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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1883
Page
1
In a Washington note a German newspaper says no German paper backs the Republican state ticket nor a prominent German who will accept the stamp for it. The editor grapples with choosing a summer destination while managing post choice bills.
Chicago boasts the nation’s largest deposits outside New York with First National at about 19.06 million. Other Chicago banks hold near 10 million each, while Boston banks total many more, highlighting Chicago’s small number of national banks (11) versus Boston’s 60.
Governor Butler objects to a $79,495.62 payment to Walter and Francis Shanly for Hoosac tunnel losses, arguing no legal or equitable claim exists. He cites precedents, notes amended sums, and warns against large state taxation, proposing a $1.5 million levy and urging economy across departments.
Gov. Butler reads and prints his veto of a $2,000,000 state tax bill. He argues the commonwealth should not tax in advance, cites treasury balances from 1879 to 1883, and notes current deficits and interest costs. He warns against tying up cash in banks and urges restraint on borrowing and expenditure.
Washington dispatch reports the Hill investigating committee resuming sessions. Gen Stinemetz testifies on Bartletts extra work costs for the New York post office while Col Damon denies offering a bribe to gain a U S Fireproof Shutter contract. proceedings adjourn to July 5 amid Bartlett Robbins Co case conclusion. naval bids open with John Roach lowest for four ships. Arkansas marshal Joseph L Brown Jr convicted of forgery and sentenced to five years hard labor plus $1,000 fine.
Framingham Mass July 2 annual graduation exercises held with diplomas presented by Miss Abby W May. Advanced class graduates Edith Boutwell Baker Fannie Clark Alice Merrill Harriet Wood. Senior class Emma Arms Juliet Hanford Sarah Horton Ida Merrill Lucy Nichols Gertrude Samson Emma Taylor Theodora Wall Elizabeth Waters Carrie Wright. Short addresses by Col Higginson E Carrigan and A P Marble.
The Queen of the National Line arrives in New York with 731 passengers. Inspectors identify 175 pauper immigrants and require a guarantee they can be returned to Europe after formalities. Ellen Sullivan and Mary Rafter, widows with children, are detained. Others labeled assisted travelers are allowed to depart.
A Richmond despatch reports Elams wound dangerous and another surgeon sent. New Jersey sets a 16 year age limit prohibiting cigarette and tobacco sales to minors. Bulwer Consolidated Mining declares 15 cent per share dividend and Re Consolidated 25 cents. Philadelphia Produce Exchange pledges to refuse trade dollar at discount. Sanders condemned to life for murdering his wife in Brazil Indiana, attempted suicide by poison without success. Delaware and Hudson Coal quotes July prices. Various commodity prices listed for furnace and stove goods. Articles of association for People’s Railway Company of America filed in Indiana and interior at Washington. capital 175000000. Montreal bank sues Pioneer Beet Roots shareholders for 100000 advances. Edward P. Wetzler bail set at 5000 on charges of fraud and embezzlement tied to railroad bonds. Excursion steamboat Stranger capsized on Tonawanda creek. several youths named as casualties and survivors. Ex-president of Mechanics’ and Laborers’ Bank John Halliard begins prison term. A farmer Abramapne shot by Lew French. wife present during shooting. both in custody. Clan na Gael and Fenian torpedo attack at Inglewood backfires. day’s excursion a financial failure. Forty-seven bicyclists begin Canadian tour from Windsor to Niagara Falls with riders from multiple US cities. Fourth of July festivities in Indiana feature monument unveiling for Hendricks, Baker, McDonald, Porter, Voorhees, Harrison. Mob in Louisiana Missouri hangs Bill McDowell over Miss Murray assault. later body desecrated and photographed.
Governor Butler sent a special message to the legislature arguing no public exigency requires an extra session or prorogation until August. He contends the welfare of the commonwealth does not justify extending the session and notes constitutional limits on adjournment. A Republican caucus followed, with a plan to press for action after the Tewksbury almshouse inquiry.
A violent July storm swept New York City and neighboring towns, toppled trees and signs, and caused structural damage. At Saybrook Connecticut a cyclone wrecked the railroad car house, blocked tracks, and shattered windows. Hartford and Middletown experienced heavy rain, hail, and numerous tree losses, with one reported drowning and a damaged asylum wing. Wisconsin towns including Belgium and Fredonia reported extensive building destruction from a severe morning storm.
In Waterville Maine on July 2 presentation day drew a large attendance. Edwin P. Burtt gave an oration and Henry F. Dexter read a poem. J. J. Cummings won the han oanee pan prize while Kingman was praised for truthfulness. Distinguished guests including Hamlin and Coburn attended, and trustees adjourned after a brief meeting.
