Whiskey bill routed in House vote against bond extension
Washington March 27. Congress defeated the bonded extension bill 186 to 83, a larger margin than expected. Randall led the opposition and predicted a similar fate for the tariff bill. Speakers argued the measure was ill advised on the eve of elections and that the Ways and Means committee did not control the House. Vote breakdown showed party lines blurred as many opposed class legislation and the bill’s constitutionality was questioned.
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Washington
Friends of the
House
Randall
Ways and Means Committee
Tie
Congress
McAdoo
New Jersey
Blackburn
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blount
Georgia
Ohio
New York
Kentucky
Olinvis
Indiana
California
Michigan
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
Alabama
Iowa
Florida
Connecticut
Colorado
Maryland
Senate Naval Appropriation Bill Boosts Navy Funds
The Senate appropriation committee directs reporting of a naval appropriation bill with a $6 400 000 increase over the House version. Principal items include 2 000 000 for double turreted monitors 2 500 000 for new cruisers 500 000 for bureau of construction and repair 300 000 for steam engineering and ordnance for current cruisers 400 000 to fit navy yards for new ships 160 000 for modern guns 100 000 for Gatling guns and 75 000 for a new torpedo boat. The bill also incorporates earlier Senate provisions to construct additional cruisers and start 2 500 000 in work on them.
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Washington
Hale
Senate Appropriation Committee
House
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Senate
Letter implicates several prominent men in Star Route frauds
Washington March 29 Representative Springer head of the expenditures committee received a letter from ex Senator Dorsey naming several prominent men connected with the Star route expedition. Charges of serious character are implied though names are not yet public as Dorsey will discuss the matter in his upcoming examination.
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Washington
Springer
Department of Justice
Dorsey
Star Route Service
Conkling Responds To Crowley Testimony On Pay Claims
Washington dispatch reports Roscoe Conkling angrily rebuts Crowley claims that he took pay for government legal services while a senator. Conkling’s letter to Springer rejects the assertion and warns against attacks, while Springer confirms Crowley’s testimony.
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Congressman Crowley
Washington
Roscoe Conkling
Richard Crowley
Springer Committee
Conkling
United States
Springer
Jay
Mr. Conkling
Crowley
Faith and Opium Habit Cured by Prayer in Conn Village
In NoAnk Conn March 30 residents narrate the cure of Mrs John R Spencer 65 known as Aunt Fannie from a forty three year opium addiction and asthma attributed to prayer revival efforts. After a four week prayer campaign with Mrs Thomas Miner and others, she reduced opium use from half an ounce in two days to abstinence and self reports a cure via the Holy Ghost baptism on February 20 following persistent supplication.
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NoAnk
Conn
John R. Spencer
Muiny
Paulies
Thomas Miner
Spencer
Palmer's
Fannie
Ant
Weaver
Lacy
Enory
Holy
Viat Tin
Levees Break Near Raleigh Landing Endangering Louisiana Parishes
A Vicksburg report to the Picayune says Anchor Line steamer Arkansas City learned of a major levee break two and a half miles below Hawarre at Raleigh landing. A quarter mile-wide breach widens into East Carroll parish, threatening overflow of East Carroll Madison and Tensas parishes and inundation of large plantations. Carroll notes Yazoo and Tallahatchie rivers are falling. outlook in the area looks promising.
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Picayune
Vicksburg
Arkansas City
Raleigh Landing
Ilawarre
East Carroll Parish
East Carroll
Madison
Tensas Parishes
Louisiana
Carroll
Yazoo
Tal-lahazenne
Poor Mackenzie the Frontiersman to an Insane Asylum
Special to the Globe Democrat describes General Mackenzie’s descent into mental illness on the eve of his wedding to Mrs. Sharp of San Antonio. The narrative traces his isolation, a dramatic confrontation at a store, and his removal to treatment, with friends noting the strain of past frontier life and romance.
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St. Louis
San Antonio
Mickenzie
Mackenzie
Sharp
Tunstall
Oficer
Miss Tunstall
Generaborn
Mrs. Sharp
Silver Forest Glints On Hartford River Flood
A wind storm coated tree limbs with spray, creating a silver forest scenery in Hartford area. The river is receding at about nine inches per hour and navigation is set to resume this week. A wash-out on Valley road near Middletown was partly repaired overnight, with trains running today.
