Boston YMCA Seeks $20,000 in Subscriptions
It is hoped friends of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union will not wait for others to supply the $20,000 asked for. Reports indicate subscriptions remain short of the required amount.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1879
Page
2
It is hoped friends of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union will not wait for others to supply the $20,000 asked for. Reports indicate subscriptions remain short of the required amount.
Tremont Temple mourns Hon. Bayard Taylor with addresses from Alcott Frothingham Guild and others and poetry by Holmes from Longfellow. Reports clash with harsh dispatches on Fort Robinson mass killings, political battles in Massachusetts, tax debates, labor fires, and imperial news.
Washington session of the Ways and Means Committee featured Boston plan advocates Havemeyer and Wells arguing for revenue from low grade sugars and polariscope use. The William and Mary bill failed, with Morose voting for it as education aid. Post Office and inter state commerce bills move forward while Congressman Schleicher dies and Conkling's NY Custom House appointments trigger crossfire.
The Senate considered the Indian Appropriation bill and concurred with amendments from the Appropriations Committee. Increases included 2500 for Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho, 23 400 for Sioux, 29 400 for Indian police pay, and a rise in Fort Griffin Tonkawa support to 5729. The panel also expanded Indian police strength and struck a surplus-use clause while maintaining treaty-funding safeguards. The bill passed after debate and committee concurrence.
Utah delegate Cannon said Congress may legislate against polygamy in any state or territory and warned that Mormon believers would flee to the mountains rather than submit. He argued enforcement would invite continuous prosecution and vowed to resist the move as persecution.
A Democratic senator signals opposition to Merritt's confirmation and expects New York nominations to fail. The Biggins v Grant case ends with a verdict for the defendant. Government interest payments may shift to coin on February 1. Various Treasury actions and judiciary probes unfold as Congress debates army reorganization and inter state commerce rules.
Despatches report heavy snow storms and hurricane like gales on the British coast. Crookhaven says ships drag anchors while the Great Surgeon from Boston is towed to safety. Ice floods the Thames and Chelsea Woolwich traffic halts. Linhope arrives at Queenstown after losing boats and cattle. Day Star from New Orleans goes ashore with seven feet water in hold.
London January 10. The Viceroy of India telegraphs confirming Gen Roberts's victory over hostile tribes but notes rumors of Mongol threats and says Roberts plans to return to Koorum concentrating his dispersed forces. Major Sandenman reports Aftab Khan disbanded his army and left Candahar. Roberts fought 6000 foes. British losses were two killed and four wounded.
Series of terse items from multiple cities dated January 10 cover restive miners in the rock coal mines resisting wage cuts, a Bishops Stortford master insolvent with heavy liabilities, negotiations over Podgoritza cession, Albanian opposition to the cession by force, Finance Minister threatening resignation over fiscal trouble, and Ex President Grant departing to Paris.
The Erie Railway Company directors announce for June 1 to Sept. 30, 1878 gross earnings of 5,192,681 with net earnings of 1,930,480. After lease rents and interest, four month net stands at 828,546 and full year net 3625 431. Floating debt falls from 4,600,000 to 600,000.
The first creditors meeting for Charles P. Stickney of Fall River was held in Taunton. Judge Bennett allowed claims from Bristol County Savings Bank Taunton 20416 67 Taunton National Bank 25716 67 New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank 8392 60 Mechanics' National Bank 10323 85 Fall River National Bank 1717 57. Banks’ claims relate to Stickney endorsements co makers and endorser arrangements involving Border City Mills Niantic Thread Company.
Hunter, weak from a self inflicted ankle injury, was led to the gallows in Camden New Jersey at 11 25 am. About two hundred witnesses watched as four men held him up while the rope was adjusted. The rope slackened and he barely rose before falling, then Sheriff Calhoun hoisted him up and he died by strangulation with no outward sign of pain.
