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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1879

Page

2

Congressional caucuses back veto strategy and joint committee

Democrats in both chambers adopt a unified stance on the Army bill and plan to refer strategy to a joint caucus committee chaired by Thurman and Chalmers. They expect riders to accompany the bill with votes on the veto looming, while appropriation actions await outcomes.

Washington Senate House Thurman Gen. Chalmers Joint Committee Chalmers Carlisle Cox Ewing Springer Tucker Atkins Clymer Reagan Bicknell Phelps Messrs Whyte Kernan Saulsbury Jones Florida Bailey Lamar Voorhees Vance Greenback Caucas

Freshet Causes Widespread Flooding Across New England

Reports from Warren river in Plymouh, Lancaster, Woodsville, Bath and Bellows Falls describe high water flooding meadows and highways. Log jams threaten bridges, mills lose power, and trains face washouts while waterways rise and communications tighten.

Plymours N. H Warren River Passumpsic Road Montreal Road

Leave It To The People On Free Elections 1880

From the New York World the piece argues the President must accept free and honest elections without federal intimidation. It urges Congress to present to him again the principle and to pass and send separate repeals so government wheels keep turning.

Congress States of the Union

Senate Confirms Several US Consuls and Navy Advances

The Senate confirms consuls including John D Arguimbau at Denia Spain and others in St Helena Turk's Island Auckland Paramaribo. Navy payoff includes John H Stevenson advanced fifteen numbers for heroism. House panels consider 20 000 for Alarm propeller and 700 naval apprentices enlistment. Gen Pope ordered to guard Indian Territory. Sherman departs for New York. Kidder to Smithsonian. Gov Garcelon and Rep Frye meet the President. Col James Oakes retires after 30 years.

Washington Senate United States John D Arguimbau New York Denia Spain Robert P. Wilson Pennsylvania St. Helena Francis P. van Wyck Illinois Turk’s Island G. W. Griffin Kentucky Auckland Eli van Prang Paramaribo John H. Stevenson Navy House Committee On Naval Affairs House House Committee On Banking Buckner Pope Department of Missouri Indian Territory Sherman Ohio Jerome H. Kidder U.S. N Smithsonian Institution Gov Garcelon Maine Frye Col James Oakes

Telegraph Company Formed Led by Jay Gould Chief Stockholder

A New York telegraph firm is formed with $10,000,000 capital. Jay Gould holds half the stock with David H. Bates and Charles A. Tinker. Bates named president as Bates resigns from Atlantic and Pacific. The line aims to Chicago in three months, with Westward and Southern expansion tied to railroad cooperation.

Jay Gould Custom House New York Union Telegraph Company David H. Bates Charles A. Tinker Baltimore Central Union Company Chicago Atlantic and Pacific Charles Thompson Seaman Mate Williams Niphon United States District Attorney Lugh L. Slavin August Belmont Special Sessions Court Leonard Weil The Dutcher Weil Charles G. Fisher Metropolitan Harrisburg Charles O. Fisher Washington Gilman Lasch Prince Street Benjamin Dean Boston Lake Superior Ship Canal Railway and Iron Company

Obituaries from the City News Column

The notice lists the sudden death of a 28 year old Harvard and Vienna trained physician at 103 Boylston Street, connected with the Boston Dispensary and McLean Street Lying-in Hospital, and recalls his landlady finding him dressing after a health decline. Also reported is H. H. Gould a prominent Hyde Park teacher who died April 29 after a long teaching career in several towns and Hyde Park. Additional deaths follow.

Boylston Street Harvard Medical School Vienna Boston McLean Street Estes Howe Cambridge Hyde Park Mr Gould Southbridge Webster Cherry Valley Marlbro Putnam L. S. Chase Chicago Rhode Island Augustus Lane Norton Mass Mary D. Putnam James S. Putnam Tucker Deland Charleston D.C A. Lovejoy Charles Hart Wakefield John B. Maude St. Louis Appleton Noyes & Maude Leadville Colorado Selah Story Milford Conn Ed S. Shorter Eufaula Ala Monticello Yale Alabama Henri Detesciurze Paris United States Michael Etienner Neue Freie Presse

History H Repeating Itself The Anglo Saxon Jealous of Interference

Washington April 29. A lull in the contest around the Army bill, with the President yet to publish his veto message, and political talk over the use of troops at polls. The piece likens Conkling and Blaine to Horace Walpole and Sir Robert Walpole, noting echoes of Westminster elections and English doctrine on free elections with military presence.

Washington Mount Vernon Davis Pendleton Congress Conkling Horace Walpole Westminster Robert Walpole Sir Robert Walpole House of Lords Earl of Orford Lord Chesterfield Howard George II Walpole Murray Lord Mansfield Horace House of Hanover Volterra Earle Sandys England Republican Party George N

Plan for Future Action Post Meeting Adopts Gratitude

After a cordial exchange of opinions the meeting adjourned for one week to pursue definite action. Gratitude is expressed for generous donations and the societies’ books show funds have been judiciously bestowed.

Fire Devastates Orenburg City On Ural River

A great fire swept Orenburg last Monday and Tuesday destroying most of the town. The storm and flames left more than half the population destitute, with churches, barracks, a town hall and other buildings burned. Public funds were saved. relief measures and a 10,060 rouble Interior aid were dispatched. A separate village, Gratchenko on the Volga, was reported totally burned.

