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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1880

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2

Senate Bill for Payment of United States Marshals Passes

The United States Senate yesterday passed a bill for the payment of United States marshals. The House finished work on the Postal Appropriation bill and a vote is set for this morning. The mail contractors lobby suffered a heavy defeat and faces House scrutiny. A bitter fight persists within Pennsylvania Republicans over Grant support, while New Hampshire delegates to Chicago favor Blaine. The Ways and Means Committee amended much of the tariff bill, with sugars clause removed for separate consideration. The anti Grant convention at St Louis appointed a 100 member committee. A Pennsylvania oil works explosion caused a fire destroying mills and 300 homes, with losses over 300000 dollars. Delaware Republicans yesterday chose a solid Blaine delegation to Chicago.

United States Senate United States House Cameron Pennsylvania Grant New Hampshire Chicago William E. Chandler Concord David H. Buffum Somersworth Ruel Durkee Croydon Benjamin F. Prescott Epping Blaine Blaine United Committee On Ways and Means St. Louis Capitol Charleston D. C Blount Appropriations Committee Congress Blackburn Committee On Rules Teriff Tinkering Tucker Ways and Means Committee Ways and Means Senate Washington Eaton Windom New York Conkling

Republican State Convention Elects Delegates to Chicago

Concord New Hampshire May 6 delegates to the National Convention in Chicago June 5 gathered at Phoenix Hall forenoon. Large attendance and calm mood as Blaine and anti Elaine tickets circulated. Stevens of Nashua led, praising party leaders and Unity while urging Loyal support for Blaine if chosen. Balloting tallies later named 603 delegates present with Blaine favored by many speakers and a state committee formed.

Concord N. H Chicago Phoenix Hall Blaine anti-Elaine H. H. Huse Manchester Aaron F. Stevens Nashua New Hampshire Union Salisbury Andersonville Stevens William E. Chandler State Committee Charles M. Murphy Dover Joel Eastman Conway Charles B. Gafney Rochester Gerard Norcross Charles Holman James G. Sturgis Charles Williams Dana H.goodell Auburn Anson L. Brown Whitefield S. W. Halle Keene Henry L. Tilton Littleton Justine Rockingham County J. Horace Kent Wm. E. Hadley John H. Broughton Portsmouth Wm. B. Morrill George KE. Lane Exeter Nathan B. Prescott Leonard A. Morrison Windham Samuel A. Haley New Market Charles F. Cate Northwood Benjamin W. Hoyt Epping Wells C. Underhill Aubwin Albert Little Atkinson E. J. Sawyer Deerfield Wrank . Drake North Hampton Warren Brown Hampton Falls Tilton French East Kingston Stafford County W. E. Waterhouse Barrington Charles A. Sawyer Charles A. Fairbanks H. A. Mathes Durham D. W. Edgerly Farmington John Bartlett Lee J. D. Young Madbury Luther Hayes Milton W. A. Baker Middleton G. CG. Ham New Durham B. ©. Corlis Rollinsford C. B. Gafney Parshley John Greenfield C. L.chapman Somersworth H. A. Drew Stafford Carroll County Jonas E. French Moultonboro Charles Wolfboro D. H. Hill Sandwich Larkin D. Mason Tamworth Hiram &. Dow Elijah Wauleigh Wakefield John BH. Beacham Ossipee John L. Demwitt Effingham

Anti third term convention opens in St Louis

The meeting chaired by Gen Henderson builds a bloc within the Republican party to oppose a third term for Grant. It forms a permanent organization, appoints committees, and adopts resolutions denouncing a third term while pledging fidelity to party principles and urging nomination of a reformist candidate. Delegates from New York, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, and Ohio express support.

