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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1876
Page
1
The Boston Post announces special edition rates for the CAMAIGN FAIGN post with daily publication options and pricing details for multiple editions. This notice outlines the tiered rates and timing for each edition.
In a sharp House debate the Republican opposition to Reconstruction faces renewed scrutiny as Mr Blaine resigns his seat while critics press for action against carpetbagger incursions in the South. The session centers on party strategy and shifting loyalties amid the ongoing investigation atmosphere.
The discussion centers on appropriations for the diplomatic service and ministers abroad. Members clash over potential withdrawals, salaries, and a Senate-House clash. A new Conference Committee is named, and a ten day extension for public printing is proposed. The Resumption Act is debated with votes recorded.
Mr Wright from the Judiciary Committee reported a bill to extend the duration of the Court Commissioners of Alabama Claims to November first next. Placed on the calendar. Mr Anthony called up the House bill to extend ten days from this date the act to continue the public printing. The Senate adjourned after an executive session at five o'clock.
New York July 10 partial destruction of Castle Garden dominates the hour. Fire origin uncertain with theories of spontaneous combustion or careless smoking. Matron Mrs Esslinger alerted emigrants as a brave sailor retrieved luggage amid smoke. Emigrants from Southern Russia and a few Irish react swiftly to safety. The building once hosted Gen Jackson Lafayette Tyler Jenny Lind and famed operas before serving as an immigrant depot. Bonds stolen at Safe Deposit Company as John Syme reports missing railway coupons worth 16 000. Detectives on case. Miss Curry's elopement noted.
Washington July 10. Marsh's testimony confirms Belknap’s guilt as absolute and cross‑examination looms. Debates on rule 20 open sessions and public access fill the day as Marsh, Hazen, and others detail payments to Belknap via Evans and Co. with letters, deposits, and remittances shaping the case. Adjournment follows at 4:55 pm as Senate shifts to legislative business.
Milwaukee reports the St Clair a Ward's line propeller burned on Lake Superior. Eighteen passengers and fourteen crew aboard. fire hole blaze within minutes enveloped the vessel. Only one lifeboat usable. twenty seven lost, seventeen passengers and ten crew perished. List of saved includes Captain Robert Rhyness and four others. Search continues for bodies. cargo listed as cattle and flour.
A July 10 thunderstorm lashed Portsmouth Nashua Laconia Exeter and Pembroke in New Hampshire with fires and damage from lightning. Frank W Miller’s Lincoln Hill stable burned, George W Nutt’s Harbor barn consumed, Leavitt jailer house struck, Ebenezer Leagitt home shattered, Samuel W Leavitt house struck, Sylvander French barn burned. Manchester Stacy's mattress mill and Pembroke farm building damaged with substantial losses. Insurance coverage noted in several cases.
A July 10 dispatch from Cheyenne River says reconnoitering parties found Indian war party traces linked to Red Cloud and Sitting Bull but no Indians returning to agencies. Water is scarce at the camp awaiting Gen Crook and Gen Merritt. Reports of Crook’s death are unconfirmed and disputed, with volunteers offered yet not accepted due to lack of legal framework.
A barn and shed owned by S Sprout at Norwich Vermont along with farming tools wool hay and grain burned last night. Loss $1700 with $3200 insurance. A Sprout son aged 15 years was arrested for malice and jailed to await December court.
About 500 Milford residents filled the Town Hall to protest the dissolution of Company F Tenth Regiment MVM under the 1876 militia law. The meeting urged a new inspection to reconsider the order, citing Milford as Worcester County’s largest town, its manufacturing base, and the unit’s sobriety and discipline, with a five-member committee to present the protest to the Commander-in-Chief.
An Augusta dispatch reports Hamburg hostilities ended with whites dispersing the black militia by cannon fire and looting armed depots. Twenty-nine arrests, four prisoners shot, and two die as a white man and three blacks wounded. A colored legislator among the dead. coroner’s inquest underway with verdict expected next day.
In Milwaukee on July 10 the judge pronounced sentences for various whiskey offenses. Samuel Elias and Jacob Rindskers received one day in jail and a $1000 fine, Leopold Wirth a six month term and $1000, D Schonfeld five months and $1090, Dagette Dagette perhaps four months and Es Hentz i three months and $200.
July news column denounces the six week session in Concord New Hampshire with Republican control. It cites only three public acts, argues party ring influence, and contrasts with 1874 legislative length. It critiques removals, calls for accountability, and warns of continued delay to influence elections.
The dispatches compare Gov. Hayes's long letter to Grant and praise or rebuke as political maneuvering. Sun and Tribune note cautious language and possible self-distrust. Times lauds clarity and civil service reform stance. Herald critiques the one term and school notions. Overall, editors weigh Hayes against expectations and party aims.
Vienna dispatch summarizes Reichstadt interview outcomes including acceptance of common intervention under certain conditions and Russia renouncing separate action. Zachs force near annihilation reported with heavy casualty flow to Belgrade. Belgrade frontier movements include 4000 troops and artillery redeployments. Bucharest notes Turkey demands Roumanian restraint on armed bands to aid Serbia as Danube neutralization condition.