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Hartford
Hantrorp
Conn
Valley Road
Middletown
Ice clog halts upper canal mills in Manchester
In Manchester on March 31 the upper canal 18 is choked with ice suspending work in all mills on the upper level. Two thirds of city spindles lie on this canal. A large crew removes the ice and mills may resume tomorrow while lower-canal mills run by steam. The Merrimac River level has fallen two feet since Saturday.
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Manchester
N. H
Starving Indians Reported Dead in Canada Reserve
Reports from the Northwest cite twenty Indians dead on the Indian Head reserve near Regina as lines of destitution spread among the Pier a Pot band. Yellow Calf pleaded for relief as rations were cut, and a letter warns that without immediate Dominion action both settlers and lives may be at risk. The governor promised swift measures after receiving the letter.
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Orrtaawaa
Northwest
Indian Head Reserve
Regina
Northwest Territory
Yellow Calt
Dewdney
Grant Emerges as Strong GOP Nominee Across Regions
A political observer notes General Grant's broad strength in the North South and West and among Northwest Republicans. While several names are floated for the Chicago convention, Grant’s potential nomination gathers more attention as newspapers underplay it.
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Arthur
Blaine
Sherman
Logan
Gresham
Chicago
General Grant
New York
Logan Mesons
Grant
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Helena
Thit
Six Months a Bride Shoots by Mother-in-Law
In Ellway Georgia a pistol shot in the bedroom of Mrs W Kirby fatally wounds her head as family members rush in at dawn. The dying woman murmurs a remark about a mother in law. Mrs Kirby had been married six months and lived with her husband and his mother amid growing conflict.
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Ellway
Market Gardeners Wives Divorce Case in Michigan
In Drrrorr Michigan on March 27 Judge Jennison granted Mary Chadwick a divorce on her cross bill against Alfred Chadwick. She testified he treated her as a beast of burden and yoked her to a plough with a steer. Chadwick replied he followed a custom among Western Canada market gardeners.
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Drrrorr
Mich
Jennison
Mary Chadwick
Alfred Chadwick
Pease 100 Years Old in Springfield Mass
Captain Walter Pease of Scitico marks his centennial birthday born in Enfield on March 20, 1784. He recalls no bridge on the Connecticut River, carried the first Hartford Times east of the river, and has lived a long healthy life largely on bread and milk as a Democrat with five children and guardians in his home near his birthplace.
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Springfield
Mass
Walter Pease
Scitico
Scantic River
Enfield
Conn
Pease
Hie
Connecticut River
Hartford Times
John Chauncey Pease
John M. Niles
Hartford
White House
Washington
United States
Mr. Peise
Weather expert warns of humid summer and failed corn crop
An analyst notes that dense atmospheric conditions last year produced vivid sunsets and predicts an extremely humid upcoming summer with a probable failure of the United States corn crop.
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United States
Career of Tammany's Former Great Leader Closed
Augustus Schell, a prominent Tammany figure and philanthropist in New York, died at 3:35 am after Wright's disease and other disorders. Born August 1, 1812, in Rhinebeck, he shaped city politics, chaired the Tammany Hall general committee, and led major charitable efforts, with a career spanning law, politics, and civic service. He left a wife, two living brothers, and no children.
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Augustus Schell
Wright
Scheil
Augustus Sehell
Rhinebeck
Dutchess Coutts
Robert
Edward
Christian Sebell
Elizabeth Hughes
Staatsburg
Germany
Canton College
William Samuel Johnson
Litchield, Conn
Gould
Ward Hunt
Lewis B. Woodrull
Anna M
George S. Fox
Thomas Legpett
Society of Friends
Sebell
Tammany Fail
Pierce
Sehell
Tammany Hall
Buchanan
Me. Sehell
Ir. Horatio Seymour
Tammany Sorety
Committee of Twenty-One
John Kelly
Schell
National Democratic Committee
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Mr. Tilden
Angry Grand Trunk Workers Protest Manager Hickson Policy
Portland reports detail of Grand Trunk employees criticizing manager Hickson over planned staff cuts and freight refusals. Workers fear shifted schedules and out of pocket travel costs, warning a possible strike when the new system begins.
Ancient Beggar Crank Discovered in Providence Tomb
In Providence on March 27 a ragged man named Stonewall Jackson was found asleep on a marble tomb altar inside a family vault after neighbors reported strange lights. Police arrested him. he was known as a local eccentric who begged daily, then vanished at dusk, and was ordered to leave town.
