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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
1
Dr George W Hilton offers Specific No 6 to relieve sour stomach heartburn flatulency waterbrush hiccough and all forms of indigestion. Sold in 50 cent bottles by West and Jenney in this period advertisement style.
Robert J. paced the mile in 2 minutes 2 1 2 seconds in a match race with Joe Patchen for $5000, breaking the world pacing record. Patchen and Alix contested, with Patchen briefly leading before Robert J. gained a late surge. The three heats averaged 2:03 2 3, and Alix failed to beat the trotting record. Edna Harris, 12, set a record for the fastest half mile in harness or saddle at 59 3 4 seconds aboard Albatross.
At Fleetwood Park N Y on September 6 the unfinished Alar versus Phoebe Wilkes race was completed with Alar favored at 100 to 5. Judges awarded the heat and race to Alar for Phoebe Wilkes running. Other events featured Sable Nut winning the two-year-old trot heat sequence, Miss Kate defeating Whalebone, and Mascot taking the free-for-all pacing from start to finish.
Inspector Tierney says the particulars law will be enforced in New Bedford while mills press for a compromise. Labor leaders reject a plan to cut wages 5 percent until cloth market reaches 3 cents, then restore reductions. some mills hint at restarting under cut rates and reopening plans.
At 4 45 this afternoon E Marks head of the Contractors Association said the tailors strike had ended as contractors granted the strikers demands. About 3000 to 400 men will resume work Sunday morning. He added that tomorrow contractors will seek a 3 to 5 percent raise in merchant payments.
Ida Falconer is claimed by her mother Mrs. Falconer to be under 16 while Ida asserts she was 18 last November. The dispute involves Ethel Mason and various locals, with threats of lawsuits for assault and battery and false arrest as Ida rests at her parents’ home in Roxbury amid a tangle of accusations and counterclaims.
Woburn Massachusetts September 6 Freight train 262 bound south jumped the track near Winchester Highlands station at about 6 12 p m. A pile of empty coal cars thirty feet high blocked the down track while the locomotive was north of the station. The train carried loaded beef and ice cars and sixty empty coalers. Northbound trains must pass through the Woburn loop.
John Murray a 27 year old resident of 23 Saratoga Street East Boston entered Emergency Hospital last night with a knife wound to the left wrist. He said an unknown man stabbed him on India Street then fled, but Murray returned home alone after treatment.
In New Orleans on September 6, about 300 sugar region leaders met for a convention that urged an alliance with the Republican party on national issues. They warned that two or three congressional districts in the sugar area could fall to Democrats. E N Pugh presided. speakers included H P Kernochan Albert Estopinal and James E Ware. A bounty plan for this year’s crop was adopted as strategy turned toward self-preservation and protection for the sugar industry.
Springfield September 6 J P Bliss set a new paced mile record of 1 5235 at Hampden Park. He also lowered the three quarters record to 4 23 aided by tandem pacers Githens Lumsden Cooper Silvie Arnold Warren. old marks were 1 5345 and 1 2415 set at Waltham July 28 by H C Tyler.
Rocco Zaroni an Italian laborer from Cambridge now living on North street is under arrest at the Hanover street station on a charge of assault with a knife. The 27 year old attacked several people near the Fleet and Commercial streets corner last night injuring William J. O Brien who was cut in the leg and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital after treatment by Dr. Dunn. A second man was reportedly cut in the neck but could not be located.
The will of Nathan P. Coburn of Newton filed at Middlesex Probate Court details private and public bequests totaling 77000. Major legacies include 30000 to Daniel J Coburn and 20000 to Alonzo Coburn, 20000 to Sarah Tufts, 20000 to Joseph Whitman, and 20000 to the widow of James F Coburn. Public gifts include 20000 to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society and 15000 to the Newton Cottage Hospital.
Daniel Thibodeau died from a stabbing at Jay Bridge after a Saturday assault. Sheriff Miller jailed Arthur Chennard of Lewiston for being accessory after the fact and arraigned him in Municipal Court with Judge Chandler. Chennard aided John Ouillette's flight to Canada, pleaded not guilty, and posted $1000 bonds for Supreme Judicial Court on Sept. 28. counsel is J. G. Chabot.
The Hon. Thomas C. Platt, New York Republican boss and receiver for the New York and New England, visits Boston with Governor McKinley en route to Maine. While aiding McKinley and Reed in 1896, Platt will not join the Maine campaign, focusing on New York railroad interests and potential gubernatorial alignments.
New York reports James Coleman Drayton sues for divorce from Charlotte Augusta Drayton daughter of William Astor. Hallett Alsop Borrowe named as correspondent. Case traces to 1892 London duel challenge and papers filed June 27 1894 with Mrs Drayton’s subpoena acknowledged August 2. Married since 1879.
In September 1891 Mrs Drayton allegedly violated marriage vows with Hallett Alsop Borrowe. Incidents occurred at The Pallette 374 Fifth Avenue New York and at Bernardsville New Jersey and at St Pancras Midland Hotel London between January 1891 and January 1892. Four children are named Caroline Astor Henry Coleman William Astor and Alida Livingstone. The bill seeks dissolution and sole care of the children for Mr Drayton. An affidavit claims the action is in good faith and not collusive. New Jersey law gives Mrs Drayton thirty days to answer after writ returnable.
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