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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1885
Page
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In Washington on April 24 Charles Janney was named Camden New Jersey postmaster to replace William Bailey amid a \ndeficit and stamp sales issues. Also noted is Cornelius Schenck’s Portland customs appoinment over Black amid mass lobbying. Additional postings include various postmaster and internal revenue choices plus treasurer Jordan’s U S appointment and Wyman’s resignation explains.
James M. Morgan denies backing Blaine for president but admits writing a pamphlet defending Blaine’s foreign policy before his nomination. He secured Melbourne consul post via F. W. Dawson, editor and National Democratic member, without Bayard consultation. Morgan, son of a Misiana judge, served in the Confederate and Egyptian armies.
Washington April 21. The President’s final reception of the season drew a large crowd as doors opened at 9 p.m. Lines stretched from the gates to the grounds. The mansion gleamed with nets and plants as the Marine Band played. Marshal McMichael presented to the President who greeted guests including Miss Cleveland, Mrs. Bayard, Mrs. Whitney, and Mrs. Picott. Cabinet members and diplomats attended in full dress.
Secretary Whit ney writes Commodore Russell directing removal of foremen implicated in coercive voting at Mare Island Navy Yard. He cites 1882 election testimony showing ballots carried under foremen supervision and says coercion and control by foremen will not be tolerated. Temporary replacements will be used during a trial period until capable men are chosen.
Portland April 21 President Cleveland appoints Hon Charles H Chase to be collector of internal revenue in Maine replacing F J Rollins. Chase a 60s Democrat long active in Maine politics helped secure Cleveland nomination and chaired the Maine delegation. First major Cleveland appointment in this region. Red Cloud conference with Indian Commissioner Atkins and McGillicuddy debate over funds. Speaker race potential with Randall and possible cross party contenders from Ohio or New York. Voorhees urges change in Indiana revenue collectors. president not meeting demands.
Reports of Colonel Tichenor, a treasury agent, will not be released to the public yet. Assistant Secretary Fairchild cites justice and public service needs blocking disclosure for the present.
Columpus Ohio April 27 Chief Justice Hines of Kentucky recounted the escape of the Confederate raider John Morgan from a Ohio prison. He helped plan and execute the breakout with sixty-eight others, digging through a cement floor into an air chamber and sewer, then tunneling into the yard before scaling the wall and fleeing to Cincinnati. Morgan and Hines rode a train to Cincinnati and crossed the Ohio River, while the other five hid then moved south.
Reports from Wilkes Barre say Plymouth epidemic counts were overstated. A public meeting ordered cleaning, sewer fund vote, and rapid town sanitation work with twenty teams. The death toll rose to nineteen with six funerals noted yesterday.
Portland April 20 Mrs Mary J Ludkins colored of this city is now well along on her 94th year she says but it is believed she is much older She is a native of Canada and has been twice married She had nineteen children Only one of her numerous family is living She has three living grandchildren five great grandchildren five great great grandchildren and one of a still later generation At one time she was possessed of quite a property but in 1849 her husband was taken with the California fever sold out all he had and started for the Golden Gate exotic as far as Portland where he was overcome by the brand of Hanoree sold him and lost all his money Mrs Ludkins had once gonel a rate reputation a a snes ate years
The speaker asserts vigorous abilities saying she can wash and cook and scrub as well as ever. She notes her eyesight is perfect and her hearing is only slightly affected. This reflects a strong, capable perspective on aging and labor.
News from New York Chicago and environs covers General Grant turning 63. Homes fly flags bunting decorates streets and a large birthday commemoration is planned at Metropolitan Church with speeches by Vilas Sherman and Green. Springfield House notes the resolution to raise the dome flag on Grant’s birthday.
Torekka Kansas and Curacao report flags over public buildings in salute events. In Topeka Governor’s executive order triggered sixty three gun salute at the State House with another planned later. Concurrent notes cite General Grant’s sixty third birthday and a postponed demonstration due to Senator Conkling and Henry Watersons absence.
Collingwood Post No 76 sent General Grant a trailing arbutus tribute for his 68th birthday. The post escorted Grant when he visited town in 1880.
North Adams April 24 Dr W E Brown a cancer specialist writes an open letter to New York physicians denying that epithelial cancer is incurable He challenges doctors to certify ten patients and allow him to treat them gratis in New York at his own expense to prove cancer can be cured even if results vary He will receive no pay unless a cure is achieved.
A London Advertiser war correspondent aboard the Seventh Battalion reports workers on the Canadian Pacific railway regard CPR hospitals as slaughter houses. Men fear admittance, pay high board, and claim poor food and untrustworthy management linked to a Montreal doctor. The accounts, though partly hearsay, are widely believed by railway workers.
Mrs. Schneider of South street Jersey City Heights drenched her dress in oil and set herself alight. A bystander wrapped her with a blanket. flames were extinguished, her back burned to the bone. Neighbors report she showed mental weakness two weeks prior. Her child witnessed the act and the fire.
Norwalk reports MrsClarissa Davenport Raymond of Wilton is 103, born in Stamford. She lived in Manhattan before settling in Wilton in 1816 with her daughter Nathan Comstock, 79. Her mind is clear, she uses a cane, and her sight failed about a year ago.
