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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1880
Page
2
A telegram reports John B. Foster ousted as president of the Merchants' Marine Insurance Company over his political stance. The piece decries Republican intolerance in Maine, urging business leaders to resist partisan abuse and defend a civilized business climate.
Gen A P Martin elected president as the New England Shoe and Leather Association convened yesterday with addresses by Martin and retiring president C A Grinnell. Other groups also held annual meetings in Massachusetts including the Charitable Mechanics, the Homoeopathic Hospital and Lying-in Hospital.
Washington January 21 The Bayard resolution sparred with Senator Beck near the top of today’s Senate agenda as Beck attacked capital and banks while Bayard prepared a vigorous counter. The dispute over legal tender and constitutional questions looms over weeks of expected debate.
The House Judiciary Committee votes to report a bill requiring preliminary investigations to be held by the nearest qualified Commissioner, with exceptions for relatives. It also favors a land tax relief bill for insurrectionary states and schedules hearings on Okolona territory formation. Other actions include approving claims involving Chandier and Hartwell, and favorable appropriations for Rochester Toledo Danville and Kansas City public buildings plus Providence land purchase.
At the annual stockholders meeting Hon John B Foster was removed as president and from the board amid tensions over canvassing returns. Other removals included Wm Philbrick from a Skowhegan bank board and Rev Mr Wales from his Biddeford church after aligning with opposition parties. Republicans aim to ostracize opponents in business and society.
In Pittsfield Mass on January 21 Webster was sentenced to thirty one years after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill and robbery of Chester Goodale. Notewire faces separate charges. other defendants receive prison terms ranging from one to five years for larceny burglary and adultery as the case unfolds.
Jewett Mann aged about 65 attacked his daughter Ella in Windsor Vermont after accusing his wife and two daughters of keeping a house of ill fame. Ella suffered a severe head wound and eye injury. Mann was fined and bound over to keep the peace. The case touches a long missing child mystery in the community.
A Henderson Ky special reports burglars entered the Morganfield National Bank last night and blew the safe door to seize 300 dollars in silver. They escaped after stealing several horses during the getaway.
Coroner's jury in Andover Massachusetts finds three simultaneous fires indicate arson by Frances R Beard. verdict states she acted in somnambulism or unconscious state. two boys Horace and Arthur Beard died in the November 18 blaze. Beard, widow with historical mental illness, awaits further official disclosure.
Wheeling iron and glass manufacturers report strong January invoices with Attna Iron Works declaring 10 percent cash dividend Bellaire Nail Mill 16 percent Wheeling Iron and Nail Works 10 percent and Ben Wood Company 15 percent Other firms expected to announce similar gains regional industries at high prosperity level
The Association of Copper Manufacturers of the United States votes to advance sheet copper prices by two cents per pound. W. H. Matthews of New Bedford is named secretary and treasurer.
A Newcastle under Lyne mine explosion early today traps 70 to 90 men and claims at least 77 lives. Rescue work is hampered by shaft damage as volunteers descend the Fair Lady Pit of Lycett Colliery amid a raging fire.
Jan 10 Panama dispatches report unimportant South American war news. Callao feared blockade as ships Encalada Loa Amazonas visited Payta December 23. January 1 four more vessels spotted. blockade possible if Huascar joins. Rumors of surrender talks in Tarapaca. Rio riots over streetcar tax leave three dead and thirty wounded. Peru unrest as Pierola seizes dictatorial power. Lima battalions switch sides. clashes kill about sixty and wound two hundred.
Panic sweeps San Salvador Lake Hopango and La Libertad after a string of December and January quakes. Severe shocks destroy two towns and drive residents to flee as volcanic activity from La Libertad raises sulfurous fumes and muds. Industries halt amid widespread alarm.
In Madrid the Chamber of Deputies approved Senor Canovas del Castillo as Foreign Minister and elected Senor Toreno as head of the Cabinet by 241 to 12. The Slavery Abolition bill passed 230 to 10 while most absent. Porto Rico officials voted with the government, others abstained. The bill will be published and sent to Havana before April for enforcement. Other items note Ghazis near Cabul, Dublin Home Rule meeting, Moseley cotton lockout, Burdett Coutts mission to Ireland, and the Popes recovery.
Fire at the Claremont paper mill destroys the building and stock while others report carriage works in Milford and Milton damaged or destroyed. Flames shift through Cohoes and Georgetown mills causing heavy losses. Barn fire in Fale River also recorded with insured values and damaged properties.
At a Kelly Democratic conference in New York City on January 21 the party resolved that unity is essential for a Democratic majority in the state. They affirmed the right to reject nominations but urged uniting on a fairly chosen candidate acceptable to all sections. A state convention to appoint delegates to the national Democratic convention was urged, with the State Executive Committee directed to call it.
Washington notes a slow session with factions balking at tariff revision and public-finance measures. The Maine crisis draws little national alarm, showing Congress avoiding drastic actions while public claims and private politics crowd calendars. Detective notes identify Stearns Kendall Abbott in the Groton murder case with rewards offered.
