Reagan Interstate Commerce Bill Passes House and Pensions Bill
Washington January 10 The House passed the naval appropriation bill for the last six months of the fiscal year and advanced the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. A public buildings measure faltered over unanimous consent as Stockslager opposed Randall, but the Duval bill moved ahead. Robinson delivered a sharp farewell style speech mocking ministers abroad and criticizing Lowell, with Hewitt uneasy over depictions of a Democratic member. Debate on the consular bill expected to be lengthy. appropriations run about 75,000 below the current year.
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Washington
House
Stockslager
Public
Randall
Duval
Binson
Ife
Lowell
Burchard
Hewitt
New York
Robinson
England
Reagan Interstate Commerce Bill Passes the House by One Vote
Washington January 8 The Reagan interstate commerce bill passed the House 158 to 75 as unfinished business. Amendments from Kansas and Pennsylvania were rejected, including an investigative commission and a publicity requirement for rail rates and earnings. The bill aims to standardize charges, forbid rebates, curb discrimination, and set penalties for violations.
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House
Massachusetts
Washington
Perkins
Kansas
O'Neil
Pennsylvania
Hepburn
Iowa
Ken
Billy Florence Arrest Pranks At Washington Capitol
Tom Ochiltree causes a mock arrest of Billy Florence in the National Theatre scene, sending a doorkeeper to seize the actor on alleged insult. Police escort Florence to the doorkeeper’s office, then Champagne lunch reveals it as a practical joke by the congressman.
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Washington
Tom Ochiltree
Billy Florence
National Theatre
Florence
Hiltree
George Washington
Ochiltree
Congress
Wintersmith
Tom
Wilhtersmith
Wintersmithen
Capitol
Senators Meet to Discuss Treaties and Civil Service
Democratic senators held a caucus in Washington to review pending treaties and patronage plans. The meeting lacked a quorum as several senators failed to receive notices. Members voiced political opinions and expectations for civil service enforcement, but no concerted action emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pension appropriation bill passed by House in 1886
The House approved a pension bill for the year ending June 30 1886 totaling 59 976 000 dollars, about 24 million below the prior estimate and 30 million under the current year. It cuts pension agents from eighteen to twelve and caps agent salaries at 4000 dollars annually. It also limits claim agents fees in Washington to 10 dollars per claim and controls fees charged by agents or attorneys in states.
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Washington
House
Inauguration Programme Published for Public Sale
Washington reports announce the official inauguration programme, available from James T. Cowdery in New York. It will be sold in bound forms at ten, twenty five, and fifty cents, including portraits and sketches of past inaugurations and Washington attractions. Secretary McCulloch denies gloomier forecasts, predicting better times ahead and improved revenues in January and February.
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Washington
Executive Committee
James T. Cowdery
Barclay Street
New York
McCulloch
Hewitt
Indian council members accused of taking bribes in leasing lands
Washington reports testimony in the Indian investigation indicating some council members accepted money to vote for leasing lands. Also noted are proposed bills on lighting experiments and a Bartoldi statue pedestal fund. A silver Shandon Church model from Cork was sent for the New Orleans exposition. Masons protest missing Masonic ceremonies at Washington Monument dedication. Sherman calls for a national character.
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Washington
Indian Council
Clardy
Missouri
Committee On Commerce
United States
Nutting
New York
Committee On Library
Cox
Bartuoldi
Cuparcment
William Egan & Co
Cork
Ireland
Shandon
Coriee
Washington Monument
Sherman
Wandering Veteran Sells Small Goods in Portland Tale
In Portland on January 9 an old man Levi Jesmond, Virginian by birth, wanders selling trinkets on Commercial Street. He recalls Civil War service, aiding Davis, meeting Fremont, and hopes to settle south with a modest fortune from his late brother's heir. He fears his best days are behind him as he declines toward charity.
