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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1881

Page

2

Acquittal of Young Kalloch Draws Mixed Reaction

The acquittal will surprise many and elicit wide comment. Justice had a fair chance at the trial and he is legally innocent. The populace’s display was discreditable and indefensible. he and his friends should have accepted the verdict without protest.

Kalloch

No. New York Sun Debates Shop Girls as Wives

A New York Sun correspondent asserts servant girls make better wives than shop girls. He cites a friend in Orchard Street who married a servant and laments his wife cannot wash a pocket handkerchief or boil coffee. The Sun critiques the shop girls and claims to advocate for all.

New York Sun Orchard Street New York Philadelphia Washington George Pdraper

Senate Race Drama and Political Upheaval Across Nations

The Senate conflict over Mahone and the garbled battles in Washington reflect party infighting. Garflield ally Matthews faces defeat as Platt opposes his confirmation. Other items include a court injunction on Northern Pacific stock, a mortgage foreclosure bid by Van derbilt and Schell, and a burglary with a son wounded in Massachusetts. Madrid endures petard explosions and Nice reports rising deaths.

Republlcans United States Senate Mahone Con Parnell London England Scotland Land League America Ireland New York Northern Pacific Railroad Cornelius Vanderbilt Augustus Schell Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Railroad Rufus Pickering Woburn Mass Pickering China Rockland Nice

Endications for New England Weather Signals

The forecast calls for fair weather in New England with increasing cloudiness and rain later. Winds shift from west to north, barometer rises, and temperatures become steady or higher. Cautionary signals span from Cedar Keys to Sandy Hook.

New England Cedar Keys Sandy Hook

Capitol Bargain Drama in Virginia Debt Clash at Senate

At the Capitol a recontest over Sen Mahone and Riddleberger's bid for Sergeant at Arms sparked partisan theater. Democrats exposed repudiation schemes tied to $10 million Virginia debt, while Republicans voiced frustration and signs of defeat. New York report notes Platt resisting Matthews' confirmation amid Garfield era politics.

Vespatch Boslon Post Washington Capitol Mahone Virginia Riddleberger Senate Johnston Sherman Hawley Harrison Burnside Messrs Dawes Hoar

Republicans Renew Effort to Reward Mahone in Senate

In a tense Senate session on March 25, Republicans blocked public business while debating the election of officers. Senator Johnston accused Mahone and Riddleberger of being Democrats and repudiators, sparking clashes over backing and potential bargains.

Washington Senate Dawes Johnston Hoar Hastern College Pangloss Ohio Sherman United States Riddleberger Messrs. Mahone Manone Messrs Mahone M. Johnston Pendleton Yeas Nays Voorhees Brown Georgia Messrs. Hoar Virginia Massachusetts Beck Republican Party Riddlebereer Mr. Beck Senate of New York Robertson Kentucky Hancock Jeaves Harris Tie Mr. Dawes

No Extra Session Probable Amid Nomination News

The article notes the Cabinet may decide on an extra session but today’s proceedings avoided the topic. President's reluctance to issue a proclamation appears, with advisors attributing delay to weighing all arguments before final action. It also lists nominations to Senate including Hitt Spaulding Leavy Sherman Hardin Murdock and misc appointments in banking and federal posts.

Senate Robert R. Hitt Illinois Nathan W. Spaulding United States San Francisco Charles M. Leavy Daniel Sherman New York Edward E. Hardin Seventh Infantry James H. Murdock Woodstock

Boiler Blast at Rockland Gas Works Wrecks Building

A boiler exploded at the Rockland gas works injuring five people including Cronan who suffered severe wounds and John Harriet who may not survive. The blast lifted the boiler through the roof and left the plant largely intact aside from the wrecked structure.

Rockland Cronan John Harriet Boston

California Newspapers Split Over Kalloch Verdict

The Chronicle blasts the verdict as a blot on California, while the Call cites general principles and pre shooting events. The Alta withholds comment, the Bulletin questions the verdict, and the Post asserts the verdict defies trustworthy evidence and condemns post verdict demonstrations.

