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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1894
Page
1
The note promotes strictly all wool suits from My Clothier's in Boston with single and double breasted styles and various designs. Prices include above sale offers and specials at 12.97 and 16 dollars. The forecast mentions fair weather.
Ramapo captures the greatest Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay, beating Banquet and Sport in a dramatic one and a quarter mile race before 25,000 spectators. Banquet led early, Ramapo surged to the front in the final furlong, with Sport finishing third as Kinglet and others trailed. Ramapo's time was 2:06 1-5, a track record pace.
Saladin with driver James B. Green won two straight heats over Mascot in a $2000 Belmont Park pacing match run in rough form. Times hit 2:08 1 2 and 2:10 with 31 1 4 second split, securing a four length victory in heat one and a full four lengths in heat two. Local heats earlier featured Tom Medium Lulu and Nellie W Belle Stanton Daylight.
A severe Lincoln Nebraska storm struck last night with winds of eighty four miles per hour and gusts that toppled shade trees, uprooted sidewalks, felled billboards, damaged roofs and disrupted streetcar service. Two people survived two narrow escapes amid widespread property damage and debris.
At Dodgeville a democrat wagon carrying Adam MacWhinnie John Robertson and their wives toppled over a twenty five foot embankment as a train passed under a bridge. Mrs Robertson was seriously injured, others shaken with cuts concussions and a severe shock reported.
A man named John J. Stewart 32 of New York City was found dead off Main street near Island Hill in Malden. Police report two U S Army discharges and a hospital steward appointment found on him. a morphine bottle and whiskey were in his pockets. Autopsy by Medical Examiner Durrell is set for tomorrow. no acquaintances could be located.
The Spartan of the Philadelphia line left Boston, anchored off Chatham in fog with a hole in bulwarks, then proceeded southward passing Handkerchief at noon. She vanished from sight and is not thought seriously damaged, likely reaching Philadelphia tomorrow. Royal Blue Serge described as a dressy nautical suit. Salta priced at $20 by A. Bhuman & Co.
Frank Rose alias Melrose, arrested in Boston on suspicion of a Troy murder, was discharged in Troy after witnesses confirmed he did not flee the scene as a suspect. The case hinges on identification by those who saw the escape.
Alaska Commercial Company details from Sitka on May 4 crew members aboard the James Allen wreck. Names listed include Joseph Stuart third mate Charles McIntyre fourth mate John Roach Joseph Gonzales Peter Peterson Max Cohen Thomas Goody and Fred Hub. Captain and first mate still missing.
Passengers traveling from St Paul to Minneapolis avoided disaster when a detached rod caused an electric car to derail on the High Bridge over the Mississippi. The rear section tore from the track and hung over the bridge rail with seventy feet of river below, just missing a plunge.
Fatal train accident in Canton as track walker Booth is fatally struck by the 6 p m New York Express to Boston. Medical Examiner Holmes inspects the mutilated remains. Undertaker Murphy takes the body to Canton. Booth appeared well dressed and may be from Taunton.
The finest draught beer in America is highlighted at Pop concerts as Roches ter Brewing Company's Bohemian is sold. The notes emphasize its popularity and association with live music events.
The tug Howard Carroll carried scow No. 11 loaded with Brooklyn garbage when the scow capsized halfway to sea between Rockaway bell buoy and the lightship. Five Italian trimmers were aboard. two drowned while the other three were saved by the tug and the scow beached on shore.
In Plymouth June 21 plea of nolo contendere entered in riot and tumult cases against John C. Sanborn Emery H. Bryant Christopher T. Bailey Angus L. Frazer and John Boyler officials and employees of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad in Abington riot dispute between steam and electric railway factions in summer of 1893.
State authorities refused transportation, forcing the First Battalion Fifth Regiment drill at the South Armory this evening to be postponed.
The United States Rubber Company announces a 4 percent semi annual dividend to be paid on July 14, with the payout set from the company's earnings as of June 21.
The article notes that only Rochester Bohemian beer is sold on draught at the Pop concerts, highlighting a limited beverage choice for attendees.
Theosophist Henry B. Foulke stirs talk by claiming Coxey's Army will locate at Onset across Buzzard's Bay from Gray Gables. Locals laugh at the tale though Foulke has supporters there. The president may avoid gatherings near his summer home if the army arrives.
June 2 Lynn police conducted three raids for liquor. At the Fa bens block basement store of John Hanlon they found lager and whiskey. At the International oyster house on Broad street they seized twelve quarts of beer and glasses. John A Lander on Munroe street had three fourths of a barrel of beer and bar fixtures confiscated.
The funeral of Arthur A Crowell longtime foreman at the Boston and Maine freight yard Mystic wharf was held from his 114 Broad way home yesterday afternoon. Delegations attended from Woburn and Chelsea Red Men lodges. Rev T G C Watkins of Walnut Street Methodist Church officiated. A large open book with a leaf turned down from fellow railroad employees was among the floral tributes. The body was taken to Woburn for burial.
Newport reports the insurance underwriters have hired Chapman Wrecking Company to remove the steamship Plymouth from her rock pedestal. Today fifty tons of freight including one horse were removed and all movable cargo is being taken ashore.
The Republicans of Vermont's First District convened in Burlington and unanimously renominated Congressman H. Henry Powers of Morrisville to seek a second term in the Fifty-fourth Congress.
A section of trolley wire on Main street near Essex Cambridgeport fell at about 10 last night but caused no injuries. Service was interrupted for roughly an hour.
Mr. James Jeffrey Roche editor of the Pilot will arrive back in the city by the steamer Florida from Charlottetown P E I on Friday June 29.
Boston embarks on an unprecedented police crusade aimed at closing houses of ill repute and stopping policy shops and gambling. Captains Watts Foster and others order stayers to vacate by rent time, with hundreds of women potentially displaced and reforms extending to ticker machine removals at Tremont House and Silver Grill.
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