28 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1883
Page
1
Financial and commercial notes cover domestic and foreign markets while shipping, railroad matters and hotel arrivals are noted. The page includes court records, maritime news and obituary notices reflecting daily urban business and social life in a historic Boston record.
The present legislature set a new record by completing the longest session by a single day. The piece notes Mexico City has few inexpensive cafes offering coffee or chocolate under twenty cents, criticizing the way the country is advertised as a great coffee producer and predicting locals will soon recognize it.
Hugh Hastings recalls Sam Tilden in Albany while Hastings admits slander in his own paper. Philadelphia braces for Asiatic cholera amid memories of 1832 1849 and 1866 outbreaks. Fear rises as reports surface of the disease in the Orient and London.
The piece notes Indiana Democrats waver between tariff protection and hard money, praising Joseph E McDonald for steadfast support of constitutional money and a restrained tariff aimed at funding government only. It portrays McDonald as principled amid shifting party views on monetary policy and protectionism.
The Shasta Courier describes massive rock blasts for a railroad along the river bank causing hundreds to thousands of fish deaths. It cites deliberate poisoning by Chinese workers and accidental killings from blasting, painting a picture of vast obstacles to the project and nature’s rugged barrier between California and Oregon.
The Virginia Democrat convention shows a shift away from Jeffersonian principles and a focus on curbing Mahone’s influence. It signals prudence in addressing state debt tariff and internal revenue, while balancing expediency against core party principles amid broader public sentiment.
The Massachusetts Senate adjourned after a long session marked by a veto of a clerks’ salary raise, debates over member pay, and bills on prisons and the Tewksbury inquiry. Leaders praised President Crocker and paid tribute to officers before prorogation at 9 43 PM.
Members debated pay raises for clerks and sergeant at arms, approved a $120,500 payroll for compensation and $1,987 for mileage, and laid over or rejected several measures. A resignation from H. C. Joyner of Great Barrington prompted thanks to Speaker Marden, who reflected on the long session and praised staff, with Rutland’s Potter noted as deceased.
A speaker extols the honor of public service in the commonwealth and reflects on the closing session. The record notes resolutions of thanks, appropriations, and committee appointments, plus a veto on extra clerk pay and a prorogation order to the governor for January.
Special despatch reports the Western Union and Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph companies maintaining firm stances amid ongoing telegraphers strike. Despite some disappointment among strikers in Clarendon hall, management says operations run normally and no compromise is planned. Half salaries will be paid August 1 to strikers. In Philadelphia, Bell Telephone linemen and inspectors strike after their grievances bill was rejected, about 22 linemen and six inspectors involved.
No new developments in the telegraph strike as operators and companies hold steady. Strikers meet at headquarters with nineteen encouraging letters, plan a Boston exhibition game, and urge continued resistance while awaiting favorable AP reports.
Reports show Baltimore and Allegheny tied 21 to 8 in Baltimore Baltimore. Lowell Lowell X Q Z 13 over Holyoixes. Detroit 3, New York 2. Cleveland Providence and Cleveland teams played two scoreless innings before rain halted the game. In New York the Athletics of Philadelphia defaulted to the Metropolitans as Philadelphia players did not appear.
Gov Butler told the executive council he denies a pardon to S Angier Chace now jailed for embezzlement. Chace faced multiple counts alleging 100 000 in funds entrusted to him as treasurer of a Fall River company. He pleaded guilty on three counts and received 12 years. The governor argued the magnitude and years of harm, including effect on families and religion, justify no clemency. He contrasted Chace with a younger arson case and urged that crime deserve deterrence regardless of social position.
In New Haven Coroner Ballman conducted a secret inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Keasham under a state law allowing one witness at a time with reporters and the public excluded. Dr. White and the coroner refused to release autopsy results while several witnesses were quietly examined and further developments expected within days.
Detective Wiggin reports a delay in extradition due to Judge Savory billing $52 for copying affidavits by the local court clerk. The deputy minister of justice awaits consent from a superior on vacation before issuing the warrant. Wiggin pledged payment of proper charges and offered secretary of state guarantees if needed.
Maine deaf mutes convene in Belfast August 25 26. Yacht Good Templar of York ran aground at Badger's Island. L A Torrens of Boston to present David the Shepherd Boy in Northport August 9. Fare playing revived in Bangor. Politicians and lawyers lose 500 in a recent game. Rev John Wakefield 86 dies in Thomaston. Master Goodenow 15 recovers from hand wound and lockjaw. Railroad Wildes reviews Strong to Kinefield 14 miles at $50k. Bangor grass-ball shoot: Allen 37 York 36. James Currier jailed for three months for defrauding Dr J K Lincoln. Mt Desert buckboard crash. Miss Case dies. Miss White injured. driver Seward Dorr badly hurt.