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Portland
Commercial Street
Levi Jesmond
Old Dominion
Europe
California
Fremont
Davis
President Pas
Confederate
Thakey Shelly
Polk
Pillow
Mexico
Washington
Johnson
Texas
Secret dynamiter group alleged in Westmoreland County
A Greensburg dispatch reports English detectives claim a powerful dynamiter brotherhood operates in Westmoreland County and is linked to recent explosions and assassinations in England. The group supposedly centers around Irwin and has a heavy money treasury. An agent is said to have traveled between Ireland and England, with English authorities to be briefed.
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Westmoreland County
Penn
Pittsburg
Greensburg
Bngiaya
Mollie Maguires
England
Brotherhood
Irwin
Ocean Steamship Lines
Ireland
Washington
Ibis
Loss of Life and Property on the Upper Lakes
The year on the upper lakes saw 50 wrecks with a total loss of 671000 and 443000 insured. Vessel owners call the season the most unprofitable ever, with hundreds laid up for weeks for want of crew and thus escaping danger.
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Ottawa
Ont
North Carolina cyclone devastates Samson County farms
A powerful cyclone struck Samson county near Clinton on January 9 injuring two Jackson children as John Jackson's house and barn were razed. Several farms including Thomas and James Jackson lost buildings while John Calvin's sawmill toppled into a pond. Henry Warren's dwelling and Goshen church suffered collapse as the cyclone path traced through Darrow.
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North Carolina
Ralfigh
N. C
Samson County
Clinton
John Jackson
Jackson
Thomas
James Jackson
John Calvin
Henry Warren
Goshen
Darrow
Great Claimant Dead and a Storied Richest Woman
New Orleans reports the death of Myra Clark Gaines at 11 10 pm. Born about 1800, she rose to prominence through long court battles that shaped her fortune and status. Her father Daniel Clark, a consul and former congressman, established an American lineage for Gaines, with early ties to Zulime des Granges.
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New Orleans
Myra Clark Gaines
Daniel Clark
Rosairer Johnson
United States
Napoleon
Louisiana
Mary Clark
America
Sligo
Ireland
Germantown
Penn
Clark
Zulime Des Granges
Europe
Myra
Davis
Myra Davis
Philadelphia
Weekly Globe Democratic appeal targets agents and readers
The Globe promotes Grover Cleveland support and political reform. It offers subscriptions at one dollar yearly, discounts for bulk orders, and large agent commissions. Readers are urged to renew and recruit friends, with Boston based mailing address and sample copies available.
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GLOBE
United States
Grover Cleveland
Reform
Mrs Hendricks Poisoning Stuns South Abington Farm Row
Mrs Hendricks of South Abington Massachusetts drank muriatic acid in a suicide attempt prompted by her husband’s mortgage foreclosure. She survived initial poisoning but endures intense agony as gangrene of the stem develops, with her death expected. She is the only child of wealthy New Milford Connecticut parents.
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South Abington
Mass
Hendricks
New Milford
Conn
Trimming a Corn Linked to Deaths in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn report notes several fatal blood poisoning cases from corn trimming. Rev Dr Schenck died of gangrene after trimming an acorn, and Henry McCloskey, father of two clergymen, also died from the same cause after trimming a toe. Doctors diagnosed erysipelas and gangrene as the poison spread.
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Brooklyn
Dr. Schenck
Henry McCloskey
John McCloskey
William McCloskey
Largest Seizure for Revenue Duties in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officers seized over thirty cases of assorted liquors and cordials, ten barrels of brandies wines and liquors, three casks of olive oil and a large quantity of cork and tile from the Italian bark Santo Saneto at Reed Street Wharf. The cargo valued about $56,000.
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Philadelphia
John W. Frazier
Treasury Department
Walter
Chance
Matthew Chadwick
Philadelphia Customs Service
Reed Street Wharf
United States
Bayard Likely to Decline Cabinet Seat Amid Cabinet Talks
Washington dispatch notes rising sentiment that Bayard will refuse a Cleveland cabinet post if offered. He has not been formally invited, faces possible leisure from the Senate, and fears loss of local prestige if he resigns. Stockton’s naval secretary prospects tied to Albany visit discussed, with party members seeing earlier actions as premature.
