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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1893
Page
3
Residents endure a fierce blizzard night with forty mph winds and 19 degree chill. Report notes a near melodramatic storm, with chimneyed passes and cheering windows, while Lt Peary and Mrs Peary are mentioned amid the travel chaos and forecasts of a hard winter. Captain Dixon reports the vessel Jefferson grounding near shore at dawn after a long night battle with the elements.
The narrator describes a near-disaster as a schooner dragging anchor near a island. As thick weather worsened at daybreak the crew struggled to keep off shore. The bow rose and water flooded the rail before the crew launched boats and reached land safely.
A schooner with 1 800 000 latha cargo for a Philadelphia firm battles rocks off Baker’s Island as a nor’easter rages. Pilot Perkins and Lighthouse Keeper Rogers help the crew ashore while the captain obsesses on weathering the point amid fading hope.
At dawn the three masted schooner Jefferson wrecked on Baker's Island northeast point during a snow storm. All ten crew saved and sheltered on the island. Pilot Joseph Perkins spotted the vessel, which lay near anchor and could not be seen from shore. Captain Dixon's crew sailed to Beverly to notify owner F. E. Scammell of New York. The Jefferson, built in Brooklyn in 1874, carried laths from St John for New York, and lies in a bad spot with no hope of salvage.
A lumber laden two mast schooner went ashore on the east side of Block Island during a gale. Six men were hauled from the rigging at nine tonight by breeches buoy after spending six hours exposed. The vessel’s name could not be learned. the coal laden schooner Lizzie H Brayton from Norfolk bound for Fall River sought shelter at Dutch Island harbor.
The British steamer Asphodel from Samarang ran aground near Rehoboth life station while sailing without cargo for Delaware Breakwater. Tugs assisted, the crew was safely landed, the vessel appears unharmed and will likely float at high tide after being moved.
The steamer Pro patria from Boston was delayed by rough weather and did not arrive until today. Captain Hansen of the Carroll reports a splendid run to Cape Sable before a southeast gale off Shelburne. The American fishing schooner Charles H. Taylor from Gloucester also put in for repairs with a leaking deck after the Sunday gale.
Snow blocked the electric streetcar system between Attleboro and North Attleboro and Pawtucket. trains ran late by ten minutes to two hours. It was 16 above at 7 pm. In Lynn traffic was entirely blocked with trains two hours late and lines crippled. phones failed though Postal Telegraph lines remained the only working wire late day.
The Suffolk Athletic Club amateur show at Bumstead Hall drew ten contests with skilled open classes and close specials. Notable results featured William Keefe of Lawrence defeating Tim Carroll of Worcester in a tight 115 pound final and A E Beliveau of Worcester beating Ned Harrington of Waltham in the 125 pound class.
The Columbian Athletic Club hosts a New York versus Boston boxing night at the Casino. Barnett faces Connolly in a featherweight star bout as Weldon, Mullins, Kaveny and Mullins challenge the Boston crowd, with Hart of Malden and others weighing in on rules and chances.
New Bedford edged Providence as the Whalers maintain the league lead. The Grays played fast but Doe's squad controlled the rink, striving to tie the score but falling short. Lineups show Mal Smite at centre and Halt buck at defense for New Bedford.
Brockton was outplayed in Worcester as the home team dominated from start to finish. The final score stood 5 goals to 1 in favor of the Worcester side.
New Bedford shows standings with Boston entries and scattered figures. The fragment lists team results and partial scores, indicating a polo league table with uneven numbers and partial team names.
The guide lists Tonight matches including Boston Athletic Association versus Casino in Boston Jamaica Plain Melrose versus Dorchester Central Melrose Codman versus Glendon Cedar Grove Dorchester Also Friday games Melrose Highlands versus Review Melrose Newton versus Waverly Newton Oxford versus Jeffries Winter in Lynn.
Chicago December article reports the American Trotting Association board of appeals meeting in secret with about 200 cases. Ranging from a third-money claim in a $100 race to exposing methods by horsemen in the Columbian free-for-all won by the Are Alix after nine heats. John D. Hart seeks reinstatement for gelding J. R. formerly Joslyn, with a 2 201–2 record. decision forthcoming.
Doyle defeated Isaace in a lopsided match at Murray Irwin's pool tournament last night. The scoreline shows Doyle 7 percent to Isaace 88 percent, with Doyle delivering a very strong performance. Doyle has accepted Haskell's challenge for the event. This afternoon Wise faces O'Connell, and tonight Carey meets Ituswell. The American Wringer Co. is mentioned in connection with the event.
