Name of Randall or Butler Divides Democratic Convention
The man to present Samuel J. Randall’s name to the national Democratic convention is praised for a monumental check. Benjamin Franklin Butler lingers as a stronger parliamentary figure than the betrayer of his party to monopolists who steer the Republicans. Between Randall and Butler, neither is favored. the speaker urges not to choose either.
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Samuel J. Randall
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Randall
Butler
Tariff reform debate shifts to congressional districts
The Newark Journal argues tariff policy should be decided in Congress as elections approach. It predicts the 1884 Democrat platform will favor tariff reductions and notes Kentucky Democrats split between Tilden and McDonald, with Carlisle favored by delegates and MeckDonald potentially in play.
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Newark Journal
Congress
Kentucky
Tilden
McDonald
John G. Carlisle
Carlisle
Mece- Donald
Mr. Garlisle
Mr. Tilden
Boston elects Gen. Martin over Hugh O Brien in 19th century call for reform
December voters chose Gen. Augustus YP Martin chief magistrate over Hugh O Brien. Four months in office bring higher tax rates than in 1883, prompting calls for reform and questions about gains from city hall leadership.
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Hugh O’brien
Augustus YP. Martin
Martin
City Hall
Boston
National at Chicago and New England match slate dates
National at Chicago July 28 Maine at Bangor June 17 New Hampshire at Concord May 21 Vermont at Montpelier June 5 Rhode Island Connecticut at New Haven June 5.
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National
Chicago
Maine
Bangor
New Hampshire
Concord
Vermont
Montpelier
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Haven
Political Sides and State Wins Spark 19th Century Debate
A 19th century political roundup notes Democrats echoing Tilden as Illinois politics see Logan supporters shifting to Arthur. Indiana and New Hampshire locals swing Democratic, while West Virginia Republicans ally with Greenbackers to boost campaigning leverage ahead of key electors.
Senate Passes Shipping Bill and New Orleans Expo Funding
Special despatch notes mixed reactions as the Senate approves the shipping measure with amendments and the House allocates $1,000,000 for the New Orleans Cotton Exposition. Massachusetts lawmakers split over tariff ideas, Morrison bill voting, and potential tariff legislation by Kasson Hewitt. Gov Long presses for action, while protectionist Democrats weigh a fake list plan to avoid revenue loss.
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Senate
House
Washington
May
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Josiah Quincy
Massachusetts
Free Trade League
Lyman
Hewitt
Kasson
Randall
Morrison
Long
Louisiana
Protection Democrats
Ways and Means Committee
Shipping Bill Passes Senate With International Registry Change
The Senate approved a shipping bill after amending to admit foreign built ships under American registry with a 30 percent ad valorem duty, owned by U S citizens, and not encumbered by foreign liens. Other provisions set mail service pricing and shipping commissioner accountability. the House bill was amended to match. A conference was debated as the measure moves back to the House.
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Washington
Senate
McPherson
Morgan
Mr. West
West
Secretary of the Treasury
Circuit Court
Yeas
Frye
Dawes
Harris
Beck
Ellis
New Orleans
Mr. Ellis
United States
Philadelphia
Messrs. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Henderson
Iowa
Young
Tennessee
Potter
New York
Holman
Indiana
Congress
York
North Carolina
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down election law
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declared the last Democratic legislature’s election law unconstitutional and invalid. The decision, with one dissent, voided local boards appointed by freeholder boards and restored the former election machinery used by Mahone. Democrats seek an extra session to enact a new law giving them control again.
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Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Mahone
Jersey cattle sale at American horse exchange
The New York Jersey cattle sale at the American Horse Exchange featured Dam Dee selling for 500, Bliss for 3350, Benefit for 1006, Young Garonne for 825, Darling Gurenne for 410, and Sin Francaise for 1010, with several other lots noted by dropped numbers and prices.
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New York
Jersey
American Horse Exchange
Dam Dee
Bliss
Benefit
Sil
Young Garonne
Sin Francaise
Designs for Garfield monument received from five nations
Forty three designs for the Garfield monument were received by the Garfield Monument association on May 1 from artists in France, Italy, Germany, England and the United States. They will be judged anonymously and a decision is not expected for several weeks.
