Cleveland's Philosophy in Labor Law Debate
Washington reports on a House labor committee meeting where eight hour law enforcement was questioned. Chairman O Neil empowered to seek a formal inquiry from Secretaries, with President Hayes pledging to enforce the law and support employment through public lands use. Colonel Pierce cites growing opposition to a congressional labor commission among New England and Ohio lawmakers.
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Washington
Committee On Labor of the
House
O’niel
Senate
Frye
Maine
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ingalls
Kansas
Secretary of the Treasury
Teller
Colorado
Morrill
Edmounds
General Guarfield
Congression Statuary Hall
Ohio
Pettibone
Tennessee
Fitz John Porter
General tariff bill under review by Ways and Means
Washington January 23. The committee has about seven hundred bills before them as they prepare a general tariff measure. They will hear authors and study the issues thoroughly, likely delaying a report well into the session. Some Morrison bill opponents may now back a revision, with a carefully worded bill to avoid misrepresentation.
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Washineton
Committee of Ways and Means
Morrison Dill
Morrison
Resignation of Civil Service Commissioner Eaton
Dorman B. Eaton, a civil service commissioner, sends a letter to the President resigning his post effective March 9. He cites his earlier pledge to assist with the annual report and to help new commissioners as justification, noting he remains a Republican. The dated communication from Washington, January 20, 1886, ends with his formal salutation.
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Washiineton
Dorman B. ‘Eaton
Civil Service
Nited States Civil Service Commission
Wastineton
D.C
Civil Service Commissan
Ess
Republican Party
Grant
Arthur
Dormay B. Eaton
Praise for Cannon anticipates tough choice for successor
Washington January 23 The selection of a new comptroller of the currency after Henry W Cannon is expected to provoke administration opposition similar to Acton s New York sub treasurer successor. The president and Secretary Manning seek a seasoned business man with strong financial views who can align with the administration while avoiding conflicts with Congress. Salary limits and legal restrictions on bank connections complicate recruitment, with preference for a candidate from Pennsylvania or the Southwest and barring a New York appointee.
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Washington
Henry W. Cannon
Acton
New York Sub-Treasury
Cannon
Snyder
Manning
New York
Canda
Treasury
Congress
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company
Pennsylvania
McCulloch
Mann Pronones
Opposition to a fishery commission report urged abroad
Colonel D Pierce, attorney for the New England fishing interest, is in Washington protesting a proposed commission to study a new fisheries treaty. He says he has traveled to Cleveland Sandusky Chicago and Detroit and found broad opposition to appointing any such commission.
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New England
Congress
Pierce
Washington
Ohio
Bayard
D. ‘Pierce
Fishing Commission of
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Cleveland
Sandusky
Chicago
Detroit
Senate clash over presidential removals tests powers
Washington January 24 The administration seeks to show no rift with the Senate over suspensions and patronage, while Republicans press for a clear statement of the President's policy. A judiciary committee resolution to demand the President's reasons for removals moves to the Senate, signaling a potential constitutional confrontation that could pit many Republicans against the President.
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Washington
Senate
Cleveland
Gazete
Mr. Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Sherman
National Board of Trade Members Visit White House
The National Board of Trade met the President in the White House east room. Frederick Fraley praised the administration and its civil service stance, noting confidence from business leaders. The President expressed pleasure at receiving such backing and acknowledged the board’s remarks.
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Washington
National Board of Trade
White House
Frederick Fraley
Coast Defences Plan for Congress Reported
The fortifications board led by Secretary Endicott has completed a voluminous report on coastal defence. It estimates about 120 million dollars to modernize defences and recommends 21 million dollars at this session to begin constructing heavy guns and related plants.
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Washington
Fortifications Board
Endicott
Congress
Mexican Pensions and Shipping Committee Report
The shipping committee finished review of Mr Dingleys bill to abolish certain official service fees and amend laws on shipping commissioners seamen and vessel owners. It will be reported to the House next week. Subcommittees on pensions recommended a general Mexican pension bill granting $8 monthly to Mexican war survivors and widows married to soldiers during service.
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Dingley
House Committee On Pensions
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Butler
North Carolina
Dakota
van Wyck
Colorado
United States
van Wycke
Committee On Foreign Relations
State Department
Sherman
House
Edmunds
J. Evarts
Mr. Hoar
Mr. Pickwick
Matson
Walford
Kentucky
Reagan
Texas
McCutcheon
Michigan
State to Seize Beer Plant Without Compensation
Judge Brewer in United States Circuit Court in Topeka questions if a state may forbid beer manufacture and deprive owners of $45,000 value without compensation. He cites constitutional amendments and later laws, notes the case involves a federal question and removal rights, and discusses the seizure of property for prohibition as a potential unconstitutional act.
