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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1879
Page
2
The writer notes Carthage rivals Rome in age and ruin, with arches and pillars still visible after 2000 years. He questions why peaceful scholars do not mount an exploration to uncover ancient history and science, urging a deliberate dig into the old site.
New England experiences colder cloudy and rainy conditions with northeasterly winds backing to northwesterly. A falling barometer in the east signals cautionary weather, with advisories from Lewes to New York and for coastal areas including New Haven New London Newport Wood's Hall Boston and ports in Portland and Section Seven.
Attorney General Devens and his clerk Wing escaped injury after a runaway coupe wrecked on a sidewalk and a tree. Devens climbed out and searched for opera glasses with a lighted match as the vehicle overturned. Meanwhile Congress news follows with Senate debates and confirmations, including bolstered Indian affairs talks and internal revenue updates.
Circa April 1879 reports Phair's execution in Vermont after denied reprieves, with Governor Proctor explaining reasons. It also covers Allen's Print Works restructuring in Providence, the American Suspender Company receivership in New York, and related gubernatorial decisions as regional economic distress rises.
The Republican State Convention in Louisville elected Walter Evans as Governor over Gen. Eli H. Murray by 759 to 712 votes. Delegates adopted resolutions praising the party’s history in war and peace, defending the President against Democratic pressure, and affirming one-voter one-holdings and honest elections. The report commends ex President Grant for his wartime and civil service.
A fragmented regional notice lists San Francisco names and companies such as West and Belcher, Belcher, California, and Virginia Crown Point. The text references Consolidated Virginia and Grand Prize without clear context or coherent event details.
Berlin dispatch reports Austria's internal affairs under scrutiny in London with the Ultramontane Reactionary Cabinet seen as likely. A large meeting of German seaport representatives is planned for April 17 to discuss the new tariff freely, with seaboard towns opposing surtaxes and retaliatory duties on transmarine exports.
The Temps reports a council of Ministers will meet Saturday to shape a joint French British approach on the Egyptian issue. Final resolutions await agreement between France and England. Foreign consuls in Egypt are not declared in favor of the Khedive’s plan, though the European colony generally supports it.
The Standard's Berlin correspondent reports 1040 Nihilists already arrested in Charkoff. Severities fail to deter conspirators. A claim about Gen Drentelm’s attacker is denied. Charkoff’s Chief of Police has a New York letter saying the killer of Gen Kropotkine has reached there.
A Bombay dispatch reports rumors from Cabul that Yakoob Khan’s talks with the British collapsed due to a insistence on the annexation of Cabul. The note contradicts Parliament's government statements.
In Szegedin and surrounding areas about seventeen thousand people remain dependent on charity. Ten days of rain have halted food distribution and bread supplies are nearly exhausted.
London telegraph notes Garibaldi meeting Italian Committee deputies at Trieste and urging concern for brethren beyond the Alps. A Peru port Telegram says Iquique is blockaded by a Chilean squadron. French magistrates counts rise and Loire agriculturists seek tariff on wheat and livestock. Durham strikers report calm after rioting rumors.
William H. Waring claims all Brooklyn lawmakers pledge to back an ad plan that would force Brooklyn to pay 180000 to the Brooklyn Eagle and Brooklyn Union, with parcels to be sold for unpaid taxes unlikely to fetch more than 10000. Reports of gambling saloon keepers facing civil actions over allegedly lost funds follow a highway robbery incident near Irving Place. A sugar duty case against T F Youngs Co. yields a verdict for the defendants, while Minnie Hauk departs with flowers aboard the City of Brussels. An elevator accident at Gramercy Park Hotel kills engineer George Brochard, and Treasury Secretary Sherman meets with Collector Merritt at the Custom House.
The New York Times prints letters from across the nation showing Grant as the favored choice in 130 of 157 districts, with Blaine and other candidates following. Democrats lean toward Tilden in 98 districts, Thurman and Bayard also noted. States vary, but New York and several New England states largely back Grant or Tilden while Democrats favor Tilden overall.
A sparsely attended mass meeting of colored citizens in New York debated the exodus of African Americans to Kansas from the South. Speakers included Rev. Abraham Anderson and ex- Virginia magistrate Willis A Hodges. Proposals urged refugees to settle on lands and build self reliance, with funds raised for relief.
Iowa City April 10 Hull and Schofield's distillery burned this afternoon. It was the principal alcohol distillery in the Northwest with an original value of 35 000 to 40 000 dollars and insurance of 10 000 dollars. Capacity 1200 bushels daily. In Granby Quebec the Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on Tuesday with a loss of 3000 dollars, insured for 2000. Toronto Market elevator fire totally destroyed with 50 000 dollars loss and 20 000 dollars insurance.
In Baltimore on April 11 a Greco Roman bout between McLaughlin of Detroit and Miller of Baltimore for 1000 aside began last evening and remained undecided at 1 am. The first two bouts lasted an hour each with no falls. McLaughlin achieved a fall in 16 minutes in the third bout and Miller followed with a fall in 18 minutes in the fourth.
