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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1894
Page
1
The National Academy of Design in New York City begins its sixteenth annual exhibition, running until May 12. The event features valuable prizes for American artists and is billed as the most successful display in the Academy’s history.
A blaze discovered at 1140 o'clock destroyed parts of three large tenement blocks owned by China Manufacturing Company in Sunook New Hampshire. Firefighters saved the mill and other nearby buildings as forty families lost nearly all their furniture. Loss estimated at 26000 dollars with most tenants uninsured. Cause unknown.
Isaac Freemont Carr aged 86 shot himself at 102 Hancock Street at 6 AM after telling his wife he was discouraged by lack of work. He recently moved from New Hampshire with his family and bought a 32 caliber revolver at a bureau. His wife and three children witnessed the tragedy and he died after being taken to the hospital.
Mayor Dargan sent telegrams to posse leaders urging them to return as constables fled in a pursuit through Darlington. Troops arrived maintaining order while the dispensary remained open and unaffected by the incident.
An April 1 explosion in the Whiteside block on Main street, Alexandria, caused by a basement gas leak, buried seven men. Four died: Ozen Ball Harry Bowyer Jesse Harrell and Charles Hoover. Injured include William Heard William Pyle James Scott and two unidentified corpses were recovered. The blaze and collapse damaged the barber shop American Express office and Whiteside Clothing, with losses under $10 000.
James Devine 50 was found dead in his bed at 10 Ashland street West End from gas asphyxiation. Authorities question whether death was self inflicted or due to negligence. He had lived there since Tuesday and planned hospital treatment next week. He had two daughters and previously worked in East Boston freight yards.
Fair skies with colder temperatures and northwest winds. Eastern New York expected to be generally fair and colder with northwest winds for Monday.
Hartford April 1 Charles M Kilton of Springfield sues Bankera & Travellers’ Company. He attached the firm’s Hartford office for 700 dollars claiming he was promised 100 dollars a month to take the Springfield agency after investing 500 dollars. He worked two months without pay.
A terse promotional note touts Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal remedy. It claims rapid relief from coughs and a guaranteed result, urging readers to try the product without caveats.
Frank Connor a 13 year old Boston Highlands resident fell five stories from the Hotel Moore roof in Cambridgeport. He broke his ankle and suffered internal injuries and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The incident sparks criticism of Cambridge’s makeshift city ambulance and calls for a permanent, well equipped ambulance department with trained drivers and a physician.
Ruth Maria French 45 disappeared yesterday after alighting from a buggy while on a sick call with her father Dr Nathan French. Searchers from Malden Police, local volunteers, and the Bicycle Club scoured woods and ponds from Malden toward Saugus and Lynnfield with no trace found as of today.
A class of 111 boys and 109 girls was confirmed at St Marys Catholic Church in Dedham. The ceremony led by Bishop John Brady included music by Mary J Tracy and Loretta O Callaghan, with solos from Ellen Riley and others, and concluded with benediction and a choir performance.
The body of Miss Eva H. Leslie, a Somerville actress and favorite of this city, died at City Hospital Saturday evening after a brief illness. A former Dageler performer, she recently joined Mr. Keith's troupe to live at home with her ailing mother. Funeral from 33A Summer Street at 2 PM Tuesday will be private.
Budapest April 1. Louis Kossuth was buried with massive crowds across Hungary. The day saw orderly ceremonies, a long funeral procession five miles long, and 300,000 plus attendees. Jokai delivered the oration as the body lay in state near the museum.
Cambridgeport resident G A Bailey sends a tally of newspapers read daily on his car between 7 and 8 am over ten mornings. He encloses the morning-by-morning record and asks circulation editor to review.
At 6 p.m. 90 troops from Columbia are en route, requested to return to Columbia to avoid worsening conditions. Local constables are scarce as residents aim to keep the peace amid censorship talks over the Western Union Telegraph office.
Eleven state troop companies left Columbia at 6 pm for Florence to confront disturbances. Two regiments led by colonels boarded a special Atlantic Coast Line train while three companies remained in Columbia. Three hundred armed volunteers gathered, awaiting governor orders as more troops and civilians prepare to respond. Telecommunication blocks hinder news from Darlington.
Militia units occupy Darlington in a peaceful transfer as local authorities report orderly takeover amid civic unrest. No injuries or clashes are described and residents report normal day-to-day activity continuing.
A tense scene unfolds as Darlington residents resist state military presence and the closing of the Florence dispensary. Constable Caine reports hiding in a straw-covered ditch after the pursuit. Citizens oppose looting and pledge not to destroy state property while awaiting Governor Tillman’s decisions.
Morland Dessau, a once prominent resident of South Framingham, rose from a traveling salesman in New York to financier of multiple speculative mortgages. His political ambitions grew alongside, as he boasted of campaign donations and led the local Republican forces while mounting debt with several banks, before the narrative continues on page 3.
This week highlights Office Furniture as the spring trade topic with a grand display planned. The emphasis is on desks chairs tables roll tops bookkeepers desks swivels directors tables and related office fittings.
A one year old son of Samuel Greer dies of smallpox in Chicopee while a crowded boarding house with twenty eight inmates is quarantined. The father worked in a local mill and all employees face vaccination. The family recently moved from Holyoke and the disease is thought to have been contracted there.
James Courtenay of Worcester traveling with three vagrants was assaulted near Hartford on Saturday. They knocked him down and stole his watch chain and ring, prompting him to alert police. one suspect was arrested.
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