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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1880
Page
2
In 1863 small English savings banks held £27,187,401 with an average under £9 per depositor. By 1873 deposits reached £63,471,412, about £16 per depositor, and 1879 returns show further gains, suggesting sober, industrious workers are not as badly off as some claim.
The Blaine Literary Bureau sends slips stressing Blaine's great grandfather as a revolutionary patriot at Valley Forge while neglecting Blaine's own role and presence at Mulligan Letters. The public is urged to hear James speak on the matter.
The Harmony Mills strike near Cohoes North Carolina is not yet general but expected to spread. Strikers are being denied company housing and meals at the boarding house while urging other workers to join. Clinton Massachusetts strikers face mass job losses with no concessions. Political infighting grows as Grant Blaine factions clash amid talk of withdrawal. Chinatown San Francisco tenants face possible eviction as the 30 day notice expires with no action. New York Democrats announce Horatio Seymour will not seek Cincinnati nomination.
At Long Prairie a jury found John Meid guilty of murder in the Kalway Sten huber case after a mob hanged John from the jail and Michael fled. Kalway’s wife had urged Kalway to live with Meid, whose house burned mysteriously. Meid and his brother were suspects. Meid was captured and hanged by a mob, Michael escaped. The trial has run since Tuesday with direct and circumstantial evidence, defendant alibi arguments, and the life sentence imposed.
Springfield March 26 Gov Collom names Granville Barriere and Stephen G Paddock to represent the state and cooperate with an Ottawa committee formed March 17 to press Congress for the improvement of a Chicago to Mississippi River ship canal.
Special dispatch reports California lawmakers in Congress express intense dissatisfaction with the China embassy nominations. They claim the nominees favor the Chinese Government against California views and may oppose the President, raising two potential opposition avenues through confirmation and funding. The piece also notes anticipation around the Ways and Means Committee and possible tariff measures, with focus on Wood pulp and printing paper issues.
The House struggled over private bills and the two thirds rule as to suspending private business for public measures. Debate centered on whether a two thirds vote is required and the pending Budlong patent relief bill. The session adjourned after a lengthy committee read of a $5,000 relief bill for L Madison Day and two legal arguments pro and con.
The Senate Exodous Committee heard B F Watson a colored preacher from Kansas City Mo testifying that he and private individuals aided about 2500 colored emigrants from the South to locate in various Kansas areas. J M Brown of Topeka described past Mississippi events including a 1875 riot at Friar's Point with fatalities and blamed white Democrats for stirring unrest.
New York reports that the earnings of the C C C I R R and leased fines from January 1 to March 21 totaled 1,002,748 dollars, up 229,314 from the prior year. The Selma Rome and Dalton Railroad earned 560,098 dollars for eleven months of the current fiscal year, up 120,202.
Dispatches from Washington report the American government will oppose canal construction by a foreign company. Columbian residents in Panama fear a protectorate and vow to resist, while Chilean and Peruvian forces clash in the ongoing South American war. Reports claim naval actions near Arica, with the Manco Copac repelling Huascar and Magallanes gunfire. Military moves aim to isolate Montero, cutting supplies as Chilean land and sea forces converge. nitrate contracts and embargoes add to regional tension.
London march report notes vigorous party campaigning with Home Rulers gaining strength while Conservatives fear a smaller majority. Gladstone urged to rest as health concerns rise. Also reports Bonapartist meetings in Paris, defalcations at St Petersburg customs, Roumania seeks Hohenzollern support, mob attack on Col Surtees, Japan earthquake, Sicilian brigands and ransom, burning of the St Charles, and Steamer Montana at Holyhead harbor.
William Barton a sixteen year old colored man was hanged at 7:30 am for the February 1879 murder of James Clatterbuck on a farm ten miles below St. Charles. Barton, who claimed under 16, was denied exemption from capital punishment. About 2,000 spectators endured showers as Barton died ten minutes after the drop. Rev Fathers Gealend and Miller attended to his spiritual needs. Barton fled to Cass County after the crime and was captured.
San Francisco reports the thirty day notice of Chinatown condemnation expired with no action by the Board of Health. Officials note limited powers to enforce nuisances and overcrowding, burdening property owners, while Mongolian tenants face tighter rules. arrests unlikely due to lack of detention facilities and overflowing funds. The Citizens' Protective Union denies negotiations with the sand lot group.
Washington dispatches detail rising bitterness between third term supporters and Blaine allies over Mulligan letters and Grant scandals. Debates touch on Grant's Texas visit, party unity, and franking abuses as New York Democrats set convention timing. Missouri anti third term group calls May convention in St Louis to oppose Grant and back two term tradition.
The Cohoes strike intensifies as workers are barred from boarding houses and warned to vacate within thirty days. A mass meeting led by Samuel Sault backed possible spinoff action by the weavers if demands remain unmet by March 29. Johnston rejects concessions, signaling a long lockout as pay deductions for two weeks’ notice are contested in court. Meanwhile Clinton sees 300 looms active with new pay demands and Newark’s Clark’s Thread Works stalls with a 10 percent wage demand by 700 workers.
