Gen Grant’s health report after doctor visit
Dr Douglass said General Grant slept poorly overnight with a strong desire to sleep yet unable. He rose at 7 AM, wrote some manuscript pages, reported no troublesome threat, and remained alert in the evening though troubled by phlegm. Pulse and temperature steady. treatment noted.
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New York
Maranot
Douglass
Grant
Snow Deepens Damage Across Virginia Fields
IDANVILLE Va March 23 Snow fell across the state and nearby areas with depths of six inches in some places and four inches elsewhere last night. Temperatures dropped to 24 degrees this morning. Tobacco beds are waterlogged and damaged fruit trees and vines show slow budding. Wheat, long thought hurt by prior cold, may benefit from fresh snowfalls.
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Idanville
Noit i Garcie
Lveston
Tex
Texas
Ing
Postmaster Tug of War Shows New York Influence
Washington dispatch details political pressure over Pearson's possible reappointment as New York postmaster. President Cleveland faces Republican and mugwump opposition, seeks new scrutiny, and may appoint Malcolm Hay or another NY-recognized candidate. Also notes Boston appointments, cabinet leanings, and the first post office pick by Postmaster General Vilas, Georgia S. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Godkin
Evening Post
Pearson
New York Times
The
Cleveland
New York Post Office
W Pearson
Werr
Independent Republican
Friends of the Administration
Malcolm Hay
South
Schuyler Crosby
Hay
B. B. Smalley
Burlington
Democracy of
Vermont
Phelps
Navy Department
United States Civil Service Commission
Whitney
White House
Secretary of War
Vilas
Post Office Department
Georgia S. Walker
Nevada
War in Egypt Advances After Bloody Day
Gen. Graham moves full force from Suakim toward Tamai as McNeil builds a zareba and the enemy retreats. Reports place Arab losses around 1000 with Osman Digna massing 25,000 at Tamai. Wolseley orders Korti evacuated while battles loom and heat and typhoid rise among British troops.
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Suakim
Graham
Korti
Wolseley Hhus
Denbeh
Anni
Donzola
Osman Digna
Tamai
Soudan
McNeils
Zareba
London
NcNeil
Gordon
War scare shadows markets as India troop rumors rise
London reports alarm over a possible war with Russia as Indian troop movements prompt stock drops. Berlin shows buyers amid belief the India display is Liberal bluster. In Parliament Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice and Mr Wolff clashed on the Russo Afghan frontier and Russia’s verbal assurances. Earl Granville urged firm policy with openness to peace talks.
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London
Russia
Stock Exchange
India
Berlin
Liberal Party
Commons
Edmund Fitzmaurice
Henry Drummon
Wolff
Earl Granville
House of Lords
England
Rev Dr Burchard Recalls Mislabels In Men I Have Met
New York March 23 Rev Dr Burchard spoke at United Presbyterian church on Men I Have Met. He derided press misreadings calling him a religious slouch or old fool and noted he had been mistaken for a lumber and a Venice hotel cad waiter. He denied being a bigot and said he kept an open circle of truth.
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New York
Dr. Burchard
United Presbyterian Church
Venice
Burciard
Diplomatic Nominations Spark Baltimore Praise and Debate
The president named Edward Phelps to Britain, McLane to France, Pendleton to Germany, and Henry Jackson to Mexico with Benton as U.S. attorney. Pendleton’s envoy post draws praise. Fish and others face possible nonretention as Belgium minister. Maryland figures like McLane and Bell surface in discussion of posts and partisan shifts.