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Washington
Bayard
Cleveland
Congress
Senate
Delaware
Stockton
New Jersey
Navy
Albany
Remarkable case of Myra Clark Whitney Gaines in 19th century law
Myra Clark Whitney Gaines pursued vast estates through decades of legal battles in Louisiana and federal courts. Born to uncertain parentage, she fought to prove legitimate birth and inherited property allegedly built by her father Clark. After protracted suits, the U S Supreme Court recognized some claims, with Gaines seeking about 35 million in value minus losses from the Civil War era.
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United States
Davis
W. W. Whitney
New York
Myra
Crescent City
Clark
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Myra Clark Whitney
Zulime
Mme. Des Granges
Philadelphia
Supreme Court of the United States
Whitney
Gaines
New Orleans
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of
Louisiana
Wasi
Bis
Supreme Court
Alshough
Orton Contends He Identified Roger Tichborne Heir
Edmund Orton says he identified Arthur Orton in Paramatta Lunatic Asylum as his brother Roger Tichborne after traveling from Australia at Miss Georgiana Baring's urging. He remains convinced the prisoner recently released in London is the rightful Tichborne heir. The real Arthur Orton travels to London to bolster his claim.
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San Francisco
Edmund Orton
Australia
Georgiana Baring
London
Arthur Orton
Paramatta Lunatic Asylum
Sydney
New South Wales
Roger Tichborne
Tichborne
Doctor's warning follows failed self harm in Scranton incident
SCRANTON Penn January 8 Word was received here yesterday of the attempted death by own action on Monday afternoon of Mrs Oscar Hendricks of
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Scranton
Penn
Oscar Hendricks
Greeley Expedition Facts Sought by Garlington Handling
Washington reports Lieutenant Garlington vows full inquiry into the Greeley expedition. Belderbeck ready to disclose under promise. Questions persist on unrecovered dead and channel crossing refusals. Hazen cites disobedience of orders as key to the party missing safety.
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Washington
Carlington
Greeley Party
War Department
Greeley
Belderbeck
Misingbury
Fort Conger
Uley
Littleton Island
Garlington
Sur Anb
Hazen
France's Ex-Undersecretary Savary Takes Refuge in Canada
Ottawa reports that M Savary, once France's under-secretary of state, seeks refuge in Quebec after being implicated in banking law violations. A Le Canadien dinner revealed editor M Quineault’s toast sparked curiosity about his true identity, identifying him as Savary, now a literary editor in Quebec.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec
France
M. Savary
le Canadien
M. Quineault
Quineault
Quineaut Savary
Major Nutt Marries Clara Corfield at Crawford House
Justice of the Peace Franklin D. Rideout wed Major Nutt, famed for his four foot height, to Clara Corfield of Boston at Crawford house at 10 o clock Thursday. The eighteen year old bride stood beside him as the knot was tied after formal readings.
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Major Nutt
Franklin D. Rideout
Crawford House
Clara Corfield
Boston
Earthquake at Sea Report From North Atlantic Sighting
Captain Olsen reports a large Norwegian bark named Albania of Arendal seen after an earthquake at sea near 41 6 N 39 5 W. The crew of the Isabell had no trace of the ship’s people. Two days earlier the Helen Isabell endured a fifteen minute underwater quake with thunderous roar and crew panic before conditions calmed.
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St. Jonn
N.F
Olsen
Isabell
Cadiz
Albania
Arendal
Molind
S Hocks
Aoseen
The Judge's Daughter Elopes with Hod Carrier
In Weston West Virginia on January 8 society learned that Emma Brannon daughter of Judge Henry Brannon eloped with James Whalley an Irish laborer. She is 16 he is 19 and the couple were traced to a Pennsylvania point about 400 miles distant.
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Weston
W. Va
Emma Brannon
Henry Brannon
James Whalley
Pennsylvania
East River Tunnel Plans Tie Hunter's Point to Manhattan
The New York Central Railroad Company agrees to let Long Island Railroad share Grand Central depot after completion of a tunnel under the East River. The tunnel will connect Hunter's Point with Manhattan Island and work is to begin soon.
