Seven Men Saved From Bark Benefactress Wreck Rescue
A British bark named Benefactress of Greenock with 22 crew and a cargo of timber, split in a severe Atlantic gale. After nine days adrift with scarce water and apples, lifeboatmen led by Second Officer Dunlap saved seven men. The remarkable rescue occurred about 650 miles west of Cape Clear as a passing steamer approached.
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New York
Larne
Ireland
State of Pennsylvania
Alexander Ritchie
James Thompson
Pennsylvania
George Dunlap
Ritchie
Mr. Thompson
Dun Ip
Greenock
Scotland
Adam Hamilton & Co
John Campbell
Campbell
Quebec
Indian Cove
Cape Clear
William McCullough
William McKinney
William Cahill
James McLean
Thomas Gallagher
Joseph Campbell
Thomas Andrews
Orman Praetell
John Weir
Hugh McWillison
Neil McMullins
James McNelly
John Lindsay
James Birkett
Neil Brown
Howry
Cook
Joseph Calrns
Kien
Maid or wife Brooklyn Bride of an Evening in Court
Miss Annie E Higbee a 17 year old Brooklyn girl testifies at New Utrecht Town Hall that she was married to J Walter Vaughan at a garden party after a ceremony by Charley an unordained participant She recalls letters from Vaughan and says she believed the marriage valid as witnesses discuss legality while court adjourns for further hearings.
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Brooklyn
New York
Annie E. Higbee
J. Walter Vaughan
New Utrecht
L. L
Malbone Street
Walter
Annie
Clarkson Street
Anna
Maiden Lane
Flatbush
L. I
N. B
Jerome
Snyder
Meather
Charley
Vaughan
New Orleans Exposition Plans Adopted for Largest Building
The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition board selected architect G. M. Jorgensen of Meridian Mississippi for the main building. It measures 1500 by 900 feet with 1 000 398 square feet of floor space and a 12 000 seat central music hall. The design includes offices and services and aims for maximum space and convenience while preserving beauty.
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New Orleans
G. M. Jorgensen
Meridian
Miss
London
Mexican Land Grant Case Developments in Denver
In Denver the United States filed an amended bill in the Mexican land grant suit. It traces a 97,000 acre grant enlarged by fraud to include 1.6 million acres in New Mexico and 300,000 in Colorado. The 1877 Supreme Court decision is questioned, and the government seeks to vacate the title while naming ex Senators Naffee and Chilcott and Judge Holly in connection with the land dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Circuit Court of the United States
United States
New Mexico
Colorado
Supreme Court
Naffee and Chilcott
Holly
Dadob She
Postal Telegraph Plan Sparks Congress Debate Over Funding
Washington action centers on a $25,000,000 3 percent bond issue for a nationwide postal telegraph. Sumner proposes a fourth postmaster general as electrician and uniform rates, with telegraphic postal cards and broad municipal tie-ins. Debates split along views of federal control versus paternal governance.
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Washington
Congress
Edmunds
Hill
Sumner
California
House
Post Office Department
United States
Ines
Tariff Free Trade Advocates Realign On Wool Sugar Lumber Copper
Ohio Representative Frank Hurd signals a push from the House ways and means committee for free wool sugar lumber salt copper and other duties to be abolished or eased. He says no general tariff bill will be introduced this session but separate bills may advance, aiming to curb protective duties and promote gradual abolition of the system. He cites support from Michigan and Louisiana for free lumber salt and sugar and insists on free trade.
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Washington
Frank Hurd
Ohio
Ways and Means
GLOBE
House
Ward
Congress
Michigan
Louisiana
South
Senator Lapham Seeks Constitutional Change on Veto Power
Washington December 6 Senator Lapham introduces a joint resolution to amend Article 1 of the Constitution about vetoing money items in appropriation bills. The measure would allow the president to strike specific provisions while approving others, with objections to be transmitted to the originating chamber for separate consideration. If two-thirds in both houses approve the rejected provisions they become law despite the veto.
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Washington
Lapham
Morrison Seen as Likely Democratic Presidential Candidate
Western friends of Morrison in the city express strong confidence in his prospects for the next National Democratic Convention. They cite his role in Speaker Carlisle's campaign as evidence of national strength and note his repeated Illinois reelections amid Republican district remaking. They forecast early support from Illinois and Missouri delegations.
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Morrison
Star Tonight
Carlisle
Ilinois
Remblicans
Illinois
Missouri
Injustice Quickly Repaid in House Post Office
Captain E L Grant of Pennsylvania, a one legged Republican veteran, was wrongly discharged to make way for a Democratic applicant. Upon realizing the error, no postmaster of the House noticed the maimed Union soldier and Grant was immediately reinstated.
