Contested Senate Fight Splits Albany Power Blaze
In Albany the Conkling and Cornell factions clash over a Senate seat with Governor Cornell courting Half-Breeds while Conkling vows to keep fighting. The dynamic includes Dutcher backing, Robertson timing, and a potential long-term plan shaping party harmony and possible succession.
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Cornell
Arthur
Conkling
Corpell
Washington
New York
Hoskins
State Senate
Silas B. Dutcher
Public Works
Dutcher
Senate
Haskins
The Fight Renewed in Albany Caucus War over Conkling
Albany dispatch reports renewed struggle for U.S. Senate seat as Conkling seeks renomination. Republicans split with Half-Breeds caucusing after a failed Assembly call. Speaker Sharpe denounced disintegration of party and proposed a count to verify support.
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Roscoe
Senate
Albany
Mr. Conkling
Arthur
Platt
New York
Assembly Caucus Committee
Assembly
House
Sharpe
Conklin
aTperar
Draper
Albany Deadlock for Senate and Assembly in May Ballots
May 31 in Albany ballots for U S senators to replace Conkling and Platt show scattered votes in both Senate and Assembly. Wheeler heads the short term slate with 4 votes in the Senate. Platt’s seat contested by Jacobs Folger Wheeler Pomeroy and others. Assembly first ballot tallies list Jacobs Folger Wheeler Pomeroy Wadsworth and others. second ballot follows resignation vacancy. Senate and Assembly adjourned without a majority for either candidate. journal notes the failure to reach a majority.
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Senate
Wheeler
Albany
Degan
United States
Platt
Firet
William A.ones Bites
G. Lapham
Chance Francis Kervan
Worner Oner
Thomas C. Platt
Noah Davis
Dtedeesveys
Saeee
Assembly
John C. Jacobs
Charles G. Folger
James W. Wadsworth
Y. A. Wheeler
Andrew C. White
Sherman
Roger
Theodore M. Pome
Richard A. Crowley
O. W. Chapman
William M. Evarts
Henry E. Trema
Alonzo B. Cornell
B. Dutcher
Hamilton Ward
Fenton Warner E. Mille
Hamilton Fish Samuel
Edick
Thomas G. Alvord
SOURS
Fabuent Sheepgeenesecrors
Kernan Dea Eg Sons
Miller
Franet Folger
Pomeroy
Lapham
Wadsworth
Business Outlook Report From Bradstreet Trade Notes
Bradstreet's survey across 21 cities indicates modest overall trade with summer easing in the East and South, while markets in St. Louis Minneapolis Omaha and Kansas City show growth. New Orleans ships grain for export and Denver gears up for mining. West and Northwest wheat crops are generally good though Hessian fly and chinch bug damage appear in Wisconsin Illinois Indiana. Across the nation failures fell slightly to 1, and New York Ohio Michigan saw gains, with the South showing four weeks of improvement and New England a small drop.
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Bradstreet
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
New Orleans
Denver
West
Northwest
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
United States
Bradstreet’s
Ohio
Michigan
New England
Lands Dispute Ends in Shootings Near Pamelia Corners
David Augsbury, age over 70, shot at Samuel Soiler and his sons Franklin and Charles as they sowed on land foreclosed from Augsbury. Soiler and sons wounded. Augsbury arrested after fleeing toward Watertown with revolver hidden. The conflict centers on a longstanding eviction and mortgage dispute over the farm in Watertown township, New Jersey.
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N. J
David Augsbury
Pamelia Four Corners
John A. Augsbury
Samuel Zoller
Augsbury
Wednesday Soiler
Franklin
Charles
Old Augsbury
Mexican Senate Passes His Ship Rail Way Bill
The Eads ship rail way bill passed the Senate on the first reading by a 37 to 7 vote. It then moved to a second reading and passed unanimously. A breakfast was given Eads by General Mexia in celebration. General Grant's Southern railroad bill is next, with adjournment likely without action on the public. A circus tramp swindled Harwich farmer Ebenezer Eldredge of 70 out of 500 near Harwich Centre after Murray's circus.
