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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1882

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No new government buildings urged at Augusta and Calais Me

Mr Hate criticizes spending on public works arguing Uncle Sam could better use funds. Anti stand up groups arise among riders who avoid standing in horse cars after paying fare. A Dover Democrat Boston correspondent overstates the New York fire loss at ten million dollars. adjusters will revise it downward.

Augusta Calais Sam Mr. Hate New York Boston Dover Democrat Paris Chamber of Deputies M. de Freycinet France Tunis A. L. Soule Kneeland Street E. P. Brown Bailey Gen. Collios Silas W. Hale Medford George 8. Hale Meigs Charles K. Powers Messrs J. A. L. Whittier Thomas W. Clarke Board of Aldermen Clarke Charles E. Powers Middlesex Horse Railroad Twenty-Third Street Somerville Dorchester Court Street Boylston Broadway Old Convent Grounds Sullivan Square Brattle Street

Reed seeks fourth term in Congress with literary bureau

Congress candidate Tom Reed of Maine moves toward a fourth nomination. A first testimonial comes from a colored man claiming appointment to a lucrative House position via Reed's efforts. The speaker urges Portland friends to vote solid for Reed in September while noting white constituents' votes.

Tom Reed Maine Congress House of Representatives

Growth of American iron and steel industry noted

Special Agent James M. Swank of the census bureau reports rapid ten year growth in the iron and steel sector. In 1880 the industry included 1,000 establishments employing 141,000 workers with $55.5 million in wages, $231 million in capital, and materials costing $191 million yielding over 7 million tons of products valued at $296 million. Compared with 1870, establishments rose 24 percent, employment up 82 percent, invested capital up 90 percent, materials value up 41 percent, products value up 43 percent, and product weight up 99 percent.

James M. Swank Census Bureau

Credit system in the South blamed for ruinous farming

The Atlanta Constitution attacks the credit system as harmful to the South detailing how farmers are forced to sell cotton under lender dictates and face usury rates. It argues small provision dealers dictate credit, the all cotton policy cripples farmers, and current usury laws inflate interest from 50 to 100 percent.

Atlanta Constitution South The Constitution

New York Evening Post on Guiteau Trial Move

The Times condemns Seoville for seeking a new trial for Guiteau. It argues the civilized world agrees Guiteau was a villain in a responsible mind when Garfield was killed. A declaration that no sane citizen could murder a president would be risky and imply lunacy as punishment. The paper doubts public funds would support such an effort.

New York Evening Post Seoville Guiteau Garfield United States Washington Blaine Mr.Trescott Trescott Pennsylvania Chil Davis Arthur and Frelinghuysen Boston Custom House Boston Massachusetts Morgan Windom Secretary of the Treasury Lugalls Executive Department Mr. Morgan Mr. Butler Senate Saulsbury Congress Delaware Mr. Sainsbury Butler Alabama West Virginia Committee of Sherman Plumb House Star Houses Caswell Wisconsin Treasury Post Office Department Committee On Appropriations Blount Georgia Springer Illiness James Bingham

Italy plans massive army expansion and tax rise

Italy aims to raise annual recruits from 15 000 to 75 000 and form four new divisions into two army corps in war time. It would add sixteen infantry regiments and two Bersaglieri, develop artillery to field 1000 guns, and add twelve cavalry squadrons. First class service drops from 36 to 33 months, with many new generals and officers. The plan implies huge costs and higher taxes, risking unsustainable debt.

Italy Bersaglieri

Delays to Trains Across New England Lines

Travel disruption described across major routes with multiple lines delayed by hours. The New York and New England line reports a four hour late Philadelphia train and a two hour late boat train while Boston and Maine notes 15 to 20 minute delays to northern trains. Fitchburg and Lowell show late local services and drifting, with one hour late northern trains and ten to fifteen minute delays for locals. Old Colony’s boat train behind by three hours or more.

New York and New England Philadelphia Boston Maine Fitchburg Lowell Providence Old Colony Dorchester Lynn and Boston Horse Railway Company Lynn Revere Slade’s Creek Broadway

Stoughton Will Probate Debates Estate Bequests

The will of Edwin W. Stoughton, noted lawyer and former US minister to Russia, is offered for probate. He bequeaths the bulk of his estate to his wife, with several smaller bequests to relatives. He leaves $2,000 to Dartmouth Medical School trustees to complete a pathological museum collection. Washington manuscript letters go to his wife for possible transfer to a public library.

