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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1884
Page
1
A dramatic account claims a 15 year old boy Riley murdered his father to end harsh parental control. The piece praises the act as a civilized correction, arguing authorities should yield quickly to children’s demands and abandon coercion, urging parents to treat offspring with respect.
New England Jews in Maine report construction beginning at Old Orchard with several houses under way. A Bar Harbor lot sold for 900 five years ago now values at 10009. Biddeford embraces morning whist and poker night amid local fair notes. The Saco True Baptists raised 320 plus 118 from jugs, details unclear. A reporter tallies women dancing a corner in Biddeford with 84 observed in a short period.
The Belknap conference of congregations met at Plymouth Tuesday. John M. Hill of Concord declined the state printer’s auditor role. Grass grows in Portsmouth streets where citizens invested about 200000 in mining ventures, mostly wild cat. Developments in George F. Comins affairs threaten amicable settlement over assignments and attachments. Henry Robinson of Concord petitions the supreme court to commit Frank G. Mason to the state asylum for alleged insanity after Mason was found with two codfish and $26 cash. In Rochester, George Bradford Jr. was sentenced to six months and fined 50 dollars for vandalizing derricks. Belinda Wentworth sues Nashua and Rochester railroad for 5000 in damages from a carriage incident caused by a locomotive.
Clark P. Whitney who attempted suicide at Westminster has been sent to the insane asylum. Some members of the Wutnooski Congregational church believe his pistol has been overly protective of his family and have locked him out, citing a wife and five children.
The Holyoke baseball management will issue 20 game tickets for the season. The Fall River Seacomer mill will house 34,000 spindles at a cost of 406,000. A legislative committee on towns visited Sandwich and the Boston and Sandwich glass works on Tuesday regarding division plans. At Athol, three men were fined 75 dollars for liquor violations and a defendant pleaded guilty in another case. Fall River strike activity remains quiet as the weavers seek aid and possible mill action, with collectors appointed to solicit funds across mills and new members added to the weavers union.
The report covers Silk company employment at Preston with 69 workers, Bethel’s Yellow Spasm new paper, market improvements for kvit goods, a Baltic letter to selectmen about a frightened wife, and an epizootic in Windham county claiming 100 cats with swollen eyes and fatal sneezes. It notes Torrington arbitration calls after a lawyer charged 159 for term fees in a $5 case, and lists violent deaths in New London county: 28 in 14 years with Norwich accounting for 11. three murderers killed themselves, five jailed, seven discharged, six with no arrests. Also reports Charles Clark and Edward Burns escaping custody in Bridgeport with 20 others, pardons of Thomas Dowling and Julius Von Lowenthal, and a New Haven vital statistics registrar, Dr J J Doherty, arrested for issuing a marriage certificate to his son for a union with Amelia Baker under age two, bail set and case to city court.
The House stayed up from 9 PM to 2 AM debating a resolution to set a day for considering the Mexican soldiers pension bill. An angry scene followed Braumm of Pennsylvania’s excusal, Democrats urged a $5 fine, and the body eventually quorumed and suspended rules to place the bill as a special order. The session closed with remarks on policy and foreign relations, including Ochiltree and Lasker measures, and discussion of the Dorsheimer copyright bill.
The senate resumes consideration of a currency bill to issue circulation against bonds. Senators Bayard Plumb West and McPherson clash over centralization risks while Allison stresses preserving national banks and ensuring adequate circulating medium for the public. Debate focuses on whether to alter the existing system or extend current notes while managing debt and pensions.
A Senate bill reported by Senator Cockrell proposes placing abandoned and useless military reservations under the interior secretary for appraisal and sale at not less than 125 per acre. The 179 reservations total 2,920,580 acres, with 711,680 acres abandoned for military use. The act would bar location by warrant or land scrip and exclude homestead, preemption, or timber laws, restoring these lands only by Congress.
The Superior Court resumed in Plymouth with Myron G. Benson of Wareham found guilty of simple assault and sentenced to six months. James C. Putnam of Brockton received six months for two tallyes of stealing overcoats. Arthur S. Vowell of Brockton admitted one count of larency while others were not pressed. Charles Harris of Boston faced a new trial motion denied for arson attempt. William O'Neil and Michael McCarthy of Bridgewater pled guilty to assault on Deputy Sheriff King. Foley and Slattery of Boston faced highway robbery charges related to Jason Hersey of South Abington. witness testimony linked them to the assault and robbery on a moonlit night.
The New York board of aldermen faced a mandamus challenge claiming illegal elections and referred the matter to the corporation counsel. A resolution called for a $50,000 city appropriation to aid the Bartholdi pedestal fund. Separately, McGinnis Bros. & Fearing reveal creditors and hoped for extensions. a funeral for Gen. Hugh H. Baxter occurred. J P Billups & Co. faced expulsion. a defamation suit against the New York Times ended in a verdict for the defense.
A Boston Post dispatch reports DNC members in town as Chicago, Cincinnati, and St Louis delegations push to set the convention for late July or August in Chicago. Saratoga and Indianapolis are unlikely. New England, led by Barnaby and Wilson, likely to back Chicago. Randall opposed? Payne out of race. other names unnamed.
