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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1880
Page
6
In a fiery February San Francisco gathering, Mayor Kalloch denounces riots and urges peaceful labor reform while threatening harsh action against Chinese immigration. Colonel Bee rebuts Health Officer Meares, accusing him of selective enforcement and urging broader sanitary condemnation of Chinatown.
A Boston legislative committee weighs a petition by Josiah Quincy and others for a law to authorize German style cooperative banks. The plan mirrors German systems with member capital, unlimited entry, shared profits, and collective liability. It cites Delitzsch and Bis marck era models, aims to fund trade and house keeping, and anticipates a Boston example with broader implications if successful.
A Burlington Iowa letter from four large grain dealers advises a prospective recruit to avoid eastern habit and fast living, citing failed eastern agents. Dated Leon Iowa February 4 1880 the note says western business demands practicality and warns against eastern men attempting western life.
John Johnson of this city served as a private in Captain John A Cochranes company B Eleventh New York Volunteers. His Fort Columbus discharge papers dated June 2 182 state the regiment was mustered out by war department order. The Reverend Ayers places a sighting with Fitz John Porter in conversation with General Lee on August 2 1802, about three months after his regiment supposedly went out of service.
Providence March 8 Mrs Atwell Saunders who shot herself in West Gloucester on Saturday died yesterday She had not been legally divorced and believed her husband in prison served as a divorce It proves her husband married another woman last week and he sought to assure himself she would trouble none.
The London Truth portrays the Russian czar as a tall, heavy-witted yet amiable figure, plagued by melancholy and fears of assassination. With cronies around him, he drinks, tailors, and plays cards, while his Empress and nobles influence reform his uneasy reign amid unrest and danger.
An article notes a well-attested tale that elephant Baby in Cooper Bailey's Philadelphia winter building may give birth to the first captive calf. Baby leads a five-elephant herd, called the queen of the tribe, with the others loyal and protective, ready to support her in distress.
Charles De Young, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, travels east to gather evidence against Mayor Kalloch and comments on California issues. He warns that continued Chinese immigration threatens the state, argues the Chinese are a non assimilating element, and notes capitalists have left California due to the new constitution amid stock gambling concerns. He defends Chinatown against mob sentiment and predicts national intervention to resolve the Chinese question, comparing it in importance to slavery.
Chief Justice Park and Judge Sanford complete the Hayden trial cost summary. Total paid to date is 20000 dollars, with an estimated 34000 more required, or 330000 overall. Major payments go to Yale professors Dana and Johnson for arsenic tests, Dr. Treadwell, Dr. Woodward, Yale White and Jewett, and several New Haven physicians.
In New York on March 3 a project seeks closer Anglo American links. A New York to Whitehaven rail line nearly complete would cut transatlantic travel to 30 to 36 hours. From Whitehaven to England five to six days more. England considers fast daily mail steamers. Sir John Glover proposes making St Johns a summer port and American transatlantic terminus, needing 300 miles of Newfoundland rail and steamers via Belle Isle to Shippegan in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
In Washington on March 3 the jury in the Philip Hirth murder case found Bedford and Queenan guilty while one juror, a church member, initially balked. He prayed alone at night for guidance, then, at about 2 am, announced readiness to vote and joined eleven others in convicting Pian.
LA SALLE March 1. Louis Turner and Charles James about eighteen, sons of prominent citizens, went duck hunting on the Illinois River. They failed to return, were searched for Sunday, found by hunters. Turner alive but unconscious. James frozen stiff.
A historical notice from Buffalo N Y advertises Gilt-Edge Butter Maker claiming 6 to 10 percent higher production, 3 to 5 cent per pound price increase, shorter churning time, prevention of rancidity, and year round rich color. Ends with request to send stamp for “Hints to butter-Makers.”
A San Francisco Chronicle observer recalls James Parton’s career and aims, noting his Voltaire biography project, liberal views, and methodical habits. The interview covers Parton’s upbringing, education, writing output, and Parton’s income, with Redpath’s praise and Parton’s partnership with lectures via the Lyceum Platform. The piece also reports a separate rural item about Rev. J M Johnson’s troubled pastorate in Granville Corners, Massachusetts, amid church disputes and walkabout theatrics.
A young white woman knocked down on Capitol Hill, dragged into a vacant lot, and brutally outraged by a black man died last evening. Smothers is arrested and identified as the assailant, as public anger over the crime runs high.
A disheveled man entered an Atlanta restaurant asking for the toughest beef steak, claiming he needs meat so tough it will cling as a friend on the road. He described himself as a tramp bound for Chattanooga, prompting amused reactions from the staff and patrons.
Louis Kinder, an alleged one-armed criminal, confessed to attacking Mrs Byrd near Georges station Colleton County. A mixed posse captured him, a decision not to lynch was made, and during transport to Walterboro he was seized by relatives of the outraged woman. He was hanged after identification and confession to multiple crimes.
Survivors from the Boston to Hartlepool steamer Para were rescued by the schooner Irene after the craft struck a rock near Seal Island and sank off Cape Sable. Captain Corner cites fog and a chart omission, as the vessel settled at 11 a.m. and went down moments later in fifteen fathoms. All hands reached Cape Sable in lifeboats.
In Newberry county South Carolina a farmer named Spearman killed his brother by slicing the jugular vein, then attacked his wife cutting her throat from ear to ear and finally killed himself. Both men died instantly while the wife lay dying. authorities deem the murderer insane.
The capital witnesses the first representation of The Czarina opera in four acts with French libretto by Armand Silvestre and music by Villate. Set in Russia it follows Anna's perilous domain, Orloff's fall in love, and a dramatic verdict as the vessel returns to St. Petersburg. Also notes a medical ad for Hop Bitters as a popular remedy.
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