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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1878
Page
2
An editorial warns of coal gas risks from furnace leaks and poor ventilation. It urges open fires or nonleaking furnaces, better room ventilation, and higher heating costs to avoid painless yet deadly suffocation from coal gas, citing Melrose incidents and ancient ignorance of double windows.
Joseph Cook advocates distributing land to the unemployed as a remedy, citing Roman history. Boston workers eye the West, but Massachusetts itself holds many deserted farms awaiting renewed tillage after partisan land squander.
The Greenbackers push financial reform in the House with a 154 to 96 vote to tax imports in legal tender after 1879. Soft money factions back Gen Butler. Bills for sinking fund payments face opposition. New York foggy. Excise Commissioners face graft charges. Williams College dinner with notable speakers. Banks seeks rail subsidy for 600 miles San Antonio to El Paso. Russians threaten Adrianople. peace talks stalled. King Emmanuel requiem invites sent to Congress. One fire insurer complies with annual financial disclosures. Aldermen receive officer reports. executive boards elected. Crapps arrive in New York after crossing the Atlantic. Bigelow case proceeds in Municipal Court.
Indications for New England, the lower lake region and the Middle Atlantic States show cloudy and foggy weather with light rain, followed by clearing in the last two districts. Winds shift to colder north and west as barometer rises. A high barometer and low temperatures approach from Manitoba into the Northwest, while Wednesday brings colder, clear or partly cloudy conditions east of the Mississippi.
A fire at Carrollton Illinois on Saturday destroyed five business houses with no fatalities. Several workers were seriously injured when a brick wall collapsed on a roof while fighting the blaze. Rich Parker, Rucker Evans, and Joseph Dickson were among the severely hurt as others suffered minor injuries.
Captain Thomas Crapo and his wife return from England aboard the steamship Canada aboard their schooner rigged whale boat New Bedford. They began May 28, 1877 from New Bedford and landed July 21, 1877 at New Land Cornwall after a 49 day voyage. The voyage log kept by Mrs Crapo is on display onboard with praise in England.
ISPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE BOSTON POST. WASHINGTON JAN. 21 The Greenbackers again demonstrated a clear House majority by voting 154 yeas to 96 nays on Southard's bill to require duties on imports be paid in legal tenders after Jan 1 1879. The measure failed to suspend rules. Several New England members opposed. votes split along regional lines. Other items: sinking fund payments debated. Grant Jr inquiry underway. Maine to present Governor Green statue to Statuary Hall tomorrow.
A secret congressional gathering in the House Judiciary Committee room drew nearly seventy prominent members to align on remonetizing silver, repealing the Resumption act, and replacing National Bank notes with greenbacks. Gen. Butler urged an unredeemable greenback, while Buckner led as permanent president and Fort proposed unity on two reforms with plan to tack the Bland bill to an vetoed appropriation.
The Senate today considered varied measures including a bill to establish a mint at Indianapolis for gold and silver coinage, authorize standard silver dollars, and fund machinery, with gold and silver legal tender jointly. Also proposed were a Brazil mail steamship service and property purchases from the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company for federal use.
The House introduced a large list of bills including paying customs in greenbacks and amendments on labels in the Patent Office trade marks and the District of Columbia liquor restrictions. Other items cover tariff suspensions library erection commerce with Mexico Southern Pacific rail completion and a transfer of the Signal Service Bureau. The House adjourned after votes on a suspension of rules to pay customs in legal tender notes failed two thirds not achieved.
In a Jan 21 session the Supreme Court heard United States vs National Bank of Boston, defalcation by Boston Sub-Treasurer Heartwells with gold certificates moved to Mellen Ward & Co. and replaced fraudulently, discussing government recourse for money taken through agency fraud and injury to innocent parties. Justice Swayne delivered the opinion. The session also addressed First National Bank of Kansas vs Hartford Fire Insurance Co, ruling that insured value declarations do not void a policy absent a warranty to truth, with Justice Harlan delivering the opinion.
The bill by Gen. Banks in Congress seeks a 15,600 dollar per mile subsidy for a 600 mile Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio extension to El Paso linking with Southern Pacific. Completion milestones span two, four, and six years with cross-ownership rights if sections lag. Cash subsidies awarded in ten mile segments upon completion and equipment. No federal payments for troop transport until earned subsidies cover advances.
