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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1880

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Mentor meeting details shake Grant ring power

Special correspondence reveals a bargain among Roscoe Conkling Don Cameron John A Logan and Gen Grant at Mentor to aid Garfield. The article traces Ohio fears a Democratic drift and the push by Grant Conkling and allies to rally support in Ohio Indiana and beyond.

Boston Post New York Mentor Garfield Conkling Cameron Logan Gen Grant Chicago Brooklyn Eagle Roscoe Conkling Don Cameron John A. Logan Gen. Garfield Ohio Hancock National Committee Mr. Garfield Blaine Camerons Indiana Hoosier Roscoe Simon Cameron Don

Exoduscites in the South Prompt White Emigration Plan

A report from New York details potential large scale black exodus from the South this winter. Financiers and reformers like B B Sherman and S C Browne discuss organized benevolent groups, the role of bulldozing, and a planned businesslike movement to establish colonies with land in New Mexico and other western sites.

New York B. B. Sherman Mechanics’ National Bank Committee For South S. C. Browne Society of Friends Browne Philadelphia Louisiana Alabama Kansas Conway Vicksburg Gen. Conway St. Louis J. M. Woodward New Rochelle New Mexico

McKay Patent Clash Opens National Boot and Shoe Meet

Philadelphia hosts about 560 delegates at the National Convention of boot and shoe manufacturers. Key figures debate patent validity for McKay process and products with calls to form a committee while law and royalty terms provoke disputes.

Philadelphia National Convention of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers United States ex-Goyv. Claflin Massachusetts J. J. Seigler McKay Sewing Machine Company Gordon McKay McKay Congress Keyphendorff Cincinnati Davis Lynn Mr. McKenzie Moses St. Crispin McKay Company Committee On By-Laws

National Grange Holds Fourteenth Annual Session in Washington

Washington ranks as host for the fourteenth annual session of the National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry opening with about five hundred members and eighty voting delegates. William Saunders delivers welcome, J J Woodman presides, and the meeting spans ten days with focus on cattle pleuro pneumonia legislation and impacts on U S livestock transport to England and Canadian trade concessions.

National Grange Washington National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry William Saunders J. J. Woodman Michigan Grange Congress England Canada Privy Council

Rumors swirl as Kenward Philp meets district attorney

New York reports Kenward Philp, expelled Truth journalist linked to the Morey letter, met District Attorney Bell amid speculation of disclosures. Philp may tour lecturing on what he knows, while presses note Truth severed ties and denials from others. Maryland elector William M. Price defends his conduct regarding the Garfield Morey affair, promising forthcoming testimony.

Thurlow Weed Chester A. Arthur New York Boston Herald Press Club Eagle Weed Custom House Kenward Philp Truth Bell Philp Morey Byrne Mer. Price Maryland O’brien Cumberland William M. Price Lindsey-O’ Brien Garfield-Morey Washington Gen. Dumont William KE. Creary Henry L. Atherton Pernambuco John S. Davenport O’3ren Atkins House Committee On Appropriations Col. Stevens

Congregationalists Action on Family Relations and Council Affairs

St. Louis council actions include nominations for the general assembly and the Congregational Union, a report adoption, and a resolution deploring rising divorces with a call for stronger pastoral effort. Disputes over Sunday school transfers were tabled pending conference. about 150 members embarked on a trip to Indian Territory and Kansas.

St. Louis Congregational Council Goodell J. M. Sturtevant Illinois General Assembly Presbyterian Church South Edward Davis New York Congregational Union of England and Wales Home Missionary Society Congregational Publishing Society Dakota Publishing Society Abbott Indian Territory Kansas

Assyrian Monarch Overdue On Its Way To New York

The steamship Assyrian Monarch, pioneer of the Monarch Line to London, is several days overdue to New York. Built of steel with iron grain bins and seven bulkheads, she carries 1500 immigrants and cattle in part of her design. Launched in London last August, she was the largest screw steamer built at Earle's yard.

New York Monarch Line London Earle’s

Bloody Fight in Portland Leaves Two Wounded On Bayonet and Gun

In Portland at Leighton's Blade Shop, Joseph Staples and Alfred Leighton fought after Staples returned drunk. Leighton grabbed a loaded gun with a bayonet. Staples stabbed him and fought back, slashing Leighton's face. Both men were wounded. Staples was cut, Leighton later fled to a neighbor.

Portland Joseph Staples Alfred Leighton Leighton Blade Shop Falmouth Staples Oliver Huirding

City of Boston Pilots Reproached for Reckless Steamer Maneuver

The steamer City of Boston nearly collided with the Newport near Hell Gate. Passengers aboard the Newport, angered by the near miss, formed a committee to investigate the alleged recklessness of City of Boston pilots and report to authorities.

Newport R.I City of Boston Hell Gate Boston

Two regional suspects tied to murders in New England area

In Providence on November 16, Owen O'Brien, linked to the murder of Mrs. Furey in Providence ten weeks earlier, was arrested in Webster Massachusetts and transported back. The Newport grand jury indicted Moses Grinnell for the killing of Charles H. Thomas in Tiverton last week.

