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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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May 21, 1879

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Senate Passes Legislative Appropriation Bill After Debate

The Senate approved the political sections of the Legislative Appropriation bill and sent it to the House for concurrence in amendments. A veto report by Knott is nearing completion and the Warner Silver bill faces probable defeat in the House. Ways and Means will not report revenue bills this session. Congress may adjourn by July 1. Fitchburg Railroad moves to withdraw from the Hoosac Tunnel contract. Boston Democrats elect Doherty as president and organize new leadership. The Boston School Committee investigates child performances at the Museum. A reception honored Dr Duryea at the Y M C A rooms. In Norwich, Wesley W Bishop pleads guilty to second degree murder and is sentenced to life. Northern Railroad reports a prosperous year. The Blue Danube floods its banks and European financiers report several heavy failures.

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United States Senate House Senate Knott Ways and Means Fitchburg Railroad Company Road Boston Museum Duryea Y. M. €. Association Boston Vicinity Webb Gordon O. P. Gifford Julius H. Ward Upham Norwich Conn Wesley W. Bishop Charles Cobb The Northern Railroad Europe Washington Judiciary Committee United States McDonald Congress Edmunds Chase Seward
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Ways and Means Adopts Resolution on Revenue Bills

The Ways and Means Committee adopted a resolution barring reporting bills affecting revenue this session. The adjournment issue was postponed. Felton and others debated June 8 as a potential adjourn date, but the motion failed. Felton urged passing annual Appropriation bills, arguing extending current appropriations is insufficient. Rumor says Congress may not adjourn before July 1. Judge Dillon resigns to join Columbia Law School. McCrary to accept a bench position.

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Ways and Means Committee Messrs Carlisle Morrison Phelps Wood Felton Conger Congress Dillon United States Columbia College Law School McCrary
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Northern Railroad reports 1878 79 year results in New Hampshire

The Northern Railroad directors release figures for the year ending March 31 1879 showing gross income 426873 87 dollars expenses 266382 92 taxes 31646 42 and rails 21472 51 leaving net earnings 107372 02. They note lower receipts from Western freight and reduced connecting traffic threaten continued business and hint at possible changes or withdrawal if rates cannot improve. The annual stockholders meeting is set for next Thursday with ConcordRailroad meeting the prior Tuesday.

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Concord N. H The Northern Railroad Concord Railroad
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Wesley W Bishop Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder

Wesley W Bishop admitted guilt to murder in the second degree in Norwich Connecticut. The court accepted his plea and sentenced him to life imprisonment at Weathersfield State Prison. State Attorney Waller said the confession aided the Cobb case and public policy supports rewarding a testifying confederate. Judge Culver pronounced the life term and Bishop was led away without visible emotion.

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Wesley W. Bishop Norwich Conn Charles Cobb Waller Bishop Lippit England Walter Cobb Culver Swift Connecticut Weathersfield
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Gotham Gleanings Horse-Car Robbery Suit and Fire Commissioner Nods

Last Sunday a Paterson horse car derailed and passengers fought off masked robbers. a woman was choked and robbed of a gold necklace. Counterfeiting arrests followed in Cannon Street with 25 and 10 cent pieces, and a $2,500 bail. A suit seeks removal of William P. Clyde & Co from the steam navigation line. Fire and Police Commissioner nominations were confirmed for Cornelius Van Cott and Jacob Hess, with Stephen B. French also named Police Commissioner. An accident on 213 Church Street killed Edward Quirk. Frank Mass survived. A body found at pier 40 identified as Col. Groesbeck. The Hattie M. Howes reports yellow fever on board. John Flynn jailed for eighteen years for a Fifth Avenue diamond robbery. Vanderbilt and Harlem Railroad directors re-elected. J Geleture arrested for wife murder.

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New York Haledon Avenue Paterson N. J Jenitti Cannon Street Charles Green William Edwards P. Lorillard William P. Clyde & Co Philadelphia and New York Steam Navigation Company William P. Clyde The Tribune D. S. Babcock Pacific Mail Board of Aldermen Stephen B. French Republican Tammany Cornelius van Cott Jacob Hess Frank Mass Edward Quirk Church Street Quirk Mass Pier 40 North River Col. Groesbeck Fifth Avenue Hattie M. Howes Howes Baracoa Rowland Howe Providence John Flynn de Barry William H. Vanderbilt Harlem Railroad J. Geleture Hoboken
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Orland Cassler Hanged for Murder in Seward Neb

Orland Cassler hanged at Seward Neb after confessing nothing. A mob breached the scaffold enclosure as spectators watched the execution, Cassler remaining cool and resigned to his fate.

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Omaha, Neb Orland Cassler George L. Monroe Seward Neb Cassler
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European banking setbacks hit iron trade and Dutch firms

London reports creditors’ liability blows as R G Threlfail of Preston fails with 36000 pounds and E Smith of Middlesboro owes 60000. Loly Solbe & Co fail in the Spanish trade. W Polak & Co and Symons & Co of Rotterdam fail after Africanische Handelsvereinzing collapse. One director attempted suicide in Antwerp. another fled to Spain. Pincoffs, a Liberal leader and First Chamber member, influential in business, involved.

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London R. G. Threlfail Preston E. Smith Middlesboro Loly, Solbe & Co W. Polak & Co Symons & Co First Chamber Liberal Party
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Danube Flood Reaches New Heights Across Central Europe

A London dispatch reports the Danube flooding from Giurgeo to Belgrade with the river spreading five to twenty miles wide in places. Austrian villages along Pesth Bazias are submerged and water nears record highs, threatening crops across Roumania Bulgaria and Austro Hungary while harvest prospects elsewhere look strong.

