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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1882

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Maine reform school charges under scrutiny by investigation panel

Gov Plaisted’s accusations against the reform school management draw damning testimony as a key inquiry proceeds. A Bangor clergyman laments a 14 word sentence stolen for a New York Herald article, while grass on Boston common shines and Georgia farming credit draws critique of systemic mortgage interest.

Bangor New York Herald

Cheshire Republicans Rally Against Hale in Keen Campaign

Special Despatch to the Boston Post. In Keene New Hampshire Cheshire county Republicans opposed to Samuel W. Hale gathered in city hall for a massive meeting. Gen. Griffin presided and denounced ring rule and corruption while urging unity with independents to defeat the machine. Ex Senator Wadleigh spoke amid loud applause.

Keene Gen. Griffin Wadleigh Boston Post Keene, N. H City Hall Cheshire County Samuel W. Hale Republican Party United States New York Conkling Jay Gould Folger Pennsylvania Camerons New Hampshire William E. Chandler Navy Department Hale Angel Gabriel Edgerly Griffin

Morse Accepts Regular Democratic Nomination for Fifth District

Leopold Morse has accepted the regular Democratic nomination for congress in the fifth district and has replied to a request from many representative Republicans in the district to permit use of his name. The correspondence is printed here with dates and signatures.

Leopold Morse Boston

Butler Moves to Advance Oil Patent Case Before Supreme Court

Gen B F Butler submitted in the US Supreme Court a motion to advance docket No 1027 Peter Schreiter appellant vs Walter B Roberts et al from the circuit court of the western district of Pennsylvania. The case concerns the validity of certain letters patent on producing oil wells by torpedo explosions and will affect over 6000 pending suits in Pennsylvania and New York. An unusually large amount of second class mail matter totaling 444 tons was mailed from Boston on Sept 30. No explanation was given for the rise. Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees face another assessment if they do not vote in their state.

Massachusetts Personal Liberty League Springfield Union Personal Liberty League of Massachusetts Republican Party Springfield League Union Wadleigh Gradam Cheshire New England Burner Army of the Union Hamlet United States Navy Citzen O. C. Moore James G. Birney John P. Hale Aem Credit Mobilier District of Columbia Secretary of the Navy Public Service Republican National Committee Boss Tweed M Cy Commonwealth Washington United States Tanage Hale Mr. Hale Mr. Moore Moore Concord Currier New Hampshire Havin National Treasury Congress Boss Shepherd Pennsylvania Avenue Trampshire Chandler Issi Ppcope Gulf Sy Lee Manchester Keene War Eagle Tremont Boston Mr. Currier Monitor Thomas P. Cheney Cheney Brady Star Route Fame Wash Constantinople Reuel Durkee Phy Chandler Durkee Portsmouth Navy Monitor’ Newspaper Corporation Ndler Jenks Mr. Chandler Arthur Blaine Amegilau Daniel Webster Webster New York Colorado Army of the Republican Party In Nations Rollins Jay Gould John Roach Navy Department Senate Senate of the United States Mr. Edgerly Edgerly Granite State Mr. Hinle Ain Independent Blaine, Chandler & Co Holy Temple William E.chandler Griffin Stevens Marston Prescott Thaye Milford Thermopyle Monadnock True Boston Post Coxcorp N. H America William E. Chandler Cuartier Tallapoosa Col A. H. Young Dover Howard Pierce Republican State Committee Tom Cheney Boutelle Maine Charles FH. Burns Wilton Courtney Rew Lee John Kenny Brooklyn John Leonard Maj R. W. Pitkin Mexican and Oriental Railway Chihuahua Emanuel Levi Petersburg Coburg Ont E. N. Wells Alfred Dunkle Geneseo Kewanee J. L. Scott Adam Hope & Co Hamilton Montreal Hi. B. Heydecker New York City Trinity College American Institute of Architects Cincinnati Col. Nichols Alfred Stone Providence G. C. Mason Newport R. I Jackson Mass Dunston Chicago Tallahalla Creek Marion County Mississippi Panama Saratoga Bogota Atlantic Colombia New Orleans Baltimore Yerkes Paris Philadelphia Academy Klingbite Stillwater Minn Butler Province House Washington Street Simon Bradstreet Benjamin F. Butler Brown John B. Wright Thomas W. Clark Transers Gen. Butler Bishop B. F. Butler Col. Clark M. L. Graffan Npe Henry A. Walker Post Building Milk Street R. W. Elwell South Boston Lynn Hallett City of Charles R. Mansfield Horace F. Gordon John W. Finley Horace F. Lewis George H. Rich Charles W. Babb D. Ward John H. McKenney Thomas F. Pedrick Horace E. Monroe Benjamin M. Breed William A. Buckley Henry W. Mansfield Thomas Shillington Wesleyan Amos Cummings Essex George FE. Lewis Peabody Woodman Salisbury Lovejoy Danvers Middlesex J. H. Roberts Cambridge Worcester Benjamin Snow Fitchburg Norfolk Henri Batchelder Westedway Hampshire C. B. Phelps Southampton Franklin Joel Stearns Orange North Berkshire George W. Smith Pittsfield Pemberton Square Bacon Hall Somerville J. 8. Myers Ohio A. E. Pillsbury, Esq Albert Pahner L. Foster Morse J. A. L. Whittier Stoughton Second Essex Salem Newburyport John P. Coombs Thomas C. Simpson Isaac F. B. Perry Rochester Plymouth E. H. Brainard Alonzo Warren H. W. Wilson James A. MccGnough Suffolk Annie Jenness West Newton C. ©. Burr Thomas Weston Charles Robinson, Jr G. H. Woodman Hoar Henry Cabot Lodge Lynn Coliseum Sixth Congressional District Henry B. Lovering City Hotel Chelsea Henry A. Cheever Samuel C. Hunt Charlestown Benj. T. Livingston Winchester Lawrence General Court Dennis Gilmartin Michael Rinn Dennis A.sullivan Poem F. Dolan John Ogilvie Michael F. Sollins Hingham Agricultural Hall Civil Service Reform Association Starkes Whiton Joseph Osgood Cohasset Leypley Josiah M. Lane James E. Thomas Frederick M. Hersey William I. Nichols Luther J. B. Lincoln Henry Stephenson Josiah Quincy, Jr F. A. Claflin William Everett Newton M. Curtis United States Supreme Court Edwin B. Smith Solicitor General Mr. Smith Secretary of the Treasury Court of Claims Smith Justice Miller Supreme Court Peter Schreiter Walter B. Roberts Circuit Court of the United States District of Pennsylvania Roberts Ilinois Iowa Michigan Wisconsin A. B. Mullett The Treasury St. Louis Bayne Fall Foote Shaw Payne Snell Bureau of Engraving and Printing Loynes Egypt Khartoum Arabi Asha’f Arabi Pasha Ahmed Essad Sheikh Ul Asim Broadley

