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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1880

Page

2

Democrats Optimistic Over Hancock Victory In East

Special correspondence from New York reports a brighter Democratic outlook with Hancock English favored by 25 000 to 35 000 in Connecticut and optimism spreading to Indiana New Jersey Pennsylvania and Florida amid accusations of Republican intimidation and fraud schemes including repeaters and forged pamphlets complicating the race across multiple states.

Boston Post New York Utica Horatio Seymour Hancock Gen. McClellan Seymour English Connecticut James E. English Tilden Garfield South Indiana McCorkle California New Jersey Pennsylvania Jewell Graffield Florida Republican National Committee Barnum Virginia North Carolina Davenport Tallahassee Jacksonville

Document Genuine Evidence Morey Not a Myth

The fragment asserts that genuine evidence exists showing Morey is not mythical and that the Employers’ Union remains in existence. It notes ongoing confirmation from organizational records and public notices supporting the union’s continued activity.

Morey

Republican fundraiser appeal from New York reflects 1880 campaign

State Republican Committee in New York requests a forty dollar contribution by Oct 20 to support the presidential campaign. Letter of acceptance from Democratic mayoral candidate William R Grace highlights support for public schools and prudent public spending. Portland campaign rally features Plaisted and Conkling allies endorsing fusion and tariff positions.

State OF New York Republican State Committee Fifth Avenue Hotel New York New York State John N. Knapp Vergee Edward M. Johnson Hns Portland City Hall Plaisted Grant Conkling Murch Gen. Anderson

Reasons Why the Masses will Vote for Jones Rather than Bell

A campaign card argues Jones appeals to broad voters while Bell faces criticism for specific policy gaps. The piece highlights leadership qualities, economic plans, and public support signals to frame Jones as the stronger choice in a contested race.

Jones Bell

End of Western Railroad War Terms of Compromise

After a three day session the Wabash St Louis and Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Missouri Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe representatives settle freight and passenger earnings shares. Wabash gains 25 percent on Chicago and Southwestern passenger travel with others sharing remaining earnings by arbitration. Track extension dispute is resolved. In Columbia a Greenville Railroad sale closes with transfer of property to buyers for 2.3936 million dollars.

New York Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Wabash Chicago and Alton St. Louis

New Hampshire Campaign Heats Up as Dems Look for Victory

Special Correspondence from Concord reports Democrats rally to Hancock and Jones amid labor opposition to Republican bosses. It notes Garrfield labor letter impact, notes bids by Republicans to bulldoze workers, and outlines strong Democratic momentum in Merrimac County with mass meetings planned statewide.

Boston Post Concord N. H New Hampshire Ohio Indiana Soldier Statesman Merrimac Republican Party Garfield Conkling Hancock and Jones Manchester Fan Charles H. Bell Frank Jones Bell Prescott United States Senate Jones Beil Granite State Chandler, Rollins and Ordway Custom House Internal Revenue Service Navy Yard Maine New York Pennsylvania Blaine Cameron Wadleigh Jacob H. Ela Washington Harmpshire Grant Robeson J. W. Patterson United States Credit Mobilier Maron Gov. Ordway Dakota Old Dakota E.S. Nutter William Yeaton Pittsfield Hancock and Greenback Democratic State Central Committee

Night of Violence in New York House Ends in Shootings

In New York early this morning the Star and Garter on Sixth Avenue hosted a brutal ruckus. Thomas McCormick, injured in a previous attack, and Edward Lyons confronted proprietor Hamilton Brock. Lyons drew a pistol but failed to fire. Brock escaped to the basement, then Lyons threatened to kill Brock. Brock shot Lyons, inflicting two wounds before police arrested Brock on the top floor. Lyons was taken to New York Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Breck was later held on $1,000 bail. Lyons used the alias George E. Lenning, husband of shoplifter Sophia Lyons. Other items include perjury charges against Sylvester Ellsworth and political incidents in Brooklyn.

New York Thomas McCormick Sixth Avenue Lyons Brock Boston New York Hospital Breck George E. Lenning Sophia Lyons Sing Sing France Sylvester H. Ellsworth Herkimer County N. Y Wall Street John F. Moffett Watertown Ellsworth Anderson & Co Warren Court of Gev. Grant Gen. Warren Battle of Five Forks Gen. Grant Sheridan Meade Warren Grant James Hayes Philadelphia East River Commissioners of Charity and Correction Greenback Socialistic Labor Parties Brooklyn Matthew Maguire Congress Kings County John Gans Philip Barber Washington Street

Fire at Union Straw Works injures building and delays

Fire at the West Branch Union Straw Works in Foxboro Massachusetts spread from a water closet to the entire end of the building. Fire was contained after tires arrived but upper floors require full rebuilding. Loss about 2000 with 22000 insured. origin incendiary. Six fires in town in three months.

