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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1881

Page

2

Treasury reports eight month US trade in goods and ships

The Treasury Department presents a tabulated eight month trade view. Imports total 408,347,626 with 324,059,788 on foreign vessels led by Britain. exports reach 607,823,776 with 498,222,279 on foreign ships. No duty goods include coffee, hides, tea, and raw silk. Trade balance shows favorability but 800,000,000 in exports and imports moved on foreign vessels.

Treasury Department United States

Extraordinary Authority Vested With the Postmaster General

Washington reports discuss Mr Brady's organ attacking Postmaster General James over Brady's removal. The commentary questions James's role, cites Woodward as a potential adviser, and doubts his courage in facing large plunderer coalitions, while acknowledging James's recent effectiveness. Ex Senator Eaton advises Democrats to aid Conkling to defeat Robertson, warning of Republican splits in New York.

Boston Post Washington Brady National Republican James Republican Gen Wich Woodward White House China Italy Rascals Down, Than In Mr. James Mr. James Eaton Conkling Connecticut Robertson New York

Postmaster General Given Broad Power Over Lottery Letters

Attorney General MacVeagh says the Postmaster General may prohibit delivery of registered letters and money orders to M A Dauphin if evidence shows he engages in a fraudulent lottery scheme. The ruling holds the Postmaster General as sole arbiter of law and fact in determining fraudulent activity and can act even if the lottery is legalized in another jurisdiction.

Washington MacVeagh James M. A. Dauphin Louisiana Lottery Company Louisiana United States Dauphin Postmastet General Friends of the Lottery Company Gneral Lin

Grier Move Still Opened as Nomination Proceedings Continue

Washington reports a possible reconsideration from Mr. Grier about a Third Assistant Postmaster General role though he previously stated he would not accept. The Senate has 217 nominations pending across judicial, diplomatic, consular, military, revenue, and other offices. A general strike is being planned with delegates forming a central committee to direct labor actions nationwide, echoing the 1877 disruption. A pension building funding error could cost $24,000 in extra rent and delay work by a year.

Washington Grier Senate Internal Revenue Philadelphia and Reeding Railroad Company Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Lake Shore Russell Sage Union Pacific Southern Road Iron Mountain Texas Pacific Jay Gould Flint and Pere Marquette Ludington Manistee

Ferry Disaster Described by Survivor long rescue effort

In Elgin a passenger recounts the ferry sinking after water filled the boat and chaos forced passengers to rush about. He clung to a cable, saved a little girl, and watched others struggle as boats arrived to pluck survivors from the river.

Chicago Elgin Will Long Sullivan Murphy Bertha Raan Emma Serringer Kahn Girl

Numerous fashionable weddings in New York region

New York on April 29 reports a wave of weddings at prominent churches and homes. J H Coppenhagen wed Miss Lou Belle Embry at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, followed by other ceremonies including Grenville Kave and Margaret Adelaide Wolfe, LeRoy King and Ethel Rhinelander, and James Ferry Gardiner and Eliza Greene Doane.

New York Church of the Heavenly Rest Fifth Avenue J. H. Coppenhagen Lou Belle Embry Judge Embry Washington Douglass Clark Bridgeport Conn Hayes Carter Mickle Willams St. Thomas’s Church Grenville Kave Margaret Adelaide Wolfe Boston LeRoy King Ethel Rhinelander Albany Croom Clarence King Edward N. Perkins Arnold Mague Harry Parkman Hoffman's Island J. Whitney Flood Rock Hell Gate New Palace Fall River Morgan Iron Works Jacob Schaefer Vignaux Paris London Schaefer Buck Spirit of the Times Senate Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company White Star Republic Liverpool Daisy Albert Watts

Grand Trunk Tops Fusion Plans as Great Western Standfalls

London reports Grand Trunk meeting in Toronto unanimously adopting a report praising earnings and a decision to reject fusion with Great Western while Great Western holds to an agreement with Wabash and Pacific. Rail developments include Sonora line progress and Boston and Maine bridge expansion.

Grand Trunk Great Western Toronto London Toronto Globe Henry Tyler Wabash St. Louis Pacific Grand Track

Riot at New Pallas tenants eviction in Limerick

A riot at New Pallas in Limerick halted an eviction attempt with 500 soldiers and police facing 5000 angry locals. The bailiff avoided naming houses. 200 rioters allegedly carried revolvers. Dublin dispatch notes Catholic clergy endorsement of a Land League report and possible election of assessors. Conservatives warn the Land League would strip landlords of property rights without compensation.