St. Louis Henderson EF. C. Hubbards Kentucky United States Republic Republican Party Committee On Organization Bluford Wilson U.S. Grant Gen. Henderson J. D. Cox Joseph B. Hawley George W. Curtis John B. Henderson John W. Carter Massachusetts Great Grant Bloomington Little Rock Chicago Whitridge Independent Republican Party of New York Horace White Wood Philadelphia National Republican League Henry Randall Waite Wilmington Wisconsin Madison Benjamin Butterworth Congress Cincinnati John D. Long T. W. Higginson J.D. Cox Ohio William Everett Prof Chadbourne Williams College Mathew Hale Albany W. P. Caedy N. C J. H. Wilton W. Bagby Paducah H. Browning Quincy Samuel McKee Louisville Charles Amberger Leonard Ballcon New Haven W. H. Leader Austin Tex Gen A. C. McChurg G. B. Denison Muscatine Iowa R. A. Hill Indiana Committee On Pennsylvania Minnesota House of Representatives City of Lucien Eaton Emil Praetorius Henry Hitchcock E. H. Hubbard W. S. Allerton J. W. Carter Mr. Wood Mr. Jones W. W. Williams Mllinois M. Whitridge

Tennessee Republicans nominate Hawkins for Governor

Nashville May 6 The Republican Convention reassembled and adopted a platform defending state bonds as legal and binding. Alvin S. Hawkins was nominated for Governor after six ballots, by acclamation, with George Maney and A A Taylor chosen electors at large. Delegates urged Horace Maynard for Vice President, and L C Houck J M Thornburg H H Harrison and David Munn were elected delegates at large before adjournment.

Nashville Committee On Resolutions Tennessee Democratic Party W. S. Gillenmaters A.M. Hughes Alvin Hawkins Thomas C. Muse Alvin S. Hawkins George Maney Davidson A. A. Taylor Carter Chicago Horace Maynard United States L. C. Houck J. M. Thornburg H. H. Harrison David Munn

Republican Convention Elects Dudley President in Trenton

In Trenton New Jersey on May 6 the Republican State Convention chose Thomas A Dudley as president and pledged unwavering loyalty to the national Union. Delegates debated party principles and a Washburne candidacy while pledging equal rights for all citizens and the expansion of a nonsectarian public school system.

Trenton N. J Republican State Convention Thomas A. Dudley Republican Party Democratic Party Washburne William Walter Phelps Judson Kilpatrick

State Convention Carried by the Blaine Men 85 to 14

Frederick Maryland May 6 after wrangling all day over the organization at 1130 tonight the committees on credentials and permanent organization submitted a report adopting permanent officers and admitting delegations from Baltimore Second District and Baltimore county plus seats for first and third Baltimore City districts The chair announced those delegations entitled to seats with half votes each A resolution expressing support for James G Blaine to secure his nomination for President was adopted 85 to 14.

Thurman Columbus Ohio Democratic State Central Committee John G. Thompson Thompson Harmony Frank Hurd United States Cincinnati George L. Converse Converse Democratic Party of Allen G. Thurman Republic J. H. Wade Cleveland James B. Steecman Toledo John Mcsweeney Wooster Durbin Ward Lebanon Messrs A. V. Rice Ottawa Thomas E. Powell Delaware Charles Hill Hamilton A.R. van Cleaf Pickaway Dover Del J H. Mills Blaine Mills Committee On Deelaware Fraine Christian Febinger Levi G. Clark Newcastle County N. B. Smithers James KR. Lofland Kent Benjamin Burton Albert Curry Sussex Chicago Binine James G. Blaine

Wisconsin and Mississippi Republicans Name Delegates in Chicago Nomination Fight

Wisconsin Republican State Convention refused to instruct delegates to Chicago and pledged support to the party nominee. It elected nine Washburne, seven Blaine, three Sherman, one Grant delegates. Mississippi convention named six Grant, six Sherman, four Blaine delegates with Sherman as second choice for Blaine. Senator Bruce led the Mississippi delegation. a bid for Grant was rejected by the chair. McGowan reports wide opposition to Grant among Michigan Republicans.

Madison Wis Chicago Washburne Blaine Sherman Grant Mississippi Jackson Miss Bruce McGowan Michigan

Fires rage over oil wells near Bradford and oil city

A massive woodland fire spread through Kendall and Eldred Railway area near Summit, Bradford region, consuming Oakshade and McCalmont oil wells. Three fires burned across woods, threatening villages, with Rew City nearly destroyed and losses estimated up to $300,000 with no insurance. Separate fires hit Morgan's telegraph supply store and Kellogg's printing office in Cleveland, while a large blaze raged at Communipaw in New Jersey.

