Whiskey extension bill shakeup in Ways and Means
Washington reports discontent over Speaker Carlisle's picks for the Ways and Means Committee. Friends of the whiskey bond extension fear defeat as Blount Mills and Herbert join the panel, with Mandal leading opposition and Republicans leaning against the measure. Interior department concerns and broader political maneuvering noted.
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Washington
Messrs
Herbert
Mills
Blount
Ways and Means
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Senate
Biount
Mandal
Ben Butterworth
Ohio
Eee
Southern Democrat Sees Senate and House Committee Balance
A Southern Democrat tells a Globe correspondent that Northern newspapers complain of Southern dominance on House committees while noting Senate chairs and a large Northern majority. He cites the Finance and pensions committees as heavily Northern and discusses the influence on Civil War pension legislation and the Readjuster from Virginia.
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Washington
House
GLOBE
Senate
Hnance
Ways and Means
Banking and Currency
New York
Hewitt
Alabama
Tillman
South Carolina
Committee On
Matson
Dudley
Virginia
Settlement of Creek election to be investigated
Secretary Teller ordered Indian Inspector Benedict Special Agent Townshend and Indian Agent Tufts to Muskeogee Indian Territory to thoroughly probe the Creek election amid fraud charges and factional power shifts. Perryman briefly led then was deposed Ispeiheche seized control. a factional war looms without prompt resolution. The secretary urged submission of all evidence to commissioners and warned his decision will be final and backed by force if needed.
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Washington
Teller
Benedict
Townshend
Tufts
Muskeogee
Indian Territory
Perryman
Ispeiheche
Ohio Senatorship appears to favor Thurman in battle
Washington December 27 A strong Ohio Democratic bloc here believes Judge Thurman will win the state’s senatorial contest The Pendleton Paine feud threatens unity and may kill both candidates Thurman remains unaligned but is seen as strengthening the party and potentially caucus nomination opponents note Thurman says he is not a candidate but would serve if called upon
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Washington
Judge Thurman
Pendleton
Paine
Ohio
Payne
Thurman
Senate
Abolish the Banks and Issue Treasury Notes Plan
Washington reports Representative Buckner chairing the banking committee plans a post-recess meeting to advance bills to end banks and replace national bank notes with treasury notes. He favors abolishing banks and issuing non legal tender notes to contract currency, citing partisan opposition and concerns over bond-backed circulation.
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Washington
Buckner
Committee On Banking and Currency
Treasury
Missouri
Knox
Morrison to Introduce Tariff Bill After Holidays
Washington December 27 Representative Morrison will push a tariff bill in the House soon after the holidays. He promises a moderate measure lighter than his 1876 proposal, reflecting changed conditions, aiming for much lower duties than present. Morrison notes the old bill was tied to resuming specie payments and revenue needs.
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Morrison and
Carlisle
Washington
Morrison
Sugar Tariff Battle Shapes Louisiana Sugar Interests
A House tariff debate on sugar duties aims to reduce revenue and taxes while avoiding free sugar. Morrison and Carlisle push partial reductions. Southern planters warn against large cuts. Senate amendments to place sugar on the free list threaten Louisiana cane interests, with Republican west senators likely to back free sugar.
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Morrirson
Carlisle
House
Louisana
Senate
West
Morrison
Relief
Louisiana
Numerously Signed Petition From Whiskey Men to Congress
Washington December 27 The petition to Congress in pamphlet form lists signatures on twenty five pages and explains whiskey production levels in 1881 82 and 1883 84 across Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri Nebraska New York Ohio Wisconsin Kentucky Maryland Pennsylvania urging extension of the bonded period by two years from December 1 1883 to ease internal taxation.
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Washinotion
Friends of the Bill
Conea
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Opinions of the Tariff in Congress Draw Fresh Debate
Washington December 28 Analysts of the Ways and Means report label Morrison and Kasson radical free traders while Mills Blount Blackburn Hurd Herbert and Jones are open free traders. Jones says no free traders on the committee and favors gradual revenue reform. Mills advocates low taxes to fund revenue and hints at free lists for raw materials. Blount and others discuss balancing revenue with protecting domestic industry.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
Morrison
Kasson
Mills
Blount
Blackburn
Hurd
Herbert
Jones
The
Star
Texas
Closing the year at Charlestown Navy Yard work suspended
The secretary of the navy ordered suspension of work at the Boston Navy yard from January 15, dismissing all personnel. Condemned vessel breakers continue, and the yard will be turned into a ropewalk. An order to close League Island yard will follow Ossipee repairs.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Boston Navy Yard
League Island
Inquiries to probe Treasury staff over customs frauds
A House committee may investigate charges against Treasury officials focusing on customs management. A Philadelphia source recounts 1880s horse import fraud at Port Huron, where a false valuation led to seizure, arrest, and a later payout to an informer. The same authority alleges $500,000 yearly waste in the customs division and favoritism on payrolls.