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Stonewall Jackson
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
Kansas City
Powell
Gilliam, Mo
J. W. Dunsmore
Gilliam
Glasgow
Aungry
Dingmore
Condictor
Dunsmore
Dunnsmore
Duns
Dunsimore
E Dunsmore
Pansonaers
New Hampshire festival and unusual contrivances noted
News items from New England describe a Wells New Hampshire Fourth of July music festival led by Professor Carl Zerraha with hundreds of choristers. Branford Connecticut dealers reject gaudy illustrated papers from New York. Westfield Massachusetts men claim a perfume bottle knob for fans. Also reported are a divorce case in Vermont and local concerns over revolutionary rolls and whaling.
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New Hampshire
Nantucket
Branford
Wells
N. H
Carl Zerraha
Boston
Westfield
Mass
Stephen H. Robinson
Waitsfield
Vermont
Ma. Robinson
Ehiren
Underground storm blamed for Chester rumble
Chester Ohio March 28. It is learned that the supposed volcanic disturbance was an underground storm. The deafening rumble came from earth caving into a hollow formed by water and amplified by the imprisoned torrent.
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Sam's
Posen
Chester
8. C
Canadian Weather Prophet Predicts Earthquakes and Disasters
Ottawa reports Professor Wiggins, the weather prophet, foresees great earthquakes at Java and disasters on the Hildostan coast. He predicts frequent cyclones this year due to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in perihelion, marking a celestial influence on weather patterns.
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Ottawa
Professor Wiggins
Java
Hildostan
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Five Bandits Hanged at Tombstone in Bisbee Murder Case
Five bandits Dowd Kelly Delaney Howard and Sample were hanged in Tombstone jail yard for the Bisbee murders. Heith was condemned for second degree murder after the trial. Daniel alias Mike Kelly wrote a poem about the lynching recounting the mob violence and executions.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Washington
Daniel Alias
Mike” Kelly
Krisovnoum
John Treith
Ata
Peculiar Tea Fight Fetes in Harlem Parlor
In Harlem last week about twenty gentlemen attended a stated afternoon tea that turned into two cock fights staged in a back parlor. The hostess was away visiting her mother. The first bout ended with a ginger red victorious, the second saw a black dominick die after two minutes. Stakes were reportedly small at $50 per battle, yet wagers ran higher.
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New York
Harlem
Dominick
Pa says a mother is a regiment United in peace
A Kentucky boy asks a colonel about titles and commands. The colonel explains he leads not soldiers but the boy's mother, calling her a whole regiment in a playful exchange about duty and family. The anecdote captures light humor in shared family roles and wartime rhetoric.
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Philadelphia
Kentucky
Destructive Fire Hits Wool Dealer on Church Street
A morning blaze at Winans & Co. wool dealers warehouse on Church street caused an estimated loss of 90000 dollars with 45000 dollars insured. The adjacent Meriden Plate Company store suffered 1600 dollars in fire and water damage, while the buildings incurred 5000 dollars in damages, all insured.
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Toronto
Winans & Co
Church Street
Winans
Meriden Plate Company
Interesting Industrial Shifts and Wage Changes Across Mills
A survey notes Welchville Woollen Mill advancing wages while several plants suspend or cut pay. Otis Company Ware runs full time with wage reductions. Willspace Griswoldville trims 15 percent. Gatling Gun Co Hartford gains orders for China. Portsmouth Wrench Co forms in South Eliot. Charleston phosphate industry vast. Clemens Ansonia suspends casting, Jenckesville Woonsocket resumes with 125 operatives. Hautin Woonsocket to eight hours post April 1. Seville Spain cigar factory employs 8000 women at half a dollar daily. 10,000 pounds tobacco handled. L. Candee New Haven to shut April 1, thousand out of work. New Sharon chairs factory uses 450,000 ft birch and related woods. Grady of Contoocook invents 1500-needles per hour grinder. Middletown Stamping may relocate from Middletown to Portland. Fitchburg Charlestown shops cut hours and pay. national shift toward worsteds. Concord NH raises funds for shoe factory. Atlantic mills engine house carriers. Olneyville RI workers seek raise to 1560 daily. strike prompts use of imported labor.