San Francisco Cal The Chronicle Kalloch California de Young Alta Post-Examiner Bulletin Post

Building Collapses in Wind at Greenwich Point

A two story brick storage warehouse at Greenwich Point, near Philadelphia, lost its south wall in a morning wind. Samuel Vanderslice was killed and Fred Bartell injured with an arm and leg broken. Several other workers were only slightly hurt.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company Greenwich Point Samuel Is Vanderslice Fred. Bartell

Fires Destroy Dwellings and Mills Across Several States

In Skowhegan Maine two Smith Whittier buildings housing a dwelling bakery saloon and candy factory were destroyed by fire with 24000 loss and 2700 insurance. An adjoining Miss Goodrich building incurred 700 damage. In Providence Rhode Island a North Court Street house occupied by Joseph L Stickney was badly damaged by fire and both staircases were in flames. Stickney and a servant were rescued. In Norway Maine S W Thompsons steam saw mill at Dummer burned with 2000 insured. In Flushing Long Island Bell farm barns and outhouses burned with livestock losses. In Jersey City New Jersey a Wooley color works fire caused 5000 damage with several employees injured. In New Orleans Louisiana the steamboat Willie burned on the Sabine River with 750 bales of cotton destroyed but no lives lost.

Skowhegan Smith Whittier Stickney Norway W. Thompson Dummer Flushing L.I Bell Bayside Jersey City N.d Wooley New Orleans Monroe Willie Sabine River

Notable Heroism Reported After Railroad Rail Disaster

George W Birmingham of Little Rock Ark assassinated Thursday by unknowns. Laborers John and Michael Sullivan die while saving a passenger train near McKeesport after discovering a bent rail. Other items note Indian raids in Green County Texas butter adulteration probes in New York and a boxing dispute in Toronto.

George W. Birmingham Little Rock Ark Galveston Texas Green County New York San Francisco DeYoung Kalleeh Joseph Martin Huntington L. C Alice Hallighan Kallocb Lehigh Coal Company Port Richmond Liaump Byron Chatterton Strakosch Hess Opera Company Toronto Central City Register Consolidated Kansas Mall Kansas Haseltine Mining Company John Michael Sullivan Baltitimore and Ohio Railroad McKeesport

Land League plan formed in Great Britain

Mr Parnell urged creating a National Land League of Great Britain to support the Irish Land League, reduce back rents, and help Irish tenants become owners. Justin McCarthy named president. a committee to draft the plan was formed. The move aims to educate public opinion in England and Scotland and to align with Irish progress.

London Parnell England Scotland Land League Home Rule Confederation Ireland America National Land League of Great Britain Justin McCarthy Irish Land League

Trial of Czar Assassins Opened Under Press Law

St Petersburg announces the first prosecution under revised press laws. The Vedomosti author linked to indolence and robbery is summoned to appear before a judge. The trial of the Czar’s assassins begins March 30 with separate action against Sophie Pieostsky. Ген Melikoff orders action against St Petersburg Gazette. Funeral rites for the Czar will start with a 10:50 assembly at the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul. The coffin will be borne to the vault by the Emperor and foreign royalty, then rejoined to the Winter Palace after a salute and burial.

St. Petersburg Sophie Pieostsky Gen. Melikoff Czar Cathedral of St. Peter and St Paul Winter Palace

Authentic Tunis Incident and New American Church in Paris

The dispatches report an authentic statement on the Tunis question amid Cyprus interests and French annexation claims, plus news from Nice of 69 dead in the Opera House fire and the corner stone laid for an American Protestant church in Paris. Also covered are Madrid petard explosions, India finances deficits, Boer War close, and various global items including crime, commerce, and society notes.

London Tunis Cyprus France Lord Salisbury England Nice Opera House Paris Times Littlejohn Long Island Avenue de Alma Rue Bayard Madrid India

Bradstreet outlook notes solid spring trade and modest livestock loss

New York March 25 Bradstreet reports that despite heavy snows business disruptions, spring trade should be at least as large as last year in the West and Northwest. Livestock losses are not expected to exceed 10 percent and winter wheat appears healthier than anticipated.

New York

Striking Railroad Workers Demand Back Wages in New Jersey

In Tom's River New Jersey over 100 laborers employed by contractor Cook halted grading on the Philadelphia and Long Branch Railroad and visited the area threatening action over unpaid wages totaling nearly 3000 dollars. The workers say only eighteen have been paid for two months. Most are foreigners facing destitution.