In Augusta on January 10 the Senate heard petitions aimed at lowering county officer salaries to curb current practices. Rev. Charles F. Penney of Augusta was named Chaplain. A large batch of petitions and various acts were noted in the House, with committees named on civil service reform insolvent laws state valuation temperance and the prohibitory law. Adjourned to Monday at 4 PM.
In Copelay the Lehigh Valley Iron Company is rumored unable to meet liabilities and may assign or be sold at sheriff's sale. The firm began with 150000 dollars capital stock later raised to 600000. Liabilities are small compared with its property, promising widespread job losses and a severe local impact.
The Joint Committee on trunk lines and Western railroads reports a plan to base rates to foreign ports on the full inland rate to New York plus ocean fares and to apply the same rates via all ports. The panel also says St Louis terminal lines have settled their disagreements.
Early January blazes devastate Barkerville stone mill in Pittsfield with 40 000 dollars of machinery lost and 80 000 dollars insured. Cincinnati carriage works ruinous with 140 000 dollars insured and 40 000 in another building. Carlisle and Acton also report significant losses. Tim O Herne fatally burned in Cohoes and Union Rendering in Cuscado destroyed. Clifton Staten Island residence losses reach 30 000 dollars with 20 000 insured.
The Connecticut River Valley Association held its annual reunion in Concord with a large attendance. Officers were elected at a 4 PM business meeting, and a 8 PM concert and Masonry address followed at White's Opera House. A grand procession featured governors and Masonic dignitaries, then dancing and an all-evening banquet at Eagle Hotel ended with more dancing.
The James River at Richmond rises twelve feet above normal with ice gorge failure causing widespread flooding. Lower city streets and docks flood while Rocketts residents move out and merchants reposition goods. Kanawha region reports barges swept away and several vessels sunk. Cincinnati notes expected general ice breakup in Ohio within two days.
Judge Choate granted another stay to allow time for counsel to file an appeal petition to the U S Supreme Court. Marie Ange Vinges, a former French civil officer, committed suicide after misappropriating funds from his mother. An attempted shooting at Islip Targeted George Lorillard stables trainer Alcock but failed in the dark. no arrests made.
The Tammany Society held a stormy session on January 10 in New York. Henry L. Clinton proposed a resolution censuring Herbert C. Thompson for his handling of the recent illegal elections brought before the Courts.
The page blends multiple items: a Bethel death by hanging of Robin Brown, a death of John Temple in the woods by a fallen tree near The Biddeford Yacht Club, and a series of public notices. It mentions Eben Farrington injured in China, Edmund Coffin leaving town, a woman implicated, Manila dispatches about Capt. Kilborn’s death, and naval movements with the Ashuelot. Also references a Biddeford High School essay and a Youngstown marriage linked to a Packard-Elden match, plus a January 6 note about a newborn boy in Youngstown.
The season saw 10 000 bushels of apples shipped from Hampstead. Death tallies for the year list Atkinson 4 Newton 7 Stratham 12 Raymond 10. The New Hampshire Press Association meets January 17 in Concord. A wood chopper, Henry Chase of New Hampton, fractured a leg by a falling tree. The Manchester Grand Jury returned 134 indictments, 80 liquor cases, with arraignments set for Monday. An ancient Kensington apple tree on W N Shaw farm, cut December 26, stood 11 ft 8 in around the base and 50 ft tall, about 200 years old, once yielding 50 bushels in a single season.
125 pounds of honey were taken from the spire of the Congregational church in Pawlet. Ice covers Lake Champlain to Port Henry with heavy traffic of teams moving across. Superintendent Cheeney of Boston reinstates C W Searle the Newport to St Albans mail agent suspended recently, Searle resumes duties Friday. Sulfur smoke from furnace smelting ore makes farms near the Wirshire copper mines valueless. Vermont Mining Co sued for 500000, court ruled for the company.
