Postmaster General James targets Star Route grafts in civil suits
Washington dispatch reports Postmaster General James will pursue civil actions to recover more than five million dollars allegedly embezzled by Star route contractors. Suits will target Gilmer & Salisbury, Dorsey group, and other contractors in districts nationwide as Attorney General Brewster and Bliss prepare the case plan.
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Washington
James
Star Route
Post Office Department
Brewster
Bliss
Govmoment
United States
Department
Treasury
Gilmer & Salisbury
J. F. Gilmer
Munro Salisbury
C. J. Salisbury
Salisbury
Brady
Dorsey
J. W. Dorsey
J. N. Peck
J. R. Miner
Stephen W. Dorsey
Arkansas
Rsex
Rock Creek
Custer
Patrick & Brown Contractors
St. Paul
St. Louis
Hewitt Bill Aims to Repeal Arrears of Pensions Act
In Washington on December 19, Goldsmith W. Hewitt of Alabama introduced a bill to repeal the arrears of pensions act. He argues the measure has exploded beyond its intent, enabling massive treasury drain and widespread fraud, with about 200,000 claims pending. Supporters fear political backlash if repealed, while Hewitt contends the government must curb the excess.
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Congress
Goldsmith W. Hewitt
Alabama
Hewitt
Treasury
Binner
Effort to Relieve Supreme Court Docket Plans Considered
A special American Bar Association committee proposes remedies for the crowded Supreme Court docket. Options include expanding the court into three chambers, creating circuit courts with appellate powers up to 30000 seeking faster rulings, or forming a national appellate court of 12 to 15 judges to divide business among chambers. The panel, led by Clarkson N Potter and others, will decide after further sessions.
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American Bar Association
Clarkson N. Potter
New York
Henry Hitchcock
Missouri
Alexander P. Lawton
Georgia
Rufus King
Ohio
John W. Stevenson
Kentucky
Richard T. Merrick
District of Columbia
Courtland Parker
New Jersey
Charles Bradley
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Vacancy and Navy Secretary Race
The December report says the Supreme Court associate justice nomination to succeed Justice Clifford will come before recess. Favoring Judge Doe from New Hampshire, the contest centers on ex Secretary Boutwell, Justice Gray, and Judge Lowell. Backing for Gray exists from Senator Hoar, but Boutwell or Lowell are favored by tonight’s gossip. Boutwell is reported offered the navy secretary post but declined to remain with his government counsel work over French American claims and Boston law practice.
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Garfield
Capitol
Congress
John Quincy Adams
George Bancroft
Duatice Gray
Supreme Bench
Washington
Horace Gray
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Clitfora
Clifford
Doe
New Hampshire
Boutwell
Gray
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Lowell
United States District Court
Hoar
Jadge Gray
Two Brave Women Ended British Threat At Scituate Harbor
Rebecca Bates dies at 85 in Scituate where she and cousin Abby became local heroes in 1812. They trolled a fife and drum to trigger alarm that scared off a British frigate, allowing boats to retreat and the town to be saved. Abby survives at 60. Funeral set at Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Rebecca Bates
Abby
Scituate Harbor
Willow Street
Scituate
Boston
Rebecca
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brazilian balloonist claims revolutionary flight model
Despatches from Rio Janeiro report Senor Augusto Cesar has trialed a fifteen metre balloon claiming a secret discovery will enable government by balloon and revolutionize travel. He received 20000 dollars from Para province and plans a Brazil to Europe balloon line, sending him back to Brazil to raise a company.
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New York
Rio Janeiro
Senor Augusto Cesar
Para
Brazil
Europe
Red Bank & Youngstown Rail Line Incorporated
Harrisburg December 17 A railway company backed by Gould has been incorporated as the Red Bank and Youngstown Road. The sixty five mile line will link with other Pennsylvania roads Gould has lately projected passing through Clarion Butler Armstrong and Lawrence counties the first three being oil producing. Capital stock stands at 3 875 000 nearly all held by Alleghany county residents.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Red Bank & Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Clarion
Butler
Armstrong
Lawrence
Alleghany County
Rural New-Yorker seed distribution for 1851 announced
Advertisers announce arrangements to club with the Rural New-Yorker to supply subscribers of both papers with the Rural's Free Seed Distribution for 1851. The Rural New-Yorker is touted as a leading agricultural authority and partners mention popular varieties sent free to subscribers. Specimen copies mailed on application to Rural New-Yorker, 4 Park Row, New York.
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Rural New-Yorker
Hebron
Cuthbert
Blount
Defiance
Maia
Park Row
New York
Vienna Ring Theatre Fire Toll Spurs Public Mourning
A cable despatch details Vienna fire victims buried in a vast grave at Central Friedhof with Catholics Protestants Greeks and Jews interring together. Crown Prince Rudolph and archdukes attend requiem mass as public grief spreads across the city.