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Topeka
Kan
Douglass County
United States Circuit Court
Brewer
John Walruff
Lawrence
Property rights under the Fourteenth Amendment in brewing case
The court holds that property, including the right to use a brewers title, cannot be taken for public good without compensation. States may prohibit brewing activity but must pay the property’s value before destruction, rejecting any argument for vested rights without compensation.
Freight wreck halts Baltimore & Ohio train near Layton
A heavy freight train halted for repairs between Layton and Oakdale on the Baltimore and Ohio line when a following section failed to stop and crashed into the rear. The caboose and seven cars were wrecked. fireman, flagman, and rear brakeman died. engineer of the second engine injured. Names of victims not learned.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Layton
Oakdale
Kerosene engine blast injures ten at Lane's plumbing shop
In Manchester New Hampshire January 23 a two horsepower kerosene engine exploded at Thomas A Lane's plumbing shop. Thomas Stevens, Fred Lane and Patrick O'Brien were severely burned and Stevens lost sight in one eye. The blast wrecked the Postoffice Block and damaged surrounding property. Ice in the flues and thawing was blamed for the incident. Seven other workers escaped serious injury.
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Manchuster
N. E
Thomas A. Lane
Mr. Stevens
Stevens
Piec Post
Timothy Stevens
Fred Lane
Patrick O'Brien
O'Brien
Labor's Battles In Mills And Strikes Across States
Movements for advance and arbitration mark a busy week for labor. Knights of Labor in Lowell review gains, Brockton dispute ends, and many mills report 10 percent wage reductions under pressure. New York cigarmakers and Pennsylvania coke workers show rising strike activity with wages and conditions at stake.
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Brockton
Greta
Kinghilip
Davol
Lynn
Morgan & Dore
Bourne Mills
Fall River
South Weymouth
Framingham
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Blaine's Scheming With Granite Contractors Draws Fire
In a Blaine centered expose from Curiaco January 24 the Daily News claims James G. Blaine and Bodwell & Co. controlled premium granite contracts for federal buildings. It alleges Blaine used influence to secure fat frontage contracts for Bodwell Granite, cites a Maine connection, and ties changes in office to reform in public building procurement post Garfield.
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Senate
Eugene Hale
Maine
Daily News
James G Blaine
Bodwell & Co
Arthur
James G. Blaine
Washington
Hallowell
Bodwell Granite Company
Bodwell
Blaine
Supervising Architect
Mulletts and Hills
Bodwell Company
Garfield
Mulletts
United States
Mr. Bell
Mr. Bodwell
Indiana
Bedford
Terre Haute de Joliet
Intentiary
Boswell
Lowess
Sataciantean
Eugengale
A Brig's Ill Luck and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste
A detailed 1870s account recounts the brigantine Dei Gratia finding an abandoned Mary Celeste in the Atlantic. It traces the ship's troubled history, ownership trials, and investigators' attempts to explain the disappearance of its crew, noting mutiny theories discredited and explosive cargo as a possible cause.
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Gibraltar
J. H. Winchester
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Eisones
Sacle
Boston
Sampson & Goodwin
Pictou
Winchest
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Gibra
Chester
Peorla
Domingo
Cartwright & Harrison
Iain David Cartwright
Henry Street
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Merece
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Mauritius
Cape of Good Hope
Tuttle
Calcutta
Tapus
St. Helena
Africa
Haytien
San Domingo
Parker
Henry Watterson Reported Seriously Ill in Louisville
Friends of Henry Watterson editor of the Courier- Journal are startled by news of his serious illness after delivering an address at Columbus Ohio on the Jackson anniversary and taking a severe cold. He remains painfully ill and is confined at home.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Columbus
Maud White's Death Shrouded in Mystery at Beaprorp
Lucinda Prior, alias Maud White, burned to death in Beaprorp. She claimed a lamp upset while sewing a vest button but investigators found no overturned lamp. A neighboring tenant testified Maud owned two lamps, and a scuffle occurred before her cries, with a purse missing thought to have been stolen by a man who fled.
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Beaprorp
Penn
White
Lucinda Prior
Maud
Freezing at the Door Two Lads Denied Admittance
In Harrispurg Pennsylvania on January 19 the late opening rule kept Welsh Hill School closed after hours. Two late boys Lloyd and Bradley three quarters of a mile away were frozen outside the door. They couldn't enter and Mrs Jones carried them to safety across the street. Both boys suffered frost bite from the cold boots of one boy frozen to his foot.
