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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1894
Page
4
The Post questions why the Bell Telephone Company seeks extraordinary legislative favors. It argues the corporation gains large advantages contrary to public interests and asks why, despite strong merits, it relies on many lobbyists to influence the Legislature.
Governor Pattison plans to arbitrate between miners and operators in Clearfield. Illinois work aims to form a general arbitration committee with governors of five states to settle the wider dispute. Workmen favor impartial settlement while operators resist.
The State House of Representatives refuses to concur in a Senate amendment to the railroad stock watering bill. It reasserts that no exception may be made for the Boston and Maine Railroad during lease discussions with Concord and Montreal. The House commends its firm stand, urging the Senate to accept the popular conclusion.
The article lauds the League of American Wheelmen gathering in Boston, praising the bicycle as a democratic, world ruling instrument. It notes massive parades, massed cycles, and women riders underscoring the sport’s social reach and the machine’s ascent beyond mere recreation.
The piece blasts the author of the sugar schedule interference story as akin to a writer of an anonymous letter. It notes senators deny the charges and urges the deceived correspondent to reveal the source, arguing secrecy is untenable and ethics have been breached.
The piece describes Memorial Day shifting from mourning to honor and memory. It notes diminished sectional grievances and the rise of popular public observances including sports as part of a growing national holiday spirit.
The writer criticizes Vermont Senator Proctor for advocating tariffs against Canadian trade while promoting free trade with Spanish American republics. He argues it is hypocritical to favor one direction of trade and not the opposite and recalls past bounty debates for Vermont maple sugar versus Louisiana crops, urging consistency across parallels of latitude.
The Observant Citizen notes a spring surge of Scandinavian migrants returning home driven by high living costs in the U S. It cites steerage rates dropping due to competition among lines, with 733 on the Venetia, 735 on the Virginia, and 648 on the Amerika sailing from New York. It also mocks a Boston paper’s remarks on Governor Greenhalge with a light column on Boston wit and local officials. A Boston police parade for the Cosmopolis event is described with officers from multiple divisions attending.
News from London reports author J. M. Barrie of A Window in Thrums has been attacked by pneumonia for several days. The illness follows previous public appearances and raises concern for his health.
The report notes Robert Louis Stevenson addressed Presbyterians in Sydney. James Whitcomb Riley comments on money and poetry. Mrs Mary Lease treatment quarrel noted with her recovery in Kansas. Yale alumni Patton joins Washington leaders. five Yale classmates in public life. A monthly reunion plan is set with Wolcott as president.
In Paris Turpin's explosive machine gun affair stirs action in the Chamber as Deputy Le Herisse plans to grill General Mercier the war minister. Turpin, famed for melinite and cordite, is accused of selling secrets to Germany while claiming Paris and Brussels are misled by officials.
The Chil dren's Mission held its forty fifth anniversary at Arlington Street Church drawing about 250 attendees. William H. Baldwin opened with remarks as officers reported stable finances and work. Addresses by Rush R. Shippen and Caroline Bartlett urged simpler child training. children sang and Miss Damon played. Treasurer noted 238 destitute children cared for last year with many placed in good homes.
On May 30 officers from Weymouth and Braintree with the local chief raided John Dolan's East Braintree saloon and a nearby bowling alley run by Frank Coleran. Dolan's premises yielded beer cider empty bottles and paraphernalia. he had paid $50 after a raid two weeks earlier. The Burrell bowling alley and adjoining properties were searched but no liquor was found.
A strawberry train from New York collided with a way freight near Sharon Heights on the Providence division, killing Benjamin McLeod 29 and B F Goodwin with 18 year old Frederick Lawrence. Pawtucket rider Christopher Murray survived the crash as investigators sort fault and review signals.
An examination was held at the office of Dr. F. W. Johnson to fill three Carney Hospital vacancies due to term expirations. Twelve applicants appeared. board members were Drs. Standish Mixter Mural and Johnson. Names of successful applicants will be published after the staff annual meeting in June.
Dr Watson meets Sherlock Holmes in a hospital laboratory where Holmes tests a new blood stain method. Holmes explains the practical crime solving power of his hemoglobin test and discusses notable historic cases. Watson and Stamford arrange to share rooms with Holmes at Baker Street.
Watertown officials set June 11 for a town meeting with six articles. The key motion asks to hear the committee report on selecting a schoolhouse site and obtaining plans and estimates. Another article seeks a $1000 appropriation to grade and layout land on Pleasant Street under town ownership.
The selectmen move to widen the town's sewer network extending the common system to new blocks. Officials cite improved sanitation, reduced waste, and better drainage as the goals of the expansion. The plan awaits funding decisions and a public hearing schedule.
The Populist convention reconvened and reaffirmed the Omaha platform and the Federation of Labor platform adopted in Chicago in December 1893. Nominations were made for state treasurer John Randolph Fulton county state superintendent Lavinia Roberts trustees for State University J. C. Tanquinerry Wabash county T. B. Rhinehart Effingham H. M. Gilbert Knox county.
The Post reports an impartial canvass showing local morning sales dominance by the paper. It details a survey of ten morning trains across ten railroad lines centered in Boston and conducted from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. to measure suburban and country reach.
Arch bishop Williams presided at the dedication of St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church in Needham with solemn high mass and the sacrament of confirmation for about forty adults and children. The event featured Boston Instrumental Orchestra, a St. Patricks West Roxbury choir, and a total cost near $23,000 with most funds already paid.
The Massachusetts State training ship Enterprise departed her anchorage at 7 AM yesterday bound for European ports and will call at Provincetown along the way.
The National Guild Alliance met yesterday at 2 PM in the American Unitarian Association building. Reports by the secretary and treasurer showed satisfactory progress. Officers elected: Rev. B. R. Bulkley of Cambridge president, Rev. C. R. Elliott of Boston vice president, Mrs. Martine of Dorchester secretary, Miss Libby of Dorchester treasurer, Mrs. Kate Brown re elected corresponding secretary.
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