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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1880

Page

2

Louisiana Republican Convention Delegates Split Preliminaries

The Louisiana Republican Convention opened with a dispute and a belt of thirty six delegates. Delegates bound for Chicago are uninstructed with seven for Sherman seven for Grant one for Blaine and Kellogg's preference is unclear.

Chicago Sherman Grant Blaine Kellogg

Revenue reform faces critical House vote in May ruling

SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE BOSTON POST reports the House divided 107 to 111 on sending revenue measures to the Committee of the Whole led by Tucker. Only Deering and Dunnell voted yes. The piece notes delays on adjournment, possible longer session, and further efforts by revenue reform proponents to push the Tucker tariff bill amid Senate rules and electoral count concerns.

Boston Post Washington House Tucker Ways and Means Committee Nto Deering Iowa Dunnell Minnesota Belford Cannon Daggett Haskell Henderson Marsh Ryan McCook Morton Einstein Congress Senate Appropriations Committee Senate Bayard United States John S. Davenport

Senate Passes Resolution for Joint Rule on Electoral Count

Washington May 24 The Senate disposed of routine business and took up the Morgan resolution for a joint rule to count electoral votes. A substitute by Ingalls proposed state by state voting with two thirds of states present for a quorum and a majority decision. Edmunds urged a bill ensuring states’ will prevails in counting votes. The amendments were debated and rejected, and the Morgan resolution with a substitute was passed by a party vote, 25 to 14.

Senate Horace S. Spear Vermont Rebecca E. Haskin Joseph E. Haskin United States Artillery United States Volunteers Harriette M. Davis Charles H. Davis Mr. Cox New York State Department Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce House Committee On Pacific Railroads Northern Pacific Extension Carlisle Phelps Connecticut Saybrook Bar James O. Putnam Belgium Washington Morgan Mr. Ingalls Messrs. Ingalls Conkling Eaton Thurman Edmunds Congress Ingalls Mr. Edmunds Select Committee Asec Yeas Houses of Buncombe Teller House Randall Blackburn Albany Chittenden Carpenter Burnslee Military Military Committee William 8. King Minnesota Finley Washburn Donnelly-Washburn

Wreck disaster on California excursion train kills and wounds many

A South Pacific Coast Railway excursion between Santa Cruz and Big Trees turned deadly near No. 7 tunnel. At least fourteen dead and over forty injured as cars derailed on a sharp curve. Wounded were tended in hotels converted to makeshift hospitals. coroner to empanel a jury.

Constantinople Massoul California Sisters of Charity San Francisco Cal Santa Cruz South Pacific Coast Railway Enés Felton L. Falk William Castilla C.S. Slussey Josy Dorsy Frank Butler Santa Fred Swan Henry Heath F. A. Robins W. D. Bone M. McLane Peter Garns C. A. Hussey R. Orton R. Hars George Eyer P. Richter F. Silke George Post Post W. H. Deans Chris Deharde Kansade Clayton F. Morrill Soquel J. Orgus Santa Cruz Narrowgauge

Fusion talk swirls as Maine parties plan June convention

Bangor may host the Democratic and Greenback State Conventions on June 1 with hopes for a fusion nominee to defeat the Republicans. Plaisted and Cushing emerge as possible candidates while party leaders fear factional splits. In the Fourth District Powers and Boutelle vie for the Republican nomination as the Blaine-Davis circle backs Powers.

Bangor Chicago Greenback Party Smith Harris M. Plaisted Plaisted Penobscot Guv. Smith Gen. Plaisted Edward Cushing Belfast Age Camden The Age Cushing Waldo William M. Rust Boutelle Bangor Whig Powers Blaine Guv. Davis Hamlin Aroostook Patten, Lee Bradford Passadumkeag Lincoln Alton Pricataquis Blaive Club Guv Davis Boston Augusta James Mulligan

Republicans Confront Split in Louisiana Convention and Chicago Plans

The Louisiana Republican State Convention met in Exposition Hall with 163 delegates, amid bolt tensions led by Beattie and Demas. Warmoth named president as unity efforts faltered, while delegates to Chicago split among Sherman, Grant, and Blaine factions. Washington dispatches forecast Blaine nomination on the second ballot amid Grant opposition and Greenback preparations in Chicago.

