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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1869

Page

2

Receipts and Legal Notes From Washington July Report

Washington reports show July half-month customs receipts exceed seven million dollars and internal revenue over twelve million. Passport taxes total 142,953 with collector fees of 1,529.53 reserved. transfer to Comptroller of the Currency. Verger habeas corpus case postponed, suspected to be decided by the full Supreme Court. concern over military commission trial without proper civil court due process. Weather section noted.

Washington Commissioner of Internal Revenue Department Internal Revenue The Treasury Verger Supreme Court

Executive Mansion Near Desolation and Public Debt Outlook

Washington notes show the Executive Mansion nearly deserted with only one clerk left. A German society performed a brief concert in the East Room while public debt is expected to drop by over five million dollars by August. Revenue seizures continue in Richmond and Tennessee, and the Yerger case proceeds toward Supreme Court review with Attorney General guidance.

Associated Press Washington Union Drake Consolidated Gas Company Hawley Street Bath Street Geo. B. Upton J. J. Walworth O. P. Drake

Wounded on excursion train near Lawrence Kansas list

Special dispatch from Lawrence lists numerous injuries from the train excursion crash on July 14. Names include J D Herkmer General Superintendent S L and I Railroad and several executives from Cleveland Bank of Commerce Chief Engineer F Wood and Oscar Townsend President of CC and Indy Central road among others. A separate Lavalle Illinois dispatch notes a freight collision west of Peru damaging nine cars bound to Omaha and nine more east with no injuries.

New York Herald Mast Hope Ee Port Jervis Erierai New York Mast Hope Depot Associated Press Erie Long Dock Jersey City Carr’s Rock Miltown Elmira Turner’s Station Governor Walker Virginia Baggage Corps Mast Hope Gainly Hallock Daniel Baur Erastus Wheaton Erie Railway Black Aaron E. King Paterson N. J Prof Gould Rucker Buffalo Express Gibson Leominster Mass New York City St. Louis The Democrat Lawrence Kansas J. D. Herkmer St. Louis and Indianapolis John Perkins Bank of Commerce of Cleveland Frank Wood Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati E. S. Flint Lucien Hills FE. King Columbus Indianapolis J. C. Noyes Eben Noyes Gen. Graft Terre Haute J. D Bank of Terre Haute B. W. Hanna Gen. Coburn Indiana Gen. Barnett Roderick King Joseph Barnard Charles Hicks H. N. Johnson Cleveland Herald Oscar Townsend Indiana Central Road Gen. Cobb Vincennes Professor Wilbur Wilbur Lavalle Ilinois Chicago Pacific Railroad Peru Omaha

Tornado Rips Lexington City Area Causing Wide Damage

A massive tornado swept Lexington Missouri causing downed trees and fences blocking streets, unroofed houses, and wrecked buildings including the Caucasian newspaper office. No deaths reported though property and crops suffered extensive damage across city and surrounding areas.

St. Louis Lexington

Lexington Educational Convention Discusses Educating Blacks

July 16 report from Ricuéoxp notes the Lexington convention tabled the best mode of educating blacks and authorized an educational journal. Mr R. E. Lee took 50 shares while Curtis Lee is very ill. Several German singers suffered sunstroke in the procession. one citizen died from sunstroke as the thermometer hit 105. Walker’s official majority stood at 17,509.

Ricuéoxp Lexington R. E. Lee Curtis Lee Walker

Floods Ravage Texas Valleys and Rivers Rise

From San Antonio reports the Guadaloupe river tops all prior records and overflows the valley. Gonzales county loses nine tenths of crops while the Comal river floods New Braunfels, destroying mills, factories, and bridges. No lives lost at Bastrop or Webberville as the Colorado falls and the Brazos continues to rise slowly.

Galveston San Antonio Guadaloupe Gonzales County Comal New Braunfels Comal River Bastrop Webberville Colorado Brazos

Irish Church Bill heated debate in Commons amid Lords clash

The Commons rejected amendments on glebe houses and globes for Catholics and Presbyterians as the Irish Church bill moved back to the Lords. The Times editorial cautions collision may trigger agitation and renewal with firmer resolve. Protests by Earl of Derby across forty seven peers call the bill a severance threat, while demonstrations erupt in Ireland with Orange-Catholic violence in Lurgan and New Rye.

House of Commons the Times House of Lords Commons Lords Earl of Derby Europe John Bright Atheneum Club Reform League Ireland Lurgan New Rye Orange Hall

Fire destroys oil cars at Cleveland railroad yard

A fire in Cleveland last night burned twenty to thirty railroad cars loaded with crude and coal oil belonging to Rockafeller Andrews Flagler Clark Paine & Co and Critchley Fawcett Co. The total loss ranges from 50000 to 60600 dollars with little insurance. The fire likely started from a lamp carried by the train inspector.

Cleveann Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Rockafeller, Andrews & Flagler, Clark, Paine & Co Critchley, Fawcett & Co Eastern

Murders Arrested Mother and Vigilance Committee Planned

A Mrs Haverly was arrested for murdering her daughter's illegitimate child. Waterford forms a vigilance committee to curb men charism. The Mohawk River yielded stolen chime bells and church property from the Cohoes Catholic church. FE Gibson of Colgate Gibson dies. The Supreme Court case O Mahoney v Belmont rules recovered gold deposited by O Leary belongs to him. Goldsmith Maid wins the Fashion Course trotting match.

Haverly Waterford Cohoes Catholic Mohawk River Supreme Court Ciece O’mahoney Auguste Belmont O’ Leary Goldsmith Maid Palmer

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