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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1884
Page
5
New York press interview with Charles A. Dana outlines Democratic nerves over a Tilden nomination and Chicago as convention hub. It weighs New York as key battle ground, previews Flower Cleveland and Payne prospects, and lists Logan Edmunds Arthur Blaine Sherman Harrison and others as possible Republican nominees with regional strengths and Ohio as decisive.
New York, March 1. Whitelaw Reid comments on the coming campaign and the likely issues tariff and civil service reform. He notes Republicans favor Arthur Logan Edmunds Blaine and Democrats favor McDonald Payne Flower Cleveland, with Payne seen as strong in Ohio and a stabilizing choice for capitalists.
Washington March 2 The rapid growth of public sentiment favors Blaine for the Republican nomination. While Blaine says he is not a candidate, analysts see Blaine and Logan as strongest at the convention with Edmunds and Sherman as secondary names. Rumors swirl that Logan supporters back Blaine and Edmonds acts as Arthur's stall. Logan did not meet Cornell. he casually spoke with Platt in New York on business.
John Kelly states Tammany Hall will back Democratic nominees and urges New York as pivotal in the national race. He predicts New York leads the ticket, notes Tammany will attend Chicago with a delegation, and warns of protests if treated unfairly by New York state leaders.
Tammany Hall asserts its rights and power, warning that if the State convention denies proper representation it will appeal to the national convention. It implies a potential walkout or pressure to secure support for a Democratic presidential candidate.
The State Greenback committee met at United States Hotel in Portland and voted to hold a convention in Augusta on April 30. Representation will be based on Joseph L. Smith votes from 1879, with one delegate at large and one for every fifty votes or major fraction. The call appeals to supporters of swift debt repayment, legal tender currency, and the 1880 Chicago platform, seeking to nominate governor candidates and presidential electors and to send delegates to Indianapolis.
In Washington on February 25 Senator Plumb predicted all current presidential booms would vanish before the convention. He doubted General Logan’s viability, noted possible Brooklyn mayor Lowe as a ticket partner, and said any spontaneous convention pick could win. Nebraska polls show Blaine leading among 300 GOP reps. Tammany Hall called Democrats to unite to attack party corruption and urge choosing their presidential candidate from New York.
United States Minister Hunt died in St. Petersburg after a period of illness. Born in South Carolina and educated at Yale, he rose as a criminal lawyer in New Orleans, served as attorney general, judge of the Court of Claims, and held posts in Washington and abroad. He married a Livingston and had a Hudson River summer home.
The British steamship Mentmore arrived from Liverpool badly damaged after a tempestuous voyage. Off Newfoundland she struck a large iceberg in fog and darkness, taking on water, while the crew waited in peril. On February 29, 36 miles east of Cape Henry, the storm-tossed Kingie, loaded with lumber from Norfolk to New York and owned by John S. Hulin, was spotted water-logged and breaking up. Mentmore's boats rescued six men, including Jacob Hazelton master and crew, who are now recovering in Baltimore and under care of G. W. Jones & Co. before returning home.
Mrs Emma Jardine of No 111 West Eleventh Street was visited by a man delivering the fatal news of her husband’s death. He gained entry, then grabbed her diamond earring and fled, leaving the stunned widow in the parlor. The incident occurred Monday night following the doorbell ring.
Mrs. Hatch of North street Farmingdale was kneeling beside a lamp when her clothes caught fire on January 30. She suffered severe burns for four weeks before dying at 1 o'clock this morning. She leaves five children.
A brief gag contrasts a German press cartoon caption with a quip about a picnic. Herr Meyer offers his two boys as his contribution. The ad ends with an unrelated medical cure claim for kidney and urinary diseases priced at $1.
London bowled over by a dynamite blast at Victoria Station just after 1 am injuring nine people and possibly causing two deaths. Investigators hunt five men believed American linked, with a cab driver and Irish American suspects traced to Southampton and London. London officials press for stricter checks on American baggage and dynamite packaging.
In London on March 2 Gladstone defended a uniform franchise bill for England Ireland and Scotland. He argued against separate bills and urged measures to extend voting rights while tying redistribution to reform. The debate featured ministers opposing expansion without redistribution, and warnings that Irish gains could shift power away from England. Proponents noted broad support and a large anticipated voter increase, especially among agricultural laborers.
