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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1884
Page
1
Domestic and foreign market reports, imports and exports, marriages and deaths, railroad matters, court records, and business troubles are summarized. The feature notes Grover Cleveland and references hotel arrivals, meteorological signals, ship news, local items, and obituary items across the page.
The Journal endorses a straight Republican nomination approach for the municipal election and suggests the editor of the Journal as the mayoral candidate, praising the idea as fitting for the city campaign.
Irregularities flagged by Republican officials in the Navy Department provoke calls for scrutiny as a new administration looms. The remarks frame the issues as a preliminary challenge before fuller audits and reviews begin.
A departmental messenger asserts Blaine’s defeat wasn’t caused by bolting Republicans. He blames rum and rumormongering instead, using a vivid turn of phrase to dismiss the official account.
A republican paper criticizes Mr Blaine for after election comments, noting the need to heed decency and good government. The piece remarks that he has made his bed and must lie in it, signaling public reproach despite party alignment.
A Boston sale last week saw extra fine Canadian celery bring 15 cents per bunch. The author calls for a very high tariff to halt the influx and expresses hope the action is addressed before Thanksgiving.
Republican papers warn of a broad Republican purge if Cleveland wins. Yet observers expect the president-elect to employ executive authority with wisdom and moderation in removing officeholders.
The American Register notes that Gen Butler and Mr St John do not reach the hopes of their backers while recording that Mr Blaine seems elected by a small but safe margin. The Paria Bays paper comments on the political scene with cautious optimism for Blaine.
Mr Blaine departed Augusta for Ellsworth to dodge a democratic blowout, but Democrats in Ellsworth began their victory celebration as soon as he arrived. Mugwump and democratic music will linger in his ears for a long time.
An esteemed republican who speaks to the Post occasionally requests publication of Hendricks record. Previously printed at length, space now only allows noting that he is a high-minded patriotic Christian gentleman and an able honorable statesman. Long life to him.
A gay festive old bird in the Cleveland and Hendrick's procession at Mr Blaine's home drew crowds Friday evening. He has engagements in Richmond Tuesday evening and Riverside Maine on Thanksgiving night, then will march through Maine. Now twenty four years old, yet "as young as he used to was."
In a sharp reply, Jones accuses The Boston Post of lies and asserts the Republican National Committee has settled all liabilities with the group. He dismisses The Post as indiscreet while noting Blaine and Logan claims of 218 electoral votes and an upcoming official count.
A roundup of short items includes Joseph Bork’s re sentencing to four years nine months in Auburn. a deadly rocket explosion in Newcastle with multiple fatalities. two men from Victoria attempting to smuggle 19 Chinese via a sloop that capsized and drowned the group. Also reported are the Atlantic ferry launch at Greenpoint, the Brooklyn to follow. Miss Rachel Russell’s suicide in Geneva tied to stock losses. a Philadelphia Delaware River ferry collision with no serious injuries. a 78 year old man Nicholas Seider confined on a farm near Reading for 36 years. and the International Navigation Company weighing a British flag operation for four American steamships to cut costs.
A Washington Post column notes Mr James Parton of Newburyport, Mrs Lot Morrill in the city for the winter, and Mrs James Blaine visiting with friends. Judge Wheelock remains housebound but improving. Rev Michael Burnham has received a call to Springweide First Congregational church. Edward Phelps of Burlington is spoken of to be minister to Italy, a brains over money bags remark. Hon Edward Cushing and family will spend winter in Boston, with Portland as business base. Frank Jones buys Portsmouth tax property for about 25000 dollars, signaling broader city ties. Dosne Thiers heiress plans a small house in Pasey for 50 promising students lacking funds, a donation attributed to Thiers. Pure Bourbon bottled for sale.
A Bay State club dinner in Quincy House celebrated Cleveland and Hendricks with Col. C. Hi. Taylor presiding. Attendees included P. A. Collins, George M. Stearns, R. S. Spofford, H. B. Lovering, John K. Tarbox, Leopold Morse, Charles Levi Woodbury, Hugh O Brien, and E. F. Pillsbury among others. Letters from Henry L. Pierce and others praised the victory and urged unity.
In Albany on November 22 the New York Democratic National Committee delegation met Gov. Cleveland and Gov. Hendricks. The group included Barnum Gorman Canda Thompson Andrews Dickinson Tracey Sanders and Camden among about a dozen city leaders. A later 100-member business escort from New York arrived to greet the governor en route to Washington.
