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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1883
Page
1
In a firm editorial the paper condemns a strike by typographical workers demanding a foreman’s removal and a 5 cent per 1 600 cm wage rise. It likens the action to truancy, notes a similar New York Times demand, and declares it will quit publishing if forced into concessions. The piece vows to continue fighting the move and asks readers for patience.
A reader notes that Miss Anna Dickinson will speak on labor issues in Hamlet with a respectful audience. She is praised for fearless independent thought and the ability to connect the subject to concrete facts. The writer believes her advocacy could aid the labor cause, even if she challenges labor’s self-perceptions.
The Post backs Hugh O’Brien for mayor, arguing the republican opposition misreads the 1880s split among supporters. It notes O’Brien is a solid Democrat and capable businessman who will resist bossism, while not caring whether he voted for Butler. The paper contrasts O’Brien with Gen. Martin.
W W Nichols, Boston, writes in 1883 to defend his independence as a Democrat aligned with the party during Hancock’s nomination. He notes serving as secretary at the 1880 Faneuil Hall nominating meeting, confirms voting Democratic, and describes the committee as a mix of old Democrats, allegiance to Butler and Palmer, and others who joined with Simmons. He asserts they supported the Democratic ticket and distance from strong Republican labels. An advertisement for Angostura Bitters follows, urging caution against counterfeits and naming Dr J G B Seigert.
Special despatch from Washington reports few changes in the speakership fight with Randall lacking a clear path to nomination. It covers calls for tax reduction, claimed treasury surplus of over 115 million dollars, and party fights over tariff policy. Also included are Comptroller Knox on bank certifying and a state department note on US goods in Germany. A separate item notes a brief newspaper strike at the end with union demands met.
About 300 masked men rode into Fowler Indiana at 11:30 p.m. they broke into the jail and hanged Jacobs Nelling for the murder of Ada Atkinson. Nelling confessed denying any other accomplices and claimed to be older than some in the mob. The crowd then transported him to Oxford where the execution occurred.
New Haven November 19 The Yale College treasurer reports funds invested in all departments at 1,924,328 dollars, up 77,698 from the prior year. Annual expenses total 332,827 dollars as funds grow slowly though economies are urged across University divisions.
Fant River Massachusetts reports Patrick Welsh a brakeman on the Old Colony rail road was crushed between two freight cars while coupling in the yard. He sustained a broken hip and internal injuries are feared with possible fatal outcome.
New York report notes that tonight the compositors used 92 workers, with details on staffing and shifts unclear due to fragmented OCR. The item signals printer labor activity on November 10 with emphasis on workforce size and operation tempo.
A long editorial from the Alta California endorses Judge Field for president, arguing his 1876 opinions and leadership prove his fitness. It contests eastern doubts, favors Tilden if Field is not the nominee, and cites the Atlanta Constitution weighing Arthur against Tilden in current party dynamics.
In Rutland Vermont on November 19 1883 Charles Clement president of the Rutland railroad replies to Hon MO B Page. He notes the board has referred the matter to a committee with power to investigate the finances and relations of the late president Gov. Page and the late treasurer Haven and may employ an expert accountant to aid the inquiry. He will present findings at the next board meeting.
Brief telegraph reports from New Irswich Franklin Newark and Mont Treval note fires destroying farm buildings residences and stores. Losses range from thousands to sixty thousand dollars with varying insurance coverage and some possessions saved.
Capt. Maybee died after brutal assault at Brookville L I following the murder of his wife and daughter. Three men detained, a $1000 reward offered for the killer. James Doyle examined. George Francis Brown jailed after confessing seeing the deed with another man who identified Doyle as the murderer. Public excitement runs high.
Exhibitors and management have settled differences after a formal meeting. The exhibitors issued a statement of their grievances and asked the board of directors to address specific issues.
The directors met the exhibitors in a frank and generous manner and pledged to do all in their power to ease the situation for co workers. Concessions were granted and reforms instituted. Exhibitors, previously dissatisfied, are now satisfied and view the outlook favorably. A system of prizes and awards is expected to be instituted to boost satisfaction and motivation.
Dover New Hampshire story portrays John Coulon of Boston predicting Hugh O Brien will win Boston mayor by 5000. The piece notes O Brien's calm respectability and broad business support amid party shifts and Butler connections. The Democratic city committee backs O Brien and exonerates ballots printing amid Butler charges.
The Penobscot of the Boston and Bangor line has been libeled and seized by collector Davis for breach of federal law over bulkhead requirements. Bond posted, ship allowed to operate. Inspectors had ordered a second bulkhead by September 12 with 35 days to comply, but a sabbatical delay followed due to the Cambridge incident. writ returnable in Portland tomorrow.
Reports from Montreal list multiple drownings after last week’s gale. Names include St. Jean of Sorel and Louisigant family from Gentilly to Champlain, with Victor Venillette lost from the schooner Charles. The barge Alabama is found abandoned on lake St Louis, feared crew perished.
