East Massachusetts YMCA convention and state hearings report
The thirty seventh YM C A convention in eastern Massachusetts concluded in Boston with addresses by Russell Sturgis Jr and others. A legislative committee held a hearing on a 50000 dollar state appropriation to preserve Old South meeting house. City officials heard arguments on purchasing Mercantile wharf for a vegetable market. New Hampshire returns show a Republican lead down to about 1000. Rep Beverly Douglas of West Virginia allegedly conducted a drunken floor display, prompting expulsion talk. Connecticut passed a bill to reorganize Charter Oak Life Insurance as a mutual company. General Sutler returned to Washington to oppose Collector Beard confirmation.
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Young Men's Christian Association of
Eastern Massachusetts
Boston Association
Russell Sturgis, Jr
Rev. J. Boston
New York
N. J. McCoy
Lowell
Legislature
Old South
New Hampshire
Beverly Douglas
West Virginia
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
Connecticut
Gen. Sutler
T Washington
Beard
Gordon
Senate
Committee On Finance
Butler
Ben. Butler
Congress
Conkling
Jones
Nevada
Spencer
Dawes
Hoar
Douglas
Virginia
House
Hale
Reagan
Confederate States
Confederacy
United States
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Texas
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Confederate Congress
Wood
Southern Mail
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Cox
George H. Butler
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Spain
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Italy
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China
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Secretary of the Treasury
Singleton
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London
Paris
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Riio Janeiro
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Legation
Ohio
Lee
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Cyrus W. Field
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Comly
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R. G. Hayes
Sherman
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Supreme Court
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France
France, the Secretary of the Treasury
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Mesers
Anthony
Wisconsin
Christiancy
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Annapolis
United States Military Academy
Changes in the Tanf bill hit duties across many trades
The Ways and Means Committee altered tariffs on numerous items including hair products, gutta percha, India rubber, linseed and flaxseed, olive oil, gunpowder and mining supplies, and related manufactures. Notable shifts include increased ad valorem rates on hatters furs and gutta percha, reduced tyvery rates, and free lemon and lime juice.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
India
House Passes Bennett Arctic Expedition Bill In Senate Form
Washington March 13 The House approved the Bennett Arctic expedition bill as sent from the Senate. Debate centered on whether to send the measure to the Committee of the Whole or Commerce. Supporters praised the citizen promoter while opponents questioned the vessel duties and government involvement.
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Washington
House
Wood
New York
Senate
James Gordon Bennett
Conger
Kenna
Committee On Commerce
United States
Bennet
Navy workers aim for eight hour day proposed auditor for Treasury
The article reports an organized effort by navy employes to limit daily work to eight hours. It discusses the figure proposed as the first auditor of the Treasury and references discussions around the income tax bill. It notes a probable suicide and includes items about Doorkeeper Polk's case and the Washington Monument among other brief items.
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NAVY
Tile Treasury
Polk
Washington Monument
Statewide vote by counties shows Prescott leads McKean in return
In Concord on March 13 the latest county returns reveal Prescott with a larger tally than McKean by 1556 votes if current trends hold, and a majority of 1017. Eleven counties have yet to report, last year Prescott had 1045 to Marcy 1397 with scattered totals.
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Concord
N. H
Marcy
Prescott
McKean
Republican Victory Attributed To Stalwart Wing, Moore Noted
The speaker credits the victory to the stalwart wing of the Republican Party, while clearly distancing himself from the Hayes faction. He also pays respects to Mr O C Moore during the remarks.
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Hayes
O. C. Moore
Woodbury on the Result and party divisions post election
Col John H George cites Hayes and anti-Hayes quarrel as boosting Republicans while Hayes supporters faced a reduced stand. He notes Democrats under McKean inspired enthusiasm, opposes the still hunt tactic, and predicts Republicans will be in the minority after victory. Charles Leyi Woodbury echoes the critique of the still hunt approach.
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John H. George
Granite State
Post
Hayes
Col
George
McKean
Democratic State Committee
Charles Leyi Woodbury
New Hampshire
Herald
Prescott
Concord Monitor Analysis of Hayes Policy in Republican Victory
The piece argues the election outcome was a straight Republican victory not driven by Hayes or his Southern policy. It notes Republicans across factions united to defeat a common enemy, and the party platform balanced past acts with harmony for future acts. It explains the compromise plank aimed to satisfy both Hayes supporters and Stalwart Republicans.