Republican and Independent presses offer mixed reactions to Blaine's Augusta speech. The Rochester Post-Express praises his sincerity yet cautions against dwelling on fears of Democratic control, while Syracuse Journal accuses him of stoking sectional strife and civil war rhetoric.
California totals show Blaine 100,816 Cleveland 88,307 St John 2,640 Butler 1,975 Blaine lead 12,509. Iowa canvassers fix electors Van Valkenburg 197,089 Fitch 177,286. Blaine’s lead 19,803. Michigan counts electors 192,354 Republican and 189,408 fusion. Blaine lead 2,946. North and South Dakota totals project around 420,000 votes. county returns incomplete. Pennsylvania official electors tallied by party show Stewart 474,208 and Junkin 471,004 Republican high and low. Levan 393,747 and Broadhead 390,434 Democratic. Armstrong 16,992 and Pyatt 754 Prohibition. minor votes for Belva Lockwood. Misprint would have altered lowest elector figures.
A large crowd gathered at the North Side turn hall in CuxicaGo to discuss the Leman Brand election dispute in the sixth senatorial district. The meeting examined affidavits from supervisors and a judge of election claiming Leman's 420 votes in ward eighteen precinct two, while another affidavit questioned by changes to the poll book. Simon Strausser, the republican judge, later said his prior affidavit was obtained by false pretenses and that he did not know how many votes were cast for Leman or Brand, noting no clear fraud evidence.
A compilation of editorials from Southern papers praising Grover Cleveland's election. They claim the win will restore union harmony, curb corruption, promote reform, and bring peace, prosperity, and renewed confidence to the nation and the South. Strong emphasis on national honor, honest governance, and sectional reconciliation.
The New Orleans Picayune argues Mr. Cleveland can govern without sectional bitterness, treating the south as equal and the north as approving a national administration. His goal is harmony, destruction of residual sectionalism, and the rise of new political elements detached from past divisions.
The Portland Oregonian criticizes the party's Blaine nomination defeat stance as irrational. It calls for sober judgment, rejects dazzling magnets and electrical rhetoric, and urges a return to solid character and plain common sense to restore the party's credibility and future success.
Washington dispatch notes Mississippi elector Manning says southern voters backed democracy for peace and prosperity, not spoils. Reports from Hanover, Ellsworth and Farmington highlight Democrat celebrations with illuminations, torches and guns. Other items cover glee club deflated by Blaine win, Providence nominating ballots, Indiana congressional results, and New York and Cambridge civic notes.
In New York on November 22 an attachment was granted in a civil claim by John Wolf against Col. J H Mapleson for 3400 with a judgment sought in an English court. Major Eugene A Alice arrived aboard the Celtic, after a year exploring African gold mines. Cuban insurgent leaders Gen Jose Maceo and Col N Castillo reached New York on the Chateauquin from Bordeaux. Behrendt, a Prussian-born forger, was arrested and re-arrested on five forgery charges. he had run a sweeping swindle across Europe totaling nearly a million marks. Daniel Torrance, linked to Commodore Vanderbilt, was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery with Vanderbilt and Gen Lloyd Aspinwall in attendance. The new dispatch boat Dolphin faced shaft failure and was towed in for a replacement. The tug McMahon’s boiler exploded off Sands Point with possible losses of Capt Burr Hughes and his brother, while Fireman John Lyons suffered severe burns. crew were rescued and the vessel sank.
A report from Murray City says many miners planned a mass walkout last Friday. Detectives hired by the syndicate blocked the strike, leading to a clash in which rifle butts were used as weapons. Several miners were seriously hurt but no fatalities reported.
In two interviews President-elect Cleveland outlines a plan to protect business interests and pursue a conservative, economical government. He pledges to surround himself with capable party minds, avoid unsettling policies, and seek honest support from Republicans and Democrats alike for a stable transition. He emphasizes restoring confidence, avoiding partisan battles, and advancing national prosperity through prudent governance.
Across New England and Pennsylvania workers face wage cuts and shorter weeks as mills and factories reduce production. Seventy five workers are laid off at a Pacific guano works, Bethlehem Iron plans five day weeks, Pittsburgh glass and Flint glass firms announce 10 percent wage cuts, and carpet mills near Kensington pause operations. Palmer wire mills shift to three days a week, woollen mills cut 10 percent, and North Wilbraham paper mills prepare to close for a month due to rag embargo. Local leaders debateuster price pressures and overproduction realities.