A vivid account describes Major Middleton's forces clashing with Riel's men near Battleford. Indians and half breeds attacked Fort Pitt and engaged Canadian troops, with heavy casualties on both sides. Middleton plans renewed action as reports of weakened militia circulate amid war wear.
Winnipeg reports part of Colonel Otter’s force camping across Battle River near Battleford, with main contingent close behind. Relief eases anxious garrison as Indians raid before approach. Major Crozier’s force in Prince Albert Township, provisions short, 176 police and about 80 volunteers. Twelve Sioux raid Copeland’s store at Saskatoon. Middleton recalls scouts but halts capture.
General Middleton's command marched from Clark's Crossing toward Batouche where rebels held a fortified position behind rifle pits and timber. Canadian scouts suffered heavy losses as volleys split the line, horses fell, and commanders attempted flanking moves and reinforcements. A river crossing and scow were arranged as the action pressed toward a possible relief.
Farmer Alvah Plummer uncovered twelve human skeletons in Prout's Neck Maine. The remains were seated with two heads resting side by side and others guarding chiefs. Copper beads and shell beads accompanied the bodies. Dr W B Moulton identified them as male Indians 6 ft 7 in to 6 ft 8 in tall.
Coyinatoy Georgia April 21 report details a beige tale of a bolstered black man arriving from Alabama in June 22 of the previous year. He led two others in digging for a chest of twenty bushels of gold dollars, claiming divine guidance and burying spots. The first pit, eighty feet wide at the surface, filled with water after heavy rains. They later began a second, larger shaft on a rocky ridge, now forty feet deep and thirty-five feet wide, with work in solid gray rock. They live in poverty and receive no monetary payoff. The narrator notes the saint’s permission to descend into the hole but insists tobacco be discarded and silence kept. There is no money at the bottom.
At the Chicago University observatory a foreign trench digger and an American hired man dug a trench with trap-doors for access any time. A barrel of cement held dynamite packages. The foreigner aided by Talbot alias Funk the Public Library fiend confessed tonight and was jailed.
Montreal April 26 Miss Cacouna Buntin, educated at Vassar, wed Robert Baldwin Hart amid her father's strong opposition. Hart, a young man of modest means, pursued the daughter despite the father's disapproval. The couple married at Trinity Church after Buntin left Plattsburg with a school friend. The father, enraged, vows never to forgive his daughter.
A fragmented Fall River Advance clipping references Boughs neves and Connecticus Pole with a mischievous line about a man being struck over the head and a fear of slivers in the hands, capturing a chaotic, puzzling local item.
A sweeping foreign summary notes probable war between England and Russia with public demand driving conflict. British and Russian forces arm, ships move from Indian and Pacific theaters, while Paris and Cairo plays testy roles in the East.
A disastrous blaze in Vicksburg Mississippi destroyed Foman's dry goods store and adjacent businesses inflicting extensive property losses. Firemen battled the flames as the death toll rose with dozens reported missing or buried under debris.
George H. Mack, a Negro, confessed to killing Frank A. Parker, owner of a Great Bend billiard saloon, with a hatchet to enable Parker’s wife to claim life insurance. Police recovered Parker’s watch and diamond from Mack, who initially denied the crime. Mack says Parker asked for the act and claims Parker left a letter instructing the murder and jewelry be taken by the killer.
Ice breaks on the river at Nun's Island near Victoria Bridge leaving the island submerged and the convent building up to its second story. About twenty nuns reside there with no communication as a dangerous torrent and ice blocks block contact and raise fears of disaster. The scene is described as precarious with concerns for the sisters.
Garrisville Texas April 23 floods along Pecan and Elim creeks drive families into trees and force rescues at night. Boats break and sink while rescuers work hours to save women and children. The disaster is described as the worst in years with bridges washed out and parts of the town cut off.
Parsons Kansas reports a severe flood after 13 inches of rain from Wednesday into Thursday. The Labelle river widened to 0.75 miles, destroying four wagon bridges and three railroad bridges. Traffic on the Missouri Kansas Texas line suspended for 100 miles, with wrecks and drownings reported at yards near the La Belle river. Evacuations followed as boats and houses were moved to safety.
Terrific rain storms and tornadoes swept Texas causing prostrated telegraph lines and widespread destruction in Dallas with losses over 20000 dollars. Trinity river rose, Parkie river homes blown down injuring residents, Mamie Sawyer a 14 year old girl killed. A Missouri Pacific cattle train wrecked by a landslide. eleven cars submerged and many cattle lost. A passenger train stranded between Pottsboro and Beaver with bridges washed out. rescue crews dispatched. Other reports note hail near Taylor damaging locomotives, and potential widespread sheep losses in wool country as Colorado river declines slowly and Western areas warn of further rises.
Kansas dispatch reports massive flooding along Medicine river and Elm creek. Dozens of emigrant wagons with families swept away and many bodies recovered or missing. rescue efforts by boats and rafts ongoing through night. Town points to heavy property loss, cattle drownings, and relief totals in the thousands.
Frederick Maryland April 22 Griffith R Jones 56 of the firm Jones & Co died by suicide after choosing pallbearers in a case involving a suspected personal or business dispute.
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