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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1881

Page

2

Senate Acts On Patents And Food Adulteration Measures

A senate resolution directs the judiciary committee to study ways to protect innocent patent buyers from fraud and report by bill or other means. The house ways and means committee will hold a Saturday hearing on the sugar question with a Treasury secretary invitation. The president approved amendments to statutes and redrew a Maine custom district. The epidemic diseases committee favors a bill to appoint three experts to study food adulteration. State Senator Foster’s nomination for district attorney in the southern district of New York has been withdrawn, with Elliott F. Shepperd expected to be nominated.

Boston Post Washington Ways and Means Committee Sherman Treasury Theodore Havemeyer Refining House Havemeyer & Elder H. B. James Havemeyer James Treasury Department Randall L. Gibson Secretary of the Treasury Senate Baltimore Sun Pacific Railroads Pacific Railroad Committee Northern Pacific Railway Martin Congress Committee House Frenc Central Pacific Judiciary Committee House Committee of Ways and Means Maine United States Foster New York Elliot F. Shepperd House of Representatives Frank Hurd Ohio Hallett Kilburn Aiken Aldrich R. I Atkins Baker Ballou Barber Beale Bingham Bisbee Blackburn Blake Bland Bliss Bouck Boyd Brage Buckner Burrows Caldwell Cannon Carpenter Caswell Chalmers Claflin Clardy Clark Clements Conger Cook Covert Crapo Cravens Crowley Culberson Daggett Davidson Davis de la Matyr Deuster Dibrell Dann Unnell Elam Ellis Errett Evins Felton Forney Frost Gibson Gillette Goode Gunter Harmer Harris Mass Hatch Hawk Hazelton Hulman Henderson Henkley Herbert Herndon Hiscock Hooker Hart Hubbell Hunton Hurd Johnston Jones Kelley Kenna Kimmel King Loring Lowe Manning Marsh W. Va Del Mason McGoid McKindley McLane McMillin Miles Muller Money Monroe Morse Muldrow Myers New Newberry O'Neill O'Reilly Orth Pacheco Page Persons Phelps Phillips Physter Poehler Pound Price Reagan Reed Richardson S. C Richmond Robertson Ross Rothwell Russell Samford Sawyer Shelley Sherwin Simonton Singleton Miss Smith N. J Speer Stephens Stephenson Stone Ala Willis Willetts Wilon Wise Wright Yates Nays Messrs Anderson Atherton Bachman Baytey Beitzhoover Berry Bicknell Blount Bowman Briggs Browne Camp Chittenden Clymer Cobb Coffroth Colerich Converse Cowgill Cox Cal Deering Dickey Dwight Einstein Ferdon Field Finley Fisher Urd Forsythe Fort Geddes Godschalk Hall Hammond Haskell Hawley Gill Hostetler Ketcham Killinger Klotz Knott Ladd Lapham Lefevre Lindsay McGowan McMahon Morrison Neal Norcross Weaver Whitthorne Wood Yocum Platt Senate Committee Pugh Voorhees Logan Brown Call Ferry Bayard McPherson First National Bank of New York City First National Bank Allison Yeas Anthony Baldwin Blair Burnside Cameron Wis Groome Hampton Col Hoar Kernan Kirkwood McMillan Morrill Paddock Rollins Wisdom Beck Booth Cali Cockrell Eaton Farley Garland Grover Hereford Hill Ingalls Jonas Kellogg Lamar McDonald Maxey Morgan Pendleton Saulsbury Saunders Slater Teller Vance West Walker Williams Butler Dawes Edmunds Whyte Randolph Thurman Ney Batley Ransom Plumb Withers Hamlin Bruce Fla Mr. McPherson Finance Committee Windom Coke Ways Committee On Banks and Banking Hell Gate Board of Agriculture Valuation Commission Temperance Medomak Waldoboro Everett Smith E. M. Stillwell Henry O. Stanley Edward Cushing Joseph W. Porter Spencer Rogers Henry S. Osgood D. R. Hastings J. W. Spaulding M. V. B. Chase Insane Asylum Joseph H. Manley Committee On Indian Affairs Passamaquoddy Penobscot Maine Pedagogical Society Committee On Railroads Noah Woods Bangor Northern Aroostook Railroad Lake Megantie Railroad Insurance Commissioner Peaks State House

Western Union stock scrip suit and federal challenge

William B Williams sues Western Union to stop issuing 23 million in stock scrip to buy Atlantic and Pacific and American Union stock, claiming overpayment and watering. He led a crowded court scene with brokers present and seeks a perpetual injunction and ban on 15 million in watered stock amid further suits by cable firms in federal court over the consolidation.