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Arthur
Senate
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Cornell
Conkling
City of Mexico
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General Grant
Southern Railroad
Songseee
Harwich
Dennisport
Ebenezer Eldredge
Murray
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Eldredge
Cape Cod
Five Cents Savings Bank
Earthquake Felt in La Salle Industry Zone
Illinois reports a slight tremor on Thursday night in the southwestern La Salle manufacturing area. The next morning six fissures, 600 feet long, appeared near Desteiger's bottle and window factory, with walls and foundations cracked and sunk up to six inches. Hundreds observed the fissures and damage.
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Desteiger
Senator West Sees GOP Destruction and Albany Fallout
Washington dispatch quotes Senator West of Missouri condemning the Republican party as self-destructive. The report also details Pension Office rumors, possible changes under Secretary Kirkwood, and Dudley’s alleged moves. Other items touch Star route fraud denials, the Alliance Jeannette hunt, Treasury receipts, and a gruesome headless-body case near Curenco.
Blood feud ends as Stephens killed in swamp camp
In St Charles Louisiana on May 29 a long pursuit ends with Thomas W Stephens dying from a gunshot after a week long siege by Sheriff Lyons and a 20 man posse. Stephens had fled after a prior murder indictment and his sons remain at large.
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St. Charles
Thomas W. Stephens
J. R. Powell
Stephens
Sabine River
Sherrod Smith
Robert Stephens
D. H. Lyons
Evil Ingenuity of an Ohio Postmaster
Hart Troop May 29 reports six fraudulent money orders for fifty dollars each, all signed by Adam B Coles and payable to the same person. The postmaster's signature barely passed scrutiny until Post-office Inspector Tibball confirmed the fraud, part of a larger counterfeit scheme attributed to L J Groff former mail master of Linton. Ohio.
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Ohio
Hart Troop
Adam B. Coles
East Liverpool
Tibball
Printing plan halted by arrest over misprinted notices
The plan involved sending notices to towns along a route and collecting from each when orders were added. Groff was arrested after about $500 was collected. An informality in one order led to the exposure, with the notice returned to East Liverpool for correction.
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Groff
East Liverpool
The Last Walking Match at New York May 28 1881
Brooklyn cobbler Little Vint weighs under 100 pounds and sets a world pedestrian record by beating the best mark by ten miles. Sullivan of Saratoga second in the same record by less than a mile. Hughes Fitzgerald Howard and Perry’s Unknown exceed 500 miles with Donovan of Boston within one lap. Prize money allocated from gate receipts with $800 returned to entrants, $1000 to Vint, $500 to Sullivan, and others receiving shares. eleven of fourteen starters finished on the track. The six days go as you go contests show repeated records including O Leary 520 miles 440 yards in 140 hours 6 minutes 10 seconds. Weston 650 miles 110 yards in 141 hours 55 minutes 10 seconds. Hart 565 miles 165 yards in 141 hours 24 minutes 40 seconds. Rowell 566 miles 638 yards in 141 hours 39 minutes 8 seconds. Hughes 568 miles 825 ???. Sullivan 669 miles in 140 hours.
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New York
Little Vint
Brooklyn
Sullivan
Saratoga
Hughes
Fitzgerald
Howard
Perry
Donovan
Boston
Clea Wing
O'Leary
Pere
Weston
F. H. Hart
Charles Rowell
John Hughes
John Sullivan
Robert Vint
Siblings Accused in Wilting Death of Sick Brother
In Statesville North Carolina on May 20 Absalom Brown's two older children a boy and a girl conspired to kill their three year old sick brother. They tied a rope to his neck and swung him from a joist. A neighborhood woman found the boy alive, later discovering the siblings had buried him behind the garden. The child died the next day from the shock.
