Washington Senate Row Over Rhode Island Nomination
In Washington on February 23, a heated Senate session saw Burnside clash with Conkling over a Rhode Island collectorship nomination. The exchange escalated to threats and a near fistfight, broken up by Hoar and a temporary cooling-off in the corridor.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Burnside
Conkling
Gordon
New York
Rhode Island
Committee On Commerce
Onkling
Conking
Hoar
Anthony
National party organizes to hold balance in next Congress
Washington reports a three party dynamic forming as twelve National party congressmen elect pledge to stand together in the next House. They will align outside the old parties with nine more pledges promised, creating a potential bloc of twenty one lawmakers to steer the organization of the forthcoming chamber.
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de la Matyr
Murch
Dewees
Maine
Massachusetts
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weaver
Messrs
Town
March
Indiana
Russell
North Carolina
Crandall
Philadelphia
James Buchanan
Executive National Committee
Nacional Greenback
Congressional Committee
National Party
Boynton
Yocum
T. J. Durant
Peter Cooper
Messrs. de la Matyr
Russell Durant
Ford
Buchanan
Dors
Dewes
Luther
Washington, D. C
de la Mattyr
House of Representatives
Messrs. Murch and Ladd
Moody Boynton
Seth H. Yocum
Hendricks B. Wright
Gilbert de la Matyr
Forsythe
Missouri
Gillettee
National Executive Committee
Opposition grows to Chinese Restriction Bill in Washington
Washington February 23 opposition builds outside Congress to the Chinese bill with cabinet doubts that it will pass into law. Officials expect a veto by the president, while officials and notable figures urge defeat. The Telegraph Monopoly debated alongside editorial criticism of Western Union and the New York Associated Press.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Department of State
N Secretary of State
Questions for John Sherman in The Sun expose
The New York Sun questions Secretary Sherman about government deposits at the First National Bank. It notes a January 1 statement showing small figures before a 4 percent sale circular shifted to banks and claims nearly 200 million later moved to favored bank agents. It asks what safeguards exist for public funds and the risk if the bank failed.
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New York
the Sun
John Sherman
Jay Cooke
Sherman
Rin
Congress Question on Sherman and Jay Cooke Banking System
Officials prepare inquiries before adjournment. The questions target the Sherman era and Cooke's financing methods, seeking clarity on past banking practices and their congressional impact.
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Jay Cooke
Congress
Sherman
Beechers critique of public virtue and rectitude
Beecher declares the curse on public men is their lack of faith in rectitude and goodness. He cites senators swayed by inflamed mobs over radical prudence and urges fidelity to peace justice and virtue as the only public good. He laments leaders bowing to public outcry over principle. Daniel Webster is cited as a model if he trusted rectitude as safety.
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New York
Beecher
Hour
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
Daniel Webster
The Terrible Plague in Russia and Spread Fears
A Russian outbreak described from St Petersburg reports a deadly epidemic with rapid death, blackened bodies, and universal cordons. It notes quarantine across borders, mass mortality in towns, and a sensational tale of a silk shawl linked to a town massacre before the plague spread to 1100 residents with only 43 surviving.
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New York
St. Petersburg
Russia
Empire
Belden Sets Endurance Mark In 2000 Half Miles Feat
Edward Belden of Milwaukee completed 2000 half miles at twenty minute intervals over 27 days and 18 hours at New York's Fifth Regiment armory. He started January 26 and finished with 880 yards walked every twenty minutes, amid crowd cheers and medical treatment after a grueling finish. The Maguire Brothers backed the effort and challenged Gale to a $1000 to $10,000 match.
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New York
Fifth Regiment
Edward Belden
Milwaukee
Belden
Maguire Brothers
Edward Plummer
The
Sportsman
Gale
The Indians Chief Moses and the Interior Department
The revenue cutter Walcott left Port Townsend for Sitka on February 20. Lieutenant Wood reports Chief Moses was told by the interior department he cannot have the reservation he sought last fall through Howard. Moses expressed great disappointment but would pursue the next best option allowed by the government, though he cannot assure how his people will react.
