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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1883
Page
1
The article mocks stock boards and bulls and bears while reporting a railroad bill advancing to a third reading. It discusses Cincinnati mayoral candidate fortunes, then critiques Rhode Island politics, questioning the state party's principles and predicting near-certain voter impact for Sprague and a demoralized Rhode Island Democrats.
The Louisville Courier Journal states that the whiskey trade's real situation does not justify alarm. Failures stem from poor business capacity or outside speculations, not investments in whiskey. Most firms remain financially sound and should recover from recent demoralization, aligning with a Boston wholesaler's confirmation of stable conditions.
The piece argues against immediate blame on Mrs Carlton’s husband for the Watertown murder. It recalls the Hull case where initial suspicion targeted the husband but proved unfounded. It urges giving Carlton the presumption of innocence until evidence warrants arrest for preliminary examination.
Theodore W. Torrey and R F Mullins testified about Dorsey books and entries as witnesses in the star route trial. Wilbur F Kellogg, former secretary, offered inconsistent testimony on handwriting. Internal revenue receipts and Alabama claims actions dominated the day with new police chief appointment, postal despatches, and navy pay questions noted.
A Thursday Herald column notes Pawtucket delegates dominated several convention moves from chairing to motions on informal voting and county caucuses. The editorial lauds Pawtucket organization and quotes support for Gov. plague as the convention adjourned. The piece also covers the Senate and House actions on Col William Seward’s Cape Cod Ship Canal bill, recommitted with unanimous support and a $100,000 deposit condition, deeming the charter viable if funded. It emphasizes canal benefits for Atlantic trade, coal traffic, and safe passage around the cape. Col Seward asserts near‑secured capital, and the committee finds no reason to oppose the conditional charter.
Reports from Halifax Nova Scotia and New Brunswick detail extensive property damage as floods wash away bridges mills and railway lines. Wallace river damage at Cumberland includes Teed Stephens and Kerr mills bridges and Howard mill. Antigonish to Sherbrooke reports describe washed out tracks bridges and flooded towns with minimal remaining infrastructure.
New York reports defeat of a bill to suppress political assessments on officeholders and candidates. Milk shortage worsens. London arson suspect Henry D. Kine under British custody. Boston swindler Charles W. Coburn sent to Elmira reform school. Brooklyn murder case judge to hang suspect May 11. Mail from Melbourne Sydney Auckland Honolulu due March 28. About 500 Italian immigrants arrive. Markets to close tomorrow. coroner rules Haverstick shooting provoked. Conkling jailed. trotting horse sales show mixed results with several named horses sold.
Watertown reports detail Carlton visiting the murder scene with his mother in law Mrs Davis. Diamonds and piano are moved to the Davises in Cambridge while remaining goods are to be auctioned after which Carlton may leave town. A unidentified man claims to know about the envelope mystery and points to a Durgan likeness. Inquiry offices expect new testimony as inquest readiness stretches to next week.
The Orange county milk conflict deepens with a milk boat arrival in Newburgh resisted by strikers seeking 4 cents per quart and allowing dumping into the Hudson. Plants in Montgomery and Dutchess counties brace for further clashes as protests move toward arbitration and possible truck shipments to New York. A Goshen meeting endorses arbitration while eyeing broader unity with Orange county, with plans to meet dealers and consider milk shipments via trucks.
Fires reported from Boston area to Hamilton cause substantial damage. Altar candle sparked church fire on Freeman Place. Nahant stable burned. Lynn residence damaged by bed near stove with insurance covering losses. Fontaine cotton warehouse in Columbus destroyed with 200000 plus dollars in losses. Chapmans store in Hotchkissville total loss. Port au Spain warehouses burned. Eureka Mills at Mountain NC destroyed. Wheatlead barn in Shipman IL and West Hamilton flour mills also burned with significant losses.
Edward Hanlan arrives in Washington from Toronto with William Ramsey and a training shell. He will base with Analostan Beat club while Kennedy, now in Washington, begins training for the race slated for May 30 near Boston.
State Harbor Commissioner John S Gray fled after embezzling 100000 from the state. Trotting stallion Jerome Eddy was sold in Chicago for 25000 to H C Jewett Co. Bozeman posse pursues Lewis and Nathan Lay for Irving Hunters murder with possible hanging if captured. Natchez reports levee breach at Fairview with abandoned work flooding plantations. Isparhechi surrender expected as Scout Law reaches camp. Mollie Maguire suspect John Kane remains alive with four bullets. Keighly faces threats. Ray of Montgomery’s Merchants and Planters bank defalcation rises to 37000 due to cotton futures gambling. Cigar makers in Chicago and Milwaukee threaten a May 1 strike for 1 dollar per 1000 rise. Queen’s Own Rifles decline Brooklyn invitation. Ottawa may visit next year with permission. Bernard Gilroy of Buffalo arrives in Maryborough after a long voyage in a dory, capsizing twice and losing gear.