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East River
New York
New York Central Railroad Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Grand Central
Hunter’s Point
Manhattan Island
McDonald Cabinet Prospects Stir Indiana and Wisconsin Debate
discussion centers on McDonald’s cabinet hopes as Indiana Democrats back him while others worry about state balance. Sources quote Bright and unnamed Indiana Democrats, noting some prefer War or Illinois ties, with sentiment split over Garfield and Cleveland’s choices.
Lamont Seeks Talks With President-Elect On Cabinet
Col D L Lamont ex Governor Cleveland's private secretary arrived from Washington and took the fast train to Albany. He said he went to lock up a house and learn about White House changes after March 4. He also carried a request from Mr Cleveland for private conferrals with prominent Democratic leaders on cabinet matters. He declined to name invitees.
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New York
D. L. Lamont
Cleveland
Washington
Albany
White House
Governor Cleveland Resigns in New York
The Albany resignation shows Grover Cleveland stepping down as governor on January 5 1885. Lieutenant Governor David B Hill accepts the duties as the Senate is ready to proceed and the committee reports completion of its task.
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Cleveland
Albany
N. Y
State OF New York
Grover Cleveland
D. B. Hill
Senate
Hill
Six Days in a Trance
Amelia Schaffer a young German girl living near New Durham received a New Year letter saying her betrothed lover was killed in a mine explosion She grew pale and slept the next morning found unresponsive with eyes open and blue white flesh physicians call catalepsy and expect recovery
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New York
Amelia Schaffer
New Durham
Hopkins widow to build US’s costliest home in Great Barrington
Mrs Hopkins widow of Mark Hopkins plans a $5 million residence in Great Barrington. Construction will use bluestone from her quarry and begin in spring. Night work with electric lights will run around the clock. About a thousand men will be employed for three years.
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United States
Prossfield
Mass
Hopkins
California Railroad
Mark Hopkins
Great Barrington
Contract for 7,200,000 Bottles Signed by Firms
Rochester January 10 The Watney Glass Works of Philadelphia has contracted with H H Warner & Co of Rochester for 7 200 000 bottles as large buyers snap up at low prices signaling demand has hit rock bottom.
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Rochester
H. H. Warner & Co
Watney Glass Works
Philadelphia
Largest Bottle Contract For 10 Million Pound Supply
A contract for safe cure bottles weighing 10,000,000 pounds and filling 600 cars stretched in line, described as the largest bottle contract ever made.
Oldest East Haddam Lady Lucy Luther Remains Lively at 101
In Hadlyme Connecticut on January 8 the village’s oldest resident Mrs Lucy Luther aged 101 celebrated her birthday born January 6 1784 she has lived in Hadlyme all her life She is famed for a long reserved Christian life and is respected by all Despite her advancing years she handles a pension for her husbands 1812 war service and can still sign her name on pension vouchers She remains active in church and reads the Bible with coarse print gifts and well-wishers poured in for the occasion
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Aadlymn
Conn
East Haddam
Hadlyme
Lucy Luther
Luther
Lord
John Luther
Connecticut River
Pension Bureau
Washington
Baptist Church
Lilac Postal Notes Replacing Old Yellow Ones
New York reports lilac colored postal notes replacing the old yellow in use since May. About 2000 offices still used the old notes. Homer Lee Bank Note Company accelerates delivery to all offices. The notes are produced in sheets, bound in pads, and sent by registered mail with postmasters as vouchers. The shift aims to curb counterfeiting and ensure secure money orders nationwide.
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New York
West
Homer Lee Bank Note Company
Illac
Lee
Post Office Department
Weds Her in Her Youth and the Courts Take Her from Mim
New York January 9 a tale of Rosina Rocco who arrived in New York about age 14. Vincenzio de Leo pressed for marriage by betrothal then claimed a ceremony occurred at City Hall with interpreters. The girl and mother deny marriage though a referee ruled for the union. Judge Lawrence annulled the marriage finding the girl never intended to wed and that her youth and parents’ ignorance were exploited.