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New York Herald
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Cathedral of
St. Stephen's
Friedhof
Crown Prince
Rudolph
Karl Iewig Karl Salvator
Johann Salvator
Albrecht Wilhelm
Leopold Rainer
Franz Ferdinand
Leopold Salvator
Eugene Prince Hohenlohe
Count Crenneville
Count Hunyadi
Imperialhousehold
Haron Phillippovitch
Chor
Gottfried
Austria
William F Weld Estate Assets and Tax Shock in Philadelphia
William F Weld formerly of Boston died in Philadelphia on December 7 leaving a 21 million estate. The will leaves 3 million to each grandchild and 100 thousand to a daughter of Mrs Langdon Pratt and a daughter of Captain G H Perkins. The wife receives 20 thousand a year and 100 thousand, while twelve nephews get 1 thousand each. Charitable gifts total 7000 1000 to Woman's Hospital. Two sons get 50 thousand each, residuary to other kin. Attachments in Philadelphia tax of 800 thousand against the safe contents.
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Boston
Philadelphia
William F. Weld
Charles G. Weld
Mra. Langdon Pratt
G. H. Perkins
United States Army
Woman's Hospital
George W
William G. Weld
Heston
Garfield monument fund aims to honor late president
The Garfield monument fund committee in Cleveland announces a target of 8250,000 to erect an ideal monument over President Garfield's grave. Over $61,000 is raised in Ohio, with at least $100,000 expected statewide and $25,000 from national subscriptions. The plan calls for a monument association to govern design and construction, to begin early next year.
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Cleveland, O
Garfield Monument Fund Committee
Cleveland
Ohio
Garfield
Monument Association Incorporated
J. H. Wat
H. B. Pare
Joseph Parekina
A Water Cure at North End Church Shrine
Work in the basement of a North Bennet Street Catholic church uncovered rotten wooden pillars and led to iron replacements. The site revealed an underground springs network of high quality water. Pilgrims drank the water and reported cures. Father Hughes blessed the consecrated well and a shrine with St John’s statue was built. Worshipers now bring bottles and repeat prayers for souls in purgatory while contributing to a box for the drink. The spring is near inexhaustible, supplying about 100 gallons at a time as it refills.
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Friedhof
Thoven
Trauermwarseb
Phalaretus
North Bennet Street
New England
Father Hughes
St. John
Widow regains custody of Dodge children in England
The chancery court awards custody of Ossian E. Dodge's children to his widow, after years of secrecy in England. Testimony from St. Paul supported overturning allegations of depravity. The Dodge case, tied to wealth and musical fame, kept the region in suspense since his death amid pending divorce and a banked fortune.
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Loxpox
Ossian E. Dodge
England
Chancery Court
St. Paul
Dodge
Northwest
H. H. Finley
Failures top 155 in seven days coast to coast
Dun, Winan & Co report 155 failures nationwide in the last week, with Western 40, Southern 43, Middle 40, Eastern 20, Pacific 6, and New York City 7. The South remains unusually hard hit but not among major traders. New York City business disasters are minor. Mi chaelis & Co owed about 40000 and offer 50 cents on the dollar. D Hotheimer & Son, Norfolk, Va., assigned liabilities 75000, with most debt in the North.
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New York
Dun, Winan & Co
Western States
Southern
Middle
Eastern
Pacific States
New York City
South
Michaelis & Co
D. Hotheimer & Son
Norfolk
Mrs Garfield Plans Fireproof Building in Mentor
Mrs. Garfield visited Mentor and ordered a fireproof building to store General Garfield papers and letters on the site of his former office. She has reportedly forbidden daily newspapers at her home during Guiteau's trial for reasons stated.
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Painesville, O
Watermelon Seed Found In Ear After 32 Years In New York Village
Mary Ward of Mippleton recalls a curious event from 32 years ago when her elder sister forced two watermelon seeds into her ear. One seed was removed early, another remained until a recent ear discomfort led her to insert a pin, releasing the second seed, which she plans to plant.
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Mippleton
N. Y
Mary Ward
Silkworm egg cargo on trip from Japan to Italy
Three cars carried 250000 ecards of silkworm eggs, each card holding 30000 eggs, with a total value of 250000 dollars. The eggs, shipped from Japan, are bound for Milan, Italy, previously routed via India. Four Italian merchants manage the cargo as it moves eastward.
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Cheyenne
Japan
Milan
Italy
India
Worker badly burned by molten copper at Revere Copper Works
December 19 report from Cantor says a Revere Copper Works laborer was badly burned when a caldron burst containing molten copper. His clothes ignited but he leaped into a nearby pond to extinguish the fire.
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Cantor
Revere
Huge Wisconsin Land Sale Sets State Record
Milwaukee on December 1 reports D. W. Maxon sold 80 856 acres of the Sturgeon Bay grant in Wisconsin to E. Masire for 580 00 in cash. Described as the largest sale ever in the state. An ad for a beauty product follows.
