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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1880
Page
2
A Bangor Herald special cites evidence from Swan Harriman and Gove on winter bribery allegations. It notes Gove's switch may increase weight of testimony and urges deeper scrutiny of corruption across state departments and press responses.
The article notes Prohibitionists actively electing delegates as a sign of determination while criticizing Republican politicians in the state and Maine. It cites Gov. Long’s prior statements and accuses dominant Republicans of avoiding an honest stance on Prohibition.
The report notes Judge Peters of the Supreme Court among attendees at Capt Beutelle’s Bangor gathering. It suggests reactions to high officials at torch light processions and mentions Peters’ potential remand to ranks if Davis is elected, while recalling last winter’s events.
Announcement cites a circular linked to Howgate’s bid to head the Signal Service. The officer argues the move protects the service’s interests and warns against appointing an outsider, a claim presented as prudent rather than malicious.
San Francisco closing prices from a mining and brokerage page list numerous stocks and dealers. Highlights include Hillside, Beividere, Mexican, Best & Belcher, Martin White, Northern Belle, Consolidated Pacific, Raymond and Ely, and Crown Point with varied percentages and figures.
Delegates begin arriving for the New Hampshire Republican State Convention with strong support for Charles H. Bell as the likely governor nominee. Names discussed for railroad commissioners include James E. French Charles A. Smith and A A Cox with others also mentioned. The Republican state committee met in White's Opera House with speeches by prominent party figures and a full roster of convention officers announced.
LittLE Rock Sept 6 Democrats maintain usual lead across state and county races. Republicans claim Pulaski Sheriff win by W S Oliver but final counts await morning. Voters rejected the constitutional bonds amendment by about 2000 in the county and ran strong against it in Jefferson and Miller counties.
The piece analyzes Democratic unity for Hancock and House seats in New York and Maine. It recounts Nye's rebuff of bribery, praises party consolidation, and cites editorials from Philadelphia Times and Boston Herald on Democratic prospects and Republican mortgage foreclosures.
A Hampden Maine letter dated September 3 1880 urges a son of Maine in this city to return home to vote on the 13th with promise of reimbursed steamboat fare. The note reflects Blaine campaign efforts to mobilize Republican voters in Maine.
Philadelphia Times correspondence reports dwindling confidence at Republican headquarters over Indiana prospects. Wasteful spending in Alabama Maine Vermont and Indiana strains funds as Barnum’s visit sparks a fierce assault on Judge Porter. Republicans fear Ohio and Indiana losses could sink the ticket and election chances for Hancock.
New York dispatches report Emanuel Harsar alias Jacob Habick arrested in Germany on forgery charges tied to the Industrial Bank. He faces German legal action. Henry D. Morgan is held on $2,000 bail for customs fraud. Firebugs tried to burn a Harlem stable but were thwarted. Funeral services for Daniel Lindley were held in New York. Italian bandit Meli extradition proceedings advance. Elijah Alliger arraigned in Jefferson Market. Celtic brought £40,010 in gold from Europe. An Astoria florist, Thomas Langan, died by suicide after medical setback. An infant died from a rat bite in Pa. A new play, Woman’s Faith, impresses Albany audiences. The day saw high temperatures and heat-related sunstroke cases.
The Presidential party toured Salt Lake City and Fort Douglas with military honors, then took a special train to Ogden accompanied by a local reception committee and Mormon leaders. They praised Utah hospitality while city authorities stayed aloof, and planned westward travel after an exuberant public reception.
Secretary Evarts resumes post at the State Department in Washington. Rumors denying a suspension of Lt Howie are dismissed by Adjt Gen Drum. Gen Longstreet arrives as minister to Turkey and plans talks with Evarts. Swords proposes repatriating Gen Torbert remains. Commodore Jeffers and Secretary Thompson to decide tomorrow.
News specials from multiple Texas towns describe a murder in Navasota when Peoples was killed by Taliaferro after selling cotton. Taliaferro was captured near Independence. An Austin dispatch notes a drunken quarrel left Giles Benford dead by Louis Davidson, who was arrested. Coleman reports six prisoners overpowered guards and fled. 100 men pursued, four recaptured.
A Providence clergyman builds a granite desk shaped monument named The Silent Preacher. An open Bible is carved on top with Be ready the time is short inscribed. Side panels hold over 3200 letters of text and commentary. Cost about 7500 and to stand at Saratoga for summer visitors to read and reflect.
The Illinois State Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling in the Dunbar vs. Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad case and dismissed the suit. The railroad plans to extend tracks into the city toward Van Buren Street. In New York, Erie officials deny rumors of rate cuts by trunk lines.
