Irish Coercion Bill Condemned by Lewiston Journal
The Lewiston Journal denounces the British coercion bill as despotic, equating it to autocratic power and Russian absolutism. It argues the issue affects all humanity and urges England to seek relief through empathy. It also notes W D Howells resigns Atlantic Monthly editorship to take a Swiss diplomatic post, funded by Garfield, and comments on literary figures' travel ambitions.
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Lewiston, Me
Nelson Dingley
Mr. Gladstone
Great Britain
Russia
America
England
W. D. Howells
Atlantic Monthly
Garfield
United States
Switzerland
Howells
Republic
Lathrop
Boston
Gladsone and Forster gag laws and Irish isthmus dream
A review of political rhetoric and public fear about coercion bills and threats, noting the era’s melodrama in letters and violence. Simon Cameron observes a shift as Black Americans acquire land, while a Northern Ireland correspondent cites a proposed isthmus linking Ireland and Scotland, stirring Irish opposition to closer ties with Britain.
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Gladstone
Forster
San Francisco Examiner
Ireland
J. ©. King
Scotland
Dublin
London
England
France
Straits of Dover
Refund ing Bill Shapes Up As Expected Action
The House is set to concur with Senate amendments on the funding act of 1881 to issue 3 percent bonds and treasury notes totaling up to 700 million dollars. Leaders Randall Wood and Carlisle win a parliamentary victory, while banks face new security rules and redemption provisions. Critics debate sale viability and potential bank substitutions.
Banks Cornered by Treasury Call on National Bank Circulation
The Treasury calls a limit on bank circulation with 8 per cent bonds only receivable after July 1. Banks must hold one third of capital in government securities, tying up over 350 million in bonds, with 200 million in new 3s as 5 and 6 per cents mature. The move cuts bank leverage and ends prior power to freely contract currency.
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Treasury Department
Journal
The
Advertiser
New York Tribune
Congress
Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Callaghan’s
Backbone
Richmond
W. R. Cundiff
Peck
Parnell
E. B. Coxe
Pennsylvania Senate
Durango
Grant
University of Chicago
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
W. Lehman-Ashmead-Bartlett
Bartlett-Coutts
Benjamin Rush
Theoderic Philip Lehman
William Penn
Eads Tehuantepec Ship Railway Advantage Promoted
Captain Eads argues the Tehuantepec plan outperforms Panama and Nicaragua for inter oceanic transport. He details costs, rainfall challenges, and long-term tolls while stressing shorter routes, easier defense, and faster construction as key practical benefits for U S commerce and security. He cites 168 million dollar Panama estimate and potential 252 million with interest, with significant rainfall and disease as obstacles.
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M. de Lesseps
Panama
Thompson
Nicaragua
Eads
Tehuantepec
Canal Tivala
The
North American Review
Mississippi
Captain Eads
de Lessep
Paris Congress of Engineers
Isthmus
United States
Lads
South America
Mexico
New York
San Francisco
China
Japan
Pacific
Caribbean Sea
Charleston
Mexican Isthmus
Europe
Onent
California
Panama Canal
Yucatan
Cuba
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Nicaragua Canal
France
England
Reil
Judge Chalmers on Negro Suffrage and Its Political Effects
The North American Review piece argues that negro enfranchisement has unsettled politics by debasing the franchise, with the South worst affected by corruption, misrule, and vengeance against education and property standards. It warns of vote buying, demagoguery, and calls for gradual reform through education and immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
North American Review
Electoral Commission
America
Ethiopia
South
World News Mixed With Local Affairs In 1880s Summary
A compilation of distant and nearby events including New York hotel funding for a world’s fair, Irish American Senator Jones, border smuggling probes in New Brunswick, Yaqui resistance in Sonora, Missouri school language bills, and bank liabilities. Reports cover elections, rail and canal work, arson suspicions, Burns and Gar fields inauguration, and varied legal, economic, and social notes from across the United States and beyond.
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New York
Senator Jones
Florida
New Brunswick
Sonora
Mexico
Indiana
Missouri
Missouri Valley Bank of
Kansas City
France
United States
Hudson River
Chicago
Times
Prairies
Harwood
Minnesota
South America
Adams
J. B. Power
Northern Pacific Railroad
Colonel Newport
New York City
J.P. Treadwell
San Francisco
Cal
Bank of California
Cooper
Northwest Territory
Hancock
Grant
Garfield
Father Gillett
New Orleans Picayune
Guatemala
Burdett-Coutts-Bartlett
Christian K. Ross
Philadelphia
Charlie Ross
London
Ont
Ogalalla
Big Springs
Senate
Johns
Jameses
Thomases
Matthewses
Josephs
Benjamins
Zebulon
Eli
Samuels
David
Daniel
Boston Harbor
Kansas State Aid Committee
Land League
Paso del Norte
Mex
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Charles B
Fonda
Fonda & Clark
Little Falls
N. Y
St. Johnsville
Fort Plain
Canajobarie
Palmyra
Utica
Newburyport Rum Shop Caprice Ends With Watered Stimulant
A Newburyport character entered a rum shop and ordered a quart. He produced a two quart jug and told the barkeeper to charge it. He then claimed a quarts’ worth would be enough and warned there was another quart of water hidden inside. The bar keeper and customer were both satisfied as the contents were served.
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John W. Forney
Randall
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
Newburyport
Hummer
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Olive Logan
Vennor
Boston Times
Barker
Pennsylvania
Boston Courier
Lowell
Detroit Free Press
New Haven Register
Navy
Gideon Welles
Cannon
Utah
Norristown Herald
Anna
Havana
New Haven
Register
Orange Street
Mr. McSwaddigan
Taylor
O’ Wuailey
O'Whailey
McSwaddigan
O’whalley
Indianapolis Daily Sentinel
St. Jacobs Oil
D. R. V. G. L. C. Darwin
Syracuse
Canada
Capitol
Harrisburg
George Lehman
Perth Amboy
Valley Forge
Black Sea
Danube
Dardanelles
Elbe
Seine
Adriatic
Cremona
Norway
Jutland
Rhine
Denmark
Lubeck
Dantzic
Italy
Flanders
Scheldt
Venice
Zuyder Zee
Hellespont
Charles X
Sweden
Holstein
Thames
Vienna
Germany
Mediterranean
Genoa
Copenhagen
Senia
Spain
Portugal
Holland
Transcript
Lucky Shota
New York Sun
Los Angeles
Simon White
Jamaica
Pierce
Cerman
St. Jacobs
Atral
IR Medicine
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
UW. Bf
Lynn, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkgam
Western Ave
Lynn
May
Lydia E. Pinkhamw
Lydia E. Pinham
Deet
Aitwyly
D. RB
V. G
D. KB. V. Gmfg. CO
New York Depot
Crittenton
Fulton Street
J. B. Chapman
West Street
Madison
Ind
DOKVH
G. A. Sagendorph
Broadway
New
Nav Lee
Tommy
C. Lester
A. Treadwell Impr
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Sidrass Trnada
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