Providence Owen O’brien Furey Webster Mass Newport Moses Grinnell Charles H. Thomas Tiverton

Boy killed by accidental gun discharge in Pelham

Frederick Burt, about 12, son of Randolph Burt of Lowell, was accidentally killed today in Pelham New Hampshire. He worked for Daniel M. Atwood and was just about to start his work when a gun he was placing in a wagon discharged fatally. The incident was reported from Lowell as of November 16.

Lowell Mass Frederick Burt Randolph Burt Pelham N. H Daniel M. Atwood Joel Knapp Sutton Michael Kennedy Daniel Conway Boston and Maine Rogers’s J. W. Savage Canton Thomas Cragin James Dolan Woonsocket Taunton New Bedford Lowell Committee On Police Flanagan Salem J. P. Forbes Unitarian Church Westboro Jesse Pomeroy Concord William Graves North Amherst

National Kennel Club Meeting Held in Vincennes

The annual National Kennel Club gathering took place in Vincennes on Monday with attendees from across the country including Luther Adams of Boston and Dr. J. Clements of New Hampshire. Prizes were contested despite unfavorable weather.

Vincennes Ind National Kennel Club Luther Adams Boston Dr. J. Clements New Hampshire

Five Men Drowned After Lumber Schooner Capsize

Sc. E. M. Carrington, sailing from Milwaukee to Muskegon, capsized twenty-five miles southeast of Milwaukee. Commanded by Capt. Thomas Sands, the vessel carried a crew of four men and was lumber laden.

Milwaukee Wis E. M. Carrington Thomas Sands Muskegon

Inventory of Mary Shields estate valued at $934900

The late Mary Shields estate inventory filed in the register's office shows a total value of $934900, with most of the property in personal effects. Of this, $875000 is bequeathed by her will to various Pennsylvania charitable societies.

Philadelphia Penn Mary Shields Register Pennsylvania Massachusetts Suffolk George Bell Boston George E. Bell D. F. Fitz Tremont Street

Fisher Faces Fraud Charge In Cincinnati Ballot Box Incident

Charles B Fisher a young lawyer and Republican worker appeared before U S Commissioner Hooper on an alleged ballot box fraud in Cincinnati First Ward from the October election. Testimony claimed stamped and miscounted ballots. rivals noted army stamps and extra ballots, with fourteen stamped as Republican.

Cincinnati Charles 8. Fisher United States Hooper Richards Fisher J. G. Stowe Moore Bob Ingersoll Stilson Hutchins The Washington Post New England Connecticut New Hampshire Mr. Garfield New York Garfield

Mutual running arrangement adopted by several railways

A new traffic pact among the Baltimore and Ohio, Philadelphia and Reading, and Central Railroad of New Jersey permits B and O to use Reading trackage to Philadelphia and toward a Jersey City link with the Central of New Jersey. Compensation splits place Reading at two thirds and Central of New Jersey at one third, with extra for Jersey City facilities. Starts December 1 for passengers, later for freight.

New York Navy Baltimore and Ohio Philadelphia and Reading and Central Railroad of New Jersey Reading Company Philadelphia Bound Brook Central Railroad of Jersey City Central of New Jersey Biecago

Arkansas Village Destroyed by Fire Leaves 200 Families Homeless

Newport, Arkansas burned under high winds destroying about two thirds of the town’s buildings. Roughly 200 families are homeless with losses around 200,000. Nearby Abington, Massachusetts reports Gideon Stanley’s box and shingle mill burned costing about 5,000. Mammoth City near Bodie, California also destroyed with estimated losses near 45,000.

City Hand Fire Company Arkansas Little Rock Ark Newport Iron Mountain Road Abington Mass Arrington Navy Gideon Stanley Rockland Mammoth City San Francisco Mammoth Mining Company Mammoth

Cyclone and earthquake hit Sitka with heavy damage

San Francisco reports Sitka was struck by a cyclone and a heavy earthquake on Oct 26. The wharf and many roofs were wrecked. Miners returning from Alaska report rich placer indications and numerous gold deposits. Quartz mining near Sitka to pause briefly then resume. Indians described as quiet.

San Francisco Sitka Port Townsend Alaska Yukon River

Fishing on Cape Breton shores this season promising

Reports note excellent cod fishing along the west shore of Cape Breton while other items cover a Montreal dam breaking delaying works, Irish land relief money to Dublin, militia rumors on the Canada border denied, Stellarton miner families fundraiser, a Lehigh Valley wreck with one fatality, Sitting Bull resisting Miles, and a vitriol attack on Arenia Apple in Wellsville with serious facial injuries.

Cape Breton Lachine Canal Irish Land League Montreal Dublin Parnell Ireland Stellarton Lehigh Valley Sucaday Mull Creek Sweeny Murphy Fort Peck Montana Territory Sitting Bull Gen Miles Wellsville Arenia Apple Miss Apple

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