A circulated plan for a new Washington monument features a three story pedestal depicting discovery civilization and the revolutionary era. Eight Washington Generals on horseback surround the corners with twenty five colossal statues and multiple relief panels. Estimated cost for the equestrian monument is 344000 dollars.
Washington reports ninety four vacancies at the Annapolis Naval Academy with two in Maine four in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island. Appointments for examination will be made by Congressmen and start June 21. The Senate Railroads Committee heard arguments for Senator Mitchells Northern Pacific Railway bill and a Salt Lake City branch.
A New Hampshire shoemaker wooed a young woman for years until her stepfather, tired of idle visits, sued the suitor for room rent, fuel and lights totaling 300 dollars. The melodrama cautions tardy suitors that loafing is not loving.
Despatches report Russian entry into Adrianople and Servian gains including Pristini and reoccupied Kershumli with Turks suffering 400 killed and wounded and 450 captured. Servians discover 24 soldiers and 2 officers impaled. Roumanians seize Florentin and invest Widdin as Belgradsich fire rages.
Adrianople sits at the confluence of the Tundra, Maritza, and Arda about 135 miles from Constantinople. Population estimates range from 80,000 to 149,000 with Turks forming about half, and Bulgarians, Greeks, Jews, and Armenians making up the rest. The city, once Turkish capital, is now mostly open with a ruined wall and citadel. Von Moltke notes hollow streets and garden walls aid defense but modern artillery would threaten it. He also praises the view of minarets and mosques, and the surrounding fertile countryside with vineyards, orchards, and villages.
From St Petersburg comes an official denial that Russia seeks exclusive Dardanelles passage as peace terms. Queen Victoria is said to have interceded with the Czar to spare Turkey. England proposes a post peace conference of powers or extra credit to protect British interests as refugees flood Istanbul.
In Gravesend Cleopatra's Needle was reported arriving today. The Northumberland Miners vote 4575 for a committee to settle their dispute with masters, 2096 for continuing the strike. One hundred thousand pounds of gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England for New York. In London the House of Commons heard Sir Stafford Northcote say the government is not yet aware of Russian terms and that yesterday's statements were incorrect. The bill to close public houses in Ireland on Sundays was read a second time.
Mr Master of the English Relief Fund arrives in Constantinople with refugees from Adrianople. Fifteen die from cold and hundreds seek shelter as trains depart in blizzard conditions. Mothers abandon babies to save others, while crowds demand bread. Snow piles up as relief efforts struggle.
From Mexico City, Diaz contemplates a war portfolio pick while Vallarta pushes for Ogazon. Aureliano Rivera is sent to Oaxaca. Diaz uses the army for public works draining the Valley and road projects. US Minister Foster plans a Washington departure, stoking congressional intrigue. Private citizens have funded eighty thousand dollars of this year’s debt installment.
In the Chamber of Deputies Admiral Touchard urged a two thirds majority to invalidate elections. Gambetta opposed and moved to adjourn the debate which was sharply attacked by Paul de Cassagnac. Cuneo D Ornano was twice called to order as the session grew stormy. Gambetta won the previous question 312 to 186.
Buenos Aires reports the dispute between Argentina and Chile over the Patagonian frontier is settled for arbitration under the 1856 treaty terms.
In New York on January 19 Captain Bogardus and Dr Talbot conducted a glass ball shooting act at the Tivoli Theatre. Talbot was allowed to break 60 of the 100 balls in the rapid demonstration.
The Union Club card room irregularity leads New York gossip from up-town clubs to Wall Street. A player dealt six cards and tried to slip a hidden card into the pack. Union Club attracts the moneyed set and promises to curb cheating among its members.
A sixteen month old case from South Washington resurfaces as families conspire to hide an illegitimate birth. A 15-year-old girl from Brooklyn came to this city for delivery, the midwife Mrs Miller at 606 Four and a Half Street cared for the child, the mother fled after eight days, and the nurse kept the boy alone. The girl’s father was a hospital steward, and the aunt sought to discard the infant for 25 dollars. The midwife appeals for charitable aid to raise the healthy boy, who can be seen at the residence.
