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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1900
Page
7
Boston defeated New York with Taylor walking three or four batters, four of Boston’s five runs due to his wildness. Neither team hit well as Boston leads. Attendance reported as 1500. Score line not completed in source.
National League results show Boston defeating New York five to three. Pittsburg beaten by St. Louis ten to three. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia four to nine. Chicago beat Cincinnati eleven to ?.
Miss Beatrice Hoyt, the 1896 97 and 98 champion, was eliminated by Miss Margaret Curtis of Essex County Club in Southampton after two extra holes. Curtis won the 20th hole when Hoyt’s second shot were bunkered. Griscom and Terry also staged a tense match, setting up a final 36 hole round to crown the 1900 women's champion.
A fire at Narragansett Park during the Grand Circuit meet destroyed three stables and several sheds near the turn. Four ace horses perished, including The Ace valued at $4000 with a 2.05% record, Maud K valued at $1000, and Ackman Jim with a 2.164% record valued at $1600. Other horses were saved.
Simons owned the Ace and Maud K and handled Ackman Jim for Isaac Battenber ry of Clinton Ontario. The brown mare Willissa valued at 1500 was handled by Wm Matthews known as Lucky Baldwin. Buildings losses total 2500 with partial insurance. Horses killed lose 8000 with no insurance. Stable apparatus and handlers’ effects loss about 2500. Carpenter’s string saved but traps worth 500 lost. Total estimated loss about 14000.
Providence records the final day of the Grand Circuit with two heats run in darkness. Lady Geraldine wins the unfinished 2.20 trot after a fifth heat loss. Dan Westland takes the 2.14 pace, while Roster breaks through in the 2.17 trot. George wins the 2.17 pace in a four heat battle as a fire disrupts schedule.
Old Orchard Aug 31 premiums on stock and exhibits paid and the New England fair ended. One race, a 241 pacing event, was cut after the fifth heat as judges doubted racing integrity. the race and bets were declared off.
Joe Gans of Baltimore defeated Cal Hawkins of California in the third round of a scheduled 25 round bout at 135 pounds. After a cautious start the fight heated in round two and Gans ended it with a sharp right hook that floored Hawkins, who failed to rise. Gans appeared exhausted after the punch.
Brockton August reports John R. Du Bois, a local professional cyclist, rode three miles to break unpaced marks. He split 2:07 for mile one, 2:04 for mile two, totaling 4:11 for two miles, then 2:14 for mile three to finish three miles in 6:25. Previous best three mile time stood at 6:32 4-5, while the five mile record cited is 11:05 1-5 set by Fred J. Titus at Woodside Park.
The paper invites advertisers to reserve space for upcoming editions, promising broad reach and visible placement. Contacts and deadlines are highlighted to ensure timely submission.
Aug 31 report shows Fall River operatives pressing for a wage reduction to 18 cents for weaving 5x64s with a Sept 17 effective date if enough mill treasurers sign. The plan, backed by the Manufacturers' Association selling committee, faces labor opposition and possible mill shutdowns, while contract holders fear cancellations and stock losses.
Fall River observes a quiet week in print cloth sales with about 50,000 pieces odds and 3000 pieces syndicate extras. Bulls pause after word of a wage cut to the 1899 standard, brokers report prices firm but dull at 2 7-8 cents for regulars and 4 1-8 cents for odds.
Boston Aug 31 Judge Loring refused to take jurisdiction and denied Frederick Klett’s petition for a writ of mandamus to stop the Brewery Workers union 14 from boycotting him. Klett, a discharged Continental Brewery employee, lives at 114 Smith Street Roxbury with his wife and four children and has been unable to find work since suspension. He sought the reason for his suspension and faced a $60 cost in the national union, while his counsel P J Sondheim argued before the supreme court today.
Thousands attend Sterling camp ground event with Worcester and Middlesex Methodists, the largest in 59 years. Ministers held tent meetings, with Rev James Boyd Brady, Rev F D Upham, and Rev L W Staples among principal speakers. Upham linked prayer to national history and criticized theaters and prenatal murder. Water shortage noted, and Swedish Methodist meetings featured.
The National Fraternal congress closes its session in Boston adopting a rule to recognize state insurance department reports across states. It defers defining government form for incorporation and adjourns to Detroit in 1901. Officers Bonnell Sackett Warner inducted. delegates sang patriotic songs.
Judge Braley of the superior court sentenced Willis K Hamilton to 5 to 6 years and Joseph Johnson to 4 to 5 years in State prison on robbery charges.
Four year old William OConnor cut his throat with a razor this afternoon in Boston after a period of illness. Authorities suggest he may have acted in a moment of sudden insanity.
Serious trouble erupts between American and Canadian traders in the fur bearing district north of Edmonton. August Briese, said to be from Seattle, wounded by gunfire after a confrontation at La Hoche. Canadian half-breeds and local traders clash over smuggling and trade dominance. police dispatched to quell violence.
In Jackson Kentucky on August 31 James Bennett killed two women and a 12-year-old child at Howard's creek eight miles from town. Bennett, enraged by perceived affair with his wife, opened fire during a Barnett family visit, killing the women and a child and fleeing as a posse pursues him. Nancy Barnett, Mrs Barnett, and James Barnett-linked relatives were present.
Indianapolis August 31 The national meeting of the Afro American council closed with a dinner for delegates. The council adopted resolutions favoring gradual emigration of blacks from southern states and crowded northern cities to the west where they may aid national development. An address denounced disenfranchisement in the south and opposed attempts by Mississippi South Carolina Louisiana and North Carolina to nullify federal suffrage guarantees by indirect means.
George Gage alias George Williams of Manchester New Hampshire arraigned in district court held to answer in $1000 bond for breaking and entering and larceny at M Sheehy & Co shoe factory East Weymouth. Court found probable cause. They remark about Eve’s apple blame.
WANTED honest vigorous man of good education to sell Emery land house lots. Showings limited to 7:30 to 9 PM on Friday Saturday Monday or Tuesday. A four tenement block near Central Street rents about $35 monthly, 3400 sq ft, good investment. Price $3100. A 21–2 story 10 room house with bath off Westford Street, furnace heat, 7250 sq ft land, in best condition. Owner away. particulars and price at 64 Central Street.
A collage of properties and a shop for sale across Pawtucketville and nearby areas. Listings include an eight room house on Claire Street with pantry and bath at 2000 dollars, a nearly new centralville two tenement exchange offer, a modern cottage on the Heights with 200 down, a blacksmith shop appraised at 1200 dollars, a 26 acre farm on electric line six miles out at 160 dollars, a cozy Pawtucketville cottage with easy terms, a summer residence with 10 rooms and ice house near a pond at 1309 dollars, and new eight room cottages with finishes in North Central pine. Prices and terms vary. inquire at 88 Mt Hope Street Pawtucketville.
Brown eight year old horse for sale weighs 1080 pounds. City broken and priced at 140 dollars. Viewable at Dr Sparks Livery Stable.
To let furnished and unfurnished rooms single and double. Also a five room suite fitted and furnished, optionally for housekeeping. Apply H. B. Shattuck at 50 Central Street.
Rail timetable details list departure times from Boston, Woburn, and stations between Winchester and Boston for the Southern Division, plus services to Ayer Junction, Amherst, Milford, Greenfield, Nashua, Manchester, Concord, Hillsboro, Keene, and Montreal routes. Notable notes include Saturday only runs until August 25 and specific agents listed.
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