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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1879
Page
2
The article notes Queen Victoria maintains nine cream color Royal horses at Buckingham Palace mews. They are highly valuable and never used, not even at a royal wedding, as Windsor roads are too hilly for their tender feet. Royal state carriages and liveries have not been seen since the Prince of Wales’s marriage.
The piece argues that despite defeating the Registration law, Republican leaders would have enacted disfranchisement if risked. It warns that prudential considerations won’t deter them and that Democratic voters remain a core Republican aim in Boston, to be watched even now under the present law.
The short verse titled W. from this morning carries a gentle color and a graceful tender tone likely to recall pleasant memories in many readers, especially men.
The report notes no agreement between Congress and the President on future policy. Republicans aim to stave off Hellogg’s expulsion while Hamilton secures another victory over Hayes, reflecting ongoing political tensions and maneuvering.
A Boston Special Despatch reports secrecy in Washington as Senators and Representatives discuss party caucus plans. The House favors a tightly framed bill to limit presidential use of army at polls, while the Senate signals passage of the Legislative bill with amendments. The debate on Kellogg’s seat and carpet-bagger era ends with possible extended discussion and the yellow fever bill advances. Senator Bradbury visits, greeted by Democrats.
A Democratic House caucus forms a select committee to tour upper lobbies and galleries to see if reporters gained access during the secret session. Doors to galleries are found sealed, a member is overheard listening at a corridor door, and the day ends with reticent members and anxious reporters seeking a noncommittal conclusion.
New York May 2 A Democratic Senatorial caucus discussed a plan to have Congress count the next electoral vote and declare the result. If Congress cannot secure the President's approval for election law changes they would object to counting votes from states backing Republican candidates. The plan would target cases where marshals or Federal troops interfere with elections. The idea drew favorable general support though no formal action was taken. It was tied to the Eickhoff Einstein contest in the Seventh District and alleged deputy marshal interference.
The Senate confirmed Henry White and C McK Paulson for state posts and postmasters Hoag and Cochran. It rejected Thomas Mason for Bangor customs chief, a move seen as opposing Senator Hamlin. Internal revenue receipts for ten months total 89,024,883 with April down to 7,612,158 though stamp sales rise since the 1st inst.
A Cape Town despatch reports Dubalamanzi and allied chiefs offering submission to Lord Chelmsford with promises of personal safety and cattle retention while war ends. John Dunn travels to ensure safety, Cetewayo’s envoy signals possible peace though intelligence doubts remain. Dundee Natal becomes Wood’s new base as talks and moves toward a potential end to the conflict.
Delegations from fifty eight protectionist Chambers of Commerce urged the Minister of Commerce to halt negotiations on new treaties until after voters decide on general tariffs. Minister Tirard said he favors the tariff as presented and warned he would resign if chambers pressured the Senate and Deputies. The delegates retired disappointed.
Berlin cor respondent reports Solovieff says he was forced to shoot the Czar but intentionally missed. Arrests include Stasov in a Nihilist case. Gov Kieff reports threats of incendiarism and dynamite. Reliable tips say Macedonian uprising revival appears underway.
London May 2 promoters opposing the leasing of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway by Erie Railway announce strong adhesions. Sir Henry Tyler Sir Charles Young and Captain Douglass Galton have agreed to serve on the committee to carry out the scheme relying on securing the required majority.
Paris reports Grevy defers tariff debate while a sub-committee considers a 50 percent rise on cotton thread. London notes Boer leaders largely reasonable, with a violent minority. Mandalay says Burman war sentiment grows despite ministerial peace aims as troops spread to the frontier. Municipal elections stir Mandalay, and West Cumberland coal strike talks fail.
An inmate named Wood jailed for burglary escapes Columbia county jail in Wisconsin. The sheriff’s 16 year old daughter is missing, with the sheriff offering a reward for the prisoner’s recapture. Public sentiment leans toward an elopement rather than abduction.
In New York on May 2 a judge kept cashier Merritt of the Metropolitan Hotel in 1500 bail despite limited evidence in a $50 bill change case involving a Black man named Williams. Grand Jury indictments target Brooklyn officials for malfeasance over charitable supplies. The missing steamship Bernina prompts 75 guinea rates per 100, and Havemeyer sues Ful ler for libel over sugar claims. Nihilist sympathizers meet, and Bergh Society receives a $25,000 gift.
Commissioner Fink ordered trunk lines to charge full rates to Mississippi river points. Railroads refused saying it would divert business to St. Louis. A meeting with trunk line and pool line managers was held and compliance likely, with Chicago roads prepared for a sharp conflict.
A Boston Post correspondence from Tensas Parish on April 25 1879 argues the Kansas emigration drive harms Southern planters. It claims twenty five thousand destitute refugees have arrived in Kansas facing hunger and cold, with crops abandoned and high taxes looming. It notes fundraising by Tandy and Radical Republicans and predicts massive losses as advances to workers collapse. It reports 300 destitute refugees arriving in Atchison and housed in churches with limited unskilled labor demand, prompting concern and urging halt.
