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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1880

Page

2

Southern outrages in Texas public meeting on race

In ten days three diabolical acts alarm readers as stalwarts prepare to strike. The latest incident occurred in Texas where a large assembly of unarmed colored men met and passed resolutions affirming good treatment of blacks, open schools for black and white, and no reason for colored people to leave the state.

Texas

Senate Passes Army Bill Amid Republican Filibuster

The United States Senate approved the army bill despite Republican filibustering tactics aimed at pressuring a presidential veto. The House advanced the Naval bill and addressed the Immediate Deficiency bill. A ceremony in both chambers marked the presentation of Jefferson’s Declaration desk to the United States.

United States Senate House United States Jefferson

Senate Passes Army Bill Amid Political Climbs and Desk Ceremony

In Washington the Senate approved the Army bill as Conkling and Edmunds pressed for a veto. The House debated naval and deficiency bills, noted Jefferson's desk presentation, Downey's long poem in the Record, and Tariff Committee reorganization mixing sugar with other items, signaling upheaval in fiscal policy.

Whittaker case closes during tense West Point hearing

At West Point on April 22 Cadet Townsley testified Kemble claimed three cadets were at Highland Falls the night of the outrage, while Anna Ryan denied any visitor presence at her saloon that night. Colored witnesses described notes and rumors of a party and questioned the officers and cadets conduct as the court adjourned amid heated exchanges and a ruling to retain certain remarks on the record.

West Point Whittaker Townsley Kemble Highland Falls Anna Ryan Ryan Townsend Mrs. Simpson Gen. Sherman Washington Mitchell Congress Walter Mitchell Dr. Saunders Brannigan Pierce John Marr John Powell Marr McDonald Mr. Townsend Mordecai Academy Gen. Schofield Lieut. Knight Montpelier Trinity Hall Hiram Atkins W.H.H. Bingham Stowe H. W. Martin Bennington Will Sullivan G. Gaton Danville Lucius Robinson Newport L. W. Redington Rutland B. B. Smalley Burlington James A. Williams Bellows Falls John C. Burke Albany A. P. Childs A. P. Grinnell M. A. Goddard Ludlow Daniel Baldwin B. P. White Calais M. C. Huling D. C. Pollard Cavendish N. P. Bowman St. Johnsbury Franklin County G. L. Waterman Hyde Park F. W. McGettrick St. Albans E. N. Bullard Swanton Hancock A. B. Goodwin M. C. Haling G. B. Evans Moretown G. H. Simmons Charles N. Davenport N.P. Bowman Alexander Cochran Ryegate George L. Spear Braintree E.C. Bailey George L. Waterman John W. Currier Troy J. A. Brown Grand Isle Cinncinnati Committee Bingham A. P. Chiles Vermont Wilden Cincinnati Lucow Staunton Wickham Lewis Grant South Gen. Wickham Chicago Virginia Committee On Ulysses Upner Ulysses S. Grant State Central Committee Richmond Republicans of James G. Bisine Republican Party of

Cyclone devastates Licking Texas county Missouri town

Rouua Missouri April 22 news confirms Licking in Texas county was destroyed by a cyclone Sunday night. The storm entered from the southwest, swept Main street, and left from the northeast. Sixty seven buildings were wrecked with only two intact. Eight fifteen p.m. strike. one child killed. Asberry Cravens family of seven carried across a yard unharmed. The storm lasted fifty seconds and carried whitish blue balls of fire.

Missouri Rouua Licking Texas County Main Asberry Cravens Pacific

Harmony Mills Strike Ends in Amicable Agreement

A conference between Harmony Mills representatives and the joint committee leads to a settlement. Unions become Union Benevolent Societies, mills grant free meeting space light and fuel, spinners to resume work and 6000 jobs to start within days. Three weeks plus of strikes end as $100,000 in wages are lost and 1500 civil suits over two weeks’ wages are dropped.

House Atkins Tennessee Whitthorne Dem Committee On Naval Affairs Committee On Appropriations McMahon Mr. Garfield The Ohio Statesman Mr. Conger New York Cohoes Joint Committee of Operatives Harmony Mills Union Benevolent Societies

Contenders for Vice Presidency and Stock Scandals

Washington observers weigh a Grant ticket with a Southern ex Confederate for VP to heal sectional rifts. The piece notes congressional stock jobbing, Jay Gould’s leverage over lawmakers, and a sharp critique of Conger amid lobbying and district policing disputes.

Washington Grant South Settle North Carolina Key Longstreet Grant Memely Gen. Gordon Congress Sam Ward New York William Henry Hurlbut Senate Keene Post Northern Pacific Pacific Mail Jay Gould Missouri Kansas Texas Gould Jay Capitol Donger Conger District of Columbia Ways and Means Laviff Judiciary Committee Capt. Eads Agai

Madison Square Garden disaster claims several lives

A deadly accident at Madison Square Garden killed Mrs Hegeman and Miss Willetts and Mary Connelly, with others injured including Leonard Dater and J W Swan. Coroner permitted burial for three bodies as officials investigated a bulging west wall and a failed art gallery structure. Col Tileston, editor at Turf Field and Farm, died later at Bellevue Hospital as the fair closed amid widespread condemnation.