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Washington
Edward J. Phelps
Vermont
Great Britain
Robert M. McLane
Maryland
France
Geo. H. Pendleton
Germany
Henry R. Jackson
Georgia
Mexico
Maecenas E. Benton
Missouri
United States
Western District
John W Saville
Navy
Senate
Pendleton
Frederick O. Prince Will
Italy
Phelps
New England
Fillmore
England
Oxford
Gov. McLane
Bayard
McLane
China
Senator Gorman
Gorman
Berlin
London
Paris
Savannah
Austria
Wade
Nicholas Fissh
Belgium
Fish
Paris Morning News
Democratic Party
Sidey Webster
Isaac Bell, Jr
Rhode Island
Charity Ball at Adelphi rink draws notable guests and crowds
NEW BEDFORD March 23 The charity ball at Adelphi skating rink was the season’s social highlight. Gov. Robinson arrived by train with his staff and was greeted by New Bedford guards. The procession through main streets led to Hon. Jonathan Bourne with the governor as host. The grand march featured Morgan Roch and Sallie Randall. The ball, decorated and crowded, supported St Luke’s Hospital, with many prominent citizens guiding the event. Guests included Mayor Hanson of Talluntop and various state officers. The event proved financially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Adelphi Skating Rink
Mos
Gov. Robinson
Histaff
Jonathan Pourne
Genamuec Dalton
Slem
Morgan Roch
Sallie Randall
Morgan kKoted
St. Luke’s Hospital
Washe
Jonathan Bourne
Roteh
C W. Clifford
Frederik Swift
Randall
Mayor Hanson of
Talluntop
Hunger Millions in Three West Virginia Counties
Reports from Charlestown describe extreme famine across Baxter Gilmore and Calhoun counties with people and livestock dying from want of food. Travelers report subsistence beans and gruel from coarse mills, crops short, and supply lines distant, leaving isolated areas in dire condition.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Baxter
Gilmore
Calhoun
Rome
Jackson
Transcontinental Railroad pool appoints Cannon as general agent
In Denver today the Transcontinental Railroad association deferred the commissioner election and elected L. G. Cannon acting commissioner as general agent and auditor of the pool. The original contract was amended modestly and signed by all pool roads. The meeting adjourned to meet again in Chicago in August. The session was harmonious and successful with many long standing differences settled and a firm resolve to maintain future rates.
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Denver
Transcontinental Railroad Association
L. G. Cannon
Waelce
Chicago
Mounted police rushed to quell Saskatchewan uprising in Canada
In Winnipeg on March 23 reports say mounted police volunteers and artillery are being hurried to Prince Albert and Carlton to suppress the Saskatchewan half breed and Indian uprising. The situation remains critical with serious trouble feared as reports from the disturbance scene are meager.
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Winnepeg
Man
Prince Albert
Carlton
Saskatchewan
Mound City
Pulaski County
Baltimore Company
Philadelphia
Brazil
Frank Cottrill
Juillet Harrisville
W. Ywa
Newbury
N. H
A. Winnipeg Gespatch
Supreme Court rules against polygamy oath in Utah vote rulings
The U S Supreme Court voided the Edmunds act registration oath demanding voters be non polygamists. The decision holds the board lacked binding authority over registration officers and that its rules were not a valid basis for action. Justice Field dissented. Also reports: Allen identified as Frank Landers, a noted swindler. Dillman jailed for five years for forgery. Mary McGrath held for $50 theft. and ship incident aboard the James A Boland ending with the steward’s complaint.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Territory of
Utah
Board of Commissioners
Jesse J. Murphy
Mary Ann M. Pratt
Mildred E
A. Randall
Eblen C
H.b.clawson
James M. Barlow
Alexander Ramsey
Federal Board of Commissioners
United States
Iit
Justice Field
Young
Allen
Frank Landers
St. Pau
San Francisco
Pinkerton
New York
Boston
Superior Criminal Court
Julian K. Dillman
Dilman
Col
Dillman
Detroit
Mary McGrath
C. A. Anderson
James A. Boland
George Carew
Robert Alexander
Marshal Banks
Fires and losses across several cities reported
Dispatches from Salem Newark Newport Trenton Raleigh and Sarton Landing recount multiple fires. Tannery owned by John Frost in Kenilworth and Harris’s factory incur totals around 10 000 to 16 000 with various stock losses. Granite Mills storehouse in Guild burns. capitol building fire in Trenton causes 75 000 estimated damage. Henderson town Raleigh Easton line suffers 75 000 in property losses. Blake residence barn in Derby destroyed. insured 1 200. No definitive injuries noted.
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Telegraph
Salem
Mass
John Frost
Deep
Il. Herris
Kenbouy
Jose Willieuch
Harris’s
Lond & Buxton
Jacobs
Jd. OG. Mafford
Newark
N.J
Heller & Merz
Virustaline Blue Works
Hamburg
Newsark
New York
Lie Analine Works
Newport
N. H
Granite Mills
Guild
Lorstoi
Boston
Trenton
Capitol
Quartermaster General
Raleigh
N. C
Henderson' S
Here
Easton
Sarton Landing
R. P. Blake
Derby
Search for missing Harpers Weekly editor continues in Tennessee
The missing editor Mr. Conant of Harpers Weekly is sought by Detective Walsh who arrived in Nashville, with indications he was last seen at a hotel there. He appeared paralyzed in speech and is believed bound for Louisville after giving a Masonic sign to a physician.
