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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1880

Page

2

Massing Troops in Augusta Sparks Political Panic

In Augusta Maine a state house guard mobilization caused Republicans to sound a call to arms, while Fusionists deny real danger calling it a joke. The Fusionists submit questions to the Supreme Court. S Kendall Abbott, suspected Groton murderer, traced to Boston with damaging evidence suggesting passage to St John New Brunswick.

Augusta State House Supreme Court S. Kendall Abbott Groton Boston St. John N. B

Capitol Guards Mobilize as Fusionists Move

Augusta Jan 24 news reports the Republican governor has mobilized Capitol Guards Gardiner and Auburn Light Infantry totaling 120 men to guard the Capitol amid Fusionist threats. Gatling gun at the State House, armed drill rumors, and disputes over possible seizure of the Capitol fuel tension while Fusionists deny facts and push for court resolution.

Avugusta State House Bradbury Hall Joseph Foye Augusta Davis Nash Auburn Greenback Labor Chronicle Fogg Col. Blood Capitol Capitol Guards Richards Light Infantry Gardiner Auburn Light Infantry Auburn Company Kenebec Journal Bilaine Major Fielding Portland Corp. Davis Union Hall Lamson Senate Supreme Judicial Court

Maine Crisis Sparks Lines Over Troop Call

Portland dispatch quotes Hon. Bion Bradbury warning no danger of collision and denouncing troop mobilization as unnecessary and political. A P Gould calls the move the biggest Republican blunder, while Portland Democrats mock Augusta panic and the Springfield Republican urges Davis to present evidence and proceed as chief magistrate.

Portland Bion Bradbury Bangor Gov. Davis Bradbury Davis Union Hall A P. Gould A. P. Gould Maine State House Augusta W. M. Sargent Gov. Smith

War Premium Debate And Senate Unity Highlight Washington Session

The session opens with a push to use surplus Geneva award money held in the Treasury. The House Judiciary Committee will hear parties tomorrow and Tuesday on related bills, as War premium supporters press the committee. Senator Hoar leads the effort in Massachusetts with daily petitions. Gen Gordon reports Lamar's election support and Lamar’s quick recovery, while an excursion party from New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts tours Washington. Judge Abbott is set to argue for War premium claimants, and Gen Grant invites Gen Patterson to spend winter in Mexico. Mrs Sprague hosted Conkling and Supreme Court judges at dinner.

Treasury House Judiciary Committee Senate Friends of the War Premium Judiciary Committee Senator Hoar Massachusetts Gen. Gordon Walthall Lamar George New Hampshire Washington Paris Parnell Ireland St. Petersburg the Times Europe Madrid Cuba Duc de Broglie M. Taronier War Ministry Rome Gerald Sms Isis Dublin House Relief Fund Committee New York French Chamber of Deputies Louis Blanc England United States Dublin Home Rule League Charles Stewart Parnell

Misrepresentation in North Carolina Exodus Case Exposed

Senate inquiry into North Carolina emigration reveals B and O Railroad agents paid promoters to move Black migrants to Indiana. Through rate set at 16.65 dollars per adult, with bonuses to Evans and others, circulars claim jobs and clothes. Officials denounce fraud and urge restraint as movement continues amid indictments and public warning.

Washington Senate Committee On J. P. Dukehart Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company North Carolina Baltimore and Ohio Road Indiana Goldsboro Indianapolis Z. Taylor Evans Evans Perry Williams Kansas Green Castle Ind Dukebart Ws Windom Voorhees

Railways and can als bills in Congress on San Antonio to Rio Grande plan

A House sub committee discussed bills to aid a railway from San Antonio to the Rio Grande border at Laredo. Spofford, for Pierce of Boston, announced immediate extension plans to El Paso with a branch to Eagle Pass, rails procured and surveys under way toward El Paso, claiming benefits for military and commercial interests and a shortest line between New Orleans and Galveston. The session also covered pensions, tariff reform debate, Ute surrender talks, and international news including Moscow arrests and Ireland relief appeals.

Washington House Committee On Railways and Canals San Antonio Rio Grande Laredo R. Spofford T. W. Pierce Boston Galveston, Harrisburg and el Paso Eagle Pass Spofford Galveston

Young lumberman slays enormous nine-foot bear in self defense

Oliver, a 22 year old lumberman employed by James Webster of Ocono, encountered an enormous black bear in Aroostook County. After striking the bear’s head with an axe and delivering a fatal blow with a final, decisive strike, the beast lay dead at his feet. The bear measured nine feet from nose to hind paw and weighed over 450 pounds, described as an old ranger. Oliver fled in fright after the kill.

Oliver James Webster Ocono Aroostook County Brain

Rome Letters From a Boston Traveller in 1860s Italy

Correspondent reflects on Rome amid winter thaw and changed grandeur. He laments the Vatican’s influence dulling public life, notes loss of artists and foreign society, and praises St Pauls Episcopal Church while criticising modern Rome. He contrasts poverty with high taxes and discusses emigration, church reforms, and national debt trends.

Rome Asti Hawthorne Europe Pyrenees Apennines Milan Bologna Boston Pius IX Humbert Italy Tivoli Vatican Knights of the Chisel Piazza di Spagna Quirinal Goulds Charlotte Cushman Coliseum Forum Palatine Hill Baedeker England St. Mark’s Venice Ely Cathedral St. Mark St. Paul St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Via Navionese Commonwealth Avenue Nevins Sunday Herald of Itaily St. Paul’s Church America Nile Russia France Germany Austria W. C. Winslow

Disturbance in Mott Street Ends With Knife Fight and Shootings

In New York on January 25 a disturbance among several Chinamen on Mott street led to knife injuries and gunfire. Police arrived after being told a Chinaman fired shots following a stabbing in the leg. Four Chinamen were arrested and one, identified as Gee Soo, was found with a large dirk and claimed to live in Brooklyn.

