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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1883
Page
1
The Boston Post presents the fourth page featuring meteorological notes hotel arrivals ship news local news and obituaries alongside domestic and foreign market reports and court records highlighting activities in mining and railroad matters.
A wide curio of editorials and notices from massachusetts connecticut and new hampshire politics. Mentions Pierce Butler and party splits with republican delegates backing Pierce and efforts to beat Butler. Reports on public sentiment from Worcester Newburyport and Newport News and notes on national figures like Tilden Hendricks Thurman and Lee.
On Sept 7 Manchester events ended the four day New England Fair. Sparse morning attendance gave way to a stock premium parade noted for fine animals. Premiums were awarded across Jerseys Halsteins Ayshires Shorthorns Swiss Devons Herefords and horses. Afternoon events featured trotting races for horses without a record in 2:24 2:38 classes and a 14 to 9 baseball win by Riversides over West End. An offbeat incident occurred when a man killed a burglar after forcing entry and fled. no arrests expected.
President Jarrett spoke before a New York senate sub committee on labor and education, criticizing convict labor and the truck system as abuses harming workers. He urged fair competition, road work use for convict labor, and union organization to improve conditions. In Pennsylvania coal regions, miners face low wages and widespread truck system burdens. In Hartford, Aldrich Pugh and George visited Cheneys silk mills and Willimantic thread mills noting good worker conditions and free school access.
At Sioux Falls the constitutional convention officers took oath. The rules committee urged Congress to open the Sioux Reservation in the coming winter, with just compensation to the Indians. A seven member committee was appointed to convey this action to the U S Senate committee in Omaha and push for immediate congressional action.
Bridgeport report says an important clue has been found in the Rosa Clark murder investigation but details are not released. The reward has been increased to 1000 dollars. A prominent New York detective arrived and is on the case.
The schooner yacht Explorer sailing from Goderich to Cove Island disappeared during a gale last Tuesday. All aboard are feared lost including Captain Charles Wood John Mc Donald M Heale and Walker Crane son of ael Crane of Chicago who was aboard on a pleasure cruise.
In DeKalb county near Daraville a man entered the home of Mr Sovoeel while he was away. The incident occurred in Decatur Ga. on September 7. Details of motive or outcomes were not provided in the available text.
Secretary Teller received a Utah commission report claiming Edmunds act enforcement denied polygamists voting rights with three 1862 prosecutions and about 15 000 disfranchised. Ten damage suits by polygamists aim to test constitutionality. hearings in October may delay a regular report. Other items note July trade deficits and surpluses, treasury totals, yellow fever in Pensacola, and various departmental notes.
The World declares its ownership: trustees are Joseph Pulitzer John McGuffin and Melville C Daly with Pulitzer as president and McGuffin as publisher and secretary. No Goulds or any monopoly owners hold interest. the paper is free independent debt free and editor is owner.
A large number of Bostonians including Rev. Phillips Brooks Rev. Brooke Hereford and Prof. Thayer will sail from Liverpool for Boston next Wednesday. The chaplain of the republican state convention Rev. C. P. Gifford will lead temperance aligned ministers. The Montreal friends of four drowned youths sent a gold watch to J. P. Harkin for locating bodies. A reception for Rep J. H. Mullane’s wife featured a silver tea service. The Marquis of Lansdowne controversy in Canada is noted as harsh. Reunion speakers for the forty-ninth Massachusetts include Lieut. Gov. Weston Judge Tucker Col. Weller. Judge Black’s 1868 railway injury left him writing left-handed after 60. Mrs Killman of Prospect Maine nearing 95 with many descendants. Gov Coburn buys a $600 tablet for Coburn Institute at Waterville with inscription. Edwin Stone of Biddeford moves to Minneapolis to practice law. Maine lawyers Heath and Badger head to Minneapolis for political and legal work. Paine’s furniture block improvements near completion with reinforced defenses.
Paris reports both France and China eager to resolve the Tonquin issue with honor, possibly under British arbitration. France to mobilize 10,000 troops for China by late September, while Bourle style terms and Bulgarian constitution issues surface amid other dispatches.
The report details multiple fires from Boston to West Roxbury and surrounding towns. Incidents include Charlestown house fire at Ferrin Street, a sheep meadow blaze in Canterbury Street, and an old Worcester turnpike fire near Wellesley Hills. Forest fires scorch hundreds of acres, threatening property near Hyde Park, Germantown, and Wellesley. a city hall bell malfunction hampered alarms. A peat bog fire near Mount Hope remains underground, risking nearby homes. Additional items note a musician killed by a hotel fire in Pont, N Y, plus various distant blazes in Marshall Texas, Philadelphia, Manchester New Hampshire, St Johns New Brunswick, Lakeport California, Jacksonville Illinois, Cedar Springs Michigan, and Wexford Ireland, with losses and insurance figures.
In Portland on September 7, negotiations culminated in the American Electric and Illuminating Company of Boston purchasing the Arnoux Electric Lighting Company's Maine franchises and central station. A new Consolidated Electric Light Company of Maine will operate a 200 light station in Portland and 100 light stations in Saco and Biddeford with further stations planned in Lewiston, Bath, Augusta, and Bangor. The deal transfers control, leases quarters in Centennial block, and sets in motion the Thomson-Flouston system switch.
Lord Carnarvon, visiting Canada, believes no rupture between France and England will occur and that the Conservative party is not ready to take power. He praises Lord Landsdowne as governor general candidate, notes Lord Lorne's service, and mentions arranging information on wholesale assisted immigration. He will attend a banquet on the 18th.
