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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1883
Page
1
A concise overview covers the Rhode Island situation, prohibition and protection issues, and new publications. It notes market updates, marriages and deaths, court items, real estate, building permits, and a local summary with meteorological notes and ship news.
A Portland Argus New York correspondent derides calls for a full negro vote in the south and a full white vote in Rhode Island, labeling proponents as self-righteous asses and bigoted nincompoops while asserting a contrary view.
The Baltimore American faces decades of libel suits and a history turning on aGuiteau bones story. Despite 50 libel cases in 15 years and $2 million claimed, only $500 has been recovered. The writer argues judges and juries often favor newspapers.
The Herald comments on last week’s clearing house figures, noting a general slight fall from the prior year. It cites The Post’s totals from 26 leading clears at $834,922,678 versus $1,247,783,627 in 1852’s week and highlights New York’s March week at $994,728,775, far above the 26 cities total for 1883.
The Folger illness cripples one of the government’s key departments as a two foot pile of desk papers awaits action. President Arthur cites personal sympathy and illness while Folger’s duties remain unperformed and associates barred from stepping in.
The star route trials extend into a long second week as counsel spar and Ingersoll fires occasional bon mots. Dorsey’s examination enters its second week with memory issues, while new documentary evidence is expected to bolster the case and revive reader interest in the reports.
The San Francisco examiner assesses Rhode Island politics and candidate Sprague. It argues that switching parties for a nomination signals insincerity and predicts the Rhode Island result will reveal good public judgment, likening party coalitions to mixing oil and water.
The autumn revolution began in Michigan with a fusion of democrats and greenbackers carrying the state by 5 000 to 10 000 votes. The state’s supreme court and regents board were affected as western results favored the democrats. Evansville Indiana elected a democrat mayor and Ohio districts showed party shifts.
Michigan voters shifted power as Democrats and unions won key seats previously held by Republicans. Champlin Sherwood and regents Clark Willett captured supreme court and university seats, signaling a major rebuke of the old party machine amid large spring turnout. Detroit largely ignored the trend with weaker results in its results.
Correspondents note April fishing begin, law details fines for trout and salmon catches. A Sandwich delegation will travel to Boston to urge a Cape Cod ship canal charter before legislative committees. Lawyers for William Seward Jr and others are E P Brown and Er C Carrigan. Local support is strong and reports on the project remain favorable.
Assignment for the benefit of creditors filed by Joseph W. Frazier a firearms and military goods dealer at 20 Broadway to Theodore Shotwell with $77 008 03 preferences. List of major creditors including J K Frazier Danbury National Bank E T Bell and others. Also notes on a pending Metropolitan Railway case and assorted items from Col Mapleson robbery to post office receipts and Long Island fishing opening.
A Cincinnati Enquirer column notes Mr. Pendleton does not seek the presidency but wishes to return to the Senate as he shows modest ambition. The piece also cites Morrison of Illinois as a strong war Democrat with clear policy ideas and trusted counsel. A Massachusetts jury convicts a railroad conductor of manslaughter, reducing risk claimed by such verdicts.
A double powder mill blast near Hazardville Hartford on April 2 released 400 pounds of powder. The explosion hurled a 4000 pound bed wheel several hundred feet, with potential loss of life avoided by minutes. Estimated damage about 2000 dollars.
The banking house of C. H. Coy & Co. formerly the Commercial National bank of Toledo made an assignment. Liabilities are stated at $100,000 and assets about the same.
Herbert W. Eaton who shot himself on a train last week is still very low in Halifax. The bullet has not yet been removed.
News notes include Shadrake Holly's election as mayor of St John New Brunswick on Monday. Other items report labor strikes by Philadelphia journeymen, Chicago bricklayers, a barroom shooting in Hampton Virginia, tobacco talks in Lynchburg, and various naval, financial, and crime updates from across the United States.
Secretary Folger has largely ceased duties at the Treasury with a desk piled high and eyes weakened. Wisconsin senators urged appointing Col. Thomas M Howe of Kenosha to the postmaster vacancy, threatening Hatton if rejected. The president planned no appointment before returning from Florida.
The first star route trial spans weeks with Dorsey on the stand for cross examination. Details emerge about bids, certified checks, letter books, and alleged misconduct including theft of $4 from Bosler and the witness.
In a Savannah bond case the Supreme Court affirms that a 1538 state act authorizes the city guarantee on Savannah Albany and Gulf railroad bonds issued in 1859, upholding a valid liability. Other items note Brewster on cabinet vacancies and district disputes, plus postmaster appointments.
The Englis Collection of Foreign Paintings, the entire Thomas Inglis collection, is on view at Leonard & Co with works by Rembrandt Constable Copley Landseer Michel Millet Corot Daubigny Diaz Rousseau Monticelli Stanfield and others. Notable pieces include two Millets a sketch for The Diggers and a portrait of the late W M Hunt. The auction will be held Friday at 3 PM.
Mr. F. E. H. Davis superintendent of Boston public schools will read an essay on Recess or no Recess at the 13th annual meeting of the Middlesex County Teachers association to be held in Meionnon hall Tremont temple on Friday April 6. A public meeting will follow at Tremont.
Portland reported 15 deaths last week while inmates at the city jail struck for better food. A Portland guard lost an eye from flying steel, and a Harrison man was fatally injured by an accidental pistol discharge. Calais elected John G. Murchie mayor by 469 votes as Republicans won the aldermanic board. A Biddeford child drowned after ice broke on the Saco river. Bangor debates a line railroad to Ellsworth and beyond. A reform school inspection trip and new heating plans are noted along with a Portland bank building project. Ezra Carville repelled an armed attacker after a door encounter near Lewiston, with Carville linked to a contested will.
