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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1878
Page
2
The St. Paul Globe declares Mr Washburn will never sit as congressman for Minnesota’s Third District. It alleges disqualifying acts and questions his fitness for service, while Quilp calls him a very bad man if the charge holds.
For New England area forecasts indicate clear to partly cloudy skies with westerly winds and higher pressure. Cautionary signals continue at New London Newport Woods Hall Boston Section Eight Portland Section Seven and Eastport with cautionary off chore signals along the coast from Smithville North Carolina to New York.
Indiana congressman-elect Gilbert De la Matyr, in Baltimore, says financial policy is paramount and would back a government backed paper currency not redeemable in gold. He expects two parties, favors Hendricks if nominated on soft money, and predicts breaking up both old parties while voting with Greenback ideas.
The Washington Post views Ben Butler as a potential 1880 presidential candidate and warns a Butler run could complicate coalitions against radical policies. It argues Butler’s rise would exploit his resources and organization, potentially shifting Electoral College dynamics by widening divisions among opposition forces.
New York bankers and Secretary Sherman reportedly agreed on a policy shift toward a gold basis after January. Plans include limiting silver dollar coinage, withdrawing small notes, ending special gold accounts, and treating gold as lawful money in Clearing House operations. A Clearing House meeting and Hillhouse proposals outline draft and check payments in gold or U.S. notes after January 1, 1879.
City Marshal Batchelder uncovers a wholesale horse and wagon theft ring tied to Foss and Glidden. The duo is jailed awaiting trial in another state after stealing from China Maine to New Hampshire towns including Suncook Methuen Plaistow and Bath. About $100 in goods recovered. rewards offered.
Railroad Commissioners from ten states met in Columbus to pursue uniform railroad statistics and bookkeeping. John Walker of Missouri was elected chairman. They formed a special committee to develop a uniform system and to invite top railroad accountants including Kirkman, Shinn, Wilbur, Leland, and Ford to cooperate, with reports due at the next convention. An Executive Committee was created to choose future meeting sites and another committee to study taxation of railroads and securities for a uniform plan.
In Quebec on November 12 Sir Patrick McDougal hosted an official dinner and dance at the citadel. A waltz with five couples, some from the city’s elite, ended in a Boston reverse display scandalizing fashionable society. The governor ordered the couples to change the program and they withdrew to the cloak room dressing and leaving. The episode unsettled Quebec’s upper ten.
The National and International Convention for boosting foreign and reciprocal trade across the Americas opened at Farwell Hall in Chicago with 300 delegates. Welcome addresses were given by Secretary Horton and Emery A. Storrs. Henry Watterson spoke briefly. committees on organization and credentials were formed. adjournment set for tomorrow.
Paris report says Prince Orloff told French Foreign Minister M Waddington the Czar is willing to cooperate to settle the Turco Greek frontier and will carry out all Berlin treaty stipulations. He plans talks with Gortscha koff in Baden and Schouvalof's visit to London appears productive. The note to Lord Loftus confirms Berlin treaty obedience. Simla dispatch notes 5000 troops moving toward Balkh via Herat route. Count Schouvaloff to Vienna brings reassuring explanations.
Secretary of State presents tele grams from Minister Welsh outlining Lord Salisbury’s reply to Evarts on the Canadian fishery dispute. Salisbury remains firm that the award followed the Treaty of Washington, while Evarts maintains a contrary view. The matter likely extends beyond November 28 as payment may be protested.
A New York Herald correspondent recounts a recent exploration of caverns in Luray Page County Virginia. He describes vast galleries, crystal chambers, wandering stalactites and stalagmites, ancient footprints of enormous beasts, and a glowing, candlelit interior that could make the village famous as a scientific and tourist site.
Secretary Sherman explains a rumor on withdrawing one and two dollar United States notes. He notes no order to limit issues. these notes were issued freely and would be paid in preferred denominations. He argues for option to use gold silver or paper, and for flexible circulation to avoid forcing silver into use.
Havana reports political and economic turmoil across Hayti and Santo Domingo. Quarantine fights at St Thomas Porto Rico hurt trade, while Santa Cruz rebellion ends but uncertainty lingers. Danish aid arrives as Azua province fights on. coffee crops fall short and Demerara sugar trials loom. Submarine telegraph linking Cape San Antonio to Guatemala nears reality with regional concessions.
Minister Romero asked Congress to permit free export of silver as Diaz and generals back the constitution. Diaz faces Tuxtepec revolutionaries who fail to weaken his standing while backers push a two year term prolongation. Tamau lipas revolutionaries are described as obliterated.
Washington reports the Treasury barred payments on 13000 for the District of Columbia while the First Comptroller reviews half a million dollars advanced earlier. Cabinet members discussed the President’s upcoming message and election law violations in Louisiana. Navy duty shifts occur with Shufeldt resigning, English taking over, and a Sierra Leone voyage planned. Raum challenges tobacco tax cuts, and Indian agency consolidation is debated. Post Office adjusts railroad payments, and federal arrests rise in Tennessee. Subscriptions to the four percent loan total 65000.
Reports say Nicaragua is developing extensive coffee plantations on the side of El Viejo volcano with about two hundred thousand trees planted. next season will test feasibility. Advices from Peru note harmony between President Pardo and Civil party opponent. Machinery for Cerro de Pasco mines is being installed.