New Yor Madison Square Garden Mrs. Hegeman W. A. O. Hegeman West Thirtyfirst Street H. L. Willetts East Thirty-first Street Mary Connelly H. Herrick Alvert Hilton S. J. Hyde A. Montgomery Ann Scoville J. Silverman Miss Josie Streeter J. W. Swan Ernest A. Thompson William M. Tileston Walter Webb Miss Willetts Brady Hegeman Fourth Avenue James H. Hocking Mackey Hocking Mr. Story Sheldon Gen James Watson Webb Madison Garden Bellevue Hospital The Post Madison Square Annie T. Willets Samuel Willets Mickle St. Vincent’s Hospital

Terrible fires sweep North Carolina and more blazes report

From Norfolk Virginia April 22 a sequence of fire reports details sweeping destruction in North Carolina swamps with Zachariah Owens killed his family by flames as they fled their home. Elsewhere in Vermont Ontario and Virginia more conflagrations destroy buildings, warehouses and forests with hundreds homeless and heavy losses.

North Carolina Norfolk Zachariah Owens Tyrell County Alligator River South Shafftsbury

Foster murder trial enters third day in Keene New Hampshire

Third day of the Foster murder trial in Keene New Hampshire opens with A T Bachelder outlining State proofs. Witnesses including Charles C Stearns and Helen Stearns corroborate sightings of a man named Dodge near Foster’s house on the night of May 7, and other testimony details the victim’s clothing, sand on clothing, and the circumstances surrounding the murder as the day ends with the trial adjourned.

KeErene N.H Foster A. T. Bachelder Charles C. Stearns Keene Marshaltown Iowa Miss Foster Dodge Eddy Sargent Helen T. Stearns R. G. Chase & Co Edward Parks Walter J. Wheeler Chesterfield Spencer Cram J. H. Russell Francis Davis Bill Hulett Henry D. Podwin Walpole Gid Lee City Hotel N.B. Harrington Kemp Case Washington and Beaver Streets Charles H. Osborne

Beaconsfield Resigns as Prime Minister in London

London April 22 The Queen accepted Lord Beaconsfield's resignation and sent for Lord Hartington to form a new ministry Hartington leaves for Windsor immediately Prolonged Irish leadership tensions loom as Shaw and Parnell differ on pre Parliament meeting plans Skelmersdale rumored to gain Earldom while Scades is not named Gavan Duffy may contest an Irish seat as Home Ruler and Gladstone is expected to be recalled”

London Lord Beaconsfield Lord Hartington Hartington Windsor Dublin Pall Mall Gazette Shaw Parnell Freeman’s The Daily News Lord Skelmersdale Earl of Gladstone Forster Liberal Party Brand Bright

Deaths and incidents across New England and Maine

A collage of short items reports Belfast death from a Belfast Belfast man dies after a fall James Clarey of Belfast dies from a fall in Belfast Me Local deaths include Leonard Carpenter of Scituate and Mrs Purrington of White Rock New Hampshire and Vermont incidents include a wood mill accident in Lyndonville and a Harlem Extension Railford safe robbery in Bennington News notes pension totals to Vermonters and local tax figures Berkshire county and Pittsfield New Hampshire murders and rapes are noted along with a shipyard expansion in Portsmouth and a census of dairy and butter markets in St Albans and Nashua

Providence Albanys Worcester Worcesters Belimmoreg James Clarey Belfast Leonard Carpenter Scituate RB. L United States Kennebec Maine Berkshire Pittsfield Purrington White Rock Standish Sturgis, Lombard & Co Augusta William Bingham Claremont N. H Tremont House Robert Shaw Portland Rio Janeiro Percy Cushing Theopilus Cushing Winterport John Jones Benfield Frank Jones Portsmouth New Shore William Boyd Lyndonville Hicketstown New Jersey Harlem Extension Railford Company Bennington Nelie Griffin Nashue N.H John S. Baker South Albion Nellie M. Dudley Baker Supreme Court Lancaster Abigail Wentworth Jefferson Isaac O. Pierce New Bedford Maria Harris Sarah Harris Mra. Pierce New Beaford R. Shule Franklin St. Albans Hiram Wescott House of Correction Tudsos

Break in Erie Canal at Utica Delays Traffic Weeks

A break in the Erie Canal at Utica New York will delay traffic for several weeks. Other brief items include a Philadelphia shooting in a quarrel, a Cincinnati stabbing, and executions scheduled in Texas.

Utica N. Y Wm. Ramsey Samuel Woodlaw Philadelphia Charles Smith Jack Wilson Cincinnati Judge Moore Bostrop Texas J. H. Williams Sam Howard James Jewett Charles Cooley Nelsonville United States Minnesota New London New York United States Navy Toronto Uni Georgetown Catherine Zell Carlisle Mary Kiehl Keokuk Iowa GC. Dunbar Memphis Dunbar Wilson McQann Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Charles B. Bolling Richmond Kingston Jamaica Messrs. Chamberlain, Abbott and Baahch The Smithsonian Institute

West Lake Superior slate deposits contradict editor claim

Letter to the editor from J.5. F. asserts large, valuable slate formations exist at Huron Bay on Lake Superior, south of the copper region, capable of supplying the West via water transport cheaper than Maine, and argues the West has nearer sources.

Boston Post West Lake Superior Huron Bay Great Lake Cities Maine

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