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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1871

Page

2

Akerman on North Carolina Convention and federal stance

Wasninertos July 30 North Carolina affairs Attorney General Akerman discusses the upcoming constitution vote and possible administration recognition amid any state government dispute he cites the Dorr precedent and warns against rash changes He notes the North Carolina legislature acted unlawfully in calling a convention. The Ku Klux Committee plans adjournment. testimony from South Carolina paints a grim picture but critics contest the alarm. Separate items cover a fatal insanity tragedy, a widow's suit, horse disease, Samana Bay rental, and Panama Railroad aquatic news.

North Carolina Akerman Weldon Dorr Rhode Island Congress South KU Klux Committee South Carolina van Trump

Fires Devastate Brewer Storehouse and Nipton Lumber Pile

A blaze in Bancor Maine destroyed Lorenzo E Sabine's Brewer storehouse and a large stock of fish barrels. The fire also swept a dry lumber pile owned by Jos Baker and others. Four Brewer department steamboats helped subdue the blaze. Losses run to 1500 3000 4000 and insured. Origin undetermined. In North Providence R I the Japan works of P M Palmgreene on the city line burned at 2 am owner ex Governor Dyer valued at two to three thousand dollars.

L. E Providence R. L. Jo Japan Works P. M. Palmgreene Dyer

Amador mine unrest and political shifting in San Francisco

San Francisco reports no new trouble at the Amador mine as Kennett faces a murder warrant from Leaguers. The Sparrow Hawk gunboat arrives from Victoria. San Francisco Democrats split into three nominating factions, likely to unite. Republicans plan a large Pacific coast meeting. Major Bronson’s funeral draws a crowd as Second Brigade readies parade. July 30 notes a busy mail steamer bound for China with full freight of flour. Pitcairn Island mutineers’ descendants numbered seventy-five seek clothing and boats.

San Francisco Amador Kennett McEnemy Leaguers Bennett Will Sparrow Hawk Victoria Democracy Pacific Coast J. A. Bronson China Allahabad Newcastle N.S. W Pitcairn’s Island Bounty

Riot at Goldsborough as excursion train brings crowd

About 5000 black spectators arrived from Newbern on a Republican excursion train to hear Thomas Abbott Erwin and Badger speak. In tense clashes at the Exchange Hotel a prisoner was captured then rescued. Whites and police were hurt. a Black man and a policeman were killed as violence spread. Stanley refused to move the train.

Willlington N. C Goldsborough Newbern Republican State Committee Thomas Abbott Marcus Erwin RK. C. Badger Exchange Hotel Robinson Stanley The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company

Railroad rolling stock sale called off by tax dispute

St Louis date notes Collector Maguire withdrew the ad for sale of North Missouri Railroad rolling stock as the company agrees to pay part of its taxes and ask the Supreme Court for a quick ruling. Also Cobb, Blaisdel Co. recovered 23000 dollars in damages from Illinois Central for grain delivery delays years ago. Denver Rio Grande begins rail lay with first rail laid and stock received to finish 100 miles track laying to start Monday at five miles per day.

St. Louis Maguire North Missouri Railroad Company Supreme Court Carmo Jvn.lyy Cobb, Blaisdel & Co Ilinois Central Railroad Company Ommaba Denver and Rio Grande Railroad George P. Heelm Union Hill New Jersey Quebec Hudson Albany N. Y Dollinger University of Munich Thomas Hughes Arkansas Iron Mountain Thomas Brown Lockport Valley Railroad Saybrook Hartford Omaha Nebraska Supreme Court of Louisiana New Orleans Mobile and Texas Donaldsonville Chicago United States A. H. Bogardus Illinois Ira Paine Balifax Jabez K. Montgomery Chelsea Maas Foster & Leighton Bos Montgomery Washington U Trust Kansas Emigration Society George Opdyke New York Commission of Arbitration Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company Fox River Fox and Wisconsin Wiliam Larrabee Iowa James R. Doolittle Vermont Edward Keith Madison Wis

Tragic bridge wreck near Navasota kills five

A construction train of nine cars carrying eighteen laborers plunged into the Navasota river when a wrecking car derrick hit the bridge braces. Five were killed instantly, two died later, and twelve were injured. One man was hurled into the air and died.

Navasota Texas

Tragic scene as boat disaster leaves many dead

A harbor incident leaves a ten year old boy and many others severely burned and killed. Survivors crowd the streets and hospitals as the Westfield vessel explodes and sinks. Officials report at least thirty one killed and around seventy wounded with identification ongoing.

France News Briefs From July Paris Dispatches

Paris reports indicate a likely vote next week on extending Thiers power as Chief Executive. The Assembly committee backs a tax on incomes. Emigration of Communist prisoners to Arizona is proposed with three classes of fate. A letter hints Chambord as future king. Lyons court-martial judgments stand. Gambetta seeks army and civil service reforms with Thiers. Passports urged for Americans abroad. Bazaine Canrobert Wimpffen summoned to testify. War budget seeks 218 million francs. Paris municipal elections held. fortifications rapidly restored.

France Paris Thiers Committee of the Assembly Henry D. Foster Arizona Comte de Paris Comte de Chambord Lyons Versailles Gambetta M. Thiers Faidherbe Chanzy Duc d’Aumale Prince de Joinville McMahon Europe Granville van Beust Assembly Committee Parisian Union Tunbigo

Brothers Drowned in Newport Bay Incident

Andrew and Crawford Barnes of Manton were drowned when their boat capsized off Bullock's Point on Saturday afternoon. Their families were camping nearby and witnessed the tragedy from the shore.

Providence R. J Andrew and Crawford Barnes Manton Bullock’s Point

Persian Famine Details Expand Across Persia

London reports describe a widening famine in Persia with up to half the population affected. Drought and harvest failure, heavy taxation, and cotton boom prompt emigration and starvation. Cities like Ispahan Shiraz and Kerman suffer extreme privation. cannibalism and mass death feared.

Knorassan Persia Arabia Caboos Meshed Hosein Mecca Bombay Bushire Persian Gulf Fars Farsistan Ispahan Ezd Kerman Shiraz Teheran Khorassan Caboor Central Asia Bazar India London Mr Gladstone Schenck England America America United Gladstone Washington

Barometer Rises Across Regions With Varied Temp Shifts

Weather bulletin notes a rising barometer on the California coast and Lake Superior, with slight falls in the Southern States. Temperatures drop on the upper Great Lakes while rising elsewhere. Light winds prevail and rains are reported from Maine to Virginia and Minnesota. Local storms are noted in the Middle Atlantic States and Western Tennessee, with clearing weather in Kansas and North Carolina. Further storms are expected along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts, and from New Jersey to Massachusetts, up Lake Huron, and in Missouri and Arkansas.

California Lake Superior Falen Maine Virginia Minnesota Middle Atlantic Tennessee Kansas North Carolina Gulf South Atlantic New Jersey Massachusetts Lake Huron Missouri Arkansas

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