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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1878
Page
2
Washington correspondent J. D. Cox, a close ally of the President, says the failure stems from a foolish bid to build up the Republican Party in the South. He notes the president differed from Radicals in method, not aim, and would not adopt the original carpetbag patent.
The passage notes that business is improving across departments, with orders rising on legitimate demand, credit restored, and a cheerful outlook in the West and South. It urges Congress to avoid violent measures and sectionalism, predicting a thriftier next year and national prosperity if sanitary disease controls succeed. The President’s message is said to focus on yellow fever prevention and sanitary methods.
The managers of the Pullman Car Company exhibit zeal to punish defaulters, claiming it will strengthen public resolve to punish wrongdoers. They declare Let no guilty man escape as the guiding rule, while acknowledging that more than a motto is needed to cure the evil.
The Morning's News reports Secretary Schurz dedicating most of his annual report to defending the Indian policy and contrasting with Gen Sheridan. He calls for larger appropriations and argues Indians can be kept in subjection with limited force. Also noted are railway subsidies, bond calls, mayoral nomination, rail actions, the British Channel disaster, Afghan advances, royal travels, Vermont legislature, and Chicago stock exhibition.
The inland forecast notes cloudy rainy weather for New England with warm southeasterly winds and falling barometer, while western areas will see rising barometer and colder northwest winds. The storm centre moves northeast with energy, cautionary signals remain at New Haven New London Newport Woods Hole and the lakes, and offshore signals persist from Savannah.
The Baltimore Gazette notes D G Croly tours the West promoting John Sherman as the 1880 Republican nominee. It argues Sherman embodies the party while detailing alliances, banks, the Alaska Seal Company, and regional roles. The piece asserts support for Sherman as GOP candidate, framing him as the rightful standard bearer.
The piece argues Republicans push for a fixed Southern bloc to secure power, claiming threats of tyranny and a future rebellion are used to manipulate Northern voters. It contends their real goal is centralization and suppression of any competing party, forecasting a push after 1880 to force conformity and end American individuality.
In Montgomery a joint convention declared Gov. George S. Houston elected United States Senator for six years starting March 4. No Senate opposition and 91 of 93 votes in the House supported Houston. Governor Cobb gave an inaugural address focusing on state matters and took the oath.
The Charleston Courier denounces a Washington telegram cited by the New York Tribune as false about Daggett. It asserts Daggett placed only his own ballot in the box and warns the Tribune will soon retract or compensate for alleged harm to a respectable citizen.
The Forty-fifth Congress prepares to convene amid brisk activity and holiday travel. Democrats hold a narrow working edge in the expected House, with Greenbackers and independents likely siding with them on most issues. Currency reform, civil rights, and a potential extra session loom as pivotal debate points.
Special correspondence reports Angell, the Pullman Palace Car Co secretary, tracked by a unique dental ID. Photographs and letters spread nationwide and internationally. Lisbon arrest follows a matching front tooth. Reward totals $13,000 including recovered money and consul fees.
At 3 A M the Vermont House, lacking a quorum with over one hundred absent, was forced to fetch members from bed. Doors opened at 3 45 A M and business resumed. The session adjourned at 10 A M after a valedictory prayer by Chaplain H P Cushing. Lieut Gov Colton received a gold watch as a gift from Senator Ballard. Forty members were present.
Pottsville Pennsylvania, November 27. A general suspension of mining operations in the region will begin on Saturday and continue for one week. Work will then resume until January 1.
Congressman Powers of Maine says the Greenback party is dead in the state and Maine will vote Republican by 15,000 today if held. He predicts Garcelon wins governor with a Republican Senate and that Ladd and Murch will align with Democrats in Congress. Also notes on Credit Mobilier cases and other political items and people.
Deputy Marshal Stillwell arrives with certified indictment against J. G. Hills supervising architect of the Treasury and A. G. Mills contractor plus others. Bench warrants issued. bail set at $5000 each for Hills Mills to appear December 16. Bond and surety details noted. Also reports on Indian Bureau transfer Commission meeting and other naval and tax items.
