Prohibition on the Cumberland River Steamer City of Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court upholds conviction of Boyd for selling liquor on the steamboat City of Nashville without local license. Court rules state and federal licenses apply on river boats, even through prohibition counties, and the law covers the boat while in motion as it does land.
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Supreme Court of Tennessee
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Cumberland River
Imhe
United States
Supreme Court
Hartford Executive Chamber Episode Involving Gov Wailer and Birdsall
Public accounts describe a Hartford incident in the executive chamber where Gov. Wailer acted as a straightforward man while Birdsall, connected to the Hartford Telegram, urged political schemes. The piece notes Birdsall’s past attacks on Samuel J. Tilden and questions his role at the Telegram.
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Executive Chamber
Hartford
Gov. Wailer
Birdsall
Samuel J. Tilden
Hartford Telegram
Telegram
Maine civil service reform Republicans surprise press
The Portland Press reports unexpected civil service reform Republicans in Maine challenging the terms of the state convention call. Names cited include Fred Dow Clark Barker Stanley Pullen Bill Wakefield Joe Manley and Jesse Drew, with questions about their identity and stance. The piece notes a governor favoring a nonpartisan judiciary and pro labor and prohibition positions among officials.
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Portland
Civil Service Reform Republicans
Maine
Goddard
Fred Dow
Clark H. Barker
Stanley Pullen
Bill Wakefield
Joe Manley
Jesse Drew
Hart
Tariff reformers rise in Iowa politics
The article argues Iowa Democrats lead tariff reform and that the state shifts away from large Republican majorities. It notes reform leagues spreading in townships and school districts, a new weekly journal to promote tariff reform, and Massachusetts Democrats ready to greet Iowa Republicans in stance against the war tariff, predicting no backward steps.
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Iowa
Towa
Hawkeye
Union
Thut
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Massachusetts
Old Bay
Randall Factions Risk Warming Tariff Bill Clash
Washington dispatch notes Randall Democrats and protectionists claim about the whisky bill vote exceeds fact. It details Randall’s bloc of 18 and allies among 16 others who could swing Morrison and tariff votes, the strategy to move whiskey before tariff, and Morrison’s absence due to illness.
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Randall Democrats
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Georgia
Texas
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More Testimony on Star Route Trials and Mexican Treaty Talk
The Senate and House proceedings reveal continued testimony on the Star Route trials with A M Gibson detailing disputes among government lawyers and contractors for the Prescott Santa Fe route. Separately the Lasker resolution returns are discussed with the German minister and secretary of state amid open sessions on the Mexican treaty and Alabama claims.
Postmaster General Extends Fast Mail to Omaha
Postmaster General Gresham announced the extension of the fast mail service to Omaha via the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line. The first train leaves at 3 a.m. and arrives in Omaha at 9 p.m., saving twenty four hours between New York and Omaha and westward to the Pacific coast.
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Curiaco
Gresham
Omaha
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
New York
Pacific Coast
Logan Loses Delegates in Illinois Fourth District
The report notes Gen. Logan failed to secure delegates in Illinois fourth district with Blaine likely favored by those chosen. It contrasts Texas sentiment for Thurman at the state convention and mentions Uncle Thomas Hendricks loyally backing the old ticket. Interpretations from several papers reflect Democratic and Republican tensions ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Logan
Illinois
Blaine
Texas
Thurman
Chicago
Canalveston News
Thomas Hendricks
Atlanta
Bangor election results show Democrats gain and GOP trails
March election returns give Mayor Humphreys 1622 votes for the Republican, Frederick A. Cummings 1592 for Democrat, and James Woodbury 110 for Prohibition. Democrats gain 584 votes year over year. Republicans up 518. A second mayoral vote likely March 24 with Democrats favored. New aldermen include James Tobin, Edward Connors, A. L. Simpson, and Thomas W. Vose, Albert Bean, Harvey L. Jewell, Charles I. Callamore. Bangor's newspapers frame this as a Democratic gain amid tariff debate and anti free trade editorials.