The joint committee met at Commissioner Fink's office and amicably resolved a dispute over west freight rates. A resolution enforces strict rate maintenance and penalties. Additional pools will be set up between western points to relieve pressure causing rate cuts.
At a meeting in New York on September 7 the general committee adopted the primary call and resolutions to pursue a unified delegation to the state convention. A committee will confer with county and living hall to secure a single city representation and make concessions consistent with honor to close local differences.
News in brief notes Cottage City and Hopkinton voting to establish water works and issue bonds. Other items cover Searsport absentee voters, Laconia mills running by steam, a Greensborough murder, Pennsylvania coal output, a Danville sheriff shooting, Pensacola yellow fever, and various regional incidents and developments.
Hartford dispatch reports Charter Oak Park race meeting closing with about 8,000 in attendance. Daily events featured 2:26 class finales with Sleepy Joe and Zoe B among top entries, plus multiple 2:20 to 2:25 pace races won by favorites. The Greenwood Lake amateur regatta began with senior single sculls won by J. Murphy of Shawmut, ahead of Morse and Pilkinton as Murphy clocked 10 m 26 s.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge and party moved through Boston with a breakfast at the Revere House and a formal reception at the state house. Gov. Butler, Mayor Palmer, and state officials were among those presented, with tours of historic papers and the colonial charters on display. A complementary banquet at Parker House and planned visits to the American Exhibition and Lowell mills were noted.
W H Brown about 60 years old shot himself at No 15 Hammond Street South End late Thursday night. Philip F Caughlin, 23, arrested intoxicated on Warren Bridge. found handcuff on right wrist. He claims deserting a Philadelphia vessel amid maltreatment and is thought an escaped convict. John McGuinnis arrested for assault on Sergt Clark. fourth arrest in gang with three more. Fred Mahoney editor of Boston Saturday Evening Express faces perjury charge over bail for Mary Sheehan keeper of a house of ill repute. bankruptcy alleged next day. William Andrews Jr arrested for forging and uttering a $25 check. check forgery linked to hotel bill. Andrews known to pay, but check was worthless.
Daly's company performs 7 20 8 at the Park twice today and next week The Passing Regiment is previewed. Bijou continues Pop. The Globe opens Monday with Her Atonement. Howard hosts two shows today and next week Harris's Howard Athenaeum Specialty company appears. Irene Perry debuts Theyve Captivated Me next Monday with music by Ries. Impulse stays at the Museum for another week. Chaniran stars in Kit with matinee and evening shows. Chaifrau ends engagement as Jalma is slated for the 17th.
Insurance Commissioner Tarbox informs James G. Bovey and Herbert Morrison that their services will not be needed after October 1. Bovey served 12 years and was a Civil War veteran captured near Petersburg in 1864 and held in Florence Libby and Andersonville prisons. Morrison has worked about 10 years guiding general correspondence.
The regular monthly meeting of the Dorchester Yacht Club was held at the club house in Harrison Square on Friday evening. The commodore and officers discussed club matters and upcoming events.
The Institute fair opens with strong attendance as interior work nears completion and the catalogues arrive. Exhibits include North Carolina marble and Tennessee variegates, cereals, meadow grasses, and a range of machinery from Whittemore Bros. to S. A. Wood, plus art fabrics and a notable electric light setup. Excursions planned, dignitaries visit, and new coat rooms win praise as the fair enters a busy season.
A committee reports on buying an extra strip for the town common with the Boston Manufacturing company offering 54000 dollars but the committee suggesting 40000. The Fitchburg Railroad may buy six foot of land to move a depot. The decision could shape the town center, and the long tenement block on the property is excluded.
About 20 laborers on the Ashland water basin project quit Thursday alleging overwork. The water board says workers logged 10 hours daily with an hour for dinner for $12 weekly and failed to meet required daily output, prompting the foreman to push more effort before resignation. Councilman Fitzgeveld sworn in, replacing ex councilman Doherty. Chairman Simmons denies allegations against the Tremont water meter adoption. Exhibitions committee plans a Parker House banquet for foreign exhibitors with Lord Chief Justice Coleridge and party expected.
Secretary Chancer and Commodore Badger visited Manchester New Hampshire Navy Yard on Thursday as the Tallapoosa was placed in dry dock for a thorough overhaul. A general court martial board convened at noon Friday in the Lyceum building to try private J. H. Cafey of the U S M C for being asleep on duty with members from the station serving.
Accompanied by Prof. Moran and several others, the Paris party including M Jobbe Puryai and M Amouroux from the Paris municipal council, M Henry Grosjean, and M Caubert examined public schools and visited the City hospital. In the afternoon they toured Harvard College and nearby suburbs before delaying departure to attend the city banquet for Chief Jaseemn.
Insurance Commissioner Tarbox cites a thorough probe into the Metropole Fire Insurance Company of Paris. John C. Paige explains how a June 1883 report revealed inflated risk and liability figures and improper reinsurance. The U.S. branch has ceased operations in Massachusetts and assets are secured for policyholders.
In Suffolk county insolvency court on Friday first meetings were held and assignees appointed for Uriah R. Harding Dorchester and Chelsea grocer John A Littlefield among others. Second meetings occurred for several with few debts proved while national business failures across the U S and Canada reached 147 in the last week.
The Young Men's Christian Association, through President William H. Baldwin, reports $1,526 received for Vineyard Haven relief. The local relief committee has $14,724 so far toward a $17,000 goal, leaving $2,276 needed to complete the fund. A promotional note urges Angostura Bitters and Dr Sancerro brands.
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