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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1880

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2

Grant Era Revered In Senator Carpenter's Saturday Speech

Senator Carpenter urged loyalty to General Grant’s memory and urged restoring the White House to steady leadership. Continental Telephone Company to organize with Col Henry S Russell as president after Bell patent telephoning centralization. China prepares for war with Russia while Russia nudges Japan toward conflict. The Ute agreement with the Interior Secretary is published today.

Continental Telephone Company Col Henry S. Russell

Carpenter Attacks Grant Boom in Porter Case Speech

Special despatch describes Senator Carpenter’s Senate remarks on Fitz John Porter, arguing courts martial must be reviewed only by judicial or executive action, warning of centralization, and criticizing congressional overreach while favoring Grant’s political resurgence.

Boston Post Washington Carpenter Fitz John Porter Grant Senate Logan Porter White House U.S. Grant Gen. Sherman Mr. Carpenter Sherman Gen United States Congress Bureau of Agriculture and Mining and Manufactures Army Navy Bayard

Pension deficiency prompts renewed army navy estimates

The Commissioner of Pensions informs the Interior Secretary, a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, that deficiencies exist in army and navy appropriations for the year. Revised requests total 6.5 million for army pensions 140 thousand for navy pensions and 15 thousand for agents pay. Rent costs in New York and larger pension rolls drive the shortfall, delaying quarterly payments until new funds are approved.

Washington Commissioner of Pensions Secretary of the Interior Senate Committee On Appropriations New York Navy Congress

Representative Wood Responds on Sugar Tariff in Congress

Washington March 7 Fernando Wood issues a reply to New York memorialists urging a fair sugar tariff. He backs equitable duties for all grades rejects discrimination favoring refiners or merchants and opposes the color standard unless paired with another value test. Wood says the issue will return in committee next week.

Washington Fernando Wood New York Treasury Fernando Woop C. W. Durant Wood

Senate Confirms and Rejects Executive Nominations

The Senate in executive session confirmed several nominations including Consuls Henry Sterne Indiana Perth Louis B Maguire Muscat Charles C Richardson Texas Paso Del Norte James S Williams Aden Supervisors of the census Cadwallader J Pride Henry Hammond Joseph L Creeden for South Carolina and District collectors William Wells Vermont James B Mitchell Yorktown Va Assistant Appraiser Emanuel Auerbach New York The Senate rejected Census Supervisors Joseph Samson John M Clark Samuel Thompson Geo M Buchanan The Buchanan case drew debate with Senators Lamar and Bruce. The Freedman Bank panel closed its inquiry Gen Howard testified his account overdrawn by 2415 later reduced to about 1400 by deposits with clerical errors denying a 300 balance. A report is expected soon.

Senate Washington Henry Sterne Indiana Perth Louis William Wells Vermont James B. Mitchell Yorktown Emanuel Auerbach New York Joseph Samson Pennsylvania John M. Clark Samuel Thompson Alabama Geo. M. Buchanan Mississippi George M. Buchanan Lamar Bruce Buchanan Congress Senate Select Committee On the Freedman’s Bank Howard J. Cooke & Co

Paris S crisis over Hartmann extradition and Russian ties

Paris reports that France will not surrender Hartmann the Russian linked to the Moscow explosion. A dramatic interview with Mouravieff details two masked men pressuring him about Hartmann while ominously warning of consequences. Mouravieff reported the incident to the Palais de Justice.

Paris Hartmann Moscow Berlin Prince Orloff Revolutionary Committee M. Mouravieff Palais de Justice

Massive London water buyout swindle under Parliament glare

A cable dispatch reports a government plan to buy out London water companies at 70 percent above current value. Shares surged 80 percent since August and 40 percent since Tuesday as £9 million stock yields £30 million. MPs and Liberal backers hold stakes. an inquiry is sought amid strong opposition.

New York London Cross Economist

China Prepares for War Defying All Foreign Powers

A Hong Kong dispatch says China is massing arms and taking a defiant stance toward foreign powers. The Kuldja issue worsens, Russia preserves strategic positions, and England and Russia seek to use China. Russia is allegedly urging Japan to fight China as the Loochoo sovereignty question resurges.

China Russia Japan New York Hong Kong Siberia Pekin England Asia Loochoo Islands

French Education Bill Stirs Senate Debate In Paris

In London dispatches the French Senate debates the education bill with Jules Ferry arguing Jesuit books threaten French institutions and Jules Simon warning on liberty and Article 7. Reports also note massacres of Muslim villages in Philippopolis and Armenian famine with several deaths and emigration efforts.

London Jules Ferry M. Ferry Jules Simon France M. Simon Mussulman Philippopolis

Strikes Hit Mills and Mines Across Several States

In Clinton Massachusetts the Lancaster mills idle amid wage demands. 1634 power looms fallen silent as talks with Boston officials stall. Labor rally in Turner Hall features Charles Fernald criticizing local politics and urging industrial independence and perseverance. Similar labor actions occur in Clearfield and Hontzdale Pennsylvania, Bayonne New Jersey, and Fall River Massachusetts with partial concessions and tentative resumptions.

Clinton Mass Lancaster Mills Boston Turner Hall Charles H. Fernald Benedict Arnold Benedict Fernald Clearfield Hontzdale

Two Major Minnesota Fires Cause Over Million in Losses

Aurbach Finch Culbertson & Co. wholesale dry goods house in St Paul burning from 5 pm with total loss anticipated. building valued 90 600 and goods worth 850 000. insurance 492 000. Duluth grain elevator of Munger Markell & Co burned, 170 000 bushels grain. insured 25 600. Multiple other fires reported in Burrato Buffalo Petrolia and Chicago with various losses.

