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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1879
Page
2
A reader condemns funding for Redpath's writings in public notices. The missive calls the exposure of his work an affront and indignity to readers, arguing the material has been recycled and should not be paid for by the public.
Daylong Senate session flags Republican push for an extra session while the House votes 89 to 157 against the Brazilian subsidy. The conference battle over subsidies reflects broader appropriation tensions as hearings on McKay sewing machine patent extensions proceed. Also reported are federal arrests in Illinois for whiskey frauds, a postponed Seward case, a regional cattle disease note, the Paige trial adjournment, and deadly fires injuring six Ohio and three Iowa children.
Indications show New England winds shifting to easterly and southerly with increasing force. Barometer falls slowly as temperatures rise during the day. Cloudiness increases to bring snow in the afternoon and night. Cautionary signals persist along the coast from Smithville, North Carolina, to New York.
February 28 879 report from observer office of weather service shows barometer readings wind humidity and temperature data for Moston. It lists mean daily thermometer max and min, total rainfall and forecast conditions as fair clear.
The listings detail Loyalties at Lostion Theatre with Dion Boucicault in The Shanghraun, Boston Museum presenting The Little Duke, Flowers of the Forest at Evening, Across the Continent at Howard Atheneum with Oliver Doud Byron, Miss Katherine Rogers in Led Astray at Globe, Salisbury's Troubadours The Brook at Gaiety, Lulu Loomer attempting 2700 quarter miles in a day at Allston Hall, Old South Church Loan Collection and War Eagle exhibit, and an exhibition of the Great Painting Siege of Paris at Columbus and Ferdinand from morning to night.
A string of ship movements list arrivals and departures across major ports. Vessels include Samaria from Liverpool to Boston, Saxon Monarch from New Castle to Boston, and Wyoming from New York to Liverpool, among others. The notes cover Boston, New York, London, Liverpool, Moville, Queenstown, Antwerp, Havana, Sena, and America line exchanges with Philadelphia Havre Liv erpool and Belfast.
Deputy U S Marshal Roe arrested about fifty persons in Pekin and Peoria under Springfield indictments for whiskey frauds. Named defendants include John D. McIntyre and Christopher W. Ackerman among Pekin residents and T J McGrew plus others from Peoria and Boston. Startling developments promised as the group heads to Springfield. one witness is said to be a disinherited son of McIntyre. In Springfield today twenty five defendants posted bail from $1000 to $11000. more arrests reported.
The Senate spent the day debating the Ingalls amendment to the Arrears of Pensions bill proposing seventy six districts and a medical examiner and clerk for pension examinations. The measure failed as did a plan to sell eighteen millions in four percents to cover deficits. Discussion covered Mexican veterans parity, defense of subsidy reform, and various civil appropriation amendments amid a night session atmosphere.
The House debates saving Seward from punishment as the accused appears before the bar. A temporary reprieve is granted by refer ring and the case is sent to a committee for review.
The Senate resumed unfinished business on an arrears of pensions bill with Ingalls amendment proposals for district pensions offices and surgeons. The debate featured Morrill Voorhees Conkling Beck and others on funding, treasury impact, and possible changes to pension administration and bond policy.
Washington February 28 House votes show post office appropriation bill non concurred in Senate amendments with two exceptions the Brazilian subsidy and mail matter reclassification. Steamship mail to Brazil approved while censorship feature removed. Conference requested. evening session to focus on pension bills and disability removals.
A Special Committee of the House convened to probe charges raised by Special Agent Williams about Mr Randall and alleged connections with illegal appropriation warrants. The session included examination of several witnesses.
Testimony from Treasurer Gilfillan Chief Power ex-Chief Clerk Hemphill Jones and book keeper Moore Williams shows no irregularity by Mr Randall. The committee found the charge baseless and will prepare a report fully exonerating Randall.
Washington reports a prolonged conference on the Army Appropriation bill among Senators Blaine Allison Withers and Representatives Hewitt Sparks and Foster. They adjourned overnight without accord, signaling an inevitable extra session and a likely across the board rollover of unfinished appropriation bills. This could force an early convening of the next Congress rather than a Fall start.