Osmond, England's cycling champion, praised American roads as mostly poor except in Boston. He enjoyed several rides there and spoke highly of the Boston Athletic Club reception. He called the Springfield track fastest with splendid surface and wide banking, noting easy curves and mostly good tracks though some are better than others.
Washington reporters note a snowbound Bennings race meet with a ruling off several participants for alleged fraud in the fourth race. Alexander Shields and Jockeys W Shields and Harkley were involved alongside horses La Sotta Powerful and Right away. Power ful tied to George Cousins but claimed under Shields control.
Last night Post 68 elected its officers with Albert H. Spencer as Commander and William H. Dupree as G V C. Thomas W. Shapleigh became officer of the day and Joseph T. Paget officer of the guard. Henry C. Noble and Jarvis Baker named as others with Harrison as chaplain.
Oscar de Rahden was acquitted by the Assize Court at Riom after a trial for the August killing of Danish officer Lieut Castenschield in Clermont-Ferrand. The baron’s rival and his own wife, Baroness de Rahden, featured prominently in testimony and public interest.
A Wakefield town meeting discussed prohibiting the use of the Town Hall by the A. P. A. Society for lectures. The article was postponed indefinitely, allowing continued lectures. Catholics objected to using the gift hall for what they call religious attacks.
Washington December 5 full ways and means session focused on minor errors in the tariff bill draft and set next Monday for further schedule consideration. No consensus on income tax due to unresolved fiscal deficit and Treasury data. Hamlin advises on administrative features as Chairman Wilson anticipates a brief tariff debate and a House report in about ten days.
Heavy snow kept attendance low at the Harvard Yale debate on whether Senators should be chosen by popular vote. Speakers from Harvard and Yale presented affirmative and negative arguments with Harvard and Yale speakers praised for delivery and engagement despite weather.
Holley Bel laire Co announces in Danbury that workers seeking to keep their former jobs should apply immediately as applications rise. About 4000 men are locked out, with some hatters receiving up to twenty inquiries, though leaders see this as a small share of the total. The union says a New York jobber offers to finance a cooperative hat factory to employ about 60 workers, and the matter is being prepared for legal agreement.
A A will host a gymnasium night with members listed for events. Entries include standing hops, running high jump, shot put, standing broad jump, and potato race with multiple juniors and seniors named.
Walter P. Gilbert, a Maplewood resident, was arrested for refusing to pay a 1892 poll tax. He offered his body as allowed by law, was jailed in Cambridge, then released after a double tax error surfaced. His lawyer showed a receipted bill and suits for damages may follow. Gilbert works as a bookkeeper at 17 Tremont Street in Boston.
Charles Foster Hathaway longtime Waterville resident and printer died today at age 77 from heart disease. Born in Plymouth Massachusetts he later worked in neckwear making with clients including Daniel Webster and Governor Briggs. He moved to Waterville in 1848 and founded the Waterville Union.
Howard W. Ream alias nephew of Chicago magnate Norman B. Ream conned the Herreshoff firm in Bristol and Boston by posing as a wealthy yachtsman. He obtained a 185 foot yacht contract with plans for aluminum deck house and Tobin bronze bottom, but left unpaid bills and fled, forcing work stoppage and losses estimated at $3000 to the Herreshoffs as a $140,000 yacht project unraveled. Local hotel staff recall his suave, quiet manner and large talk about money.
Burke of the Building Trades Council sent a white notice to a major steam heating firm proposing to call off workers from all outside jobs to aid strikers. The firm sought a court order and Superior Court Judge Dunbar issued a temporary injunction. Council officers declined to comment.
John L. Stevenson, a longtime Boston wholesaler and thirty third degree Mason, fell unconscious at Jones & Marshall's restaurant on Merchants' Row yesterday. Diners and two doctors aided him. he was revived and discharged from Himergency Hospital to go home, where he appeared well last evening. He is 70 and active in local Masonry.
Mayor Bancroft submits a communication urging immediate work relief for Cambridge unemployed through water works street department or park system. The board approves the plan and appropriations include 450 for Belmont district school transportation and 9000 for repairing the Third and South Street drawbridges.
Sandy Bryant, a young colored waiter, was held in $10,000 by Judge Hardy in Municipal Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of manslaughter for the death of James Sullivan from a shooting on November 25.
A fancy bazaar was held yesterday in the vestry rooms of the South Congregational Church at the corner of Newbury and ... The event aimed to raise funds and featured attendees from the local community raising donations and bidding on items.
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