Gen. Grant Col. Fred Grant and Gen. Rowley of Galena arrived in Madison to attend the State fair. They will be invited to a steamboat excursion and a reception at Col Vilas's home. On Wednesday they plan a trip to Devil's Lake before departing for Chicago.
A historical note outlines a confidential memorandum from Abeddin Pasha addressed to the Sultan. It signals court intrigue and high level political maneuvering within the Ottoman administration. The document emphasizes strategic considerations and clandestine communications at the royal center.
Gen Roberts reports from Candahar that all of Ayoob Khan's guns are recovered. Ayoob Khan fled to Khakrez, likely in Zemindawar today, with Hashim Khan and most Sirdars following. The August reconnaissance and September 1 battle caused 248 casualties, and prisoners say thirty-two field guns captured were all he had.
A Dulcigno despatch reports 3,500 Albanians encamped outside Dulcigno with numbers growing as Turkish forces spread recruits. Riza Pasha threatens peaceful transfer by the 12th while some wish immediate European action. Other items note Kuldja talks shifting to Pekin, Candahar annexation debates, and famine fears in India.
Wm. H. Greenwood former chief engineer of the Denver Railroad and surveyor for Palmer and Sullivan was murdered near Tlalnepantla eighteen miles from the capital. Reports deny renewed Vatican relations. Sinaloa rebels fortify between Concordia and Panuca. Tehuantepec revolt crushed. U S citizens in Mexico complain of Texas invasion rumors. Congress set to convene September 16.
In Buffalo on September 6 a three story building being torn down near the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad freight depot site collapsed at the east end. Four men were severely injured, with Henry Maloney trapped under debris and his left arm torn away. He suffered head and internal injuries and faces doubtful recovery.
Reports from Havana telegraph state the American steamer of 971 tons may have been lost in a cyclone on the ninth. Built in Wilmington in 1859, she traded cattle between Cuba and Honduras. Leaycroft & Co. act as agents. owners are London merchants. Captain Parke, a Honduran, sails with a mixed crew.
Reports from Gall's News Letter describe widespread ruin in Jamaica. Fletcher's Land and Uppark camp suffer extensive damage. Port Royal wharves collapse. Glengoffe and August Town see fatalities and near-total destruction of homes. Sugar works, coffee and provisions wiped out. churches, courts and battlements destroyed. entire districts left with no crops or livelihood.
Carlisle September 4 Special Despatch. F. E. Beltzhoover says a letter attributed to him criticizing pension passage is an infamous forgery. He states he was away and saw the text only that morning and sees no occasion or reason for such a letter.
Six crew members led by Charles Smith and survivor A K Owen arrived in Charleston and plan to sail to New York aboard the George W Clyde. The Vera Cruz captain remains presumed dead after the sinking. A postmaster reports Vera Cruz registered mail found on a local beach and being dispatched after drying.
Insurance totals from yesterday's fires reach 201000 with New York underground companies bearing 149000 and mobile locals 47700. Losses to property about 258000, insurance payouts 190800. Rebuilding planned. YT Willers moves valuables after no suspension. Other fires: Serinagar Cashmere destroys 150 houses. Princeton Maine burns house barn with child dead. tannery fire in Chicago causes 50000 loss. Brown's Tavern Jersey City losses 8000 to 9000 with no insurance. Hastings Farm in Lebanon New Hampshire burns, loss 2000 insured 400.
In Newport R I Sept 6 fans followed the hounds as Fearn quit before five miles forcing a referee decision that Boyton won. The brush went to Master Keene and the mask to Miss Bedlow.
In Richmond Virginia a heavy rainstorm produced a whirl wind that unroofed several buildings toppled fences and trees within a half mile radius. A second storm with thunder is expected tonight and days of extreme heat 98 to 100 degrees have caused several heat prostrations.
Chicago report shows after twenty four hours horses Speculation 130 Bath man entry 109 Dunn entry 80 Rose of Texas 105 Betsy Baker 109. MenDobler 117 Schoch 100 Byrne 100 Fox 78 Vint 67 Cole 91 Colston 94 Connolly 83 Crawford 95 Krohne 6 Jackson 71. Colloway Hale and Burquat not on today.
A Baltimore and Ohio special oyster train struck a calf near Fasteria Ohio late Sunday night. Engineer William Sanderson was crushed against the firebox and died from the injuries. The fireman survived but was severely injured and later found wandering in the woods. Six cars were demolished.
An Uptonville special reports last evening lightning struck Moses Prewitt's house four miles south of Upton killing Mrs. James Walden and James Prewitt and wounding Mrs. Prewitt. Mrs. Walden held a four year old girl in her lap. the child survived.
