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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1883
Page
1
Local summary notes hotel arrivals and weather reports with a focus on maritime movement. Obituary and miscellaneous notices accompany the page, highlighting community events and notable local figures.
The piece mocks Cyrus W. Field interest in strikes, confusing rulers in Asia, and derides attempts to spin Foraker’s nomination as political capital. It compares editorials, dismisses nostalgia for old blackmail systems, and ridicules the Towboy revival post Garfield era.
The piece argues Garfield's election results from Dorsey purchasing Indiana for him. It contends Republican denials only publicize the charge and worsen the standing of the party among the electorate.
The Philadelphia Press persists with a $50 000 rumor regarding Judge Hoadly that had already been exploded days earlier, in which the sensational claim severely harms a man named Charlie Foster described as cheap.
Uncle David Davis, famed for his obesity and public stature, seeks to lead the Illinois Republicans though observers note the strain on his lungs would be needed to out howl the sombre Logan in the party battles.
The Baltimore American notes a tiny 135 pound Chicago criminal lawyer attracting attention as a potential vice presidential candidate for the Republican party. The paper questions the appeal of such an unknown quantity and jokes about looking beyond Chicago for a preferable choice.
A good deal of intended satire is aimed at an English nobleman in this country because he has 14 trunks. There is nothing criminal or vicious about owning that much luggage. The piece suggests other issues deserve condemnation more than his trunk collection.
The New York Tribune reports that W H English refused to match $50 000 checks with W H Barnum in the 1880 Democratic campaign. The Tribune, described as a bitter and biased Republican organ, claims to know Democrats' transactions.
Ex senator McDonald pursues Democratic gains in Iowa this fall while arranging Indiana business to campaign against protection and prohibition. He will also speak for Ohio Democrats. He rejects retirement before the party convention and offers his opinions and services at all times. Washington Capital praises his loyalty to tariff, honest money, and the federal union, noting his 1880 stance and 1884 wait for further action.
Louisville reports slow returns with a light vote and a strong Democratic majority statewide. Governor Knott is projected to win by about 45,000. Knotts personal margin near 4,000 to 5,000 in Louisville. A solid Democratic delegation elected to the senate and legislature. Thompsonden re-elected city judge. Henry Clay’s grandson defeated for the legislature. Caldwell and Democrat allies prevailed in the hottest local fight.
Senator Hoar lodges at the Rockland house while Elmer, Boston’s Postmaster General, and Emory Storrs of Chicago collect ties and tour Saratoga. Other items note Rev G B Barnes declining a church post, Dr McConnell vacationing at Moosehead Lake, and Theodore Thomas drawing large Chicago concert crowds.
Samuel Rogers Amero, alias Rogers Amero, has confessed to the murder of Mrs. Etta Carlton at Watertown but will not reveal full details. He was surrendered by Nova Scotia authorities, brought to Boston aboard the Flying Yankee, and transported to the Tombs after a tense, wide public watch at depots. The confession followed Halifax’s habeas ruling and a priestly visitation. he fears execution if tried in the United States.
The prisoner in the Carleton murder case appeared evasive, denying knowledge of Mrs Carlton's husband and dodging dangerous questions. He was not sent to Tombs due to lack of warrant, instead taken to station 2, then scheduled for transfer to East Cambridge jail to await trial.
New York weathered a Madison Square Garden crowd as John L. Sullivan of Boston knocked out Herbert A. Slade the Maori in the third round. About 10 000 to 12 000 spectators endured strict security and packed the arena where bets had favored Sullivan.
Arrangements for the Maine Veteran Association of Massachusetts reunion are nearly complete near Farmington Maine on August 14. About $800 has been raised for expenses with a Yale tent 50 by 150 feet and 25 lodging tents plus two halls for activities. Boston parties will decorate the grounds and campfires will light the evenings. The Fermington band and John F Appleton post G A R will escort attendees from the station. A Tuesday arrival is expected with a welcome salute and bells. A Wednesday program includes business meetings parade collation addresses concerts fireworks and a ball on the common.
Felicitos Mejia, renowned bullfighter, was fatally hurt yesterday three miles outside Mexico City. He was tossed by a bull and caught on its horns as he fell, in a crowded arena where the scene was one of intense excitement.