Williamstown Mass July 2 trustees elect Rev Mr Dennison college pastor and reelect Mr Parsons as geometry instructor. Professors’ pay up 300. President Carter salary up to 4000. Cranberry farm funds library 5000 if crop good. Baseball field purchase considered. Tornado tears through valley destroying the new gym and causing about 6000 in losses. alumni dinner canceled.
Secretary Folger told reporters in New York he has no authority to act on the trade dollar issue, saying the matter is governed entirely by statute. He said his trip to New York was for recreation and to confer briefly with Assistant Treasurer Acton on minor treasury business, not the trade dollar agitation.
A ragbag of social snippets profiles Treadly a Royal Arch Mason Bayard LL D titles Hanlan’s $53000 earnings since 1877 capel tours America wees Poland visits Hotel Vendome Gould learns cooking Vanderbilt funds boost to Nashville university Stevens named railroad commissioner Abell of Baltimore Sun worth $15000000 praises bourbon Grant directs his servant Sharpless and other chemists testify in Chicago about land adulteration Webb at Nantasket preparing for Niagara Falls swim Arthur arrives in New York Fifth Avenue hotel Evans travels with him Foster of Ohio comments slowness toward Georgia reunion in Portsmouth William Cromwell listed among attendees Hannibal Hamlin offered to write reminiscences at high pay hesitates for accuracy Hamlin praised by observer Harlin recounts a trout visit to fish commissioners.
In a Tewksbury investigation, Chairman Francis H. Nourse forces disclosure of Thomas J. Marsh Jr. records showing 585 bodies delivered to medical colleges between 1873 and 1882, with $2,828 paid for services and transportation. Cross-examination reveals Marsh’s books and vouchers, four or five ledgers, were kept private and later seized. The committee orders production of the ledgers as Gov. Butler and Brown clash over public disclosure. Meanwhile poultry prices rise at Faneuil Hall and Quincy markets as a bill requires removal of heads feathers and entrails for most city meat except small or live birds.
Fire destroyed the Dauphin county almshouse complex near Harrisburg causing about 200000 dollars in damage with 12 inmates missing and 150 indigents left without shelter. 21 females and 17 males were saved from the insane wards as corridors burned and tents were sought from the arsenal. The blaze possibly started in a barn due to heated hay or a cigarette.
The report lists W H Sanford of Williamstown suspending operations and Sumner Adams of Dorchester district Boston failing with liabilities around 2150 dollars. J Wallace & Co of Portland and A G Norris of Haverhill also fail or settle with creditors, along with Rosa B Baldwin of New Bedford and J J McIvenny of New Bedford. A bankruptcy petition was filed Monday for Knight & Frost grocers at 343 Tremont Street.
Private opening of the Nantas ket roller skating rink is led by proprietor William H. Gouillard and manager Lemuel J. Byrne this evening. The program features a grand concert by the Boston Cadet Reeves's America and Boardman's band, skating exhibitions by Misses Alice Gleason and Jennie Houghton, and Profs Field Mayer Tufts and Sewaill with double bi cycling. Steamers to Boston depart at entertainment end. public opening tomorrow offers three relief skating sessions.
Capt Savage presents the quarterly probation office report noting 232 dispositions with 215 approved and discharged or filed, 17 surrendered for sentence. The effort saved prison expenses totaling 15 454 dollars. There were 263 new cases and 272 remain in care.
City dealers say the legislature's poultry bill will not seriously harm their business. Many dealers express warm commendation for the measure and optimism about its impact on local trade.
Veda Vashorn a railroad employee at Waterville was struck and killed on the track while watching an outgoing train Monday. He was about 50 years old and left a widow and five children. W M Brown of Dickey Brown sash and blind manufacturers is alleged to be a $3000 defaulter after traveling from Searsmont and Camden to Boston and then to Canada.
Warren Clark was re-elected superintendent of Concord schools Monday night. A small turnout of legislators in Concord Monday evening suggested a quorum may not be present before July 10. Rev. B. P. Raymond of Nashua announced he will resign to take a college professorship in Minnesota, effective in August. Howard J. Donley of Windham Vermont drowned at Bristol Sunday while bathing at age 27 and unmarried.
Edward Eaton, worker in Worcester Nashua freight yard, killed when run over by ears in Worcester. Charles Lunt, 58, quarry worker at Newburyport jetty, fatally injured by a derrick breaking. Clarence Murdoch, 4, son of John Murdoch of Woburn, fell in an old lumber yard and died from head injury. Rev. Dr. B. F. Marshall shot in hand while showing son how to handle a toy pistol. Lowell school committee selects F. F. Coburn as principal, replacing A. W. Bachellor who declined. Mrs. Charles Remond of New Bedford burns fatally possible after kerosene explosion during can lighting. Jennie Higgins of Plymouth found alive after six days missing, hid in cellar closet amid cider and wine. drinking led to strange actions. Police and chief searched house from garret to cellar.