A July 21 royal order published in Havana declares that under existing laws Africans and blacks of foreign origin may not disembark on the island. Foreign subjects wishing to land temporarily must give security as before.
In Quebec on September 6 the appeal to the Privy Council from the Vice Admiralty ruling for the ship Ataloya owner was withdrawn. Court proceedings for damages liquidation proceed after the vessel was detained on suspicion of carrying contraband of war goods to Cuban insurgents.
Fort Keogh dispatch reports Sioux leader Big Road surrendering to authorities today direct from Sitting Bull with four followers. His party of 190 braves is expected to arrive within a day or two in St. Paul Minnesota.
A Gallipolis special reports the portable saw mill boiler near Vinton in Gallia County exploded today. Samuel Davis and James Donnelly were killed and another employee was seriously injured.
Providence scored in the first third fifth and seventh innings to beat Worcester 4 to 1. Worcester pushed across a run in the ninth inning.
A string of brief notices reports drownings at South Berwick Old Orchard Camden and a suicide attempt in Biddeford plus a drowning death in Lewiston. Also noted are a woman found dead as a possible child murder suspect in New Jersey and various court actions and lawsuits across Maine and elsewhere.
Lilla Huntoon, 17, daughter of John Huntoon of Bethlehem, died by her own hand Sunday night after taking laudanum. In Hadley, Isaac Woodruff leapt from a bridge into 35 feet of water Saturday and drowned. his body remains unfound.
A severe drought grips Vermont with water shortages forcing manufacturers to suspend work. Springs and streams run low, potato crops suffer, pastures dry, forests show frostlike changes, and ten days of heat rival July highs.
Dea Kimball of Lowell found safe at home Emma E Seifert of Lawrence dies from sun stroke Mary Rinn age 75 of Lawrence breaks neck and skull in fall Miss Sarah Noyes of Williamstown drowns at Laurel Lake Lee Rev W N Foster assumes pastorate at Central Methodist Church Ana Crosby of Lowell holds inquest over five boys killed near a train Col J H George represents Boston and Lowell Railroad Decision reserved Dearborn Bros Hudson win Milford Music Hall contract 36000 building total 45000 cost completion Feb 1 1881 Isaac Woodruff of Hadley dies by suicide in Connecticut River body not recovered Age about 60 Slader ferry bridge accident two schooners foul bridge tug James P White collision damages cost several hundred dollars Staples Phelps Taunton owner Immaculate Conception Parochial school Lowell opens in Belvidere large attendance 226 boys nearly 300 girls six Gray Nuns New York teachers two more to be telegraphed Belvidere has school closures Moody Grammar only slightly affected first parochial school in Lowell. another is being built
Inquest finds Catharine Furey died from injuries after stones were thrown by Frank and Owen O'Brien in a Providence quarrel. Frank O'Brien is in custody. Separately, at Newport a dawn elopement led to a late Sunday marriage between W. J. Nooning and Ida P. Standing, followed by a private hotel stay and the bride’s Fall River father arriving too late.
In Connecticut a Northford wood chopper Alonzo Blakeslee died by his own hand Thursday. James McGee of Old Greenwich assaulted his wife with a sickle and the wife fired the pistol wounding McGee. A coroner’s jury in Bridgeport attributed the Parlor Rock railroad crash death to conductors Wallace and Barnum and urged telegraph communication to prevent similar accidents. Henry Kinghorn of Hartford shot his wife, who died two hours later. he surrendered and confessed intent to kill. Weston man Charles Middlebrook returns after eloping. his wife forgives and receives him back. The 99th Groton Heights Fort Griswold anniversary will be observed at the fort with remarks by L. F. S. Foster and a poem by Judge William H. Potter. Governor and other dignitaries are expected. Kinghorn, a Hartford blacksmith, is described as a hard drinker, with ongoing abuse of his wife prior to the shooting.
William A. Lewis a 21 year old machinist married Hattie F. Morrison daughter of grain dealer Robert P. Morrison after a morning elopement. They wed in Haverhill and were later detained by her father in Windham New Hampshire before the couple resumed travel.
In Havana during the week ended last Saturday there were thirty two deaths from yellow fever and five from small pox as authorities report the outbreak continues to claim lives in the city sectors and surrounding areas.
Notices report J Edward Hogan a Boston Herald journalist dies at 25 in Watertown after a life marked by city reporting and later Southern letters. Other deaths include Harry Josephs burlesque actor in Boston and Buffalo lawyer A P Laning, plus scholars Eugene Van Bemme Eben Hunt and cleric Rev William Marshall, Maj Fothergill and publisher Albert Hoffman.
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