Fires in Boston Area From Early Morning Alarms

In Boston and vicinity, box 415 alarm at 2:23 A M for a fire in the Eastern railroad coal shed at East Cambridge due to spontaneous combustion with slight damage. At 2:30 A M a fire in the Clarendon exchange hotel at Nantasket Beach, owned by Charles K Marston, destroyed the building and spread to the Wayside cafe owned by Stephen L Rice. Vine cafe saved with difficulty. approx. $5,000 loss covered by insurance. Additional blazes reported: box 21 Somerville at 7:30 P M for Patrick Murphy dwelling from overturned kerosene lamp with trifling damage. Box 5 at 6:28 P M for fire on third floor of Lancaster and Causeway streets building, owned by T B West and occupied by A L Cooley as a furniture manufactory. fire from bales of jute and a heated picker. about $150 damage. Engine Company No 26 extinguished a small fire at 3:30 P M without an alarm in Martin Walke storefront at No 19 Winter Street. trifling damage.

Boston Eastern Railroad East Cambridge Clarendon Exchange Charles K. Marston Nantasket Beach Stephen L. Rice Vine Somerville Patrick Murphy Medford South Streets Lancaster and Causeway Streets T. 8 West Oceirg A. L. Cooley Engine Company Martin Walke Winter Street

Fireworks Park Disaster Fatalities Reach Seven

Philadelphia report states deaths from fireworks carnival after iron stars burst in a mortar injuring seven, plus one death from heart disease triggered by the alarm. Names include Mary Ann Coakley and James Canning among the deceased, with several children among the victims.

Philadelphia Mary Ann Coakley James Canning Isabella Scudder Howard Scudder Ulysses Thomas Willian Snimmers

Accident and Crime Report From New England Mills

Mrs Fannie Smith suffered bruises and shock after an elevator incident at J Hinchells shoe factory in Haverhill on Wednesday. Frank Porter was arrested in Newburyport for stealing a horse and wagon in Peabody last week and sold the property to Rowley parties. Thomas Mann and Edward Dunn, two boys, were scalded at Fall River bleachery when a valve released boiling water into a kier during work on Wednesday.

