Blanton Duncan’s Open Letter on Greenback Unity and Radical Threats
Colonel Blanton Duncan of Louisville Ky writes to Greenback leaders outlining his view of the party crisis in 1879. He argues against Radical monopolies and the national bank policy, urges a united anti radical front with Democrats or Republicans, and proposes a Greenback convention delay to assess partisan intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanton Duncan
Louisville
Dewees
Greenback National Committee
F. P. Dewees
Thompson H. Murch
Jess
Senate
House of Representatives
Radical Party
Indiana
National Party
Republican Party
Congress
Rome
Democratic Organization
Republic
Jackson
Mureh
Bayard
Butler
Dany McPherson
Lamar
House
Private Secretary Kirby and Mark Twain letter exchange
Washington December 11 1879 Thomas B Kinpy defends a Hartford Evening Post letter to Mark Twain. He argues Twain misinterpreted postal regulations and mocks Twain as ignorant while praising his own corrections. Kinpy urges Twain to have a secretary return the clipping and notes the post office matters remain right in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Evening Post
Mark Twain
Evening Post
Courant
Twain
Washmoton
D. C
Post Office Department
Thomas B. Kinpy
Frightened Sailors Tell Of Pirate Chase In West Indies
Captain Swimm of schooner Laura Bruce reports leaving St Jago November 16 then northeast gales drove them west. On a suspected uninhabited Mariguana anchorage a black, sail-only schooner pursued for fifty miles. No name or men seen aboard, vessel painted black and pirate-like, prompting fear of a piracy expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallifax
Swimm
Laura Bruce
St. Jago
Cuba
Mariguana
Nantucket
Vineyard Haven
West Indies
Shelbourne
Classification of War Claims Divides into Six Classes
Washington December 18 A sub committee on war claims classification has split all claims into six categories. The six include quartermasters and commissary general departments, southern claims, service-related claims, constitutional government liability, and rebel war claims. It asserts the government bears no legal responsibility for rebel losses, relying on executive generosity for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Committee
Washington
House Committee On War Claims
Quartermasters’ Department
Commissary-General’s Department
Southern Claims Commission
Ingersoll the Infidel The Redpath Interview
The San Francisco Chronicle conducts a second interview with James Redpath on Bob Ingersoll. It covers his appeal to men over women, his streetwise humor, his independence from church dogma, and his private life. Redpath details Ingersoll as a brilliant jury lawyer, a fearless free thinker, and a devoted family man who spends freely and lives amid controversy.
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James Redpath
San Francisco Chronicle
Acard
Bob Ingersoll
J. R.—Ingersoll
Ingersoll
J. R
America
San Francisco
Paest
New York
Robert
Ohio
Sinoia
West
Ulinois
Fursen
Ilinois
Itvas
Bob
Ingersol
J.R
Western Department
Shiloh
Forrest
Boston
Burns
Rabelais
Voltaire
Shakespeare
Hve
I. R
Washington
Priceless Coat Tells Lincoln Assassination Night
The California Theatre orchestra leader William Withers Jr recalls a faded swallow-tail coat with two knife cuts from John Wilkes Booth’s assault at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. He details the night of Lincoln’s assassination, Booth’s escape, the tumult in the theater, and his own arrest before release.
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Truik
Wiliam Withers, Jr
California Theatre Orchestra
Fords Theatre
Washington
Mr. Withers
Spangler
Grant Faction Captures Key Momentum in Convention Fight
The Chicago venue is set for June 3 with Grant Blaine forces shaping the bid while Cameron Averill and Sherman maneuver for influence. Cameron wins first ballot as chairman while Chicago led the convention vote, and Zach Chandler’s death draws tribute from the Republican committee.
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Washmeton
Don Cameron
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Frye
Maine
Blaine
Averill
Minnesota
Cameron
Platt
New York
Patterson
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Putnam
Florida
Saratoga
Grant
Sherman
Cameron Sherman
McCormick
Alain’ Chance
Prye
Cooper
Noyes
Ohio
Tom Keogh
Keogh
Judge Settle
North Carolina
Zach Chandler
Martin
Ton
Zachariah Chandler
Republican National Committee
Patiiotism
Union
Liberty
Fresti
Peden
Hohn A
James OR
Roovr
William P. Fryer
Marshall Jewell
U. C,bulton
Messrs. Root
Fryer
Mainé
Gorham
California
Clayton
Arkansas
Sever
Virginia
Arizona
Chandler
New Hampshire
Deveraux
Georgia
Enos
Wisconsin
Filley
Missouri
Grand Pacific Hotel
National Committee
J. J. Cameron
T. B. Keogh
T. ©. Platt
New Sree Heath
Michigan
W. ©. Cooper
Tit for tat The Truth About Blaine and Maine
The article critiques James G Blaine as a shrewd reforming politician whose tactics fail in Maine where Democrats trim his expected Republican majorities. It notes Blaine’s confidence in carrying the state before the convention, but reports Maine’s legislature remains non Republican and Blaine did not carry his state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James G Blaine
Blaine
Maine
New York Importing House Accused of $100000 Fraud
M. J. Paillard & Co. of 680 Broadway stands charged with defrauding the U S government of over 100000 through fraudulent invoices. The firm, a leading US supplier of watches bronzes and musical instruments, operates a St Croix Switzerland factory and a San Francisco branch. Authorities say irregularities exist yet goods were passed as job lots. a settlement is possible. Investigation paused to obtain original Swiss bills for comparison.