In Plymouth New Hampshire Martin V Dickey admitted to manslaughter in the first degree for the June killing of Frank H Eastman after a confrontation at Dickey's home. The Attorney General sought a sentence after considering evidence. The case featured testimony about Dickey’s character and a past dispute with Eastman.
New Orleans reports that the Governor, acting on Board of Health advice, issues a twenty day quarantine effective May 1 against West Indian ports Gulf of Mexico ports south of Texas Caribbean coastal ports and Atlantic ports to Buenos Ayres.
Five distilleries fell to revenue officers in Cumberland Gap this week. The Giant powder works at Golden Gate San Francisco were blown up Wednesday with no injuries. A foundry boiler explosion at Goldsboro North Carolina killed foreman J B Timberlake and scorched four others. Walter Venable and Luke Fogle arrested in Jersey City on murder charges will be sent to Kentucky for trial. The Brigantine Shoals buoy whistle was stolen and replaced. a $400 reward offered. A fast Pennsylvania freight split in two at East Rahway. eight cars laden with merchandise wrecked and a brakeman injured. delays of five to six hours. Seven Indians attacked Sergt Kennedy and a private at Mizpah while having lunch en route to Fort Keogh.
The Governor nominates James B. Murch as Belfast Police Court judge. Dr John G. Brooks elected president of Belfast National Bank succeeding the late James P. White. A nine year old girl, Jane Caron of Saco, burned to death lighting a kerosene fire. A petition seeks pardon for Isaac N. Cox, who killed his father in Bowdoin. George Davis of East Readfield injured breaking a young colt. John Foster, a veteran of 1812, dies at 84 from a paralytic shock. Lieut. W. W. Kimball returns from a China and Japan cruise and visits Paris. In Portland a horse run into a lumber shed, injuring Sewall Abbott and others.
In Haverhill Thursday Lewis Barber convicted of forgery last year was granted a new trial and released on his own recognizance. The Exeter Supreme Court Grand Jury reports today. many prisoners to be arraigned tomorrow. James Locke, 60, a prominent Quaker farmer, found dead in Meaderboro. post mortem to be held.
The Alburgh lake enjoys the best sleighing of the winter with ice nearly thirty inches thick. Ice is expected to last to May first, a rare length of safe travel.
A range of brief items from Fall River and nearby towns includes injuries from a runaway accident at Fall River, a church vote to call Rev. Charles Wetherby in Attleboro, and evacuations of an insane patient to Northampton. Also reported are a drowning death near Sheffield, a man with suspected insanity in North Adams, a physician found dead in Lowell, and a series of shipyard sales tied to the Union Wharf Company insolvency in Provincetown. The sale totals approach ten thousand dollars with several vessels and shares changing hands among Plymouth and Wellfleet interests.
In Wickford, Thursday, George Hammond, formerly a merchant, died suddenly in his hay man, aged 73 years. The General Assembly elected Caleb H. Barney as Adjutant-General, Charles R. Dennis as Quartermasters General, and Pardon E. Tillinghast as Judge Advocate-General. The Senate concurred in a House bill to cap the State militia at 1800, cut officers, establish a three day encampment, and set annual costs at $16,000, about $2000 less than the prior appropriation.
A series of storm reports from Providence Rhode Island Newport Belows Falls Vermont Dover New Hampshire and Manchester New Hampshire April 10 11 describe heavy rain snow and northeast wind storms. The New York boat will delay until the storm abates. Snowfalls reach several inches with ongoing high winds.
Under a Court order the defunct Fidelity Savings Bank property was sold at auction this morning in Chicago. Prices were low enough that the court may not confirm the sale. Hooley's Theatre brought 60000, Fidelity Bank 59000, Safe Depository 72000, all highly productive properties. The depository was sold to A W Stevenson for Boston capitalists.
Pittsfield Massachusetts April 10 The Republicans tonight nominated officers for the town meeting on Monday next Moder ator J N Dunham Selectmen John C Parker A E Goodrich S N Russell Clerk James Wilson Assessors D C Morey N G Brown Gilbert West Collector F F Read Treasurer Josiah Carter School Committee A N Smith J D Francis S E Nichols Constables W H Harriman Matthias Downs
At the Northern New York Methodist Conference in Lowville the case against Rev. Dr M G Bullock of Oswego on charges of heresy was referred at noon to a seven member Special Committee with instructions to determine if the charges are true. Dr Bullock appeared with counsel.
HartFord Conn April 10 Miss Julia Evelina Smith of Glastonbury the sole survivor of the Smith sisters famed for resisting taxation without representation married yesterday to Amos G Parker of New Hampshire. Both bride and groom are in their 87th year.
Richmond April 10 William Armistead and Henry Meliver two Hanover county farmers quarrelled last evening Armistead struck Meliver on the head with a spade causing fatal injuries Armistead is in custody
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