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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1890
Page
8
The G A R Accommodation Committee reports a projected surplus near 11000 from its appropriation after paying for visiting quarters. It will use the balance for other committees or return funds to the National Encampment treasurer. Dishes and utensils were sent to the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea. The committee adjourned to reconvene Friday at 8.
Rostons beat Pittsburgs 15 to 2 as Pittsburgs debut five new players struggled. Miller hit a home run and Wilson a triple, while Lowe led with four solid hits and a stolen base. Errors plagued both sides and the crowd mocked the umpire’s foul call on Miller.
The Boston and Chicago Brotherhood teams drew 2,554 spectators as Gumbert and Murphy pitched well. Boston scored twice in the second inning on Richardson's single Nash sacrifice and Irving double plus Gumbert sacrifice, while Chicago managed a lone run in the fifth on an error and wild throw. Notable plays included a backward running catch by Chicago’s left fielder and a sharp double play by Bastian, Pfeffer, and Comiskey.
The Cincinnati Cincinnatis defeated the Brooklyns 4 to 1, aided by stronger batting and solid defense. Notable plays included Knight’s two-base hit and Hill Daly stealing bases. Duryea and Kernan paired for the win with Terry suffering an early injury to Wurus. Attendance 735 at Brooklyn.
Poor umpiring and wild pitching helped the Chicagos defeat the New Yorks 64 to 5 in Chicago. Base hits favored Chicagos with 9 to 8 and both teams committed two errors. the game description ends with incomplete pitching details.
Fans cheered as Chicago and New York clashed with Nagle Rusie and Buckley on the mound. Tiernan Whistler and Glasscock led at the plate with two base hits each while multiple players stole bases. Rusie issued five walks and four wild pitches in a 2 to 8? time.
Philadelphia defeats Cleveland 6 to 5 as Viau falters on the mound. Gleason and Zimmer hold, while Philadelphias tally runs in key innings. Thompson Gray Homer, bases stolen by McKean Hamilton Gray Gleason. Attendance 179. Umpire Lynch. Time 1h45m.
Philadelphia Pirates defeat the Cleveland Brotherhood 6 to 2 as Buttin ton shines with key hits. Delehanty starts, Sutcliffe relieves after three innings, and Wood hits a homer for the Phillies. Attendance 2,331. umpires Snyder and Pearce.
In New York Pittsburgs beat New Yorks 9 to 3 as Staley pitched well and Crane struggled. Slattery miscued in the fifth aiding six Pittsburg runs. Robinson broke a stinger and left. Pittsburgs 12 hits, New Yorks 3. errors Pittsburgs 6 New Yorks 8. Staley homered, Maul a two-base hit, Staley drove in runs. Umpires Knight and Jones. Time 1h 50m.
Brooklyn and Buffalo played twelve innings to a 5 5 tie as darkness halted the game. Buffalos fielded better but their batting lagged with 10 hits to Brooklyn’s 14 and six errors to four. Sawders, Cunningham and Mack formed the battery for Brooklyn and Buffalo respectively.
Atlantis Association results list Baltimore catchers 6 Newarks 1 Harrisburgs 8 Wilmingtons 6 Lebanon 7 Havens 4. American Association Syracuse 5 Brooklyns 4 Rochester Athletics 6 Rochesters 4 Toledo 8 Columbus 0 St Louis 13 Louisvilles 2. Today and tomorrow ladies admitted free to grounds and pavilion at south End grounds.
The tenth annual reunion of the Fiftieth Regiment M V G was held in Haverhill with 200 veterans marching from the 9:30 Boston train to Steam boat wharf. The City of Haverhill carried them to Black Rocks return to Unity Hall for dinner, then homeward trains. Officers elected on the steamer include President John M. Poor of Haverhill and Vice Presidents Amos Stillman of Salem and John F Hurry of Fourth Massachusetts Battery.
Salem reports a man claiming to be Fred Duschene arrested while attempting a break in at John Gibney’s. A Peabody town money use injunction hearing is set in Boston with a likely continuance. Grand Lodge IO GT meets Sept 17 in Fraternity Mall for the first time in the city. July city expenditures total $83157.39, to Aug 1 $475101.73. Essex County Sons of Temperance Union held a basket picnic and quarterly meeting at the Willows with about seventy five members present.
Josiah W. Russell of 17 Whittier Street fell from a Franklin Street house third story at 2 30 PM. He sustained internal injuries and conditions are potentially fatal.