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Cleveland
Garfield Monument Association
France
Italy
Germany
England
United States
Notable 1885-86 Notices Include Journeys and Trials
A roundup of late 1885 events reports Captain R M Andrews walking to Boston, New York Senate adjournment on May 16, Hancock elected Loyal Legion commander, Minnie Hauk festival debut in St. Louis, Psi Upsilon corner-stone ceremony at Cornell Chi chapter, Wheeler murder trial under way in Hazlehurst, juror drawing difficulty, Munice teen suicide attempt, Rugg death-penalty appeal in Brookville, ammunition shipments to Winnipeg spark Northwest rumors, Louthan to appeal Virginia political convictions, Bermudez denial of jealousy killing rumor, Methodist Episcopal conference in Philadelphia, bishops election planned for May 15, Gross cremation in Washington PA, Swain lynching confession after murder in Winston area.
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R. M. Andrews
Sumter
S. C
Boston
New York State Senate
Assembly
Gen. Hancock
Pennsylvania
Loyal Legion
Minnie Hauk
St. Louis
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
House of Chi
Cornell
E. B. Wheeler
J. P. Mattheros
Hnzelhurst
Miss
Trigger Ruse
Munice
Ind
Charles H. Rugg
Maybee
Brookville
Long Island
Winnipeg
Northwest
Carter M. Louthan
Richmond
Philadelphia
Gross Arived
Washington
Sienry Swain
Mrs. Reed
Waughton
Winston
N. C
Bangea
The Great Tariff Reform Debate Across Newspapers
A chorus of Democratic editorials from Syracuse to Washington denounces Republican end runs on tariff reform, lauding the party’s stance and urging a unified stand at state and national conventions. Randall and allied dissenters are criticized, while calls for clear platform lines and renewed public appeal persist.
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Randall
Iscariot
Arnold
Syracuse Herald
Judas
Friends of
Tariff Reform
New Haven Register
Randallites
Eatonites
Democratic Party
Congress
Mitchell
Seymour
Morrison
Republican Party
Great Moral Party
Brooklyn Eagle
Buffalo Courier
Washington
Concord
N. H
Grant Ward Assignments and Nickel Plate Receiver Demand
New York may 8 Marine bank directors meet in session with no statement likely today. Assignments filed for creditors in Marine Bank and Grant Ward case name Henry Shoemaker Ulysses Grant etc. A separate suit seeks a receiver for Grant Ward with Vanderbilt alleging mingled securities and insolvent conditions. Public notices describe transfers by Ulysses Grant Jr Ferdinand Ward and others and the firm’s mounting liabilities near 10 million. A Boston protest meeting condemns Italian handling of Propaganda property with strong clergy and civic leaders demanding just treatment and opposing confiscation.
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New York
Marine Bank
Sierck
Fish
Grant & Ward
James D. Fish
John H. Morris
Frederick D. Grant
James McNamee
Henry F. Shoemaker
Ulysses 8. Grant
Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas B. Medway
Galena
Ill
Cornelius H. Garrison
N. A. Hoppar
Hackensack
John E. Mason
San Francisco
Thomas H. Bailey
Ulysses S. Grant
Ferdinand Ward
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
Julian T. Davies
Edward C. James
James Henry Work
Williams. Warner
Jerome B. Chaffee
Frank F. Wood
Edward L. Short
E. M. Wilmerding
Charles P. Britton
Ezra A. Tuttle
James G. Gardinier
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company
Messrs
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Wm. C.smith
Julian T. Davis
John H. Norris
Supreme Court
Donahue
Willian K. Vanderbilt
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Vanderbilt
Register
Ulysses 8S
Grant, Jr
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Sixty-third Street
W.S. Warren
Booth
Grant
Buffalo, New York
United States
Wendell Phillips
Pittsfield Murder Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
After a two hour session the Pittsfield murder case jury found Mason not guilty and the court ordered his discharge. Three ballots were cast with a 9 to 3 vote for acquittal on the first ballot. Mason and his counsel embraced and thanked jurors as some in the audience applauded. Local sentiment had leaned toward manslaughter at most.
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Pittsfield
Mason
Berlin and Boston Debates Move Amid Global Dispatches
In Berlin the reichstag debated a second reading of the anti socialist law with Windthorst urging limits but endorsing combat of socialist excesses. Reports also note discussions in Boston on mayoral appointment power and local court terms, with references to a Paris dispatch on a Hesse Darmstadt marriage and events in St Petersburg and Tunis.