A timber accident near Lewiston injures Isaac Field, a 70 plus resident, crushing his hip. Rev. T. E. Clark declines a Cambridge church call. Margaret Alstine nears 100, dies in Morrill after sharp memory until the end. A Brunswick medical student room theft prompts instrument and money loss. Gardiner Aldermen vote to hold a new Ward Five election per Supreme Court ruling. A Pittsfield guest vanishes with hotel funds and cigars. a Montreal thief is named. Essex North farmers join Haverhill institute plans May 7. Insanity concerns threaten Mrs Sarah Bates, reported missing near river. Marlboro Fire Department elects officers. Boynton-Loring election contest testimony marks first in Congress. Newburyport death tally rises over prior year. April arrests include drunkenness. Emma F. Brown alias Sarah Anderson faces grand jury delay in Fullam’s block arson case. Cattie show dates announced for Nantucket to Taunton and Martha’s Vineyard events this fall.
News from New Hampshire reports the river men reaching Livermore Falls likely by Tuesday with high water suspending several Amoskeag and Manchester mill departments. Portland merchants, at Milliken’s urging, sent £323 to Gorham for fire sufferers. Exeter court cases, tax shifts, and a Nashua arson inquiry fill the page along with a lead mine discovery in Greenland and Governor elect Head inauguration planning.
Gloucester Massachusetts May 2 Four gunners houses on the Essex river were robbed February 2 1877 of rifles ammunition spy glasses and other goods worth about 300. John H Williams Walter Williams Thaddeus Williams Oscar and Henry Davis and others confessed to stealing and hiding the property. Detectives recovered crucibles and counterfeiting tools. The group faces bonds and a pending court appearance.
In Providence Justice Court Margaret Shaw is found probably guilty of murdering her husband John Shaw and is sent for trial at the June term of the Common Pleas Court. Brown University seniors announce commencement appointments with Valedictorian Wallace P Dick Salutatorian Stephen O Edwards and orators Furbum Spencer Jr.
A Bridgeport girl jumped rope 225 times then suffered fits and nearly died. The report notes high death rates at the Connecticut prison and criticizes the Wethersfield site. The Stockbreeders Association at Hartford elected officers and planned a trotting meeting in June. Charter Oak policy holders in Hartford approved a 40 percent claim reduction and urged resisting excess payments to unsealed holders.
Information arrives of the death of Mrs Cassandra H. Bliss at South Valley New York on April 2 wife of Rev Asher Bliss long a Seneca missionary born February 14 1802 in New Braintree Mass linked to Hooper Washburn Allerton Cushman Morton families. Also notes the death of Samuel B Moon aged 56 publisher of the Railway World in Philadelphia and later moves in insurance publishing circles. Further death notices include Hiram Adams veteran printer in Boston Walter Brown of New York Cap t Joseph L Ross in Boston Rev J L G McKown of Roseville New Jersey and other death notices with brief biographical details.
Labor strife at Williston mills Easthampton Mass continues with seven strikers ordered to quit within forty eight hours. Strikers report legal advice and refusal to leave while alleging substandard housing and long hours. No settlement in sight as Williston mills estate funds Amherst College. Meanwhile two thousand five hundred New York longshoremen strike, with some vessels idle and others resuming work under wage disputes. Two hundred miners also strike.
Charles F. Freeman of Pocasset, a Second Adventist, killed his five year old daughter Edith during a religious fervor. He claimed a revelation and plans for resurrection in three days. Neighbors and his wife are implicated as accessories as Freeman barricades his home with firearms awaiting intervention.
Reports describe fifteen foot snow near Summit House on Mount Mansfield and numerous local incidents. Drownings, robberies, arson arrests, prison escapes, forge charges, a quarry accident killing a convict, factory shifts, skunk drives, postal theft accusations, and a rowdy Tunbridge prayer meeting with fines and detentions.
The Penobscot River rose rapidly over the past two days reaching near fall high levels. The Skatarack boom on the Matta waumkeag river broke this evening, releasing about five million logs into the river system but expected to be halted by the larger boom.
Ten more distilleries were captured in Georgia last week by revenue officials. The Agricultural Insurance Company of Ottawa winds up its affairs. W H Michael was arrested in Richmond Virginia for forgery after posing as a retired naval officer. E Smith of Warrenton Virginia, 18, killed his father during a dispute. John Hoods John Oliver and another man arrested in St Louis for robbery of Scroggs Sawyer s Bank at Mount Pulaski Illinois. The New Brunswick Rifle Association declines Creedmoor invite due to small bore rifles. New Orleans mayor closes all colored churches after 10 pm. A Victoria despatch notes Parliament prorogation after assurances to begin a railway this year from Ottawa. Farmers Loan and Trust Company sues to foreclose a 3 million dollar mortgage on the Western Union Railroad. Kentucky division of St Louis Southeastern Railroad to Louisville and Nashville road ownership of 146 miles from Nashville to the Ohio river.
A farm laborer named Sullivan was found hanging in a barn at Chelmsford Friday morning. A second incident reports 9 year old Willie Hahn drowning in the Connecticut River at Springfield Friday.
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