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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1891
Page
8
The article questions whether the New England League will feature high club teams or a reduced six clubs, signaling uncertainty over the league’s competitive setup and future structure.
AMATEUR INTER-CLUB BOWLERS II defeated the Worcesters in eleven innings at Jarvis Field by 3 to 2. Bates starved the visitors to four hits, while Cobb impressed behind the plate, and Harvard’s altered lineup featured Alward and Mason. Other Saturday games included Louisville 7 Columbus 3, St Louis 13 Cincinnati 5, and Andover Boston College 10 Phillip’s Academy 3.
A sugar famine hits Boston as cube and pulverized sugar rise to eight cents a pound and up. Large grocers lack stock while refineries struggle to meet demand, prioritizing New York supply and delaying Boston. Dealers sold March stocks before April 1 to avoid high prices, triggering today's shortage and price chaos.
Miss Lucy M. Salmon of Vassar College leads a lecture series on domestic service. Topics include historical influences on workers, economic applications of labor laws, and the present conditions of service with possible remedies.
Moses Rover, once profiled for leprosy, is reported as very ill at City Hospital with heart disease and kidney trouble. Sores on a leg are blamed on filth from his living conditions. He entered the hospital with four shirts, three trousers, two overcoats, and his dog as guide.
A. C. A. joins the Eastern division with a W. C. Harris built canoe from Rochester. The 15 ft 9.4 in craft has a 30 in beam and about 160 sq ft of sail while the cockpit sits too far forward. H.D. Murphy reshaped the deck and cockpit. J. W. Cartwright will sail this year. Local meet discussion grows with calls for an annual event at Pettek's Island.
The final session of the manual training conference featured Prof Simon N Patten of the University of Pennsylvania presenting on education's value to wealth consumption. Prof J D Runkle of MIT traced the origin of mechanic art teaching and MIT's role, followed by closing words from Rev Charles G Ames and General Walker.
The Winthrop Yacht Club Regatta Committee lists racing and social fixtures from May 21 to Sept 12 including souvenir, pennant, moonlight, and trophy races for third and fourth classes plus various open and ladies races. Sippican Yacht Club in Marion adds open and second open sweepstakes with an August cruise extending toward New Bedford.
Vermilye & Co of New York invite subscriptions for 1.5 million dollars first mortgage 5 percent bonds due 1930. Bonded by Baltimore Ohio Chicago railroad under 999 year lease, guaranteed interest. Bonds issued at 20 000 per mile for current and future property. Subscriptions April 14 16 1891 in Boston by Brews ter Cobb Eastabrook 35 Congress street. delivery April 22 1891.
Assistant Engineer W. D. Weaver of the United States Navy has invented an electrical counter for shaft revolutions. The Brooklyn Navy Yard model, built from scrap materials by Weaver and J. S. Gordon, recorded 1500 RPM on a lathe without missing a revolution in over 100,000 trials. The device uses an electrical escapement with a stop clock to measure time and revolutions simultaneously and can drive multiple counters and registers from clock circuits for main and auxiliary engines.
Nichols pond dam failed after heavy rain washing away Fitchburg railroad tracks at Baldwinville. An eighty by twenty foot hole flooded Nichols's two story shop and a nearby dwelling but no lives were lost. Damage around 3500 dollars. trains to resume by morning with passengers and baggage moved and a trestle bridge under construction.
Sunday hotel registers list prominent arrivals across many hotels including W e Mendome in New York W R McLoughlin and Mrs Schaerer of Newark. The long roster spans Thorn dike Reynolds Parker Tremont and other properties with guests from New York Boston Providence and Philadelphia among others.
Daniel Wilbur Wood, arrested months ago for smuggling opium from Canada to the United States, awaits trial in Charles Street Jail. He allegedly hid opium in long flat boxes under train seats and planned to reveal all he knows about cross border smuggling. Maine coast towns are noted as places where the illicit trade is said to be widespread.
Twenty eight delegates from the Republican League of Massachusetts plan a junket to the Republican clubs convention in Cincinnati this month. Other New England Republicans will accompany them. They will depart Boston by the Lowell road next Saturday, travel west by the Baltimore and Ohio, and likely arrive in Cincinnati at 7:45 a.m. Monday, April 20. A four hours stay in Baltimore is planned. On Tuesday April 21 a popular meeting will be held in Music Hall Cincinnati and a reception at the armory is slated for Wednesday. Returning, the delegates will reach Boston early Friday morning.