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Washington
House Committee On Expenditures
Treasury Department
Customs Service
O'Hearn
Canada
Port Huron
Mich
O’ Hearn
Detroit
Uncle Sam
Chicago
John Sherman
Department
Suspicion over Chandler Navy leadership in House
December 20 report from Washington notes Democratic members doubt William E. Chandler's Navy Department management. With John Roach securing contracts for five warships, critics fear overspending to expand the "new navy." Speakers Carlisle and Randall decline granting funds while Chandler remains in charge amid calls for reform.
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Chandler
Washington
House
William E. Chandler
Navy Department
John Roach
Carlisle
Randall
Appropriations Committee
Irish Arms Crisis Sparks Sectarian Tensions Across Ireland
In London dispatches the Alexander manifesto drives Catholics to unite Orangemen in armed circles, stoking Protestant Catholic rift and provoking fears of government reaction. Land agitation gains steam as the Salters seek tenant sales, while Wolff's trial looms and Franco-British war chatter grows. Gallagher case, Irish unrest, and theatre notes fill the rest.
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Sunday Globe
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Lord Rossmore
Monaghan
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Dublin Castle
England
National
Dublin Freeman's Journal
Im Irelan
Healy
Dublin
THE
Gone
Mr. Healy
League
Kaye
Orange
Earl Spencer
Johnstone
Jiton
Travelpearu
Orana
Spanish minister of war rules out republic in Spain
London reports General Lopez Dominguez, Spain's war minister, says any move toward a republic would cause disorder and civil war. He argues the monarchy remains intact, favors universal suffrage but excludes soldiers from voting for discipline, and cites recent actions by Sever Rulzia as destroying republican hopes.
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London
Madrid
The
Times
Lopez Dominguez
Liberal
Deceitful McNab Trifled With Widow Then Married Minister's Daughter
Atlanta report details David McNab once married to the widow Josie Crisler after years of secret liaison. He later wed a foreign minister's daughter and signed contracts to pay the widow, who threatened exposure. He posted bail of 16000 and the case proceeded in court, stirring social circles.
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Atlanta, Ga
David McNab
Sutton County
Atlanta
Josie Crisler
Joan Crisler
Jackson County
Crisler
McNab
Mrs Washburn's Choice and a New York Infatuation
A New Haven case centers on Hattie Washburn and James Whalen, a married woman and railroad brakeman, whose romance led to departures from her husband Samuel Washburn. After eloping, returning, and separate employment, Washburn repeatedly refused reconciliation, alleging abuse and burden. Hartford officers tracked the lovers, and Washburn later resumed work as a domestic in Wethersfield before again leaving. The husband urged forgiveness and offered a home, but she persisted in leaving.
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New Haven
Hattie Whalen
Hattie
Alattie
Hattie Noyes
Unionville
N. Y
Samuel Washburn
Whalen
Hartford
Kalen
Cedar Street
New York
Dutchess County
E.G. Wouse
Wethersfield
St Stephens Day Riot In Harbor Grace Ends In Tragedy
A December riot in Harbor Grace Newfoundland between Orangemen marching with banners and Catholic opponents using sealing guns left at least five dead and many wounded. Police arrested six rioters. fear and mourning spread through Conception Bay as funerals proceed and authorities vow to uphold the law.
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N. F
Harbor Grace
Wen
Vaid
Society of Loyal Orangemen
Orange
Janes
Mercer
Callaghan
French
Dgarmody
Thomas Nichols
Solomon Martin
William Browne
Wiliam Anthony
Moses Nicholas
Philip Hatcher
William Cleary
Thomas Luftman
Moses Neil
James Bray
Reuben Curage
Robert Lilly
William Best
John Webber
Robert Noseworthy
Michael French
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Rencontre
Eri
Shanahan
Dungan
Quirk
Coady
Sullivan
DC Harper
Martin
Conception Bay
Jeans
Carbonear
Callahan
South Side
Mounted Constabulary
Williams Bridge Man Walks With a Wooden Leg
In Williams Bridge, New York, Jason Smith, famed resident, now moves with a wooden leg after losing his limb. Health Officer Dermott arriver to calm a riotous crowd outside his home as Mrs Smith defends herself with a broom and Jason blasts the crowd with water from a hose. The uproar centers on the salvaged artificial limb and its prior mystery.
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New York
Williams Bridge
Westchester County
Jason Smith
Jason
Mrs. Smith
Smith
Dermott
Mr. Smith
Nuisance Buried as Williams Bridge Restores Serenity
The text notes the nuisance was buried yesterday and Williams Bridge has been restored to its wonted serenity. His wife kept an item embalmed and varnished, placing it on the front stoop as an ornament.