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Moses
Interior Department
Portland, Or
Walcott
Port Townsend
Sitka
Wood
Howard
Talmage Tells Congregation He Will Leave Platform
Brooklyn February 23 Talmage told his Tabernacle congregation he would go west and not preach next Sunday. He delivered a sermon a pacific a tion address for the Brooklyn presbytery based on Genesis 21 18 19 referencing Arise lift up the lad and hold him in thine hand. The talk drew less general interest than his recent sermons.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Oxford to Accept Harvard Challenge for Thames Eights Race
Harvard College Boat Club challenged Oxford University to an eight oared race on the Thames from Putney to Mortlake in August. Oxford initially declined but at the annual meeting voted to accept if Americans meet time and other conditions.
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Oxford
Harvard
New York
Harvard College Boat Club
Oxford University
Thames
Putney
Mortlake
Oxford Club
Death of Rev. Peter Waits Misidentification Case
New York February 24 morning paper reports the death of Rev. Peter Waits who was mistaken for a burglar and shot while lurking near a young churchwoman. The incident may provide a grim text for a bereaved observer.
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New York
Peter Waits
Bere
New Hampshire Murder Case See New Evidence and Conspiracy
Long recount shows Susan Hanson murder in Brookfield and Buzzell case. Affidavits from Conway and Cook claim detectives Cohen and Conway coercion and false testimony. Buzzell lawyers plan to move for new trial on newly discovered evidence amid public outcry.
Andrew statue mutilation saga tied to Hingham arsons
Old Boston case details a series of fires in Hingham last fall including Barns and a ropewalk while detectives link a statue mutilation to arrests of Leavitt and Maguire. Witness Conway claims perjury and fear of testifying as investigators press for corroboration of Cohen and Leavitt’s supposed confession.
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Hingham
Samuel K. Litchfield
West Hingham
James Welch
Hersey Street
Henry Wall & Co
Hobart Street
Fearing, Burr & Co
Samuel T. Alien
Luther Stephenson
Andrew
Hingham Cemetery
Samuel A. Cohen
Boston
John A. Conway
Federal Street
Hurley
Cohen
Charles B. Leavitt
Joseph Co. Maguire
Keith
Second Plymouth District Court
Leavitt
Maquire
Allen
Erastus Whiton
Hinghaw
Conway
District Court
Abington
Maguire
George Thomas
Stephenson
Wilson
Davis
Edinboro Street
John A. Andrew
Mr. Burr
Plot to wreck a railroad train and burn a depot
A Boston era report reveals Cohen and Conway hatched a plan to seize a carriage near Canton Mass depot, break a switch with a sledge, burn the depot with kerosene, abduct railroad officials to induce confessions, and use any obtained rewards to fund their scheme. Detectives plan arrest on conspiracy charges. both men held on $6000 sureties.
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Coven
Conway
Alexed
Canton
Mass
Boston and
Providence
Cohen and Conway
Davis
Boston
Plymouth
Monunent
Monument
Mystery of a Buried-but-Not-Dead Patient at Hospital
A man named John Foggin died at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in January and his body was left unburied in a simple pine box in a hospital stockroom. The box, covered only by an old settee and cloth, has produced strong odor as decomposition proceeds. Neighbors say Foggin had funds for burial, while his friends in New Brunswick offered to pay, and hospital officials must explain why remains remain unburied.
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Greenbackers
Bob Ingersoll
Moses
National Theatre
Cox
New York
Eaton
Kansas
Democratic National Committee
Cook
John Churchill
Conway
Cohen
Orabut
Churchill
Farmington
Ossipee
Joseph KR. Buzzell
Cook Lam
Joseph B. Buzzell
Charles W Cok
Susan A. Hanson
John J. Conway
Jonn W. Sanborn
The
Eastern Railway
Charles B. Gaffney
B.C Carter
Wolfboro Junction
Mr. Buyzell
Oesipee
T. Lindsey Churchill
Hanson House
Buzzell
T. J. Smith
Lougee
Hobbs
Carter
Smith
Charles W. Cook
John Foggin
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
East Concord Street
GLOBE
Foggin
New Bravawick
Lia
State Detective Bureau
Pemberton Square
Talbot
Dedham
Barnum
Counsel Withdraw Motion for New Trial in Cobb Case
Kate M. Cobb’s lawyers Gardner Green and S. S. Thresher withdraw the January motion for a new trial after judges Park and Culver altered the document. The action aims to keep Cobb in Norwich until the session nears. she will likely be sent to Wethersfield prison, with a possibility to petition anew if new evidence emerges.