At a Concord board of education meeting P B Cogswell was elected president and Daniel B Donovan named secretary. Hiram Moitt, a painter, fell 50 feet from a scaffold while painting Daniel Niles residence in Dover. injuries feared fatal at age 52. Judge Lewis W Clark ruled against St Pauls School in Concord on tax abatement, upholding taxes on 200 acres while the 40 to 50 acre seminary area is exempt, a decision noted as the first of its kind in the state.
In Burlington the new aldermanic board held its first meeting on Monday with 150 unsuccessful ballots for a president. City council later replaced Lumon A. Drew after 11 years as chief of police with Joseph Barton and reorganized the police force.
Williams college suspends classes for a two weeks’ vacation. In Plymouth the insolvency court term was adjourned to April 9 in memory of the late Judge Wood. A Gunton libel suit against the Fall River Daily Sun settled for about 200 dollars plus costs.
An epidemic of typhoid fever shows forty cases and five deaths in Providence within days. In Newport, boys digging near a boiler shop dump unearthed a small box containing a white child’s body. A nearby woman Mrs Brady seized the box claiming it was her daughter's child who had married a soldier long ago. Her son confesses burial. The coroner will probe.
Both houses passed a resolution directing committees to complete and report all pending business by Friday. The move signals a possible adjournment by April 11 or 20. Irving Loper, 23, of Sonshington, attempted suicide after his uncle threatened exposure of his financial delinquency. He was taken to New Haven hospital where physicians fear a fatal outcome.
Mr John L Stoddard spoke on Saunterings in Italy before a crowded audience at Music hall Monday night The lecture traced Cornice road Monte Carlo Venice Verona and the Grand canal with a tribute to Adelaide Neilson The final talk Days in Rome will occur April 6 Wells Health Renewer advertisement appears with health claims and price.
Testimony from Mr Charles H Dudley at the Tewksbury almshouse inquiry described cruel conditions. He recounted neglectful treatment of inmates including malnourished meals, filthy beds, and bodies removed from the burial ground on a wagon. He said crime and theft occurred around Mrs Marsh and a storeroom, with poor oversight by Capt Marsh and Dr Lothrop. The hearing resumes at 9 o clock the next day.
A Boston alarm at 11 20 A M for a cigar making shop at 121 Court Street caused minor damage to stock and building, insured. Another fire at William Sharp Allston Street Dorchester resulted from lawn fumes, with slight damage. A lodging house fire at 11 Knapp Street caused 100 damage. Union Court East Boston saw a block of five wooden houses burn. owners not named, each valued about 600. Brief telegraph reports follow from Fitchburg Leominster Hartford Portland and other towns detailing factory and mill fires with losses ranging from thousands to tens of thousands and multiple insured values.
The Shenandoah’s crank shaft is being forged at Bridgewater Massachusetts with Chief Engineer E D Robie U S N supervising. Several officers including Lieut Commander Thomas Nelson and Lieut Commander John S Newell have duties assigned at Washington Newport and the torpedo station. Ensign promotion for Itsshipmanay Kimmell U S N is announced.
Cor of the Belfast Journal comments on the difficulty artists face in painting an eagle, reflecting on national symbolism and artistic effort. The brief aside hints at national pride and the challenge of capturing a majestic bird.
Somerville Saving Fund and Loan Association elected Charlies 8S. Lincoln as president John F. Curomings as vice president Charles A. Woodberry as secretary William H. Brie as treasurer and directors including Cutler Downer at its annual meeting The secretary reported 366 members 41 borrowers 325 non borrowers and assets and liabilities detailed in the balance sheet. Salem probate matters list eight administrations and several inventories with names and amounts. Chelsea common council approved sizable appropriations across departments. Dedham notices include attachments against Willard Lewis entities and Otis Johnson. Suburban notes mention J J Underhill vacancy rumor and local court actions and a tramp death in Chelsea.
New department heads assumed office at city hall on Monday and faced a mixed reception. Toland searched for office keys while Bateman dismissed all former assistants. Merritt kept clerks on duty until further orders. The board of assessors organized with Thomas Hills as chairman and Benjamin Cushing as secretary, assigning 25 wards to assistant assessors and reappointing 1882 street clerks for the current year.
Frank Boyer, detained since Saturday in Watertown on suspicion linked to the murder of Mrs. Etta G. Carlton, was freed Monday evening after evidence failed to justify his appearance before Judge Luce. He immediately left for Boston.
Reports note Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was in Portland on Sunday but declined to meet residents who sent cables to his hotel. The item also mentions Frances Willard preaching temperance in Tombstone Arizona and other brief notes on public figures and society events.
The Boston Common Council confirms mayoral appointments including trustees for the city hospital and several ward superintendents. It debates appropriation cuts, votes on paving and street projects, and passes orders for Portland street tracks and public building leases.
Judge Forsaith rules Andrew Gilman and Patrick Corbett died without unlawful acts by others. Judge McCafferty says Sullivan and McIntyre died from their own carelessness. Judge Churchill finds Bernard Sanderson’s death due to lack of caution. The newborn child at 2 Gloucester Place died by strangulation or violence by its mother Josephine Jenkins at birth.
Mr W H Zinn opens a new millinery department on the right of the corridor from Temple place. A renowned milliner oversees operations and will craft stylish combinations for ladies and children. The stock includes bats and bonnets from Paris and New York with top grade trimmings.
The Florences at the Park last evening presented The Mighty Dollar by Woolf with strong crowd appeal. Duignan and Helen Ottolengus received praise for their intelligent performances while Loduski Young faltered in animation.
Ann Donovan of 34 Cross Street, drunk, set her clothes on fire and sustained serious burns to the face, side, and arms. She was hospitalized at City Hospital after the incident Monday morning.
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