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London Danube Giurgeyo Buda Pesth Bazias Belgrade
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Derby betting odds and Castlereagh win in Northern handicap

London May 20 betting lists Cadogan Charibert Victor Chief Rayon Or the Derby stakes on May 28 with Cadogan 11 to 2 and others at 6 to 1 and 11 to 1. Castlereagh won today’s Northern handicap. Newcastle Tyne May 20 Hanlan rowed at 30 to 34 strokes per minute, Elliot at 36 to 34 with long side and sculls in the afternoon.

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London Cadogan Charibertoe Victor Chief Rayon ‘Or Castlereagh Newcastle-On-Tyne Hanlan Tyne Elliot
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Swiss plebiscite preserves cantonal choice on death penalty

London reports that the Swiss plebiscite does not revive capital punishment but lets each canton decide. Both aggregate majority and cantonal majority support the permissive measure, with Catholics and Conservatives citing rising murders since abolition. Other items note a Durham miners meeting voting for wage gains and a Basque state of siege decree by Spain.

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London Durham Spain Mitchell Henry Home Rule Party Times Paris Chamber of Deputies
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Deaths and memorial notices in the Newton and national press

Notices announce the death of a Newton druggist and manufacturer B F Brown known for Brown's Navy Blacking and French Dressing. Funeral will be in Newton with Masonic rites. Also reported are Asahel Peck Vermont ex governor, J B Kimball Pensacola Navy Yard Chief Engineer, Windsor County Judge French, and Mrs Hanchett actor’s wife in Chicago with family ties to William Warren and Fanny B Price.

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Hanover N. H Boston India Street B. F. Brown & Co Brown Newton Centre Newtonville Gethsemane Commandery Fraternity F. and A. M Newton Newton Royal Arch Cryptic Council of Forest Hills David Hanchett Chicago William Warren John B. Rice Warren Hanchett Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Fanny B. Price
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Concord Dispatches and Nearby News

A drive of logs down the Merrimac to Lowell passes Concord as residents sign a petition in Hanover seeking two cent per mile rail passenger rates. Dartmouth prep and college events, court cases, M E Grand Royal Arch officers, and local divorces are reported with multiple regional details.

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Merrimac Lowell Concord Hanover Edward E. Parker Nashua Hillsboro County Henry E. Burnham Manchester St. Paul’s School Milleville Road
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Vermont News Briefs Highlight Elections and Local Incidents

Reynolds of Georgia is dead after a suicide attempt last week. Oscar Remington of Wallingford was identified after his body was found in Otter creek near where he drowned. Mrs Mary Fulford of Peacham endured a sudden paralytic shock but recovered within an hour. Vermont Baptist Sunday schools plan a June convention at Vergennes. The state Eclectic Medical Society meets May 28 and 29 in Montpelier with G C Washburne and R S Newton presiding. Other items note a blind turn for Benjamin Atwell of Johnson and revival of surety interests at Burlington, Groton Pond, and McIndoes Falls. F N Hyzer challenges Gates to a 20 game match for state chess championship. A Richmond farmer finds robins nesting in a basin of nails left under a hollow tree.

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Asahel Peck Vermont Royalston Mass Montpelier Asahel University of Vermont Burlington Peck Circuit Court Supreme Court Middlebury College Proctor F. N. Hyzer Barre Gates St. Albans Vermont State Eclectic Medical Society G. C. Washburne M. D R.S. Newton New York City Oscar Remington Wallingford Otter Creek Mary Fulford Peacham
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Drowning of West Cummington Child and Local Incidents

A three year old daughter of L E Bicknell of West Cummington drowned in the Westfield river on Saturday. A cat rigged boat stolen from Hutchins Prior South Boston was found in Gloucester harbor by Officer Cook with no clue to thieves. Samuel H Crowell of West Dennis, thought lost at sea for six weeks, is safe. A steam pump burst at Carr Brown Co s comb factory Newburyport briefly suspending work. First Baptist Church Pittsfield voted to invite Rev George Giles of Lawrence as pastor. The First National Bank Haverhill bought the estate at 50 Washington street for banking building. The Reform Club Amesbury Salisbury celebrated its third anniversary with a supper. Lowell issued 33 more liquor licenses, total 330. Coram Mfg set to install a steam engine. A 15 year old boy James J Ryan faced stabbing charge in Gloucester with bonds set. Police in Lawrence arrest a man exposing himself to children on the Common. Mrs Henry Beals of North Adams attempted suicide by river jump. rescued. Freshmen named for Amherst Social Union prizes. Banks meeting in Lawrence. Saunders paper in question. Saunders firm possibly insolvent. Saunders paper troubles include James Payne taking up large sums. North Adams raid on the State Line murder site. Several court actions in Newburyport Lynn Salem and Gloucester for breaking and entering and related charges with varying sentences. Four defendants from Newbury and Georgetown face trials on separate indictments for women’s complaints.

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L. E. Bicknell West Cummington Westfield River Hutchins & Prior Boston Gloucester Harbor Cook Samuel H. Crowell West Dennis Carr, Brown & Co Newburyport First Baptist Church of Pittsfield George Giles Lawrence O. P. Gifford First National Bank of Sheehan John Totten Totten Cornwall Canada Henry Beals North Adams Eagle Mill Social Union Amherst J. W. Bixler Hanover H. G. Blake E. H. Burt Sunderland H. Grover Brooklyn N. Y 8. S James Payne Saunders State Line Dailey Charles Stevens Esca Vermont Adelbert Brown Brown John C. and Frederick Robinson Lynn Henry Watkins Salem House of Correction John Woods Thomas Shea Patrick Buckley John Melody Buckley Melody Justin E. Jackman John Crowley Patsey Murphy John Caldwell Timothy Connors Walter J Thaddeus L. Williams Henry O Oscar S. Davis Gloucester John H. Williams Newbury Georgetown
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