New England notes report Anson as the state leader in sheep with a population of 11 343. Geo Durgin of Limerick reportedly hanged himself last Monday after a period of mental distress. The Methodist Churches annual conference will meet at Saco from April 14 to 18. Mrs Susan Bailey of Woolwich, died aged 88, remained conscious briefly after heart stopped, saw Jesus with the glorified throng in a vision before passing.
Keene couple Mr and Mrs Oren Shelley celebrated their golden wedding on Monday evening. Hon Joseph C A Wiggin of Stratham, recently named Consul to Foochow China, previously served years as Consul at Swatow. Light house Board orders delay Whaleback Light tower removal at Portsmouth harbor. Denman Thompson opened his new residence at West Swanzey for public inspection on Saturday and Monday, with many attendees including a large Keene delegation.
Negotiations by Boston and New York parties continue at Middlebury to establish a cotton mill at Middlebury Falls expected to employ many workers. A separate incident reports Matthew Macaffrey of Waterbury starving his cattle and tar poisoning his children, declared insane by neighbors and sent to Brattleboro asylum. Central Vermont plans unite through passenger and freight traffic under Lansing Millis of Boston, with William F. Smith moving to St. Albans as local agent and William B. Viall of Randolph replacing him in Montreal.
Prof Marshall of Fitchburg Mass lectured Tuesday evening on An Evening in Wonderland. Resignation of Lawrence superintendent George A Littlefield accepted to take effect April 1. John L Brewster elected temporary successor with salary 1800. A large cat rigged boat Francina ran ashore at Provincetown with two men aboard who claimed they left Boston bound for Newport. Lightkeepers at Racepoint aided in rescuing them. Alfred Williams arrested at Hoosac Tunnel for murder attempt on Patrick Gillick. self defense claim. Gillick battered but not fatally hurt. Williams resisted as officers forced entry, taken to North Adams for examination. Presiding Elder Ela held Florence church meeting on suspension of Rev Bowler over unauthorized church debt borrowing. Bowler suspended for falsehood. asks reinstatement. annual conference to decide further.
Mr Charles Bradley of New Haven died by his own act while insane on Wednesday. Miss Catharine Sedgwick Cheney wed Gustavus Farley Jr of Yokohama at South Manchester in a large reception with guests from Hartford Boston New York Philadelphia Lenox and others. The couple will travel to Yokohama after a weekend in New Haven and South Manchester.
Providence Journal notes 65 percent of butter in the city replaced by oleomargarine amid a lively market report. In Pawtucket Justice Court about one hundred liquor dealers were arraigned before Justice Clapp for selling under the new law, pleading not guilty with bail set for Monday. Newport hearings continued for Special Policeman Beaumont and Mrs Eugene Barker, remanded to jail. Mrs Barker, four children and delicate condition, receives public sympathy as her husband contemplates elopement and grocery orders are halted.
Galveston Texas March 26 The Grant party left this morning for San Antonio and will stay until Monday, then proceed to Houston Monday afternoon. They depart Houston Tuesday for New Orleans via Galveston Gen Sheridan and party left for Chicago.
Directors and stockholders ratify the new Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway extending from Port Huron to Chicago. Bonds of 20 000 per mile secured by mortgage cover this consolidation including Indiana Michigan and Northwestern Grand Trunk lines. Also notes developments on Portsmouth Dover Eastern railroad case and bond sales to New York and New England ahead of lease.
In Brockton Massachusetts on March 26 the penultimate day of the 75 hour race lists leaders as Albert at 376 miles, Lepper Hughes at 302, Clow 360, Hourihan 341, Gelbert 324, Old Sport 309, Mignault 303, Howe 282, Colston 256 miles.
CAPT HENRY GURNEY the oldest branch pilot in the country died at his East Boston home March 26 aged about 101. Born abroad, he came to Boston as a boy and began seafaring at ten, serving over seventy years afloat including as a pilot during the War of 1812 near the Chesapeake and Shannon engagement. He was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and respected in East Boston. Also noted: shipbuilder ROBERT E JACKSON died March 26 aged about 65 in East Boston. COL WINTHROP E FAULKNER died March 25 in South Acton aged about 75, with long State military and railroad service.
The report covers James Morgan a colored man jailed in Columbus Georgia for poisoning his wife and daughter with strychnine in wine his wife died his daughter survived Jacob Frey 69 fatally injures his wife then cuts his own windpipe both survive amid money quarrel Fort Worth mail stage robbed of cash west of town and mail pouch cut U S Attorney Mesilla says Indian depredations make Santa Fe Mesilla mail routes impossible Gen Hetch promises protection The North Carolina Legislature passes the Western Railroad sale bill adjournment planned Holland estate tale in Kokomo County Indiana worth 200 000 600 and S H Senar a colored man from Illinois critiques West’s treatment of Black people warning brethren South best place to live
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