Fannie Smith J. Hinchell Haverhill Frank Porter Newburport Peabody Rowley Thomas Mann Edward Dunn Fall River

Hopkinsville Fire Destroys Major City Blocks

Nashville report says Hopkinsville Kentucky is burning with principal hotel bank and opera house among covoyees and large blocks of buildings in danger.

Nashville Tenn Hopkinsville

A Message from Mr Egan and Mixed Paris Reports

A Mr Egan message to the U S Irish National Land League president notes only traveling expenses were paid to MPs, with £1600 covering most travel costs. Sexton’s salary cited as £300 yearly from the land league fund. Paris dispatches report an international association seeking property destruction, with Genoa as HQ and links to Russian nihilists. Fort George orders troops for Skye service disruptions. Hamilton coal masters raise colliers’ wages in November.

Egan United Ireland Irish National Land League United States Messrs Parnell and Dillon America Louden Freeman’s Journal Sexton Fand League Fund Paris Eserty Genoa Switzerland Fort George Scotland Skye Hamilton Parnell McCarthy, Sexton and Healy Gray Cairo FBI Khartoum House of Commons Lewson EB. Dwyer Gray Paris Telegraphe M. de Lesseps Europe Suez Canal Marseilles St. Etienne Crewzot

Inquest Finds Mrs Hanley Died By Stabbing On Mth Inst

New York reports an inquest into the death of Mrs Mary Hanley wife of a police officer from a stab wound inflicted by Louis Dubourique on Fourteenth Street. The jury noted earlier charges against the assailant and Dubourique was committed to the Tombs. Emily Lucy Laurent declared sane and released from Blackwell’s Island asylum after a commission determination. Marie Prescott’s actress’s case spurs warrant for Ernest Harrier on criminal libel theft and perjury. Delegates from 11 stationary engineers societies organize a national association with officers named. Harlem tunnel disaster leads to indictments against Rawson and Reod.

New Yor Mary Hanley Louis Dubourique Fourteenth Street Mth Dubourique Emily Lucy Laurent Blackwell Siani Supreme Court Miss Laurent Brooklyn Marie Prescott Ernest Harrier American News Company Harrier Wilmington Del Rochester N. Y Lynn Mass St. Louis Henry D. Cozzens Providence George M. Barker Boston A. M. Davy Detroit J. G. Beckerley Chicago Rawson Reod New Haven Harlem Tunnel

World checker title match ends in draws at Early house

The world championship match between Charles Barker and James Willie resumed at the Early house on Lagrange Street. Two games were drawn on Wednesday afternoon, including a Glasgow game won by Barker that lasted an hour and a half. A Bristol game opened by Willie lasted an hour. Evening play produced another two hour and 25 minute draw opened by Barker in a Glasgow game, marking six of fifty games drawn and one won by Parker.

Checkers Charles ¥. Barker James Willie Lagrange Street Glasgow Barker Bristol Willie Parker

Government commission to examine Charlestown Navy Yard sale

A government commission from Washington will investigate the Charlestown Navy Yard to decide if it should be sold. The panel includes Commodore B. Luce, Chief Engineer C. Loring, and Hon. A. B. Mullett. Commodore Badger returns from three weeks leave.

Navy Yard Charlestown Washington 8. B Luce C. . Loring A. B. Mullett Badger

Tammany, Citizens Nominates Allan Campbell Slate

New York voters saw the anti Kelly Tammany county convention back the citizens ticket led by Allan Campbell without changes. The Republican convention endorsed the citizens committee nominees except William A. Butler for county clerk, with John J. O'Brien chosen after a long debate.

New York Citizens Allan Campbell Citizens Committee William A. Butler John J. O’brien

Night Score Report From New York Duelists

The midnight and early morning tallies list Rowell Hazael Hughes Fitzgerald Noremac Hart Herty Vint among others with scores shifting between 341 and 344. At one thirty A M the entries include M4 Rowell 344 Hazael 343 Fitzgerald 337 Novemac 332 Hart 335 and Vint 285.

New York L! P.M Rowell Hazael Hughes Fitzgerald Noremac Hart Herty Vint Midnight Novemac Erty

City Council Election Narrowly Split by Party in Baltimore

Baltimore voters chose 17 democratic and 3 republican wards in the first branch council election. Democrats captured 24,495 votes to 18,444 for the opposition, leaving the former council previously all democratic.

Baltimore

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