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Wiliams Bridge
Michel Rudolph and the Ney link in Mrs Garfield's tale
Cleveland December 31 A circulating story claims Marshal Ney was an American and brother to Mrs Garfield's grandfather. The Rudolph brothers, early settlers in Shenandoah Valley, include Michel Rudolph who reportedly fled after a wartime scandal and later served in the French army. A Globe reporter questioned the tale and Rudolph recalls the myth, warning he seeks stronger proof before claiming kinship.
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Cleveland
Marshal Ney
Js Frends
Michel Ney
Ney
Baltimore
Michel Rudolph
America
Rudulph
Michel
Mr. Rudolph
Grant in finance and politics a cautious retreat from embarrassment
A friend of General Grant, just back from New York, says the ex president will likely stay in bed for some time due to a hip injury from a fall. He is financially better than public reports, owning a large share in Ward Grant & Co. He had no close ties with Gould lately and may not become a candidate. He plans to avoid using his name in the convention, will not back President Arthur, and leans toward General Logan with a strong debt of gratitude for Logan’s support at Chicago.
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Washington
General Grant
New York
Ward, Grant & Co
Gould
Mr. Gould
Mitlcdl
Arthur
Generalogan
Fitz John Porter
Grant
Logan
Chicago
Typhoid Takes a Town Benedict Maryland
Typhoid fever sweeps Benedict a small village of 190 on the Patuxent river in Prince George's county. An isolation by ice and a week of scant reports left Benedict cut off with many ill and some dead as the Weems steamer cannot reach due to ice.
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Beneaict
Patuxent River
Prince George's
Upper Marlboro
Benedict
Salvationists to wed Hallelujah Ted in New Brunswick ceremony
Eawin Erwin of Brooklyn known as Hallelujah Ted will marry Miss Lula Wolmington of Trenton tonight at the fifth New Jersey Salvation Army corps barracks on Richmond street New Brunswick. Rev. Dr T Chalmers Easton will perform the ceremony at 10 o clock followed by an hour and a half of salvation enthusiasm as crowds gather.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Eawin Erwin
Brooklyn
N. Y
D. D
Strong
Making large claims by a West Virginia family in New York property
A Mason county Edwards family seeks to claim nine acres in New York City including Trinity Church property valued at 64 million dollars and several thousand Hudson river acres. Two Mason county lawyers were retained as counsel, one heading to New York after a Clifton meeting as the family vows a fierce fight for its alleged possessions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mason County
Edwards
New York
Cliffton
New York City
Trinity Church
Hudson River
Terrible Accident on Mahanoy Plain Coasting Run
A crowd of six children coasting on a steep public road collided with a farm wagon. The sled overturned and horses disrupted. William Hertzog aged 16 suffered a broken leg and arm, Henry Mayer broke a leg, Charles Gayer 14 had a skull injury, Ella Smith broke a leg.
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Pennsylvania
Mahanoy Plain
Penn
Wiliam Hertzog
Henry Mayer
Charles Gayer
Ella Smith
How Thermometers Are Made
How accurate thermometers are produced explains core steps from glass tube selection testing to scale stamping. It describes testing tubes by filling with mercury measuring bore uniformity, assembling bulbs and seals, adjusting mercury amounts, and forming scales using fixed freezing and boiling points.
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New York
Bishop Warren's Bride From Humble Roots To Vast Riches
A Denver born sewing machine agent rose to wealth through cattle dealings and widowhood. Elizabeth B. Clift Litt owned vast cattle interests with income up to 1000000 yearly. She married Bishop Henry Warren of Atlanta in Evans Chapel, Denver, a union seen as partnership over money. The bride’s rise from poverty to fortune surpasses $10 million, reflecting endurance and business acumen.
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New York
Denver
Henry W. Warren
Atlanta
Elizabeth
Evans Chapel
Simpson
Philadelphia
H. D. Moore
K. Cranston
Edwards
H. C. Lowrie
Truman Bogue
Professor Low
Denver University
Adams Express Company
Rocky Mountain News
News Publication
Larimer Street
Chicago
Singer Machine Company
Io Ilinois
Tereats
Herrs. Warren
Far West
Forty Year Old Murder Tale Revealed in Trove
New York reports a sensational claim that a murder in the Tombs over four decades ago was exposed after examining the personal papers of a recently deceased. The tale says a prisoner was visited by a fellow felon who strangled him, yet the killer, well connected, was freed and the death ruled typhus fever.
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New York
Farery
Hewitt Urges Tariff Reform For Iron Trade
Abram 8 Hewitt writes to the Argus arguing the tariff revenue reform will cure business gloom. He pins iron trade troubles on over production not tariffs, calls for duty limits to protect domestic markets, and says production must be restrained for healthy growth. He adds cheaper imports of raw material would lower labor costs and favor labor.
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Hewitt
Albany
The
Argus
Four Millions to Educate the People in Argentina
Buenos Ayres reports the government plans to issue 4,000,000 national dollars to boost public instruction in the provinces and fund the construction of 300 schools.
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Buenos Ayres
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