Bradford Penn Oakshade Oil Company Oakshade Company McCalmont Oil Company Summit Kendall and Eldred Oil City Rew City Cleveland St. Clair Street Morgan Telegraph Supply Boston Rhode Island Kellogg’s Daily Anzieger New York Communipaw N. d

Evarts to Brief House on Fishery Dispute and Norfolk Interests

Washington dispatch reports Secretary Evarts will soon send to the House documents on the Fishery question. He drafts a detailed review of the Halifax Commission case, arguing that the 2.8 million dollars awarded to Newfoundland reflected English views on American access to provincial fishing grounds. The piece covers compensation for Gloucester fishermen, star route lobbying, tariff tinkering, Manning’s district troubles, crockery duties, pilotage repeal at Hell Gate, and Treasury receipts.

Boston Washington Evarts Lord Salisbury Halifax Commission Newfoundland New England Dr. Loring England Gloucester Fortune Bay Mr. Manning Springer Mississippi Manning Associated Press Jones Carlisle Ross New Jersey House Commerce Committee Hell Gate

Eight Indicted in Stewart Body Robbery Case in New York

In January a grand jury indicted eight men for robbing A. T. Stewart's body based on an accomplice's testimony. Dr. Sidney A. Carney and Assistant District Attorney Herring led negotiations with the suspects, which stalled after the accomplice's death. The case spurred ongoing surveillance and notes at the District Attorney's office.

New York A. T. Stewart Sidney A. Carney West Thirty-fourth Street New York Life Insurance Company Wrough Eght Carney Herring Arizona Phelps Garden City Stewart Sherman New York Custom House McCormick French James Customs Division Brown Moulton Chamber of Commerce S. D. Babcock Solon Humphreys Evarts Guayaquil Panama Chamber Curley Sheeney Morris James Riley Philadelphia Woodside Presbytery Hancock United States Sehofield New York State The Loyal Legion

Sixth Decennial Convention of Pharmacists and Physicians

Report on the sixth decennial convention for revising the United States Pharmacopeia held at National Medical College in Washington with large attendance. Dr Amory of Brookline elected president. Massachusetts delegates named. convention aims to maintain a shared standard pharmacopoeia used nationwide.

Pharmacists and Physicians United States Washington United States Pharmacopeia National Medical College Amory Brookline Mass Massachusetts Robert Amory Bennett F. Davenport Edward Wood Army Navy

Railway Interests Seek Incorporation to Build Arkansas River RR

Boston financiers seek congressional charter for Cherokee and Arkansas River Railroad to construct a line from Arkansas City Kansas through Indian Territory to Fort Smith Arkansas. Authorized capital stock set at 4.3 million dollars. Denver and Rio Grande reports track completion on Leadville extension to Badger Creek twelve miles from Cleora.

Boston Congress Washington House Committee On Railways and Canals Thomas Nickerson Sterne Morse T. Jefferson Coolidge B. P. Cheney Alden Speare Cherokee and Arkansas River Railroad Company Arkansas City Kan Indian Territory Arkansas River Fort Smith Ark Denver and Rio Grande Denver Col Leadville Denver and Rio Grande Railway Badger Creek Cleora

Affray at Valleyfield Risks Fatal Outcome During Strike

In Valleyfield an Ethiopian? no Frank Alexe shot by a worker Leopold Tessier alias Lavine during a dispute over hiring. Tessier attacked, Alexe fired in self defense wounding Tessier. Tessier admitted aggression and Alexe surrendered. Strike action may delay settlement as Hull miners return to old wages.

Montreal Valleyfield Southeastern Railway Frank Alexe Massachusetts Mills Leopold Tessier Lavine Alexe Tessier Ottawa Hull

Storm Capsizes Six Fishing Boats At Cape Disappointment

Oregon May 6 At Capé Disappointment a southwest squall on the 3d instant capsized six fishing boats. Two men drowned, others clung to boats. Rip Van Winkle rescued four boats and crews. Two boats drifted to breakers. Eighteen boats blown ashore between the cape and Scarboro Hill. Between fifteen and twenty feared drowned.

Astoria Oregon Capé Disappointment Rip van Winkle Cape Scarboro Hill

German steamer reports shipwreck near St Thomas

The Ocean Lodge, capt. Ruggles, a schooner from St Thomas to New York, foundered one hundred miles from St Thomas. Her crew were saved. A Cape Hayti decree dated April 16 bans foreigners operating without a license or as merchants, with fines and confiscation. The Home Government will suspend embarkation of unacclimated troops for Cuba and Porto Rico from May to August as the rainy season begins.

