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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1879

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East River Bridge History Recounts Repeated Delays

New York papers revisit the East River bridge tale as funding lapses resume, detailing its cradles and hinting at eventual praise or a future eulogy for the faltering structure.

New York East River Bridge

Senate Debates Tax Bill and River Harbor Move

The Senate adjourned after a day of debate on the Internal Revenue bill with clashes over tobacco tax cuts. House approves a 2.5 million deficiency appropriation and River and Harbor bill. Reports allege Southern Returning Boards sold electoral votes for 200000 in Florida. Secretary Sherman’s deficiency figures face scrutiny amid claims of a $17 million overstatement. Aldermen votes fail to produce a superintendent, electing Bradley for Sewers and Healy as City Solicitor. Commercial Street loan conditions rescinded. Board of Education issues annual report with standard items. Treasury issues eighty ninth redemption call for 20 million in bonds and consols.

United States Senate Senate House Hayes Gov. Stearns Florida Gov Noyes Ohio Sherman W. H. Bradley J. P. Healy Commercial Board of Education Secretary of the Treasury

Weather Outlook Signals Caution On Atlantic Coast

For New England an overcast sky and slow northwest winds shift to northerly and westerly. Barometer rises as temperature holds or slightly falls. Cautionary signals persist at all Atlantic coast stations from Smithville North Carolina to Eastport.

New England Atlantic Smithville N. C Eastport Burlington Albany

Iowa Congressman N C Deering Discharges Soldier Case

Washington February 17 Hon N C Deering a Denmark Maine native and two term Iowa legislator represents the Fourth District in Congress. The Secretary of War keeps the case under lock and key while noting an unequalled record as he discharges a soldier whose aged mother bore eleven sons for the Union army.

Washington N. C. Deering Denmark WAR Department H. R Elizabeth Upright Butler County Iowa N. M. Merchant Fourth Artillery Adjutant General G. W. Merchant Illinois Volunteers Abel L. Merchant DeWitt C. Merchant Enoch Merchant David C. Merchant Seventy-fourth Silas B. Merchant Forty Ilinois Volunteers Arlo J. Merchant Lewis H. Merchant Aaron Merchant Wisconsin Volunteers Island No James B. Merchant Quartermaster’s Department Norman M. Merchant Sixth United States Cavalry George W. McCrary

Senate Deliberates on Internal Revenue Tax and River Bill

The Senate spent the day and night debating the Internal Revenue bill with a tobacco tax cut to sixteen cents and clashes over the Post Office Appropriation, Roach subsidy, and treasury approaches. Beal for amendments, passage of tobacco taxes, and a late vote adjourned at 1.30 A.M with Ryan and Raum active. The House quickly approved multiple appropriations and the River and Harbor bill in a rapid session, while pension arrears faced Southern opposition.

Boston Post Washington Senate Bayard Dorsey Whyte Maryland John Roach Windom Roach Committee On Finance Matthews Beck Sherman Internal Revenue Raum

Deficiency Alarm in Sherman Letter Spars Tobacco Tax Debate

The letter to Chairman Atkins argues a large deficit for 1880, but critics say Sherman overstates it by ignoring year end surplus. They estimate a net surplus of 12.8 million added to next year’s revenue after provisions, with a push to repeal the sinking fund and use coin in the Treasury to cover pensions.

Boston Post Washington Sherman C Hhairman Atkins House Appropriation Committee United States Congress Treasury

Treasury issues eighty ninth call for old bonds and consols

The Secretary of the Treasury announces an eighty ninth redemption call for 5 20 bonds of 1865 and consols of 1867 totaling 20 million dollars. Ten million in coupon bonds and ten million in registered bonds will be paid at the Treasury from May 17, with interest ceasing that day.

Secretary of the Treasury Treasury United States

Rioting Reported in Sitka Alaska

Advices from Alaska note some rioting among the Indians at Sitka but no serious trouble. The Treasury has not ordered a revenue cutter to Sitka, though a vessel at Port Townsend could reach the area in three to four days. The San Francisco scene says Alaska’s situation is critical and undefended by authorities draws comment.

Washington Treasury Department Alaska Sitka Department Revenue Marine Service Port Townsend San Francisco

Pensions and Political Hints Reach Capitol Floor

The House passes a pension appropriation totaling 26.85 million dollars for arrears and current year needs including 25 million for prior pension claims and 1.8 million for army navy dependents. The bill also covers temporary pension office clerks with 52 thousand dollars. Also notes secret service capture of Martha McCartney and a counterfeit plate, plus AP relations debate and revenue receipts.

Washington House Treasury Army Pension Office Congress Secret Service Martha McCartney Pete McCartney Simonton Telch Company New York Associated Press

Abbots Waives Exam In Assault With Intent To Kill

George W Abbott waived examination in Fitchburg Police Court and was held for grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to kill Jane Wetherbee with a loaded revolver. He denied guilt saying he loves her. Wetherbee is married to John Briggs and lived with Abbott in Springfield for three and a half years.