London Limerick Ireland New Pallas Dublin Times Land League Carlton Club

Greek Controversy and Balkan Tensions Reported

The Times Vienna correspondent says Premier Coumoundonuros will not write further and urges prompt pacific surrender of Epirus. Paris notes Greece may stay silent, implying consent. Also: Russian peasant riots in Elizabethgrad injure Jews. Sandown hurdle result. various political and foreign affairs notes from London, Paris, Madrid, and Dublin.

London Times Vienna Coumoundonuros M. Coumoundouros Paris Greece M. Condouristis Constantinople Athens

Flood losses total two million across Missouri border region

A St Paul report details Missouri River floods from Pierce to Sioux City causing about 2 million dollars in property losses. Bridges and rails washed out for over 109 miles disrupt communications, with cattle losses and many houses destroyed. Food rationing and relief are underway as authorities estimate long recovery.

New York St. Paul Missouri River Pierce Sioux City Yankton James River Valley Vermilion Valley Milltown Missouri Jamesville United States Wheeler Bismarck Omana Council Bluffs Kansas City St. Louis

Nebraska Woman Slays Her Children Then Kills Herself

Grand Island Nebraska April 29 Christian Koch a railroad man found his wife and three children aged 4 2 and 6 months in bed with throats cut a razor on the table the mother likely killed the children then died by her own hand coroner's jury found the facts with no stated motive and nothing about insanity the wife left the words cool bye as a fragmentary explanation.

Grand Island Neb Christian Koch St. Paul

Diverse New England Notes From A Lawful Gazette

Maine hay famine hits Madawaska cattle and sheep starve while Rhode Island Assembly adjourns after fifteen weeks. Fall River barbers barred from Sunday work. Reverend Vinton funeral at Swan Point with Phillips Brooks officiating. Worcester Lynde Brook dam case awards Jamies about $30,000. Bourne tipped for Stark mills agency in Manchester New Hampshire. Reardon stabbing case delayed awaiting victim's condition. Springfield moves toward a public woodland park funding drive. Maine to start a new morning daily in Portland supporting Greenback party. Vermont tax lists soar. Langdon to pay taxes near $500,000. Burglary in South Barton Vermont nets $60. Cecilia Hodge dies in North Adams at 400 pounds. Lowell log drive active. 8,000,000 feet announced. Fish Commission head Prof. Baird to base at Woods Hall June to October. Nantucket Railroad funds and bonds approved. Concord NH court terms close with several schedules. Worcester water worries prompt Lynde Brook pumping plan. Wild geese hunted near Machias. remarkable shoot reported. Keene NH bank wind-up petition granted to withdraw. assignee to proceed. Lowell funeral of three with same name in one family. Concord hosts Massachusetts officials. state institutions visited. Providence misses horse accident claims 20-year-old Maria Diman dies. Large lumber drives from Vermont to New Hampshire. Plymouth port clear. Reunion of Company G TT Mass Regiment marks 20th anniversary. Antietam memories noted.

Madawaska Maine General Assembly of Rhode Island Fall River A. H. Vinton Swan Point Phillips Brooks Boston Benjamin Jamies Worcester Lynde Brook N. Bourne Pontiac R.L Stark Mills Manchester N. H Phineas Adams Daniel Reardon Lynch Portsmouth Springfield Mass Woodland Park Portland McIntyre Vermont Montpelier Langdon Prof. Baird United States Fish Commission Woods Hall Baird Webster House Martin Stankard Lowell Andover Tewksbury Blodgett Stanley Ignatius Fellows Tatouck Machias River Edward Small Sop Machiasport Holmes’s Bay Keene Allen Ashuelot Savings Bank of Winchester Robert H. Walker Chicago Edson H. E. Hovey Brooklyn Angell Street Providence First Baptist Miss Diman Davis & Sargent Plymouth Woodstock Jygrant Livermore Falls Unday E. H. Sanborn West Campton Concord Waterville Ellsworth

Body of Tolson Found in Delaware River in Philadelphia

The wealthy Baltimore livery stable keeper T Y Tolson was found dead in the Delaware River. He bore bruises, feet tied with rope, and had arrived in Philadelphia March 1 staying at the Peabody under an assumed name. Police suspect robbery and murder by throwing him overboard after a visit to a disreputable Tenth street house where he displayed money.

