WASHINGTON RIVER AND HARBOR PLANS AND PORTER CASE
Washington reports outline a river and harbor appropriation totaling about 12.6 million dollars with allocations for the Mississippi and Hennepin canal and notes an expected senate reduction. It also details the Fitz John Porter debate in the House, a German minister recall, and new treasury circulars on Canadian merchandise transit plus recent customs decisions. The Florida steamer disaster yields 135 lives lost and lists survivors aboard Titania and Louisa with captain James Allan providing an eyewitness account.
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Washington
River and Harbor Committee
Hennepin Canal
Mississippi
Department
Senate
House
Fitz John Porter
Bismarck
Herr Eisendecker
Eisendecker
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treaty of Washington
Canada
Collector of Customs
Treasury Department
New York
Mexican Central excursionists report safe healthful trip
Special Despatch to the Boston Post from SILOA MEXICO May 7 says the Mexican Central excursionists are at Silva in good health and enjoying the trip, with no incidents since leaving Boston refuting yesterday's Boston rumor of a wreck. Another report from TOPEKA Kas May 7 notes the special train arrived safely at the City of Mexico. a track obstruction 100 miles below Chihuahua aimed to rob the train, a construction train was wrecked, six new killed and eight or 10 wounded, 14 cars ruined. Santa Fe offices deny any openers mishap.
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Siloa
Mexico
Silva
Boston
New England
Topeka
Kas
City of Mexico
Mexican Central Road
Chihuahua
Santa Fe Road
Mayflowers of Cape Cod Bloom Early Spring
Correspondence notes that the mayflower or trailing arbutus begins blooming in Cape Cod in early March and becomes rare by May. The evergreen leaves are alternate and leathery, with deep pink flowers mixed with white unique to the cape. It often fails when transplanted to gardens and withers away.
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Sandwich
Mass
Cape Cod
New England
Cape
Connecticut River
Floods Rise on Black River Area Delays Planting Prospects
Vipatta Louisiana May 4 reports water on Black river and tributaries rising six inches in 48 hours covering planted lands. Work stock suffer on rafts for forage and the district needs 30 days of rations as merchants are absent. Sr Joseph May 6 notes water as high as three weeks ago and still rising, reclaiming recently planted lands and abandoning crop hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vipatta
Black River
Joseph
Monte de Piedad banks show assets far surpass liabilities
The May 7 statement from Monte de Piedad banks reports assets nearly 1.5 million dollars above liabilities. A stamp act circular introduces major modifications meeting general approval. No stores will close. An express train on the Mexican Central line was derailed near Queretaro. the mail agent was wounded and a rail was removed by unknown parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexxico
Monte de Piedad Banks
Queretaro
Timid MPs Scar Tariff Reform Face Reckoning in Massachusetts
A Boston Post special reports on the tariff vote revealing that Massachusetts lawmakers Waldo Hutchins Morse and Collins face backlash while Ranney Long and Lyman are denounced for opposing tax relief. The Times notes Morrison bill support eroded, warning of broad Republican opposition and a coming federal tax reform push as both parties blame obstruction for higher taxation. The piece cites New York Times and Manchester Union commentaries, framing the tariff fight as a pivotal political test with the 1880s Democratic revival at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Waldo Hutchins
Boston
Morse
Collins
Messrs
Ranney
Long
Lyman
Free Trade League of Massachusetts
Morrison
Gov. Long
Free Trade League
Congress
The
New York Times
Manchester Union
Randall
Republican Party
Chicago
iFrom
N. Y
Springfield
J S Moore Calls Morrison Tariff Repeal a Mistake
New York on May 7 Mr J S Moore a tariff reformer critiques the Morrison bill defeat by five votes noting it burdens the public with high taxes and high sugar prices while treasury surplus remains. He predicts new relief measures, possibly Hewitt’s extended free list, will advance and hold lawmakers to account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J.S. Moore
Moore
London
Mr. Moore
America
Democracy’s Dreams Thwarted by Treachery and Timidity
The Washington Post laments that ardent democratic hopes are swept away by deliberate treachery and time-serving timid ity. Large constituencies favor revenue reform and tax cuts, yet their wishes have been ignored through bargain and intrigue, cowardice, intimidation, and partisan manipulation.
