11 Mar 1884
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1884
Page
1
Unclear readable items reference a building project on Itehell Street in Georgia with mentions of a party favor and a person named James Tom. The readable fragments suggest a local notice or brief item.
Colonel E B Cash father of Bogan Cash involved in the Cheraw town marshal killing, is held in Columbus jail as accessory after the fact while a nationwide hunt seeks Bogan. Letters from Bogan and E B Cash surface, swamps and posse searches intensify, town fears vigilante action, and authorities pursue a lawful surrender.
A large Louisville meeting of whisky men discussed Congress delaying the whisky bill. They planned to protect trade if the bill fails, proposing banks take warehouse receipts for whisky exports to British ports. A seven member committee was named to pursue export arrangements and rail transport, with authority to contact Nassau warehouses and coordinate a main meeting in Cincinnati.
Inland postal data from Washington shows postal card issues fell after the two cent letter rate. For five years the annual rise averaged fourteen percent, but since July first there is an eighteen percent jump in adhesive stamps and twenty five percent in stamped envelopes, while postal cards issuance dropped to 256 552 750 from 280 226 250 year-ago. The Postmaster General warns next year’s card manufacturing costs may drop 25 000 as many communications shift to letters.
The president transmitted to the House a bundle of letters and documents about the Lasker resolution, noting Bismarck could not allow its transmission. Frelinghuysen and German minister Esendecker discussed the condolence measure, with Bismarck’s dispatch read and his stance on not forwarding the engrossed copy. The exchange highlights diplomacy and courtesy between the United States and Germany over a condolence resolution. The day also covered Beecher’s continental lecture and remarks on Southern reconstruction.
New York March 10 reports Roosevelts bill shifting aldermanic power to the mayor spurring Tammany backing for John Kelly. Kelly denies candidacy while allies insist he would accept if nominated, arguing such a choice would sustain the party’s patronage and defeat the anti reform push.
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