In New Hampshire the Lancasters beat the Lyndonvilles at e at Lancaster on Friday by a score to 7. William Cone was fatally injured after a hand car crank accident on the Concord and Claremont railroad. he resided in Sunapee. A joint temperance convention set for August 23 and 24 will be held by State Temperance and Rockingham County associations. A probate hearing in Concord addressed Mary J Perkins and the will of her mother Asenath Perkins amid alleged embezzlement by Chester Perkins. all in Pittsfield. A raft collision near Portsmouth disrupted logs bound for Mason’s mill, with loss and debris along the river. Portsmouth plans a four story brick hotel on Vaughan street, by Joseph S Grant, after Gib son house fire, with space for a lawn and double piazza. nearby stables to be rebuilt.
The mother of Prof. Foster of Middlebury College died after a stair fall on the 22d, aged 67, while visiting her son since April. A Craftsbury family endures severe illness and distress, with a cancer, consumption, and a raving mother. In Swanton, Joseph Greenan, the oldest man in Northern Vermont, died at age near 104, having lived there 80 years and remaining cognitively alert until late.
Various local notices report the Westborough Unitarian church shutting due to financial hardship.
In Providence justice court Friday David 0 Black publisher of the Sunday Telegram was adjured probably guilty of libel on Henry Mann a former employe and held to await the grand jury. The Union company that bought Mrs Fanny Sprague mansion house offers a life lease for 1 dollar a month. Edward Baldwin aka Edwin B McLean the Newport arrested sneak thief may be discharged after George Young of New York failed to identify the goods found on him.
Olivette has proven the most successful of the open stage productions at the Museum this summer and will have its last performance today. In the email pavilion at Oakland Garden Prof Mobr will present magic, caricature, and ventriloquism on several afternoons next week. A pyrotechnical show follows the evening performance. Tomorrow Sambo’s jubilee singers perform a sacred concert at the Bijou, and next week The Mascot is scheduled by the Goodwin troupe.
The year’s fish exports reached about $6,000,006 with Nova Scotia leading at $7,131,418 in regional output. Major species included codfish and herring while Great Britain and the United States were top destinations. Nova Scotia counties, led by Lunenburg, Digby and Yarmouth, contributed large shares, and home consumption totaled around $10 million.
A blaze at Orlean street East Boston between Percival and Gould courts destroyed two wooden buildings and a shed used by Schaeffer O Connor. Losses estimated around 5000 with full insurance. A stable and two dwellings also burned with uninsured tenants suffering sizable losses. Fire brigade operations slowed by scarce water and crowding. Additional fires reported in Atlantic Avenue machine shop and Pearl Street marble block with minor damage. Distant reports include Veazie Mills and Providence Pascoag houses burned with insured losses and Denver Terra Cotta works burning.
July term of the superior court in Pittsfield closed with fines and costs totaling 1648 dollars. John C. Wolcott of Cheshire jailed three months for common drunkenness. Dr. R. H. Neefus of Dalton appealed in adultery case. Johanna Sullivan of Sandisfield alleged tarning in 1881. case involved Sackett, Sage, White, and others. Compromise payments include 600 to Mrs. Sullivan and 500 to the county in costs. 350 previously paid in fees.
The steamer heads to Provincetown for about an hour then sails to the broad Atlantic on Sunday. A season ticket for two is awarded to the first to sight land on the return. The last trip boasted several whale schools and was hailed as the year’s most interesting voyage.
A stream of visitors and dignitaries gathers at the United States hotel and Nantucket as Senator J. T. Morgan and others, including Col. George Wade, Henry J. Raymond, ex representative March, and Mrs Hewitt, are noted for meals, vacations, poetry, and society. Gov Butler funds questioned. Debates on Bernhardt divorce and Damala. Newport breakfast honors Thomas Bayard with a host of notable guests portend ongoing political and cultural chatter.
The commissioner reports 126 internal revenue collectors audited before June 30 1883 and total receipts of 144 553 366 from internal revenue for the year with about 5 120 000 in costs. He notes no fraud or illicit activity and provides a projected 43 000 000 reduction for the current year under the 1888 act.
DETROIT July 27 strong hopes are entertained that the worst is over as the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad bridge near Grand Rapids holds firm against a vast log jam. An estimated sixty million feet press on the structure with thirty million more along the riverbanks, threatening heavy losses but avoiding the catastrophe of a bridge collapse and far greater damage to trade.
The Rose Standish, from Downers Landing to Boston via Hotel Pemberton, struck a rock between Nix's Mate and Long Island. A large hole opened in her hull, she was beached on Long Island, then passengers were transferred to the William Harrison and brought to the city.
Rutland Vt July 28 John B Page sues Clement Sons for libel over a published statement about Rutland Railroad company where he serves as president Damages sought amount to 200 000 dollars and claims the statement harmed the railroad’s reputation.
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