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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1881

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2

Floods Wreak Severe Damage Across Minnesota and Missouri

Special reports from Minneapolis and Hannibal describe record flood heights with houses washed away at Montevideo and a railroad bridge held only by cables. The Levee breach near East Hannibal threatens additional weak points as ice losses rise. Fergus Falls reports a spreading flood from St Vincent to Crookston, with Red Lake River out of banks and railroad tracks washed away, suspending travel.

Minnesota Minneapolis Minn Montevideo Hannibal East Hannibal St. Paul Mion Fergus Falls St. Vincent Crookston Red Lake Stevenson Manitoba

Labor unrest spreads in Midwest rail shops and cities

About 120 painters in Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific shops struck for a 20 percent wage rise. Burlington and Quincy freighters walked out seeking an increase, while Illinois Central freighters won their demands. 200 machine moulders remain idle with other skilled trades also reporting strikes. In Milwaukee printers walked out for five cents per thousand. New York tailors reported a successful strike and related trades organized for higher pay.

Curriaco Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Burlington and Quincy Company I Ilinois Central Company Milwaukee Wis Republican Sentinel St. Paul New York West Side Tailors Twe

Chicago lake water declared polluted after flood

Health officers report lake water heavily contaminated by organic impurity from flood debris. Dredging by tugs loosened bottom matter, pouring pollutants into the river and river current into the lake. Water is deemed fit for drinking only after thorough boiling, especially unsafe for children.

Chicago

Proposed Extension to Connect New Jersey Railroads

A meeting of Central Railroad of New Jersey and Wabash representatives discussed extending the Central line to reach the New York and Erie near Turners or Newburgh to haul coal. A committee was appointed to negotiate a Western connection, potentially building seventy miles from Red Bank to near Youngstown, Ohio to join the Western system.

New York Central Railroad of New Jersey Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Messrs. Gould Potts, Lothron, Haven Frelinghuysen New York and Erie Turners Newburgh Red Bank Youngstown Ohio

Providence fire at Oriental Mill causes heavy losses

Fire at the Oriental Mill owned by Alfred A. Reed heirs was controlled in half an hour. Building loss about 3000 dollars, stock and machinery between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars. Muleshed worst hit. mill drenched. Insurance totaling 205 000 dollars, with many companies including Boston Manufacturers Mutual and Arkwright among others. Additional stock insured for 47 000 dollars.

Providence Alfred A. Reed Manufacturers’ Mutual Boston Mutual Arkwright Rhode Island Mechanics Portsmouth N. H Cape Neddick York Horce Samuel Adams Gloucester Mass Magnolia Woods San Francisco Greenville Plumas County Middletown N.J Nut Swamp Pike County Kalamazoo Mich Fife Lake Michigan Decatur

Moriarty Sentenced for Railroad Swindle in New York

Patrick Moriarty was sentenced to one year in prison after swindling the New York Elevated Railroad of 2500 by claiming his daughter was injured in the Forty Second Street accident. The Victoria line ship carried 587 passengers with several smallpox cases. Quarantine and vaccination followed. Police actions in Brooklyn led to four liquor shops found with open side doors. Louisa Douglas, 16, was found in Boston and brought to police. Phillips Brooks spoke to a large St George's Church audience. Mary Russell of Boston was robbed of all her clothing while seeking her husband. Seven steamships landed 6297 immigrants at Castle Garden today.

New York Patrick Moriarty New York Elevated Railroad Forty-second Street Victoria Anchor Line Jourdan Brooklyn Louisa Douglas Boston Phillips Brooks St. George’s Church Mary Russell Castle Garden

Ireland Land Bill debate and Dublin House actions

In the Commons Mr Forster acknowledged a disguised Irish republican raid for firearms in Limerick and lamented no arrests. The Land bill debate covered peasant proprietors, land tenure, fair rents, and emigration safeguards. Supporters pressed adjournment. ministers offered to answer and deferred pending amendments. Other items note Northampton bank robbery costs, Gloucester aldermen meeting, and city funding for papers and fire department services.

