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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1894
Page
1
Tonight the Thirteen Club holds its annual reception at the Hotel Marlborough in New York City. City officials attend as George Francis Train plays a prominent part, while ladies receive unique souvenirs. the piece extols thirteen retail stores and low prices with a money back guarantee.
In Barnstable on April 12 the Superior Court found John Gannon guilty of breaking and entering Atkins Hughes's residence in Truro on Sept 26. He rifled a desk, stole $860, traveled to Boston, spent on purchases, and was captured in Wellfleet. Gannon previously served time under the alias Griffin in Maine State Prison. He received fifteen years with one day solitary.
Mail advices say the schooner Laurier bound from Boston to St John’s went ashore at Chance Cove Head during a snow storm. The crew escaped in the boats. The vessel is a total wreck with nothing saved.
E. C. Hammer of Boston president of the Branford Malleable Iron Foundry Company collapsed and died of heart disease at Branford depot this afternoon.
After deliberation we consented to exhibit Prof. Schurr's collection of birds, reptiles, insects, and more on the second floor in our Custom Department. The 27 year effort from Europe Asia and Africa is billed as the finest of its kind and valued at 50000. Visitors can enjoy this free exhibition during the event.
A blaze at 438 442 Tremont Street killed J. H. Sullivan and injured Fireman Andrew Spivens. The three story building housed a millinery store and multiple tenants including Nathan Matthews Jr Club, Richmond Bly hairdressers, and International Portrait Co. Damage estimated at $5000. Fire discovered by Horace Atherton.
Chicopee records twelve new smallpox cases traced to a boarding house, bringing total to eighteen. Health officials locate a house to quarantine all exposed persons and plan a pest house for care and containment.
The barkentine J. H. Dexter, Captain Dexter, broke loose from anchors in a gale off St Marys Bay near Weymouth N. S., went to sea under bare poles, and was towed to safety by the tugs Hisse and Vesta, arriving at the Eastern Railroad pier north side.
The Quincy House hosted a Jefferson birthday event by the Young Men's Democratic Club with about two hundred attendees. Leaders including Secretary Morton and Comptroller Eckels spoke on protection, free trade, and democratic principles amid economic tensions and debates on labor and national policy.
A political address from a Democratic leader urges unity to enact tariff reform, repeal Sherman law remnants, and restore prosperity. It condemns Republican policies, argues for courageous, honest leadership, and warns against doubt and partisan obstruction while highlighting a public mandate for tax revision. The piece also notes a humorous Chicopee speaker, George M. Stearns, entertaining a wide audience.
The three session inquiry at City Hall featured Dr. Parker and Alderman Lee as key figures. Witnesses described poor records, ill treatment, shared baths, and weak nursing, while staff cited economy and discipline improvements after January. The session stretched from 11 a.m. to late evening with weather affecting attendance.
A major blaze at the American Grape Sugar Works on Scott and Chicago streets in Buffalo destroys the eight story main building and related facilities. Losss total about 1.2 million with 500 thousand insured. Sixty workers were on site. twelve escaped. Several injuries reported among workers and fire crew. The fire started from an electric wire on the top floor and the works’ national scope is noted with multiple western plants and high production figures.
Benjamin F. Wilson seeks 10000 and John Sullivan seeks 5000 in Providence as the New York and New England Railroad Company is served writs for injuries from a crash at Atwells avenue. Plaintiffs were passengers when a freight train collided with their train.
Asbury Park April 12 no bodies recovered yet from the schooner Albert W. Smith. J. 5 Budlong of Providence is here seeking the body of Captain Samuel R. Berry who has a family in Providence. The beach is constantly patrolled and much wreckage washes ashore.
The final Yale team to debate Harvard was chosen in New Haven on April 12. Selected to represent Yale are H. H. Kellogg of Carthage Missouri, H. B. Buttrick of Brooklyn North Carolina, and G. H. Baum of Camden Illinois.
Shortly before 1 o clock an officer of Division 8 discovered a man in RaSchos berg s shoe store at 60 Green street and arrested him. The fellow gave his name as Louis J Walker and is about 30 years of age.
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