Orenburg St. Petersburg Ural River Samara Minister of the Interior

Charibert Wins 2006 Enneas at Newmarket Race

In England April 30 betting on the 2000 guinea race showed Uncas and Visconti as outsiders. Charibert, owned by Lord Falmouth, won the 2006 enineas after a tight climb to the Abingdon dip leading by Cadogan and Rayon D Or.

London Newmarket Lorillard Uncas Roseberry Visconti Parole Charibert Lord Falmouth Rayon D’or Cadogan Discord Uneas Bute Blue Blood Gunnersbury Ruperra Marshall Scott Lancastrian Strathern Marshall Scott Ruper Strothern Westbourne

Russian Tyranny Sparks English Protests in London

Report from London April 30 says in the Commons Sir Robert Peel will press the government on whether Gladstone acted to alleviate state persecutions in Neapolitan prisons, as Britain debates action for humanitarian relief amid Russia's alleged terror against over eighty million people. A Berlin correspondent links the Orenburg fire to political discontent and notes Czars fears of assassination, with heightened security during the Czar's Livadia journey.

London Robert Peel Gladstone Russia Berlin Orenburg Livadia

British Leader Warns Roumelians Over Treaty Autonomy

London April 30 Marquis of Salisbury says Britain will uphold the Treaty of Terlin. He asserts the Eastern Roumelians will gain autonomy and an enviable position if they accept, but warns rebellion would invite repression and bloodshed.

London

Nile steamer sinks with twenty dead crew members

A Lloyds despatch from Corunna reports the British steamer Nile, from Elba for Newport, sunk on Linuela Rocks with ore cargo. Only three of the twenty three crew were saved.

London Lloyds Corunna Spain Nile Elva Newport Linuela Rocks

Mixed Cablegrams Report on Global Events and Officials

Reports from London note a possible conference between Parkam coal owners and the Miners' Union to settle strikes. Other items include arrests, imperial communications, Vatican mediation efforts, deaths, residency prohibitions, and a Stanley expedition in Africa.

Robbery at Pittsburg Bank Ends with Fled Suspects

At the Workingmen's Savings Bank in Allegheny two men attempted a noontime robbery. Cashier George L. Walter wrestled a revolver from one thief and fired, sending the men fleeing. The robbers escaped with 2800 dollars, dropping 700 on the street which was later recovered. pursuit failed across the river.

Pittsburg Workingmen’s Savings Bank Allegheny George L. Walter Walter

Mad dog on Cushnoe Heights causes excitement in Augusta

A mad dog on Cushnoe Heights bit two or three dogs and was slain Monday. In State versus Fish a district suit over his acting as Auburn High School principal ended when defense showed Morrill, the teacher appointed after Fish’s discharge, had no certificate, making the principal claim invalid. The ruling warns school committees to meet legal requirements.

Cushnoe Heights Augusta State Fish Auburn High School Morrill State Reform School State Agricultural Society Albert Davis Manchester Seldon Willey Campey Hutchings Marlboro Mass Peter Rock Landaff Gold Mining Company Bath Isaiah Cook Massachusetts New Hampshire Exeter Cook Charles Churchill Walpole Nathan Cutler Nashua Lowell Dorchester Supreme Court Plymouth

Local Tax Rise Highlighted by Bel mont Exhibit and Trials

Montana lit. Not applicable.

Vermont Methodist Conference Opens in Swanton

The Vermont Methodist Episcopal Confer ence begins its annual session in Swanton with Bishop Harris of New York presiding. Notable divines from multiple states attend. A rock weighing 256 pounds blasted from Jewett lime kilns crashed through a Swanton house roof near sleeping children. Josiah Boutelle of Bellows Falls marks his fortieth wedding anniversary with a large gathering and collation. he has long served Rutland Railroad and prior to the line built was a stage-driver.

Vermont Methodist Episcopal Conference Swanton Harris New York Jewett Lime Doke Campbell Josiah Boutelle Bellows Falls Rutland Boutelle

Multiple local incidents and upcoming religious and civic changes

A man’s body was found in a Nashua brook while another was seen walking toward Nashua with a son. The Lowell Universalist Church accepted Rev. Dr G. T. Flanders’s resignation for July. Various local events include a Main Street cattle whip duel, possible foul play in Florida linked to a missing Fall River man, and a Taunton wage debate. Community notices cover prison escapes, factory employment, tax and liquor license actions, a Lawrence Irish club anniversary, and Pittsfield prohibition hearings.

Samuel T. Moulton Nashua N. H First Universalist Church of Lowell G.T Flanders Athol William Wilbur John Wilbur Fall River Florida Cedar Keys Wilbur Charles Ryder Concord State Prison Medway Lord Ryder Assabet River Taunton Pittsfield Henry Taylor Plainfield Howard Dawes Pierson Cummington Allen Thayer East Cummington Village Thayer Fall River Board of Aldermen Sweeney Saunder John K. Tarbox D. B. Magee Thomas Carnelie T. Sullivan Nathan R. Shaw Cohasset Narrows New Bedford Snell Snell & Gregson Boston Shaw Manomet Heights Col Charles Whittier E. Gage Ayers Nickerson Marshall Wilcox J. L. Jenkins George N. Dutton J. N. Durham Almiron Francis Wilcox Fon J.N. Dunham

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