In Louisville on July 10, the Louisvilles fell to the Mutuals after a tense game that tied in the ninth and swung decisively in the sixteenth with four runs by the Mutuals to one for the Louisvilles.
On July 10, across New York Richmond Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia the heat wreaked havoc. Dozens of sunstroke cases and multiple deaths were reported as temperatures reached the nineties to mid hundreds. Crowds fled to the coast in New York for relief from the oppressive heat.
The New York Sun praises General Tilden for targeting corruptionists rather than delivering generic reform. It argues his approach, practical and decisive, will root out corrupted officials who plunder the treasury and canals, showing philosophy, practicality, and success in his plan.
Gov Tilden secured election by a 50 000 majority over Gov Dix marking a strong show of personal popularity. Bristow, after resigning, faced a pardon for colleagues convicted in corruption cases. Tilden stands against New York rings while riding a wave of reform and backing at St Louis.
Nashoua July 10 officers elected and installed in Nashosnon En campment No.1 I. O. C. F. J. A. Fisher C. P. Charles Marden H. P. C. H. Leavitt S. W. R. M. Blanchard Scribe Daniel Farnsworth Treasurer George E. Heath J. W. E. W. Hawkins O.8. H. A. Putnam I. 8. Horace 8. Ashley G.
Lowell Mass July 10 All but one of twenty two applicants conditioned for admission to the High School succeeded at the second examination. At a special School Committee meeting the same night the annual teacher election produced continuance of nearly all current teachers.
An eleven year old daughter of Mr Jonathan R Herrick is confined to her father's residence from the effects of wearing striped stockings. The stockings caused swelling and poison in her legs but no serious consequences are anticipated.
Early July 10 a masked mob overpowered guards at the county jail and hanged the inmate scheduled for execution on the 21st. The incident occurred between 1 and 2 am, disrupting local authorities and prompting a police inquiry.
The body of Mrs Bennett, daughter of Mr coma, who was outraged and murdered by the man illiams at Richmond, was found yesterday in Cincinnati.
A Pall Mall Gazette discussion from Constantinople recalls Turkish burial custom for Sultans. Sultans are buried quickly out of sight with no mourning, while grandees receive ceremonial funerals with shawls, prayers, and processions through Yeni Sokak.
In the House of Commons Mr Disraeli spoke on Eastern Question correspondence to be laid before Parliament early next week. He noted no new Prime inquiry on the Prigariqga outrage. Minister Pierrepont arrives and will be presented to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Samoan affair includes a preliminary Auckland inquiry about the British war vessel Barraconta. Wages are cut by 10 percent in Glasgow mills, risking strikes.
Plymouth New Hampshire hosts the forty seventh annual American Institute of Instruction meeting from July 11 for three days with delegates arriving and 170 ladies to be entertained. The event will utilize the State Normal School hall and shows strong local preparation. Baltimore also reports the National Education Association session opening with welcomes from Gov Carroll and Mayor Latrobe. President Phelps delivered the annual address as attendance remains high.
Miss Angie Hill of 4 Atlantic corporation heard a man she knew arrive after midnight. Philip Barry, lingering near the hose, later accosted her as she stepped out to help a friend who had fallen. He attempted an outrage in an alley but was restrained by Officers Spofford and Vose. Barry was bound over to the Superior Court, term not specified.
In St Louis on July 10, reports say no robbers have been captured after a rail line heist near Otterville. Six search parties pursue the suspects, believed to be railroad workers’ sons. E C Graves, held near Otterville, was released after being cleared. Robbers reportedly elude capture in brushy areas south of Florence, with watchers at multiple exits.
New York news reports a severe drought across New Jersey with fires burning across meadows between Newark and Hackensack. Fire spread to several acres, igniting dry soil and peatlike taters and vegetables. houses were threatened, prompting trench-digging and earth-filled defenses.
A roundup of brief notices reports several deaths and incidents. Laurence Cunningham an Irishman hanged himself in Athol Massachusetts after a spree since the 4th. James Burns of Lyons Michigan died after poisoning while treating a sick horse. Col Ira W Ainsworth former 177th New York Volunteers died in Albany. Annie Wells a young woman died by suicide in Dalton Georgia. Edwin Fernald a Boston and Maine fireman fainted from heat. William Lloyd Garrison comments on republic fathers. Evarts Centennial address praised as finest on the Declaration. New Orleans consumption expected to trigger war but without disturbance. Deputy Sheriff Cushman and Constable Nash enforce license law in Abington Massachusetts. Deaf and dumb man James Conklin of Boston struck by a train near Blackstone Rhode Island line, injury not serious. The Constellation ship arrived at New Bedford to summer headquarters. James Carter's daughter in North Conway New Hampshire amputated arm after fracture. Henry Simons of Fort Adams Newport died suddenly. Georgia’s Berrien county puzzled by a male-appearing colored woman living in woods, who flees men at speed.
A June disaster in Ayr Scotland left twenty two young women dead by fire. Police and emergency crews investigated cause amid a citywide tragedy with survivors and families affected by the blaze.
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