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Washington Post
Meeting of the Boston and South Boston Yacht Clubs
An adjourned meeting of the Boston yacht club at City Point on Wednesday elected J. B. Meer as vice commodore and Washington E. Connor as rear commodore. J. P. Phinney announced a by law amendment to cap memberships at 250. The South Boston club met with Commodore Hussey, reports showed cash and dues, and preparations for Decoration day regattas were praised. Eleven members were proposed, two elected, six resigned, and trustees were told to build a new club raft. Lawley & Sons will launch Forbes schooner yacht at high water.
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Boston
South Boston
Boston Yacht Club
City Point
Jacob Pfaif
J. B. Meer
William L. Lockhart
Washington E. Connor
New York
Thomas Manning
Thomas Mack
J.P. Phinney
Commodore
South Boston Yacht Club
Commodore Henry Hussey
Lawley & Sons
O Street
J. Malcolm Forbes
Broken Rail Destroys Train Ditch Dashes 30 Injured
A broken rail ten miles south of Decatur Indiana derailed a passenger coach and two sleepers on the St. Louis division of the Wabash Railroad. About 30 people were hurt, several seriously, with 12 able to continue. Names include J M Vincent and W E Robinson among the seriously injured. others suffered cuts, broken ribs, and head injuries. Those unable to travel were taken to Decatur for care.
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St. Louis
Decatur
Wabash Railroand
J. M. Vincent
Buchanan
Mich
W. T. Briggs
J. H. Peck
Cleveland
Ohio
S.C. Fairbanks
Lisbon
Ind
W. F. Lonerly
Blair
J. Breatz
Allentown Iron Works Sold For Bondholders
In Philadelphia on May 7 a sale secured for $50,000 bought in by bondholders. They plan to reorganize the company and restart the works. The mortgage backing the sale totaled $500,000.
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Philadelphia
Allentown Iron Works
Rank and File Displeased With Ballot Box Stuffing at Republican Convention
Special correspondence from Concord New Hampshire reports strong Republican anger over the state convention delegates at large. Manchester and upper New Hampshire areas feel underrepresented while Wolfeborough and Belknap counties express frustration. The piece discusses factional deals, the role of Captain Clark and McDuffie, and hints of manipulation tied to the Blaine faction, with Democratic delegates and revenue reform questions looming ahead. It notes limited canvassing for the Democratic convention and mentions Councillor Goodell's candidacy amid ongoing politicking.
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Walker
New York
West Virginia
Cleveland
McDonald
New Jersey
California
el Dorado
Tilden
Thurman
Louisiana
Newburyport Herald
New Hampshire
New York World
Proctor
Blaine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rutland
Jefferson
Chicago
Times
S. J. ‘Tilden
A. B. Alger
Cambridge
Alger
Harvard
Democratic State Central Committee
Caibridge
Maine
Biddeford
Anyrest
Boston Post
Concord
N. H
Belknap
Carroll
Northern Railroad
Wolfeborough
John L. Peavey
Nashua Telegraph
Manchester Republicans
McDuffie
Manchester Mills
Capt. Clark
Grand Army
Rollins
Peavey
Manchester
Republican Party
Prescott
Nashua
Frank A. McKean
National Council
National
House of Representatives
Goodell
Antrim
Moody Currier
Currier
Fourth game cold day as Bostons top Buffalos
A chilly May day drew 713 to the fourth Bostons Buffalos game. Serad pitched wildly for Buffalo while Boston hitters netted seven runs by the fifth inning. Morrill hit his first homer, Collins well limited Buffalo offense, and rain halted play after the fifth.