New Orleans Exposition Hall Dumont Beattie Demas Messrs Pinchback Jack Wharton James Lewis Ludeling Grant Committee On Permanent Organization H. C. Warmoth Sherman Chicago Blaine Knight Maine Warmoth John T. Ludeling A. J. Dumont Wm. P. Kellogg Richard Simms A. L. Badger Samuel Wakefield A. H. Leonard Wm. Harper J. 8. Mathews W. L. McMillen David Young J. H. Burch Don A. Pardee Geo. F. Ruby Senator Kellogg Logan Taylor Beattie E. Chandler Bill Chandler Washington W. E. Chandler Iowa State Register Edmunds Washburne Windom New York Pennsylvania Ohio Ulinois Illinois Washburnie Boston Journal

Receivers Appointed For Philadelphia and Reading Firms

A bill in equity filed in the Circuit Court of the U S Eastern District of Pennsylvania names the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company as insolvent. Moses Taylor of New York holds $100,000 in income mortgage bonds secured by the coal and iron company. Receivers are appointed in Pittsburgh and New York to manage the two firms, with bonds of $500,000 and monthly reports required. The Reading works resume operations despite the suspension, while other allied works are idle or unaffected.

Philadelphia Circuit Court of the United States Eastern District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Icon Company Moses Taylor New York Edwin M. Lewis Pittsburg United States Circuit Court McKennan Lemuel Dixon Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company Hart Dixon Jay Cooke Franklin Gowen Gowen Stephen A. Caldwell Fidelity Trust and Insurance Company Joseph A. Clay George M. Dallas Franklin B. Gowen Eastern District of Blatchford Reading Reading Tron Works Keystone Iron Works Reading Iron Works Iron Works Blandon East Pennsylvania Road

Murderer Pursued by Mob in Troy Claimed Supervisor’s Life

In Troy on May 24 John Wall an ex convict killed Phillip Casey supervisor of the Eleventh Ward as he tried to calm a riot. Wall fled and was hunted by a mob. During the pursuit Officer Daffy was shot in the head and side but lived. Frawley was injured and a child wounded in the hand. Wall was captured after a near lynching.

London Paris Afghanistan Cabul Ghuznee Mustaufi Sirdar Alam Khan Calcutta Abdurrahman Khan England Troy N. Y John Wall Phillip Casey Wall Daffy Frawley Ins Harvard Street William H. Gay Chemical 5 Egleston Square John Martin Eighth Street Boston Suffolk Brewing Company Martin Hosta Matthew Howard Globe Theatre City Hospital

Assembly set to organize Rhode Island government at Newport

The General Assembly meets at Newport tomorrow to organize the state government. Eugene F. Warner of Coventry was nominated for Senate clerk, while the current Speaker and House clerks seek re election. Both parties united in the caucuses.

Providence R. I General Assembly Newport Eugene F. Warner Coventry Senate House of Representatives

Shooting at fair wounds Watters and wounds Smith

At Sidney fair in Cheyenne Wyoming territory last night Patsey Watters a bartender was mortally wounded by Detective Smith who was shot in the left hand A cowboy named Garry killed George Wolf Sunday near Julesburg Colorado Garry escaped on a horse

Cheyenne W. T Sidney Patsey Watters Smith Garry George Wolf Julesburg Colorado

Massout Famine Appeals for Aid Amid Mass Deaths

In Massout on April 5 a severe famine devastates the town and neighboring villages. Inhabitants lack cereals and some resort to eating corpses, causing illness. Many die while begging for assistance. The Archbishop of the Syrians’ letter to the U S Legation at Constantinople notes sufferings exceed those in Ireland.

Massout Heap United States Constantinople Ireland

Vermont Teachers’ Association Meet Planned at Bellows Falls

The Vermont State Teachers' Association will be held at Bellows Falls Vermont on August 4 and 5. The item notes the event as a forthcoming gathering of educators in the region.

Vermont State Teachers’ Association Bellows Falls Daniel Crowley Poultney Edward E. Phelps Windsor H. Clark Jones Richmond White Mountains Richford Fall River Mass Plymouth Bartlett N. H Boston, Concord and Montreal Patrick J. Moran Young Fitchburg

European-born professor dies in Medford after war service

Col Maggi a Turin native born in 1824, dies at his Medford home on May 23 from war-era diseases. A Garibaldi veteran, he served in Rome defenses, Lom bardy campaign, and fought at Norfolk Navy Yard. He moved to New York and taught languages, later joining Union forces and rising to colonel of Massachusetts regiments.

New England Conservatory of Music Medford Col. Maggi Turin Italy Garibalai Montevideo Lombardy Rome New York New Bedford Annapolis Twenty-first Regiment George Dodson North Weymouth Hartford Theological School Iowa Connecticut Florida Patrolman Daniel Hill Division Four Saccarappa A. F. Gale New York Times Brooklyn Dedham Mass Henry H. Mangam Fall River Charles August Krebs

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