London House of Commons Forster Ireland Lewis Londonderry Limerick Edward Gibson Warton Bridgeport Gibson Gorst Gene Gladstone Gipson Gyv Stafford Northcote William Harcourt A. M. Sullivan Meath Stuart Waterford Lord Hartington Lord Beaconield Committee of Irish Landlords Bradlaugh Wiuil Northampton Gloucester Board of Aldermen William M. Gagney Ward Two Friend Public Library Fund David M. Hilton Fire Department

Contradictory Reports On Tunisia Measures For Foreigners

A Tunis despatch says the Bey orders arrests for any Arab in streets after 9 pm and bans arms. M Roustan offered marines and two cannons from Jeanne d Arc to aid order in the European quarter, but the Bey declined. French troops occupy Tabarca. private telegrams under military scrutiny. Rain halts Algiers operations. Italian agents spread false reports. Rumor of a French attack on the Kroumiris Tuesday persists.

London Tunis M. Roustan Uconsul Jeanne d’Arc Sicily Rome Tabarca Algiers Bey Goletta France Krou Mirs

Empress Health Rumors Stir Paris and Vatican Talks

Despatches from St Petersburg report grave rumors about the Empress health after the assassination. She faced threats from revolutionaries and sought a pardon for Pieoffisky and Hessy, learning of deception only after the execution. Reports deny Prussia Vatican negotiations amid Vatican influence. A Geneva dispatch notes Russian police pressuring Hessy Heifmann. In Ireland a coroner’s jury convicts Constable Armstrong’s mob killers and convicts Hayes for manslaughter in Clogher. Manila despatch says Sooloo Sultan’s son accepts Spanish protectorate and pledges to punish rebellion.

Londown St. Petersburg Revolutionary Committee Sophie Pieoffsby Hessy Hermann Parden Pieoffisky Prussia Vatican Biho Ledochowski Geneva Hessy Heifmann Boyle Ireland Armstrong McNaughten Donnelly Broder Hayes Clogier Manila Sooloo Islandg Spain

Reams of 19th Century News From Boston to Halifax

A long column of society chatter and notices spans from Rev. Dr. Chapin’s $100,000 ey e to high profile marriages and political moves. It notes ex governor Washburn’s Greenfield family returning from Europe, Col Thomas A Scott’s health plans, Mrs Grace’s illness, and Trinity College dormitory gift by Col Northam. It records the Asa Packer estate value, Frederick N. Gillett’s Massachusetts resignation, Fremont’s Arizona joke, and editorials on Beaconsfield’s successor. Also covered are Miss Betty Taylor’s New Orleans wedding, Barnum’s libel suit, Frye’s Halifax trip, Mrs Newton’s pastorate, William H Taylor’s aging estate, Newport wedding, Whitelaw Reid marriage lore, Mary Cassatt’s Paris pictures, Bishop Stevens’s portrait, the new Universalist pastor Eaton, Hamlin’s travel to Washington, and a Halifax lawsuit worth $150,000. The note ends with a Newfoundland-sourced bill for services in a legal dispute.

E. H. Chapin Washburn Greenfield Thomas A. Scott Newport Trinity College Asa Packer Philadelphia Packer Frederick N. Gillett Massachusetts Boston Soule Arizona John C. Fremont Cincinnati Gazette Means Prince of Beaconsfield Marquis of Salisbury Lord Cranbrooke Stafford Northcote Duke of Richmond Dick” Taylor Betty Taylor New Orleans Walter K. Stauffer P. J. Barnum Philadelphia Sun Ibel the Sun Barnum London Friends Newton Pittsfield William H. Taylor Albany N. Y Emmanuel Church R. 1 Arthur H. Givings Waters John Waters Alice E. Chamberlain Nathan Chamberlain Robert B. Peet Washington Whitelaw Reid John Hay Hay Rei Mr. Reid Mary Cassatt Paris William Bacon Stevens Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop Stevens Bath Miss Cappee South Carolina Judge Conyngham MR. Eaton K. H. Chapin Church of the Divine Paternity New York Hamlin Portland Norwich Sound Greenport Long Island Baltimore Congress Halifax F. H. Baker Mary Black Marshall William L. Black W.L. Black Amherst

Drought and unrest reported across Caribbean and South American regions

Dispatches from San Domingo, Trinidad, Barbadoes, Demerara and Venezuela describe worsening political unease and widespread drought. Crop damage rises as sugar exports drop to 18 000 hogsheads from 29 008 year earier, with unrest feared in Venezuela amid last reports.