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Bostons
Buffalos
Serad
Hornung
Burdock
Boston
Morrill
Buffalo
Collins
Senate Bill Boosts Flats Funds for Boston Southie Works
In the senate on Wednesday, Campbell reported a bill diverting 500000 from the commons flats improvement fund to enforce laws on the commonwealth flats at South Boston and to cover costs under chapter 239 of 1875. The treasurer may issue up to 200000 in 5 percent scrip secured by a sinking fund, and transfer 100000 owed by the New York and New England railroad to a state sinking fund. Also reported was a bill to authorize taking lands and flats in South Boston with damages reduced to 7500.
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Senate
Campbell
Committee On
Harbors and Public Lands
Commonwealth
South Boston
New York and New England Railroad Company
Boston
Cronin
Bowker
House
South
Cambridge Police Mutual Aid Association
Bridgewater
Concord
Boards of Health
Boston and Albany Railroad Company
House engrosses a set of early 1900s public bills
Morning session lists bills to water Abington and Marblehead, to incorporate Framingham water, and to allow district court sessions at Adams. Also covers tax provisions for buildings on New England Spiritualists Camp Meeting land, followed by finance reports on probate judge salary, civil service, building associations, state workhouse commitments, and tax revisions.
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Abington
Marblehead
Framingham Water Company
Berkshire
Adams
New England Spiritualists’ Camp Meeting Association
Committee of Finance
Plymouth County
Messrs
Davenport
Fall River
Clark
Peabody
Douglas
Brockton
Saunders
Methuen
Bancroft
Cambridge
Commonwealth
Beard
Smith
Everett
Naval personnel orders shift duties and stations
Surgeon C. W. Gravatt is detached from duty at the Chelsea naval hospital and ordered to Washington. Naval Constructor Thomas E. Webb is assigned to the Portsmouth navy yard. Paymaster J. H. Tarbell returns from leave. Passed Assistant Surgeon R. H. McCarthy reports for duty at Chelsea hospital.
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C. W. Gravatt
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Washington, D.C
Thomas E. Webb
Portsmouth Navy Yard
J. H. Tarbell
R. H. McCarthy
Discrepancies and Frauds Tangle 1900s City Notes
James Clark, a continental clerk for Rodolphe Hochhoffer in San Francisco, is $30 600 short. Williamsport city council members indictments for neglecting streets. J R Wolf of Georgetown charged with forging cashier Burgess’s name to checks. Alfred Sheldon of Blue Springs milling company vanishes after hints of a $20 000 shortfall. Two men escorted Sheldon from his home with a warrant. he has not been seen since.
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James Clark
Rodolphe Hochhoffer
San Francisco
Williamsport
Wedneday
J. R. Wolf
Georgetown
J. Burgess
Georgetown National Bank
Alfred Sheldon
Blue Springs Milling Company
Kansas City
Sheldon
Annual Meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History
The Boston Society of Natural History held its annual meeting at Berkeley street officers reported a slight membership drop from deaths. Library up 40 volumes from 109 donors. Howard H. Tuttle won the $100 prize for best life history essay on an existing animal from Harvard.Treasurer showed about $450 excess expenditures. Old officers reelected. new associates include Miss Caroline G. Soule and John Cashee Branner Charles L. Burlingham and George Langdon Chandler. Vice President Putnam described Ohio mound excavations with pits and cremation bones. two skeletons and 16 skulls found. Nicaraguan fossils also shown.
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Boston Society
Boston Society of Natural History
Berkeley Street
Samuel Winslow
S. H. Scudder
Howard H. Tuttle
Harvard College
Caroline G. Soule
John Cashee Branner
Charles L. Burlingham
George Langdon Chandler
F. W. Putnam
Ohio
Nicaraugua
Mueser Assault Crisis and Local Incidents
William Mueser lies in critical condition after a mysterious South End axe attack. Catherine Burke dies after a roof fall on Silver Street. James McFadden is injured when crushed by a gravel train near Campelle and Matfield. John Mahoney is arrested for larceny from five North End locations.
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Silver Street
South Boston
City Hospital
James McFadden
Bridgewater
Old Colony
Cuaumpelle
Matfield
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Mahoney
Highlands
Division 1
North End
Joel Goldthwait & Co Carpet Exhibit at No 169 Washington
Joel Goldthwait & Co showcases a wide Spring and Summer rug and carpet selection at their elegant No 169 Washington Street shop. They emphasize Woodstock carpets as their flagship import and offer a full line in desirable patterns at low market prices.
