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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1882

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Victory rhetoric and partisan reactions after election

The piece contrasts claims of a victory for the people by Republicans with Democrats celebrating, noting the New York Tribune’s criticism of Massachusetts Democrats for a prolonged celebration. It mocks the Tribune’s celebration as excessive and inappropriate for the fall season.

The New York Tribune Massachusetts Tribune

Republicans Face Last Chance to Redeem Record

The piece critiques Republicans as they discuss final acts in Congress. It mocks recent behavior with a proverb about the devil and argues repentance is pointless after the damage, urging decency before action.

Congress

Overproduction Risk at Bessemer Steel Mills

United States Bessemer mills cap at 2,150,000 tons annually while next year’s demand seems only about half. A heavy tariff plus a $28 per ton tax on domestically used steel has created large profits for 11 producers, leading to expected overproduction as the result.

Bessemer Steel United States Bessemer

Starch Order Reversed After Election Shock

Bangor Whig reports a Boston firm canceled a Maine factory order for 50 tons of starch following the election results. The Commercial notes no burning need for comment, while a quip asks if the Republican party will need starch again soon. The Bangor editor may join the 48th Congress and possibly head a committee on starch.

Joliet Iron Company Bangor Whig Boston Maine Whig The Commercial

Pennsylvania Republicans Brace for Cameron Grip Durability

The piece argues Cameron power in Pennsylvania remains strong. Senator Mitchell’s reported stance against a war on Cameron and potential Senate candidacy two years away signals fading rebellion. The text predicts factional rifts will close, reviving the old regime and restoring harmony between rival leaders.

Republican Party of Pennsylvania Cameron

Internal revenue reforms eyed by the president report

Washington reports that Commissioner Baum may recommend reducing internal revenue taxes to about 100 million dollars annually. The president opposes abolishing the system but seeks relief for taxpayers through tax cuts while preserving essential taxes on tobacco and distilled spirits. Cabinet support aligns with immediate tariff revision to avoid income shortfalls. The Garfield Monument Fair opens tomorrow with extensive state and international exhibits. The Alabama Claims court adjourns until January with around 4,000 claims possibly filed by then. The White House hosts a cabinet session and visits, while cabinet reform proposals and Star Route suits loom. Postmaster Howe signs a new combination letter and envelope contract set for January release. Rumors of potential war in South America arise from Argentine naval buildup.

American School of Classical Studies Athens New York Goodwin Palace Gardens Saronic Gulf Gina England Germany Harvard Johns Hopkins Boston University of Virginia Williams University of California Dartmouth Cornell Union The Archeological Institute of America Washington Baum Congress Commissioner of Internal Revenue Arthur Capitol Rotunda Supreme Court Diplomatic Corps Army Representatives Hall Kentucky Tennessee British Legation White House Boutwell Ketcham Paul Sackett McFeely Hazen Pendleton Senate Corkhill Criminal Court Wells Dickson Hoover Howe George Eberlich St. Louis South America Thomas Osborne United States Argentine Republic Brazil Department of Agriculture Indian Bureau Cead National Bank of America Chicago First National Bank of Pawnee City Neb Folger Navy Department J. M. Hobbs Medford Mass Jeffers Asiatic London Navy House of Commons Trevelyan Ireland Healy Irish World Gladstone Rourke Egypt Yorke Kilmainham Radolph Churchill Lord Randolph Churchill Mr. Gladstone Earl Cowper Trelann Forster House Committee of Supply Marquis of Salisbury United States Supreme Court Edinburgh Sligo Ballina Swinford Galway West Clare Connaught America Land League Hevennes Berlin Times Chamber of Deputies Maybach

Murderer to be hanged at Sweetsburg cuts his throat

A condemned man scheduled for execution Friday in Sweetsburg P Q took poison and died in his cell, evading the gallows. The incident halted the planned hanging and prompted a review of his case and procedures. The act occurred moments before the scheduled countdown, shocking local witnesses and authorities.

Sweetsburg P. Q Quc William Richards Joseph Jackson Abercorn Que Richards Pickel Vincent Leanne Hartford Conn Jackson England M. Ts. Jackson H. D. Pickel Montreal Connecticut Mr. Pickel Waterbury

Dispute Over Cargo Seizure Taints Colon Harbor

In Colon, tension rises over the Maury C Connery cargo dispute with the Boston Ice Company as consignee and Captain, supported by consuls Rice and Thornton. The vessel was boarded, cargo sold, and the ship pale as a fight over demurrage and freight escalates to possible heavy damages and salvage.