Fall River reports show high liquor consumption among paupers over nine months. Hanover parish awards Rev Dr W H Brooks $300 and two months vacation to spend in Baltimore. A 14 year old Northampton youth stole $40, recovered seven dollars in Hartford. Codfish hatchery work shows progress with about one million fry released last week. New Salem’s William Burt dies after a tree accident. A Stockbridge wife’s absence leads to a fatal fire injuring a sister. Uncle Calvin Mayo dies of pneumonia, his widow also dies. they rest in one grave. Winchendon man discharged in a criminal operation case. Gloucester sailors haul up a historic ceramic pitcher. Alling & Co. lose a jewelry theft case against railroads. court clears carrier of liability.
Prof Orville Fisher of Providence suggests a sewage farm near Newport to dispose of the city’s refuse. Leander Babcock from North Kingston elopes with Lillian Randall of Oaklawn, 17, from a respectable family. Jacob Barton, a Johnston milk peddler, quarrels with his wife while intoxicated and claims an accidental discharge wounds his abdomen with a revolver.
A 65 year old Wallingford resident, Phebe Miller, marries a Branford widower with eleven children. A typographical error in the New Haven Palladium incorrectly stated a peanuts gift as permits from the United Workers. Rev H H Hayden has gained twenty pounds while under sheriff care and shows strong reading interests. Hartford librarian Miss Hewins notes local youths read extensively and crave specific books and periodicals.
A major snow storm hit Southern Ohio and parts of Kentucky delaying trains and halting service. Maysville logged sixteen inches with drifts to five feet, raising stock-loss fears. Ironton reports no trains running and mills idle due to coal shortages. Ice remains firm on the river.
Fort Robinson Nebraska reports Cheyenne prisoners try to die rather than return to Indian Territory. They flee after guards are wounded. troops kill over forty pursuers and pursue others. Seventy plus captives remain under guard. two soldiers killed and five wounded. Sheridan seeks beef rations as tribes near Indian Territory face hunger amid discontent among Comanches, Apaches, and Kiowas.
Driscoll of Portland completed 306 miles in 130 hours for 400 miles total and continues, with time due at 11.12 Saturday night. In Lawrence Helene Freeman vs Frank Dole ended 50 to 44 for Dole, $200, Freeman exhausted. Newsarena, Zimmer man led 95 miles in 23 hours 40 minutes, Maker second with 93.15. Mme Anderson aims for 2700 quarter miles in Brooklyn by quarter hours.
The January 10 listing shows official closing prices for multiple mining stocks led by Grand Prize at 7, Hale & Norcross 41 1/2, Julia Consolidated 92, Bodie 93 3/4, Mexican 30 3/4, California 10, Crown Point 7, Eureka Consolidated 31, Union Consolidated 56 1/2, Yellow Jacket 19 1/2, Gould & Curry 21 1/4, and others. The Julia and Justice mines levy assessments of 1 dollar each.
The Committee to arrange a military convention met in New York on January 10. Letters from Adjutant Generals of Iowa Missouri West Virginia South Carolina Pennsylvania Mississippi Rhode Island and Tennessee promised delegates. A room is booked at the Seventh Regiment Armory for the January 16 event. Wearing uniforms will be optional for delegates.
The remains will arrive in the morning and be received by the Mayor and Aldermen and a detachment of the Chatham Artillery. They will lie in state in the Council Chamber until Sunday, then moved to Christ Church for funeral services conducted by Bishop Beckwith.
A Cincinnati despatch says Mr Voorhees's re election is assured after the Democratic caucus declared for Tilden on Tuesday. Thirty prominent Democrats attended the meeting and noted Tilden is better prepared to bear campaign burdens than Hendricks, who has suffered heavy losses recently.
Springfield January 10 The Legislature met today Governor's message calls resumption of specie payments one of the grandest achievements in financial history showing the state's total balance at 1,991,080 and two year receipts of 36,659,771 with disbursements at 6,538,628.
The State Auditor informs that current tax rates should provide enough revenue to pay four percent on the public debt if existing property assessments hold.
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