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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
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Washington reports on House committee plans with Carlisle aiming to separate rivers and harbors from commerce. Officials state no fixed lineup, focus on constitutional issues, and new members from the west will control ways and means. Chinese restrition act remedy panels and Mexican veterans pensions loom.
The regular Boston Democratic ticket for mayor, street commissioner, aldermen, and school committee is hailed as first class, with broad support for HouguH O'Brien for mayor and a slate including William B. Smart, Francis W. Pray, Andrew J. Hall, and others. The piece asserts Republicans and Citizens cannot match its availability, respectability, and strength, as voters head toward Tuesday morning polls.
The Philadelphia Times reports a reward of one hundred thousand dollars for the return of the Holman presidential boom stolen from the newspaper offices on December 1. Suspected leaks point to Washington and a Democratic conclave. The Sun Building in New York is cited, with Charles A. Dana offering the reward. The piece mocks political hype and mentions Citizen Martin and election prospects with satirical tone.
A Republican speaker who backed Geo Robinson delivered a harsh jibe about the city political machine, claiming they were like casting a pearl before swine. The remark names Augustus Pearl Martin in a controversial reference during the campaign.
Big rolling mills at Trenton New Jersey have halted operations and the New York Commercial Advertiser blames overproduction rather than the Carlisle election. The report notes the shutdown reflects industrial excess and adjustive curtailment impacting area mills.
Citizens note opposition to O'Brien not over his fitness for mayor but due to his role as chief officer of an electric light company.
Voters face a choice as Citizen Metropolitan voices opposition to Hugh O'Brien in the mayoral race. The group frames the dispute around a Metropolitan director's position rather than personal merit, citing governance concerns and alignment with the city’s transit priorities.
John L. Sullivan and fellow boxers staged an exhibition before a howling Davenport audience. Local strongman Mike Sheehan challenged the champ, sparred briefly, and quit after Sullivan struck him on the nose. Cheers grew for Paddy Ryan as Sullivan invited volunteers, who declined.
In a Grafton newspaper anecdote a wagon from older times rolled through the street on a Saturday. The owner had traveled from Tucker County with a colored man for sale, seemingly unaware the war had ended.
The New Haven Register notes a candidate on the democratic ticket for pound keeper has been dead fifteen years and a weighed officer elected has been dead four years. The piece suggests an ironic commentary on the importance of these offices and questions why offices persist when the dead are filling them.
Albany Argus reports a Maltese cut man leaped from the ferry bridge at Maine street in Poughkeepsie and killed himself likely due to love troubles or financial distress.
The Belfast Progressive Age reports Charles Foster shipped a carload of toothpicks to Chicavoz from his Dixfield factory last week. Each car held 428 cases of 100 boxes with 2,500 picks per box, totaling 107 million toothpicks per carload.
The Nashua Telegraph notes Mr. Bowman hails from Centre Harbor New Hampshire and calls him a capable man though not yet suitable for a seat in congress at this time.
A sleeping car on the Chicago express leaving New York at 9 p m caught fire near Castleton at 1 a m. Five passengers were trapped. two men Murphy of Buffalo and F Wortman of West Hoboken were affected. The car burned gutted. doors were locked and axes used to free inmates. Central officials and railroad commissioners will investigate the incident.
Governor Cleveland approves state civil service rules dividing employees into five classes with competitive exams and merit based promotions. No removal for refusing political aid and no coercion of political action. qualifying marks set at 50 and 70 percent for obligatory subjects. no political opinions disclosed in exams. no discrimination on political grounds.
Gov Bourn and Rhode Island officials joined Gov Butler and Massachusetts delegates at Burnt Swamp corner to perambulate the northern boundary line. The party then dined at Woonsocket with Col Prince joining. after dinner, the commission praised the settlement of the line.
Pittsburg Bessemer at Homestead shut down locking out 800 workers. Edgar Thompson works at Bradford with 3,000 employees faces a week of closure unless wage cuts are accepted. McKee Anderson mill Beaver and Manchester iron works suspend, with about 150 more laid off. Puddling at Klenan's Superior mill to resume Monday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Dec 7 Professor Van Bruenning died at New Haven hospital yesterday from the pains of an amputated foot. Known in Bridgefort as the tramp musician he was once a German baron who arrived in the United States with 75000 dollars lost it gambling and later lived as a tramp in a Black Rock shanty. His rare musical talent faded after early reverses and disownment by wealthy German friends.
In New Haven on December 7 President Porter told Yale students that recent illness was contracted elsewhere and not due to the campus sewer. He warned about room heat and clothing while urging caution at high temperatures. Yale Professor Dr Moses White notes higher typhoid activity in New Haven than in years past.
New York on December 7 reports nine Huntington Long Island choral union members returning from Oyster Bay in a stage coach when the horses ran away and the coach toppled an embankment. All passengers were badly hurt with Miss Susan Gers likely fatally injured. Severest injuries listed for Miss Mary Conkling and Miss Rogers and Miss Sammis, all of Huntington.