In St. Louis on November 17 the Elks club gave actress Clara Morris a lavish reception seen by about 500 guests. John W Norton Henry W Moore W T Coulter and Meyer Godsmith arranged the event in a festively decorated lodge room with pictures flags smilex and evergreens as Miss Morris was introduced at the east end.
From the Danbury NC Post, prices list beef four to five cents per pound bacon ten to twelve and a half cents pork eight cents butter ten to fifteen cents flour three dollars per sack eggs ten cents per dozen honey eight to twelve and a half cents per pound peas seven cents and beans eighty cents to one dollar per bushel chickens ten to fifteen cents each. Won't some kind friend send us a Thanksgiving turkey. Now don t all speak at once.
At the Soldiers Home in Togus Maine on Saturday evening George Wilton shot inmate James F Baker. Wilton, living with a woman he called wife outside the home, was jealous of Baker and was arrested. The wound is considered possibly fatal.
Work at Chess, Cook & Co. iron mills was suspended today and two thirds of Graff, Bennett & Co. mills halted, adding 2000 idle men. Some manufacturers blame the tariffs for the mood, though none expect another panic.
Springfield news reports the Chain of Rocks bridge company secured a state license to build a bridge across the Mississippi River about 10 miles above the St Louis landmark. Capital stock is $2,000,000 and the project is viewed as favorable to the Gould lines and the Chicago and Alton railroad.
In San Francisco the walking contest of O'Leary and Hart versus Harriman and McIntire began at midnight. By 10 pm the score showed O'Leary 88 and Hart 107 for the pair, Harriman 92 and McIntire 108 for the other side. The event offers $4000 and gate money.
In Searsport Maine Ezra Hunt 25 from Thorndike accidentally shot himself while drawing a pistol from bushes. The bullet entered his left side and he walked a quarter mile afterward. He remained conscious but was judged unable to live and was bleeding internally.
Two Paris newspapers La Patrie and Gau lois have bitterly attacked American life insurance amid claims that two large U S companies did as much business in France last year as all 24 Paris firms combined.
In Hartrorp Connecticut on November 19 Wesleyan University football defeated Michigan 14 to 4. Michigan's tour includes games against Harvard Yale and Princeton.
The London Saturday Review laments English homes as lath and plaster bandboxes and traces a descent from ancient peasant houses to modern flats. It argues the hearth room and hall defined true dwelling form, with stalls and outbuildings often under the same roof. It links architecture across Europe from round and beehive forms to the medieval manor and castle, noting persistent patterns from prehistoric ages to feudal estates.
A long excerpt promotes a government weather manual prepared under Gen Hazen's direction. It mixes poetry and prose with entries on signs of weather such as roosters crowing, geese, lizards, buzzards, crows, and geese indicates cold or stormy weather. The text cites observations and an anecdote about cod swallowing stones before a gale from Sergt McGillivrey.
A Society of Arts meeting at the Institute of Technology Thursday evening will feature Mr Thomas Gatfield reading a paper on Glass and Glass Making with specimens. The Boston Society of Natural History holds a meeting Wednesday evening with Mr William Brewster discussing birds from the Arethusa cruise to the Gulf of St Lawrence. The first woman suffrage sociable of the season occurs at the Merona Wednesday evening from 5 30 to 9 50.
Nearly 1,000,000 people visited the Louisville exposition boosting city business for the year by over 19 million dollars. Merchants of the Falls City favor duplicating the enterprise to continue the economic surge.
The executive council opened the vote canvass on Monday morning and will continue daily until completion. The process follows a regular session outline as officials review ballots and determine results.
In the afternoon session George L. Ruffin was confirmed as justice of the Charlestown district court. A future business session will occur this afternoon with promises of new developments. Fitchburg seeks legislature approval to establish a sewer district by laying out part of its territory. Dalton residents pursue incorporation of a water company led by Byron Weston and others. A recess committee heard proposals for a separate reform school for male offenders, following prison commission recommendations. Wakefield Co operative Shoe Co led by Lucius Beebe and Edward Sweetser with capital 15000 and The Knitted Fabric Co of Boston led by William Whitman with capital 320000 are incorporated under the general law.
United States Circuit Court on Nov 19 before Judge Lowell sentenced William C. Phelan to five years in prison and a nominal fine of $1 for passing counterfeit money. Christine J. Burgess sues Peter Graffam for trespass in Medford. prior litigation involved sale on liens and redemption conditions after plaintiff’s absence from state. U S Commissioners Court heard Dexter A. Hall charged with possessing a pension certificate as collateral for Thomas F. Dowd, held $500. Edwin H. Hall discharged.
The Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth heard arguments on November 19 with Chief Justice Morton and Justices Field Devins W Allen Colburn presiding. Cases included Anna Hayes v City of Cambridge, Wamsutta Mills v Old Colony Steamboat Co, Edward S Banks v Highland Street Railroad Co, Charles W Sawyer v Alexander Glass, another Sawyer case against Catherine Harmon, and Sawyer petition to set aside an amended return with various counsel listed.
In this courtroom summary Judge Rockwell presides as Maria Gillis administrator sues Charles Holmes for 310,000 for elevator death injuries. Trial set with Brainard and Fall attorneys. Other cases include Ignatius McDonough versus Metropolitan Railroad with a $6,500 verdict, Albert Henry versus Fitchburg Railroad, and Lyman B. Frazier versus William Simmons et al. Also noted are guilty pleas and sentences for Rudolph Miller robbery, James Horgan assault, Curran and Nevens robbery, Gallagher and Hurt robbery, Deveraux neglect, and Dewey forging charges in Second Session before Judge Bacon and Judge Brigham.
A list of defendants from Waltham and Framingham found guilty or fined for liquor nuisance. Names include Anthony Donlen, George W Heath, John Dunn, James Connors, Charles W Robison, William Sheehey, Patrick J Casson, John Davis, Michael Killgaren with varying fines and costs. Probate actions noted for several wills and administrations. Municipal Court notes from Nov 19 with Maud Howe, Annie Powell, Charles Stagg, Lizzie Burke, and South Boston cases.
William F Griffin fined 10 dollars and costs for assault and battery. In Roxbury Court John A Jones fined 2078 dollars for obtaining money under false pretences, appealing. Richard Murphy fined 2193 dollars for larceny, breaking and entering sent to superior Court under 300 bonds. Patrick alias Martin Fallon sent to house of industry for one year for third drunkenness. P P Q Johnson, accused of selling bogus concert tickets in Boston Highlands, fined 66 dollars on six counts. Charlestown Court John Driscoll, third drunkenness offence, fined 10 dollars and costs. Dorchester Court James Toomey and Thomas Rogers mutual assault fined 10 dollars and half costs.
A sequence of obituary notices lists prominent figures dying in New England and beyond. George Curtis of Eliot Fire Insurance in Roxbury and Addison Gardner Rice of Buffalo, a famed lawyer, are among those noted, alongside shipping merchant George Munro of Newport and inspector Joseph W. Dyer of Portland, all dying in mid November. Other figures include optician Robert Tolles, writer Garth Wilkinson James’s brother, South Boston elder Henry Andrew, Bristol county druggist Samuel O Dunbar, printer John M Hewes, and Lord Overstone Samuel Jones Loyd, all aged varied years and noted for public roles or professions.
At a Monday aldermen meeting the board considered moving 30 000 from the reserved fund to the fire department appropriation. The fire commission offered views, the item was recommitted for a mutually acceptable order. The council’s salary ordinance for city concerns passed, and the usual December 11 city election order was approved along with park maintenance funding, boundary disputes on West Roxbury park, new utility poles on Charles street and river avenue, and a 2059 payment to Roxbury gaslight for land taken for Phillips street extension.
The infant's body was found in South Bay Monday morning. Mrs Sheridan, 80, found dead at 1 No 44 Prentiss Street Monday forenoon. An unknown man in Day's woods Roxbury found Monday afternoon, likely suicide. identified as Abe Gerberge Jr., 25, of 677 Parker Street, insane. Alfred Rogers barber shop at 990 Tremont Street reported $1850 theft Monday. Wm H Cosgrove, telegraph striker at the Highlands, arrested for assault with a club on Patrick Lane. German Church at Shawmut and Waltham broken into. $4 stolen from poor box. Frederick Cameron arrested for assault with a pistol on Sadie L Williams at Kirkland Street house. Richard Carey arrested for larceny of a $20 wolf-skin robe. Unidentified deceased man found rear of 828 Hanover Street from Sunday night morgue hold. James Harper, 10, of 3 Stanley Place, killed after being run over by Hathorne coach on Main Street Charlestown.
At the Dedham courthouse Monday morning the fag ends of the insolvent estate of Royal O. Storrs & Co. were sold by trustees. A $4,000 claim against Charles S. Miller held by trustee G. P. Denny sold for $50 to W T Glidden. Total proceeds were $70. J Arthur Wellington, 23, of Quincy, died by suicide Sunday after a period of ill health.
Col Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte's eldest daughter to debut in Washington society at an early season entertainment hosted by her father. Illinois residents contribute 5000 toward a monument for Gen James A Mulligan. shaft to stand in Calvary cemetery Chicago. C A Snowden leaves Washington Republican to join New York World as news editor, previously valued on Chicago Times staff.
William H. Vanderbilt owns 47,059,009 in United States registered 4 per cent bonds with quarterly interest from the treasury. Annual interest totals 1,882,000. quarterly 470,500. monthly 156,885 33 1-38. daily 5,156 16. hourly 214 8. per minute 358. per second .05 29-60.
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