Salem August 25 The Buxton Seed Company filed its insolvency schedule showing liabilities of 945.76 and assets of 11 734 William Marten Lannon Lynn provision dealer filed a voluntary petition in insolvency with liabilities 422821 and assets stock and fixtures at 4 Lewis street mortgaged to Ellen Riley Lynn for 35265
The Becker and Bradford Commercial School enters its fifteenth year starting Tuesday September 2. It offers grammar school graduates a thorough commercial education in trade laws and customs. Located at the Y M C A Union building at 18 Boylston street office hours nine to five daily. Information available at the office.
E. OC Holske & Co. opens a brokerage office at 540 Washington Street offering stocks bonds petroleum and grain trading on small margins with a private wire direct to New York City. Mr E Holske is a familiar Boston figure formerly tied to a leading daily sports desk.
A bustling Newport page captures the era with Mrs. William Astor’s Beechwood party drawing leading residents, Ward McAllister’s Bayside picnic cutting the Four Hundred in half, a Methodist island camp meeting at Bailey's Brook, and social hops at the Casino amid competing entertainments. Samuel Watson sues the city for 5000 over injuries to his wife from a fallen pole, with the city warned of liability.
The hull race at Hull Yacht Club on August 25 had six entries in the second class for the D Hall Rice cup with Harbinger Pilgrim and Saladin finishing first to third. Saladin led most of the course despite variable wind as Albatross and Harbinger closed the gap during a brisk wind shift to complete the six mile legs around Minot's Ledge and Davis's Ledge Buoy.
The Freebooters defeated the Morristowns 11 to 2 in a three period polo match at Newport Keene led the attack with strong riding and steady scoring adding to a total thirteen goals in a productive day Umpire Thomas Hitchcock Jr oversaw the play with Foxhall Keene Potter and Stevens sharing goal honors for the Freebooters and Thorn Thorn and Nicoll contributing for Morristowns.
James Grant ran five miles in twenty five minutes twenty two and a quarter seconds on Holmes Field at Cambridge last evening, shaving thirty three and a quarter seconds from the previous American record. Timekeepers D H Coakley D J Saunders and J J McAvoy witnessed the event.
Bangor and Augusta notes show Maine breeders thriving ahead of the September fair. The Nelson dispute with the National Trotting Association tests reinstatement while Nelson plans a fast Nelson stallion mile on Governors' Day. A record 170 entries already indicate strong purses and lively competition across pacing and trotting events.
Three shops in Lynn linked to the Morocco Manufacturers' Association are declared free shops. Lennox & Co of Peabody hires forty men, Lynch Bros of Beverly employs non union workers, and N. Weber hires six green hands. Some manufacturers plan idle periods before full reopening.
Adjourned Nashua Driving Park races show General Patchen taking the 2:40 class and Dyna mite sweeping the 2:27 heats. Bandbox wins the running race with Billy H. second as plans wrap up after a busy afternoon of tracks and times.
Newport R I Aug 25 The handicap court tennis tournament at the Casino did not begin this morning and will not be played at fixed times. Matches will occur as entries are ready due to the week long lawn tennis tourney attracting many national contenders who have arrived to practice at the casino.
Newport August 25 The Republicans held a caucus to nominate municipal officers. Mayor Thomas Coggeshall was renominated with a nine vote majority over Edward Newton in a turnout over 200. Board of Aldermen general treasurer and four School Board members up for renomination. Second ward Democrats formed a club to back Democratic nominees.
Jordan, Marsh & Co of Boston filed suit in Rockville Connecticut to foreclose a $20,000 mortgage on the Windermere property. The Windermere mill was operated recently by the Petram Manufacturing Company of New York with F. D. Blake & Co. as agents.
The Boston and Albany announces fiscal year ending June 30, 1890 results. Surplus reported at 533,391, rising to 1,077,001 before stock adjustments. Stockholders reduce surplus to 32,597 after writing off 1,044,405. Improvement fund credit 1,180,106 increases true profit. Springfield improvements add 201,116. locomotives and cars expense charged. Electric block system to Springfield by autumn. Directors seek abolition of 25 grade crossings and propose 5,000,000 stock issue to fund future work, likely 10 percent before Jan 1, 1891.
Milwaukee echoes a Wisconsin Central plan to extend a line from Milwaukee to Antioch Illinois to forge a direct Chicago route. The survey fixes a junction at Antioch with the Chicago Lake Geneva Pacific line, linking Elkhorn Whitewater and Jefferson to shorten St. Paul Chicago travel and gain Milwaukee access via Susse x. The move follows terminal constraints with St. Paul and restrictions on freight and suburban passenger business at Milwaukee.
Six to Chicago to St Paul routes face a widening fare war. The Kansas City line is accused of rate cutting as Milwaukee agents buy first class Kansas City tickets for 850 dollars, a reduction of 3 dollars, to be redeemed at tariff rates with a 100 dollar fine under association rules. Kansas City officials declined to comment.