Massachusetts census supplement reports 1880 totals 1 and 1,783,085 in 1830. 1,457,351 in 1870. foreign born 443,491 or 24.87 percent. manufactures valued at 105,118,299 for boots and shoes leading, cotton goods 68,566,182, food prep 68,035,755. state total product 651,155,284. community density 221.78 per square mile.
London dispatch surveys Mr Bright speaking on peaceable policy and self interest in the United States civil war cost, Ireland’s fate under Limerick terms, India’s future problem, tariff prospects and free trade. It notes emigration from Geneva, Queen Victoria’s leg injury, French troops in Africa capturing Bamakere, Ireland inspectors drafted to London, nihilist threats to the czar, and Don Carlos urging Catholics to lead against socialism.
A city club of railroad men is organized with President F D Adams Vice President J W Marden secretary treasurer George K E Pratt and an executive committee of Adams Marden and Amos Pillsbury The cereal club completes its organization naming President C A Plummer Vice President George W Preston Secretary W R K Davis Treasurer Charles V Campbell and an executive committee J E Whittaker A H Kendall and Faes Dallinger Meetings are set for the third Wednesday of every second month starting in March totaling six gatherings yearly Each session includes a dinner at a city hotel An annual $12 assessment will cover dinners
A Tombstone despatch reports a fierce battle between cattle men and Mexicans at Morrison’s ranch in Babocoma 13 miles from Fort Huachuca. About six men killed. cause unknown but tied to a cattle dispute. Excitement runs high as a relief party heads to the scene. A Charleston courier says a group near new coal fields was attacked by 20 Indians, with several dead and three wounded.
Yale boat crew started its Easter break in New Haven with daily practice in the harbor. Captain Louis J. Hull leads last year’s members Fol som Rogers Guernsey Flanders Parrott, while Frank G. Peters of the class of 1926 replaces Hynden who is home after his sister’s death. Henry E. Bourne, class of 3, is expected to join at New London.
In Harrisburg this afternoon the congressional apportionment bill saw action. The Republican substitute was defeated 9 to 67. The Democratic bill then passed second reading, granting Republicans 15 districts and Democrats 18.
The Haytien chambers passed a bill cutting export duties by half and increasing import duties by one third. Coffee will be taxed at 125 dollars per 100 pounds, with the former 20 percent addition retained.
The Governor named Ottamander Smith to serve as insurance commissioner. EK. Curtis Stevens has resigned as postmaster of Hallowell after a recent appointment. Edward Lambert suffered critical injuries in a leaching vat incident at the West Great Works pulp mill in Bangor on Thursday. Frank Jones, 19, a brakeman for the St John and Maine railroad, was killed near Fredericton Junction while coupling cars on Thursday. Samuel Kelley Jr of Calais died Thursday evening after being shot by Herbert Eaton Tuesday night, and he refused to testify. John Bartlett was fatally injured in Portland when he fell between a car and locomotive, dying from shock after an amputation. Monson railroad directors elected H. A. Whiting president and George S. Cushing treasurer. bids invited for road construction. F S James alias Charles Ware, a noted horse thief, captured by the sanger police. suspected of stealing teams statewide in recent years.
Officials of the road rode in the first passenger car crossing the Pemigewasset railroad on Thursday. Mrs. Ellen L. Clough of Meredith receives a pension of $1 86267 as mother of Charles B. Clough killed in the war. A rumor of Portsmouth city charter repeal has no foundation. Pittsfield expects about $250000 to be spent on building this year, including two business blocks by C H Carpenter and Josiah Carpenter, and another by Winslow and Lane.
A Vermont ballot shows Marlboro voting 61 to 22 against a bond for the Brattleboro and Bennington railroad project. In other state news, Wesley Brown, 25, of Dummerston, died by suicide Thursday morning, claiming temporary insanity. Additional items note a woman named Meaker facing execution on the 30th at the state prison, guarded by a specially assigned officer, and the history making event as the first female execution in Vermont. The article also reports former congressman Bradley Barlow renouncing residency in St Albans to move to Montreal amid tax disputes and mounting taxes assessed on his property, with litigation ongoing.
John H McMahon and Julia McMahon sue the Springfield Republican for libel seeking 3000 each. Lawyer Field of Leverett dies after sleigh accident. Susan J and Annie Dalton held for stealing from Miss Honora Manning’s store. Westfield normal student usam and Annie took music lessons in Hartford. Mrs James Newcomb elopes with a boarder, taking a child. Weymouth and Newcomb associated with Hanna mill.
Albert E Vollock, a young Providence contractor, has not been seen for weeks. He left with about 360 in funds, and friends fear foul play. Samuel M Warner, a fish peddler, was arrested for assaulting Louise Smith in Providence. She, from Taunton, was accosted in an eating house. she escaped but Warner tried to kill himself at the station before being cut down.
Next Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of Bishop Seabury the first Connecticut bishop. Bishop Williams calls for a diocesan thanksgiving and a special Woodbury service where the 1783 clergy election occurred. Brooks Johnson the East Hartford house fire murder suspect denies knowledge but blood stained shirt and boots raise suspicion.