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D. W. Maxon
Sturgeon Bay Grant
Wisconsin
E. Masire
Dangers of the Deep A Bark's Harrowing Sinking Tale
The British steamer Salerno rescues the Haworth crew after a brutal voyage from Liverpool to New York. Eleven feet of water flooded the W J Whiting's hold. two men lost overboard, Captain Carter and others saved. Describes weeks of fierce gales, sinking masts, and a perilous lifeboat rescue at dawn after a long pump battle.
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Hall Line
Hull
W.J. Whiting
St. John’s
J. W. Carter
Liverpool
New York
Carter
John Holmes
Atl P. m
W. J. Whiting
Tne
Lst
Boston
Rescue of Haworth Crew by Germanic Officers
The Germanic rescued the Haworth crew after the Montreal to Liverpool steamer lost its rudder and faced sinking. First Officer Bense led three lifeboat trips to save 25 crewmen as Captain Kennedy kept the ship near the disabled vessel. Passengers raised funds and awarded Bense a watch and chain plus $50 to his crew. further honors awaited by the ship’s captain.
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Montreal
Liverpool
New York
Atlantic
Lense
Bense
Baltic
Assyria
Lyon Playfair
House of Commons
Playfair
Martin Brimmer
Boston
Sumner
Waltham
Officer Bense
Catain Kennedy
English Board of Trade
Forger Tyner Confesses in Minnesota Rumor Confirmed
Rumor that Tynor the forger and embezzler once linked to Austin Corbin & Co.’s New York bank has been confirmed. County Attorney Lonely withholds publication and details. The statement is said to involve several prominent men including a former judge and a once prominent attorney, both now deceased. Tyner says he has no statement for police at present.
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Tynor
Austin, Corbin & Co
New York Bank
Lonely
Tow
Tyner
Murderer sought after brutal killing in Mountain Valley
In Hor Sprinxas Arkansas on December 1% Patrick Lanagan, a crank, wandered to Mountain Valley and was given lodging by farmer Sample. During the night Lanagan killed Sample with an axe and dismembered him. Mrs Sample’s body was found this morning, also chopped, and Lanagan is missing.
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Ark
Patrick Lanagan
Mountain Valley
Sample
Lanagan
Boswell Letter Parallels Tory War Rhetoric in 1776
A Pall Mall Gazette correspondent extracts from Boswell's Letters to the Rev W J Temple noting a curious parallel to Tory argument for prosecuting the war on the Transvaal. Boswell writes June 19 1776 that yesterday he met Mr He.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Boswell
W. J. Temple
England
Transvaal
Final surrender at Yorktown ends decency's hold on America
A fragmentary quote recalls the claim that America could not be subdued and that further bloodshed was unnecessary for decency. It notes a shift after six years, culminating in Lord Cornwallis's surrender with about two thousand troops at Yorktown, signaling decisive change.
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America
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Rich New Yorker Seized, Hidden Funds Spur Habeas Case
Daniel Drew Chamberlain of Carmel, heir to Daniel Drew, was grabbed on West Forty second Street and taken to an insane asylum. A writ of habeas corpus will bring him to court today. He reportedly possessed $255,000 in stock and bonds, with a complex split of funds after marriage. His wife began lunacy proceedings, and he allegedly fled with the bonds and stock, but may win release.
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New York
Daniel Drew Chamberlain
Carmel
Daniel Drew
West Forty Second Street
Chamberlain
English surgeon teacher commits suicide in Woodlands
Joseph Chadwick Hendle, an English Royal College of Surgeons graduate and local school teacher, drank poison after telling pupils he would no longer teach. He locked his desk and drank from a vial before collapsing. neighbors found him in agony. Domestic trouble is cited as the cause.
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Wissirro
Manitoba
Joseph Chadwick Hendle
Royal College of Surgeons
Woodlands
Jeneth
Multiple Atrocity and Robbery Reports From Texas
A dozen brutal incidents glare from Brownsville and Galveston reports. Shootings and lynchings in Brownsville include Charles Fell Barron slain by an unknown man near Fardon, with several other killings linked to quarrels and murders in Rio Grande City area. A wagon-train owner Marcus Keage was murdered en route to salt, while a dead Indian Territory man Joseph Lindsay was found shot with pockets rifled. In Galveston a Wells Fargo messenger was beaten and a $1500 safe theft plus $600 from passengers, with a Las Vegas dispatch noting a western-bound train robbery where $3000 cash and $12,000 valuables were stolen. robbers fled toward Mexico. Weathered notes cite persistent violence along the border and limited prospects of capture.