Philadelphia T. Y. Tolson Baltimore Delaware River Peabody Hotel Tenth Street Gov. Perkins California Kennebunkport Perkins Minnie Hauk Switzerland Zurich Hermann Goetz Mr. Thayer Boston Ocean Avenue Newport Mary W. Ailmann Salem Red Cross Avenue Robert M. Cushing Bellevue Avenue Detroit Free Press Olemain Belfast Journal Florence Percy Luther G. Pitman Marblehead United States Insurance Company Lewis Carroll John Gilmore Hope Maine Dakota Cole Gilmore

Barque to be built in Newburyport for city parties

A large barque will be built by George E. Currier for city parties in Newburyport. She will be commanded by Capt. Pritch ara. In April seventy four arrests were made, fifty for drunkenness. Charles M. Sprague of Providence has leased the Atlantic House Salisbury Beach for the coming season.

Newburyport Mass George E. Currier Pritchara Charles M. Sprague Providence Atlantic House Salisbury Beach

Surveyor E E Lockhart Ordered to Make Good Estate Deficit

St John New Brunswick April 29 The surveyor and executor E E Lockhart faces a deficit of 30800 dollars to the Methodist Conference of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island which received 60000 from the Ray estate The equity court orders him to cure the deficiency within a few days.

St. John, N. B E. E. Lockhart G. T. Ray Methodist Conference New Brunswick Prince Edward’s Island Lockhart New York George W. Clyde Susie J. Strout Jacksonville Aspinwall John. & B Clemens Brown Brothers Boston Phillipins Island

Grand jury finds no indictment against Doyle in bond counterfeiting case

In Chicago on April 28 the Federal grand jury found no indictment against James B. Doyle on counterfeit United States bonds charges with bail set at 20 000 dollars. Doyle was arrested months ago with a large quantity of counterfeit bonds. The panel also indicted nine men including a policeman for interfering with the United States Marshal in the last national election.

Chicago James B. Doyle United States Ball Doyle

Kentucky Sues Railroad Over Sunday Train Penalty

The State Attorney of Kentucky sues the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for a 359 penalty after a Sunday train run. Hotels in Springfield decline to provide rooms to Fisk University Jubilee Singers, citing no available accommodations. Henry Priester shoots at his father during a quarrel in Allendale South Carolina, leaving the elder fatally wounded.

Kentucky Louisville and Nashville Railroad Springfield Jubilee Singers Fisk University William Priester Henry Allendale S. C Sarah Jonican Houston Texas David B. Maxwell Edmund F. Oldham John H. Miller Albany N. Y New York and Western Telegraph Company New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Michigan Ilinois Pittsburg Buffalo John J. McLean East St. Louis

Shipping arrivals and departures list from Atlantic ports

A dated ledger of multiple vessels arriving or departing major ports including New York Philadelphia Queenstown Southampton London Liverpool and others. Mentions ships such as Pomona Republic Egyptian Monarch Lord Clive Bucentaur Hohenstampen Antisana Baltic Istrian Travancore Amy Dora and Castor with origins from Jamaica Liver pool Maryport Dumbarton New Amsterdam Havana Boston and Amsterdam among others.

New York Pomona Jamaica Bywell Castle Matanzas Republic Liverpool Thorne Holme Maryport Dumbarton George W. Clyde West Indies Philadelphia Pennsylvania Queenstown Lord Clive Finladelphia London Bucentaur Newark English Channel Zeeland Antwerp Scilly Canada Southampton Hohenstampen Antisana Fastnet Baltic Istrian Boston Travancore Amy Dora Havana Castor Amsterdam

Creditors meet over Hotchkiss & Lane grocery tale

In Gloucester creditors held a meeting for Hotchkiss & Lane grocers with debts totaling 9200. Liabilities include 8700 merchandise and 500 borrowed funds. Assets total 9140.35 with a small surplus 240.35. A 75 cent on the dollar offer was discussed for payment and another meeting set for Saturday.

Hotchkiss & Lane, Grocers Gloucester Julia A. Ford Groton N. H Juda & Levyson Austin Vex Conly & Humphrey Marblehead Geo. B. Webb Carson City Nev Josiah Bruce Somerville Henry Strauss Jackson A. H. Ridley Brunswick

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