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Kate
Wethersfield Prison
Norwich
Conn
Messrs
Gardner Greene
8. S. Thresher
Kate M. Cobb
Ark
Culver
Bere
Ira
Cobb
Supreme Court
Wethersfield
Burnside Senate clash noted over school virtue bill
The Sun reports Burnside pressed the senate to pass a bill for better instruction of Washington school children in virtues including self control and courteous language. A Washington Saturday incident showed an elderly senator in a vulgar fury calling a colleague a liar on Washington's birthday.
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New York
the Sun
Burnside
Senate
Washington
Burglars Attempt to Rob Modjeska Diamonds at Opera House
Three burglars tried to steal Modjeska diamonds and ornaments worth 10000 dollars at the Louisville Opera House. They climbed onto the roof, opened a dressing room window after the second act, and fled after a scream from Modjeska. Police pursued but the men escaped.
Sprague Case Delayed In Superior Court Proceedings
In Providence R I February 24 the supreme court heard creditors of the A and W Sprague Manufacturing Company seek removal of trustee Mr Chafee. By mutual consent the hearing was postponed to the fourth Monday in March.
Fire destroys Block Island store of Lorenzo Littlefield
A late night blaze on Block Island destroyed the chief store owned by Lorenzo Littlefield. About 5000 dollars worth of goods were saved, with losses totaling around 10000 dollars. Odd Fellows Hall above the store was burned. The fire occurred around 11 o clock Saturday night.
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Providence, . I
Block Island
Lorenzo Littlefield
Odd Fellows’ Hall
If Wishes Were Horses Beggars Micht Ride
In New York on February 24 the Rev King addressed the National Temperance Institute meeting urging strict liquor laws. He proposed a $10 000 fine for first offence ten years imprisonment for the second offence and hanging for the third.
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New York
King
National Temperance Institute
Captain Boyton's Long Swim Begins in Cold Allegheny
PitrspurG Penn February 24 P Boyton started at 8 45 this morning near the mouth of the Allegheny for a 2200 mile swim to the gulf. Heavy snow falls and the river is three fourths iced with floating blocks.
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Captain Boyton
Pitrspurg
Penn
P. Boyton
Allegheny
Gulf
Fell into the Fire in a Fit at PittspurG
Frederick Stapleton, an elderly resident of twenty-eighth street, fell into an open grate fire during a fit. He burned both eyes and suffered additional injuries that are expected to prove fatal.
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Pittspurg
Penn
Frederick Stapleton
Twenty-Eighth Street
Prison reform advocate Heywood speaks on life in Dedham jail
Ezra H. Heywood, freed by President Hayes after Cupid’s Vokes, voices a reformist critique of prison life at Music Hall. He depicts jail as social death and calls for humane treatment, criticizes officials, and urges a faith-based, less punitive approach to crime.
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Ezra H. Heywood
Dedham
Hayes
Music
Jonan
Republ
White House
Washington
United States
Heywood
Sociey
Madame Kestell
Blackwell’s Island
My County
Pemberton Square
Hoar
Worcester County
Westboro
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Waddell
Warner
Bey
J. W. Simonton
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George S. Wilson
George C. Davis
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Strafford
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Stephen Varney
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Lond Ay
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Susan Hanson
Commonwealth OF New Hampshire
Histrafford
James A. Edgerly
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George E. Durgin
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Charles W, Cook
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Brookfeld
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Weltboro Junction
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Thomas Smith
William F. Copeland
Edgeriy
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James P. Wade
Kates Cobb
Sprague Estate
Music Hall
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Lawry
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Montana
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