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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1880

Page

2

Tea imports to United States may reach 78 million pounds

It is estimated that for the year ending June 1, 1881 about 78,500,000 pounds of tea will be imported to the United States, costing 35,000,000 more than the previous year. Green tea imports are falling while Japan and other colonies rise, with a forecast that within twenty five years the U S could rival Britain by controlling the Eastern tea crop.

United States Japan Formosa Great Britain Nellie Wilder Toledo Ogdensburg Galee Island Lake Ontario John Merritt Postmaster Evans Weldon N. C J. R. Brady Henry Pickett Hampton Station N. J New York Pittsburg Rose McCabe Dakota Territorial Supreme Court Adams Supreme Court of the United

Torchlight Procession Seen As Dark Ploy Last Night

Eyewitness accounts describe a torchlight procession that moved mainly to a bass drum rhythm. Observers suspected the event was staged to create darkness for unclear purposes.

Weather Note Indicates Colder, Clear Conditions Ahead

For New England expect slightly colder but fair weather with northerly to westerly winds and a rising barometer.

Theatres and Shows Listed for Evening Hours

A listing of entertainment venues with show titles and times including Park Theatre Ledgewood Evening, Boston Lee Theatre Carnen Evening, Toward Athens Dum Variety Afternoon Evening, Globe Theatre Around the World in Eighty Dave Afternoon Evening, Gaiety Theatre The Hours Afternoon Evening, Boston Museum Heir at Law Afternoon Evening.

Park Theadtre Boston Athen Dum Globe Theatre Boston Museum—Heir At Law

Auctions Bring Wide Range of Goods Across Dates

A list of auction items and times appears for October events including silverware at 10:50 A.M. and 2:50 P.M., statuary, real estate sales by Sullivan Bros. & Libbie and J. Watcon & Co, plants by Samuel Hacheh & Co, shoes by W. B. McKey & Co, and various goods from New York and Philadelphia dealers. The notices include dates Thursday October 14 through Monday October 18 with multiple venues and cataloged items such as dress goods, carpets, furniture, hors es and carriages, stocks, and more from Lippincott & Co and A. S. Richards & Co among others.

Menry Co Bird & Co J. M. Watcon & Co Sullivan Bros. & Libbie Samuel Hateh & Co Samuel Himming’s Sons & Co Leonard & Co Moolen Goods New York Wilmeraing C. T. Walker A. M. Bates Isburch & Co Francis Henshaw & Co Day & Go

Maritime arrivals and sailings from October ports

A list of ships and routes with origins and destinations across Atlantic ports. Vessels include Niagara from New York to Havana, Bohemian from Boston to Hamburg, Bothnia and Wyoming from Liverpool to New York, and others with Oct dates and loading or loss details.

Boston Pierrement West Hartte Gel Havana Niagara New York Seitly Get. Li Rhynland Antwerp Taverpool Bohemian Hamburg Alfomannia Bothnia Wyoming Liverpool Herder Ferum Hamburg Labrador Havre Holland London Avonmouth Ashburne Montreal Falmouth Boe Merionethhshire Queenstown Lartington Path Batavin Lake Champlain Montreat Texas Ontario Scotland Moyne Circassia Southampton Donna Hull Sorrento Vince Columbia Hombrerg Allemanntia

Precautionary Measures by Elevated Transit Board Proposed

New York Oct 12 A Board of Aldermen resolution orders Elevated Batross road Companies to place lights and station men to blow horns on rear trains during a tug. Those failing to comply face Grand Jury notice.

New York Board of Aldermen Battrosd Robert F. Golbian Cannonville Baxter Street Gaffney John S. Davenport United States Corpetics Vanderbilt William H Europe Bothnia Cooper Boston Wallace Ross Geeree Porter John Baird Navarro Baird Hudson River Labrador

Irving Hall and Tammany Talk Harmony in Joint Ticket

The Irving Hall conference committee proposes a joint county convention ticket with Tammany Hall and lists nominees for mayor including Samuel D. Babcock Franklin Edson Oswald Ottercorfer John McKeon Allen Campbell Wheeler Peckham Andrew Green John Voorbies William Grace Francis Marbury William Stickney Emanuel Hart. The Irving Hall group also asks Tammany to submit mayoral nominees for their consideration.