The Times Paris correspondent cites a blood written letter from a St Petersburg prison describing vile treatment of prisoners. Food is often putrid, dysentery and scurvy rife, prisoners rot away, and rats torment inmates. Whipping and torture are reported, with accounts of abuse against women and acts of self harm. The letter appeals for international inquiry into prison conditions.
John H Williams and George Sullivan are under arrest for breaking and entering the dining saloon of Lock Gale at the Eastern railroad depot on Thursday night and larceny of money and valuables. Joseph Hicksons alias Hingston is under arrest for larceny at A V Antony 196 Beacon street. Charles Williams will be tried on four breaking and entering charges. James Rowan was injured at the Hoosac Tunnel Docks when a bale fell from a teamship Iberian and he was taken to the city hospital. Vincent Burke arrested after choking and robbing a woman at Mansion House Washington street. William Butler arrested for breaking and entering Andrew Gately store No 6 Marsden street. Thomas Connors pickpocket arrested for larceny from James Scott Co Washington street and idle disorderly.
A squall capsized a skiff as the Warford family crossed from Southwest Arms to Little Bay Notre Dame Bay. All five occupants perished: Henry Warford, his wife Sarah, Mathias and George Warford, Amelia infant daughter of Henry and Sarah, and Henry’s nephew.
Friday events include renominated Mayor William A. Johnson in Newburyport, a smallpox complaint in Gilford New Hampshire, and an abduction attempt near Portland. Indictments and trials span pension matters in Providence, a shooting at Togus, burglary in Lake Village, and a murder/ manslaughter case in Hartford. Credit checks, post office thefts, and staged fraud surface in Newport and Waterville, while Maine deer protection shows results. Grangers in Warner elect officers and dedicate a hall, Nashua firms hold annual meetings, and New Haven courts convict a famed brothel keeper with a co-defendant facing charges.
Reports show a 10 percent wage cut for chain makers at New Jersey steel and iron works effective on the 17th. A San Francisco wheat freight pool suffered losses from 2,000,000 to 8,000,000 amid falling rates, with Claus Spreckels affected by 300,000. A Sioux Reservation opening convention met in Pierre to press federal action. James M Underwood hanged in Dardanelle Arkansas for murder, claiming motive linked to the victim’s wife. A horse thieves ring operated across northern Nebraska and southern Dakota Territory.
The 1883 navy report outlines completing three steel cruisers Chicago Boston Atlanta and a Dolphin despatch steamer within 12 to 18 months. It urges seven additional unarmored steel cruisers plus two gunboats and a heavy torpedo boat, plus transfer of coast guard and lighthouse duties to the bureau, and recommends not restoring dismissed officers while pushing streamlined yard management. It also calls for a South American and Atlantic steamship line with government-supported routes.
In Boston and vicinity, multiple fires cause $16,000 loss at Harrison Loring’s City Point boiler shop where a portion of the boiler shop and wooden foundry were destroyed. main buildings saved and operations to continue. Later, a vacant four story wooden building at 75 East Sixth Street, South Boston, owned by Harry Walcott, burns from a basement furnace, $2,000 damage, $7,000 insured. furniture valued at $1,000 in the house destroyed with no insurance. A ladder crew member injured after falling through flooring. Also a fire in Leonard Fraser’s tailor shop at 639 Washington Street damages stock $50. building $150 insured. gas jet causes curtain fire at Tremont Street residence, $25 damage.
The U S steamer Tallapoosa under Lieutenant J Merry arrives at the navy yard Friday to take on cargo for several coast yards and sail again likely Monday. Captain Meade chief engineer Robie and constructor Mintonye are ordered to temporary duty at the yard. Ensign Tappan from the Tallapoosa is sent to the naval hospital for treatment.
Louisville editors report the Southern Exposition will stage another fair in 1884, scheduling dates to avoid the world exposition at Orleans. An additional fund of 250000 dollars will be raised to support the event.
An advertisement notes Parker Brothers presenting one of many items during the holiday season. The snippet mentions attractive places and a tiny doll or dolis as a featured item, suggesting a gift market focus. The readable text indicates a promotional sale context with a general festive theme.
Grace they seem begging to be taken home and the large second floor draws boys and girls as eager buyers. The lower floor overflows with plush goods brass and bronze ornaments jewelry books and pictures. The store on Winter street corner of Music hall entrance offers a large holiday assortment and fine ornamental work for careful shoppers this merry season.
The Fitchburg Railroad reports for the year ending Sept 30 1883 show a strong year with steel rails from end to end, better roadbed, new and improved passenger stations and equipment, and Western end upgrades. A second track extends past Orange with a new Connecticut River bridge under construction. Freight yards at Waltham expand, and suburban service grows with six new elegant cars and six more snartly built cars underway. Withdrawals by New York Central affect plans, but connections with West Shore and Erie lines promise continued growth. Pullman cars to Chicago commence Jan 1 with New Year’s Day readiness for service. The New York Central withdrawal takes effect March 1 1884, offering opportunity to build business via new links.