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Joel Goldthwait & Co
Elegan
Washington Street
Woodstock
Yachtsmen Read Notice on Simmons & Co Sales
Notice to yachting enthusiasts reads today about G W Simmons & Co items for sale this season. Preparedness season has begun as owners engage equipment and buyers seek color and strength warranties on all goods sold by Simmons & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W.simmons & Co
Messrs. Simmons & Co
Fairs of Grant Partners Amid Bank Closure and Ward Defalcation
May 7 report from New York describes Capt Ambrose Snow noting Ferdinand Ward’s defalcation of about 750000 leading President Fish to close the Marine Bank to safeguard deposits. Directors defended Fish’s honesty but blamed the hurried closure. Grant Jr sold property for 50000 and borrowed 1822, while Booths theatre leases to Conkling and Chivois were recorded. Supreme Court attached Ward and Grant firm assets in three actions totaling over 6000 to recover funds from checks and stock deposits.
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Gen. Grant
New York
Ambrose Snow
Marine Bank
Fish
Ferdinand Ward
Capt. Snow
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
Third Avenue
East Sixtythird Street
West Twenty-third Street
Booth’s Theatre
James D. Fish
Conkling and
Chivois
Ward
Clearing House Association
Supreme Court
Grant & Ward
Horace E. Hotchkiss
Joseph B. Burnham
U. S
Theodore Wilson
F. G. Lee
Henry A. Barry
Theodore Wilson & Co
William Heath
Charles E. Quincy
Boylston Club Concert and Boston Theatre Notes
A survey of local arts events notes varied opinions on Boylston club concerts and reviews several theatre offerings. Jalna at Boston Theatre runs longer as audiences seek grand ballet, Storm Beaten at Globe thrills with effects, Rag Baby at Bijou proves among Boston’s funniest, and Topsy Turvy at Boston Museum enjoys a long run. Fanny Davenport headlines Begantone engagement at Park Theatre while Rentz-Santley stages a grand spectacle at the Howard. A vestry venue hosts Comrades with Royal Manning and others, Whittemore Dramatic Company stages My Brother's Keeper with Mme. Dietrich Strong, and a piano recital at Union Hall features Nellie F. Mowry and collaborators. Box office reports brisk demand for Ingersoll at Boston Theatre to hear orthodoxy comments.
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Boylston Club
Music Hall
Boston
Globe Theatre
Union Square Theatre Company
Bijou
Dion Boucicault
Boston Museum
Fanny Davenport
Park Theatre
Rentz-Santley Novelty Company
the Howard
Charles Koopman
Simon Stone
F. N. Whitman
May Manning
Carrie N. Wiggin
Bessie Bradley
Bertha Downing
Nancy Nipper
M. B. Littlefield
Young Men’s Christian Union
Whittemore Dramatic Company
Keeper
Mme. Dietrich Strong
Albert R. Conant
Union Hall
Nellie F. Mowry
Carl Meisel
Wulf Fries
Helen Kelchner
Ingersoll
Boston Theatre
Col. Ingersoll
Court fines and appeals mix in scattered Massachusetts cases
In Chelsea and Somerville courts on Wednesday, Farrell and Bogle were fined $50 each for liquor law violations and held in $500 bonds on appeal. Reid faced assault charges with $25 fine and $300 bond. Lennon paid $100 for illegal liquor. Lynn saw Maroney fined $10,743. Smith jailed six months for fraud. Justice Humphreys found railroad employees not at fault in Abigail Wentworth’s death. Universalist church meeting in Salem discussed building up the church with a devotional hour and a later general discussion led by Blackford, Whitney, and Bush.