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New York Times
Concord
Hayes
Nashua
McKean
C. C. Moore
Moore
Milford
Exeter
Amos Tuck
Tuck
William E. Chandler
Gilman Marston
Daniel Sanborn
Old Town
Washington
Prescott
Monitor
Chandler
Goncord Monitor
Jacob Rice
Eng
Henniker
Samuel D. Bailey
Charles French
New Hampshire Election Reactions Vary Across Papers
In New Hampshire the response from major papers is divided. The Sun accuses fraud, the World is silent, and the Tribune predicts greater Democratic disappointment. The Herald doubts Chandler's crusade’s impact, while the Mail praises Webster’s victory as rebuke to Billehandlerism. The Express notes a tame vote and Prescott’s reduced margin. The Post highlights Democrats failing to capitalize, and the Graphic calls the outcome not decisive.
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New York
New Hampshire
the Sun
The
Tribune
Herald
Chandler
Mail
Webster
Express
Prescott
the Post
Gov. Prescott
Republican ticket listed for Littleton New Hampshire election
Littleton New Hampshire March 15 The Republican ticket filed yesterday lists George Farr as Moderator Charles H Farr as Town Clerk John W Farr Henry H Farr Evarts W Farr as Representatives Noah Farr Alanson Farr Nelson C Farr as Selectmen John Farr as Town Treasurer Curtis T Farr as Superintending School Committee P. P Farr as Auditor and Theron A Farr as Highway Surveyor though the slate was far from elected
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LitTtleton
N. H
George Farr
Charles H. Farr
John W. Farr
Henry H. Farr
Evarts W. Farr
Noah Farr
Alanson Farr
Nelson C. Farr
John Farr
Curtis T. Farr
P. P. Farr
Theron A. Farr
Maine farmer sued for breach of promise to marry
A well to do Maine farmer facing breach of promise to marry claims a 55 year old woman, Hannah Holley, sought blackmail after his denial of romance. The judge and jury session in Farmington, with jurors deadlocked 6 to 6, ended without a verdict.
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Maine
Farmington
Supreme Judicial Court
Hannah Holley
George Manter
H. L. Whitcomb
C. Belcher
Approaching State Conventions Ignite Party Moves
Providence reports for March 13 with Republicans planning to renominate the current state ticket and Democrats weighing Thomas Davis of Providence as their candidate. Davis would attract Republican votes, while J B Barnaby declines a bid yet backs Davis. The Republican meeting date is set for March 21 and the Democratic for March 32. The GOP aims to sidestep national issues and avoid Post Office power seen last year.
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Providence
Thomas Davis
Davis
J. B. Barnaby
Hayes
Hartford Chamber approves Charter Oak Life reorganization
The House concurs with the Senate in passing a bill reorganizing Charter Oak Life Insurance on the mutual plan. An amendment bars payment for retiring capital stock that would impair policy reserves and removes the need for company approval to make the new charter fully effective. The bill, amended, goes back to the Senate and passes after concurrence.
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Hartford
Cony
House
Senate
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
Capital Stock
New England News from Maine Highlights Detached Local Items
Maine reports include L R Wing death former Belfast Journal editor and Lewiston debt cut amid tax relief. A Woolwich octogenarian offered a large sum for a wife. Emma Brown of Hallowell dies from kerosene lamp injuries. Portland exports deals to Scotland England. Auburn shoe makers endure hard times. Belfast mail misrouted to Europe. Knox and Lincoln Railroad directors reelected. free passes debated. Portland robbery turns up neighbors’ wash stored in woodshed. thieves fled before removal.
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L. R. Wing
Belfast
Lewiston
Woolwich
Emma Brown
Hallowell
Portland
Scotland
England
Wisconsin
Glasgow
London
Quebec
Auburn
New York
Maine
Ireland
Europe
Knox and Lincoln Railroad
Prescott appoints honorary NH expositon commissioners
Gov Prescot t names P Brainard Cogswell Esq and Col Charles H Roberts as Honorary Commissioners for New Hampshire to the Paris Exposition. Burglars enter Concord stores stealing clothing worth about 300 and stamps plus money from the druggist. United States Mail Transportation Co sells Plymouth to Littleton contract to Pemigewasset Stable Co. Horace A Brown, Concord mayor elect, a Cornish native born Oct 3 1825, age 55, long NH Statesman staff, ex assessor alderman and representative, with Masonic and Odd Fellows ties.