D D Kelly protests the decision to name a city ferry after Hugh O’Brien. He urges naming ferries for deceased patriots and public benefactors instead, citing donors to East Boston’s development and noting political drift on ferry boards. He recalls naming ships after historic figures and asks the city to petition Congress to rename the boat Sam Adams. He signs as Donald Kelly.
Interviews with Boston bankers and business leaders explore how to replace or shrink national bank notes as bonds are called in. They discuss retiring 3 per cent bonds, issuing new 2 per cent bonds, and using state or city bonds as security, with calls to end the 1 per cent tax on circulation and pursue elastic, government backed currency solutions.
Court record before Judge Nelson in United States versus land in Fall River. Jury to assess value of land taken by the United States near the court house and post office. On trial for the government are G. P. Sanger and J. M. Morton. for Pocasset Company E. R. Hoar and Milton Reed. for landowners H. K. Brealey.
Dec. 7 grand jury report lists 10 indictments including James J. Fitzgerald for taking letters with money from the Boston post office. Other defendants face charges from holding pension certificates to manslaughter aboard the bark Florence and assault on a crew member. Trials in criminal cases begin Tuesday.
First session before Judge Rockwell includes cases like Rankings vs Taunton Locomotive Works claiming 20000 in May 1978 with a verdict for plaintiff 9090. Second case Goddard vs NY&E R Co for 5000. both heard with listed counsel. Third session before Judge Staples lists Hatch v Hoxie and Pierce v Tucker among numerous civil dockets and adjournments.
In central court Judge McCafferty binds Eliza Mortimer on larceny with 500 pounds bond for the superior court. John Kelly and John Harris face larceny charges with 100 dollar bonds and Dec 13 appearance. George Flint must post 300 bonds for six months to keep the peace. Bridget Holland, nightwalking, gets two years in the women’s prison, appeals and is held in 400 force. Alfred Wilkie, assault and pena, held 200 for today. South Boston: Thomas Haverty six months in house of correction for wife assault. George Huspands held 800 for superior court on breaking and entry and larceny. Catherine Newell larceny of a ward worth 10, continuance in 100. Charlestown: John Riley bound over to superior court in 500 bail for pistol assault on Hannah Pollard. Roxbury: Albert Lucas and Emory F Seavey held 600 each for superior court on larceny. Thomas Berdan fined 20 and costs for assault and battery. James McGlynn fined 50 and costs for liquor nuisance. two related complaints on file.
A subscriber praises the editors for resisting perceived corporate pressure to alter the newspaper’s news flow. The letter contrasts Boston vest workers and advocates for employee notice and warns against yielding to unjust demands, calling out newspapers that capitulated.
Prang's refined Christmas cards showcase elevated artistry with extensive funding for quality. Artists featured include Dora Wheeler Rosina Emmet L. B. Humphrey C. E. Whitney L. B. Comins F. Bridges F. B. Townsend C. H. Shepherd Harry Beard E. B. Bensell D. E. Wyand Elihu Vedder Jean Robie H Giacomelli A. F. Tait Thomas Moran F. W. Dewing R. Rumpti Walter Satterlee T. L. Smith A. F. Brooks and G. M. White.
The Citizens and Republican committees met to revise alderman candidates. Citizens settled on Slade Hall and Whitten. Republicans swapped Pray for Caldwell and Hall for Lane, with Nugent pressed by Republicans but rejected by Citizens. Independents and local clubs also announced tickets and meetings.
A long list of ward chairmen secretaries and common councilmen across 25 wards is recorded. It notes nominations and committees for mayor and council seats, with names like William F O'Donnell Patrick Kennedy James W O Brien Edward Riley John J Desmond and many others. Ward 25 lists Edward Ready as chairman with Henry Bickford and Henry Van Etten as secretaries and John H Lee William Machin as common councilmen.
The week's listings show Hazel Kirke closing at the Park tonight with Robson and Crane due next week in Our Boarding House. Iolanthe closes at Bijou tonight while The Beggar Student stars Januschowsky this week. Alma ends today ahead of Henry Irving's visit next week. Variety persists at Boylston as Larry and Fay depart Howard tonight. Edith Leavitt gives a concert at Warren Avenue Baptist Church. The Duke's Motto returns to Globe next week as She Marble Heart ends at the Boston Museum this afternoon. Miss Annie Clarke headlines a benefit tonight performing Macbeth. Led Astray opens next week.
Friday afternoon Misses Bessie Cutter Edith White Mollie Snow May Edwards Emma Maud Corgy Florence Child Madeline Hitchcock Corinne Grilly and Beata Gray visited the Children’s Hospital and paid $200 to Sister Theresa as the result of the fair held by the children at No 8 St James avenue. Mrs Cutter and Mrs R H White escorted the children. A costume supper was served at Mrs Cutter’s residence in the evening.
A Washington street display features a miniature roller skating rink in Richard Schwarz's window, dubbed the children’s store by many local youngsters. French dolls with bright faces captivate thousands of little skaters observing the scene.
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