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New York
Conant
Harpers Weekly
Walsh
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville
H. Beekman
Griffith
Mr. Gilbert
Augustin Daly
James Lewis
Newell, King, Sloan, Hayden and Reoberts
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Bergh
Robert Roy Hamilton
Board of Aldermen
Joe Goss Veteran English Pugilist Dies in City Home
Joe Goss aged veteran English pugilist died at his Lagrange Street residence this Tuesday morning. Born Northampton November 5 1838 he lived in Wolverhampton before emigrating to America and fame in Boston where he spent years. At 5 feet 8¾ inches and about 175 pounds in fighting trim Goss fought 25 years and 15 bouts losing only three. He defeated notable men in England and America including Tom Allen in Kentucky and was champion of America before losing to Paddy Ryan in Collier's Station West Virginia. His May benefit at Music Hall featured his first meeting with John L Sullivan, whom he predicted would become champion.
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E. J. Phelps
Vermont
Court of St. James
Burlington
New York City
Lake Champlain
Adirondack
Judge Phelps
Supreme Court of Vermont
United States
Washington
Webster
Clay
Benton
Wright
Henry Clay
Phelps
Fillmore
Treasury
Pierce
England
Yale College
Justice Field
Supreme Court
Boston
Charles Plesadee Udeell
Bethe
France
Germany
Perdleton
Charles Levi Woodbury
Alexander H. Rice
Robert Milligan McLane
Delaware
Louis McLane
Congress
Great Britain
Robert
Washington College
District of Columbia
St. Mary’s College
Baltimore
Paris
College Bourbon
West Point Academy
Andrew Jackson
Florida
Scott
Northwest
China
Joe Goss
Lagrange Street
Northampton
Eng
Wolverhampton
America
Loston
Goss
Jem Mace
Paddy Ryan
George Hare
Jock Rooke
Josh Price
Tom Paget
Dan Crutchiey
Bill Ryal
Theodore Baker
Tom Alien
Tom Allen
Kentucky
Collier’s Station
W. Va
Music Hall
John L. Sullivan
Mrs Dr Young v Boston and Maine settles for half
In Lawrence Massachusetts on March 23 the suit for 5600 damages by Mrs. Dr. Young against the Boston and Maine railroad was withdrawn from the jury and settled for 2500. Everett mills announce a Saturday shutdown affecting about 500 rooms and 150 employees. Porter Bros. horse and buggy stolen from Common street were found in Bradford by police. thieves escaped.
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Lawrence
Mass
Dr. Young
Boston and Maine Railroad
Everett Mills
Porter Bros
Common Street
Bradford
Corporals Conlon And Woodsum Found Guilty By Navy Court
Corporals F H Conlon and C T Woodsum of the U S Marine Corps were tried by a naval summary court martial at the marine barracks on the charge of absence without leave and found guilty. They were sentenced to be reduced to the rank of private. Assistant Surgeon L W Curtis has returned to duty at the naval hospital. Passed Assistant Surgeon H P Lovering has returned to duty aboard the Wabash.
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F. H. Conlon
C. T. Woodsum
U.S. M.C
Naval
Marine Barracks
L. W. Curtis
Naval Hostal
H. P. Lovering
Wabash
Boy Hurt In Factory Shaft Incident At Sally’s Boiler Shop
Luke Moran aged 17 of 112 Boston street was drawn into a shaft at Sally's boiler shop in South Boston on Monday. He was hurled to the floor with force, his right arm crushed and thumb and tendons torn from the limb in a dangerous accident.
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Luke Moran
Boston Street
Sally
First Streets
Boston
Cambridge Ex-Mayor Fox Portrait Presented at Banquet
Subscribers of Cambridge honor ex Mayor Fox with life size portrait by Edgar Perry. A dinner at Young’s hotel followed the exhibition in the Cambridge city hall project. Toasts by Boston Mayor Russell Cambridge Mayor O Brien ex Mayor Cummings Somerville and others celebrated Fox’s mayoralty and urged Cambridge identity and prosperity.
