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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
2
A long political column analyzes the Fourth of July festivities while weighing the costs of war, parliamentary reform, and public virtue. It contrasts modern leadership with Washington era patriotism, arguing for purification of Congress, respect for duty, and continued national progress.
Reports from Bangor Newport Provi dence and New York detail parades races balloon ascensions and public speeches on Independence Day. Festivities include military drills toasts and church observances with notable attendees and local honors.
Cholera morbus in its worst form has appeared in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Dr. Foster treated over 100 cases among workers last night. Early this morning General Hastings and Colonel Douglas were taken ill and confined to bed. Physicians attribute the outbreak to the continued wet weather.
Diphtheria continues to afflict Salem with three new cases reported in South Salem on July 4 and no sign of relief. Many families have sent children out of the city to escape the epidemic. Elastic Starch puts on a beautiful polish.
Rain halted a top cricket contest as Longwood fought Lawrences with strong bowling and fielding. Armand Tyler and L Houghton led scoring. Carmichael and Brice topped the visitors. Final details show tentative totals and bowling analyses with Tattersall and Carmichael among key bowlers.
At 10 a m a lacrosse match on the Common pitted South Boston against the Boston Young Men's Christian Association team of Waltham. The game featured a tied first half hour, two goals by T Cooper for South Boston, and a 3 1 scrimmage result with a later South Boston Waltham and Cambridge combined team. Wright's Band played on the field as prizes were awarded.
Amateur cyclists gathered at Franklin Park for a day of races under League of American Wheelmen rules. Aldermen and councilmen oversaw organization while O’Con nor’s Band provided music. The event featured multiple heats with prizes of gold and silver medals, and close finishes highlighted by A. K. Pressey’s late surge in the first race and Berlo’s triumph in the second.
C L Goering of Boston and D Drummond of Cambridge led early heat action with Berlo taking first in final heat ahead of Benson. Doane and Scott followed as time hit 37 2 58. Fourth race featured a crowded one mile bicycle handicap. Wade Clark led from line. H G Andrews and C R Felton surged then finished ahead. Fifth race saw A V Porter win safety handicap with West second. Consolation race won by J P Clark over Gallup. Sixth race closed series as J P Clark teamed with E J Clark and Leavitt-Porter tandem won. Rain began to fall and Playstead emptied.
Ten thousand fans watched Cleveland defeat Boston as Clarkson shut down the visitors. In the afternoon Cleveland won again as Radbourn struggled, the locals capitalizing on early miscues to seal the victory. Cleveland-Cleveland and Boston split a pair with strong hitting and fielding.
Jamaica Plain Gun Club held its Clarendon Hill range event with multiple shoots led by Barrett and Woodruff winning various six day, blue rocks, blacks and clay targets. Leavitt defeated McCloskey in the Charles river regatta for a prize, while amateur Brice won easily in an eight‑tenths mile course.
Freeport observed its centennial with a day of parades, oration by J H Drummond, poems by Koopman and Rev John B B Soule, a large dinner, round ball game, and fireworks despite afternoon rain. Rockland held a similar event with a sunrise salute, honored address by H M Lord, historical talk by Frank B Cushing, Indian costumes, and a Riverside cottage dance.
The corner stone of the new St. Francis de Sales Church in Bennington Vermont was laid in a Roman Catholic ceremony led by Bishop Louis De Goesbriand. A solemn high mass followed with about fifty priests present, and a Latin manuscript with notable names was sealed inside the stone. The church is expected to cost about $100,000.
Browperorp Me July 4 Two Biddeford bicyclists John Lawrence and Frank Lord rode from Boston to Portland in fourteen hours setting a new record. Rain fell part of the way and Lord crashed breaking his handlebar near Portland.
Morning and afternoon results show St Louis and Brooklyn in tight 4 to 3 and 12 to 10 slugfests. Louisville teams beat Athletics 8 to 2 and 12 to 1. Baltimore shut out Cincinnati 8 to 0 while Cincinnati won 12 to 5 in the second game. Kansas City and Columbus split 7 to 1 and 13 to 8. New Haven beat Hartford 7 to 0, Worcester defeated Lowell 9 to 7, Lowell beat Worcester 19 to 6, Newark edged Jersey City 6 to 5, and Cambridge saw two nine men, Lovell and Woven Hiose, 4 to 2.
Sullivan and his party arrived near noon on July 4 and connected to a waiting engine to cross the border. To avert a depot demonstration, Barnett arranged a separate Gentilly road departure four miles from the city, then transported to the Louisiana Athletic Club rooms. He proceeded to Spanish Fort that afternoon, with three rooms reserved and he remained alert and rested.
Parisburg Penn July 4 Five young people from Arch Street Methodist Sunday school Allegheny were drowned when a barge upset at Forest Grove during a picnic. Names include Nellie Burton 18 May Royal 16 Ida Cassiday 22 Fannie McComb 18 and Bert Freeman 20.
A Boston reader argues against open horse cars and urges balanced use of closed cars for the young and frail. He recalls reports of rain drenched passengers and rheumatism cases, calling for alternating closed cars and restored old colors to ease the monopoly after street railway consolidations. The writer signs as W. E. M. and dates the letter June 50, 1889.
The Music Hall promises a strong closing week with Ad Neuendorff leading the season. Tonight soloist Georgine von Januschowsky headlines a program dominated by French opera music. A quartet of vocalists appears Saturday, and a grand finale pill is planned for Monday evening.
A daughter of John Paine was badly bitten by a mad dog on Beach street in Revere yesterday afternoon. The incident prompted medical attention and raised concerns about rabies exposure in the area.
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