Washington Feb 28 D T Corbin late Senate candidate writes to Vice President Wheeler denouncing impediments to his seat and vowing private life. He laments losing state’s black voters and hints at back salary claims. Cabinet backs a Chinese bill veto while Conkling protests Census bill as wasteful and postpones action. Subscriptions to 4 percent loan 196000. internal revenue 305104. customs 495456.
In Danville Virginia five county court judges were indicted in the Western District of Virginia on withholding jury service from Black citizens. Gen Bradley Johnson introduced a resolution to urge federal authority to review the case and curb alleged state usurpation. Public opinion runs hot as lawyers from nearby counties discuss Judge Rives’s authority and the political fallout.
Horatio N. Richardson, long time Attleboro treasurer and public official, died January 31. Investigations show deficiencies totaling at least 1800 in the School Fund and other accounts. Bondsmen Hayward and Dean face loss. insurance and Steam Power Company ledgers show mixed or uncertain figures. Richardson, 66, was a deacon, Bible-class leader, temperance advocate, and Odd Fellows member. His widow holds property but will not cover the shortfalls.
Augusta Feb 28 In the Senate a concurrent vote 23 to 2 approved a resolve submitting to the people the question of biennial elections and sessions. It is the only constitutional amendment before the voters. Several other measures were indefinitely postponed or acted upon, including printing contracts and prison debt abolition. The Appropriation bill passed and the land office bill was engrossed. The China treaty resolution was indefinitely postponed.
The Times Vienna correspondent notes Russia favors pushing the Dobrudscha frontier further from Silistria and hints at prolonging occupation via a new administration in Eastern Roumelia. The Bulgarian Assembly met for the first regular session as deputies reshuffled amid row over accreditation and exclusion. A Pesth despatch cites four and a half million pounds asked for Bosnian occupation costs. Victor Hugo urged amnesty in the Senate with mixed support. Leon Say faced opposition in the Chamber. President Grevy to discuss France's commercial policy with chamber leaders.
The French Interior Minister sought 200,000 francs to aid southern inundation victims as snow covers the Pyrenees. Communication between Bourg Madame and Mont Louis is by horseback, with fears of spring floods as foundations crumble near Agen. In Trieste a gale damaged shops and cafes while 23 sailors drowned near Ferrol during Carnival. Madrid reports light snow and railway interruptions across provinces.
Major Labordere receives command of a battalion after December 1877 disobedience cited as coup evidence while General Bressobles remains unattached. La Lanterne lauds its De Marcere coverage, claiming aims met by removing a hostile police official and awaiting libel prosecutions.
At a special meeting the Montreal Corn Exchange voiced alarm over a possible government protective duty on breadstuffs. The resolution urges keeping grain and flour from the United States admitted free as before, to avoid hardship for the Dominion. In Saint John, customs receipts for February reached 109599 dollars, a rise of 63617 over last year, linked to anticipated duty increases driving merchants to withdraw goods from bond.
Bond holders and shareholders of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad gathered in London with about 600 attendees. Resolutions passed by large majority. a proposed postponement of the Erie Company lease was rejected.
J D Hayes the young colored orator urged self effort over legislation, to improve the race, while advising focus on school and workshop. Mrs McKerns died after childbirth due to lack of attendance and exposure to two newborns. Mayor Cooper led a Cooper Institute mass meeting on tenement reform with a committee to push changes. Mrs Dion Boucicault passengers on City of Chester to Liverpool with daughters Patrice and Nina, staying briefly abroad. Prison terms set for John Brown and arsonists, and a potential regulars rifle team announced by War Department. O Leary Rowell pair to race March 10 with others. Quarantine and animal culling in Brooklyn. health board reports no new cases. Bodies of Capt Sawyer’s crew identified. survivors en route to New York. Patrick White held for trial after violent spree. Libel suit verdict for Annie R Hahn verdicts. Peter O Rourke jailed two years for manslaughter. O Keely Fenian ready to work as shoemaker.
The Greenback State Convention in Lansing elects Robert C. Frazer president and adopts a platform urging unity across parties to avert bankruptcy. A nine member conference committee meets with Democrats to form a coalition against Republicans. Democratic leaders also organize and plan a joint ticket with Greenbackers for Supreme Court Judge and State University Regents.