New York Irving Hall Conference Committee Tammany Hall Conference Committee Tammany Mayer Tammany Party Irving Hall Samuel D. Babcock Franklin Edson Oswald Ottencorfer John McKeon Allen Campbell Wheeler H. Peckham Andrew H. Green John R. Voorbies Wm. Rt. Grace Francis F. Marbury Wm. C. Stickney Emanuel B. Hart

Indiana Returns Slow as Excitement Rises

The report notes Indiana votes coming in slowly amid high excitement. Both major parties show dwindling confidence as early tallies trickle in and observers await results.

Election results incomplete but expected to favor November victory

Going to press, the paper cannot provide reliable results from yesterday’s elections due to even party balance and vast return areas. Maine’s returns are cited as an example of discrepancy from initial Republican accounts. The reviewer expects final facts to show a triumphant November outcome. available details follow.

Indiana and Ohio Election Returns Show Close Races and Republican Gains

Special despatches report Indiana and Ohio polls closing quietly with slow returns. Porter leads in several counties while Floyd and Wayne show Democratic or Republican gains. statewide results remain uncertain with large city precincts yet to report.

Increase of Vote in Favor of Republicans in Ohio

Special despatch from Cincinnati reports the largest vote in state history with a Republican gain. Butterworth and Young win the First and Second District seats and the county ticket carries by three thousand, while Republicans claim statewide a twenty thousand majority. Democrats claim Frank Hurd wins Toledo District, but Republicans deny it.

ChicaGco Fil Schuvier Colfax South Bend Ind Penn Warden Clay Barris Union St. Joseph County Porter Benton County Fowler Wayne County Mchmond Lafayette Tippecanoe Orth Republica Indianapolis Warsaw Terre Haute Soda BeNb Calkins Congress Hoth K Sanders Baaly Chicaco Til the Tribune Landers Cincinnati United States Indiana CoLitaBus Ohio Foster Ewing Pratt Stewart Supreme Court G. W. McIlvaine M. D. Follett Charles Townsend William Lang Dwight Crowell R. J. Fanning Public Works Commission R. Hosmer W. J. Jackson Daniel F. Dewolf J. J. Burns Columbus Green Camp Township Union County McIlvaine Follett Eighth Ward Sheiff Weber Jacob Cain Hamilton County Butterworth Young Frank Hurd Toledo Ritchie Hurd Colummbts John G. Thompson NASA Republican Committee Fifth Ward Townsend Lang Edgar K. Apgar Associated Press W. Armstrong National State Committee Cleveland New Lexington Perry County Saltick Pike Monroe Jackson A. &B. Curtis Cuyahoga Falls W. H. English Ewardsville E. F. Madden

Republicans Claim Big Ohio Victory in 10th District Race

Early despatches from Columbus and Cincinnati report James B. Rice winning the Ohio Tenth District seat. Republican gains across the state are forecast with estimates of 15 of 20 Congressmen elected and a statewide plurality near 20,000. Cincinnati and Toledo results show tightening margins for Democrats and a strong GOP lead in Lucas and Hamilton counties.

Columbus Adams County Allen Ashland Ashtabula Athens Anglaise Belmont Brown Butler Hamilton Carroll Champaign Urbana Clark Springfield Clermont Clinton Columbiana Cochceton Crawford Cuyahoga Republicaun Darke Defiance Delaware Erie Sandusky Fockfield Lancaster City Fayette Franklin Fulton Gallia Gallipolis Republieim Geazna Greene Xenia City Guernsey Cambridg City Cincinnati Hancock Herdin Kenton City Republics Harrison Henry Highland Hocking Holmes Huron Jackson Jefferson Knox Mt. Vernon Lake Lawrence Ironton City Licking City of Newark Logan Loiine Lucas Toledo Madison Mahoning Youngstown Mahon Medina Meigs Pomeroy Mercer Miami Montgomery Morgan Muskingum Ottawa Paulding Perry Circleville City Portage Preble Richland Mansfield City Ross Tremont Scioto Seneca Tiffin City Shelby Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union van Wert Vinton Warren Washington Marietta Wayne Wooster Williams CotmpBos Nash James B. Rice Congress CoLlumBus Gen. Nash Republican State Committee Butterworth Young Morey Shultz Ritchie Keifer Robinson Rice Neal Dawes Updegraff McKinley McClure Taylor Townsend Ohio

The Late Democratic by Mhbout the Usual Majority

Returns from several precincts in Wheeling indicate Republicans have gained and a larger state vote is expected. Parkersburg dispatch reports Sturgess carries Wood county by 200, with Pisgah precinct listing a ten vote majority for Sturgess.

