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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1881
Page
1
A sweeping editorial mix critiques naval tastes and political graft, cites Elder Peck’s alleged misdeeds, compares Boston and New York financials, notes New York GOP faction fights, warns about beer adulterants, laments New Orleans trade rules, and condemns New Hampshire bribery votes. It highlights lobbyists Lorin Sessions and party betrayals, urging reform and accountability.
Special Despatch from Washington reports a sleepless night at the White House as doctors Agnew Bliss and colleagues discuss removing the ailing president. Bulletin summaries show no clear improvement, with parotid gland complications fueling fear of a fatal outcome despite family insistence of slow recovery.
Official bulletins from the Executive Mansion dated August 25 and 26 report President Garfield sleeping, taking liquid food, and stable but rising pulse and temperature. Medical notes describe a parotid gland swelling with pus discharge, no malaria symptoms, and minor wound changes as doctors monitor his condition with periodic updates.
Executive Mansion reports increasing anxiety as the president shows no strength gain despite nourishment. The parotid swelling worsens with pus formation, signaling septic complications. doctors acknowledge gravity while giving guarded notes of possible improvement. The cabinet gathered, but late evening updates signal a grave outlook and restless, disoriented symptoms.
Telegrams from Washington report the president's condition worsening with grave symptoms and beclouded mind. Despatches note continued fever, swollen parotid gland, and still able to swallow nourishing liquid food. A New York broker network allegedly routes news of his status to stock circles, with a $10,000 motive cited for early alerts.
Drs. Hamilton Agnew and Hingston concur there are too many surgeons attending the president. The president yielded without remark to removal, resigning himself with a visible impact on spirits. Mrs. Garfield conveyed his wish to accept the decision, tears showing his frail hold on life and inability to endure further experimentation.
At a conference of Orthodox Evangelical clergy in Berlin on August 25, Herr Pinth inspector of missions argued that the Jewish community seeks supremacy over Christians and urged withdrawal of existing equal rights. He proposed replacing absolute civic equality with relative rights and using special measures to curb Jewish autocracy. The conference adopted resolutions backing these views amid protests. Herr Stoecker and anti Jewish agitator Herr Ruppel spoke at separate conservative meetings, the latter fleeing amid tumult.
In the Lords the libel bill and Sunday closing bill were read a third time. Commons passed the appropriation bill as MPs adjourn to prorogation. Contests arise for North Durham North Lincolnshire Tyrone via Johnson and others. The Times notes tenants mobilizing for land reform and a landlord offering 25 percent rent reductions to avoid land court appeals.
Paris dispatches report A M Girerd failing to win in Niegre and resigning though Tirard declines to accept his leave. Gambetta faces election results, with papers noting votes void due to hostile epithets and hints Gambetta may take office or seek first Belleville circumscription while urging unity and perseverance. Rappel and Temps urge Grevy to form a new ministry with Gambetta as premier.
The Times correspondent reports an Ottoman Greek denounced for plotting to kill the sultan with dynamite during a Topkapı palace visit. His brothers-in-law, Italian subjects from Samos, were arrested. one freed, the other held with dynamite, claimed for fishing. Officials doubt a real plot, suspect revenge motives. Afghan War news from Lahore notes Ayoob Khan near Kandahar, with negotiations reopened after recent combat unease.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes John Skitt & Co. failed and a partner fled to Spain after forging £20,000 in bills. Times reports Irish land bill praise from Sir Gavan Duffy. Tucson despatch details con artists driven from Benson. Germania concedes Vatican-Germany negotiations far from done. Baghdad army clashed with Montifut Arabs. leader killed, amnesty sought. Vienna report confirms Belgrade Metropolitan’s Russia-linked fraud claim. Bow Street reports Wheelock the New York clerk remanded. 40k Scottish volunteers at Edinburgh review. rain dampened the event. France to build railway link aiding old kingdom and Turkey ceded territory. Gunpowder found at Birmingham station for racecourse galleries. Wool sales: 10,000 bales, prices unchanged. Gambetta letters urge against Italian-German-Austrian alliance. Tisza warns about Panslavic agitation in Hungary. Tunis reports Arab drivers refuse work. native rising rumors. Tunis Times notes heat. French hospitals crowded. Rowell resigns from Parliament. August rains persist in England. Dr Cramer presents credentials as US chargé d’affaires in Berne. Greece completes surrender of second zone. Bank of Belgium discounts at 4 percent. Bank of England rate rise. German emperor in improving health.
Portland Maine hosts a grand procession drawing 3000 veterans from Maine militia and veteran associations. Gen John Marshall Brown, Gen Chamberlain, and Gov Plaisted lead divisions through State Street to Bramhall Hill. A mock Yorktown battle draws 40,000 spectators, with Lafayette and Rochambeau analogues, amid cheers as British, French, and American forces clash and surrender.