A Philadelphia telegram reports Smith, Republican, elected mayor by about 9,000. Warwick wins city solicitor with 12,000 to 13,000 majority. Tax receiver Hunter re-elected amid weak opposition. select and common councils tilt Republican, signaling strong party control and critiques of machine politics nationwide.
Brief telegraph reports describe multiple fires. A closet blaze at 7 Shawmut Place damaged by $50. a liquor saloon fire at 481 Commercial Street caused $1,000 damage. a Revere sugar refinery gas house roof fire cost $850. Incendiary fire destroyed a Bennington Centre estate dwelling valued with $6,000 loss. The Erie Building in New York suffered $29,000 damage, Troy home of ex-Lieut. Gov. A D Gardner burned with $25,000 loss, and a North Gorham saw mill suffered $3,000 loss with no insurance.
In an altercation a man shot his mother in the neck. His father Amos intervened to take the gun but fled as the son fired at him and wounded his hand. The son, with an empty gun, caused a neighborhood panic before a posse secured him. The Williams, farmers four miles east of Meriden, will recover.
A powerful storm struck Ambersons and Ludiga Alabama at 3 pm, killing fourteen in the area and destroying homes. It reached Rome and Cave Spring with further fatalities, including Gaillard and a sister in law. In Columbus, wind and hail caused extensive damage, unroofing churches, jails, mills, and wrecking engines, with railroad losses around $15,000 and other harms reported along the state’s western edge from Rome to Jasper.
Misses Mary and Mildred Lee daughters of the late Gen Robert E Lee attend the unveiling of the Lee statue in New Orleans on the 22nd. A Paris despatch names M Victor Cherberliez as a prospective president of Societe Gens des Lettres. A London despatch notes Ellen Terry’s daughter to debut at the Lyceum upon Mr Irving’s reopening after touring America. Other items include critiques of Henry Irving, trial attendance by Father O’Brien, and various notes on nominations and appointments across the country.
News in brief reports a misplaced switch on Pan Handle road near Trenton Ohio causes a collision of two freights destroying 21 cars killing three tramps fatally wounding another and injuring four team men. Nearby misfortunes include a Cosnoc ton storm destroying trees and buildings, and telegraph lines.
Reports from Suakim show tribal leaders split over attacking Suakim before British relief, with General Graham advancing toward Tokar while reinforcements hurry from Gibraltar and Malta. In London the Commons sustains Gladstone's Egyptian policy after Northcote’s motion fails 311 to 262. Paris gossip centers on Meissonier and Mrs Mackay portrait scandal.
In Dedham a heated race for selectmen and school committee includes the fate of liquor licenses. Candidates Howard Colburn Don Greason Hill and Kienny Smith express varied stances from supporting no license to preferring regulated licensing. Past year arrests for drunkenness rise to ninety two from thirty, fueling temperance arguments and voter opposition to licenses.
The second annual meeting at Tremont Temple opened with Mrs Harriette B Shattuck delivering Our Progress on women gaining civil rights and voting for school committees. Miss Nancy Willard Covell and Miss Phabe W Couzins spoke on reasons for women voting and equality. Miss Mara L Pratt and others followed with remarks supporting suffrage as a natural right.
Local notes report elopements and disappearances including George N Hersey and Annie Marston on Lincoln Street and dry goods dealer 8 Fernald. Flood relief totals reach nearly 2600. Anniversary of Waltham Reform Club with governor present. Suburban notes preview dedications and lectures at East Sangus lodge and Lasell Seminary. City budgets, police, and aldermen actions described along with liquor-law violations and other municipal matters.
The senate suspended the rule to admit a petition for cities and towns to lend buildings to Grand Army posts. It concurred with the house on reimbursements to Greenfield stockholders and loans to the Troy and Greenfield railroad. Committees reported on pilotage, aqueducts, water district transfers, and public graveyard rights, with various engrossed bills and orders of the day. An attack on the finance committee arose over appropriations for 1583 expenses, with a report citing statutory limits and a postponement of the bill.
The Massachusetts House met at 2 pm with Speaker Marden presiding. A motion by Mr. Davenport to reconsider the Feb 5 vote on engrossing the act for government maintenance was adopted. Debate covered stationery costs, free text books, and committee reports, with amendments and third reading set. a hearing on Emilie Victoria Martin’s case followed.
After a lengthy suit dating to 1876, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Scituate never held original title to beaches north and south of Scituate harbor. The decision ends Deacon Litchfield versus Scituate and Scituate versus Welch, with implications for seashore towns statewide and ongoing related actions.
Archdeacon Kirkby of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary society spoke at Trinity church on Tuesday stressing the need for missionary effort among native races. He warned that Alaska with 30 000 Indians remains neglected by both government and church and urged timely action to prevent illicit influence and warfare. Kirkby recalled 27 years of Arctic work crossing the Rockies and Hudson Bay, preaching to northern tribes and converting many.
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