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BanGoor
Judge Humphreys
Frederick A. Cummings
James Woodbury
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James Tobin
Edward Connors
A. L. Simpson
Thomas W. Vose
Albert Bean
Harvey L. Jewell
Charles I. Callamore
Boutelle
Washington
Bangor
Penobscot
Labor
Cummings
Sangor
Lumor
Democratic
Free Trade Party
Peopl
F. Humphrey
Hannibal Hamlin
Non-Partisan Belfast Election Quiet as Greenback Ticket Wins
Brevast Maine March 10 election in Belfast was quiet with Mayor Johnson unopposed. In CampEN Sireenback Camden the greenback party secured most offices, electing moderator H. B. Eaton town clerk Charles B. Veazie selectmen J. P. Wellman J. W. Ingraham Otis A. Fish treasurer James Perry and school committee E. G. S. Ingraham O. B. Wooster. Bond refund of 8106 at five per cent to four per cent approved. Meeting adjourned to second Monday in April for iron bridge matter.
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Sireenback
Camden
Campen
Greenbackers
Greenback
H. B. Eaton
Charles B. Veazie
J. P. Wellman
J. W. Ingraham
Otis A. Fish
James Perry
Ingraham
O. B. Wooster
W. W. Perry
The Home of Blaine and of Boss Manley Does Nobly
A special despatch from Augusta Maine reports the municipal election outcome as a surprise to the Republican establishment. Democrats and independent Republicans carried four of seven wards, leaving no incumbent mayoral candidate. Philbrook led with 763 votes, Fowler 593, Whitehouse 287. Philbrook fell 59 short of a majority. The voting shift challenges city power locally tied to posts and business interests.
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Blaine
Boss Manley
Boston Post
Augusta
Grindstone
Philbrook
Whitehouse
Ind
Fowler
Irish dynamiters threaten more explosions in England
Paris dispatch reports an advanced Irish nationalist saying nationalists are not discouraged by failed dynamite attempts and plan a long series of blasts in England. Os men Digna and others plot attacks in Sudan and Burma tensions rise as authorities expand espionage and patrols across Europe.
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Tynan
Sumer
Foreign Office
L. Sackville West
Washington
United States
Lowell
Fenian O’ Leary
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Biddeford Democrats sweep in tariff issue election
In Tariff era Biddeford Maine the Democratic ticket won decisively on March 10. Mayor Edwin W Staples was reelected by a 304 vote margin, the largest for the office. Democrats won six of seven wards for the aldermen and controlled the common council eighteen to three. Republicans and a minor “dude” faction vote split weakened, while laborers joined the Democratic wave amid tariff arguments and liquor-law political machine history.
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Biddeford
Maine
Little Sentinel
John Hanscum
Daniel EF. Somes
James Andrews
Cyrus Gordon
Jonathan Tuck
I. IL. Banks, Rep. Filed An Unexpired Term); 1831-2, Seth Fairfield
John Quincy Adams
Charles A. Shaw
Ferguson Haines
James R. Clark
Edwin W. Wedgwood
Francis G. Warren
James H. McMullen
John H. Burnham
Alfred Pierce
Charles M. Moses
James A. Stroul
Elisha I. Clark
E. W. Staples
Boston Post
Bipphrorp
Edwin W. Staples
Seth Warren
Joel L. Roberts
Democracy
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Nathaniel Falker
Daniel L. Jellison
John H. Cosgrove
Napoleon B. Osgood
James Hunt
Warren J. Conlan
Fires Strike Homes and Farms Across Several States
A series of fires damaged homes and farm buildings from Malden Massachusetts to Portland Connecticut and Brockton Massachusetts. Losses ranged from 600 to 30 000 dollars with several properties insured and livestock losses including cows horses hogs and hay. Names include Thaddeus Richardson C O Hunt Mrs Clara Imperial and the Herrick heirs among locales Malden Derry Brockton Salem Pittspore and Valley Mills.
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Malden
Mass
Thaddeus Richardson
Stoneham Centre
Derry Line
C. O. Hunt
Rock Island
Brock Ton
Everett Street
New Charter Bid and College Disputes in Brief
A charter application was filed by the New York and Philadelphia Coal and Iron company with capital of 5 million dollars. Union College refused to enroll Hamilton College bolt ing students claiming it refuses to graduate uneducated men. Californias weekend storm left the Santa Clara valley a vast lake with property damage around 500 thousand dollars. Heavy rains continue. Cincinnati cigar makers declared a lockout putting 1100 workers out of work over wage disputes on a special cigar brand. A westbound Flushing and North Shore train struck Harway Dyewood Extracts president John W. Harway at Myrtle Avenue crossing. he suffered broken legs and likely fatal injuries. carriage wrecked and horse killed. A Harlem railroad train derailed near Morrisania into the Harlem river Sunday night. passengers rescued by nearby boatmen. Maggie Maguire of Hunter's Point sustained a skull fracture as a result of a broken flange derailment.