Jackson Pisgah Sturgess

Presidential race tight as Ohio Indiana returns favor Garfield

The Herald notes the presidency may hinge on Ohio and Indiana where Republican gains suggest a decisive shift. The Tribune predicts Garfield victory, Indiana and Ohio returns bolster GOP strength while the Times denies a Democratic tidal wave, implying a continued Republican lead nationwide.

Returns show Garfield party leads in Ohio as returns trickle in

The New York Sun reports probable Republican victory in Ohio with Indiana results uncertain. Early returns from larger Republican cities suggest GOP gain while Democratic-majority counties delay. Madison Square crowd watches updates, hoping for Ohio and Indiana outcomes as midnight nears.

New York the Sun Garfield Ohio Indiana Madison Square Hamilton Columbus Supreme Judge S. W. Dorsey Herald Delaware County Adams County Decatur County Tippecanoe

Letting Them Down Easy Indiana 1876 Indiana election critique

An 1876 Hartford Times analysis accuses Republican papers of misreporting Indiana results to favor the party. It cites Hartford Courant despatches from Oct 11 to Oct 18 and notes the actual governor and congressional outcomes diverged from early claims, portraying a pattern of falsified figures for party advantage.

Hartford Times Indiana Associated Press Maine Hancock Landers Hartford Courant Courant The Williams

Destruction of the Academy of Music in Chicago

Fire at the Academy of Music on Halstead Street Chicago destroys the interior in about fifteen minutes with walls standing. Fire Marshal Williams badly injured. Theodore Bernhardt severely burned and injured with internal damage. several firemen injured. one man John Nichols fatally injured. roof collapse injures Assistant Fire Marshal Petrie and others. Damages estimated near twenty thousand dollars. additional fire at Skinner & Co knitting mill in Stillwater, Troy, with losses around thirteen thousand.

Chicago Academy of Music West Side Halstead Street Wear Madison Elingwe Williams Theodore Bernhardt Ireman W. Dauker Hook and Ladler Company Lieut. Palmer W. E. Emmet Troy N. Y Skinner & Co Stillwater

Mining Disaster at Albion Mines Feeds Ten Dead and Missing

At Albion Mines Nova Scotia water burst from the Rye mine pit trapping workers. James Fraser underground manager and Con way died, five bodies recovered including Fraser and Bourne. Six men remained missing or found alive. Hugh McKelvie and Mike Benoit survived badly bruised. The accident arose from tunneling near the old Fire pit.

Plelearton U.S Ford Albion Rye James Fraser Conway Fraser Bourne Ilias Hugh McKelvie Mike Benoit James Conway Charles Bourne James W. Fraser Charles Lycon

Grant’s misstatement on Hancock reexamined by records

Washington October 12 1864 A corrected reading of the Democratic Convention ballot shows only one ballot cast with McClellan receiving 174 votes Seymour 38 Horatio Seymour 12 and O Conor 4 blank. When revised the vote stood McClellan 2024 Seymour 284 Hancock’s name not mentioned as a candidate.

Washington Gen. Grant Hancock Grant McClellan Thomas H. Seymour Horatio Seymour Charles O’conor MccClellan

Sesqui Centenary Parade Draws Largest Baltimore Crowd

The Sesqui-Centennial celebration continues with Knights Templar Royal Arch and Blue Lodge Masons in force. Visiting commanderies join a long procession of public school children, likely the city’s biggest ever, though rain threatened earlier.

Baltimore Knights of Templar Royal Arch Blue Lodge Masons Knights Templar

Oil Pipeline Breaks Linked to Tug Dragging Guards Say

Elizabethport New Jersey October 12 guards of the Standard Oil Company report the oil pipe laid across New York Bay and Hackensack River was broken in several pieces by tugs dragging anchors. The line contained no oil due to a court injunction prohibiting oil use of the pipes.

