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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1879

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2

Revelations From Potter Committee On 1876 Florida Votes Affair

Testimony details cipher telegrams and alleged funding links to Republicans in Indiana and Florida. W T McLannen cites deciphered messages while Brady Tyner and Wing figures appear, including a New Yorker reference and forged dispatches. Officials claim no treachery by Florida Returning Board and describe attempts to mislead investigators.

Potter Tyner Z. Chandler J. W. Foster Chandler Indiana W.E. Chandler St. Martin Brady HOUSE Washington, D. C Potter Committee W. T. McLannen Treasury Department Sechary Sherman Morton Committee Oregon Tribune Florida Tallahassee Fla John Wing Washington Hayes Gen. Brady James N. Tyner Gen Brady Florida Returning Board Wing Weecome New Yorker Gen. Barlow New York City Hunton Blackburn Kast Western Union Messrs Green Cary Grant Green John W. Foster Foster- Tyner Indianapolis Smith Certsin McCormick New York Congress Senate Wadleigh Warren Mitchell Kentucky Conkling Commerce Committee Finance Edmunds Potter and Robeson Blaine South Senator Hill Corbin Butler South Carolina Don Cameron Mr Butler A. P. Butler Simon Don Morton Bullock Evans W. E. Chandler Gen. Butler New York Tribune Civil Service Mr Reed Maine Mr McMahon Reed Ohio McMahon

House Revises Post Office Appropriation Bill Provisions

The House in Committee of the Whole debated amendments to the Post Office Appropriation bill. Provisions repealing the deficiency proviso for railroad postal transport, limiting new car service, and shifting stamp production to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were adopted or rejected. Increases were approved for clerks, letter-carriers pay, and transportation on Star routes, rail and steamship transport. The body recessed before final action.

Washington House Cox New York Post Office Post Office Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Pension Circular on Arrears Claims for 1879

Washington January 29 1879 circular from Commissioner Bentley guides arrears pension claims. It states that those entitled to arrears under the January 25 1879 act with pensions granted before that date need no claim agent and must file a magistrate witnessed letter to the Commissioner of Pensions. The pension certificate should be shown to a magistrate and not sent to the office.

Washington Bentley Department OF the Interior, Pension Office Washington, D. C Commissioner of Pensions County of J. A. Bentley

Treasury reports large coin payments and gold demand shift

Washington reports over 25 million dollars in coin obligations redeemed this month while Treasury coin reserves rise. Interest on government bonds to be paid in gold upon demand, with January payments largely in legal tenders. February interest projected at six million, not likely to trigger heavy gold demand. President approves funds for escorting coin transport and House expenses, plus 3.4 million for miscellaneous House costs. Subscriptions to the 4 percent loan total 3,826,550. internal revenue receipts 258,650. customs 947,349.

Washington Treasury United States New York Sub-Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury House of Representatives Internal Revenue

City of Chester steamer disabled. forgers sentenced. Unitarian Conference opens

The City of Chester disabled by a broken rudder will transfer passengers to City of Montreal. mails shifted to Parthia. A Davenport inquiry resumed with election day arrests, breaching voters’ rights, and vote losses claimed. The Unitarian Conference opened in Brooklyn led by Rev. J Freeman Clarke. Forger John C Richardson and Charles H Fisher received light sentences after aiding convict John Jones. Other items include a libel indictment against Richard K Fox, railroad rate cuts, and a murder verdict against Francis De Jeanne. Deaths and legal moves accompany a broad news summary.