In Providence the equity suit F D Moulton versus Z Chaffee orders the plaintiff to post costs by July 16 as Canonchet possession is contested. A Newport despatch recounts a society belle wed hastily years ago, engaged to a noble youth whose father faced misfortune, and now the fiancé learns she plans to marry another. Both couple and former lover are said to be near a public scandal from an unhappy match.
Daggett owner of Boston the horse, who raced against a catamaran from New York to Stony Creek, was arrested in New Haven on cruelty charges. Bonds posted. Mrs Mary A Lewis arrested for pepper in eyes of Mrs Nellie Besle. she was discharged as no one appeared against her. Suspected insane. the attacked women described as highly respectable.
Salem police arrested Mrs Ruth M Estes and Charles Averill on a charge of setting fire to the Hook block Saturday. Traces of kerosene found in a fourth floor room and between the floors. rags saturated with kerosene. Estes had $500 insurance on household goods filed Friday. She was held in 10000 for examination after an appearance in district court. Also: probate court proved several wills and ten administrations granted. Newton city council approved street widenings and schoolhouse repairs, with Read fund trustees named.
Judge Churchill of the municipal court rules William McLaughlin died June 12 after being run over by a train on the Boston and Maine line while intoxicated. Bernard J. Mahan’s death is not found to be a direct result of Elizabeth Perkins’s wound. No blame on Boston and Lowell for brakeman John Walsh’s death. Johnson, a shattle driver, died on the Boston and Albany line with cause linked to intoxication and carelessness.
A Washington Post correspondent asks why large imports of woollen goods wool and iron arrive despite claims that domestic manufacturers and growers can meet demand. The answer notes certain types of iron wool and woollen are required but not produced domestically.
Enoch Pratt deeded the Pratt Free Library property on Mulberry street to Baltimore city and presented a check for 533335 33 to be invested in city bonds for library support. The building is nearly finished and the library will open as soon as interior work is completed.
New York commissioners of taxes and assessments report to the board of aldermen shows total valuation of real and personal estate subject to taxation in the city at 1 276 677 164, up from 1 233 476 398 in 1882, an increase of 42 200 765.
Cablegram round up notes various items: the Count de Chambord alive at seven, Morton in France on fur leave, Prussian diet upper house approves government church bill 64 to 16, iron trade rising due to U.S. demand and tariff, Bermondsey fire losses reach £30000, Britain not ready to annex New Guinea, Gladstone says annexation not warranted, Bourgeois travels to Boston to recover funds, Spanish ports impose quarantine on ships from Egypt, trial of Jews in Nyiregyhaza continues, a witness alleges police magistrate Barry used coercion, tobacco ad ends.
The Boston aldermen meet to review millions spent on public works. A Muddy River improvement order, funding amendments, and the auditor’s annual financial report are presented, detailing treasury balances, receipts, loan items, bond sales, and expenditures including the July 4 holiday pay and city projects.
The author extols farming as a slow but steady path to wealth and liberty, noting a farmer’s independence, access to pure air and water, and lower living costs. He shares personal figures from a $7,000 120 acre farm yielding about $5 per acre after expenses, plus nostalgic joys of rural life and skepticism of city risks.
Joseph Thompson seven-year-old of No 31 North square drowned after falling from Commercial wharf with body recovered near the sinking site. Ann Nickerson held for larceny of 60 from Francois Bonnet in Pleasant street saloon. $1,000 stolen from Mr John Murray’s No 152 West Canton house. Plated silverware bent but not taken. Burglary at Mr William O Brien No 21 Eaton street netted 2256 in cash and other items. John Eagan robbed of 25 near Old Colony depot at 9:25 P.M. Hugh Doherty aged 55 of No 16 Avenue fell at Roxby crossing fracturing left thigh. George Sewall apothecary in Goldsmiths block near Roxbury crossing died after overdose of laudanum.
William P Wood assistant superintendent at Deer Island has been elected superintendent by the directors for public institutions. Five commissioners appoint permanent substitutes including Boleman Carleton Goodwin Healey Kelley Littlefield McDonough McDonough Nuguent Quigley Ready Stevens Smith Toomey and Hennessey. Firemen begin their annual ten day vacations, not to end before November despite the world’s fair.
In Harper's Weekly the Republican party is linked to the whiskey ring, star route frauds, Belknap scheme, salary grab, and other corruption. The piece argues reform is possible only by ousting the party, and that a democratic alternative can be effective despite criticism.
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