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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1894
Page
1
A varied Memorial Day program features baseball games, regattas, parades, church services, and public meetings across Boston and nearby towns. Weather losses are addressed by a favorable forecast after morning showers, with many events centered on communities, churches, and veterans groups.
Forecast for Wednesday calls for Maine including showers near the coast in the morning then fair, warmer in the western portion with variable winds. New Hampshire and Vermont expect fair skies, warmer in the north with variable winds. Massachusetts should be fair with possible early variations, Rhode Island and Connecticut also fair with variable winds.
Rutland May 29 John B Moore and John D Spellman special prosecutors under Vermont prohibition laws were removed by Governor Fuller. They allegedly used a cost boosting scheme by appealing cases to upper courts to force dismissal leaving the state to pay hundreds of suit costs. Moore resigned. Spellman’s appointment was revoked.
In a special Merrimac Valley meeting with delegates from Lowell Lawrence Haverhill Merrimac and Amesbury a petition was approved to seek 500000 from the Legislature for state highways A five member committee was named to work with county commissioners and the State Highway Commission to set a Merrimac Valley route A federal request was also approved to study making the Merrimac River navigable from Haverhill to the sea An outing is planned at Salisbury Beach under the trade board.
The city council had earlier asked for an inquiry into the school department finances and management over the past four years. The committee on schools and school houses met and, after careful consideration, decided to report to the City Council and request an investigation conducted by the same committee. Proponents argue that a peculiar state of affairs in expenses and other matters will be revealed.
Early Sunday April 4 Charles Morrison aged 20 of 12 Renfrew street Roxbury and Thomas Curley aged 19 of 19 Douglas avenue clashed at Mall street and Douglas avenue Morrison was stabbed and later moved to City Hospital. After six weeks Morrison’s condition improved and he was taken off the dangerous list Curley was arrested by Division 9 officers and held pending outcome of Morrison’s injuries.
A meeting of anthracite coal dealers in New York today saw participation by the Pennsylvania New Jersey Central Lehigh Valley and Delaware Susquehanna Schuylkill railroads. Prices for broken and egg coal rise 20 cents a ton and stove and chestnut coal 15 cents a ton with output limited to 60 percent of theoretical capacity. another agents meeting is set for June 15.
Telegrams exchanged between United Mine Workers President John McBride at Springfield Ill and Secretary P A McBryde in Columbus Ohio indicate a settlement of the strike in progress. The communication suggests the overall strike problem will be resolved.
Reports from Saranac Lake Genesee Valley Oswego Norwich between May 29 describe frost heavy as the deepest in ten years. Ice formed an inch thick with fruit berries early vegetables damaged across exposed fields.
The schooner S. S. Hudson reports finding a large yawl boat with E. I. Morrison Boston painted on the stern off Fire Island on May 26. The Edwin I. Morrison schooner, with all hands, was believed lost at Race Point, Cape Cod on February 17.
Ex congressman George M Landers found a nest of the 17 year locusts on a tree near Suttle Meadow and collected specimens for exhibition. He recalls a 1877 plague that devoured all greens in the area and warns of a repeat in Connecticut.
The Holyoke finance committee awarded 105 bonds of 1000 dollars each at 106.095 to retire the Willimansett Bridge debt owed to Walter N. Lawson of Boston.
Mrs. Harriet Chase, 78, of 6 Frothingham avenue, Charlestown, was struck by an inward bound electric car at Main and Walker streets. She suffered a double fracture of the right leg and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The incident, blamed on slippery tracks and her apparent hearing loss, left bystanders hopeful yet wary for her condition.
In Rehoboth on May 29 George L and Levette Smith found in Cedar Swamp the body of a 35 year old colored man. The face is mutilated with a crushed left cheek and clues suggest murder. Fists clenched and clothes intact indicate possible self defense before a blow from a blunt instrument. The body lay in swamp water, unidentified after examination by Medical Examiner Holden. State detectives to investigate. burial planned if no claimant arises.
State Agt J Phelps reports on NAT4 and 164 id Sbion with guidance on self mastery and surpassing oneness as a thematic postent.
In New London Connecticut on May 29 12 year old Benja min Slavin son of Henry Slavin a jeweller drowned from a wharf while fishing this afternoon. The incident occurred on the New London waterfront and authorities investigated the cause.
A memorial sermon urges both sides to mingle their memory of conflict as the blue and gray blend in lasting remembrance, urging words that equally and truly honor all involved.
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