Grant Era Revered In Senator Carpenter's Saturday Speech
Senator Carpenter urged loyalty to General Grant’s memory and urged restoring the White House to steady leadership. Continental Telephone Company to organize with Col Henry S Russell as president after Bell patent telephoning centralization. China prepares for war with Russia while Russia nudges Japan toward conflict. The Ute agreement with the Interior Secretary is published today.
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Carpenter Attacks Grant Boom in Porter Case Speech
Special despatch describes Senator Carpenter’s Senate remarks on Fitz John Porter, arguing courts martial must be reviewed only by judicial or executive action, warning of centralization, and criticizing congressional overreach while favoring Grant’s political resurgence.
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Pension deficiency prompts renewed army navy estimates
The Commissioner of Pensions informs the Interior Secretary, a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, that deficiencies exist in army and navy appropriations for the year. Revised requests total 6.5 million for army pensions 140 thousand for navy pensions and 15 thousand for agents pay. Rent costs in New York and larger pension rolls drive the shortfall, delaying quarterly payments until new funds are approved.
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Representative Wood Responds on Sugar Tariff in Congress
Washington March 7 Fernando Wood issues a reply to New York memorialists urging a fair sugar tariff. He backs equitable duties for all grades rejects discrimination favoring refiners or merchants and opposes the color standard unless paired with another value test. Wood says the issue will return in committee next week.
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Senate Confirms and Rejects Executive Nominations
The Senate in executive session confirmed several nominations including Consuls Henry Sterne Indiana Perth Louis B Maguire Muscat Charles C Richardson Texas Paso Del Norte James S Williams Aden Supervisors of the census Cadwallader J Pride Henry Hammond Joseph L Creeden for South Carolina and District collectors William Wells Vermont James B Mitchell Yorktown Va Assistant Appraiser Emanuel Auerbach New York The Senate rejected Census Supervisors Joseph Samson John M Clark Samuel Thompson Geo M Buchanan The Buchanan case drew debate with Senators Lamar and Bruce. The Freedman Bank panel closed its inquiry Gen Howard testified his account overdrawn by 2415 later reduced to about 1400 by deposits with clerical errors denying a 300 balance. A report is expected soon.
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Paris S crisis over Hartmann extradition and Russian ties
Paris reports that France will not surrender Hartmann the Russian linked to the Moscow explosion. A dramatic interview with Mouravieff details two masked men pressuring him about Hartmann while ominously warning of consequences. Mouravieff reported the incident to the Palais de Justice.
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Massive London water buyout swindle under Parliament glare
A cable dispatch reports a government plan to buy out London water companies at 70 percent above current value. Shares surged 80 percent since August and 40 percent since Tuesday as £9 million stock yields £30 million. MPs and Liberal backers hold stakes. an inquiry is sought amid strong opposition.
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China Prepares for War Defying All Foreign Powers
A Hong Kong dispatch says China is massing arms and taking a defiant stance toward foreign powers. The Kuldja issue worsens, Russia preserves strategic positions, and England and Russia seek to use China. Russia is allegedly urging Japan to fight China as the Loochoo sovereignty question resurges.
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French Education Bill Stirs Senate Debate In Paris
In London dispatches the French Senate debates the education bill with Jules Ferry arguing Jesuit books threaten French institutions and Jules Simon warning on liberty and Article 7. Reports also note massacres of Muslim villages in Philippopolis and Armenian famine with several deaths and emigration efforts.
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Strikes Hit Mills and Mines Across Several States
In Clinton Massachusetts the Lancaster mills idle amid wage demands. 1634 power looms fallen silent as talks with Boston officials stall. Labor rally in Turner Hall features Charles Fernald criticizing local politics and urging industrial independence and perseverance. Similar labor actions occur in Clearfield and Hontzdale Pennsylvania, Bayonne New Jersey, and Fall River Massachusetts with partial concessions and tentative resumptions.
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Two Major Minnesota Fires Cause Over Million in Losses
Aurbach Finch Culbertson & Co. wholesale dry goods house in St Paul burning from 5 pm with total loss anticipated. building valued 90 600 and goods worth 850 000. insurance 492 000. Duluth grain elevator of Munger Markell & Co burned, 170 000 bushels grain. insured 25 600. Multiple other fires reported in Burrato Buffalo Petrolia and Chicago with various losses.
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Covington Sunday shuts saloons and records names
Cincinnati reports a sober Sunday in Covington Kentucky with all saloons closed and workers from clergy to toll keepers recorded for court. Drugs sold only with prescription as streetcars gain legislative exemption from the Sabbath law amid protests by anti Sunday liquor groups.
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Outrage Report Sparks Vigilante Search in Virginia
In Washington on March 6 a 14 or 15 year old girl, daughter of Mr. Conkling of Columbian Turnpike, Alexandria County, Va, was assaulted by a large black man named Brown. A posse hunts the suspect, and even if caught in Virginia local law may be bypassed in favor of summary justice.
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Richmond and Allegheny Railroad organized to buy canal
Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company outlines leadership including George M. Bartholomew as president and Hi C Parsons as vice president with directors from New York and Richmond. Construction to be pushed with aim to finish within twenty months per Assembly act.
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New York Court Debates Western Union Contempt Case
The Western Union Telegraph case, set for contempt findings before Justice Daniels, stalls as counsel defer arguments and seek injunctions against the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, which is linked to Western Union. Other dispatches note Chinese emigration, Irish relief efforts, ship disputes, and local civic notices.
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Bangor Library 16000 Volumes and Maine Quail Plan
The Bangor Mechanics Library reportedly holds about 16000 volumes. Maine fish and game groups order 2600 Messina or migratory quail to release in spring at locations they choose. Mellen Shaw of Greenville, son of M G Shaw, died by his own hand. overwork suspected. Lillie E adopted daughter of H H Nevens of Deering died after earlier injury from an icy snowball. Mr McKecknie aged man on Bear Hill road in Dover died suddenly in his barn. heart disease presumed. Ice companies on Kennebec largely halted. ice moving downstream. hotels in Gardner crowded with ice men. prices rising. R O Robbins publisher of Newport Times arrested for libel. charged in The New Book of Chronicles. bailed $500 to await Bangor trial in August.
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Rumors and Oddities From Local Vermont News
Reports mention a Bethel iron works startup, a Ripton man with three wives all living nearby, a Holland man’s four foot ten inch white owl shot, and unusual maple sugar output in northern Vermont. Also notes a West Brattleboro lien heir claim, a Richford injury from nailing a knee, a Northfield accident causing fatal injuries, and the disappearance of Anna Waite from West Wordsboro.
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Voters in Bangor Back Incumbent Mayor Amid Mixed Signals
Bangor voters on March 7 show little clarity on public sentiment as Dr. Brown the incumbent license Republican enjoys solid Republican support while facing temperance Republican A G Wakefield. Democrats aim to win three wards for Aldermen and could succeed.
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Train brakeman thrown from freight near South Braintree
John Foley, a brakeman, was thrown from a freight train at South Braintree Saturday night, knocked insensible with injuries to his right eye hip and side while Pacific Guard Works at Woods Hall resumed full operation after vacancies caused by strikes.
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Chambermaid Elizabeth Wadington Sentenced for Theft
Elizabeth Wadington, a hotel chambermaid, was sentenced to three years in the State Prison for stealing $1,800 from a fellow-servant. The Providence Cove yielded the body of Emma Barton, wife of Wm H Barton, who had disappeared January 10 and was known to be addicted to drinking.
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