Tariff clash looms as Morrisson bill eyed in Congress
Washington reports expect the tariff debate to end this week with a decisive vote. Morrisons tariff bill faces pressure from both protectionist and free trade factions as Virginia election cases threaten to derail the schedule. Collins pushes a citizenship by nativity amendment, unlikely to pass, to challenge Rhode Island policy. A separate action approves a $1,000,000 loan for the New Orleans Exposition with staged disbursements.
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Washington
Congress
Election Committee
Virginia
Morrison
House
District of Columbia
Hiscock
New York
Hurd
Kasson
Carlisle
Dingley Bill Passes House Amid Shipping Debate
The House passed Mr Dingleys bill to aid the American merchant marine after debates and amendments. A key provision by Mr Cox of New York allowed foreign built iron or steel ships of at least 4000 tons to fly American registry with exclusive American ownership for coastwise trade. The measure also removes seaman hospital tax and funds ship service from tonnage receipts.
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Dingley
House
Washington
Maine
Cox
New York
Dingrey
Reed
General Siocum
Senate
Strait of
Minnesota
Senate panel backs bill to curb alien labor imports
Washington April 25 the Senate committee on education and labor reported favorably a bill to ban bringing aliens into the United States under any agreement to work for or serve a person or company. It forbids transportation costs by a corporation and bars muster officers from accepting such aliens on U S vessels. Violations carry a 500 dollar fine and possible civil penalties. repeat offenses can bar federal service. Licenses may be issued to allow limited skilled labor if US workers are unavailable.
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Washington
Collins
Judiciary Committee of the
House
United States
Senate
Anthony
Rhode Island
Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee On Education and Labor Today
Ny Corporation
Anyerson
New England
Lowell
Lawrence
Pull River
Kenner
Tariff Commission
South
Bacon
New Haven
Alabama
Sumner
Why It Was Cast in Favor of Considering the Morrison Tariff Bill
General Rosecrans of California defends his vote for considering the Morrison tariff bill. He says Democratic support is essential to secure Chinese bill passage and to heed Pacific coast constituents. He believes voting against consideration would alienate Democrats needed to advance tariff revision and immigration measures.
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Washington
General Rosecrans
California
Pacific Coast
Albany
Sunday Press
Warsaw
Wyoming County
C. H. Harrison
Belmont
Allegheny County
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Buffalo Asylum
Managers Consult the President He Promises to Attend
Washington April 27 The World's exposition management led by Burke Badger and Brex met with the President and cabinet to present building plans and grounds layouts. Space demands exceed the Crystal Palace size, and applications for main building space mount as Congress convenes. The President pledged to attend and arrangements may push opening to four or five days later. Secretaries Lincoln Chandler to organize a U S government exhibit board amid rising interest and daily space requests from states territories and Indian Territory delegates seek 60000 feet for exhibits of resources.
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Washington
Burke
A. 8
Badger
G. A. Brex
Crystal Palace
London
Philadelphia
Congress
Lincoln
Chandler
United States
Indian Territory
Exposition Loan Bill Advances With Little Opposition
The Territory aims to promote five civilized tribes through the exhibit. Director-General Burke endorsed the space for display. A loan bill of 1,000,000 dollars for the exposition faces minimal opposition and is expected to pass.
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Burke
Boston and Albany Fast Mail Faces Service Cut
President Bliss of the Boston and Albany railroad signals intent to move the 6 to 7 p.m. Boston departure, risking loss of connecting fast mail services at Albany and leaving New England with reduced mail facilities.
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Washington
Bliss
Boston and Albany Railroad
Boston
Albany
New York
New England
Swept Over the Falls Tragic Death at Pawtucket Falls
The Merrimac River tragedy near Lowell reports Arthur Osborne 21 drowned after his catrigged sail boat capsized near the Pawtucket falls. He was seen clinging to the boat before leaping into rapids, his body not recovered, a carpenter with a brother at Lamson Cash Railway.
