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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1894
Page
2
The blaze engulfs a large warehouse and adjacent stores owned by Mrs. Paran Stevens of New York. Firefighters battled through tarry smoke and roof breaches, using water towers and multiple engines to save the rear and limit smoke damage as spectators watched.
On the North Shore Beachmont May 16 Tom Mason the short shore lobsterman who rescued Francis Murphy from drowning last Sunday is praised by Beachmont residents. He previously received a silver life saving medal in 1887 from the Massachusetts Humane Society. The society may add a beach life saving boat and appoint Mason to guard the summer months. Also noted are local court actions, summer quarters, and an evening at St Pauls Episcopal with a literary musical program featuring Robert Evans Gerry Evans and others to about seventy attendees.
The New England Reform League denounced the Gorman tariff bill at a United States Hotel dinner attended by about one hundred members led by Henry L. Pierce and John B Russell. Speakers criticised the measure as self serving and urged free trade despite party divisions.
A governor known for independence faces renewed scrutiny as allies reportedly lose sway over decisions. Analysts point to shifting political dynamics and potential calls for accountability from opposition leaders.
Massachusetts Senate debates Governor's veto on lifting restrictions for shad and alewife fishing in the Merrimac River. Dr Frothingham denounces the veto as ignoring the district's interests and praises the Fish Commission while noting Essex county aided the Governor. The measure failed to pass over the veto 16 to 15.
Springfield report states Rev. Marion Crogby has accepted a call to the Church of Good Tidings in Brooklyn New York. Peterboro New Hampshire portable saw mill of J A and F K Upton at Cavender's Station Hancock burned this afternoon with loss about 3000 dollars no insurance. Taunton Massachusetts May 16 Massachusetts Sunday School Association today elected the old board of officers.
Chelsea reports two smallpox cases with the first patient Frederick Winchester of 188 Chester avenue improving under City Physician Sibley. The second case is the child of Mrs. Brown at 246 Congress avenue, ill with low recovery chances. Both homes are quarantined with red flags. Alderman Hadaway plans action to buy a dedicated quarantine house. Medical opinions on transmission are debated.
The legislature accepted a report opposing municipal ownership of gas and electric plants and amended a railroad lease bill to protect 1893 leases. A substitute offering a permissive Norwegian liquor system was adopted 182 to 39. Other actions included a Boston municipal administration bill and life insurance dividend proposals.
Timothy Lynch a 50 year old hostler at 66 Swett Street Roxbury mistook a bottle for whiskey and drank carbolic acid about 9 am yesterday. He grew ill and died after noon at City Hospital. He resided on Cambridge Place.
The steamer Alpha returns from Yarmouth to Boston with freight withheld by a regular line vessel. She will carry empty lobster crates home to reuse. The Ocean Gem sails from East Boston to Gloucester for the summer cruise after repairs. The schooner Magnum, wrecked off Scituate Beach, is under dispute among four owners who have left it to Captain D H Smith to decide its fate and possible remantling. He aims to repair and relaunch the seven year old vessel for coastal service.
White River Junction Vermont May 16 Jercy Delany a 60 year old Central Vermont Railroad Company employee was run over this afternoon and killed instantly.
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