Panama James Alen New Bedford F. Lake New York Horatio S. S. Morse Colon Maury C. Connery Boston Lee Company Consignee Pensacola F.W Rice Thornton Boston Star and Herald Consiance Spimwall

Oil exchange gloom as prices swing in Pittsburg market

Pittsburg oil exchange opens weak with prices sliding from 101 to 87 amid heavy margin selling and widespread losses. By afternoon the market recovers and closes steadier at 9644. Total sales reach 4 355 000 barrels and no failures yet reported. The episode is viewed as the peak of a damaging manipulating scheme affecting Oil City and Bradford.

Pittsburg Oil Exchange Oil City Bradford

Frenchman Miller Escapes Jail After Street Disturbance

John Miller, a French national, caused a major drunken disturbance in Great Barrington Massachusetts. He fled on the cars to Sheffield, then reappeared after a chase by Sheriff Smith. An armed confrontation followed ending with Miller wounded and recaptured, jailed for trial.

Great Barrington Mass Navy John Miller Sheffield Miller

Bath shipbuilding and Maine rail notes mix of enterprise

New York capitalists plan a large wood pulp factory at Lincoln amid abundant timber. Goss & Sawyer of Bath report a vessel launch every two weeks this year. Maine Central freight and passenger service gains, while a Springfield bridge fatality case leads to a $800 verdict. Penobscot Education association opens in Bangor with strong praise for teachers and focus on character formation.

New York Lincoln Goss & Sawyer Bath Maine Central John 8. Heald Pendleton Nova Scotia Bates College Lewiston Dy Prof. Stanton Boothby Bangor Springfield Supreme Judicial Court Penobscot Education Association Samuel Libby Orono A.A. Luce Woodbury Eastern State Normal School Castine R. L. Howard

Local Grocer Fails at East Northwood and Related Notes

B. W. Smith grocer failed at East Northwood on Thursday with liabilities of 1500 and small assets. Michael Morday convicted at Portsmouth on Friday for drunkenness and held for further hearing on suspected Sunday night burglary links. Continental Construction at Concord began a year ago, voted to wind up, property advertised for sale, described as a losing enterprise with large anticipated loss.

B. W. Smith East Northwood Michael Morday Portsmouth Continental Construction Company Concord

Montpelier Man Gets Back Pension and Monthly Stipend

E S Gunnison of Montpilier receives 8859 back pension and 342 monthly thereafter. Luke W Parmelee of Bristol is declared dead and buried on Thursday. Brakeman Emmons of Barnard loses an arm near the elbow in a coupling accident. A legislative committee visit to the insane asylum at Stattleboro ends with a misdirected inquiry when a patient clarifies a misunderstanding, revealing a joke about home leave.

E. S. Gunnison Montpilier Luke W. Parmelee Bristol Emmons Barnard Stattleboro

Local misfire injures Provincetown man in gun discharge

N P Holmes of Provincetown lost part of a hand Wednesday when a gun discharged accidentally. Also reported, the Upton town vote to reconsider the decision to build a town house and a friendly shooting match between Lawrence and Lowell clubs in Lowell. James Cahill of Chicopee identified as the man connected to Michael Sullivan's Chicopee death. Sullivan killed while drunk.

N.P. Holmes Provincetown Upton Lawrence Gun Club Lowell Club Lowell Lawrence Michael Sullivan Chicopee Warehouse Point Conn James Cahill Sullivan Citizens’ Convention M. H. Parker TH. F. Gillon James Abbott John F. Phillips Henry C. Howe Ninth Regiment Capt. Dolan Gov. Long Col. Strachan Col. Decker Gen. Sutton Col. Andrews United States Army Company F Franklin House

Burgess Installed as Free Baptist Pastor in Greenville

Mr. Gideon Burgess was ordained and installed pastor of the Free Baptist church in Greenville on Wednesday. In Providence Friday evening the Democrats nominated Ziba O Slocum for mayor. Republicans will nominate incumbent William S Haywood from 14 public school teaching applicants at Newport Miss Mary F Leavitt of East Weymouth MA led the list. Only seven were successful.

