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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1878

Page

2

Naval Promotions and Senate Fight Lead News

Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen seeks retirement with Capt Earl English to succeed him as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Promotions include Edward Nichols to Rear Admiral and other officers advancing. In the Senate a decisive executive session is planned to act on nominations with Alabama and South Carolina officials under scrutiny. A Silver bill maneuver follows with motions to refer and concurrent amendments.

Daniel Ammen Secretary of the Navy Earl English Admiral Ammen Bureau of Navigation Ammen Edward T. Nichols George M. Ransom Charles H. Cushman Albert L. Barker George R. Durand Lyman G. Spalding Julius C. Freeman Senate Reed Alabama Parsons Williamson New Orleans Northrup United States South Carolina Smith Mobile Bland Representative Buckner Committee On Banking and Currency Silver Union Stephens Washington Sargent Naval Committee Treasury Navy Department Hamlin Congress House Yeas Messrs Allison Beck Burnside Butler Cameron Pennsylvania Chaffee Christiancy Conkling Conover Dawes Dorsey Edmunds Garland Grover Harris Howe Hoar Ingalls Johnston Jones Florida Kirkwood Lamar McDonald Matthews Morgan Paddock Ransom Saunders Spencer Teller Windom Withers Nays Messrs Bailey Bayard Booth Wisconsin Cockrell Coke Davis Illinois Eaton Eustis Ferry McCreery McMillan Merriman Morrill Oglesby Plumb Saulsbury Voorhee Committee On Judiciary Anthony Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Crook and Pease William Ware Peck Crook Loch Messrs Edmunds Peck Wallace Secretary of the Treasury North Carolina Cape Fear Senate Committee On Naval Affairs Navy Coast Guard Service Richmond House Finance Committee

Russian advance and Balkan tensions at the Congress

The Times reports that Britain will keep its fleet near Besika Bay while Russians threaten Constantinople and possibly its suburbs. Rumors place Russian forces at Therapia. communication between London and Constantinople is broken. Roumanian railways are reportedly under Russian control, with Foreign Minister’s remarks urging recognition of Roumanian rights. Turkish commanders resist surrender to Roumanians as Leshchamin seeks peace preliminaries favoring Serbia. Lords Derby and Bismarck will skip the Congress, with Gortschakoff signaling a similar move.

Joachim Pecci Carpenetto Benevento Spoleto Perouse Gregory Damiette Egypt Brussels Leopold I Order of Leopold Rome Belgium Mgr. Pecci Gregory XVI Pius IX Panebianco Camerlingo Pecci Papal Pius 1X Italy Alexander Borgia Adrian Utrecht Leo XIII Leo Annibale Della Genga Pius VII Pius VIII Leo XII France Germany Russia Austria England Haenel Herr Windhorst Bismarck Olmutz Prussia Villa Franca Napoleon II Sadowa the Times Vienna Prince Bismarck Berlin The Times Adrianople Telegraph London St. Petersburg Besika Bay Constantinople Therapia Bucharest Roumania Negotin Viddin Belgradchik Leschjamin Servia Nisch Lord Derby Gortschakoff Pera Server Pasha Sabri Pasha Server Safvet Pasha Gibraltar Valentine Baker Beyrout Syria Mtulleh Mustappa Assam Pasha Senate Foreign Office M. Oren Volo Mount Pelion Daily News Channel Lord Napier Magdala Red Cross Society Danube Balkans

War News From Constantinople Movements of the Flefts

British and allied dispatches report ongoing military operations around Constantinople with updates on forces in the field. Turkish actions continue amid battlefield movements as allied units attempt to progress and maintain positions.

Constantinople

Fire Devastates East St. Louis Stores and Disturbs Buildings

A morning blaze in East St. Louis destroyed Jasper and Keeling dry goods, Mrs Downing millinery, Peter Barmann hotel and saloon, M. J. Walsh, Henry Erhardt, Dr O P Winton’s home and office, John Benner shoe shop, a large public hall, and the East St. Louis Press. Loss estimated at about thousands. Also reports of fires in North Thetford Vermont, Charlotte Vermont, Acushnet Massachusetts, and Waco Texas with varying damages and insurance statuses.

St. Louis East St. Louis Jasper & Keeling Thetford Walker Brothers Henry Latham George Pease Charlotte New Bedford Masss Charles A. Bonney Acushnet Josiah W. Bonney Portland Gambo Falls Hartford North British Galveston Waco Waco National Bank W. McMiller & Co H. Renck, Flint & Graham Siegel & Corniche Levene Brothers Water Davis

Fragmentary OCR listing mixed names and prizes

The text shows scattered names such as Northern Belle Ophir Union Consolidated and Sierra Nevada with numbers and prizes like 0.00 and 44, but it is fragmented. It reads as a damaged catalog or record page listing entities, locations, and prize values without coherent narrative.

Kentuck Eeeseeerseeee Iblg Mexican Cscccererrece Northern Belle Overman Ophir Raymond & Ely Silver Hill Savare Cee Seg Belcher Sierra Nevada Union Consolidated Yellow Jacket Eureka Consoli pMajAla Versnsee Resersse Seeare

Hendricks Warns Against Presidential Interference in State Courts

Gov Hendricks decries Presidential and Sherman influence over a Louisiana criminal trial, insists State Courts must be independent except for Federal appellate review, and calls for punishment of public criminals. He supports Hayes and Wheeler’s titles, marking the need for law enforcement and fiscal reform including silver money restoration and Resumption Act repeal debates.

Washington Boston Simmons Messrs Hoar Claflin Jonas French Boston Advertiser Fiske Beard Elem Ment Massachusetts Froe James Sleeper James Roberts White House Hayes Sleeper Merrill Slack Devens John Spaulding Nash, Spaulding & Co New England Wool Manufacturers and Export Convention Seelye Might Butler French Treasury Department Sherman Indianapolis Ind Hendricks National Bank Treasury United States Congress Democratic Party Circuit Courts States Republican Party Yvenal Returning Boards Samuel J. Tilden Thomas A. Hendricks Gov. Hendricks Louisiana John Sherman Wheeler Indiana

Prominent New England Methodist Leader Passes Away

Plymouth NH resident Rev Barrows a noted anti slavery advocate and early Prohibition party candidate in New Hampshire died Monday. His career spanned Keene Marlow Tilton Boston and Tilton Seminary presidencies plus roles as presiding elder and pastor in NH MA NJ and OH. He held degrees from Wesleyan and Washington College.

Plymouth N. H New England Windham Tilton Newbury Academies New Hampshire Keene Marlow Lempster Minerva Chase Abner Chase Newbury Aiken US. C Massachusetts New Jersey Union Chapel Cincinnati Pittsburg Tremont Street Boston Chelsea Mass New Hampshire Conference Seminary Prohibition Party Atlanta University Georgia Barrows D. C. Knowles Maiden Fort Edwards N. Y Wesleyan University of Connecticut Washington (Presbyterian) College of Pennsylvania

Librarian Reports Rising Demand for Standard Authors

The Pawtucket Public Library librarian notes growing demand for standard authors since opening and a higher annual percentage increase last year. Joseph Griffin of Life-saving Station No. 35 Wakefield is replaced by Daniel Billington amid political influence of the state ring.

Free Public Library Pawtucket Joseph Griffin Wakefield Daniel Billington Griffin Billington Ring

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