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Medical Association Session Seeks Congress Aid
Washington May 8 The third day of the American Medical Association session drew 124 delegates. Dr G M Sternberg urged congress to fund scientific research on infectious diseases and to maintain army and navy medical officers for such work. Officers elected included N F Campbell as president J S Lynch J D Mercer and J H Parsons with next meeting set for New Orleans in late April 1885.
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Chicago
Republican Party
New York
Washington
League
Democratic Party
J. Corran Keegan
Colorado
American Medical Association
G. M. Sternberg
U.S. A
Congress
National Board of Health
Army
Navy
Hooper
Arkansas
N. F. Campbell
Georgia
J.S. Lynch
Maryland
S. D. Mercer
Nebraska
J. H. Parsons
New Hampshire
H. C. Ghent
Texas
New Orleans
Deputy Grand Masters Appointed and Lodge Actions
The Maine grand lodge met in Portland on May 8 issuing charters for a new lodge named Ionic in Jonesport, refused charters for Steuben Springvale and South Thomaston, and accepted the surrender of Medincook lodge at Friendship. Officers and district deputy grand masters were appointed across 19 districts. the session closed at noon.
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Ionic
Steuben
Springvale
South Thomaston
Medincook Lodge
Friendship
Wm. O. Fox
Albert
Henry F. Blanchard
Augusta
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Oakland
Sumner A. Patten
Kegan
Charles W. Arris
Bath
Natha M. Hinkley
Phillips
Waldo Poorgill
Rumford
Geo. BE. Raymond
Albert F. Richardson
Fryeburg
Winfield
Dennett
Saco
Grand Lodge
President Arthur Arrives in Jersey City Amid Sparse Calls
New York reports President Arthur reached Jersey City via the Pennsylvania railroad this morning and stayed at the Fifth Avenue hotel after a private coach rest. Few callers appeared and those who did decline to see him. Jacob L. Nathan, a policeman who refused to answer questions before the assembly investigation, was arrested on a bench warrant for misdemeanor. A suit in U S circuit court seeks 2500 from Union Mutual Life Insurance against Smyrna head Telemaque Timagenis, claim contested as policy assigned to another party. The dog show declares Flash champion in brick and tan setters, while a Windsor hotel altercation between Wall Street brokers Alex Taylor and M A Cammock risks a duel. Ex-Alderman Fitzgerald receives a Long Island City reception.
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Jersey City
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Jacob L. Nathan
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United States
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Asia Minor
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Flash
G R. Reed
Dartmouth
Mass
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M. A. Cammock
Wall Street
Fitzgerald
Long Island City
New York Manufacturers Form Reform League to Promote Free Trade
Leading manufacturers from New York and neighboring states met at the Windsor to push congress to abolish duties on raw materials and adjust tariffs. Attendees included J. B. Sargent F. O. Herring R. O. Woh A E Kunhard J. B. Brown Wm. Dean and Fred Kuhe J. Schoenhof denounced tariffs as patchwork. Wolff supported defeat of Morrison bill and the group formed the Manufacturers Reform League to oppose protection and back free trade.
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Congress
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Fred Kuhe
Sixty eighth annual meeting of American Bible Society
The sixty eighth annual meeting in New York reported 1 357 051 Bible copies distributed in the U S and 451 164 abroad for 1883. Receipts were 640 719 with disbursements 762 106, leaving 545 in the igs at Henry Dickinson. Henry A Ackley W T Booth B Colgate John Jay C H Cutting Theodore Gil man W E Dodge and Lemuel Skidmore were elected directors for four years.
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American Bible Society
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Igs
Henry Dickinson
Henry A. Ackley
W. T. Booth
B. Colgate
John Jay
C. H. Cutting
Theodore
New England House Debates Bills on Courts and Registration
The House met at 10 15 with Speaker Marden presiding. Cummings reported a new draft to authorize suits by and against foreign corporations. White favored concurring with Senate amendments to Taunton land access through asylum trustees. Debates covered district court sessions, Rogers Amero extradition, civil service reform, insurance cooperative laws, and jail remodeling in Plymouth County. The Lamson Cash railway capital increase was discussed and the Registration Laws faced extensive debate on city versus town registration deadlines. The session included amendments to close registration earlier and the Employer's Liability bill outlining employer negligence and supervision conditions, with timing set for March 1, 1885.