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Gov. Prescott
P. Brainard Cogswell
Charles H. Roberts
New Hampshire
L. S. Richardson
Eastman
Concord
United States Mail Transportation Company
Plymouth
Littleton
Pemigewasset Stable Company
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
Horace A. Brown
Cornish
New Hampshire Statesman
State Notes Warmer Signs as Geese Gather and Hay Grows
Wild geese and bluebirds herald warmer days across the state while hay making expands, especially in Champlain valley meadows known as clay farms. Drownings and accidents are reported, a westfield woman wrongly rumored dead, a boy’s arm breaks, and long-standing Bennington town debts prompt anti-bond officials to push a five percent bond plan despite a large floating and railroad debt totaling about 215000.
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Napoleon Wimmette
Vergennes
Lake Camplain
Josie Atwell
Westfield
Richford
George Brewster
Irasburg
James H. Goulding
Joseph H. Goulding
Rutland
Col. Goulding
Glover
Champlain Valley
Marshall Smith
Bridport
Bennington
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Falls River and regional deaths and local news items
Multiple notices from Massachusetts towns report deaths and injuries including Mrs Mary Holden in Fall River and Miss Florence E Greenleaf in Springfield, plus a Fitchburg son dying after a fall. Other items note church leadership resignations, centennial planning in Foxboro, labor meeting in Lawrence, and local factory developments in Fall River with two new mills, Wampanoag No 2 and Union No 3, plus loom counts.
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Blackstone
Mary Holden
Fall River
Thomas Marsh
Fitchburg
Lucy Lawrence
Falmouth
William &. Hammond
Congregational
Acushnet Village
Worcester
Hartford
Florence E. Greenleaf
Springfield
Foxboro
Lawrence
John Carruthers
Somerville
George Gunton
Fail River
Centennial Committee
Lowell
W. P. Phelps
Mases Knowlton
Gloucester
Newfoundland
Stephen Smith
John Grover
English Harbor
Frost
Libbey
Harris
Jane Lindsey
F.S. Bixby
Bixby
S. G. Martin
Martin
Wampanoag No. 2
Union No
Wampanoag
Union
Police Pay Cuts Hit New Haven Officials and Officers
The New Haven Chief of Police salary reduced from 2200 to 1800 yearly while policemen captains and lieutenants receive a 25 cent daily raise. In Hartford, the William Allen murder trial at the Superior Court began before Judges Carpenter and Pardee. Hamlin and Davis, charged in the same crime, opt to be tried by court, awaiting Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality of prisoners choosing court or jury trials.
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New Haven
William Allen
Keeper Sinpman
Weathersfield
Superior Court
Hartford
Supreme Court
Carpenter
Pardee
Hamlin
Davis
Outrage Reports in South Carolina Tied to Revenue Officers
Internal Revenue officials report that three illicit distillers arrested in Pickens County were freed by an armed mob led by the outlaw Redmond. A Greenville man aiding the arrest was sought for hanging, while Edmond’s gang is described as organized and dangerous. Brayton seeks 100 men, with federal help to pursue the fugitives and jail-breakers.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Brayton
Columbia
D. C
Hoffman
Pickens Court House
Thornby
Redmond
William Gary
Greenville
Gary
Daner
Edmond
United States
Mint Gold for Silver Dollars Drives Large Disbursement
The Philadelphia Mint began selling silver dollars for gold at 9 this morning and disbursed 21,000 in about three hours. Rates rose later as brokers issued orders. Tomorrow 100,000 will go to New York and 10,000 to Washington, with daily coinage about 49,000. The Mint sale lasts one or two days before Sub-Treasurers issue dollars.