Fitchburg Mass George W. Abbott Jane Wetherbee Abbott Miss Wetherbee John Briggs Springfield Wetherbee Talmage Stearns Brignoli New York Brooklyn Edward S. Hall Pius Greene County N. Y Hall Philip J. Merkle Richard J. Morrison Blissville Patrick Fulton Baptist Conference Board of Managers The National Temperance Society John N. Stearns Brig

Letter by William Lloyd Garrison Opposes Chinese Exclusion

Garrison denounces congressional acts to bar Chinese visitors and immigrants, arguing any exclusion harms liberty and human rights. He mocks limiting arrivals to fifteen per vessel, warning of punitive penalties and vigilant enforcement from Atlantic to Pacific.

William Lloyd Garrison Congress China Republic Atlantic Pacific

Wall Street surge lifts Union Pacific on Gould sale

The Union Pacific share rise to near 78 followed by reports Gould sold 100000 of his 170000 shares. A syndicate including Russell Sage James Keene Addison Cammack and others gains control while Gould considers retirement and plans to join the board with new directors in March.

New York Wall Street Union Pacific Gould Union Pacific Railroad Russell Sage James M. Keene Addison Cammack C. G. Osborn D. P. Morgan W. L. Scott Chicago and Northwestern Railway Wallstreet J. R. Keene A. Cammack Solomon Humphreys John J. Cisco

Paris Cabinet Rejects Amnesty Bill Clause As Debate Set

The Cabinet rejected the first clause of the Amnesty bill extending benefits to all crimes tied to political acts. A three hour ministerial talk followed with the Committee sticking to its draft. The Chamber set Thursday for further debate amid protests from the Left over the government stance and a local 160 000 franc grant for returning Communists. Republicans won second ballots in Gard and Haute Loire to fill seats.

Paris de Marcere Chamber Gard Haute Loire Chamber of Deputies

Striking porters resume work as lockout eases

In Liverpool on February 17, striking porters at grain warehouses return to work with dockside operations resuming. about three thousand attended a meeting and chose to continue the strike, while sailors still resist but some volunteer for African transports at lower pay. Masters doubt formal deals with laborers are possible.

Tocqueville Reports Turkish Loan and Peace Reductions

The Marquis De Tocqueville telegraphs acceptance of a loan to the Porte totaling 8,060,000 sterling. The Porte will ask England and France to appoint two delegates each to a Commission for administering customs. The army and navy will be reduced to a peace footing.

Constantinople Marquis de Tocqueville Porte England France

Porte Sets Concessions to Greece Limited by Albania

The Porte instructed Mukhtar Pasha on concessions to Greece, agreeing to a major territorial concession but excluding any surrender of Albania to prevent an uprising.

Constantinople Porte Mukhtar Pasha Greece Turkey Albania

Strike Hits Two St. Petersburg Cotton Mills Over Pay Hours

A Telegraph despatch from St. Petersburg reports a strike in two large cotton mills demanding higher wages shorter hours and the removal of English foremen. The report says the movement is believed to be spreading.

London St. Petersburg Telegraph

British steamer Wyckliffe Lost at Loire Entrance

The British steamer Wyckliffe from Philadelphia was lost today at the entrance of the Loire River. The crew was saved.

Nantes Wyckliffe Philadelphia Loire

Local Tragedies and Crimes Linked in Maine Notes

A man named William Doe died after hay fell on him near Corinna last Friday. Mrs A M Boggin of Lewiston was found dead and frozen in her chamber on Monday morning, an empty whiskey bottle nearby. Woodstock’s Bradbury silver mine operates on a double crew this winter with coarse gold found in rock from the lower shaft. Alexander Bates and wife and Miss Leonora J Simson of Bowdoinham Ridge face charges for alleged poison letters to Mrs Sarah Bates and her daughter, plea of not guilty. Bates was once divorced from Sarah Bates.

William Doe Corinna A. M. Boggin Lewiston Bradbury Woodstock Alexander Bates Leonora J. Simson Bowdoinham Ridge Sarah Bates Bowdoinham

Portsmouth Items Show Local Fines and Tragic Falls

George H. Atkins of the Franklin House in Portsmouth was fined for violating the Sunday liquor ordinance. Michael Curtis died after a fall on his Portsmouth steps. he was about 40 and sober. Nicholas Varney near Dover was found dead on Monday morning after an early rise. Alanson Haskell of Hanover, 80, suffered a paralytic shock after returning from church and faces a doubtful recovery. Dartmouth College janitor for forty years, he was respected and industrious. A New Hampshire Historical Society meeting in Concord noted memorials for several deceased members and the acceptance of Lorenzo Sabine’s gift of 4000 volumes of his library.

George H. Atkins Franklin House Portsmouth Michael Curtis Nicholas Varney Dover Alanson Haskell Hanover Dartmouth College New Hampshire Historical Society Concord Charles H. Bell

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