The second day of the grand army camp at Marshfield Massachusetts featured bright sunshine and morale boost. A. C. Munroe arrived to assume command as William R. Vining served as officer of the day. General orders designated John D. Long camp name and Friday’s schedule included a 10 30 A M review and 6 P M dress parade with arrivals from Lt Gov Weston and department leaders. Department Commander Creasy and aides attended a reception in the evening as crowds gather for gala day.
Gen Hunt and staff arrive from Salt Lake City to fortify stations in the sixth infantry while the Cheyennes are moved from the Indian Territory to the Sioux agencies near Fort Douglas. Col Hayworth reports quiet at Navajo agency and predicts no outbreak. White Thunder shown friendly to whites. Brig. Gen Pope reports raiders escape from Mexico with following troops, Mescaleros return to reservation. pursuit will continue.
The piece argues Republicans are indifferent and divided while Democrats solidly align with public sentiment and oppose the machine. It asserts Democrats should prevail in New York due to past year’s actions and credibility, outweighing any imagined party unity among Republicans.
A Kennebunkport resident reported eight perfect blossoms from a vight brooming ce real on August 12 followed by six more the next night, totaling fourteen blooms. The Knox and Lincoln Musical association announces its seventeenth annual session in Damariscotta September 6 to 9 with L A Torrens of Boston conductor Mrs H F Knowles soprano Mrs James Wight of Rockland pianist and the Orpheus club Rockland providing orchestra along with other notable talent for concert and matinee performances.
A bass weighing seventy nine pounds, the largest ever caught in the vicinity, was landed Wednesday near Portsmouth after a two hour fight in a fourteen foot boat half full of water. Frank Sanford of Newmarket New Hampshire, a mill hand, was found on a railroad track between town and junction early Tuesday with both legs badly crushed, requiring above knee amputations after being run over by a night freight.
The text reports a Vermont soldiers reunion at St. Albans from August 29 to 31, and notes fundraising for the Bennington battle monument with 78000 subscribed and 22000 still needed. It mentions injuries from a sawmill accident, amputations, a generous library donation by Stephen A. Walker of New York, and gifts from Scribner Co and Merriam. A Salisbury girl was found asleep after wandering, with 100 searchers. Temperance meeting at Deerfield Centre led by Rev J H Stearns and Rev J M Field’s lecture. Rockingham County case: Langmaids detained for suspected barn fire involvement, each held $600 bond.
In a Boston region settlement, eighty two Italian laborers reside in a 20 by 80 foot house at State line while James Wallace of Harvard, employed at Shirley village's leather board mill, died almost instantly after being caught in a pulley. The notice notes rail plan progress and various local civic items, including a firemen muster, a reunion, and a descendents meeting. Springfield's wealth and tax figures are listed alongside horse racing results for J. B. Thomas.
A Thursday grand hop at the Newport Casino drew guests including Gordon Prince Mrs Chickering and Mr and Mrs W G Weld of Boston M Bartholomew Russian minister and wife James Gordon Bennett and President Welling of Columbia University Capt T O Selfridge commanded the torpedo station and demonstrated electric lighting on the U S tug Nine between Fort Adams and Beaver Tails Newport harbor proving it aids detection of torpedo boats from shore or an enemy ship by night.
The seventh annual Barnes family reunion drew about 200 people at Seass e pack Bridgeport on Thursday. A Rhode Island clambake followed a business meeting as letters of regret arrived from Barnes relatives in Boston Buffalo Louisville New York City and elsewhere. Officers elected included Henry R. Barnes New Haven Isaac Barnes Collinsville Andrew F. Barnes Southington Andrew J. Barnes Bridgeport and Samuel H. Barnes New Haven as secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held at High Rock grove on the Naugatuck railroad. The famed trotter Maud S was shod in Hartford amid press crowds. souvenirs from the shoe and tail hair were saved for the owner’s friends. The new shoes weighed fifteen and a half ounces for the forward pair and eight ounces for the hind pair.
Hartford reports day three at Charter Oak Park with 8000 to 10000 spectators. Edwin Thorn defeats Piedmont in 2:34 heats. Amber wins 2:24 pace heat over Postboy. Clingstone sweeps 2:34, Mattie Hunter and Ray Billy take exhibition races. Saratoga results list Perplex, Fireman, Fair Count and Trouble wins steeplechase. Also notes on baseball scores, yacht racing, cricket tour, St Leger betting, and walking match results.
