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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1895
Page
8
Gracie Kline, 16, and Sadie Byrne, 19, disappear from Cambridge prompting family concern. Mrs Bowman plans to fetch Gracie from New York as tensions with stepfather Bowman surface. Authorities and mothers discuss motives and possible Georgetown rendezvous. The girls later surrender to police and await return home.
A trolley car with thirty passengers on Franklin avenue hill slid off a sharp curve after a wet track. Motorman James Hamilton was killed as the car plunged into a creek and broke in two. Eighteen passengers were badly hurt, including Frank Green a 14 year old who may die and numerous named injured passengers.
At North Buffalo a trolley car with seventy five Italians and Poles derailed after brakes failed on a steep grade. Nine men were badly injured in the morning accident.
At 8 o clock in the evening a Box 438 alarm was sounded in Cambridge reporting a small fire at the Woven Hose Company foundry.
A garbled OCR line references Sea Moss Farine and various dessert dishes with measurements like 46 quarts. It notes receipts with each package from grocers, though the text is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates. The fragment suggests a catalog or ad snippet from a grocery page.
Good weather and fast track draw large crowd as Ferrier captures the one and one sixteenth miles feature in 1 49 1 2 marking the horse’s seventeenth straight win. Only two races fall to favorites with Mohawk and Gloria among top finishers.
First race lists entrants Nick Shelly Tut tle Red Pat Solitaire Panway Tinge Tartuffe Santa Cruz with weights 114 to 98. Second race spans one mile featuring Copyright Equity Clarus Jit Royal reac Lady Adams Vent Chiquita. Third race six furlongs Onalaska Santuza Chugnut all 101 100 98 96. Fourth race od cette Chae ee Day Mangrove Sir Dixon Jr Istone Phobus 86. Fifth race four and one half furlongs Light Wing Ladd Petitioner Dolobran 107 Never Miss Hannah Imperial 103.
The twenty-third annual regatta at Saratoga July 17 and 18 will feature senior singles fours and eights with top crews from across the United States and Canada. Entries include Fisher Hobbs Johnson McDowell Crosser McKay Bulger Whitehead Hackett Newton, plus many clubs from New York Philadelphia Toronto and Winnipeg. The event promises large fields and fast racing across two days with multiple boat classes and clubs competing.
Yesterday afternoon six women were arrested by Inspectors Knox and Bogan on shoplifting charges in stores including Jordan Marsh Co., Houghton & Dutton, W S Butler Co., Star Corset Co., and J Henry Norcross. At headquarters they were booked as Jennie Simpson 40 Somerville Catherine Burke 22 West End Grace Anderson 20 Franklin Kate Clark 24 South End Margaret Haley 26 Cambridge and Ellen Mc Nicholas 9% Roxbury. All were committed to the House of Detention for the night.
Frank Oustin, 42, of 52 Westminster street Roxbury, cut his throat in two places and cut his left wrist last night. An occupant found him in the bathroom about 9 30. He was rushed to City Hospital with no severe arterial loss and was not in immediate danger. No reason for the act was learned.
Stanton Abbott, England's lightweight champion, defeated Billy Duke of Baltimore, the South’s lightweight champion, by knockout after eight rounds at the Eureka Athletic Club’s new clubhouse on Shew Road. Abbott dominated from the start, leaving Duke on his back as the referee counted him out.
A Canton Kansas storm yesterday dropped four inches of rain and a strong wind that damaged several Main street structures and toppled a barn where twelve men sheltered, injuring four. Ten Santa Fe train cars derailed. No barn or windmill remains in the storm’s path and county damage is heavy.
In Amesbury on July 8, about 800 Hamilton Mills operatives saw only 54 of 115 rooms started as 13 returned to work. Crowds gathered at the gates after bells rang, but police kept peace. Strikers claim a wage victory at 24 dollars weekly and vow not to concede. Weavers’ Union met at Bahin Halls, urging continued resistance. French strikers praised, only three returning. Pickets planned, with officials from Lawrence assisting. Major Hammond observed, awaiting instructions. The mill’s leadership remained silent as 22 looms were gained later that day.
A Post reporter delivered a message and a new five dollar bill to Mrs. Wills at 10 Webster Avenue. The bereaved mother spoke of her late husband as a good father and described seven children, two able to work, to be cared for until they are grown. East Boston citizens plan a fund for the family, while she denies false statements about her husband published in a Boston paper.
Inmaw of Company C Fifth Regiment Mo was promoted to first lieutenant at Armory Hall Newton this evening. Second lieutenant Harry L was elected first lieutenant to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation.
Dr George P Bell of Three Rivers vanished after borrowing funds and mortgaging property from multiple creditors. Suspicion grows as debts and forged papers surface while Dr Desmarais seizes control of the business and his former assets.