New York Mott Street Gee Soo Brooklyn

Two Major Philadelphia Fires Cause Large Losses

Philadelphia reports detail two fires in the city and surrounding areas. Stephen F. Whitman & Sons confectionery at Twelfth and Market burned, loss about 70,000 with 65,000 on machinery insured by many companies. nearby Dorr & Son sash and moulding plant of West Philadelphia burned, loss 35,000 with 6,000 insured. Additional fire notes cover Bowery stores in New York and several rural losses with varying insurance.

Philadelphia Penn Stephen F. Whitman & Sons Twelfth and Market Streets Patterson London Liverpool and Globe Fire Association of The Franklin S. F. Whitman & Sons Royal of England Queen of England Lancashire Spring Garden Reliance of Insurance Company of State of Pennsylvania Insurance Company of North America Anna of Hartford Home of New York St. Paul Fire and Marine National of New York Manufacturers’ of Boston Commonwealth of Boston Union of Philadelphia County Fire London Assurance Springfield Fire and Marine Guardian of New York Rochester German Hanover New York Manhattan of New York Meridian Conn Firemen’s of Newark Buffalo German Westchester Teutonia Ironic Lumbermen’s of People’s of Trenton and Exchange of Lamar Charles A Dorr & Son Spring Garden Street Thirty-eighth Street West Philadelphia Bloom & Bro Bowery David Pearson Waldoboro Col James Morse North Portsmouth N. H Eliot

Railways consolidate amid talks of new war in New England

New York Jan 24 consolidation of Union Pacific Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific into Union Pacific Railway Company was announced with officers named including Sidney Dillon and Elisha Atkins. Plan is exchange of three roads for the new line at par with bonds to remain as is. Subsequent reports of a new railway dispute over New England traffic between New York Central and Erie surfaced, with potential toll reductions if shares are not divided. Arbitration in Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton/Junction bonds favored bondholders, requiring surrender of coupons for full face value and new bonds. Reorganization moves for Southwestern Railway discussed in Chicago with pooling to continue and traffic divisions debated. Worcester and Nashua stockholders re-elected the board, with James Lawrence not seeking re-election.

Avagustta Senate House Hatch Bangor Finance Committee Hutchinson Committee On Judiciary Lewiston McKussick Calais Butler Vassalboro Ingalls New York Union Pacific Kansas Pacific Denver Pacific Consolidated Company Union Pacific Railway Company Sidney Dillon Elisha Atkins Henry McFarland Fred Ames Ezra H. Baker F. Gordon Dexter Boston Carlos S. Greeley St. Louis Russell Sage Jay Gould Solon Hum New England The Sunday News Trunk Line New York Central Erie Hoosac Tunnel Western Fred. Ames Erie and Heosac Tunnel Company William H. Vanderbilt Ames Central Road Vanderbilt Hamilton and Dayton Junction Cincinnati Arbitration Commission Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Company Cincinnati, Hamilton and Junction Railroad Company Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company Southwestern Railway CuricaGo Gould Party Midgly Association Worcester and Nashua Road Worcester Mass Worcester and Nashua James Lawrence Groton Bryant

New York Curbs Assault Case and Elevated Rail Mishap

Miss Frances Ferguson, secretary of the Woman's Employment Society, was fined ten dollars after a trial for assaulting Edward B. St. John Henriques on a Third Avenue smoking car. An unrelated Boston man, John Perkins, arrived with a box containing a dead child. he vanished, and police found no charge. An elevated railway engine derailed at Eighth Avenue injuring several workers. Police captured two new forger suspects, Charles A. Brodway and Charles C. Farron, tied to a recent eight thousand dollar check forgery spree.

New York Frances K. Ferguson Woman’s Employment Society Edward B. St. John Henriques Gildersleeve Miss Ferguson John Perkins Boston Liberty Street Jersey City Roselle N. J West Perkins Ludlow Street Eighth Avenue Edward Collins John Constantine Richard Kirkwood Wm. Hayes F. C. Faulkenburg J. C. Schoonder Wm. Kimball Band of Forgers Ogle Gilligan Charles A. Brodway Charles C. Farron

Navy dispatches detail ships at Ville Franche and Far East port calls

The Navy reports Tren ton Wyoming and Quinnebaug at Ville Franche on January 2 after a December 13 departure from Gibraltar with calls at Almeria Cartagena Alicante Valencia and Tarragona. Enterprise to Smyrna and on to Constantinople. Numerous personnel transfers and detachments noted including physicians bosun and marine guard movements. Ranger reports a December voyage from Yokohama to Honolulu interrupted by a November cyclone damaging decks and boats with repairs then return to San Francisco expected.

Navy Department Trenton Wyoming Quinnebaug Ville Franche Gibraltar Spain Almeria Cartagena Alicante Valencia Tarragona Toulon Enterprise Smyrna Constantinople Christopher L. Burns Colorado John L. Bogg New Hampshire Port Royal S. C Howard Smith Naval Hospital Norfolk Robert Hudson John D. Boyd Washington A. Mentz Coast Survey Woodward Custer St. Louis McLane Tilton Thomas N. Wood Marine Guard of United States Constellation Marine Corps Thomas Y. Field Marine Guard Robert Boyd Ranger Honolulu Sandwich Islands Yokohama San Francisco

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