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Welchville
Bradleyville
Jenckesville Cotton Manufactory
Woonsocket
Hautin Sewing Machine Company
Seville
Spain
L. Candee Rubber Company
New Haven
Ong Concern
New Sharon
Homer E. Grady
Contoocook
N. H
Middletown Stamping Company
Portland
Concord
Atlantic Mills
Olneyville
R. I
Two Girls Run Away From Home To Find City Lovers
Camden April 1 two pretty girls Lola Montagne and Inez Montagne 16 and 18 locked in City Hall after fleeing Tom's River to seek lovers in Philadelphia. They claim cruel treatment and say they worked in a Lakewood suburb earning money for parents. Mayor Bradshaw kept them until arrangements to return home were made.
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Camden
N. J
Vinger
Tryig
Lola
Inez Montagne
Tom’s River
Piladelphia
Mayor Bradshaw
Lakewood
Philadelphia
Fifth and
Columbia Avenues
Jennie
Sallie Prince
Financial update from State Street on March 29 1884 rates
Banks show firmer balances and unchanged loan quotes with good paper scarce. Clearing exchanges total $89 795 047. weekly $56 489 108. reserves exceed legal by 804 075. next bond call likely for $10 004 000 maturing June 1. Foreign exchange steady with NY money markets quiet. stock discounts unchanged. Provisions and meats show varied pricing with some dull demand. sugar and tea markets reflect softer conditions.
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State Street
Wile Prime Corporation
New York
Calopus
Wille
LaCave Leeni
Nbeseset
Cece Eese
Boston Market Prices Report March 29 1854
In Boston Market Notes dull trade and buyer-favorable prices prevail. Butter, coal, corn, eggs, flour, beef, pork, and pork products quoted. hedged by regional grades. Hogs, hay, molasses, nails, oats, linseed oil, and various oils show steady to quiet demand. onions, peas, and potatoes also listed with regional price ranges.
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BosTon Daily
Hutter
Northern Daily
Choice
New Hutter
Vermont
New York
Barbadoes
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Cienfuegos
Valentid
Wal
Westerp Extra
Boston
Elaine
New York Markets Rise and Fall in Mixed Trading
Stock market notes from New York report dull wheat, active grains with gains erased, and mixed commodity moves. Cotton futures swung widely to close easy, petroleum trading quiet to late, with a broad range of prices and substantial volume across grains, coffee, and sugar.
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Hariey
Dar
Canada
Mivanea
Olga
Aly Lidig
Hye. Grucertes
Maracaibo
P. T
Ligue
Leceipta
Ward
Gloucester Fish Market Week in Gloucester Massachusetts
iSpecial Correspondence reports Gloucester's fishing week totals with 42 arrivals including Georges and Western Banka boats. codfish, halibut, and frozen herring prices and stock notes, shore landings, and season nearing end.
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Gloucester
Georges
Western Banka
Grand Menan
Westnote
Largs
Haddock
Watertown Live Stock Market Prices and Trade Notes
Northern beef cattle prices per 100 pounds dressed weigh including hides and tallow. Selling values listed for second and third quality cattle, cows, bulls, and oxen. Working oxen trade fair with matched pairs priced up to 120 to 176 per pair. Mil h cows and springers priced 60 to 70, lambs 5 to 7 cents per pound, veal calves firm with choice at 63 to 71 per 100 pounds. Store cattle and swine noted with light supply and steady quotes. Western cattle arrivals total 66 head with export demand and no weekly price change.
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Watertown
Boston Daily Globa
Fricca
Brighton
L. I. Sarvent
J. H. Hoe
Ada
Boston Daily Globe
Colorado
J. S. Heary
A. P. Stone
D. Keenan
Aldrich & Johanson
J. Piper
LC. Libby
F. H.coolidge & Son
J. McNeal
W. W. Hall
John JF. Squire & Co
Livzy
Charles H. North & Co
Niles Brothers
Gars
Brighton Cattle Market Prices and Trade Activity
Western beet cattle prices per 100 lbs range from 62 to 75 dollars with quality tiers noted. Working oxen show a fair, slow trade. Milch cows and springers demand improves with multiple sales and high prices reported. Swine, veal calves, store cattle, and sheep sales cited with varied quotes and active market movement. Local buyers and consignors include Squire, North, Niles, and Libby among others.
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