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E. L. Grant
Pennsylvania
House
Grant
Mrs Winston's Story A Desperate Woman Seeks Shelter
A cold night find a destitute woman in a Louisville doorway recounting a brutal marriage. She says Andrew Winston abused her after selling a farm in New Castle and evicted her, and she begs for a place to die, with no living relatives known.
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Louisville
Andrew Winston
Winston
New Castle
Snow and Wind Storm Ravages Colorado Frontier
Denver reports a severe snow and wind storm that began at noon and lasted through the night. Warm conditions caused heavy snow to cling to telephone wires, thickening to two inches in places. By morning a gale toppled about 300 telegraph poles, some eighteen inches thick, crippling lines across the region.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Corraine
Storm blockades halt trains and cut lines citywide
Wires on Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets and about a dozen squares were blockaded. All trains were delayed until last evening and external communication was severed. Telephone companies faced about $25,000 in losses. No loss of life or major injuries reported. The storm was described as entirely local.
Four More Gloucester Schooners Given Up in Gale
Gloucester dispatch reports Ruth Groves Maud F Leighton and Sultana added to vessels lost in the November 12 gale. Crew lists reveal captains Horace Tuck Peter L Peterson and Andrew Leigh among others. insurance values noted. Total men lost rise to 68 with Rutherford B Hayes also given up but crew list withheld.
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Winston D. Champ
Shelburne
N.S
Maurice Powers
Canso
William Seaboyer
Duncan Chisholm
Michael Hail
Dennis Soner
Stanley Poole
Isaac Levada
Fred Allendorf
Ruth Groves
Essex
James Mansfield
Maud
Leighton
Provincetown
Georges
Peter L. Peterson
Peter Johnson
Sa Webber
Andrew Webber
John LeSeur
Phillip —LeSeur
John
Martin Brown
Peter Larson
Frederic
James McLoud
Christian Larson
Grier
Brown
Cook
Maud Lingston
Andrew Leighton
Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company
Schoener
Norman Bouguer
Ansel McDonald
Tir Smith
Lawrence Smith
Riehanes
James McLain
John McLain
Charles W. Murrey
William Conners
Peter MacPhee
John Curtis
Charles Publicover
Charles Brows
Sultana
Andrew Leigh
Rutherford B. Hayes
Trials of a Scottish Bride in Chicago Tale of Mary Hyde
A coroner’s inquest in Chicago reveals the sad tale of Mary Hyde once Campbell of Argyll. After an estranged marriage and a murdered husband en route to California, she came to Chicago penniless. She taught music for fifteen years, amassed some wealth, then lived as a recluse in later years.
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Chicago
Lfe
Mary Hyde
West Polk Street
Campbell
Scotland
Argyll
Duke of Argyll
Marquis of
Lorne
Great Britain
California
Wilds
Kith Or
Kin
Apprians
Wedded to Him Aunt New York Court Case Ends
In New York on December 8 Judge Hyatt postponed a breach of promise trial as Mrs. Jennie Martin and her nephew lodger Jacob Wollowitch wed. The couple, both around 42, reconciled after his Thanksgiving arrest for refusing to marry. he agreed to give up bachelorhood, while she continues her boarding house.
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New York
Hyatt
City Court
Jennie Martin
Jacob Wollowitch
Beng
Ludlow Street
Cruelty Trial Shocks Stark County School Scene
Tony Laymiller a Stark county country schoolteacher near Canton was arrested on assault and battery charges after he punished 11 year old pupil Mary Oglethorp by tying cords to her wrists and hanging her for hours. The girl was cut down by her mother and may have serious injuries. Bail set for Saturday hearing.
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Cleveland, O
Tony Laymiller
Stark County
Canton
M. Oglethorp
Mary
Laymiller
Petition to Stop Foreign Labor Importation Under Contract System
In Pirrercora Pennsylvania December meeting attendees sign a petition against the contract labor system. The document targets foreign workers brought to America under paid incentives and cites American consuls. Knights of Labor seek criminal penalties for foreign labor and vow to halt the practice.
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Pirrercora
Penn
America
Congress
Pittsburg
Knights of Labor
Ohio Divorce Reform League Formed by Conference
The Ohio Divorce Reform League was formed at a state convention of Protestant churches in Columbus. Rt. Rev. G. T. Bedell of Cleveland was named president with several city vice presidents, as ministers from across the state attended and discussed reform measures.
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Ohio Divorce Reform League
ColumsBus
G.T. Bedell
Cleveland
Recall
Vorasey
Diake
Daw
The $500 Bill That Bound A Man To A Promise
Baltimore December 7 Ten years ago John Richmond a carpenter promised his mother to keep a $500 bill intact until she gave permission. After her death the bill passed to his wife who fled with valuables. He tracked her down and recovered the money but fell into poverty. In despair he kept the bill and died in a cheap lodging with the note of his vow and his diary.