Havana St. Thomas Ocean Lodge Ruggles New York Hayti Cape Hayti Cuba Porto Rico

Lightning Strikes Boat Killing Crew In Provincetown

In Provincetown Massachusetts during a thunder storm Captain Elijah Doane and another man were aboard a large sail boat when lightning struck the mast and ran down into the hull sinking the boat almost instantly. The crew escaped in a dory and reached shore unharmed. The struck crew did not sense the shock until they reached land where onlookers alerted them.

Provincetown Mass Elijah Doane

Revenue raid nets six distilleries in West Virginia

Revenue Agent Atkinson reports deputy collectors Workman Cook and Saunders led a raid against illicit distilleries in Sumner Raleigh and McDowell counties West Virginia They destroyed six distilleries and 2000 gallons of mash and arrested four distillers but one escaped notice to date.

Washington Revenue Atkinson Charleston W. Va Commissioner of Internal Revenue Workman Cook and Saunders Sumner Raleigh McDowell

Multiple labor actions and notices across North America

The Western Iron Association cuts card rate to 250 dollars while Hull miners strike for higher wages. The Loyal Legion elects Hancock and Schofield as commanders. A freshet floods Resigouche flats causing evacuations. Cincinnati stove workers quit over a 10 percent wage cut. The Southern Baptist Convention convenes in Lexington with 330 delegates. Dr. Hullo Georgia elected president. Omaha smelting strike persists with four workers at work and 150 on strike, no violence. Cincinnati Methodist Conference considers splitting bodies and consolidating book interests. Norfolk reports the Jalapoosa repaired and ready to sail. Alliance set for Newfoundland survey. Portsmouth to dry dock. Atkins notes new mining districts in New Mexico, aided by the railroad. Elmira keeper McKelvey murdered by inmate Symonds. widowed, with three children.

Western Iron Association Hull Canada Loyal Legion New York Gen. Hancock United States Gen. Schofield New York State Resuigouche New Brunswick Cincinnati Ohio Southern Baptist Convention Lexington First Baptist Church H. P. Hullo Georgia Omaha Neb Methodist Conference Book Committee Norfolk Washington Alliance Newfoundland Portsmouth Chicago Atkins New Mexico Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe McKelvey Reformatory Elmira N. Y Kidward Symonds Detroit Michigan State Prison

Fall River Mayor Vetoes Fourth of July Funds

Mayor Greene vetoed a 3500 appropriation for the July celebration after the Council passed it. The board failed to override the veto by a tie vote. Also, papers filed for James F. Kenney’s commitment to an asylum after he set fire to his kerosene soaked house on Fast Day. Isaac Leavens, a Jewish peddler, was assaulted by three men who feloniously beat him for refusing tobacco.

D. B. Bosworth Berlin Robert J. Burdette Rockland Albert Sawyer Cape Elizabeth Sarah Estes Brewer Oscar S. Howard Bangor James McStoy Pawtucket R. L Berkshire Mass Page, Harding & Co J. M. Robbins Old Orchard Beach Johnston Rhode Island Providence R. I A. G. Small Goshen Conn Lorrington Bolster’s Mills Taunton Alexander H. Williams Summer Street Williams County Streets Taunton River Fall River Greene James F. Kenney Kenney Isaac Leavens

Dartmouth junior editors named for next collegiate year

Hanover May 6 The Dartmouth announces the junior class editors for the next year listing E G Kimball Nashua BE H Kitfield Lynn J W Lanehart Belleville G W Patterson Hanover W P Snow Roxbury F B Spalding Medford and L R Wentworth Bridgewater all of them to serve as editors for the upcoming session.

Hanover N. H Dartmouth E. G. Kimball Nashua BE. H. Kitfield Lynn Mass J. W. Lanehart Belleville G. W. Patterson W. P. Snow Roxbury F. B. Spalding Medford, Mass L. R. Wentworth Bridgewater, Mass

Tobacco crop prospects darken across Virginia fields

Petersburg May 6 Intelligence from several sections of the state reports a severe tobacco shortage. The crop is being destroyed by the tobacco fly and farmers are discouraged, with many preparing ground for corn and peas. It is believed that not more than one quarter of the usual tobacco crop will be produced this year.

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