San Francisco officials preemptively guard militia armories amid expected veto of the Anti-Chinese bill. Generals and police deny any planned disturbance while cautioning against criminal attempts to spark violence. Leaders of the Workingmen are seen as likely to oppose violent action, with authorities prepared to quell any unrest swiftly.
The report lists daily closing prices for mining stocks in San Francisco on February 28, naming firms such as Grand Prize Hale & Norcross Belcher Julia Consolidated Justice Bodie Northern Belle Raymond & Ely Consolidated Virginia Crown Point Sierra Nevada Eureka Consolidated Union Consolidated Exchequer Yellow Jacket Goula & Curry and others. Richardson, Hill & Co., at 4 Water Street, handles promptly executed orders and provides daily bulletins of latest winning intelligence.
Chicago reports larger business volume in 1878 than 1877, but lower value of exchanged goods. Grain receipts reached 134,000,000 bushels, 40,000,000 more than last year, while 6,442,000 hogs were received. Farm product shipments totaled 207,000,000 dollars and stock yard receipts for cattle and hogs amounted to 100,000,000 dollars.
San Diego reports hundreds of Sonorans flee into Arizona to escape upheaval and hardship following a revolution in Sonora. Capt. Rafferty leads a troop and Indian scouts on a monthlong border scout southwest of San Diego, a mission planned before the revolt became known.
New England news from Maine reports the Portland Republicans nominated William Senter for mayor on Friday night. Other items note York woollen mills to restart with more workers, 250 lodges of Good Templars in Maine, and a Biddeford factory contract for 500 workers amid incoming pig iron shipments. A Dover court session marked trials, a pension dispute, a Boston to New York freight derailment injuring a conductor, and a Danbury case where a wife recanted a false charge of sexual abuse by her husband.
Father T. J. McDonald of St. Marys Church in Newmarket is gravely ill. A Alexandra girl bears a long name at baptism. An Eastern Railroad night train at Hamp ton Falls sustains about 200 dollars damage to the express car and tender. Eben Leathers of Barrington changed to Rutherford B. Hayes by a Strafford county judge. A Newmarket Democrat joke remarks on state loyalty. Henry Jeslyn of Portsmouth tried to run 26 miles in under five hours but quit at 23 miles. best mile run was 10 minutes 33 seconds. Methodist Society debt reduced from 18000 to 2500 in two years, easing the church’s danger. Mead Mason & Co purchased upper shops at Lebanon and then lower shops after Sturtevant Manufacturing failure. Sturtevant reportedly seeking another site.
Snowdrifts cripple business across Orleans county while the Orwell Congregational Church refuses Rev M L Severance's resignation. Sidney Holt of Weston has mental collapses after repeated religious meetings. O M Frost’s wife of East Wallingford severely injured in sleigh accident with doubtful recovery. Ella A Mills, 29, of Johnson, saved 2100 pounds after 13 years in a Manchester mill, recently listed a 1200 mortgage on her father's farm and granted a life lease.
A series of fires across Indiana Massachusetts New Hampshire Michigan Rhode Island Vermont and Iowa caused substantial losses. Paoli saw 40000 in damage including the Albert Hotel and nine dwellings. Monroe County Courthouse burned. Monticello Jones’s mills ignited. other blazes damaged a foundry lofts barns and stores with insured losses reported.
A vivid report recalls Berlin’s extraordinary 1831 cholera precautions. A cord barred infected houses while a police agent checked requests, money was vinegar-soaked, and tables outside doors held orders. Sicks left for hospital with bell escorts as doctors cloaked in oilcloth masks. Dogs and cats were to be killed to stop spread amid public trepidation.
A New York and New England freight train was wrecked Thursday night near Abington between Willimantic and Putnam due to a broken rail. The conductor and one brakeman were badly injured and ten cars were badly damaged. The track was cleared by Friday forenoon.
A lively call to action promotes the unrivaled Sozodont tooth powder. The brisk plea emphasizes quick purchase to enjoy white teeth and pleasant South scents, urging readers to haste to buy at once.
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