The Geneva Great Council elected the Democratic Conservative party, signaling the return of dispossessed priests and a move toward church state separation, though Bishop Mermillod remains expelled. Rome may appeal to the Czar for Polish Catholics, possibly issuing an Encyclical if ignored. Germany faces a 78 million mark fiscal deficit in 1879, with 70 million covered by a loan. Morocco promises indemnity for Spaniards killed and to salute the Spanish flag. Glasgow invites participation in a US led trade convention to discuss American protectionism effects on British trade. Hawdon, winner of a Tyne boat race, is set to row Hanlan next May for $1000.
A collage of short items reports curious tales from across the United States. Timothy Jackson of Wisconsin described as a 12 year old abused a cat before roasting it alive. A New York salesman cites a typical woman’s shoe size as fifty one. The Franklin Patriot notes a man wearing a red flannel undershirt after many washings. Horse thieves near Medicine Row Nebraska are noted as consistently stealing only two horses. Mississippi voters in Vicksburg show a Democratic landslide with 1901 for regular nominee, 9 Republican, 1 Independent. A Macon Georgia resident claims a phonograph with superior tone and no diaphragm. A revival in West Greenwich Connecticut yields a man who turns violent toward his dog and father. In Allentown Pennsylvania a servant girl’s letters are read by her mistress, reversing a common belief. A Du Page County youth plans elopement with his schoolmistress but abandons it for a double-barreled shotgun. An Athens Georgia incident reports a negro man fracturing a companion’s skull with an axe. The Memphis Appeal and Avalanche report epidemic-era staffing losses. Keokuk Iowa’s body-snatcher evades lynching with a smallpox ruse. A St. Louis breach of promise case features a German plaintiff and an English-speaking defendant. Vermont schooling anecdote recalls boarding round habits. Cleveland’s Joseph Kain appears near death but recovers after prayer, later relapsing. Iowa prairie fires claim Fred Aiken, who perishes in a hay field trying to save a stack. Five-year-old Walter Wilcox travels from New Orleans to Oakland with through ticket, cared for by conductors and Free Masons, finally reaching Sacramento. Cuietgo residents shower him with affection.
Floyd Smith and his wife Mariah, both Black, were hanged by a mob of about thirty to forty on November 4 near Hernando, Mississippi. They had been jailed since October 20 on charges of murdering a six year old white girl left in her mother’s care. Post mortem showed a fractured skull. rumor links the crime to the mother seeking inheritance.
Senator-elect Slater of Oregon reportedly left Illinois in 1849 for California without funds. He joined two partners to buy an ox-team and drive the wagon overland, with pay to be one-third of the wagon and oxen if successful. He traveled with another partner, losing an ox and reaching the Sacramento Valley with a single animal pulling the wagon.
Milwaukee November 13 Judge Dyer of the United States Court rendered a decision on a trade mark case ruling that the constitutionality of the trade mark statute cannot be sustained under the commerce clause or any other constitutional provision granting congressional legislative power.
The Rev H A Wales accepts invitation to serve as pastor of the Biddeford Universalist Church. The report notes local religious activity including the Maine Free Baptist Missionary Convention meeting in Lewiston with prayer, report, and an address by Rev Thomas Tyril.
A kerosene lamp exploded at Robert Lockhead’s Manchester home injuring his wife and daughter. Mrs James C Clark of Brookfield fell breaking her ankle while her mother, aged five, or hip fell in the same house. Nashua elected William O Clough City Marshal and Augustus D Ayling Assistant at a mayoral meeting. Gilford voted to tax exempt $5900+ in manufacturing capital for ten years. Gorman arraigned for assault. Abbott charged with felonious intent. bonds set. Dalton produced 300 tops of starch this season due to potato scarcity. Postoes bought in Grafton area for Boston market at 75 cents per bushel. Henr ietta Monvéurkett died after being stabbed at Rockingham House, Portsmouth. Inquest to be held at hotel steward Albert Rowe’s request. Eastern Railroad lease to Massachusetts approved along with mortgage of nearby lines. Henry P Rolfe named to Winipiscogee Lake Cotton and Woollen Manufacturing Commission replacing Francia H Faulkner.
The Fall River print works are to resume operations immediately. A liquor seizure was made Tuesday from Andrew McDermott of Market street in Lowell. Patrick A. Keating's Fall River shoe store was entered Tuesday morning with about $20 in shoes and some small cash stolen. The latest Pittsfield scandal involves an amalgamation rumor claiming a colored girl bore a white child with a reputed white father. Rev. Edward Murphy of St. Mary's, Fall River, arrived home from Europe Monday evening. children plan a reception Wednesday. Northampton manufacturers report brighter prospects as shovel, cutlery, and silk operations expand. Belding Brothers increased mill force. Springfield fireman lost $40 at a fair bank then stole $80 and fled. bank owners prefer not to prosecute. In James P. Smith vs William Edwards, Justice Thomas of Amherst ruled lack of jurisdiction and ordered Edwards held $500 on each count for December Grand Jury. Petty larceny and thieving persist in Fall River. Edward Ford and James Lynch bound over $300 each, James Kane $600. Henry Mitchell, Methuen officer who shot a boy resisting fruit theft, was held for trial at $2,500. Civil suit for damages will follow. A well-dressed woman sought cabinet photographs and hinted duplicates cheaper. a brother allegedly ordered a barrel of four and a parallel joke about Brenda.
Dr James Lewis Corbin Griffin of Lansdowne Virginia died October 22 at age 64. He was son of Dr Samuel Stuart Griffin and grandson of Cyrus Griffin, last President of the Continental Congress, who married Lady Christina Stuart, daughter of the sixth Earl of Traquair. A William and Mary graduate who earned a Penn diploma, he never practiced medicine. He was the last of the Griffin line from Wales, with descendants only through the female line, and for two years before death heir to the Traquair earldom now held by a distant Stuart relation.
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