Reports detail several incidents including Welch losing a hand at work in Austin and Sanborn, and two drownings in St Andrew's Bay with bodies not recovered. A Portland accident injured a woman by scalding feet while a local militia prepared for duty in Augusta. Bangor and Lewiston residents eyed better seasons and migrations, with ice sixteenths thick and quail introductions discussed. A Portland man fell into a cistern. a dog aided until help arrived. Bangor police arrested three thieves tied to a regional robbery network. property was recovered from their Holden contact.
Oscar G. Nimis elected treasurer of Chesire Provident Savings Bank in Keene. George Tilden named president after previous treasurer. Timothy O Leary of Gillam injured in belt incident at Collins Woolen mills, one arm amputated. Mrs. Alice Belcher of Lebanon died after a fall causing brain concussion. Strafford National Bank stockholders chose directors and declared a 5 percent semi annual dividend. Equal Rights Association elected officers. Joseph Smith of Nottingham arrested for assault with a pistol. New Hampshire Centennial Home for the Aged held annual meeting electing officers. Law term commission on railway taxation met to plan next steps with Attorney General and counsel. adjourned to Feb 17.
H. W. Pease of Bridgewater leaves unsettled debts from $25 to $200. Hyde Park spiritualists plan their annual reunion at the American House Friday night. Windsor sees a schoolhouse arson last Thursday causing over $100 damage. reward of $25 offered. Orleans County Court opens February 3 at Trasburgh with forgery case State vs Arthur E Moore. North Troy sees Mark L. Bannister arrested for passing counterfeit bills. examination to occur in Newport. Counterfeit bills are circulating near the Canadian border.
Brakeman Kebue fell from a Fitchburg Railroad car near Johnson's Grounds in North Adams and sustained severe internal injuries. Rev. H. P. Peforest resigns as pastor of the Evangelical Society to accept a Taunton call. George W. Allen of Great Barrington was sentenced to seven years in state prison for an assault on an 11 year old girl. William Mahoney, alias Murphy, found dead in Green River, Williamstown, likely by his own hand. Fitchburg officials elected for key posts in a joint alderman and common council meeting. Thompson station agent Jacob assaulted by two tramps, receiving serious injuries after defense. Creditors of American Print Works plan a new corporation with $300,000 capital, awaiting formal call. Local mills in Lowell and Merrimack announce expansions and improvements. Yarmouth town meeting protests exclusive salmon fishery grants at Bass River and informs the Legislature. Haverhill court cases levy fines for liquor sales to minors and Sunday licenses under review by aldermen. Unlicensed liquor sellers Hammond, Hennesey, Brown, Roswell, and Baily face license revocation proceedings.
In New Orleans on January 21 the Democratic caucus on the second ballot elected Gen. R. L. Gibson with fifty five votes, the threshold for nomination, making the choice unanimous to succeed Kellogg whose term ends in 1883. The Legislature, now biennial, will elect Kellogg’s successor. In Annapolis Arthur P. Gorman was declared elected to Congress for six years after March 4.
President Ander son of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad reports a solid year of growth with gross earnings of 271 493 70 and net profit of 92 295 28 for the year ended September 30 1879. The prior year yielded 270 783 67 gross and 76 573 95 net. Montreal Portland and Boston Railway holds an annual meeting in which directors praise improvement and approve leasing the line to Southeastern Company for 15 000 per year amid questions about missing coupon bonds. New York reports include a proposed 99 year lease of Louisville and Nashville to Pennsylvania Railroad and Illinois Central’s purchase of New Orleans St Louis and Chicago Railroad.
New York items report Beecher influence on mayoral appointments and possible gubernatorial bargains. Whitelaw Reid ships 35 homeless children to Springville Iowa for farming homes and plans another group this spring. Clergy news covers a Brooklyn church installation excluding Plymouth Church adherents. A jail detainment ties to a Prince Street murder. The Messiah welcomes Rev. Robert Collyer. Bach faces Massachusetts mortgage charges. A Sierra Leone voyage returns crew from a burned brig. Bogert's Deficiencies flagged by Produce Exchange. Irish Famine Fund receipts reach $6,602. Port traffic lists 872 vessels awaiting cargoes.
The Vermont Dairymen's Association begins its eleventh winter meeting in Brandon on January 21 with officers elected for the year led by President E D Mason. Attendees discuss crop improvement, soil work, and butter-market methods while Governor Smith and other speakers are expected to participate in upcoming sessions.
In Alpine a dance house quarrel erupted into a fatal shooting when Constable Stanton confronted miners Daniel Pickett James Loach and Daniel Jen nison and driver J D Forrester. Stanton fired into the crowd killing Pickett and wounding Loach and Jennison. Stanton and Forrester were placed under arrest.
Commodore Homer C. Blake of the United States Navy died at his East Thirty second street residence after a short illness from malarial disease contracted during the war and a recent Asiatic squadron cruise. Born in Dutchess County New York in 1822, he commanded the steamer Hatteras in the West Gulf blockading squadron in 1862 and 1863 and later the steamer Utah in the North Atlantic blockading squadron.
At 1 am the surface over Hoch & Co. mine caved in at Mahanoy Plane taking a plot owned by William O'Donnell. Ground continues to crack and may sink again. This is the third subsidence, with work halted for weeks due to an injunction against coal removal that supports the surface.
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