Gideon Burgess Free Baptist Church Greenville Democrats of Proviience Ziba O. Slocum William S. Haywood Newport Mary F. Leavitt East Weymouth Mass Yale University New Haven Tremont House Tobey J. M. Fogarty East Cambridge H. E. Abbott Boston North End Layina Williams Boston Cunard Porthill Walker Queenstown Liverpool W. H. Floyd Anna Jonsson Willie Jonsson J. P. Gardner H. Stanley John W. Forrest W. Wallace Waugh Boston Fame Journal South Washington Wm. G. Moore Washington Light Infantry Joyce Gen. Lee Arlington Point Comfort John G. Whittier Dorchester Whittier James FE. Mardeech Boston Theatre Mr. Murdoch Longfellow Brushwood Apennines T. Buchanan Murdoch Ghent Aix Robert Browning Lake Erie Frank Murdoch

Ox cart accident injures man in South Meriden

Joshua Rice, 57, was run over by an ox cart at South Meriden on Wednesday and dangerously hurt. Official figures at the state house show Mr. Waller as the Democratic winner by 2,391 and Gen. Frank D. Sloat as comptroller by 681.

Joshua Rice South Meriden State House Waller Frank D. Sloat

Distress in Ireland and a Great Bridge Disaster

London dispatches report widespread winter distress in Ireland due to farm unemployment and potato crop failures, with Sligo Ballina Swinford Galway and parts of West Clare affected while remittances from America decline. A Bromley railway bridge collapse near London kills seven workers and injures others, halting the London Chatham and Dover line.

Mr. Gladstone British Statesman United States Supreme Court Ireland Bromley London London, Chatham and Dover St. Petersburg Kazan University

Fires Sweep Through Mills and Homes in Several Cities

Brief telegraph reports from Worcester Haverhill Indianapolis Buffalo Providence Scranton and New York describe multiple fires causing extensive damage and injuries. Notable losses include Charles Baker Co lumber mill $5,000 insured. G W Wentworth box factory stock and machinery $1,500. Italian restaurant art works $25,000. and a fatal house fire in Scranton with Mrs Ruddy perishing while trying to save belongings. An engine accident injured a driver in Boston while a kerosene lamp incident in Charlestown proved alarmed but needless.

Worcester Mass Charles Baker & Co Foster Street Baker & Co Clowes & Gates Manufacturing Company C. T. Johnson Haverhill G. W. Wentworth Granite Street Indianapolis Ind Ralph Lord Katie Dailey Ea Keenan N. Y Cold Springs George Bailey Providence R.J Daniel B. Rodman Glen Rock South Kingstown Scranton James Rudady Ruddy New York Frank Donnarumma Third Avenue Boston Hill Street Charlestown John McCabe Fayette Court Leverett Street George B. Perkins H. L. Hewes William P. Porter Perkins Cambridge Chambers Streets Calvin Wilson Ciley Massachusetts General Hospital

Severe Lake Ontario storm wrecks ships and damages harbor

A major early morning gale battered Burra.o and Lake Ontario ports. The schooner J. W. Doane was wrecked after being blown ashore. the Groton and A. H. Moss were stranded. the life-saving crew saved all aboard. The American Giant elevator collapsed in the Blackwell canal. no lives lost. Other vessels, including the Empire, J. H. Jewett, Panama, and Morning Light, faced grounding or wreck threats along Lake Huron and Lake Erie, as storms raged across New York and Michigan.

Burra.o N. Y J. W. Doane Erie Empire Groton A. H. Moss W. M. Fagan Chicago A W. Moss Blackwell Canal John Kelderhouse Lake Huron Detroit Mich Fountain City Saginaw Bay C. B. Benson Colchester Reef Lake Erie J. H. Jewett Panama Bar Point Morning Light Lumberladen Manistee Ludington Lewiston Webster Josiah Ricker Charlotte Quebec

Labor Congress in Cleveland Forms yearly committee actions

The labor congress established a legislation committee with Gompers as chair and Powers and Edmonston as vice chairs. Foster was elected general secretary. A platform urged union-backed action, employer liability laws, education, eight hour work, and bans on convict labor. The congress adjourned to meet next August in New York with a banquet in Cleveland.

Cleveland Labor Congress Messrs. Gompers New York Howard Massachusetts Edmonston Washington Powers Chicago Foster Ohio Gompers Robert Howard Fell River W. HH. Foster Cincinnati Trades Assembly Congress W. H. Foster Plasterers’ Union Bureau of Labor Statistics Cleveland Trades Assembly

Pittsburg Council Forms Bribery Probe Over Railroad Vote

Pittsburg city council appointed a committee to probe bribery charges leveled by the mayor in a message vetoing an ordinance granting right of way to a new railroad company. If unproven the mayor faces impeachment. if proven, criminal charges could implicate about half the city government.