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Texas
Charles Fell Barron
Fardon
Nicholas Vaez
Carenevaca
Filipe Gonzales
Severiana Arredoude
Arredoude
Gonzales
Rio Grande City
Joseph KB. Lindsay
Indian Territory
Marcus Keage
Galveston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Wells, Fargo & Co
Las Ve
el Paso
Southern “Acutic
Barnard
Rogers’ Station
Mexico
Fire Department Seeks Better Exits for New York Theatres
President Gorman reports no theatre in New York has adequate gallery exits. A brick arch over the proscenium and multiple new doors will be required, exits from galleries to street, not lobbies. Costs may equal extra store rentals. Wallack's building inspected. iron curtain possible. A new theatre corps will station two firemen per theatre permanently.
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Ringstrasse
Robert Blum
God
Ring Theatre
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Viennese
Janner
Schotten Ring
Ring
Strenth
New York
Gorman
Fire Department
Wallack
The
Theatre Corp
Free Cakes and Ale House in New York Mystery
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts a private New York house offering free ale and two cakes to any caller. The owner, now in heirs, left the property to ensure continuous hospitality, requiring no price be charged or refused. It has drawn many visitors but few know of the arrangement, with the occupant stating only two visitors in five years have claimed the cakes and ale.
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Chicago Tribune
New York
Readjusters nominate S. H. Riddleberger for Senate
Rico Mono Va December 19 Readjusters caucus in the legislature nominates S. H. Riddleberger Mahone's man for United States Senate by unanimous vote Eighty two Readjusters present with Riddleberger absent Mahone not in capitol but available at Snelling's restaurant after the vote Riddleberger made a stirring speech caucus nomination seen as effectively electing him Rev Mr Massey auditor of accounts also mentioned as a candidate for re election to his current post
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Rico Mono
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United States Senate
Riddleberger
Capitol
Snelling
House of Delegates
Massey
Auditor of Accounts
Death of Major General John H. Martindale Announced
Major General John H. Martindale dies at age 68. Born 1815, West Point educated, he practiced law in Batavia and served as Genesee county district attorney for nine years. He moved to Rochester in 1851, joined the Civil War in 1861, governed Washington in 1862, received a brevett e major general for Malvern Hill in 1864, then resigned for ill health. He later served as New York attorney general in 1866 67 and was board member and vice president of the Soldiers Home for twelve years. In Jersey City, Typhoid Fever breaks out amid smallpox, with authorities unable to meet the outbreak. Finance boards refuse extra funding beyond 15 000 for health.
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Congress
Soldiers’ Home
Jersey City
N. J
Board of Finance
Bishop denounces Land League at St Patrick’s Cathedral
Rochester dispatch reports Bishop Mc Quaid lambasting the Irish Land League and its supporters in a Sunday morning address at St Patrick’s Cathedral. The tale closes with a public notice about Rufus Coffin’s advertisement offering Danville and Ohio River railroad subscriptions.
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McQuaid
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Irish Land League
Rufus Coffin
Corbin Banking Company
Boston
Danville, Oes
Ohio River Railroad
Irish Determination and Lamson Case Dominate Dublin News
Dublin and London dispatches reveal a Dublin raid on Makavoi Street behind General Ignatieff with eight arrests and a cache of bombs hidden in oranges, plus papers linking to a Nihilist letter from London and a push toward reestablishing a secret court. Dr Lamson faces a murder charge in Wimbledon with aconite evidence, while France accelerates naval armament and an alarming typhoon, Chios quakes, and Algerian floods round out a day of global unrest.
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Makavoi Street
General Ignatieff
London
Krapatkine
Order of St. George
Gatschina
Lamson
Lonpox
Wandsworth
Court
Oklahoma colonists assemble for new territory January 1
Wichita Kansas December 19 under Captain Payne special advice Oklahoma colonists are scattered across Indian Territory planning to assemble at Okla bama town site on January 1 to form a territorial government and elect officers four thousand people are expected to gather they plan naming the area Oklahoma and fear no interference from troops. Foxpoo Lake Wisconsin December 19 two youths about eighteen drown skating on Lake Winnebago as skating school children fell through ice at Sheboygan Falls and seven were reported drowned
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Payne
Oklahama
Indian Territory
Oklabama
Oklahoms
Foxpoo Lac
Wis
Louis Mengel
Katie Macintee
Lake Winnebago
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Dro
Bride killed on wedding night at Larrose station
Elizabeth Karns, daughter of Westmoreland county's clerk, was instantly killed as she and husband Robert Karns attempted to board the Johnstown express at Larrose Pennsylvania to begin their wedding tour.
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Larrose
Penn
Elizabeth Karns
Westmoreland County
Maumee Babies Eat Potatoes Despite Mothers’ Spankings
In Maumee a curious report describes babies biting and eating potatoes including the tops, while mothers spank them and scold. The scene blends rural hardship with a comic edge as families cope with food and novelty.
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