New York on Jan 21 reports only one insurer has published year end finances under a New York law. Many with New York agencies plan to withdraw, seek reinsurance, or retire. Of the firms listed Arctic New York Atlas Hartford Allemania etc. four failed, eight reinsured, others retired.
Buffalo dispatch reports John Freebury sought by Canadian authorities on charges tied to a Bertie Ontario hotel fire on January 3. George Fix, an accomplice, turned State's evidence and alleges Freebury acted at the instigation of Aaron Auger, the former hotel keeper. Evidence reportedly corroborated by Bertie residents.
Sheriff Moulton arrived from Rapid City with news of Indian trouble near Sagesoap City. A band attacked a freight train on the City of Sidney route at noon on the 20th. one freighter was shot in the back and arm, and two mules were killed. Woolley and Pecacho mining troubles have been settled.
The Permanent Exhibition Company reports a net excess of expenses over income of 825,598 for the past year. Liabilities total 510,004 while assets include the main building furniture and machinery at 381,002. The report notes 400,000 remains due to the Centennial Board of Finance.
New Orleans January 21 Daly and Dion played off the ties for the fourth prize in the billiard tournament with Daly winning 690 to 441. Daly posted an average of 20.
Portland Mayor Butler declines renomination while a mix of local notes follow. Lucy of Houston is 108, sister three years older. Three Congregational Churches of Deer Isle ruined by the gate. Investigating committee finds a $700 deficit in Morrill’s Bangor city liquor accounts. Fisherman Jacob Bartel left Portland for Long Island. believed drowned. Postmaster Andrews of Saco to retire soon. Maine delegation nominates Ivory Lord to succeed him. feco petitions for Andrews’ reappointment. County Attorney Lindley Staples injures left arm in Knox incident. Bradford Blaisdell of York suffers paralytic shock near York Supreme Court rooms. C. B. Gilman of Waterville arrested over land fence incident. $2000 bail default. Judge Virgin cautions on divorce rulings. Maine divorces rise to 1000 yearly. Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad plans debt restructuring and preferred stock control by city. Roofing slate makers meet in Monson to seek Maine-wide cooperation. six Monson quarries employ 150 workers. Charles Henry Moulton, Boston broker, surrenders to London police. Hartford indicts awaiting. He’s accused of swindling hundreds, including poor Black residents, totaling about $75,000. He allegedly fled to Cuba and returned, then used funding schemes before leaving again.
In Barnstead on Saturday a man named Merrill was killed when a tree fell while he was chopping in the woods. The incident prompted local grief and a cautious investigation for details.
Northern Vermont reports sleighing solid as Jacob Day of Sheldon survives a severe head injury after a falling lamb while cutting wood last week. The Bennington County Savings Bank is organized with H. E. Bradford as president and £. P. Norton as vice president, with a listed board and officers to open a banking house. It is the county’s first savings bank. In White River Junction, the Woodstock Railroad crossing dispute ends with the court ruling the Woodstock Company acted without authority under the Railway act and must be enjoined. three commissioners will be appointed to resolve crossing points and compensation upon Supreme Court approval.
The slate of items details many local events including marriages in Lawrence, a fall injuring Mrs Clarissa Butts of New Bedford, public notices of church resignations, a wagon accident in Belchertown, and community responses to public issues across Massachusetts. It also notes crime trials, funerals, and temperance advocacy spreading in western towns.
The First Baptist Church at Waterford calls Rev. Mr Bates of Greenville. A woman who drew 548 from the New Haven relief fund has 1000 in the bank. Connecticut shows 314 failures last year with liabilities of 5,821,649. In 1876 liabilities of 197 failing concerns were 4,136,548. Thursday evening P T Barnum attended the Moody and Sankey meeting in Hartford and engaged the evangelists about his spiritual condition.
A New York report covers Waterhouse Brothers Passaic facing creditor meetings after declaring liabilities around 150 000 with 220 000 assets. Banks eye extensions for Dunning and Henry & Co. while rumors claim wool trade firms suspend. Separate notes cover Page & Sprague bankruptcy, Buchanan Bank assignment in Missouri, Chicago insolvencies, and savings bank runs in San Francisco amid unrest.