City OF Chester Unitarian Conference ETV New York City of Montreal Chester Parthia Sandy Hook Davenport John A. Foley Brooklyn J. Freeman Clarke Dr Mayo Springfield Mass Church of Our Saviour Monroe Place John C. Richardson Charles H. Fisher Chicago Philadelphia John Jones Golden Rio Janeiro Para Thomas Conyngham Alphonsus Pillitier Church of St. Francis Xavier West Sixteenth Street Herman Brock New Street Julius Wolf

Deaths in Brookline and Other Obituaries Highlight Local Figures

The notice lists Brookline residents and regional individuals who died, including a Brookline official and bank treasurer born 1812 in Newburyport, plus remarks on Rev. William Warren of Gorham and James Long of Somerville. It notes other deaths such as Charlotte Burden, Moses Lyon, Andrew Hammond, and Cardinal Antonucci, along with assorted local notices on theft, gifts to churches, a poultry show, bail, bank examinations, and Lisbon gold mining developments.

Brookline Newburyport Oliver Prescott Boston Latin School Louisville Emily James Maxwell Prescott New England Jefferson Jackson Charlotte Burden John Burden Gloucester Moses G. Lyon Fitchburg Common Council Andrew W. Hammond Haverhill Mass Cardinal Antonio Penedetto Antonucci Ancona Subiaco Italy Holland Montpeltro Florentina Turin Massace Suffolk Mary C. Cutter Boston William E. Cannon Charles A. Cannon

Sugar Tariff Change Triggers Cuban Market Shift

Havana January 29 buyers avoid low grade sugar fearing the new US tariff law. They purchase only higher grades in small quantities, seeking to minimize risk amid expected policy changes.

Havana United States

Bangor area aids 1250, down from 1900 last year

Bangor city aid totals 1250 this year versus 1900 a year ago. Dr De Latour of Bangor died recently from starvation linked to stomach cancer. James Morris of South Bay N B was killed by a night train on the St. Andrews Maine road near Bangor. Dexter dispatches deny bank cashier Barron murder rumors as unfounded. A man’s head and an arm were found near York Beach, believed in water for some time.

Bangor Dr de Latour James Morris South Bay N. B York Beach Co-operative Store Company of Portland H. L. Currier Biddeford James M. Savage Belgrade Savage Advent Church South Eliot George Brown South Lincoln Joseph Titcomb Kennebunk Bank Examiner W. W. Bolster William Philbrick Skowhegan Joshua Nye Maine State Agricultural Society Augusta House of Representatives Portland Argus Webber Saco Androscoggin County

Butter Prices, Train Blockade Delay Brattleboro Funeral

On Tuesday at St Albans butter sold 10 to 16 cents a pound for winter stock while choice Fall selections moved at 24 to 25 cents. Snow blocked the Missisquoi line delaying trains until Tuesday evening. Remains of James Gibson of Brattleboro were aboard a train bound for Richford for a Tuesday funeral, postponed to Wednesday as the body arrived late Tuesday night.

St. Albans Missisquoi James Gibson Brattleboro Richford

Pensions Sworn In Worcester District Court Applicants

Thirty three applicants for pensions were sworn before the Worcester clerk amid the new law. The Berkeley mill in South Lawrence, once run by Thomas Greenbank, is set for mortgage sale on Feb 28, with Lawrence & Co. as mortgagees. Lawrence council elected Samuel White to the water loan sinking fund trustees, replacing James Eaton.

Central District Court Worcester Berkeley South Lawrence Thomas Greenbank Lawrence & Co Boston Common Council of Lawrence James H. Eaton Water Loan Sinking Fund Samuel White Bay State National Bank Charles L. A. Shepard Bradford Brice Shepard New Bedford Pittsfield House of Mercy John Carter Thomas Kilcayne Methuen Hadley Falls National Bank William Appleton Berkshire Glass-Works Joseph R. Moore Andover House of Correction Stafford Mill Fall River F. H. Stafford S. P. Lovell William Mason R. T. Davis William C. Daves William L. Slade Danforth Horton Edmund Chase Ram Smith F.S. Stevens C. P. Stickney Weaver Osborn Thomas Clements North Adams Patrick Fitzpatrick Dalton Martin Dowd Patrick Stanton Mary Fitzgerald Great Barrington Elizabeth Curtis Otis Daniel Curry Richard Gibbons Thomas Burns Merrimac Washington Mills Burns

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