Senate and House Actions Highlight 1880 Defense and Finance Talks
The Senate receives a Treasury audit on white and colored soldiers pay parity while a deficiency act funds colored veterans’ arrears. Senate debate covers employe selection and removal rules. The House backs a Wood proposal to ease Franco American trade. Bond calls and tax moves prompt exchanges of 1858 bonds for 4 percent notes as Marshals stop deductions and Southern Democrats plan white emigrant relief. Speaker Tyler grants NH House floor access for the week.
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Multiple fires across towns report April 23 damage
A long dispatch notes fires sparked by children’s matches in Rutland Vermont destroying mills and houses, with insured losses and uninsurable damage. Other outbreaks list Notre Dame Catholic University campus fire in Indianapolis and fires at Morrisville Hotel in New York Park and Davis House in Auburn, plus Exeter and Montpelier blazes.
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Auburn
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Exeter
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Charles Bancroft
North Street
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New York
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Parole Wins Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom in Canter
Parole defeats Castlereagh by three quarters of a length in the Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom. Archer praised Parole’s courage and staying power after a orning win that boosted Parole to strong favorites for upcoming races at Chester and Epsom Summer meeting.
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London Pedestrian Race Heads Toward Final Day
The Times reports Brown leads Hazael by miles after three days of a 3800 mile test with Corkey and Weston close behind. Hazael shows effort to close the gap while Weston struggles with fatigue and poor sleep. On April 24 Brown and Hazael rest as a decisive day looms with Brown favored at 3 to 1.
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Contested Arrests Reach Across Russia and Poland
Berlin reports Lieut. Dubrogin arrested near Novgorod as a suspected chief in the Revolutionary Committee linked to the Taprovo printing office. Soovieff stands to be tried by a Grand Duke chaired court for Czar assassination attempt. Polish Moderates shift toward conciliation amid Solovieff events.
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London Times Comment on Recent Fighting in Africa
The Times notes a telegram from St. Vincent to Donald Currie & Co. stating Col Wood's column was attacked near Luneberg by Zulus and repulsed. It dismisses a Boer plan to seize Bartle Frere and reports Chelmsford will form a redoubt at Gingletova to aid the forthcoming advance like Ekowe would have.
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Opens In Stratford
The Shakespearean Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon opened today on the poet’s 315th birth anniversary with a performance of Much Ado About Nothing. A brilliant audience attended as Stratford wore flags and welcomed visitors despite unfavourable weather.
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Hurricanes Ravage Friendly Islands in March
Advices report a disastrous hurricane on March 6 at the Friendly Islands. The Roman Catholic chapel Wesleyan parsonage English Consulate Government warehouses and many business buildings were razed. Two thirds of the dwellings destroyed and the cocoanut crop ruined.
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Radicals press for Rochefort seat amid Blanqui inaction
Paris dispatch reports Lyons radicals demand Daverdier resign to allow Henri Rochefort’s election. Daverdier resists. Discussions hint at a Russia England Eastern Question settlement. Miners urged to send delegates to a Yorkshire congress in May to consider a four to five week stoppage. Persian troops move toward the Afghan frontier. Moskva flood recedes. Hamburg merchants seek Reichstag tax changes. Count Schougaloff travels from St Petersburg to Vienna to return to London. Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice travel through Turin to England.
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Edwin Booth Shot at McVickers Theatre
A would-be assassin, Mart Gray a 23 year old dry goods clerk from St. Louis, fired twice at Edwin Booth during Richard Jr. at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago. He was seized by officers and in custody at Central Station after recounting motives and intent.
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Merchant Seamen Bill Overhauls Shipping Commissioners Roles
A House bill proposed by Mr Cox amends the Revised Statutes to create Shipping Commissioners at every port of entry with bonds of at least 5000 and annual fees up to 2500. If no commissioners exist, duties fall to the local Collector. The measure also requires voyage crew engagements in writing and sets specific fees for engagement and discharge of crew members. A noncommissioner performing the duties faces a 500 penalty.
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Col Sellers Involved in Hotel Fight Over quarrel
Auburn April 22 reports Col Sellers actor John T. Raymond in a brawl at the Gaylord House with Sedley Brown and hotel proprietor Andrew M. McCoy. Raymond struck McCoy, threw spittoons, and used a bamboo cane to wound McCoy, then fled by train and was released after legal mediation. Raymond later sought eye treatment and prepared for a Syracuse performance.
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Dix Funeral Plans Suppress Ceremony and Reveal Coffin
New York April 23 Gen Dix dies and funeral directives ban parade and viewing. The coffin will be draped with the U S flag and kept closed. Remains to lie in Trinity churchyard vault before final interment at Dr Morgan's plot in Trinity Cemetery.
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Wheat acreage estimates show rise for Winter wheat
The April report from the Department of Agriculture indicates Winter wheat acreage is about one and a half percent higher than last year due to Spring sowings shifting to Fall in the West and Northwest. Overall wheat in the ground is about two percent below the average, with drought and mild winter affecting regions, but a very large Winter crop is anticipated. Rye acreage is down about four percent, following the wheat trend.
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Maine Officials Open National Medical Association Meeting
Governor Garcelon left for Georgia to attend the National Medical Association meeting. The Methodist Conference opened in Pine Street Church Portland with Bishop Foster presiding. Charles Milliken died after suspicions of self poisoning. Rockland store robbed of revolvers spoons and knives valued at 200 dollars. Emerson Stevens & Co at West Waterville reports full operation with a 243 foot long building. Grand Division Sons of Temperance met in Augusta with officers listed and a cautiously hopeful report.
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Tilton Liquor Dealers Ordered Closed by Selectmen
Town officials in Tilton notify all liquor dealers and apothecaries to close their bars amid rising regional tensions and official orders. William H. Vaughan named Telegraph Superintendent of the Eastern Railroad replacing Horace W. Rowell who has resigned.
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Milestone Birthday and Local News from Vermont
Mrs Sally Stockwell of West Brattleboro celebrates her 100th birthday on April 30. Reports of potato bug swarms under Panton snow drifts eight feet deep. An infant girl found near Centre Bennington with head injuries and finger marks suggesting murder. investigation underway. A hearing before Hon. C W Clark examines pending railroad suits between Central Vermont and Montpelier and Wells River, arising from a September 1876 collision that cost Engineer Merrill his leg.
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Aldermen reject licenses in Fitchburg vote 4 to 2
Ledger items report an array of incidents across Massachusetts. Palmer and Bates of Athol fail with liabilities $40,000 tool The North Adams accident injures Henry Smith with a hammer. Adams man Cairns breaks hip in carriage overturn. Holmes dies in his chair at South Plymouth. Pickpocket Nelson linked to Manchester arrest in Haverhill. Aiken arrested in Fall River for horse theft. value $300, recovered. Supreme Judicial Court adjourns at Taunton. Totten divorce decree confirmed. Lawrence dance hall raided. five fined. one jailed. New England Free Will Baptists meet in Lowell. conference papers discussed. Gloucester council proposes adjusted appropriations for City Hall printing and Poor etc.
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Dual wedding at Presbyterian Memorial Church in New York
J S Hartley the sculptor weds Miss Rose Inness and George Inness Jr artist weds Miss Julia Smith in a ceremony at Madison Avenue church. Inness siblings are children of George Inness Sr landscape painter. Miss Smith is daughter of publisher Roswell C Smith.
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