In Augusta on January 21 the Senate opened at 2 PM with many petitions for the State Board of Education and teacher examinations. An order created a Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations. A bill to allow liens in transit on ships and cars was introduced. In the House petitions favored the Druggists bill and opposed moving the county seat from Paris to Norway. Tomorrow closes petitions and private orders. session items include steam vessel speed regulation and strict accountability for insurance agents. Portland Police bill assignment noted for Thursday.
The third and last day at Savannah Jockey Club drew a sizable crowd despite light rain. Burgundy wins the Lamar stakes for 3-year-olds in two straight heats with times 1.51 and 1.514. Dalgasson captures the two mile hurdle race in 3.59. Gen. Phillips takes the 1.49 club purse race ahead of Gov. Hampton. Reb tops the consolation one mile, with Chance second and Burgoo third in 1.50.
The friends of Edward Hanlan offer a five mile and a half race against Higgins with £500 a side plus £100 expenses in Toronto or on the Kennebecasis river New Brunswick with expenses paid by each. Hanlan cannot go to England before next season. Courtney, the American oarsman, arrived to meet Hanlan and inspect the Toronto course.
Joseph Charest of St. Anne de la Parade is sent to Three Rivers jail by a Coroner to await trial for killing his father. The elder man died last week from severe beating and exposure, prompting the case.
A Virginia Legislature proposal calls for a one cent tax on each cigar. Other items noted include a rumored marriage match between Rudolf of Austria and Britain's Princess Beatrice, and potential judicial appointments by General McClellan. Reports also cover various crime, political, and social notes from across North America and Europe.
A Russian Guards officer recounts a six day Sofia road expedition against Dabnik and Tesh, two key Turkish strongholds. He describes heavy losses, brutal mutilation of comrades, and the grim scene of a wounded friend begging for death before a fellow officer shoots him. The narrator reflects on wartime atrocity and calls for a Christian paper to condemn Turkish conduct.
Col Wagner reports to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from Greenville that breech loading rifles aided a raid on illicit whiskey distillers and a skirmish with nine moonshiners. He says Hampton may use pretexts to avoid supporting officers and outlines plans to inform the President and Commissioner about alleged misconduct of the militia reporters.
A North Carolina train arrived on time as a Justice of the Peace joined a lone traveler and a companion on the depot platform. The trio exchanged greetings and signals before the magistrate married the couple at the doorway, and the wedding journey began as the train departed.
NEW HAVEN Conn Jan 20 Grave Camp commits suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in his haymow. Business depression is cited as the cause. St John N B Jan 19 John Mahoney attempts suicide by throat cutting in public but only wounds himself. New York Jan 19 Joseph Schiefemeyer clerk at Niagara Fire Insurance suicides by hanging in Summit Hotel Bowery, sickness named as cause.
A San Antonio Express excerpt shows an elderly Black man and a young white man on Commerce Street trading dialog about a New Year keepsake. The elder asks for something lasting beyond life and suggests whiskey as a fitting keepsake, voicing a dream of immortality through a bottle.
Hugh McConnell died after being stabbed by two assailants while returning home with his niece on Saturday. The attack occurred in a crowded city area and was described as causeless. Patrick Sherry and Jerry Couley were later captured and identified as the offenders.
Salem obituary notes musician F August Regestien who came to the United States in 1953 to join Germania Musical Society. After its breakup he settled in Boston, joined the Germania Band and remained a valued member. He will be buried from his late home 571 Melrose Street on Tuesday at 2 PM. Willard P Harriman, William Kimball, Alexandre Reinedethon listed as associates.
A damaged OCR listing race names and owners appears. It includes references to Leopard Mexican Ophir Union Consolidated Sierra Nevada Eureka Consolidated and Grand Prize among scattered terms, numbers, and partial lines. The readable material is sparse and uncertain but suggests a catalog of horses and affiliations.
About 500 tailors from the Tailors' Union quit work in Chicago this morning. The strike seeks wage increases of 25 to 40 percent. Most wholesale clothing houses are involved, but owners say the impact should be limited.
Albany January 21. Compositors at Weed Parsons Co. in Albany struck over the union rule allowing more apprentices than permitted. The action cited breach of agreement and aims to pressure management to limit apprentice numbers in the office.
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