The A B C D Quartet will give a concert at West Brookfield Friday evening November 29. A proposed lecture and concert course for the Base Ball Association was abandoned due to meagre student and town support. Freshmen admission rules without Latin and Greek exams are under faculty debate and likely to be abolished. Juniors’ fall term rank delayed due to late term essays. Prof E P Crowell's election to the Legislature won’t require a new hire. Ball nine arrangements to board together. stricter discipline and practice planned for the team this winter. Gymnasium Washburn prize exhibition moved from December to February. Seniors finish Psychology. substitute Comparative Zoology with Dr Hitchcock for rest of term. Thanksgiving recess runs Wednesday to Saturday morning.
London reports confirm several survivors from the Pommerania with many unaccounted for and three Dover orphans. Capt. Schwensen survived, rescued on a piece of wreckage, while English officials review wreck actions and fate of remaining crew and passengers.
A London despatch reports British forces occupied Fort Mahomedazim also known as the Khurum fort this morning. The Afghan garrison retreated to Peiwar at Khurum Valley’s northern edge where resistance to Gen Roberts advance is anticipated. One dismantled gun was found inside the fort. GEN. KAUFMAN'S SPEECH.
Crowds filled North Street Station as the Governor-General and the Princess departed aboard the train at 11 o clock amid cheers. The Duke of Edinburgh sails tomorrow from Halifax aboard the Black Prince for England. Royal salutes were fired and the party's progress was marked by addresses in Truro and Amherst.
It is expected that on the Czar's return a decision will be reached concerning proposed changes in high administrative and diplomatic posts. There is no foundation for the rumor that the London and Vienna Ambassadors will exchange places. This probably indicates the approaching retirement of Gortschakoff. There is no foundation for the statement that Russia will accept the Porte declaration recognizing the unmodified San Stefano treaty portion in lieu of a new treaty.
The secretary’s annual report sketches a policy to relocate Indians to fewer reservations with arable land, boost farming with tools and cattle, allot lands to heads of families, restrict hunting, extend US laws on reservations, create an Indian police, and curb white interference. It notes progress, agency consolidations, and education efforts, while calling for more funds and stricter enforcement to achieve self-sufficiency and order.
The San Francisco market closed with mining stocks showing prices such as Hale & Norcross Julia Consolidated and Ophir while a Virginia City report notes the 2200-foot cross-cut in Sierra Nevada yielding ore averaging 291 to the ton.
Albany November 25 Superintendent John F Smyth of the Insurance Department stated that his authority does not cover the Mutual Life premium reduction. He said the rate must cover risk and, as long as it does, state interference is not authorized. The reduced rate remains above the legal security level for other policy holders.
Gloucester mass Nov 27 The schooner Cadet of Gloucester recently arrived from Prince Edward Island with 1940 bushels of potatoes and has been seized by the Collector of the Port for alleged violation of U S customs revenue laws.
A St Paul Pioneer Press special reports a malignant smallpox outbreak in Grand Forks Dakota. Other items note a December 20 billiards match in New York between Slosson and Schaeffer, the burial with honors of Lieut Monroe P Thorington at Fort Keough Montana, a San Francisco sailors strike over wage cuts, and indictments of Livingstone Russell and Richardson for alleged Indian frauds in Yankton. The Cape May fire is deemed incendiary with Samuel Ludlam as suspect. Onondaga County probes debunk sensational asylum treatment telegrams. Auburn Prison sees a Warden and Agent change on December 1 with William J Moses replacing Welles. a Mount Vernon lynching tale is clarified to involve five masked men burning Dan Harris at a stake.
Aged 101 Mrs Johnson dies in Limerick. A Canadian on a Grand Trunk train awakes to find himself left behind at Bethel in a somnambulistic episode. Katahdin iron works expects ore smelting to resume Tuesday after 700 tons of ore hauled to the furnace. Local business gains praised by C M Bayley of Winthrop. Scribner indictment fixes malice wording. another indictment for murder may delay prison. Miss Mary Thatcher, granddaughter of Judge Barrett Potter, to wed Col. Higginson. Sandy River Railroad directors seek estimates. timber and stone to be gathered for a summer line. A Maine physician reports malpractice suit results over twenty years showing limited damages for plaintiffs and high costs for defendants.