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New York
Rosina Rocco
Italy
Vincenzio de Leo
de Leo
Supreme Court
Willian G. McCrea
Kocey
Lawrence
Awrence
Buffalo extinction sparks prairie nostalgia in Canada Northwest
Ottawa reports the buffalo once vast in the Canadian Northwest has vanished. Once seen along the Calgary line by mounted police and in Medicine Hat to Morley ranges, the herd collapsed after indiscriminate slaughter for hides. Crees and Sioux burning prairie and market demand accelerated disappearance.
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Ottawa
Canadian Northwest
Mounted Police
Medicine Hat
Morley
Calgary Herald
Yellowstone
Canadian Territory
Montana
Dakota
Prairies
Twelve ton table cast at Pond Machine Tool works
Worcester scene recounts casting of a twelve ton planer table for Pond Machine Tool Company. Over 100 witnesses, largest piece cast in city history, molten iron flows from blast furnace into basins and moulds. Foreman Harold Habiey leads crew including George Steele, James W. Kovhe, John Boyle, and Henry Hubbard. A second item notes spruce lumber cut in Grand Lake area drops to 7,000 feet output amid poor weather. birch and maple cordwood cutting starts for Boston market.
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Worcester
Junction Foundry
Pond Machine Tool Company
Harold Habiey
George Steele
James W. Kovhe
John Boyle
Henry Hubbard
Bangor
Grand Lake
Salmon River
Munificent Backed Debt Settlement From Vanderbilt To Mrs Grant
New York January 11. W Vanderbilt writes Mrs Ulysses Grant explaining he lent General Grant 150000 for a day, later secured by mortgages and property. Grant offered to transfer the debt and possessions to Mrs Grant to be used for government or memorial purposes, but she declines most of the gifts.
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Firth Avenue
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant
Grant
Europe
Mossession
Bine
United States
Washington
Lam
Aera
Hu Vanpersine
New York City
New York
W. H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt and Grants Debate Trust Fund Real Estate Offer
In New York on January 11 1885 William H Vanderbilt proposes to deposit proceeds from real estate sales into Union Trust Company to create a life interest trust for Mrs. Ulysses Grant with principal disposition by her will. Ulysses S Grant and Mrs Grant decline the offer finalizing the matter in a cordial exchange.
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H. Vanderbilt
Isa
U.S. Grant
Rahal
Union Trust Company
William H. Vanderbilt
Grant declines subscription to pay Vanderbilt judgment
A letter from General Grant dated January 6 1835 declares he cannot accept the proposed subscription raised by Cyrus W Field and others to pay the $160 000 judgment against him. The Matl and Express suggests restoring his army rank by act of Congress, quoting Confederate General Joseph R Anderson on reviving Grant to general rank with presidential nomination.
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Cyrus W. Field
Congress
Grant
Muscular Cabinet Feared in Cleveland Selections
Ex Senator Eaton reviews President-elect Cleveland’s cabinet ideas noting that advisers with great physical strength are sought. He jests that Stewart of Texas could be secretary of war, Jones of Arkansas as secretary of navy, Voorhees might head Post Office, and many other muscular leaders exist.
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Washington
Eaton
Cleveland
New York
Stewart
Texas
Heenan
Jones
Arkansas
Navy
Dercales
Dorsheimer
Voorhees
Wabash
Colonel Eads Plan Opposed by Grand Jury
The St Mary's parish grand jury reports strongly against Colonel Eads plan to close the head of the Atchafalaya river, arguing it harms the people by impairing cheap water communication. Captain Oakley and his men rewarded for saving the crew of the Britten Schooner George Calhoun of St. Joan, I. B. about a year ago.
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Eads
New Orleans
St. Mary’s Parish
Atchafalaya
Eads Beefore
Washington
Oakley
Gloucester
J Oakley
George
Calhoun
St. Joan
I. B
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Society OF Dynamiters
Weekly Globe
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Indiana
Clevelan
Wisconsin
Interior Department
Democrats
Vincenzio, DE Leo
Mim
Northwest
Ound
Grant and Vanderbilt
G Grant
Wan
Ulysses
W. Vanderbilt
Ingu
OA Wattie Inc
Marine National
Ferdinand Ward
Grant & Ward
Tower
Vanderbilt
Sam
Mear
John D. Grant
Gen. Grant
Hir
Mal
Preas
Warner
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