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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1891
Page
2
The two universities share the deficit equally. The cup is awarded each year to the team with more points. First places earn five points, seconds two, thirds one. Tie breaks use first prizes, then second prizes. The cup goes to the university with the most of the nine contests. A games committee of four undergraduates oversees arrangements. the chairman is from the university with grounds choice. Rules follow standard amateur contest guidelines.
Harvard and Yale athletes competed in a May 16 meet at Holmes Field featuring sprints 100 yards and relay teams, 440 yard and mile runs, hurdles 120 and 220 yards, mile walk, bicycle race, high jump, long jump and shot. Multiple Harvard and Yale entrants named with scattered event results and participant lists.
The May exhibition of the Horticultural Society featured two orchids by O W Spencer of Dorchester and a Harvard hardy herbaceous plant collection. Awards include Calceolarias to Weld and White, Auri cular honors to Woodford, and multiple prizes for flowers, bulbs, pansies, native plants, and vegetables with notable mentions of Bussey Institution, Harvard Botanic Gardens, and several local growers and exhibitors.
May 10 reports describe widespread fires burning in Foxville Lamerton Otia and East Jordan areas with dozens of houses barns and timber losses. Charivoix county and nearby regions report impassable roads and heavy smoke as Curwensville and Clearfield face threat while oil gas and timber facilities burn in On City and Coal Hill President areas with crews dispatched to battle the flames.
The Republican plan outlines thirteen districts with only two likely Democratic seats, reshaping districts around Boston. It reassigns towns like Hopedale Worcester areas and Somerville Cambridge Beacon Hill and Walter to new grids, aiming to minimize Democratic power while keeping key Republican incumbents in place.
London dispatch notes a French population rise of 108000 annually versus Germany's 436000. The census highlights Germany expanding much faster, reflecting broader demographic trends in postwar Europe.
Local Assembly 6572 and the Knights of Labor in Dexter Hall condemned a proposed measure giving long term control of Boston streets to the West End Railway. They urged defeat in the General Court, urged park funding, and funded $50 to aid indicted New York officers. The mass meeting also backed housesmiths' strike support and coordinated actions with the Massachusetts alliance.
The Boston nine opens its Western series facing injuries but hopes Stouvey Sullivan and Quinn may play. The Association nine meets new antagonists including Columbus with Bobby Wheelock and Jack Crooks. Also scores from multiple leagues and a New England League president resignation.
Connecticut peach prospects collapsed as Jack Frost damaged orchards in Berlin Deep River and nearby towns. The statewide yield may not exceed 1000 baskets with losses around thirty thousand dollars.
Newport jail break reports two prisoners Phenix and Conway fled after cutting bars and a window, aided from outside. Police hunt across Rhode Island and nearby towns, with sightings near Tiverton Bridge and New Bedford. Phenix, 29, and Conway, 18, face burglary charges and May term hearings loom.
Miss Tolleson, a Memphis student, faced raging tonsillitis with a fever peaking at 158 degrees, far surpassing prior records. Doctors feared death but she began improving, a remarkable turn that defies earlier reports. A comparable case showed a 152 degree fever in peritonitis at Omaha, Nebraska.
Despatches from Guatemala report a revolution started at Amapala Honduras with Domingo Visquez proclaimed. Bad elements from Salvador and Nicaragua reportedly supported the movement, but peace has been reestablished and Guatemalan troops did not take part, nor was Guatemalan peace affected.
A committee cites Confession chapters on Scripture to challenge Dr. Briggs on inerrancy and sanctification while a minority report defends his views. The document details cited scripture and creeds, notes potential irreconcilable differences, and warns that formal trial could fracture the church.
A Pacific Express train on the Canadian Pacific line from Montreal to the west derailed near Straight Lake due to a damaged trestle caused by bush fires. One man, McAlpin of Quincy Massachusetts, was killed and five passengers injured, one seriously. Two cars burned. first class sleepers and dining cars were not involved.
Mr Baermann led a Union Hall chamber program featuring Allen violin Sabin viola and Wulf Fries cello. Franchetti trio in G major and Scarlatti sonatas drew praise while Rheinberger quartet closed the evening. Baermann received warm applause and audience turnout was strong.
Announcement by George L. Osgood confirms the fusion of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Singers. Henry L. Higginson endorses the plan calling for devotion and unity, with Nikisch to conduct orchestral works and Osgood leading choral pieces.
Luther H. Cary of Princeton lowered the world record for the 75 yards dash from 7.34 to 7.5 seconds. J P Lee of Harvard ran 220 yards from the two yards mark in 21 and 4-5 seconds on a curved track. H L Williams of Yale did 220 yards hurdles in 26 seconds. G K Swain of Princeton ran three 100 yards heats from six yards in 10 1-5, 10, and 9 4-5 seconds. Swain is a coming man and Lee may challenge the 22 second 220 yards record.
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