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Philadelphia
Marche
New York
Washington
London dispatch on Congress mood and Balkan tensions
A Vienna despatch reports a conviction in St Petersburg that British armaments signal England will occupy a Levant point, possibly Mitylene, prompting Russia to safeguard its Black Sea coast. Berlin notes delays and potential German presidency at the congress, while Armenians seek autonomy under European protection and Turkish cruelty in Corfu and Delvino is alleged. A general contest over Greece representation and Suez reforms dominates, with naval movements toward Gallipoli and Paris Exposition funding.
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Levant
Russia
Black Sea
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Reouf Pasha
Nicholas
Armenia
Berlin
Bismarck
Lauenburg
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Montenegro
Layard
Turkey
Corfu
Times
Delvino
Pharsala
Austria
the Times
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San Stefano
Hobart Pasha
Thessaly
Post
Greece
Svenetchkins
New York
The
Mediterranean
Besika Bay
Dardanelles
Commerell
Gallipoli
Admiral Hornby
Roumanian
Andrassy
Gortschukoff
Perlin
William
Causes of the Loss of the Seven Hundred Circassians in Paris
Paris headlines report a bloodless duel ended disastrously by fever at St Peters burg. a Paris newspaper is seized amid cabled dispatches and Gen Grant is noted at Athens with further updates.
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Paris
ST. Petersburg
Grant
Athens
Storm In Virginia Strikes West Virginia County
The heaviest storm ever seen in West Virginia swept Jefferson county Monday night. Hailstones larger than eggs damaged roofs, killed cattle hogs and sheep, and scattered grass. Heavy rain washed out growing wheat causing 75 000 to 100 000 dollars in losses.
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Wheeling
W. VA
West Virginia
Jefferson County
Delfosse Defends Halifax Fishery Award Action
New York March 13 In an interview M Delfosse rebutted attacks on his role in the Halifax Fishery Commission He says Britain had no direct stake and Canada bears the matter Great Britain appears only through Canada He defends the commission against critics and vows to await vindication publication.
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Mme. Rallings
Custom House
Special Treasury
Brackett
Koch
Inspector Jackson
Arthur
Montreal
David Carray
Jacques Cartier Street
Ctiawa
MaccDonald
Canada
Dominion
Customs Department
Halifax
Port Hood
Cape Breton
Manitonlin Island
Oka
St. Joan
N. B
J. & J. Hegan & Co
M. Delfosse
Halifax Fishery Commission
Great Britain
England
Blaine
United States
Tor
London
Belgium
Commission
Fire Damages Multiple Businesses Across Two States
Middletown New York fire at B D Browns store in Burnside Orange County destroys contents insured at 3500 and building 800. Lackawanna Coal and Iron Co store at Franklin Furnace Sussex County New Jersey burns with complete contents. suspected nitro glycerine explosion in cellar. Wells Maine Rankins buildings destroyed by kerosene lamp explosion. losses about 3500 insured 2500. Hobbs buildings also burn same night. cause unknown. losses about 3500 insured 2400.
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Middletown
N. Y
B.D. Brown
Burnside
Orange County
Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company
Franklin Furnace
Sussex County
N J
Wells
W. G. Rankins
K. P. Hobbs
Charles Butler Dies After Week Long Illness at New London Bank
Charles Butler longtime cashier of the National Bank of Commerce in New London Connecticut died after a week's illness from pulmonic troubles. He served twenty six years in the position and was a respected figure in the local financial community.
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National Bank of Com— Mere
New London
Conn
Hog Packing Statistics Rise in Chamico Year
Data from March 1, 1877 to March 1, 1878 shows total hog packing at 4,009,311 pounds with winter and summer seasons contributing. Average weights and lard yields are reported as 1969-100 pounds and 82 50-100 pounds for simmer packing, plus 28 57-1060 pounds, reflecting a heavy increase in manufactured product.
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Cmicaco
Earthquake Shakes CoLumpus Kentucky Localities
A tremor felt in CoLumpus Kentucky yesterday morning alarmed residents. Bed frames slid, furniture toppled, and a riverbank cave caused a house to hang over the bluff. Bells rang at nearby depots as the rumbling ceased in moments.
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CoLumpus
Mancy
Mississippi River
City extends department cuts beyond fire and police
Curiaco dated March 13 reports strong Aldermanic pressure to rethink the mayor's decision to reduce city services. The mayor has chosen to extend the reductions to all other city departments, maintaining a broad scaling of government spending.
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Curiaco
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