Charley Ross recounts a early life memory in Philadelphia with a boy named Anderson. He says he was taken by gypsies calling him John Fleet, traveling in a covered wagon and given something to sleep. They moved to near Niagara suspension bridge and kept him near London Ontario before fleeing to St. Catharines. His father Mr. Ross has arrived in St. Catharines to identify him.
Rear Admiral English reports from Tangier 1884 detailing Quinnebaug Kearsarge and Lancaster moves. Kearsarge sails from Lisbon to Monrovia visits Congo coast while Lancaster readies stores at Gibraltar. Free mail delivery progress and proposed law changes to extend to larger towns discussed. Swaim court martial adds charges. Spanish treaty could cut customs revenue. notes on Washington monument celebration and pensions funding. Blaine rents house, son vying for Alabama claims judgeship.
The sixth day of the national cattlemen's convention in Saint Louis reports approval of a resolution urging a memorial to Congress for grazing land legislation, with California Nevada Oregon excluded. A memorial committee is named. Later, the new national cattlemen's association elects Col. R. Hunter as president and selects officers and an executive committee with members from multiple states and territories.
A party celebrating a marriage in Halsey valley Tioga County fired a cannon to mark the occasion. Premature discharge wounded Ellsworth Kirkfall and blinded George Hess and Samner Rosebrush. Frederick Kirk badly hurt, with doubtful recovery. Henry Elvin was thrown by the blast and injured others. Several may die.
In Tennessee river near Stevenson Alabama, six people drowned when a skiff carrying nine aboard capsized. The ferryman Tom Key and his son were among the victims, along with two colored men and two colored women named Jane.
Germany outlines Congo free trade and equal treatment for all, with no monopolies by powers, and joint efforts to suppress slavery. American delegate Kasson discusses Congo frontiers. England and France seek Egyptian settlement. various dispatches note smallpox at Dongola, exhibition plans, libel case outcomes, Wilde play study, and Zanzibar protectorate proclamation.
A sequence of earthquake shocks was felt across New Hampshire locations including Concord Peterboro Manchester Keene and Concord followed by reports from Quebec and Lima Peru. The tremors woke residents as houses rattled with strength varying by site and time.
The third solemn session of the third plenary council opened in Baltimore Cathedral with Pontifical High Mass by Archbishop Feehan. Rt. Rev. FitzGerald preached on The Sacrifice of the Mass as decrees from private sessions were reviewed and voted in Latin. The apostolic delegate presided and benediction closed the day.
Newport November 23 The report on operations of the New York Lake Erie and Western railway for the year ended Sept 30 shows net earnings of 6 356 983 Deducting interest on bonded debt rentals of leased lines and other charges 5 375 736 and the coupon on the second consolidated mortgage bonds maturing June 1 and interest accruing to Sept 30 16 798 70 leaves a deficit for the year of 698 622.
Rev J M Reid secretary of the Methodist Missionary society received a cable from Foo Chow China reporting Bishop J W Wiley of the Methodist Episcopal Church died there He was on an episcopal tour to the mission in Japan and China and his death was sudden and due to a stomach tumor
New York November 23 pretty general changes expected at the Erie railroad annual meeting on Tuesday with Mr Jewett withdrawing from the board and declining any further connection to the company He asked that his name be dropped from the list of directors for the ensuing year and proxies for his election are impacted by the move
New Haven November 23. The Rev Thomas R Bacon resigns as pastor of Dwight place Congregational church amid congregational coolness. A noted anti Blaine Republican during the recent campaign he will not reconsider and will leave New Haven.
Yates routed Harvards 52 to 0 at New Haven while Tufts defeated Techs 29 to 0 on the Boston Union grounds. A controversial, unfair referee sparked protests before the Technology eleven replaced him.
A violent storm raged through Boston and surrounding areas with downed wires, high south winds, and heat. Widespread telegraph disruption accompanied rain and snow indicating a severe weather event across New England and nearby states with temperatures plummeting in places.
San Francisco report says Mr DeYourny’s condition is more favorable this evening. He is resting easy with a normal pulse and a steady temperature.
G W Simmons & Co report strong local demand as they receive fine upholstery goods priced up to per yard. The firm touts a bold retail move by closing out a major Boston clothier’s stock, drawing daily crowds and brisk bargain hunting at their Capal street shop.
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