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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1894
Page
1
The Charleston bicycle meet begins today with multiple contests for prizes and honors. Cyclists from across the South flood the port city, filling Charleston as events continue through today and tomorrow. The Regent spring overcoat, a new sack front frock back design, popular in New York, is on sale at 20 or 25 dollars with a return option.
An attempt to wreck the inward-bound Mattapan and Shawmut line near Ashmont Beale Street Dorchester failed as engineer George Cross spotted sleepers across the track. The 8 22 train halted. police and Old Colony officials investigated a hoodlum gang believed responsible.
Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville will resume full time operations starting tomorrow after two months on short time. Workers will log 60 hours per week.
A reader writes that over five mornings he counted readers of the Post at different corners and found the Post dominates with forty five copies, seven Globes and one Herald. He praises the paper as fearless and upright and urges workingmen to read it.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on April 2 the coke strike began with over half the regional plants idle. Strikers recruit hourly, raid, and riot as the sheriff is called to preserve peace. Workers at Oliver Works and Cambria Iron plants face bans and explosions. Frick’s works see mass egress of 100 foreign workers and injuries. a colored worker is fatally struck. The armed strikers and nightly violence push the region toward a critical crisis.
C W Wilson, a sewing machine dealer from Cambridge street, was knocked over when North avenue electric car No 1538 struck his buggy on Cambridge street near Anderson. The horse was wounded, the buggy damaged forty dollars, and Wilson shaken up. witnesses and witnesses helped control the frightened horse. Wilson blames the motorman for carelessness and has placed the case in Colonel Shepard’s hands.
Fore cast for Tuesday shows fair weather in New England with north winds turning variable and warmer Tuesday night. Eastern New York expects fair conditions Tuesday with winds shifting to southeast and warmer Tuesday evening.
The Boston Journal notes readers remember the wartime thrill from Harper’s Weekly illustrations drawn on the spot by renowned artists. The article emphasizes the immediacy and life captured, while acknowledging the artists’ safety and accessibility limitations.
The Boston Journal backs Harper’s War Book as the leading valuable work. Support centers on its anticipated strong resale value and its potential to attract readers across the city.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for an interstate commerce commissioner James D. Yeomans of Iowa and U S consuls Richard M Burke Illinois Chihuahua John Bidlake North Dakota Barranquilla James H Dinsmore Texas Cienfuegos Cuba George R Ernst Wisconsin Reichenberg Bohemia William C Foster Arizona Trinidad W I Walter R Henry North Carolina Curacao West Indies Clifford Smyth New York Cartagenia Colombia plus postmasters for Massachusetts and New Hampshire including James Wallace Rockport James Ingalls Methuen Wallace Norwood Fosdick Groton Nichols Warren Fletcher Felton Finerty Milford Wadleigh Meredith Daniell Franklin Falls.
Mrs. Mellen, mother-in-law of John Hussey, died at 4 p m after setting fire to a blanket she wrapped around herself. Authorities state it was suicide, not an accident, and note she suffered religious mania. She burned before discovery and could not be saved.
Dora Renton daughter of George Renton a Groveland resident committed suicide by drowning after months of nervous illness. She left home last evening and was found dead on the Merrimac river wharf with her hat and cloak nearby as searchers recovered the body.
On a Saturday afternoon four hunting cottages on Muskegat Island near Nantucket were set afire two were totally destroyed. Two men were seen near a burning cottage but fled as Tuckermuck residents approached. Officials and owners waited for word as arrests may follow if incendiaries are traced to city sportsmen.
Fire and water damaged the Merchants' Hotel in Bangor causing about 1000 dollars in losses. The flames started in a storeroom on the fourth floor and burned the roof. the property is fully insured.
The Board of Aldermen narrowly defeated a 675000 loan order for the Columbus avenue extension and street widening. Debate cited risks of land speculation and sewer costs, with calls to refer to finance for state act results before moving forward.
Colonel Breckinridge testified for a third day in the Pollard case denying alleged August 1892 marriage talk and statements about a wife and child. He described a tense exchange with Major Moore and detailed a plan to deliver Pollard to the police if needed.
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