Tom's River N. J Cook Philadelphia and Long Branch

Eight Hour Day Urged by Brooklyn Navy Yard Delegation

A Brooklyn Navy Yard delegation joins others to press President Garfield and Secretary Hunt to enforce the eight hour workday law. Back pay totaling about 3 million dollars is claimed for workers who have endured ten hour days since Hayes era.

New York Brooklyn Navy Yard Garfield Hunt Navy Hayes

Logging Season Nears End as Snow Melts River Swells

A Penobscot lumberman reports two and a half feet of snow remaining in some woods while rising brooks flood roads and drive loggers out. About two thirds of West Branch operators have left. remaining mills restart. Penobscot and tributaries yield about 140 million feet of logs and demand looks to rise. Freights show $160 per M for lumber and $250 per M for bricks to Boston. The Saco boom will fill with roughly 15 million feet of logs this winter, about 12 million of which go to Joseph Hobson of Biddeford.

Penobscot West Branch Boston Saco Joseph Hobson Biddeford

Reappearance of the Black Death across the Near East

The Black Death, once feared in Europe, reappeared in 1874 at Tripolis then spread to Armenia and near the Caspian Sea. It appeared in Mesopotamia in 1876, crossed into Russia in 1878, triggering European alarm and quarantine actions before subsiding in Russia. It resurged by devastating a Mecca pilgrimage party and reemerging in Mesopotamia.

Europe Tripolis Armenia Caspian Sea Mesopotamia Russia Nishni-Novgorod Moscow Germany Austria Loris Melikoff Mecca Euphrates

Emigration Surge Across German Lands to Hull and Texas

The German stream of emigration rises from Havre Bremen and Hamburg with fares cut to 80 marks per person. Many go via Hull or Liverpool to elude officials, while Posen and Schleswig regions see heavy departures. Illinois Nebraska attract migrants. a German Socialist colony forms in Texas from St. Louis Chicago and New York. Rye crop failure and duties on Russian rye drive the exodus.

Havre Bremen Hamburg Hull Liverpool Posen Schleswig Prussia Ilinois Nebraska Texas St. Louis Chicago New York

Paris Hairdressers Target Fashion Change With Competition

Paris hairdressers face slumping sales as feminine tastes shift to the Irish wisp style and simple gear. A barber meeting staged a hairdressing contest, won by M Lachin with a high and low style expected to shape future Paris coiffure and revive the trade.

Paris M. Lachin

Turbulent stock actions in Northern Pacific and other lines

Henry Villard confirms a 12 million fund used to seize control of Northern Pacific with a 27 million stock majority. An injunction stalls 180 000 extra common shares amid directors’ protests. Related pleas cover Reading Railroad elections, Mexican Southern Railway, and Toledo Canada Southern suits. Grant to head Mexican Southern venture. Delaware Western reorganizes with Garrett as president.

Lars San Francisco Cal Henry Villard The Oregon Navigation and Railroad Company Portland Oregonian Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Billings Northern Pacific Board New York Spier Superior Court Constructive Company Jay Cooke Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Blind Pool Reading Railroad Philadephia Court of Common Pleas Hare Mitchell Fell Bullitt MecCalmont Bros Thomas A. Biddle Reading Railroad Company McKennan United States Circuit Court Trenton Mexican Southern Hailway Mexican Southern Railroad Company Gen. Grant Russel Sage Jesse Seligman Frank Work Henry G. Marquand Amos L. Hopkins U. S. Grant, Jr Senor M. Romero Delaware Western Wimington Del Delaware Western Railroad Robert Garrett Perry Belmont Victor Dupont John W. Davis R. Snowden Andrews Wm. M. Canby William Canby Osman Latrobe John K. Gowan

Worcester Vermont gold mining gains pace with new boiler and pump

The Worcester mining push includes a boiler and steam pump installed, a slate mill in Poultney by a New York company starting operations and planning to hire many workers. A French Protestant Church formed in Manchester New Hampshire with Rev. Gideon Rubin ordained.

Worcester New York Poultney Manchester N. H Gideon Rubin Joseph Richards York Manufacturing Company Saco Slack Williamstown Stattleboro Connecticut

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