Pittsburg

Freight line sets 25 cent rate from Omaha to Chicago

Omaha news reports the St Paul and Omaha and Illinois Central freight line imposes a universal 25 cent rate for all freight from Omaha to Chicago, cutting across classifications. The Burlington and Quincy line is expected to join the strike, signaling wider rate warfare in the northwest.

Omaha, Neb St. Paul Omaha Mlinois Central Chicago Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Road

Gauge change ruling favors railroad company in Ohio case

Cincinnati dispatch reports the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern railroad changed gauge on a Sunday. Caldwell II indicted the company for labor on Sunday. Judge Grace at Princeton ruled in favor of the railroad, deciding the action invalid.

Cincinnati Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Grand Any Caldwell II Grace Princeton

Will Case and Probate Actions Across Lynn Area

The May will of Elizabeth Morrison of Braintree names Lara A Dow as heir to the homestead and most assets with two grandchildren receiving cash bequests. An appeal, based on unsound mind and undue influence, is to be heard next February. Also filed is a guardian’s inventory for Cornelius H Cutler of Bellingham totaling 16445. The Lynn common council defeated a plan to place a Swampscott fire alarm box. Local notes report shoe shipments and church fundraising, plus various accidents and civic updates across Chelsea, Malden, Maiden, and surrounding towns.

Elizabeth Morrison Braintree Lara A. Dow William IL. Morrison Ina Blanche Morrison Byfield Maria Elizabeth Adams William H. Morrison Swampscott Greenback Lynn Marley Street George E. Curtis Commercial Street Shoe Cutters Mechanics

Many Distinguished Persons Attend Thurlow Weed Funeral

New York November 24. A large, somber gathering filled the residence on Twelfth Street and the First Presbyterian Church as Thurlow Weed's death was marked by a private family farewell and a public service. Pall-bearers included ex-Gov Morgan and Gen. James Watson Webb, with a procession to St Peter's Church in Albany planned for tomorrow. Notables such as James G. Blaine, William Evarts, and Hamilton Fish Jr. attended, reflecting Weed's national influence and enduring memory.

New York Thurlow Weed Twelfth Street Charles O’conor Leavenworth Connecticut Julius Wood Columbus H. KR. Riddle Niagara County Giov. Morgan James Watson Webb Fish F.W. Seward John H. van Antwerp Alfred van William Barnes, Jr Birdie Alden Sandford W. Seward Erastus Brooks Keinschell Albert H. Trace Madison Gardener Henry Clay William H. Seward Hall Paxton Harriet Weed Albany St. Peter’s Church First Presbyterian Church Fifth Avenue Firth Avenue James G. Blaine William M. Evarts Edwards Pierrepont Hamilton Fish, Jr van Wyck BE. D. Morgan S. O. Vanderpool

Complimentary Pierce Light Guard Party in Boylston Hall

A Pierce Light Guard party in Boylston hall on Friday evening drew 156 couples. The 14 dances kept the floor full until midnight. many wore pretty costumes. Lieut H Clarence Durkee led flour with aides F H Good win and others. J Howard Richardson's orchestra provided fine music.

Pierce Light Guard First Regiment Infantry Boylston Hall Tha Flour H. Clarence Durkee Sergis W. K. de Lue F. H. Goodwin H. D. Humphrey Fred Dodge George W. Clough A. H A. Fenn J. Howard Richardson Ezra Jd. Trull Fifth Regiment John Tl. Brown Edward L. Smith Henry and Chelsea Streets Charlestown Urbane Literary Society of Monument Hall Tyler Hicks Metropolitan Orchestra

Warden Earle Receives G A R Inquiry Request

E P Loring of John A Andrew post 15 Boston informs Warden Earle that a committee will investigate the discharge of veteran soldiers from his force. The warden has already declined to recognize any Grand Army comrade or post as having authority to probe his official acts.

Grand Army

Greyv. Long joins board of managers after Spooner death

Greyv. Long has been elected one of the board of managers, replacing the late Hon. William B. Spooner, a valuable acquisition. The home mourns founder William Sheafe, who aided its success. As Thanksgiving nears, the board hopes for generous Sunday school contributions to meet the institution’s needs.

Greyv. Long William B. Spooner William Sheafe

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