Democrats urged to pay poll taxes before deadline
Boston Democrats are urged to promptly settle poll taxes to preserve voting rights this season. The message warns delays risk losing the chance to vote as the deadline approaches and urges all city Democrats to be assessed before the week ends.
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Boston
War doubts and fever toll color a tumultuous era
Reports critique administration plans to provoke war with Mexico while Diaz may thwart political schemers. Yellow fever devastates Grenada and Oxford, prompting mass evacuations to Camp Joe Williams. A rare hailstorm hits Maine towns, a cavalry unit pursues a captured Mexican target, and regatta winners are named.
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Mexico
Evarts
United States
Diaz
Grenada
Oxford
Lamar
Citizens’ Committee of
Memphis
Joe Williams
Howard Association
Howard
Mount Vernon
Vienna
Be'sgrade
Quincy Yacht Club
Mears
Wildfire
Massachusetts Rifle Association
Attleboro
Key
Grant
Indianapolis
Quincy
Ill
Leete's Mental State Hinted At Amid Post Office Hearings
In New York a crowd gathered at the Post Office during Potter Committee sessions to hear about Mr Leete's alleged insanity. Reports connect Leete’s mind to Butler's influence or family illness. Major Burke of New Orleans will testify, with Kellogg denying improper actions and denouncing accusations linked to Packard. Kellogg’s letter asserts no Republican collusion and challenges evidence.
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New York
Leete
Tombs Police Court
Gen. Butler
Major Burke
New Orleans
Gov. Nicholls
Washington
Hiscock
Gov. Kellogg
Jealous husband fires at brother-in-law in Vermont
Oscar Burnham of Putnam's Mills Middlesex attempted to shoot Henry Wiley of Montpelier with a shotgun last night striking him in hand and hip. Wiley fled and Burnham aimed a rifle again but was stopped by his wife. The two men are brothers-in-law by marriage. Wiley escaped unharmed. No arrests have been made.
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Putnam’s Mills
Middlesex
Henry Wiley
Wiley
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von Valkenburg & Co
Henry J. Burchell
Lexington Avenue
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Boston
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Brooklyn
Timkins
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Suspension Bridge
Erie Junction Railroad
Charles Francis
Coney Island
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Vienna
Belgrade
Senator Blaine
Blaine
Bancor
Piscataquis County
War dreams and Mexican strategy under Diaz debated
Washington observes aAdministration push toward war with Mexico may backfire as Diaz relies on guerrilla tactics to resist U S incursions. McKenzie crosses the Rio Grande with artillery and ample munitions, while Mexico plans bushwhacking rather than pitched battle to test U S resolve and diplomacy.
Veteran Official Recounts Senate's Early Years
Special Correspondent notes Capt. Isaac Bassett the long time Senate doorkeeper writes personal recollections from 1831 to 1851. He began as a page at age twelve under Daniel Webster and has witnessed many figures including Webster Clay Calhoun Benton Wright Hayne Tazewell Tyler Holmes Grundy White Clayton Marey and others. The forthcoming work is expected to attract wide interest.
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Isaac Bassett
United States Senate
Bassett
Senate
Daniel Webster
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
Benton
Wright
Hayne
Tazewell
Tyler
John Holmes
Grundy
Hugh L. White
Clayton
Marey
No Cavalry Capture Of Wanted Thief In Texan Raid
Galveston report from San Antonio details Col. Young leading two cavalry battalions across the Rio Grande on August 16 to seize the stock thief Aureola in Newtown. He escaped riding bareback and unarmed. Witnesses say Aureola stole cattle for sale in Mexico to购买 Mexican buyers. High Mexican officials are named in the thefts. Heavy river water blocked crossing, forcing a retreat, while Mexican troops approached Newtown but did not engage.
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Galveston
Texas
San Antonio
Young
Rio Grande
Newtown
Aureola
Col. Young
Mexico
Alcade
McKenzie
Piedras Negras
Trade dollars spark Treasury clash over value and fraud fears
The Treasury has received letters from large firms and others regarding Dr Linderman's July 25 circular on trade dollars. Firms decry the practice of buying trade dollars at discounts and redeeming at par, while railroads used them at par for ticketing. The Mint circular aimed to curb the swindle, provoking indignation from holders, including some National Pews.
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Linderman
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Mental illness arrest at Tombs Court in New York
John E. Leete an attaché of the New Orleans Times was arrested at the Astor House on a complaint of disorderly conduct and possible insanity. At Tombs Police Court he ranted, claimed a conspiracy to immure him, and was committed for a mental examination. The crowd watched as he left in a distressed, wobbly state. the prison doctor will assess his condition.
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Leete
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Lambert
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Westminster
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Freeman Manufacturing Company
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Louisa Hubbell
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Fever and flight as Grenada crisis widens
A Gre nada report notes flour and lime reach Grenada while Water Valley and Grand Junction report fever cases among residents who fled Grenada. Citizens urge departure as Howard Association nurses bolster aid. Memphis hosts yellow fever updates with new cases and deaths, calls for relief, and planned evacuations via Camp Joe Williams.