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Osborne
McPartin’s
Siap
Pawtucket
Lamson Cash Railway Company
Free Trade Versus Protection Dinner Debate Headlined
Professor Sumner of Yale argued for free trade at a Liberal Union Club dinner, detailing ethical and economic flaws of protection. General Walker, John L. Hayes, and Edward P. Stann joined the discussion, with Charles Francis Adams Jr. and others opposing protection and defending domestic industries.
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Professor Sumner
General Walker
John L. Hayes
William G. Sumner
Yale College
Liberal Union Club
Francis E. Abbott
Liberal Union Ciny
Sumer
Congress
Sumner
Abbott
Francis A Walker
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Living in the Wilds of Cape May County Rifle Amazon Jennie Moore
In Cape May County New Jersey an 80 year old woman named Jennie Moore lives in a pine cabin near Woodbine with husband Jackson Moore and a 12 year old daughter. Traveling from Texas to perform with a rifle under the stage name Jenny Franklin she demonstrates remarkable marksmanship including back‑turned shots and apple on the head. Dennisville crowds recall a recent Town Hall exhibition and residents praise her ladylike manners amid frontier life in the Jersey wilds.
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Cape May County
Philadelphia
Tuckahoe
Dennisville
Jennie Moore
Pines
Bay Side
Woodbine Station
West Jersey
Jackson Moore
Vineland
Millville
Texas
Wotan
Brooklyn
Jenny Franklin
William
Jersey
Mrs Rudolf Dies After Street Fight Shock
In Providence on April 28 a bystander widow Mrs Bertha Rudolf, 48, collapsed and died after witnessing a brutal street fight between a weaver and a German boy in Wanskuck. The crowd dispersed. no arrests were made. Mrs Rudolf leaves a husband and several children.
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Providence
Wanskuck
Bertha Rudolf
Rudolf
Frightened to Death as Linemen Attack Negro in Saloon
In Windham county a mob of Bankers & Merchants telegraph linemen chased a black man from the Kilatios saloon in Danielson. Morris Oliver was wounded in the neck after violence escalated. the man died in an undertaker’s shop after shouting for help. Authorities moved to arrest leaders, but mob action blocked them.
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New Haven
Conn
Bankers & Merchants’ Telegraph Company
Windham County
Danielsonville
Hhey
Kialtos
Morris Oliver
God
Corpher Seward
Wood
Two Cleveland Girls Enticed by Salvation Army Officers
In Cleveland on April 28 police were told two local girls, long allowed at Salvation Army meetings, disappeared after being persuaded by officers led by a Captain Claggett. The fathers report manipulation and possible abduction charges against the officer, as both girls vanished Thursday night.
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Cleveland
Philip Loretz
Salvation Army
Army
Lorett
Claggett
Yachting Disaster in Canada Claims Two Drowned
MIDLAND Ont April 27 Several pleasure yachts sailed from here. One overturned near Victoria harbor with ten aboard all rescued. A second party of twelve overturned between Flat Point and Wait-a-Bit Point, about an hour and a half drift before aid. G A Griffith and William Hastings were rescued by Richard Smith. Charlie Hastings died. William Cano and Frank Pease perished aboard the Davis yacht. The rest recovered are reported well.
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Canada
Midland
Ont
Victoria Harbor
Present Island
Flat Point
W. H. Davis
Joe Stewart
Mashkosh
Richard Smith
G. A. Griffith
William Hastings
Davis
Stewart
Charlie Hastings
William Cano
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company
Frank Pease
Pease & Son
Toronto
On Pike's Peak Without Provisions
COLORADO SPRINGS April 28 Anxiety grips the city as Signal Service Officer Ramsey at Pike's Peak station is unrelieved after seven weeks. George Beckhaus, who was with Ramsey, returned after 24 hours on the peak amid deep snow and near starvation, reporting dwindling provisions. Attempts to reach the summit failed. Ramsey has not been reached though seen at times.