James A. Bailey, born in Detroit in 1847, rose from farm chores to head usher, clerk and agent before forming Cooper Bailey in 1876. He led the Barnum and Bailey combine after 1881 and controlled the show since 1887, vowing to carry on after P T Barnum's death.
In Palmer Campbell's storage house in Hoboken a seven foot bronze statue of P. T. Barnum sits in an armchair. Brought from Europe by Bremen Steamship Company, it has been kept there since 1889. Barnum reportedly approved the piece and wanted it unseen until his death. A son in law reportedly provided moving instructions, but Campbell refused access per warehouse rules.
Sallem April 12 The Post reports a police chase after a horse believed stolen. They recovered the animal but did not arrest the claimant who said he owned it. Two other men also laid claim to ownership, one with possession another with a bill of sale and the third on an account. The courts must decide the question who owns the horse.
Henry A. Plimpton former clerk of the Lynn Board of Health was arrested and placed under a 5000 bond by Judge Berry. Warrant allege he took 500 dollars of the city’s money and used it personally, a charge of simple larceny. He will be arraigned tomorrow with Edward Heffernan as bondsman.
Executive Committee appoints a slate for the coming year led by Henry C. Thacher and General Hazard Stevens. The annual meeting will be held on the 28th inst with the last monthly dinner of the season at the American House.
The Rev Emory J Haynes D D former Tremont Temple Baptist pastor returned to the Methodist faith The New England conference at Lynn admitted him to deacons and elders orders and he preached at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Lynn A Japanese art exhibit of rare Japanese and Chinese works will be shown at the Hotel Vendome under the Japanese Trading Company of New York promising an attractive collection of curios.
The article notes a semi annual meeting of the New England General Ticket and Passenger Agents Association at the Pathfinder Railway Guide office on Wednesday April 16 at 11 am with officers to be elected and business to be transacted. It also mentions a Jefferson dinner of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts at the American House with speakers including McMillin Andrew O Neil and Governor Russell.
United States Circuit Court heard a motion for a preliminary injunction in a suit by Dover Stamping Co against Jabez Fellows et al seeking to stop alleged use of the mark Dover Eye Beater and the name Dover on a competing duplex egg beater. Defendants challenge jurisdiction and argue Dover is public property and not registrable. patent expired. lawyers Clarke for plaintiff and Magadier for defendants.
The April sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court opens with Judge Lathrop presiding for trial jury cases. The list includes Extrs, Vv, Bigelow, Kenpey, McKim v Barry and Gerlach, Erland v Manning, and equity matters. Tuesday the 14th features Wetherbee v Tilerton, National Market Bank of Sheda v Richardson, Brighton v Holts Cunny, Osborne, Braintree Water Supply, National Tube Works v Jackson v Moxon, and Madison Electric Light Co related items.
A dense compilation of docket entries across multiple sessions listing case numbers and parties such as 5515 Slatken v Barron and 4628 Davis, with numerous v. and Co. designations, including Gill v West End and Scalley v West End, among others, reflecting a ledger of civil actions and references to courts, registries, and affiliated entities across First through Fifth Sessions. The material is an index of civil suits, motions, and hearings, indicating a busy docket with cases in science, commerce, and public entities, and notes on scheduling for hearings and equity matters.
Suffolk probate court lists numerous items including Balch trusteeship Bruiminer confirmation Burwell executor accounts Bigelow Challoner Conant partition Thorne Connors payments to foreign administrator Donovan guardianship Gleason Guild Hamlin Hamilton Rhuball Barry Bishop Bradlee Brown Brigham Cavanagh Colter Dever Drake Estabrook Tilton Fitzgerald Foster Fowler Grady Grady Gray Hay Holbrook Heath Howes Jackson Kenna Leary Leadworth Lee McLellan Mitchell Morse Page Park Phillips Phillips Parsons Poore Richardson Shawley Smith Tyler Tyler Wrobate Williams Williams Williams adoption name Wright Benson Milliken Otis Strong Kent Bates Wilson administration and various real estate and will related entries.
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