Elizabethport N. J Standard O Company New York Bay Hackensack River Ol Company Pennsylvania Railroad Oil Company

Murder Reported Near Weldon In Northampton County

Information from Weldon North Carolina reports a cold blooded double murder incident in Northampton County. Harris aged 14 and James Ingham aged 19, both Black, were cutting light wood when quarrel sparked violence. Harris threw an axe at Ingham, missing at first, then Harris’s axe struck Ingham on the head killing him instantly. Harris has been arrested.

Weldon N. C Northampton County Harris James Ingham Ingham

Catholic Fair Opens in Newburyport Hall

The formal opening of the Catholic Fair began in the new hall at the parochial school. Addresses were delivered by Rev Fathers Teeling of Newburyport Gilmore of Lawrence Delahanty of Boston Mayor Currier and County Commissioner Colby among others.

Newburyport Mass Fathers Teeling Gilmore Lawrence Delahanty Boston Currier Colby

Duel of Dulcigno Surrender Stirs European Powers

London reports the Porte's note to Constantinople ambassadors announces Dulcigno's surrender to Montenegro and outlines hopes for a pause by the Powers. The Times urges restraint while preserving claims, while notes from Paris Vienna Berlin discuss potential recalls, Albanian subversion fears, and a secret Ottoman mission.

London Constantinople Duicigno Montenegro the Times Dulcigao Europe Turkey Germany France Gulf of Smyrna England Duteraman Duligne Standard Paris Constans Dulcigno Castel Nuovo Riza Pasha

Aggressive Movement Toward Abyssinia by Egypt

Dispatches report plans by an Egyptian official to annex the Damkl coast and block Abyssinia by sea, detailing costs and a suppression commission based at Assioot. Other items note Ireland military preparations, mediation offers in Chile and Peru, cricket tours, and a murder arrest connected to Lord Mountmorres.

London Col. Gordon Gordon Pasha Red Sea China Europe British Anti-Slavery Society Massawah Damkl Guardafui Egypt Abyssinia Mgeyptian Commission Assioot United States Immigration Commiss

Treasury Bonds Issued for Board of Audit Certificates

The Treasury received from Columbian Bank Note Co an installment of 50365 worth of bonds to cover Board of Audit certificates. It will issue $50 or $590 denominations. A Treasury clerk is employed. Gen Longstreet meets with Judge Maynard, sails to take post in Turkey. Supreme Court arguments heard in Florida Central Railroad case. Ute Indians to receive 7000 for ceding their reservation.

Supreme Judicial Court Henry Meimtosh Boston Suffolk Boston Post Wenry A. Clapp Washington United States Columbian Bank Note Company Board of Audit Treasury Contel Fannie Hayes Treasury Department Indiana Longstreet Turkey Judge Maynard Post Office Department New York Yommon Massachusetts Hiram Powers Florence Kingdom of Italy Elizabeth Gibson Powers Saic Eastern Railroad Eastern Railroad Company Old Colony Railroad Company Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company Vermont Central and Canada Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Nathaniel Thayer Joan W. McKin Esquire Elijah Georue Register

Danforth Descendants Hold Second Reunion in Lowell

The second Danforth descendants reunion met in Jackson Hall Lowell on October 12 with about seventy five attendees. Hon. C. P. Danforth presided and opened with a address. Col. C. C. Danforth read a poem. Officers were re elected and a two year work plan outlined.

Lowell Mesy Nicholas Danforth Jackson Hall C.P. Danforth Nashua N. H Col C. C. Danforth Concord W. H Committee On Constitution W.S. Danforth Plymwoutad Cirealors H. A. Hagen Billenca Hmdward Danforth Curtis Andover Joseph Wintec Williamstone Mass Levi Danforth Esposin Danforth Cambridge G. F. Danforth New York Joseph L. Danforth Louisville

Spanish mail steamer brings million to Cuban treasury

The Havana report notes the Spanish mail steamer delivered $1,000,000 to the Cuban treasury. It also states many Chinese are leaving the island under allegedly New Orleans made contracts to work on Louisiana plantations, though not an actual exodus. Sugar crop prospects remain excellent but harvest is somewhat late.

Havana Island New Orleans Louisiana

Cox Renominated by Democrats and German Independent Citizens

S. S. Cox received re nomination for Congress from the Democrats of the Sixth District and from the German Independent Citizens' organization in New York.

New York S. S. Cox Congress Democrats Sixth Independent Citizens’ Organization Adirondack Newcastle England Hiram H. Cody Ulinois

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