New York William 8. Williams Western Union Telegraph Company American Union Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies Western Union Western Union Company Union Trust Company Robert Sewall Porter Wheeler Hi. Peckham Truax The Atlantic and Pacific Augustus Schell Edwin D. Morgan Harrison Darkee James H. Banker Wilson G. Hunt Joseph Harker John Vanhorne Samuel F. Barger J. Pierrepont Morgan Eduard 8. Sanford Edwin D. Worcester Cornelius Vanderbilt Moses Taylor William H. Vanderbilt Direct Cable Company Today United States District Court Atlantic and Pacific Company Pacific Company Cable Company Edmunds Congress Blatchford Atlantis and Pacific Company

Rail stockholders meet as boards reelect executives

Cincinnati reports show Marietta and Cincinnati railroad and Cincinnati and Baltimore railroad boards mostly reappointed with minor substitutions. Canada Pacific directors meet Montreal with 5,000,000 stock subscribed and $1,000,000 government security deposited. George Stephen named president and plans rapid construction with next meeting in London.

Cincinnati Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company Theodore Cook L. Anderson W. W. Peabody Thomas J. Whiteridge Cincinnati and Baltimore Railroad Company J. Donnell Smith R. A. Holden Vince N.L Bank of Montreal Ottawa George Stephen Montreal Duncan McIntyre J. J. C. Abbott Q.C M.P Messrs London

Maine Counties and City Populations in 1880

The report lists county valuations and populations for Maine in 1880 and 1870, noting total county valuations of about $235.98 million and a population near 1.16 million. It includes county figures for Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, and Washington, plus city tallies for Portland Lewiston Belfast and others with 1880 valuations and 1870 populations.

Polis Val Androscoggin Aroostook Cumberland Franklin Hancock Kennebec Oxford Penobscot Piscataquis Sagacahoc Somerset Cscs Ness - Washington Csc Uccbecstase Sessae Ooe Maine Valuation Commission Popula- Cities Tion Bapgor Belfast Biddeford Calassica Cccess Sau Csiccce Hallowell Ccesssesee Lewiston Coccese Portland Rockland

Blaze Destroys Potter Upholstery and Hunt's Grocery

A morning fire in Concord Massachusetts destroyed Potter's upholstery rooms and the upper story of Hunt's grocery, spreading to a kerosene tank. Most stock was saved, with $2,000 building and $2,000 stock insurance. Potter's loss around $500. The Middlesex hotel and Hatch's tin shop also suffered fire damage, including stables with hay grain and tools, insured for $1,000. The hotel damage was serious but repairable.

Concord Mass Middlesex Coencorp Potter Hunt’s Hatch Norway Abel H. Harriman & Co Bridgton Centre Lancaster N. H Colby’s Orange N. J Wilcox Bros

Parnell Paris Visit Sparks Irish Land League Tension

Letters to Irish members on land league business are routed through English radicals in London. Parnell and Rochefort stir Catholic ranks, while Hugo pledges an anti Ireland appeal. Parnell plans to return to Ireland next week as Parliament tightens censorship with new coercion rules and urgent procedures.

London Land League Parnell Rochefort Parnell Party Paris Dublin House of Commons O’kelly Neuillot Clemenceau Figaro Ignotus Land Ireland Fenian Davitt Victor Ilugo Poland Victor Hugo Hugo Europe The Press Association Pans Commons Henry Fawcett Labouchere Mr. Harcourt Joseph Cowen Gladstone Cowen Newcastle-on-Tyne A. M. Sullivan Meath Shaw Cork County John W. Nally Clare Morris Cape Mr. Parnell

Dover jury finds Knox guilty in shooting case

In Dover a jury convict ed Edward Knox for shooting Harley Sanborn at Great Falls on November 20 1880 with intent to kill. Sentence was deferred. Commemorative services for Rev George Gibbs Channing were held in Lancaster on February 6. Henry B Haley and Curtis C Edgerly were pardoned from the state prison. Coroner nominations were made for Coos and Belknap counties. An inspection visit to the insane asylum occurred. A two day NH agriculture board meeting opened at Peterboro. A shooting in Chester between Richard G Lawrence and his wife left a thigh wound without death. Lawrence a 40 year old man is in custody.

Supreme Court Dover Edward Knox Harley Sanborn Great Falls George Gibbs Channing Lancaster Unitarian Church Henry B. Haley Curtis C. Edgerly Newmarket Albert A. Twitchell Gorham Coos County Davis A. Ambrose Meredith Belknap New Hampshire State Board of Agriculture Peterboro Moses Humphrey Prof Sanborn Chester Richard G. Lawrence Lawrence Mattapoisett Enterprise William Parkman John Ropper Cape Breton N.S Cape Cod Simon Allen Paxton Allen Massachusetts Central Railway Oakdale Oliver King William Jackson Lowell Alexander Lindsay W. Z. Bent Cambridge Jeremiah Winchell Harriet Morrison South Egremont Pittsfield Great Barrington Commonwealth Winchell Abijah Long Wareham Long Beach

Spanish Finance Deficit Reported and Reforms Promised

London reports a deficit of 200,000,000 pesetas in Spain with a planned ministerial circular to provincial governors outlining reforms and press freedom. The Premier will seek royal approval for a programme that defends existing institutions while allowing party action. The Standard notes proposals on Transvaal governance and a British resident in the Boer capital.

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