New York Edwin W. Stoughton United States Russia Dartmouth College Washington Amie Miller Ellen PF. Fisher Nason Fsau Nason Fisher Muss Miller District Court Massachusetts White Norfolk County Eunice M. Plimpton Medfield William F. Guild Peter B. Mead Quincy J. Freeman Hall Ellis Anderson Hollingsworth Boston Testaer

Meeting at Mansion House on Russian Jewish outrages

London hosted a large protest meeting at the Mansion House led by the lord mayor with archbishop Canterbury Cardinal Manning and Earl of Shaftesbury among attendees. A relief fund raised £15,600 and resolutions urged government influence for persecuted Jews in Russia. Similar New York gathering followed with prominent speakers urging aid and action.

London Russia Mansion House Archbishop of Canterbury Cardinal Manning Earl of Alfred Tennyson Karl Blind Spurgeon New York Grace Chickering Hall Hamilton Fish Smith Ely, Jr Robert Bonner Edwards Pierrepont William Dodd R. B. Minturn Anson P. Stokes Franklin Edson R. L. Stuart L. M. Bates Amos R. Eno United States William M. Evarts Noah Davis Hall Howard and Crosby J. P. Newman J. W Foster

First Annual Convention of American Agricultural Association

The first annual convention opened in New York with about seventy delegates. President Sprague warned of deaths in the field and noted agricultural outputs for 1881 and 1851, including California grain and fruit value, New York hay and grain exports, and large dairy and poultry figures. Officers were elected, including N. T. Sprague as president. An evening session discussed ensilage, deemed promising but untested. The group will reconvene with Seth Green on fish culture.

American Agricultural Association New York Sprague John Merryman Maryland A. T. Torbett Delaware W. H. Chambers Alabama Alexander Hyde Massachusetts Gartiela Association California France Russia Liverpool Arthur Roscoe Conkling Gov Foster Ohio Jerome Michigan Wim. H. Vanderbilt Colquitt Georgia Gov. Farnham Vermont Long Nebraska John C. Holly New Jersey Judson C. Stevens H. J. Kimball George A. Crawford Kansas J. B Grinnell Iowa W. A. Pollock Missouri W. H. Jackson Tennessee T. S. Gold Connecticut R. D. Saunders Virginia A. M. Tulford I. T. Ticknor A. H. Garland Arkansas G. Steele A. KE. Blount Colorado D. Ammen District of Columbia J. H. Shaffer T. H. Cavenaugh W. Dean G. T. Drew Florida R. Peters A. Herron Indiana H. E. Russell I. Charelle Idaho Territory J. F. Kinney C. Hazen Wisconsin I. W. Hoyt Wyoming Territory W.S. Bissell Pennsylvania J. G. Smith A. P. Buller South Carolina J. W. Wright H. G. Wells Cassius M. Clay Kentucky J. P. Jones Nevada J. Neilson Newersey C. W. Tomson Minnesota S. C. Waite Oregon R.hazard Rhode Islana A.h.drewey H. D. Mooney Mississippi N. B. Colquitt Canada Seth Green

Search for Jeannette crew continues on Lena delta

Lieut Danenhauer reports from Irkutsk that DeLong party traced to a location on the Lena west bank. Melville and Russians search ardently. Chipp’s boat missing since September, likely swamped. If not found by spring, Lena steamer and coast search planned between Olonek and Kolma. Jeanette had entered ice Sept 6 1879. sank June 12 at 76 15 N, 156 20 E. Russians aided, Melville led boat, assistance praised. The lieutenant asks to remain and keep the search going.

Irkutsk Lieut.DeLong Lena Melville Lieut Chipp Willehatter Olonek Kolma Jack Coles Lena Delta DeLong John W. Danenhauer Washington Hofman St. Petersburg

Boston opens elegant Oriental Coffee House casino

Boston welcomes the Oriental Coffee House company led by Hon. Alpheus Hardy with a new coffee palace at 851 to 855 Washington Street. Gov. Long and others attended the opening, christening the salon as The Casino. The two story rooms include a ladies and a gentlemen’s area with billiards, reading room, and multiple coffee styles served by a Turkish bartender in fez. Public opening planned for Saturday.