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Martindale Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Indianapolis
E B Martindale filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of 315000 secured by mortgages on real estate valued at 502000. The property valuation equals about two thirds of the appraised value at mortgage time. Proceedings do not affect the Journal or its management or accounts. The paper will publish as before under E B Martindale & Co.
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Ind
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E. B. Martindale & Co
Dam
Framingham
Mass
Boston
Boston Water Board
Water Board
City Hall
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T. Sawyer
Boston Water Boar
Turmoil in Austria as Insurgents Grow in Bosnia
A Vienna dispatch notes troops and materials moving south amid widespread belief that reforms promised by the Porte will not be realized. Public mood in Vienna grows hostile toward Turkey, with opposition leaders denouncing the cabinet and Hungarians bearing the brunt of violence at Maglaj Tuzla and Stolatz.
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US Treasury Seeks Resumption of Specie Payments
At the International Monetary Conference in Paris on August 19, Gov. Fenton and Mr Groesbeck outlined the U.S. Treasury stance and its move toward resuming specie payments. Delegates from Britain, Switzerland, Holland, and France weighed gold and silver standards and possible market effects as Germany’s silver stock loomed. The session adjourned until Thursday.
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International Monetary Conference
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United States
Goschen
England
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Holland
Leon Say
France
Germany
Romer unrest as Lazzaretto killed in Grossetto clash
Aug 19 reports say A Lazzaretto preaching a new religion in Grossetto province was slain in a confrontation with gendarmes after his followers demanded a republic. One policeman died and two carbineers were wounded in the confrontations with his partisans.
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Notable Obituaries and Local Incidents Across New England
The article records multiple obituaries and criminal and civic notices from New England towns. It notes Mrs Theodosia Leavitt’s death in Elizabeth New York, various court and jail actions in Portsmouth and Nashua, a reform school transfer for a Keene youth, arrests and assaults in Portsmouth and Manchester, a port authority stockholders meeting, a bank presidency change, and a suicide near Nashua. It also mentions religious camp meetings in Concord district, railroad stockholder meetings, and state legislative costs, ending with the death by suicide of Lizzie Flagg of Nashua.
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Brookline
Veteran Artillery Association of
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Newcastle
Jom Burns
Brentwood
John Cooke
Greenland
John E. Pelkay
Keene
Reform School
First National Bank
Ichabod Goodwin
William H. Y. Hackett
Sergt
D. C. Murphy
Mount Washington
Washington
Sergt. W
Jewell
Charles White
Manchester
John Murphy
Eugene Coffey
Jones’s
Coffey
John McCarthy
John Roach
Lowell
Augusta
Nashua
Maine
Methodists of
George N. Bryant
Haverhill
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway
Portsmouth and Dover
State Normal School
Fish Commission
Livermore Falls
Lizzie Flagg
Gilman Riding Park
Frank Marden
Varied Maine News Highlights From Bath to Bangor
A Maine compilation notes deaths, accidents, and storms including Samuel Whiting of South Paris dying at 80, Mrs Waters injured in a fall, and a schooner load record in Gardiner. It covers a fatal barn fall, horse accident, lumber survey gains, a Dover storm, ship injuries, a boat capsize, and a Bridgton suicide attempt with improving prospects. Also reports Greenback organizing in Cumberland County, scientists headed to Mount Katahdin, Russian nobility aboard Cimbria, and militia muster at Waterville with Colby nearby.
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Butler Addresses New York Workingmen Meeting
Gen Butler spoke to a crowd in the Advocate office and argued labor and capital are unevenly balanced due to borrowed money and high interest. He urged tax reform, shorter work hours, and labor unity with churches to safeguard workers.
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Fire records from multiple towns report extensive blazes
A dispatch from Pittsburgh lists fires in several Pittsburgh properties including Ladds building and the Boulger House with losses around 50000. Other incidents across Vermont Maine Michigan and New York describe barn, house and mill fires caused by lightning or incendiary acts, with varied losses and insurance statuses.
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Ladd’s
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Centennial
Smith's
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Taylor & Co
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Bridport
Marshall Smith
Orwell
Sheldon Wright
Memphis
Tenn
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James Jensen
Empire Porcelain Works
Robinson
Lewiston
Samuel D. Philbrick
Bethel
Philbrick
Haytian outrages reported near Port-au-Prince
New York reports from Barnora quilla Colombia date that the schooner A. J. Fabens of Newburyport from Port-au-Prince was attacked by the Haytian warship St. Michel off Cape Haytian on July 16. The St. Michel fired blank shots and tore the Fabens fore topsail while disabling the mainsail and stove in the stern. A boat with officers checked papers, then left. the Fabens limped to Cape Haytian for repairs as American authorities forward details to Washington.
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A. J. Fabens
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Port-au-Prince
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St. Michel
Cape Haytian
Americay
Lcence
Washingon
Swedes Drown After River Capsize Near Eight Mile Point
DaVEiyport August 19 A boat carrying seven young Swedes capsized on the river five miles above the harbor. Four youths were drowned with names John Pierson Swan Johnson Am rew Bhioom and Frank Westbury. None of the bodies have been recovered.
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Hye
John Pierson
Swan Johnson
Amrew Bhioom
Frank Westbury
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