A body found on ice near Brookline bridge is identified as John M’Coy, a 37-year-old Cambridge blacksmith who died by self harm last December. Other notes describe several rescues from drowning at Fisk’s wharf and India wharf, a fall injuring James H. Fewer, provisions seizures at railroad depots, a rape arrest, a paralytic stroke to Mrs. Eliza Rogers, and a suicide attempt by Thomas Angelo with emergency care and confinement at the tombs.
The grand jury in Philadelphia on March 22 returned true bills against Wim E Curry and John Albertson contractors for conspiracy and perjury. Charles A Kirke J H Parke and Henry H Myers also indicted for conspiracy and perjury. Ex storekeeper James F Brown and boarding house keeper Kate Adams face charges of larceny and receiving stolen goods.
Cincinnati March 22 The Price Current releases an elaborate report on the condition of western wheat fields noting soil, moisture, and crop health across regions. Researchers and farmers anticipate impact on markets and planting strategies in coming weeks.
The Common Council meeting reviewed the Finance Committee report on Auditor's Estimates for 1883 84. It confirms nominations for park commissioners and discusses reductions and appropriations across departments including police station repairs and street paving. Adjournment set for Thursday at 4 PM.
The interview with ex governor Sprague reveals his opposition to the Rhode Island political ring and his nomination as anti ring candidate. He says he avoids money in campaigns, notes broad anti ring sentiment among workers outside Providence, and mentions allies Gov Butler Gov Waller and Gen Pryor. He has not decided if he will campaign on the stump.
Remains of John Howard Payne arrive aboard the Burgundia and are received by an aldermanic committee and Corcoran representatives. The box, borne by Italian sailors, is taken to city hall for public viewing before a march to the Pennsylvania depot and onward to Washington for interment in Sachill cemetery.
A Thursday hearing considered Jabez Davis seeking permission to build a wharf at Wood's Hall Falmouth amid some opposition. Other filings included Montgomery Howard seeking piles in Chelsea Creek Globe Coal extending Fall River wharf George Lawley & Son wharf at foot of O Street South Boston city of Boston rebuilding Warren Bridge Roxbury Gaslight Company sea wall Roxbury Canal license granted to Naylor & Co to fill flats in the South Bay west of Dorchester Avenue.
Barnet F. Warner aged 60 was arrested in Roxbury on a charge of embezzling about $2,000 from Myers & Co. Philadelphia liquor dealers. Discharged by the firm two weeks earlier, he allegedly collected sums from $7 to $160 after leaving. He was arraigned and held on $1,000 bonds for trial.
Three under sixteen students of Wabash College were arrested after confessing to setting fire to the south hall Sunday night and to breaking into a city store and setting it on fire. Each was bailed for three thousand dollars.
Mr J T Kellogg stops at Parker house while Walter Shanly of Montreal stays at Revere and ex Gov Gregory Prith of Vermont at Hotel Vendome. John Wharton of Windsor Montreal visits town briefly. Boston Highlands resident Joseph G Torey recalls Bath's first newspaper in 1820. Bayard visits daughter on Commonwealth Ave as Fox news followers note. Clerks, pastors, and donors join social rounds as Bouche wine party and Canvass revival spread. Montreal railroad appointees and Chicago political chatter also appear in this bustling city snapshot.
The legislature orders a third reading for a bill to rega jete dentistry and debates amendments to tax exemptions for mortgaged real estate and indigent children aid. Multiple committee reports on urban reform water power and railroad issues are noted, with bills placed for Monday and various acknowledgments and rejections.
Spectators packed the house to hear the debate on the elevated railroad bill, with discussion spanning committee reports and measures on public statutes, a memorial hall for Milford, and tax and property protection issues. The session saw heated exchanges pro and con on the Meigs system, a late amendment added by Kingsley, and the bill advancing to a third reading by a 104 to 74 vote.
The executive council meeting was brief. Noah A. Plympton was removed from the table for the insurance commissioner nomination and rejected by nearly every member. The governor renominated Plympton and the nomination was laid over under the rule, with James’s nomination continuing.
The Ideal Oper Company presented Patience with a strong cast including Barnabee as Bunthorne and Karl as Grosvenor. Evening performances featured Fatinitza with Whillips and Stone, and The Musketeers with Stone, Burton, and Frothingham. Critics note improved acting, praise for soloists, but fault the frequent dialogue interludes.
The Roxbury City Guard company D first regiment infantry marked its 99th anniversary at the Quincy house with about 150 present including current and former militia members and veterans. Speeches by Adjutant General Samuel Dalton and Col A C Wellington highlighted militia duties and the regiment’s development, with notes on Roxbury military history and plans for a 100th anniversary observance.
Obituaries report the death of East Weymouth’s Patrick Cullen at 97 and other mourners across Charlestown Dorchester Essex Dexter Dexter Ma Bangor and Reading. Notables include Captain John Howard Malden bridge superintendent and Hiram Barrus Reading official and Goshen historian.
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