Foxboro Mass Union Straw Works Main Street Home New York Liverpool London and Globe North British and Mercantile German American Hartford Phenix and Alma Philadelphia Canal Street Girard Avenue Alexander McConnell & Co Guardian Continental Hanover Howard Phenix Lancashire Milwaukee Mechanics Hoffman Tradesmen’s of la Caisse Paris Dixon, Roberts & Co Adina Security of Connecticut National of New York London Assurance Meriden Springfield Alexander McConnell Morocco Dresser German American of Republic of New York National of Hartford Orient of Hartford Home of New York City Queen Boston Manufacturers’ of Merchants Providence Equitable Northern Washington Ernst Gabler West Twenty-second Street Gabler Shay Cincinnati Ohio Lemuel Boggs Ellwood Norway M. T. Locke Milton Plantation New Hampshire San Francisco Victoria Quesnelle Forks

Indian outbreak feared near Gunnison and horse thefts reported

Courier from Cebolia fifteen miles below reports many Indians in the area running off horses including fifty belonging to Gunnison postmaster Hartman. Private letter from Powder Horn Postmaster Hotchkiss warns an outbreak is inevitable. Authorities request Gov. Pitkin to send 150 stand of arms and 10,000 rounds. Agent Berry said to be in Denver with Sheriff Yule’s deputy en route.

Denver Col Republican Gunnison City Cebolia Hartman Gunnison Hotchkiss Powder Horn Pitkin Agent Berry Yule

Peru to send envoys to peace talks with Chile and Colombia

Ignacio Garcia says Peru accepts US mediation after Chile agreement and names Antonio Arenero and Aurelio Garcia y Garcia to represent Peru. Panama reports Colombia and Chile signed an arbitration compact inviting other American nations. Panama hosts meeting by year end or early next year. Nicaragua envoy Maximo Jerez arrives. rumors of Honduras trouble have ceased.

Uncle Sum Chile Peru New York Ignacio Garcia Panama Kingston United States Chili Senor Antonio Arenero American Congress of Jurists Council of State Aurelio Garcia Y Garcia Japan Porgenier Carthagena Colombia America Maximo Jerez Extraordi Nicatragua Washington Salvador Honduras

Land League Leaders to Face Conspiracy Prosecution in Ireland

Dublin reports show Chief Secretary Forster swore information charging prominent Land League members with conspiracy. Prosecution targets include Charles Stewart Parnell Joseph Biggar Arthur O Connor J J O Kelly and others. Possible change of venue to an English jury amid troop redeployments and Galway meeting protests. Parnell denounces English rule and calls for Irish autonomy.

Dublin Forster Ireland The Land League Charles Stewart Parnell Joseph Biggar Arthur O’connor J. J. O'Kelly Alexander O’sullivan M. P Mr. Egan Brennan Messrs. Jones Redpath Kettle England Connaught Munster Great Land League Galway Parnell O’connor South Carolina

Contradictory reports on Ottoman sitution and European affairs

London dispatches report heightened pressure on the Sultan of Turkey over Dulcigno with British ambassador Goschen threatening a fleet off Smyrna if promises are not kept. Other items note floods near Cherbourg, 10000 Ottoman troops to Adrianople, political meetings in France, and fundraising for elections.

London Goschen Smyrna Germany Austria France Dulcigno Riza Pasha Montenegro Dubcignac

Census Returns Show Western Massachusetts Population

Census figures from Berkshire Franklin Hampshire and Hampden counties plus major towns reveal populations and native foreign white colored totals. The report notes Springfield Holyoke Pittsfield Northampton Chicopee North Adams Westfield and others with counts and demographic splits.

Washington, D. C Census Bureau Massachusetts Berkshire County Franklin County Hampshire County Hampden County Springfield Holyoke Pittsfield Northampton Chicopee North Adams Westfield Palmer Montague Ware Great Barrington Amherst East Hampton West Springfield State Department Lowell England Great Britain

Italians Still Unpaid and Irritable at Sandwich

In Sandwich on October 238 the Italian workers await train arrivals for wages but none come, leaving them disheartened. Officials keep police ready as the town weighs transporting the Italians to New York if no settlement by Monday. Most have paid their own fare, with only the sick staying. Driesbach suspects Skillman was duped by Fisher and others and has telegraphed him.