Boston Oriental Coffee House Company Alpheus Hardy Washington Street Messrs. Ingalls & Kendricken Gov. Long Bishop Paddock Robert West Gen A. Ybarra Joan Williams Hardy Winslow Ybarra Madrid West Shapleigh Vienna Fez Charles P. Stickney Fall River Long Marston Stickney Senator Jennings Jennings Pitman House of Correction George J. Yerry Knowton Chamberlain Stephen C. Wrightspeton Faull River William S. Green Fail River Spencer Borden Jefferson Borden Willams Farriver Worcester Braley Fallriver Chace and Hathaway J.C. Wellington Stickney’s May Ladd Lowell Committee On Mercantile Affairs A. B. Coffin Charles P. Thompson Gloucester D.l.withington Newburyport Marine Society J. E. Burtt Clinton Lavell New England Shipowners’ Association Charles IT. Barney Pari Ties New Bedford Joint Committee On Agriculture H. W.S. Cleveland Chicago Committee On Harbors and Public Lands City of Cambridge Charles River Bailey Harbor Commissioners Fox Gooch Barber F. H. Viaux Committee On Taxation A. H. Evans Boston Five Cents Bank Gleason Committee On Towns Wayland Lincoln Committee On Claims John Atwood Commonwealth Long Point Provincetown Committee On Clarke Meigs Herman Haupt J. L. Meigs J. W. Meigs Committee On Cities Newton Benjamin Cushing Massachusetts Medical Society House Judiciary Committee A. D. Chandler Brookline Charles W. Wilder Boston Light Infantry Veteran Association Boston Stock Brokers’ Club Edward H.gof Parker House Mr. Goff Cyrus S. Haldeman P. A. Collins Jack Boston Mining and Stock Exchange New England America Alderman Haldeman Mr. Hatton Montreal Ross Curtis E. H. Hastings C. P. Tower T. Brigham Bishop Lotus Club Harvard College

Smallpox Cases Rise in Western Massachusetts and Pittsburg

A woman in Pittsfield working in a rag room is diagnosed with smallpox along with three children at risk. The town pest house will shelter the family tonight. In Springfield legislator Isaac B. Lowell has varioloid and Mrs. Sullivan of Holyoke is ill. Mitteneague reports a new case. Pittsburg shows 23 new smallpox cases and Allegheny 10. January totals reach 293 cases and 70 deaths.

Pittsfield Mass Board of Health Massachusetts Springfield Isaac B. Lowell West Springfield Sullivan Holyoke Mitteneague Pittsburg Allegheny

Loyal Legion meeting and banquet in Washington DC

A Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States meeting and banquet were held at the Arlington hotel in Washington. The event celebrated chartering and organizing the DC District commandery with many notable attendees including Admiral Emmons, President Arthur, Secretaries Hunt and Lincoln, Gen. Hartranft, ex-Gov. Curtin, Gov. Hoyt, Speaker Keifer, and Senators Miller Hawley Sewell and Justice Matthews.

Washington, D.C Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Arlington Hotel District of Columbia Washington Emmons Philadelphia Hancock Wao Arthur Hiunt Lincoln Gen Hartranft Curtin Hoyt Pennsylvania Keifer Miller California Hawley Sewell Airate Justice Matthews Jen Rips

Mudge Beacon Street Residence Sold

The residence of the late Hon. E. R. Mudge on Beacon street has been purchased by W. T. Hart. Rev. Henry Fairbanks plans a St. Johnsbury Vt Young Men’s Christian Association building. Col. William E. Stevens travels to New Orleans with Miss Stevens to visit his father.

E. R. Mudge Beacon Street W.T. Hart Henry Fairbanks St. Johnsbury Young Men’s Christian Association William E. Stevens Concord Monitor New Orleans Miss Stevens Robert J. Wiggin Hotel Vendome Springfield Ill Leonora C. Huntington J. H. Mimms St. Albans Mary R. James Henry James Henry James, Jr Cambridge

Fire at Beekman Street claims more lives and lists missing

New York reports a major Beekman Street blaze with victims Ellen Bull and R. S. Davey confirmed dead. Many workers from observing offices and printing plants are listed as missing or injured, including staff from the Scottish American and New York Observer. Coroner to impanel a jury. severe damage described. rescue efforts continue.

New York Beekman Street Ellen Bull R. S. Davey Scottish American Mary Blaur New York Observer Joseph Cunningham John Dempsey Scientific American Gustave D. Deitrich Munn & Co Alfred W.harris Man Edward R. Harris Hayman The St. Louis Publishing Co Henry P. Johnson S. Maller Mr. Todd D. A. McCormack Mary J. O’connor Wm. L.sands Mary Smith Wm. Stubbs Robert Treadway Robert Bowie Chambers Street Hospital Bowe Stuart Bowie Col Sanders D. Bruce Turf, Field and Farm Leslie Coombs Bruce Col. Bruce Charles F. Harris Alfred W. Harris Edward Moore Walter Norris J.W. Johnston Charles White San Francico Pacific Newspaper Publishing Company Herrman E.D.G. Prime Stodart Observer Times Office Keily Evening Mail Times American Humane Society Charles Right Bootblack Frank H. Tiedway Robert

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