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New York
M. J. Paillard & Co
Broadway
United States
St. Croix
Switzerland
San Francisco
Paillard & Co
Death of the Lad Injured by a Circular Saw
December 16 report from Jersey City recounts the death of John McEvoy, who died after severe head injuries from a circular saw at Paterson. His convulsions followed a period of apparent recovery, while doctors from New York observed the extraordinary condition of brain and skull separation. A separate item from Kansas City notes stockman David Meienthaler killed by a meteor while driving cattle in Nemaha county.
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Jersey Crry
John McEvoy
Paterson
New York
Kansas
Ciry
Nemehah County
David Meienthaler
Westchester County
Patrick
Utah Delegate Cannon Defends Polygamy Ties and House Limits
Waastuxneros December 16 reports Utah Delegate Cannon dismissing anti polygamy laws as ineffective. He argues laws target Utahns and judges and jurors there connive with immorality. Cannon denies recent marriage to a fifth wife and cites precedent that Congress cannot expel a member for personal conduct. He recalls Butler on Credit Mobilier as support for House noninterference. The people of Utah elected him knowing of polygamy.
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Waastuxneros
Cannon
Utah
Willits
Michigan
Cannon Nakes
Utan
House of Representatives
Congress
Hutter Sone
House
Credit Mobilier
Butler
Mr. Cannon
Saved by His Middle Finger
A Telegram reporter recounts the tale of Thomas Babbington, an English stoker aboard the Kate o Whitby from Glasky and Trane. During a fierce sea passage off Newfoundland a sea washed over the ship, his left middle finger trapped in an iron trap, leaving him suspended above water until he was hauled aboard half-drowned. His mate vanished in the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Telegram
Thomas Babbington
Kate O’ Whitby
Glasky and Trane
Newfounland
Kate
Canadian Transportation Schemes and a Foundling Hero
In Ottawa on December 17 authorities plan to subsidize a Nipissing to Sault Ste Marie railway as part of a nationwide policy. Rumors swirl of Pacific-slope investors buying British Columbia contractors to control Pacific Lane work. Comedian John T Owens adopts a foundling amid theatre chaos, care details, and a letter from an unknown admirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest
Ottawa
Ohi
Nipissing
Sault Ste. Marie
Beatty
Lake Superior
Canada Shore
Pacific Slope
British Columbia
G. Bowski
John T. Owens
Frisco
Derard
Higgins
Dr. Clyde
Young
Orphan Asylum
Solon
San Francisco
Owens
Rascal
Portrait Painter Faces Wild Lookalike Challenge
A Hungarian commissioned a portrait of a deceased relative without a photo, requesting a wild looking likeness of a man about sixty years old, six feet tall with a big white mustache. Four weeks later the sitter praised the work as a speaking likeness but noted the deceased appears markedly changed since death.
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Diros
New Jersey
Connecticut
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Fomeroy
Greenback
Kirby
Postal Service
Barkhamsted Bugle of Freedom
Adam
Boston Mutual Admiration Society
Lto
Nova Scotia
Redpath
Orator
Colonel Ingersoll
Cleveland
Paine
Epcene
Church
Darwin
Lincoln
Tig
Wright
Peanut John
Booth
Harry Hawk
Stuart
Ias
National Republican Committee
State of
Kasnas
Meisenthaler
Canadian Transportation
Dominion R Railway
Simmons
J Rafferty
St. Hila
Yartig
Gure
Aly 1
Kennedy & Co. Gen
Canada
Second Ave
Wood ST
Pittsburgh
Geo. C. Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter, Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Mass
Weeks & Potter
Smith
Doolittle & Smith
Cutler Bros. & Co
Carter
Harris & Hawley
Jno. W. Perkine & Co
W.P. Phillips
Eeengton, Vt
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