St. Paul, Minn Aurbach, Finch, Culbertson & Co Minneapolis Munger, Markell & Co Duluth David Dows Barnes & Finney Shawmut Boston Rhode Island Association Chatham Ont J. Watts K. Urguhast T. H. Smith A. J. Wilson R. M. Northwood Burrato N. Y Schoelkopp Pittsburg Petrolia CuicaGco, Ll Phoenix

Covington Sunday shuts saloons and records names

Cincinnati reports a sober Sunday in Covington Kentucky with all saloons closed and workers from clergy to toll keepers recorded for court. Drugs sold only with prescription as streetcars gain legislative exemption from the Sabbath law amid protests by anti Sunday liquor groups.

Cincinnati Covington Suspension Bridge

Outrage Report Sparks Vigilante Search in Virginia

In Washington on March 6 a 14 or 15 year old girl, daughter of Mr. Conkling of Columbian Turnpike, Alexandria County, Va, was assaulted by a large black man named Brown. A posse hunts the suspect, and even if caught in Virginia local law may be bypassed in favor of summary justice.

Washington Maren House Inter- Oceanic Canal Europe Monroe United States American Continents Caribbean Sea Pacific Ocean Panama Nicaragua Washington, D. C Conkling Columbian Turnpike Alexandria County Brown Virginia Petersburg W. Va Ee Pag UD Poucy

Richmond and Allegheny Railroad organized to buy canal

Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company outlines leadership including George M. Bartholomew as president and Hi C Parsons as vice president with directors from New York and Richmond. Construction to be pushed with aim to finish within twenty months per Assembly act.

Richmond New Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company James River and Kanawha Canal George M. Bartholomew Hartford Atlantic and Great Western New York Newcomb Louisville and Nashville Railroad Ohio and Mississippi Chicago, Rockford and Northern Wabash Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Lake Erie and Western Company Lake Erie and Western Railway Company

New York Court Debates Western Union Contempt Case

The Western Union Telegraph case, set for contempt findings before Justice Daniels, stalls as counsel defer arguments and seek injunctions against the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, which is linked to Western Union. Other dispatches note Chinese emigration, Irish relief efforts, ship disputes, and local civic notices.

Chicago Chicago United States Drummond Western Union Telegraph Company Wabash Railway Company American Union Telegraph Company Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad Wabash New York Daniels Western Union Telegraph Bacon American Union Company Soren Gold and Stock Telegraph Company Western Union Washington Street Gold and Stock Company San Francisco Oregon Texas St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange Ireland Ladoga Manila Pierce Bangor Tri Philadelphia Hibernians Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Canada Congress Leopold Morse Massachusetts Boston Niblo Gideon Frost Glenhead L. I Friends College Matinecock Merritt Custom House Herald Irish Relief Fund Divin Booth Academy of Music

Bangor Library 16000 Volumes and Maine Quail Plan

The Bangor Mechanics Library reportedly holds about 16000 volumes. Maine fish and game groups order 2600 Messina or migratory quail to release in spring at locations they choose. Mellen Shaw of Greenville, son of M G Shaw, died by his own hand. overwork suspected. Lillie E adopted daughter of H H Nevens of Deering died after earlier injury from an icy snowball. Mr McKecknie aged man on Bear Hill road in Dover died suddenly in his barn. heart disease presumed. Ice companies on Kennebec largely halted. ice moving downstream. hotels in Gardner crowded with ice men. prices rising. R O Robbins publisher of Newport Times arrested for libel. charged in The New Book of Chronicles. bailed $500 to await Bangor trial in August.

The Whig Bangor Lillie E H. H. Nevens Deeriing Lillie McKecknie J. A. McKecknie Bear Hill Dover Kennebec Gardner Middle States R. O. Robbins Newport Times John Benson, Jr Joseph L. Smith Robbins Justice Bishop

Rumors and Oddities From Local Vermont News

Reports mention a Bethel iron works startup, a Ripton man with three wives all living nearby, a Holland man’s four foot ten inch white owl shot, and unusual maple sugar output in northern Vermont. Also notes a West Brattleboro lien heir claim, a Richford injury from nailing a knee, a Northfield accident causing fatal injuries, and the disappearance of Anna Waite from West Wordsboro.

White River Bethel Vermont Alvin Hescock West Brattleboro New York F.L. Goff Richford Ned Stack Northfield Anna H. A. Waite Green Mountain West Wordsboro

Voters in Bangor Back Incumbent Mayor Amid Mixed Signals

Bangor voters on March 7 show little clarity on public sentiment as Dr. Brown the incumbent license Republican enjoys solid Republican support while facing temperance Republican A G Wakefield. Democrats aim to win three wards for Aldermen and could succeed.

Bangor Mayer Dr. Brown A. G. Wakefield

Train brakeman thrown from freight near South Braintree

John Foley, a brakeman, was thrown from a freight train at South Braintree Saturday night, knocked insensible with injuries to his right eye hip and side while Pacific Guard Works at Woods Hall resumed full operation after vacancies caused by strikes.

John Foley South Braintree Pacific Grard Works Woods Hall New York and New England Railroad Company Brewsters Hudson River Hudson James Newby Central Police Station Fall River William Newby Fitchburg F. E. Benson John Haley James Deery Benson Haley Deery

Chambermaid Elizabeth Wadington Sentenced for Theft

Elizabeth Wadington, a hotel chambermaid, was sentenced to three years in the State Prison for stealing $1,800 from a fellow-servant. The Providence Cove yielded the body of Emma Barton, wife of Wm H Barton, who had disappeared January 10 and was known to be addicted to drinking.

Elizabeth Wadington Emma Barton Wm. H. Barton Providence

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