Malden July 8 The School Board held a public hearing on janitor William Jenness who denied stealing coal and offered money for proof. Board chairman Dowse said rumors were heard but no action taken. Two Armenian petitions asked for evening school arrangements. board took no action.
R Em Sir Samuel C Lawrence grand commander selects a three mile parade route through Commonwealth Arlington Boylston Huntington Copley and Massachusetts avenues to Adams square and Hanover street for escort to Masonic Temple where the Grand Encampment will open its triennial conclave. Upwards of two thousand Sir Knights with bands are expected from every Tem plar jurisdiction in the United States. Sir Charles C Fry named chief of staff.
Lynn July 8 judges awards for the city Fourth of July procession were announced. Antiques and Horribles led with Little Red Schoolhouse first, Foreign Land Owners second, Wallace the Lion Tamer third. Trades first N W Edson, second Brockaway Smith, third Breede Stevens. Civic first Clan McLean, Ancient Order of Hibernians second, with the Irish group also taking largest line. Essex Club won best appearing organization. Some doubted the first prize, but the committee confirmed it amid remarks on impartiality.
Eighteen skeletons of an ill fated exploring party were found in a desolate Greenland cave near the southwest coast. Captain Hans Anderson of the bar Serene, arriving from Ivetur, secured no identities for the remains. The Danish government dispatched a warship to investigate the scene.
The Young People's Christian Union will send about two thousand delegates to Boston for its sixth annual convention. Opening rally is planned for Wednesday night at the Church of Unity with Governor Greenhalge and Mayor Curtis among speakers. Delegates will gather at Shawmut, Columbus Avenue, and Every Day Churches with daily meetings and meals arranged. The event marks the first full representation of Junior Y P C U, with committee duty shifts and lodgings secured for attendees. A trip to Gloucester is planned for July 16 to visit John Murray’s historic site.
Colonel G N Carpenter a Boston life underwriter and Civil War veteran died at his Brookline home from heart and kidney troubles. Born in Northfield Vermont fifty five years ago he served under General Butler and earned an Army captaincy from Lincoln. He led Massachusetts Mutual Life and chaired Boston Life Underwriters Association as well as National Life Underwriters Association. He held public office in Brookline and was active in Republican politics and church duties. Funeral is set for Wednesday at 10 30 from Buckminster Road residence.
Worcester July 8 A mass meeting of Lancaster mill strikers at Clinton in Textile Hall heard from National Union leaders F A Thornton Neil Waters and Thomas Cahill and local President Edward Faitgen. Thornton announced the national union voted to sanction the Clinton strike and devote full effort to its success as seventy five to one hundred strikers leave daily to find work elsewhere.
Edward J Welch was shot at a Milford lodging house on West Bow street after a quarrel over a promised roommate. He had prepaid for lodging, argued with boarders, and a gunshot wound to the leg was not considered serious though painful.
The city glows crimson and white as merchants from Houghton Dutton to John Pray decorate storefronts for the Christian Endeavor gathering. Flags, monograms, and luminous displays adorn Tremont and Beacon streets, the Common, and harbor vessels.
Irish delegates at Omagh fail to agree on a chairman amid a London article noting Ambassador Eust speculates Canada could be annexed. Royal proclamation fixes next Parliament assembly for August 12.
The Board of Health will keep the Eustis Street burying ground open from July 9 to 14 to accommodate Christian Endeavor members and others who wish to visit the tomb of Rev. John Eliot and Roxbury historical figures such as Robert Calef who challenged the witchcraft delusion.
Ephraim Houghton, aged 55, prominent Harvard citizen, fell from the roof of his house in Avers Maine this forenoon and died a few hours later from injuries. He leaves a wife and daughter.
London July 8 Privy Council meeting at Windsor attended by Lord Salisbury Baron Hatsbury and A Akers Douglas first commissioner of works saw the Queen sign the proclamation dissolving Parliament.
The Iris national convention met in Omagh Tyrone and was disrupted by disputes among Timothy Healy John Dillion and Dr Kenny preventing a chairman from being appointed and no organizational work accomplished.
July 8 report from Providench notes Defender strained brace piping during second trial trip. Bent steel components near the deck to bilge area suggest new braces will be installed within days. Sail area figures show Defender about 628 square feet mainsail, roughly 700 sq ft more than Vigilant, but possibly smaller than Valkyrie III.
The Cathedral of the Moly Crocs debt is cleared and the debt society disbands. A new Church Sanctuary Society is formed to fund altar dressing and beautification. Catholics of Boston are generous toward church institutions and will raise needed funds for diocesan changes.
An adjourned meeting of the general committee in charge of St. James annual picnic met at the parochial hall. Sub-committees, through their chairmen, reported progress. Councilman M. T. Callahan promised the entertainment would be the finest yet at Highland Lake Grove with a valuable prize for the young people to be tested at the grove on July 2.
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