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Fox
Cambridge
Young’s Hotel
O’brien
Boston
Russell
Cummings
Somerville
Col
P. A. Lindsey
Theodore Hurd
Mr. Fox
City Hall
Daniel H.thurston
Henry W. Muzzy
Alex. McDonald
Henry H. Gilman
Curtis Davis
Stephen Anderson
William E. Doyle
Linn B. Porter
Moses D. Church
E. A. Alger
Jno
Mayor Russell
Charles H. Saunders
Henry H. Gilmore
William Orcutt
K.S. Chaffee
George H. Howard
A. F. Holt
J. W. Coveney
H. G. Kemp
J. T. Davis
John W. Wilkinson
John Kinnear
E. J. Dolan
F. A. Lull
J. A. Sawyer
A. B. Alger
M. D. Church
Er. E. Spencer
R. R. Iindon
S. F. Marshall
Chester W. Kingsley
Guv. Robinson
George C. Bent
Massachusetts
City of
William E. Russell
Old City
Boston Common Council
Dorchester
Edgar Parker
Joshua A. Jacobs
John McDuffie
Common Council
Henry W. Muzzey
Cambridge Aldermen
Charlies J. McIntyre
Cambridge Common Council
M. E. Rideout
E. R. Champlin
Ladies
Mournful disasters and town notices from New England readers
A sequence of brief notices reports multiple deaths from accidents and suicide across New England and Rhode Island, plus labor disputes, railroad injuries, and town government actions. Highlights include Nicholas Whiteman killed by a falling tree in Warren New Hampshire, a fatal barroom fight in Millville Rhode Island, injuries to San iaphr Fanning, and Allen Raymond of New Bedford among others. Weavers at Tinkham Co Harrisville strike for higher pay. 17 year old Herbert Warren dies by hanging in Albion Maine. Charles Murphy loses an arm attempting to board a moving train near Worcester. Obits note Samuel C. Forsaith of Manchester New Hampshire dies of paralysis at Jefferson College Hospital. Town meetings in Quincy Massachusetts discuss highway construction funding. Egremont and Great Barrington Massachusetts list town officers and appropriations.
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Nicholas Whiteman
Warren
N. H
Lim
Millville
R. I
William E. Dodge
Dexter
Gorbain
Libby & “Ons
Wes
White
Mount Moriah
Alien Raymond
New Bedford
Mass
Tinkham & Co
Harrisville
R. L
Herbert Warren
Samuel Warren
Albion
Charles Murphy
Worcester
West Brookfield
Boston
Albany
Samuel C. Forsaith
Manchester
Jefferson College Hospital
Philadelphia
Quincy
Egremont
E.D. Harrington
W. C. Dalzelle
H. L. Rowe
A. R. Boyce
J. A. Gardner
E. M. Tyrell
J. L. Miller
E. R. Peck
J.T. Warren
Wiliam Hasty
W.S
Metropolis Police Bill and Retirement of Supreme Court Justices
In the senate session bills were engrossed on housing ponds water supply carriages election of town water boards and precinct voting. The House debated retirement pay for justices, adopting a three quarters salary plan. orders of the day proceeded and a state loan measure and substitute were discussed before adjournment.
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Senate
Erving
Board of Water Commissioners
Westfield
Wells
Committee On Election Laws
Committee On Public Service
Merrimack River
Plum Island River
Ipswich Bay
B. F. Bridges, Jr
Civil Service
Commonwealth
Edward Hamiton
Boston
Civil Service Act
Charlemont
Committee On Railroads
General Court
Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad Company
Barre Library Association
Reading Water Company
Framingham Water Company
Committee On
Probate and Chancery
Supreme Judicial Court
Mr. Davis
Mr. Boardman
Superior Court
Assessment Insurance Bill at Massachusetts Legislature
In the house Mr Coffin of Boston moves to take the metropolitan police bill from the table. The rules are amended to admit Fannie Ross's annuity petition. A long assessment plan life and casualty insurance bill is reported. It sets rules for corporations, underwriting, and protections. outlines insurer duties, court remedies, and policy specifics.
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Commonwealth
Insurance Commissioner
Insurance Commissioners
Malden Public
Creed
8Soston
Wadlin
Reading
Malden
Millett
Goodale
Amherst
Cross
Newburyport
Lalden Public Library
Coffin
Boston
Metropolitan Police
Doyle
Cambridge
Fannie Ross
Oakes
Westfield
Committee On Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court
Lucas league wrangle and club clashes with Western League
Westward uproar centers on Lucas plan to join the Western League with a scrub team at a suburban park. Expelled players and first-class men would be used, challenging national agreements. Cleveland and Indianapolis clubs oppose Lucas, threatening disbandment or withdrawal. Kansas City shows mixed support. Slim up with one punch. Polo on Skates.
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St. Louis
Dunlap
Shaffer
Sweeney
Rowe
Gleason
Cleveland Club
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Iverson
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Jack Williams
Boston
Sullivan
McCaffrey
Philadelphia
John
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Edward E. Bryant
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Wight
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District of Georgia
David S. Baker, Jr
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Grand Army of the Republic
Love
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Niagara Engine Company
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St. Paul
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