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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1871

Page

2

Congress Ends Soon as Carni val Draws Crowds

A city crowded with visitors pursues many schemes before Congress. The current session has 3042 bills and 509 joint resolutions in the House and 1340 bills and 319 joint resolutions in the Senate. Senate calendar lists 393 items, House about 250, with nearly 200 passed by the Senate awaiting action. Only fifteen days remain in this Congress, as anxiety rises over numerous measures, including a new internal revenue bill.

Congress House of Representatives Senate House Friends of Ways and Means Committee Internal Revenue Commissioner of Internal Revenue Secretary of the Treasury Southern Pacific Railroad Pacific Railroad Committee Stewart Cameron Philadelphia Remai Boreman Scott Cole 3 Court Pup Finance Committee Treasury Gersament Atomileer Messie Nye Sealsbury Alselose Edmunds

Bismark Extends Armistice Five Days

In the wake of preparations in southern France to mobilize the 1872 forces, Bismark agrees to prolong the armistice for five days. The move signals a brief pause amid growing military tensions and regional pressure shaping peace negotiations.

Bismark Loxpon Pas France

France's Grevy Elected President of Assembly In Vote

Bordeaux dispatch reports Grevy won the Assembly presidency with 519 of 538 votes. A caucus of delegates agreed to form a Provisional Republic with Thiers as President Favre as Premier and the Duke de Cayes as Foreign Minister. Other ministers named Simon Picard Buffet and Barthloz.

Boroeaux Fan Grevy Bordeaux N. S. World Thiers Favre Duke de Cayes Simon Picard Buffet Barthloz Pari National Assembly M. Oresson Police Journal Des Debats France

Government advances army bill amid wartime debates

Fragmentary OCR reports Gladstone remarks on naval and defence policy, ministers arguing for state control and cost recovery. A government plan to seize railways in emergencies is noted. A line mentions Princess Louise dowry, with little detail. The text ends with news that the Liverpool steamer Pacific was lost near the Shetland Islands, with 26 crew killed.

Gladstone Goveran Isaac Oma Measu Song Seana Taaiendake Louise

Overseas Market and Cotton Prices Report

Sommannaies Commentiet notes mixed activity in 1867 bonds and consol rates with prices around 92. Stocks show dullness in Frankfurt and London exchanges. In Liverpool cotton trends downward with middling uplands at 7d and 7 1/4d amid 10,000 bale sales. Currency and Bank of England specie increase by £102,000.

Frankfort Atlantic Great Western Liverpool London Bank of England

Contested Election Rages in Sinaloa Region

Advises from Guaymas and Mazatlan report a highly contested presidential election in Sinaloa with clashes between Juarez and Lerdo de Tejada factions. Porfirio Diaz supporters are described as numerous and active in the area.

San Francisco Fis Guayamas Mazatlan Sinaloa Juarez Lerdo de Tejado Porfiero Diaz

Supply Ready To Carry Provisions To France

The U S ship Supply will be ready in two weeks to carry provisions to France, likely loading at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Ninety men have been drafted from the receiving ship Vermont for the frigate Worccester at Boston to aid in transporting supplies to Havre. The Navy Department offers another vessel if needed. Chamber of Commerce Relief Committee discussed rapid collection and distribution plans led by Rev Dr Bellows and ex Minister Sanford of Belgium. A committee member may go to France to supervise expenditures and distribution.

U. S France Brooklyn Navy Yard Vermont Worccester Boston Havre Navy Department Chamber of Commerce Relief Committee Dr Bellows R Sanford Belgium United States Ihe R. G. Dunn & Co Mass Hospital Life Oolice Worcester New England Patrick T. Jackson Franklin Street John M. Forbes

Wells on the best method urges reform of state taxation

Gov Hoffman has submitted David A Wells report to the Assembly proposing a reform of taxation to boost industry. It argues current unsystematic taxes burden capital and outlines two codes favoring limited personal property taxes, with real estate valued differently. Also notes Erie act hearing delay and confirming hospital manager. canal auditor nomination.

Wells Aviany N. Y Fes Hoffman Assembly David A. Wells New York State Great Britain France Prussia Holland Railroad Committee House Senate Joseph Howland Hudson River Hospital G. A. Dayton Oswi County Janes A

Terrible Hudson River Railroad wreck near Bath New York

In Albany area a severe train accident on the Hudson River Railroad two miles above Bath in Rensselaer county occurred at 10 o'clock. A spread rail collapsed the train into a 20 foot gully where cars caught fire and burned. Several passengers were injured and taken to Troy for treatment. A second report notes a separate derailment two miles north of Greenbush where a baggage car and drawing room car plunged down an embankment and a passenger burned in an explosion after a gasoline fire.

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