The American Electric Illuminating company of Boston led by president E H Goff will install 46 electric lights along the west front of Old Orchard, Me, and have them in running order next Monday.
Levi D Jarrard the New Jersey treasurer fled justice has been arrested in Canada near Niagara Falls The report notes the capture followed an earlier pursuit and he was committed to jail after confessing the crime.
A composite dispatch reports on Virginia Republicans plans to control the state legislature via a Richmond convention on the 15th, plus updates on yellow fever cases aboard the California and the Andean, New Orleans quarantine actions, and brewers’ new sworn ingredient returns. It notes Senator Wade Hampton and Gov Butler’s New York to Fall River encounter and details on river and harbor improvements and steamboat traffic statistics along the Atlantic coast.
The remark hints at Gov Butler not lingering in the South as he plans a Pacific region tour next winter, suggesting streamlined travel and possible political maneuvering without prolonged stops in southern areas.
Mr Thomas Lombard declined reelection as president of Augusta Savings Bank and Mr Wm Ss Badger was chosen at the annual meeting last week. Mount Desert crowds visitors while Richmond special trip due to Lewiston accommodations. State Agricultural Society trustees met in Lewiston. Crateears for machinery space indicate a larger, stronger Maine show. A burglary at Mrs E Samuel's room in Bar Harbor netted valuables. no clue. Patrick Cane, a quarryman at Vinalhaven, struck Murdock Campbell with an iron bar then jumped overboard. Campbell died. Cane captured. New England day at Ocean Park featured Rev R Dunn and Gov Robie urging prohibition. Nelson Dingley Jr spoke on its educational value. 15 shops sell liquor, 335 towns ban it.
Alviah Blake aged 19 of Lon don drowned while bathing at Sanborns pond in Gilmanton on Saturday night. His body recovered yesterday. Senator elect Pike serenaded at his Franklin home Saturday evening with a bipartisan crowd and a congratulatory speech by Hon Daniel Barnard. Alpine house owner H Clark and Turner house in Bethlehem robbed Saturday night of jewelry clothing and a $75 gold watch. Fred G Standwood arrested in Concord for July larceny of jewelry and clothing at Laconia. he admits guilt but says he was intoxicated. A forest fire near Pine Cliff Sunapee Lake drew a 40 person line led by officials to battle the blaze. after an hour the fire was extinguished.
The body of George White, driven to despair by business reverses, was found hanging from a tree in Shelburne Vermont on Saturday. An excursion plan by Ethan Allen Engine Company of Burlington to Boston and Providence on August 21 was approved by 125 prominent citizens and guests. In Barre, the Montpelier Methodist preachers meeting debated extending the pastoral service limit. Presiding Elder Spencer spoke against changing the current three year rule, and the meeting backed the stance.
A Nashua brakeman Georss Harger died after a collision near Ayer. Missing Holliston bootmaker Harry Nichols is feared in woods near Holliston. Seven year old Patrick Prince drowns in Fall River flume. A North Leominster worker finds $1500, later rewarded. Brockton landlord Palmer vanishes amid financial troubles. family remains. Gloucester home robbed of 130 dollars. other burglaries reported in Gloucester and Brockton with suspicious lock tampering.
Thomas D. Sherman of Dartmouth Massachusetts seaman on the schooner Earl P Mason was lost overboard Saturday morning off Chinco Teague light. A man about 28 was found dead on the Stonington railroad track near Olneyville Monday just after the steamboat train passed. Evidence suggested he attempted to climb to the top of a car to evade fare and struck a bridge, fracturing his skull. He had a baggage check Boston to New York but no ticket. Hat lining marked E J M. Ring marked M. Pool check noted Court Square Ton.
A special aldermen meeting received a request to erect a Harriet Martineau statue on the common near Beacon street mall by Miss Whitney. The water board will confer with Natick officials on Pegan brook pollution. Dr. Arthur G. Griffin named port physician replacing Dr. Richardson, with Richardson as medical inspector. Police to hire about 40 special officers for the fall foreign exhibition. Commissioner White travels to Poland Springs for vacation. Superintendent Flynn reportedly not well and advised to resign by physicians.
Toronto reporting that papers of American citizenship dated November 1876 were found on ODonnell at Cape Towt. The clerk of the peace notes no person named Patrick O’Donnell was ever naturalized in Toronto, and a US consulate inquiry provides no trace of such papers here.
