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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1892
Page
8
Er A Stevens seeks reappointment as Railroad Commissioner with broad support from rail workers. A crowded field includes Frederick R Brooks civil engineer, T C Wales, W F Ormsbee, J M Lunt, Henry Stone, W H Estey, and J Henry Read. Republican factions clash over Powers endowment orders while city committee contests loom. Galvin supporters vow convention bid next fall.
Arguments on demurrers opened in the Maverick Bank case before Judge Nelson. Hyde and Strout challenged indictments charging Potter with misapplication of funds and embezzlement linked to Evans & Co. Hopkins argued the nature of certified checks and minor disclosures. The court adjourned to continue proceedings next morning.
The John P. Lovell Arms Company of Boston unveils a high grade safety bicycle, the Love Diamond Safety, priced within reach of the average buyer. Established in 1840, Lovell is a longtime New England maker of firearms and sporting goods and now one of America's leading bicycle firms.
No. 8 Old State House, under Mr. L. H. Palmer, has become a popular transportation hub in Boston. Tickets or drawing room car seats for Shore Line express trains or the Colonial express between Boston and Washington can always be secured here.
The speaker cites May’s blue sky and spring’s color to set a mood of gentle sadness. They vow to read only pitiful tales today, delaying humor until clouds gather. Chaucer and Shakespeare anchor the contrast as Hamlet and Ophelia’s tragic bond is mournfully invoked amid spring’s sensuous imagery.
Mrs Coleman Drayton told a reporter on Fifth Avenue she accepts her father's will as fair though she has no wish to contest it. She explained the wealth is intended to pass from generation to generation, with funds held for education until heirs come of age. She plans to live with her mother and likely travel in Europe while mourning.
Don M. Dickinson of Michigan arrived at the Richelieu and said New York’s ballot will back Grover Cleveland on the first ballot. He claimed the New York situation has been exaggerated and Tamany is not fighting Cleveland. He suggested a conference occurred but did not confirm meetings with New York leaders.
Providencr R L May 13 reports that following a recommendation by Superintendent Owen and the Treasury Secretary's order, forty five of the detained Portuguese passengers aboard the schooner Nellie May from the Cape Verde Islands are released. Three remain held due to contagious disease concerns.
A consolidated notice lists multiple parish events and sermons. Rev Louis Albert Banks preaches at 10:30 on The New Chivalry and at 7:30 on The Folly of a Quarrelsome Life with Jamaica Plain Male Quartet aiding the choir. Union Hall hosts Rev Edward J Young with Miss Sibley and Mr Merritt for a youth service. First Reformed Episcopal and other churches announce free seats and confirmations, with sermons by Rev James M Gray and Rev Frank Haven Hinman. The Bowdoin Square Baptist Church plans a 7:30 service led by Rev William W Downs with a new Battle Cry theme.
The Belt Railroad of Baltimore has just contracted with Thomson-Houston for a mile and a half of electric motive power at a cost of about 300,000 dollars to equip its tunnel line. A 500 horse power electric locomotive is being built in Lynn to replace steam on main lines for passenger and baggage service. The Baltimore tunnel line marks the first major use of electric propulsion on a main railroad, prompted by ventilation problems from smoke. Engineers and railroad heads nationwide are studying electro m otive developments and estimating the cost of a full shift from steam to electric power.
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