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Pike’s Peak
Colorado Springs
Col
Ramsey
George Beckhaus
Poisoning the Whole Family in Canton Case
News from Canton Washington county reports an apparent poison plot against H. C. Dewalt his wife and several children and a man named Tatlock who shared breakfast. All fell dangerously ill with arsenic found in their food. Suspicions focus on Dewalt’s brother as heirs to a sizable estate amid an ailing father.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Canton
Washington County
H. C. Dewalt
Tatlock
Dewalt
Arsevie
England Quake Shakes Essex and Suffolk Unroofed Towns
A strong earthquake struck eastern England at 9 am, damaging churches, chimneys, walls, and homes in Essex and Suffolk. Buildings faced extensive harm, Ipswich and Colchester reported major destruction, with total property losses estimated above £40,000 and two deaths reported from falling masonry.
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London
Essex County
Langdenhoe
Ipswich
Suffolk County
Colchester
Chelmsford
Essex
Southend
Thames
Shoeburyness
Algo
Burget
Edmunds
Maiden
Globe
Strand
England
Suffolk
Forty Die in Spanish Railway Disaster Near Arcadia
A heavy passenger train plunged from a bridge into the river near Arcadia Spain causing numerous deaths and injuries. Telegraph lines were cut hindering casualty counts. Forty bodies were recovered and fifty six were reported missing with thirty injured. Suspicions point to Republicans ordered to destroy the bridge.
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Madrid
Valencia
Alcadia
Arcadia
Gladstone Pledges Support to General Gordon in Sudan
In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone cited Berber as in danger and Khartoum as not in immediate danger. He refused to reveal government steps to stop Berber from falling to rebels, but said Britain recognizes its obligation to General Gordon and would assist if needed to extricate him from his difficult position in the Soudan.
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London
House of Commons
Gladstone
Berber
Khartoum
Gordon
Soudan
London authorities doubt India Wheat rivaling US
London reports on wheat price declines in the United States and a claim that India will not soon rival US supplies. Leading English commercial authorities cite challenges in modern farming adoption, low labor quality, and Indian wheat inferior to American standards.
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London
India
United States
Arrest of Conspirators In Spain Formed Societies
Mapnio April 26. Government uncovers widespread conspiracy planning an uprising. Soldiers and civilians arrested in Barcelona Cadiz Cordova and Allicante for joining the movement. Among those seized in Barcelona are a banker and wealthy citizens who funded insurrection efforts and aimed to command bands to recruit nationally. Also London Times praises American industrial education advancement and warns of English envy. Hussein Pasha appeals for help from Berber Cairo. no immediate aid planned.
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Cadiz
Cordova
Alicante
England
America
London
the Times
Friends of Technical Education
Barber
Hussein Pasha
Berber
Cairo
Kourtoum
Afar
Corden's Last Hope Crushed by Volunteer Rescue Poem
Martin Farquhar Tupper writes a poem urging volunteers to rescue General Orden as crusaders supposedly deliver Zion from infidels. Sparse details and period language frame a sensational call to action amid a London event.
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Corden
Londoy
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Ress
Orden
Zion
Indian Princess Captivates House Committee on Indian Affairs
Washington April 25 Indian Princess Winnemuca captured the House committee on Indian affairs. Chairman Wellboro of Texas and the members rose in respect as she spoke of her tribe’s wrongs. The fascinated panel listened for hours and might have granted her requests if a vote were taken.
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Wellboro
Texas
Winnemuca
Winnemurca Huished
Makes Her Own Bed and Does Her Mend at 103
Mrs Clarissa Raymond of Wicrton Connecticut entered her 103rd year today. Her daughter Clarissa Comstock is 78. Raymond lives with grandson John Comstock and five generations were photographed recently. She rises early, mends her own clothes, walks with a cane, and recalls events from the era of the War of 1812.
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Wicrton
Conn
Clarissa Raymond
Clarissa Comstock
Frank
Raymond
Churel
Mutiny on Bark Bartholomew Gosuold Off Albany
Reports from Albany Western Australia detail a mutiny on the bark Bartholomew Gosuold with crew resisting Captain Hammond. Seven seamen jailed for twelve weeks for mutinous disobedience while others faced magistrate actions and implied substitutes.