Banecor Maine August 6 Additional attachments have been imposed on F Shaw and Bros property in Penobscot county. Names include John J Fogg Salem Mass 200000 Geo W True Portland 4000 Hinckley and Egery Iron Works Bangor 15000 Bangor Foundry and Machine Co 3000 B R Files 200 and others.
The Concorp house met at 7:80 with no quorum and adjourned to 10 A M tomorrow. The senate did not transact any business.
W W McNair, named by the late stenographic convention for badbone nomination at St Pav Minnesota, declines to accept the post. The terse notice marks the official end of the nomination process as reported.
A large creditors’ meeting in Brockton heard Charles H. Ward’s written statement of affairs detailing business losses from the Boston fire, panics, and failed partners. Assignee M. F. Dickinson Jr and accountant Henry A. Prior presented asset and liability summaries and a plan to convert inventories to cash. A five-member advisory committee was formed to guide settlement or insolvency actions.
Intense excitement followed the collapse of Bradley Barlow, president of the Southeastern railway, with the Vermont National bank suspending its paper and the St Albans Trust company facing possible temporary closure. Barlow claims total insolvency, facing roughly 300000 dollars in personal debt while his paper is backed by bonds and endorsements that now strain under the crisis.
The New York Yacht Club contest for the Goelet cup from Newport was sailed successfully. Nine schooners and ten sloops competed on a Bunton Ree light ship to Sow and Pigs lightship course. Montauk won schooners and Gracie won sloops. A Norwegian seaman, Peter Hamsen, fell from the bowsprit of Arrow and drowned after rescue attempts failed.
London turnout reaches thirty thousand with a resolution urging resistance by Mr Bradlaugh against the house of commons mandate. Reports from Ekaterinoslav describe Jewish district riots, many homes and shops burned, with about 100 killed or wounded. In Spain, Badajoz rising lacks local support, insurgents march toward the Portuguese frontier. some soldiers surrender at Elvas, with authority restored there. Wells advertising "Rough on Corns" and Bourbon bottled by grocers noted.
The interviewee, a wheelman for America, recalls surviving a Gulf Stream hurricane en route to Nassau. He claims the yacht rode the storm ashore and that they once beat up the St Lawrence for five days, attributing the feat to craft and a stubborn keel.
A Sunday night fire in Brockton razed an old three story building owned by George Knapp, the old marble works of Henry L. Bryant, Stewart's stable, a rear tenement block, and about a score of private houses on an acre. Loss estimated at 35000 with 26000 insured. In Lawrence, Wright & Braid mill damaged 150000 with 165 workers idled and stock at risk. Fire also affected Somerville, Cliftondale, East Boston, and other Boston area locations with various property losses and minimal injuries.
Suburban matters from Lynn report a paralysis strike on Kittredge Newhall a ward 1 resident with a second shock feared fatal. Alderman Welch visits Southbridge for about a week. Lynn Boston Horse Railroad assessed at 250000 in Lynn. Essex county Sons of Temperance meet at Wyoma hall with Alfred Noon E S Potter and Edwin Thompson to speak. Shenandoah Valley excursionists plan Reform club hall gathering. Shoe makers discuss a West Lynn baseball tournament. Michael Flannagan arrested on theft suspicions. a pocketbook found and Flannagan admits guilt and faces court. Probate matters in Salem record wills and many administrations and inventories including James Riley Lynn 37889.90 and Stephen Woodman Salisbury 66260. Samuel additionals. Newton reports fatal burn of 3 year old Laura Gingras in Nonautum and mother burned saving her. Railroad inspection by Boston and Albany officials visits Newton. Suburban notes recount a 15 year old girl burnt by poker at Salem boarding house. Malden city hall work contracts awarded. A 12 year old East Cambridge boy shot in hand while handling a pistol. Lynn fire department plans a new engine house on Sumner street Ward 3 with 4500. Patrick Daley of Waltham exposed to lockjaw.
The notice warns that rival springs imitate Congress Spring by adding a cold, preserving minerals in solution. It asserts such bottled waters crystallize and deposit lime and iron after a month or two, undercutting the genuine medicinal waters sold on draught. Address.
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