26 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1884
Page
1
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Washington April 26 news from Fredericksburg describes revisiting old battlefields and remarks by Mr. Larner on election committee progress. Senate action covers naval and industrial plans, with amendments to arm steel cruisers under construction and other armament measures. Committee conferences named. adjournment set for Monday.
The House and Senate consider calendar items and bills on private calendar and relief for Myra Clark Gaines. Sessions discuss tariff closure timing and a desertion bill for late war soldiers, with committee reports and conference actions noted. Names include Hewitt, McMillan, Cox, Kasson, and Randall in various procedural roles.
A late meeting notes Representative Rogan of Texas, chair of the House commerce committee, is seriously ill with bladder trouble after two operations. A bill proposing a $1,000,000 government loan to the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition passes committees, with staged payments and safeguards on construction spending. Also reported: quarantines by the marine hospital service at Cape Charles Washington and Sapelo Sound Georgia. Mexican decree raising duties after May 16, 1894. and Harred of the Mississippi River Commission testified before levees committee.
The Lynn gathering of the Greenback convention opened with about a third of delegates present. Israel W. Andrews was made permanent chair. a twelve member committee named delegates at large to the national convention, electing George Foster Lynn, G B Hutchinson Boston, C A Whapler Boreham, and Nat Cushing Marlboro. Resolutions backed Wendell Phillips praise and a greenback platform. In Nashville, only twelve to fifteen delegates attended. W. J. Buchanan of Lawrenceburg was nominated for governor.
U S circuit court judge Bond declares tax collection via tendered coupons a naked trespass and voids supporting statutes. Brooklyn jury returns for defendant in a 12,000 dollar breach case over a cotton seed oil mill project. Ky prisoner released on bond in a murder case. A grain firm faces charges over flax seed sales and warehouse receipts.
A remarkable prize fight occurred last night at Arsenal Park between Bilson Jack and Jack Clifford for 100 dollars aside. The bout followed an earlier ball game with over thirty young girls and several mothers with infants watching. Clifford showed skill early, gaining control, while Bilson Jack fought hard. Friends intervened in the first round, the mill was awarded to Clifford, and Bilson Jack was severely punished in the exchange.
April 25 dispatches detail British actions in Khartoum and Cairo with reports of fever and sunstroke among regiments, debates on resuming the Gordon expedition, and political riffs from Marquess of Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote on government authority and foreign policy.
A day of unusually large dealings on the New York produce exchange centered on wheat and grain, with prices rising for June wheat amid strong demand and a bear squeeze. Several firms faced margin issues and a few traders, including William Phillips Co and Wm Cruyff, reported trouble. broader business failures rose across the U S and Canada, with Newark and Jacksonville firms among those assigning assets or going bankrupt.
Fragmentary foreign notes describe police actions in Busia and Danmar with expulsions and a long leave of absence issued. Reports of a suicide verdict in Yenlan China and a planned new card of leadership in Biates, plus steel works leaders Krapp and Prosis signaling reduced hours. Eastern fronts show revolutionary movements and political crackdowns amid vague clash reports.
The report covers Thomas Henry Curry and a related execution scene with witnesses, sermons, and courtroom notices. It details Curry’s final words, the crowd's reactions, and the aftermath including a judge and ministers at the scene.
Denyvar April 26 report says a Navajo group attacked Mitchells store in southern Colorado near San Juan, gunfire erupted after a man was shot. Whites fortified the post. casualties claimed vary as parties move toward Fort Lewis with cavalry relief expected.
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