The piece warns that a strike on the Vanderbil t system would cripple a wide region. It cites 15 250 miles of track 350 million dollars in capital 390 000 900 funded debt 3840 locomotives 110 500 freight cars and over 50 000 employees across six major roads.
Eastbound shipments from Chicago last week totaled 64 317 tons, up from 46 872 tons in the same week a year earlier, signaling stronger freight movement.
The East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia line posted $146 900 for the second week of August with a rise of $30 004. Wheeling and Lake Erie earned $24 687, up $5 321. Milwaukee and Northern reported $30 750, up $8 008. Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western posted $84 354 with a decrease of $912.
Indications show the Woburn committee pursuing a reduced rate on the Boston to North Woburn 100 ride ticket on the Lowell division of the Boston and Maine railroad. The rate is likely to drop to 12.50 dollars.
A. H. Crocker is appointed superintendent of the Pacific division with headquarters in Portland Oregon, replacing C. P. Johnson who resigned. William H. Burns becomes general manager of the Montana Union railway, part of the Union Pacific system from Pocatello to Helena, Montana.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway has ordered twelve ten wheel passenger locomotives from Brooks Locomotive Works. The engines will be of the same type as those already built for the Big Four road.
Union Pacific crews shovel snow from Alpine Tunnel to free about fifty coal cars buried since last winter, aiming to restore coal traffic and railway service through the route.
A few seasonable outings at the Point of Pines promise further seaside fun. Daily performances of The Apaches continue with racing and pyro tech features. Notable cornet soloists Knoll and Miss Marie McNiel, famed from last week's festival, join Baldwin's Cadet Band for all daily shows this week.
The latest investigations by the United States and Canadian Governments show Royal Baking Powder superior to all others in leavening strength. Officials reject rival claims as false and unsupported by official reports.
The State militia will hold a new October outing by regiments rather than brigades. Brigadier generals and colonels met with Adjutant General Dalton to decide dates. Colonels will arrange schedules and notify the adjutant-general as soon as possible. Colonel Strachan of the Ninth Regiment will convene officers Friday night to set a program.
A Beachmont horse car at Revere last evening narrowly avoided a fatal crash with an inbound express and a following freight. Two men dragged the horses off the track as an accommodation train bore down, tearing harnesses but injuring no one seriously.
Last night unions including Journeymen Tailors Amalgamated Carpenters Association Cabinet Makers Union Steam Fitters Local 1675 Carpenters 33 and 661 voted to turn out on Labor Day with about four thousand members in the parade. Cabinet makers elected officers led by President B A Oxley and a five member committee was appointed to organize the event. Paper Hangers Bureau to host a Wednesday meeting to finalize Labor Day plans. Ancient Order of Foresters of America elected new officers and presented a picture to Past President Henry Sithowan.
The funeral of Robert C Campbell from St Marys Church of the Assumption Brookline followed a nine thirty o clock high mass of requiem celebrated by Rev Lawrence J Morris Pallbearers included Harry N Farren William Cunningham John W McCanna M J OHern Daniel Doherty Jr and John McCarty The deceased a publisher was well known in many large cities He died at age 32 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company met last evening with Captain William H. Jones presiding. A field day planning committee was chosen including Colonel Henry Walker Lieutenant Jacob Fottler Lieutenant Edward Sullivan and several sergeants. The upcoming Sept. 15 meeting was also set for the company.
In Cheyenne a famed saloon patron Ramon Bragada known as Charlie could dance and sing. At The Gold Dust in December nearly fifteen years ago a crowd swelled as Bragada sang Para jardines Granada and Madrid. Stevenson fired a pistol, Bragada shot toward the roof and then killed himself. the crowd's roar turned to horror as the moment ended the dance and song.
The Royal Society of Good Fellows' Club held its monthly gathering at Parker's with a committee report favoring a bylaws revision. Dr. G. S. Reed presided and Mr. O. T. Lincoln of Santa Cruz was hosted at Crawford House along with a reception and dinner. A long list of prominent hotel guests followed, detailing arrivals at Parker's Crawford House and other hotels with names and cities from Boston to Denver.
Speculators are curbed as the Fall of Babylon opera relocates near Oakland Garden. A large illuminated sign warns patrons to buy tickets only at box offices. The ninth week opened with large audiences and the 100th performance on Wednesday is expected to be gala.
Peter T. Connor, justice of the peace, writes to the Post to clarify his role in the Ward 11 petition matter. He states he did not sign in endorsement, only as a justice of the peace, and accepts the ward’s majority verdict on the special caucus results. Boston, Aug. 23, 1890.
The Boston Commercial College at Washington and Boylston streets will begin accepting students on Tuesday September 2. One of the country’s pioneers in shorthand and typewriting it has earned fame for stenographic student success.
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