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Harrispurg
Penn
Nanticoke
Meller
Lloyd
Bradley
Welsh Hill School
Alice Congdon
Jane Jones
British Parliament opens amid Irish question and dynamite fears
Foreign Affairs from the era reports the opening of Parliament with Queen Victoria’s speech praising peace and Russia’s Afghan settlement while flagging Ireland’s unsettled status and proposed measures. Dynamics include home rule debates, Gladstone and Parnell positions, possible repression, and growing dynamite scare paranoia affecting security and public order across England and Ireland.
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House of Lords
Lords
Commons
England
Russia
Afghanistan
Egypt
Urmah
Henry D. Wolff
Ireland
Scotland
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Parnell
Leeland
5Exton
Salisbury
National League
Telegraph Depot Operator Found Dead in Wyanporre
Open man J. B. Currier from St Ela Neb arrived yesterday to take a telegraph operator job at the Migsour depot. He was found dead in his lodging or vicinity.
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Wyanporre
Kan
J. 8. Currier
St. Ela
Neb
Tragic Gas Death at Ryan's Hotel Discovered
A man died this morning at Ryan's Hotel due to gas asphyxiation after turning off the gas supply. A letter from his mother found in his pocket stated she had dreamed of his death.
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Ryan
Fatal Fire-Damp at Newburg Nanticoke Horror Mine Disaster
A severe explosion at the Orrell Coal Company's mine in Newburg Nanticoke West Virginia at 3 pm killed many miners and trapped others. Initial death toll hovered around thirty five to forty one with several bodies recovered. Rescuers faced choke damp while attempting to reach the imprisoned men. hopes rose of survivors as exploration by pipe and potential sustenance via mule flesh rumors circulated, with renewed belief that some prisoners may still live.
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William H. Smith
Ireland
William Hart Dyke
Prince of Wales
Eaton Hall
Chester
Pugland
Foreland
Sexton
Willian Redmund
London
House of Commons
Newtorn
W. Va
Orrell Coal Company
Nanticoke
Los Angeles Flood Drowns Woman and Two Children
Heavy rains in the San Fernando valley triggered a Los Angeles river flood submerging central Los Angeles. Two deaths reported a woman and two children, with 25 shanties washed away and hundreds flooded. Damages near 125000 dollars, bridges and miles of tracks washed out. rail service disrupted.
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Cal
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Theos Angeles River
Southern Pacific
Soutern Pacific Railroad
Peseareg Wens
Los A
Teaving
Sautern Pacific Railroad
Soledad Canyon
Deming
Southern Pacific Railroad
California Southern Railway
Cojon Pass
San Francisco
Waterman
Mojave
Five Die in Michigan Poor House Fire
A fire at the Jackson County Poor House in Michigan killed five inmates and left 35 others exposed in subzero weather. Victims include Dolly Martin, 6. Aare Avery, 70. Jane Atkins, 70. Zeina Boynton, 92. and Charles Eliott, 72. The building, four miles from town, cost 12,000 dollars to construct. The fire started in the inmates kitchen, staff rescued many using a fire escape. one hired man John Doherty saved three lunatics. Thirty inmates were brought to the city, with some expected to die from exposure.
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Jackson
Mich
Dolly Martin
Aare Avery
Jane Atkins
Zeina Boynton
Charles Eliott
John Doherty
William Mills
Sanders
The Morrible Situation of the Mule Teamsters Buried in Snow
Eight mule teamsters entombed in a Maroon pass cabin after a snow slide near Aspen Colorado on January 23. Three men were found dead Sol Camp died from a head wound Jap Farris pinned by timbers Martin Riley died five minutes after the disaster. Five others suffered severe injuries and delirium with self-inflicted wounds.
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Aspen
Col
Maroon Pass
Sol Camp
Jap Farris
Martin Riley
Beautiful Baltimorian Joins Sisterhood in Peekskill
Miss Annie White, a Baltimore social figure, left home against her father’s wishes to join the St. Gabriel sisterhood at Peekskill New York. Surveillance followed her departure and parents sought aid from church authorities, who noted the facts as startling and questioned consent and detention.
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Baltimore
Annie White
St. Gabriel
Peekskill
High Church Episcopal Order
Mount Calvery Episcopal Church
White
Goughige
Annie
Potter
Watkins
Reading
Congressional Talk on Silver and Fisheries Debated
Senate discussion centers on Mr. Frye's fisheries resolution and silver coinage limits. Tariff and convict labor labor disputes frame House debates as bills on pensions and public works proceed amid partisan sparring.
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