Gen. Garfield A. A. Mower Lynn Mower Brothers, Shoe Manufacturers Morey William Nash Reynolds Brothers Morgan & Dore Mr. Nash Crispins Employers’ Union Garfield Kansas IF. M. Stringfield Washington Topeka St. Juhn Ius Dr. Stringfield Marshall Portsmouth National Democratic Committee Virginia Hancock Norfolk Portland Benjamin Bunker S. A. Berry Greenback Committee George W. Worster N. J Gen. Hancock Detroit Moses W. Field Michigan Greenback Party Watertown Onglish Henry H. Babcock Empire State Iva New York City Laconia N. H Hankcock Hartford Times Garlieia The Cincinnati Enquirer Indiana Germantown Philadelphia New York World Western Union Telegraph Company Utica Observer Grant Congress Democratic Congress Wallace Democratic Congressional Committee San Francisco Workingmen Enos Gen. Rosecrans Walling New York Sandwich Mr. Driesbach Skillman Fisher Abram J. Skillman Driesbach & Skillman A. G. Fisher Cape Cod Goddard Snow E. C. Carrigan

A Word to Men of My Own Station in Life

A Boston Post letter to workingmen urges reflection before voting in the coming election. The author warns that supporting the Republican party risks maintaining a power structure that could lead to monarchy and loss of liberty, urging voters to defend republican freedoms or face degradation. The writer signs as a plain working man and rejects imperial rule.

THE BosTon Post Massachusetts New England Republican Party U.S. Grant Boston American Republic Republic

Various 19th Century News Tidbits Across London and America

A collage of brief items notes missionary plans in Great Britain and a protest against dyed hair. It mentions a Cincinnati bishop’s prohibition, Salvation Army missteps, a Byron discovery, and a strange Omaha bridal tour case. Also covered are Dead Lake California legends, a Pittsburg theater shadow hunt, coal dust fuel ventures, a St. Louis divorce with a dramatic plea, and biographical sketches of judges, Offenbach family ties, and the French guide C F Denecourt who mapped Fontainebleau forests for American visitors.

Great Britain Bishop Elder Cincinnati Haskell Salvation Army Mayfield Paducah Pearson Pall Mall London Lord Byron Omaha Dead Lake California Pittsburg RE. F. Loiseau Philadelphia Loiseau Eugene Ellen Gregory St. Louis Gregory John David Fitzgerald Canaan College of Oscott Mme. Offenbach Mr. Mitchell Bayonne Offenbach Scoffer C. F. Denecourt Sylvanus Fontainebleau Napoleon

Multiple Mass incidents and maritime arrivals reported

Reports from New England describe a Friday stabbing in Wareham in which Dennis Hurley stabbed John Malley in the face while intoxicated. A 16 year old, John Goulding, was killed near Worcester when thrown from a wagon Sunday night. Gloucester saw six fishing arrivals from Grand Bank area with 200000 pounds cod and 95000 pounds halibut in two days. Lydia Maria Child’s funeral at Wayland was held privately at her request. Bangor’s Llewellyn Emerson died crushed in the woods and was buried Saturday night at about age 45. Saco cigar maker Joseph Sidell reported a missing coat worth 45 pounds at home, with no fuss about the incident expected to follow.

Wareham Mass Dennis Hurley John Malley John Goulding Worcester Gloucester Grand An Ban Quero Banks Wayland Lydia Maria Child Llewellyn Emerson Bangor Joseph Sidell Saco Pembroke Warren Langmore Charles Trager Fall River Georgiana Martin John Martin James Wilson Charles Burdock Boston James Steele House of Correction South Framingham Hiram Bellows St. Albans St. Luke’s Church Haverhill N. H Robert W. Laird Connecticut and Passumpsie River Royal W. Carr Murcommack Montpelier Supreme Court Nathaniel Blair Windsor James Carroll Webster Providence and Worcester Railroad Woonsocket R. L Providence Rhode Island Hospital Portsmouth Dr. Dearborn Bridget Carney Mary A. Miller McGowan Lowell Miller Carney Middletown Conn Little Horace Haven Harvey P. Andrews Willie Smith New York Hartford Smith Allyn House Pame Ome Higogs Fogis

Multiple Executions and Murders Reported Across Regions

Henry Williams hanged in Newton North Carolina for murder of farrison Kinder. Elias Simpkins Pittsfield chief of police shot dead by Elliott Baker. Robert Sutton convicted of murder in Paris Texas. James Clare killed by cattle trough collapse near Peticodahe New Brunswick. Cybele steamship investigation clears Capt Clotworthy. James Fox crushed on pilot boat Richard Simonds at St John New Brunswick. Construction train kills a cow near New Grand Chain Illinois. Lewis Washington killed, five injured. Jos Hart murdered near Rio Grande City Texas. Continental military telegraph line completed from Dakota to Dayton Washington Territory. Samuel Hawthorn found guilty for killing Lemuel McGee. verdict life imprisonment. jurors were all colored.

Henry Willams Newton N. C Elias Simpkins Pittsfield Elliott Baker Robert Sutton Paris Texas James Clare Peticodahe N. B Quebec Cybele Clotworthy James Fox Richard Simonds St. John New Grand Chain Lil Lewis Washington Jos. Hart Rio Grande City Signal Service Dakota Dayton Washington Territory Rocky Mountains Sohon Pass

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