Hon Ichabod Goodwin of Portsmouth chosen Treasurer pro tem of the Rice Public Library Board of Trustees in Kittery replacing the late William H Y Hackett. John McKillop and John Cummings from Fall River Mass held $200 each for appearance at the Supreme Court in Dover to answer aggravated assault charges against J F Chase proprietor of Chase's hotel. The new iron fog tower at Whale's Back with bow engines and fog horn is completed and in operation. Leander White of Newcastle named keeper at Whale's Back Light replacing Charles C Martin resigned. Calvin Edgerly killed at Hecksett by a knife blade breaking in a saw mill accident aged 41 leaving wife and six children. Advices from J B Stearns of Portsmouth working in Europe on a duplex telegraph system now applied to the Anglo American cable. Stearns returns to Europe after Heart's Content stay. Davind S Batchelder of Centre Harbor held $500 to appear at May term in Portsmouth for voting unlawfully in Congress election.
Butter receipts at St Albans Tuesday were light with prices from twelve to twenty three cents. A North Troy merchant will halt sending eggs to Posten. From over three thousand gem he sent five hundred dozen were uncounted. Morse of East Concord was accidentally shot in the thigh by his brother fox hunting Tuesday morning and has since died. North Bennington hosts two paper mills and two cotton factories employing 150 to 200 men. A Burlington reception in honor of Mrs H C Clark followed her bridal tour as she returned to join Mr Henry C Clark in New York.
In Middleboro the town voted to allocate 1000 dollars to support poor soldiers. The list of local notices covers resignations, deaths in Fall River and Great Barr, ship and mill news, and election results from several towns including Wilton and Dracut.
An explosion of gasoline used for footlights at a Thames street theatre in Baltimore tonight injured five people. Seven actresses were in the dressing room. three named Kate Bradley Nettie Lewis and Marian Davis were severely burned while escaping the burning stage. Pianist R B Cummings was badly burned and hospitalized. Building damage was slight.
Port Gipson Mississippi November 27 Dr Buck sheriff of Clairborn county led deputies to arrest Harrison Page the negro desperado who killed the county chancery clerk two years ago arriving at his home three miles from town Deputy Robert accompanied them and the raid culminated in Page being cornered and captured without further details given.
Obituary notes the death of an Ottawa Illinois native formerly of Freetown Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served in the U S House of Representatives in 1842 and 1844 and became a leading capitalist with extensive financial and industrial ventures. He reportedly lost £500,000 amid Chicago fre. He leaves a wife and five children.
New York reports a large Rodgers & Orr Brothers dry goods fire on Eighth Avenue destroying stock valued around 150 000 with losses exceeding 50 000 and 310 000 insured on the building of the Moore estate. Separate fires follow in Petersburg and Chicago with barns, factories, and schools damaged or destroyed and widespread insurance estimates.
Sheriff Crofut of Bennington County arrested all liquor dealers in town except one who dodged arrest. Each was held on 3500 bonds to appear at County Court next week to answer Prohibitory law violations. Indictments had been found last June, but most fled and escaped process. these matters have since rested.
An arrangement is complete for a fat stock show at the exposition from December 2 to 7. The date supports equal opportunity for Eastern and Western buyers to secure prize stock for holiday trade. Entries include participants from Canada and nine U S states: Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Michigan Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin.
Leavenworth dispatch reports Major Broadhead of the Paymaster corps recounts an altercation between his escort and gamblers at Springer’s ranche on the Canadian river in the Texas Panhandle. Springer and a youth named Leadbetter died, and two soldiers were wounded.
Richmond November 27. John Bradley J H Murray and John Thompson convicted of entering and robbing a guest room at the Exchange Hotel were sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. They escaped from the City jail last night where they awaited decisions on motions for a new trial.
Norfolk dispatch reports U 8. 8. Ticonderoga arrived from Portsmouth New Hampshire. She will depart next week with Commander Schuefeldt leading an expedition to the coast of Africa to promote commercial intercourse.
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