A 1920s demographic tally shows 6,139,600 Jews worldwide with Europe holding 5,225,956, Africa 402,996, Asia 182,847, America 307,862, and Australia 20,000. Romania accounts for 100,000 Jews, 7.44 percent of its population, the highest state percentage in the report, followed by European Russia and Germany. Britain and Ireland total 68,300, while Norway registers 34.
Burlington hosts a large temperance gathering at Queen City park with about 3000 attendees. Key events include the Women's Christian Temperance Union anniversary addressed by Miss E. W. Greenwood and Good Templars talks urging enforcement of the prohibitory law. Lake View in Framingham reports 5600 in attendance with lectures by Rev. Fisher, D. Townsend, and Vitali, plus musicals and a children’s bonfire as part of the New England Chautauqua. The Weirs Methodist camp meeting notes strong turnout of about 20000 and lectures on temperance themes with offerings for Keene and widespread sermons.
Fire at William H. Hamilton’s tenement in Boston caused $50 loss to the occupant with slight damage to the building’s other occupancies. Other incidents include a John Downing house blaze in Kennebunkport and a saw mill fire near White Haven causing large timber losses. Additional fires occurred at Oswego street residence, Green Hill home, and a St. John saw mill with substantial log losses.
In the recorder of deeds office a deed from Henry W. Howgate and wife to a trust secures his bond. Dated Aug. 20, it was deposited today and becomes effective. An attachment in Col. Cooke’s suit values seized property at $110,205, with marshal claims ahead. Some lawyers doubt attachment without Howgate leaving the city.
Definite results emerge from 483 electoral districts in France with 65 needing second ballots. The chamber shows 548 members, up from 533, as reforms shift power. Moderate Republicans gain seats, while pure left and left centre improve, but no clear majority forms. The balance remains with the republican union, the advanced left, not the extreme left.
A New York Sun note rebukes the Boston Post for calling the Cincinnati Gazette Deacon Smith's paper. It argues Deacon Richard Smith is a distinguished name and urges correct attribution in future references.
A Brattleboro report details Ollie Blood, 19, son of Oliver Blood of Putney, missing after taking sheep with Hill from a Putney farm. A cryptic message to his mother suggests foul play, while searches continue and town speculation grows amid lack of leads. The item notes excitement in the county and mentions related incidents of crime and accident.
ABINGTON August 25 A diabolical attempt to wreck the Bridgewater to South Abington train on the Old Colony road was thwarted when sleepers laid crosswise blocked the track near East Bridgewater. The 6 43 train, traveling 35 mph, smashed the pilot and headlight but escaped serious damage. Two more obstructions followed between East Bridgewater and South Abington: four stones about 200 pounds each and additional sleepers.
A J Whitton Montreal chief in spector of weights and measures absconded after giving his subordinates checks dated Aug 30 to raise money as a loan to him. Officials, known to brokers, lent the funds and risk losing them. The government audit has been eighteen months overdue, likely making the default sizable.
Regular meeting chaired by Councilman Pratt adopts reports from city officers. Orders include enforcing chapter 372 at Dover Street crossing, appointing harbor muster for South Bay Roxbury relief, funding for offal depot and stables repairs, allocating 4000 for Deer Island fire facilities, 7500 for Charlestown alms house maintenance, treasury committee report on supplementary city treasurer accounts, and postponement of a special committee on tree concerts by 28 to.
The twenty eighth annual Boston Celedonia club games were held at Spy Pond grove Arlington on Thursday with about 12000 spectators. Prizes were awarded across events such as putting, throwing, jumping, wrestling, bicycling, walking, and races, with notable winners including J Ranney J McDonald E W Johnson and A McDonald. The day concluded with a social at Paine hall and a parade from Bowdoin square.
A compiled rail of society and political figures includes Prof Stewart in Boston, J W Porter moving to Bangor, Senator Plumb’s $3 million in mining, Prof Ko visiting Worcester factories, R J Bright at Fabyan's, and Hon W M Evarts sailing to New York. Other items cover Bishop Bedell’s Alpine visit, Ohio governor candidate Lunlow’s vote estimate, Gen Corse in Hillsborough, and fundraising for Henry Fellows. Additional notes mention Col Ordway’s marriage trip, a new slab at Byron’s grave, Prince Gortschakoff’s diplomatic plans, Mrs Savage sailing to Genoa for vocal study, Herrick and Rice’s wedding, and a Pittsfield court resolutions committee. Charles Sumner’s 1861 autograph, now in Kingston.
A Sitka steamer reports a Harrisburg convention where residents of Alaska adopted a memorial to Congress. It states Alaska lacks civil government promised by a treaty and urges immediate governance, plus admission of a Congress delegate elected Sept. 5, arguing Congress has delayed an election law.
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