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New York and Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company
Union College
Hamilton College
California
Santa Clara
Cincinnati
Flushing and North Shore Railroad
John W. Harway
Harway Dyewood Extract Works
Hunter's Point
Boston House Proceedings Summary of Bills and Reports
The 2 o clock session records Speaker Martin presiding. Meigs elevated railroad bill ordered printed as passed. Committees report on Boston assessors election term limits and ward division timing. Cambridge water supply bill seeks 1.5 million gallons daily from Stonybrook. other topics cover labor cooperatives, barbed wire highway fencing, referee appointments, tax exemptions for military land, witnesses summons, and Cambridge Fresh Pond water land. Fisheries statistics and labor reports noted. several items tabled or recommitted.
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Lynn Workingman’s Association
Loring
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New Plymouth
Andrew
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Moses N. Arnold
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Committee On Taxation
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Snow
Baily
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Kingsley
Cambridge
Watham
Stonybrook
Stratton
Medford
Brown
Scituate
Shaw
Chelmsford
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Postmaster at Bennington flees on horse and cutter
Bennington Vermont March 10 government agents arrive to investigate post office affairs as Postmaster Tiffany bondsmen seek release. Tiffany, a notary public, fled with funds and $12,000 bonds signed by William H. and Edward Bradford. Public confidence shaken. pursuit continues with no trace yet.
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Tiffany’s
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Tuluny
Fhloosie, N
Tle
William H
Edward Bradford
Williiam MH. Bradford
Tiffany
Governor Robie Visits Foot and Mouth Disease Farms
Portland reports Gov Robie Councillors Cornish Bolster and Locke with Dr Kailey surveying Deering West Falmouth and Falmouth cattle infected with foot and mouth disease. They studied liability and costs to the state. A sub committee was formed to report next meeting. Four farms total 43 head infected. eight sick now, all under quarantine.
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Portland
Robie
Cornish, Bolster and
Locke
George H. Kailey
State Cattle Commissioners
John A. Smith
Lemuel Rolf
Deering
Joshua L. Whitehouse
West Falmouth
James L. West
James L. Pierce
Falmouth
Falwouth Hotel
Evangelical Minister's Meeting Debates Demoralizing Literature
The Evangelical Ministers association held a meeting Monday with the next session to discuss the influence of demoralizing literature on family life. Anthony Comstock was invited to speak. A funeral committee for Rev. Dr. Dorus Clark was named with Rev. O. P. Gifford, L. B. Bates, S. B. Fay, E. S. Potter, and J. L. Scott. Rev. W. F. Warren gave an illustrated address on locating the Garden of Eden at the North Pole, presenting many arguments for the theory.
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Evangelical Minister’s Association
Anthony Comstock
Dorus Clark
O. P. Gifford
L. B. Bates
S. B. Fay
E. 5
Garden of Eden
North Pole
Mississippi river flood report at Greenville and surrounding areas
Vicksburg dispatch reports the Mississippi river at Greenville at the high water mark of 1683 with Hughes crevasse 600 feet wide. Water overflows Sun Flower and Yazoo bottoms, causing more damage than last year. Railroad bed on the Mississippi Valley line in Tunica and Coahoma counties swept away. A large number of plantations submerged.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Greenville
Hughes's
Sun Flower
Yazoo
Tunica
Coahowa
Dime Museums Paint a Dark Portrait of Boston Amusements
The piece critiques Boston entertainment as too costly for many while praising theaters, then details three dime museums in the North End. It describes crowds of poor, mostly young men and few women, the lurid external signs versus inside reality, eerie lecturers, and harried spectators paying with nickels to gaze at exaggerated curiosities and watch stage acts.
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Navy Yard
County Kilkenny
Barnum
Iiere
Arnold Treason Explored In Fiske Lecture At Old South
Mr John Fiske presented the twelfth lecture on the revolutionary war at the Old South Monday evening tracing Benedict Arnold from his early jealousy toward him to his treason. The talk covered his alliance with the British and Major Andre’s role in the West Point plot with notes on Arnold's motives and temperament. The lecturer predicted a final address on Friday evening.