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Chelsea Court
John J. Farrell
Wm. H. Bogle
J. E. Cassidy
Watertown
P. J. Kelley
Kelley
Somerville Court
Alexander B. Reid
T. F. Lennon
Lynn Court
John Maroney
Laquor
Frank Smith
House of Correction
Justice Humphreys
East Norfolk District Court
Abigail Wentworth
Old Colony
Braintree
Boston Association of Universalist Churches
Salem
Universalist Church
L. B. Blackford
R. W. Quincy Whitney
8. P. Bush
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Post Publishing CO
Hoston Post
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Washington News
Hase
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Edmund L. Joy
H. L. Merriman
Iowa
Frank Colpetter
Nebraska
D. R. Anthony
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cape Hatteras
Herbert G. Fowler
Norwich
Quebec
State of Florida
Father Point
Que
Titania
Glasgow
Midocean
Montreal
James Allen
Andrew N. Steel
William Armstrong
Francis Graham
David Walker
David Clune
Alexander Mitchell
James Thomas
William H. Smith
Geo. Forrester
Neil McKellar
James McKenzie
Robert Young
John McDonald
John Sanstram
John McGaw
Adams McFarlane
William Miller
Baker
James Bennett
Léondon
Andrew Fairbairn
Patrick Struthers
James Patience
Jonah Hille
Eliza Churchouse
Theresa of Christiana
James Thompson
Thomas Bair
Peter J. Benning
Martin Paterson
Francis Watson
J. W. Sadler
Mann
Genskunil
Steele
J.J. Burke
Joseph Bennett
A. Bethune
Toronto
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Walter King
May Shackleton
Wellington
David Strothers
Andrew “Taylor
da Taylor
Amy Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Jrv
R. Vanderly
P.ward
Abraham Williamson
Thomas Williamson
K. Wood
Henry Wood
Lillian R
M. E. Wood
Ole Aakere
Edward Bensten
Jonathan Benston
Alice Bowie
William D
Mary Burns
Francis Caning
L. C. Hucats
William Dick
Hugh Donnelly
Joseph Foreman
Wm. Gilchrist
James Grant
Josiah Hale
W. Hale
Bernard Hendrickson
John Hughes
John Hutchison
Samuel Laverty
B. Johnson
Martin Jones
Lizzie Leonard
Fannie McAlpane
Susan McDermott
John Moore
Hugh Morgan
Edward McDonnell
Charles Parson
Ellen Rogers
Peter Ronning
Jane Scott
E. J. Segiem
Martha Shannon
Mary Shannon
Edward Stewart
Eden Stewart
Edlen Stewart
John Stewart
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart, Jr
William Stewart
Elizabeth
Kate Tuimilty
G. Watson
Benjamin Wedlake
Gulf
Bird Rocks
Florida
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Cardiff
Rome
Chatham
N.B
Heyburn
Theresa
Christiana
James Allan
Thompson
N. B
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Miramichi
Allan
Mr. Bennett
Ont
Donaldson
Louise
James Steel
Ayer
James Bennet
Jane McFarlane
James Bain
Bennett
Carrie Kilgore
Pennsylvania
J. Gordon
A. P. Gifford
Miss Martin
Martin
Shepard
John Shepard
Waite
Lyme
Conn
Caroline Astor
Hampton
Mes
George Bancroft
Newport
Jefferson Davis
West Point
Albert Siiney Johnson
Gen. Lee
Sen
McClellan
Gen. Sherman
Stone- Wall Jackson
Mexican Central Party
Pittsfield
Conncorp
Foster
Mason
Kentucky
Frankfort
John G. Carlisle
Rochester
Union
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Sam Randall
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Portland Press
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Samuel J. Randall
New York Herald
Mr. Eaton
Mr. Converse
G. O. Taylor
Granite State
Lebanon
New England Christian Convention
Dodge, Davis & Co
Bristol
Dover Navigation Company
Portsmouth Harbor
Rollins & Co
Tilton
W. L. Foster
Tappan
J.H. Heald
Andover Theological Seminary
Congregational Church
Bennington
Harry Bingham
Littleton
A. F. Stevens
Levi Bartlett
Warner
E. R. Wilkins
Henniker
H. W. Greene
Hopkinton
Henry Robinson
O. P. Wright
Colebrook
Barry
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Children’s Mission
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