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Albany
Western Australia
Bartholomew Gosuold
Poole
Hammond
New Bedford
Articies
G. L. Smith
Salvador Jacinto
Pico
Bootsteerer
Manuel d’Avilas
Eaward Neuhuhi
Concord
Richard H. Weltech
Somerville
Perley F. Brewer
Edward Lea
United States
Sailor Smith
Lin
Jose Silva
Payal
A Vast Fortune That Arose in a Few Years and Dwindled
Samuel J. Walker, once Chicago’s wealthiest man, risen from Kentucky, built a fortune in land and paper deals. He owned 1600 acres, invested in Ashland avenue property, and boasted millions before the 1878 panic wiped out his assets. He died after bankruptcy, once a famed but controversial figure, with many believing he could have retained vast wealth.
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New York Sun
Cmbcanco
Samuel J. Walker
Chicago
Kentucky
Ashland Avenue
Sam
Walker
Sam Walker
Mivbey
Deaths of Dr Garett and his sister in law in Altoona
In Altoona Pennsylvania Dr B F Garett a long time invalid physician died last night. News of his death caused his sister in law a frequent invalid to faint and die. The young woman named Harvey aged 20 had often said she would not survive her brother in law’s death.
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Penn
B. F. Garett
Harvey
Destructive cyclone devastates Jamestown and surrounding towns
Heavy winds and a fierce cyclone swept through Carrollton Woodford Jamestown Ridgeville Xenia and other areas causing extensive damage. At least forty farmhouses were ruined. Jamestown reportedly wiped out with several fatalities and many injured. In Michigan a northern wind and forest fires damaged property along the Grand Rapids line and Cedar Springs lumber yard fire threatened the village.
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Ridgeville
Shakertown
Miamisburg
Carrollton
Franklin
Woodford
Xenia
Jamestown
Washington Court House
Greene County
Thas
Alexandersvile
Woodboro
Friend
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
M. J. Clark
Cedar Springs
Mysterious Arrest by Dublin Officers In April
Fenian circles buzz as police seize a man named J Sheridan in Dublin during April 26 operations. Detectives report a quantity of dynamite found on the prisoner and hint at further arrests, with letters naming several prominent Irishmen.
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Dupri
J. Sheridan
Bear at Sea Heads for Arctic Rescue Mission
The Greely relief steamer Bear sails from the navy yard between 3 and 4 PM with Lieutenant Emory confident of fulfilling his mission and bringing back the Greely party. The voyage follows detailed instructions from Commodore Schley on supply discipline, escort arrangements, and strategic stops at St Johns, Disco, Upernavik, and Littleton Island as the search proceeds.
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Bear
Navy Yard
Emory
Brooklyn
W. H. Emory
United States Speemelip
Nfs
Arctic
United States
Thetis
St. Johns
N. P
Secretary of the Navy
St. John's
Godhaven
Disco
Upernavik
Esquimaux
Alert
Greely
Itleton Island
Disco Orrnavik
Pernavik
Littleton Island
Smith Sound
Limueton Island
St. John’s
S. Schley
Remarkable Durham Woman Hannah Osgood’s Long Life
Lewiston April 23. Mrs Hannah Osgood widow of Benjamin Osgood of Durham born in 179? and famed for spinning twenty one skeins of yarn in a day. She crossed the continent to California via Isthmus in 1865 at age 73. At 91 she homesteaded 160 acres at Eureka and had her portrait taken. She remains vigorous in mind and body.
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Lewiston
Durham
Hannah Osgood
Benjamin Osgood
Esquire Burnham
Golden Gate
Isthmus
California
Maine
A Flower Girl and an Heiress on Chestnut Street
Mrs Susannah Emerich, a flower stand owner on Chestnut street, claims part of John Nicholas Emerich's estate valued at 26 million dollars. Died intestate about 135 years ago. partners included Stephen Girard and John Jacob Astor. several other claimants pursue redistribution and validity of claims.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Susannah Emerich
Twelfth Street
Emmerich
John Nicholas Emerich
Hesse-Darmastaat
Stephen Girard
Jacob Astor
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William Whiteley
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HisLasBoro
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Mary A. Isaacs
McLain
Buckeye State
P. J. Sheridan
Dublin
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