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Baltimore
John Richmond
John
Luo
Richmond
Elt
United States
Georgia to pay maimed Confederate soldiers under law
Atlanta December 7. Governor McDaniel prepares to distribute funds to Confederate veterans maimed in service. The 1879 act provided fixed sums for loss of leg or arm, payable every five years, with 987 applicants. A later amendment extended eligibility to Georgians who left the state and returned, creating a practical pension-like payout.
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Atlanta
McDaniel
Georgia
Sunday School Superintendents Fight in Newark Square
A large Newark crowd watched Thursday evening as two Sunday school superintendents, Young a Universalist leader and L. Kennan, engaged in a short gloves-free scuffle. Interference from friends ended the decisive exchange.
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Newark
Young
Universalist Sunday School
L. Kennan
Presbyterian Sunday School In Square Brawl Ends in Knockdown
In a skirmish at the square, Young denounced Kennan as a star then traded blows. Kensan clinched, knocking Young down. A crowd gathered as Young rose and delivered two rights that felled Kennan. Friends intervened and the matter ended.
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Presbyterian
Young
Kennan
Kensan
Imows
Twenty Four O Clock New Hours on a Rail Card
A Globe reporter cites E T Affleck of the Cleveland Mt. Vernon & Columbus line on adopting a twenty four hour time system since 1883 to replace am pm confusion. The system counts 1 to 24 with day starting at midnight and signals weather indicators on baggage cars, a red sun for higher temperature and blue star for rain or snow, with forecasts from Washington weather bureau claiming about 90 percent accuracy.
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New York
GLOBE
E. T. Affleck
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus
Grand Centre Hotel
Affleck
United States
Railway Mall
A. m
P.m
Washington City
Weather Bureau
A Real Romance: Iowa couple’s split to California marriage
A Cascade Iowa couple separated by drink years ago. The wife, after divorce and hardship in Colorado mines, moved to California with a new husband. She later returned to Dubuque with him to find her two children, one about sixteen, in the poorhouse. A habeas corpus secured the child’s return while the mother and new husband planned wintering in Florida.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dunuque
Cascade
Lrubuque County
Iowa
Colorado
California
Lowa
Dubuque
Lacy
Florida
Defiant Mormons Attack President on Polygamy Policy
In a leading article the Mormon paper denounces the President's Utah polygamy stance as a sop to bigots. It argues plural marriages are ecclesiastical and protected by divine law, beyond the reach of commissions or earthly power, and predicts no real political impact or change in Congress.
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Mormon Organ
Utah
Iis
Congress
Mad bull in Montreal kills man on Notre Dame Street
A butcher bought a vicious bull and tied its head to a sore leg. The bull broke free and rampaged through Notre Dame Street, tossing Jean Louis Duval to his death after he was hit on the retaining wall. The animal was finally shot to end the danger.
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Montreal
Notre Dame
Dla
Jean Louis Duval
Canadian Pacific
Notre Dame Street
Tidal Wave Governors in Three States
The New York Sun analyzes the 1882 1883 Democratic shifts under governors Cleveland Pattison and Butler. It notes Massachusetts gains with Butler while New York and Pennsylvania fall, argues Butler’s appeal to new voters and naturalized citizens, and suggests Massachusetts trends signal a lasting Democratic surge despite recent defeat.
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New York Sun
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Grover Cleveland
Robert E. Pattison
Benjamin F. Butler
Pees
Cleveland
Pattison
Duthgpi Sun
Butler
General Butler
Hancock
Thompson
Cyraidens
Buter
Garfield
Robinson
Slanecock
Carlisle Election Pleases McDonald See 1884 Tariff Views
Indianapolis December 10 General Democratic complacency praises Carlisle as speaker. McDonald calls him safe and conservative in favor of a revenue tariff with incidental protection. He supports reforming tariffs without harming business and maintains liquor and tobacco taxes. Democracy’s tariff stance could win 1884 campaign if aligned with Carlisle.
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Indianapolis
Carlisle
McDonald
Carlisi
John Swim the Hermit Miser
John Swim is a 70 year old hermit in West Jefferson who has amassed about 200000 dollars yet lives as a ragpicker. He never sleeps indoors for 35 years, travels in rag picking, refuses medicine, and dresses in worn clothes. He once practiced law, married twice, now separated from his second wife who is in the poor house, and he is largely unknown despite his wealth.
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West Jeffrison
John Swim
Swim
Ile
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Doane Street
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Nassau At
Ls Emonita
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