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Marden
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Boston
Judiciary Committee
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Taunton
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Stockbridge
District Court of
Northern
Berkshire
Adams
Committee On
Rogers Amero
Nova Scotia
Commonwealth
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Plymouth
Reformatory
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Iehburg
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Baker
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Lamson Cash Railway Company
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Cross
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Chicopee
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Beard
Davis and Bowker
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Sharon
Committee On Labor
Maine delegates to Chicago choose 30 May departure
Maine Republican delegates met in Augusta and voted to leave Boston at 7 p m on Friday May 30 using three railroads and stay at Grand Pacific hotel before arriving in Chicago June 1. Natick Mass Democrats named ninth district delegates with instruction to back W N Mason. New Bedford Democrats favored Desting and Cummings with partial support for Hathaway. Fall River Democrats urged Cummings as district choice.
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Boston
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Lake Shore
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Grand Pacific
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A. Blaney
W. A. Bird
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E.S. Lodge
H. Berry
J. Dacy
P. Hogan
J. A. Bean
J. Everett
W. N. Mason
New Bedford
C. A. W. Desting
John W. Cummings
Fall River
Nicholas Hathaway
Cummings
Butler
Middleboro
Hartford Theological Seminary to Install New Board
Hartford trustees elected Rev. B Webb D D of Boston as president and Rev L Hallock secretary with Newton Case as treasurer. New board includes Rev Francis Williams Chaplin Conn Jeremiah Taylor D D Providence R I James A Johnson D D Rutland Vt A J F Behrends D D Brooklyn N Y Rev Samuel Forbes Rockville Conn Rowland Swift Hartford Arthur W Tufts Boston and J F Morris Hartford. Behrends delivered last Carew course lecture on Relation of the Mind of Man to the Revelation of God. Closing address to graduates given by Rev Dr M B Riddle.
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Hartford Theological Seminary
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D. D
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Francis Williams
Chaplin, Conn
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Providence
R.I
James A. Johnson
Rutland
A. J.F. Behrends
Brooklyn
N. Y
Samuel Forbes
Rockville
God
M. B. Riddle
Rail pool plan proposed by Transcontinental association
In St Louis on May 8 a special committee urged forming a money pool to replace the current system. Northern Pacific opposes the scheme, and the plan suggests excluding it for now while paying it to maintain pool rates. Topeka and Santa Fe may back the effort, with Texas Pacific and Union Pacific likely to join if formed.
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ST. Louis
Transcontinental Association
Special Committee For Organizations
Northern Pacific
California
Topeka
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Annual meeting of American Congregational union reports finances
In New York on May 8 the annual meeting disclosed total receipts of 105 377 and expenditures of 117 514 for the year. Grants were made to 102 churches and 4522 financed parsonage construction. Trustees for the coming year include Ward Massey Virgin Willy Wilcox Roberts Bradford Hibbard Johnson Calkins Hunt Heath Seavill and Alford.
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The
American Congregational Union
H. C. Pinneo
William H. Ward
Jacob L. Massey
S. H. Virgin
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George Wilcox
J. G. Roberts
A. H. Bradford
R. P. Hibbard
C. Hi. Johnson
Norman A. Calkins
W.d. Hunt
Henry Heath
Seavill
Alonzo Alford
Memphis Cotton Crop Report Forecast
The Memphis district report due tomorrow from Hill Fontaine & Co. predicts a 16 percent decrease in acreage from last year, a 24 percent rise in corn acreage, and general adverse planting conditions due to moist weather. With improved weather, planting should proceed and yield prospects remain hopeful.
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Striking Fall River Spinners Seek Return to Mills
A deputation of striking spinners in Fall River waited on mill treasurers to be rehired but was refused. They were told to apply for work to overseers and that hired positions would be filled as needed. The strikers say they will hold out until all are recalled. Card room workers met and organized with a speech from Secretary Howard.
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Boston Italian colony raises 2500 for Father Taylor’s bethel
At a Thursday evening meeting of the leading members of the Italian colony of Boston Mr Morrell the baker headed a subscription of 2500 to purchase Father Taylors sailor’s bethel in North Square. The building will be refurnished and a new priest from Italy will lead services with hopes for a more liberal character than the old church.
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Boston Party Directors Arrive in City for Banquet
City of Mexico on May 8 reports the Boston party, directors of the Mexican Central railway, arriving in the capital. They will be entertained at a grand banquet by the minister of public works on Saturday.
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