial capital in 1885 to $800,000 by 1887 with assets over $1,050,070 by mid 1886. It is a real estate trust investing investors’ funds in mortgages secured by 25 percent deposits, bearing 8 percent interest, two to five year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRE Winner Investment Company
Winner Investment Company of
Kansas City
Winner Investment Company
Winner
Missouri
Raymond & Whitcomb October Trips From Boston
Five autumn tours offered by Raymond and Whitcomb start October 4 6 8 10 from Boston with trips lasting five to thirteen days. Most extensive voyage travels to Baltimore Gettysburg Old Point Comfort Fortress Monroe Richmond Virginia caverns of Uray Harper's Ferry and Washington. Also Pacific coast tour departs October 11. Obtain circular from W Raymond 296 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond & Whitcomb
Messrs
Boston
Baltimore
Battlefield of
Gettysburg
Old Point Comfort
Fortress Monroe
Richmond
Great Natural Bridge of
Virginia
Caverns of ‘Uray
Harper’s Ferry
Washington
W. Raymond
Washington Street
School Street
The Rev Augustus M Lord Ordained at Arlington
The Unitarian ordination and installation of Augustus Mendon Lord as pastor of the First Congregational Parish of Arlington was held last evening. The service drew a crowded attendance, including many visitors from outside Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus M. Lord
First Congregational
Arlington
Augustus Mendon Lord
Henry de Long
Medford
Edward II. Hall
Cambridge
Francis G. Peabody
D.D
Boston University Liberal Arts opening exercises
The College of Liberal Arts at Boston University held its opening exercises at 12 Somerset Street yesterday at 10:30 am with Dean Huntington presiding. Dr. B K Peirce led in prayer, President W F Warren congratulated attendees, and Prof Bourne addressed freshmen on duties to the faculty and student teacher relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Liberal Arts
Boston University
Somerset Street
Dean Huntington
B. K. Peirce
W. F. Warren
Bourne
Superior Court jury verdicts in Emerson and Butler estates
In Middlesex County on September 24 Judge Pitman presided. Verdicts favored the defense in Emerson versus Durant over a cow sale misrepresentation, and favored the plaintiff in Butler versus Massachusetts Relief Association for 524 dollars on a life policy. Remaining jury cases await trial. court moves to Cambridge next week to resume jury trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah R. Emerson
Daniel Durant
Joseph B. Emerson
L. Trull
F. N. Qua
J. Crowley
J. F. Manning
Ux Court
Cambridge
First Monthly Meeting of Boston Baptist Social Union
The Boston Baptist Social Union opens its season with a gathering at the Merona on Monday afternoon. The customary banquet will be served and brief remarks on the death of honorary member Rev. Dr. William Hague will be offered by Rev. Dr. J. W. Olmstean Rev. Dr. A. Hovey and Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith with others invited to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Baptist Social Union
Merona
William Hague
J. W. Olmstean
A. Hovey
8. F. Smith
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the New Theatre
Grand Opera House
Coxcarp
Sprcran
O. C. Moore
Concord Railroad
Montreal
Boston & Maine
Samuel B. Page
Haverhill
Andrew Jackson
Stark
Jackson
Ir. Stark
Page
Concord Lobby
Mr. Jackson
Concord Road
Colby
Claremont
House
Sawyer
Senate
Mr. Moore
Judiciary Committee
Yeas
Ponpeneess
Souperien
Father Fitzgerald
Dyost
Woodward's
Calder
Blower Store
Washington Ski Room
William and
Edwin Sheare
BosTonic
Chas. L. Bly
Pearl Sr
Columbus Ave
Victor Cygles Highe
Overman, Wheel CO
Wheeloy
Price
Uffolk County Woman’s Convention of the Lion
Temperance UN
Suffolk Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Winthrop Congregational Church
A. J. Gordon
E. Daniels
M. J. Magennis
Daggett
Consolidated Railroad Ance
Company
L. Hastings
Narup
Hugh Towne
Brighton
Jane H. Earle
Massachusetts
Wagner
Louise Barton
Gordon
Miss Ginn
Walter Whitney
New England
I. P. Lord & CO
Union Street
Henry F. Willer
Miller Mall
Tremont St
Boston Association
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Health Food CO
New England Agency
Gas Lighting Co
Arch St
United States District Court
Nelson
J. James Connolly
Albert Howell
Dedham
William J. Ferguson
Bevery Beach
Middlesex County
Pitman J
Baptist Social Union
Beat Drug and Grocery Trade
de. Woodbury
Woodbury
Paris
Baker’s Breakfast Coca
Leeee W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Woodward & CO
Bromvield Sr
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