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John Fiske
Old South
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Miss Shippen
Congress
Fliance
Henry Clinton
Semison
Andre
West Point
Probate Court Probate Wills and Admin Grants in Plymouth
Plymouth Mass March 10 wills probated before Judge Keith Abbie E Bennett Rockland I B Studley executor Zephaniah Keith Bridgewater Martha Keith executrix Marietta Keith Bridgewater Hosea Kingmen executor Sally B Sampon Duxbury Sarah A Weston executrix Rufus C Freeman Carver B W Keith Bridgewater executor Celia M Magoun Mansfield Hirai A Oakman executor Caroline Cashman Kingston David W Turner South Scituate executor Joshua Gibbs Wareham Edward C Palmer executor Henry Briggs Hansom Harriet A Briggs executor Administration granted George Sampson Boston on the estate of Elizabeth Sampson Plymouth Michael Ormonde Kingston on the estate of Margaret Ormonde Otis White Duxbury on the estate of Daniel W White Banks Sanford Stockton on the estate of Galen K Richard West Bridgewater Hannah Cogan Scituate on the estate of Phillip Cogan Thomas Cart Scituate on the estate of Druscilla Curtis Martha T Vinai Scituate on the estate of George H Vinal Alden Cushman Duxbury on the estate of Alden Cushman Jr William W Ryder Wareham on the estate of Elizabeth SS Ryder Real estate sales authorized Jedediah Dweley Samuel Dyer 2d and Charles H Howland executors under the will of Abner Curtis Rockland Joseph O Burdett administrator estate of Nehemiah Ripley Ling ham Clark P Howland administrator estate of Desire Briggs Marion Galen Humphrey executor will Joseph H Williams Wareham Clark P Howland administrator estate of Joseph S Lace Marion Daniel E Damon Plymouth trustee under will of Zaben Olney Plymouth Guardians appointed Bualis Sanford Brockton Charles Richards minor Martin Osborne Halifax Alice M Osborne minor W H H Bryant Pembroke Fred B Briggs Hanson
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Abbie E. Bennett
Rockland
Studley
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Bridgewater
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Marrietta Keith
Hosea Kingmen
Sally B. Sampon
Duxbury
Sarah A. Weston
Rufus C. Freeman
Carver
Michael Ormonde
Kingston
Margaret Ormonde
Otis White
Daniel W. White
Banks Sanford
Stockton
Galen K. Richard
West Bridgewater
Hannah Cogan
Scituate
Phillip Cogan
Thomas Cart
Druscilla Curtis
Martha T. Vinai
Nehemiah Ripley
Iingham
Clark P. Howland
Desire Briggs
Marion
Galen Humphrey
Joseph H. Williams
Wareham
Joseph 5
Lace
Daniel E. Damon
P Plymouth
Zaben Olney
Boston Railways Keep Five Tickets for 25 Cents
Readers oppose a proposed law forcing five cent streetcar fares and abolishing tickets. Boston managers of the Metropolitan and Highland railways announce continued sale of five tickets for 25 cents despite Beacon Hill legislation, a decision likely to be echoed by other lines.
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Disappearance Of Milward G. Nickerson At Long Wharf
No tidings have been received of Milward G. Nickerson last seen four weeks ago at his firms Nos. 57 and 59 Long Wharf. He was a 69 year old bachelor with little cash. Creditors met at B. P. Snow & Co. Atlantic Avenue. about 30 percent of claims likely to be realized from liabilities around 65 000.
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Milward G. Nickerson
Long Wharf
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B. P. Snow & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Gilchrist Fosters Hook Kid Gloves offer varies in New England
Foster's Hook Kid Gloves come in seven colors including tan brown wine plum and black in sizes from 5 1/2 to 8. The advertisement targets ladies across New England and promotes an unprecedented selection of lacing gloves.
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Glove Stock Closing Out at Low Prices
When ladies consider that every pair of these gloves is new stock in fresh condition the regular price is $1 50 and $1 75. The necessity of examining them at once will be apparent as we are closing out several lots of 3 and 4 button kid gloves in various colors some of them slightly soiled.
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