Havana San Domingo Republic Trinidad Barbadoes Demerara Venezuela

Emigrants Disaster Leaves Family Dead In Arkansas Camp

Isaac N Dement and his wife with four children traveled from West Virginia toward Louisiana in two wagons. While Dement and two sons fished at the mountain foot, a forest fire surrounded the camp, destroying one wagon and all belongings. The fire killed the wife and two children. Dement and two sons were burned while attempting rescue.

Lirtle Rock Ark Isaac N. Dement West Virginia Louisiana Stone County Dement

Universalist Society to Call Rev Charles F Eaton at Palmer Mass

New York April 25 The Fourth Universalist Society board extended a call to Rev Charles F Eaton of Palmer Massachusetts to replace the late Dr E H Chapin. The church debt of about 10000 was wiped out by subscriptions this evening and Eaton was offered a salary of 6000.

New York Fourth Universalist Society Charles F. Eaton Palmer Mass E. H. Chapin Mr. Eaton

Dr Kennedy Cross-Examined Over Wood Bill Controversy

Dr John T Kennedy testifies before Surrogate Calvin regarding charges for professional visits to the late Samuel Wood. He confirms twenty one visits totaling $5000 with some $100 per visit. Post-mortem fee cited as $1550 with Dr Satterthwaite assisting. several lines of questioning about hourly rates and medico legal examination are challenged and adjourned.

New York Times John T. Kennedy Samuel Wood Calvin Henry L.clinton Kennedy Wood

Record-high U S cotton crop estimate amid late-season receipts

The St Louis Republican notes initial fears of a short season due to rains gave way to a larger than expected harvest. Receipts in St Louis surged, reducing earlier deficits from 145,000 to 107,000 bales, while nationwide projections climbed from 5.75 million to 6.422 million bales, the largest crop yet.

St. Louis South New Orleans Memphis Texas United States

Remarkable 70-year-old man tows ox-cart home alone

Meredith Gaddy, a 70-year-old farmer with twenty-one children, tows a loaded ox-cart fifteen miles home after the animal tires five miles from Lamberton. He yoked the ox to his own neck, trudging uphill and downhill while spectators jeered, then returns home for whiskey. He boasts that a less obstinate animal would have been in the cart.

Lamberton N. C Shoe Heel Meredith Gaddy Gaddy

We Want Girls for Dance and Dignity in Durango

A Durango Record notice calls for women to attend church and Bible class, draw crowds, and boost local business. It seeks a mix of personalities from petite blondes to stately brunettes to support livery trade and future home sales, hoping for charming, dependable companions for rough country life.

Fata Funny

Mail Route Corruption Illustrated by Mineral Park to Pioche

The New York Times outlines a pattern of mail contract manipulation involving Mineral Park Arizona and Pioche Nevada. Original contractors sublet for $2,990 then $4,700 with government pay rising to $22,300 for tri weekly service, later to $52,000 daily, enriching insiders while sub contractors receive far less. J W Dorsey later collects $24,000 yearly for himself and allies.

New York Times Mineral Park Arizona Pioche Nevada Congress Hayes Washington Pioce J. W. Dorsey

An English opinion of McClellan from the London Saturday Review

The piece credits McClellan with founding and shaping the Union army at a pivotal moment amid Cabinet opposition. It argues his patient wisdom, organizing genius, and forbearance were as crucial as Grant or Sherman’s boldness, noting he built an army from a fragile force and faced factional political hurdles.

London Saturday Review North McClellan Sherman Grant

Miracle cure via cotton batting firework display on Main Street

A Richmond caller reports a man with a lame back soaked cotton batting in camphor and placed it before a fire to warm the injured area. The material ignited, prompting a rapid escape with a dramatic war dance, and the lameness was claimed to be miraculously cured.

Richmond

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