In Constantinople the Porte declines to accept Minister Witlice's view that the treaty with America was not announced at the proper time. The treaty will expire June 4 but the government will allow the existing tariff to stand during broader negotiations. It grants America the same advantages as other nations. In London an Irish National League declaration opposes Henry George's land scheme, deeming it impracticable after a Cork meeting.
Berlin reports that German papers link London dynamite outrages to England’s hospitality to anarchists and cutthroats worldwide. Cornwallis West urges protection from O Donavan Rossa forces in a Times letter. Bradlaugh accuses Northcote of improper conduct in a London exchange.
Mean spirited criticism marks a political row as a French decision expels suspected dynamiters from the country while Prince Victor Napoleon postpones his American tour and prepares to serve in the Roumanian army. Isaac Todhunter, eminent mathematician, is dead in London. Moody completes a three week mission at New Cross. London railway officials demand checks on baggage at terminal stations.
Henry C. Kelsey secretary of state of New Jersey was blown from a two hour train en route from Philadelphia to New York. He escaped serious injury though he rolled over the embankment and was found by passengers who stopped the train. He returned to the car and was later brought home by wagon nursing a painful, stiff foot but reported no serious harm.
In Baltimore on February 29 Judge Phelps voided the January 24 1883 marriage of Helen A. North and Frank W. North. The bill claims the groom was insane at marriage and incapable of contracting. After a rapid courtship they wed, then toured Cincinnati and Cleveland where insanity first appeared and he was taken away by relatives with asylum officials. Mrs North pursued then invoked the court to nullify the union. The North family is said to be wealthy and rejects the marriage as a madman’s act.
Steamer Juliet reports extreme peril from storms and icebergs on a voyage from London to Halifax. After passing City of Richmond on February 22, it hit a vast ice field and later found a burning ship to the south. The captain calls the crossing the worst in nineteen years of Atlantic service.
Special reports from Bismarck Jamestown and Fargo describe a heavy snowstorm with winds reaching forty to fifty miles per hour. Snowdrifts, whiteout conditions, and widespread train delays lashed Dakota Saturday night into Sunday. Temperatures fell to 5 to 10 below zero in many areas as the storm moved northward.
William McCaughy of Pawtucket is arrested by Massachusetts authorities on a cruelty charge after prodding a horse with a sharp instrument and tying a rope to its tongue. Six inches of tongue were torn away. he faces potential bind over to a higher court. Also reports: gold nuggets found in Tennessee with a bonanza showing. Diamond Fields claim in Wisconsin over a found stone sold for 1 to a Milwaukee jeweler, later valued at 800. Bottom notices promote Wilsonia Insoles for cold feet, 50 cents.
Finance and Commerce reports a modest money market on Saturday March 1 1884. Banks hold abundant loan funds with easy discount rates for mercantile paper at five percent and prime corporation notes around 4.44 percent amid limited transactions. Banks’ clearing house volume totals and bank statements show mixed but generally steady activity with loans and deposits shifting.
The Boston Daily Globe notes firmer butter demand with light receipts and modest trade gains. Cheese remains strong. dairy and corn markets show quiet to steady movement. Eggs, flour, and feed prices listed. freight rates for ocean and coastwise routes, and fresh meat prices, including beef, mutton, and hogs, are provided with regional variations.
Prices for fruits nuts and produce from Smyrna Valencia and Smyrna brands to Virginia Wilmington oranges lemons and prunes noted with ranges for boxes and weights. Steel iron nails and naval stores listed with levels for spirits turpentine resin tar pitch and lapidary items. hay hemp indigo and timber markets show steady to quiet trading with varied regional quotes.
Markets were active and varied with futures tilting dull yet steady. Cotton futures closed irregular with March at 10.94 and November at 10.62 cents, 35,000 bales traded, Rio coffee options fell while raw sugar held. lard advanced in brisk activity, pork and bacon steady, butter rising, cheese firm, petroleum futures firm after a bullish field outlook.
Arrivals of western and eastern cattle sheep and lambs swine veals and horses listed by market. Totals show cattle 663, sheep and lambs 6200, swine 14380, horses 261 with beef cattle price tiers and hides and tallow values included in the week’s Livestock Market report.
Special correspondence reports a robust Gloucester market with large weekly sales. Totals include 35,400 pounds codfish, 45,000 pounds fresh halibut, and 40,000 pounds haddock, with varied prices for fresh and salt fish and numerous byproduct items listed.
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