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Statesville
N. C
Absalom Brown
Case
Brown
Cyrus Field Promises Railway Conspiracy Exposure
New York May 29 Cyrus W Field said he would devote all effort to exposing one of the foulest conspiracies against railway property. He declined to name conspirators but asserted witnesses would be called under oath. He described involved figures as high officials, Wall Street brokers, press representatives, and veterans of the Union.
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New York
Cyrus W. Field
Wall Street
Seizure of Boston Bark Acacia at Merida Mexico
The State department reports the bark Acacia from Boston was seized at Merida by the port captain of Progreso after distress signals. The American captain asked for surrender, a consul requested delivery, both refused. The Navy Secretary orders Admiral Wyman to dispatch a squadron vessel to Merida.
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State Department
Acacia
Boston
Merida
Mex
Progreso
Secretary of the Navy
Wyman
North Atlantic
Pacific Mail Elects Directors and Expands Fleet
New York May 26 At the annual meeting of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company Jay Gould Trevor W Park Sidney Dillon Russell Sage E P Huntington Charles G Franck lyn E H Perkins Jr Henry Hart and J D Houston were elected directors. The company bought the steamships City of Rio de Janeiro and City of Para with the latter to replace the Crescent City between New York and Aspinwall. The Rio de Janeiro will serve San Francisco to Panama. President Houston urged building three more steamers of about 2000 tons to strengthen Mexican and Central American lines. The Supreme Court awarded the company 291 666 66 for mail service to China under the 1873 contract terminated by Congress in 1875. Net earnings for the year 1 229 942.
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New York
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Jay Gould
Trevor W. Park
Sidney Dillon
Russell Sage
E. P. Huntington
Charles G. Francklyn
E. H. Perkins, Jr
Henry Hart
J. D. Houston
City of Rio de Janeiro
City of Para
Crescent City
Aspinwall
Rio de Janeiro
Burnside proposed Atlanta to the Sea march in 1863
Providence reports investigations of war records support a cipher dispatch from General Burnside to General Halleck dated September 30 1863 proposing a march by way of Atlanta to the sea without trains with troops subsisting on the country. The stance predates General Shermans Georgia campaign by over a year.
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Sherman
Georgia
Salisbury to be hanged at Colorado Springs June 17
William H. Salisbury of Salisbury Massachusetts alias W H Canty is to be hanged at Colorado Springs on June 17 for the murder of Deputy Marshal Perkins in Buena Vista last April. He fled home after recklessness, found fortune in gambling and saloons in California, then moved to Colorado three years ago. He has two sisters, one married and wealthy, in Lawrence Massachusetts.
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William H. Salisbury
Salisbury
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W. H. Canty
Colorado Springs
Buena Vista
Perkins
California
Colorado
Lawrence
Heavy grindstone shatters at New Hampshire Scythe plant
In Littleton New Hampshire May 31 a grindstone burst into four pieces injuring Arthur Shastony an employee who was struck and bruised. A brick partition fell and overall damage reached about 150 dollars.
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N. H
New Hampshire Scythe Company
Arthur Shastony
White calls Star route suspension to save funds
Chicago May 29 James E White superintendent of the railway mail service sixth division proposes annulment of the Star route from St Louis to Keokuk started July 1880 at a contract price of 22400 dollars. The move would save about 20000 dollars annually.
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Chicago
James E. White
Railway Mail Service
St. Louis
Keokuk
Storm and Tempest Hit Texas Coast in Destructive Storms
Galveston reports a long hurricane at Taylor with damaged churches and farms, while nearby Dallas sees torrential rain. Across Massachusetts and New England, lightning destroys barns, buildings, and houses in Waltham Ashland Salem and Cohasset. A Pittsfield teamster is killed by lightning amid hail and garden damage.
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Taylor
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Christian Church
Old Fellows’ Hall
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Trinity River
Exeter Academy Faculty Explains Student Disturbance
A Phillips Exeter Academy faculty member states seven students had their ties with the school severed for taking part in the disturbance. Two seniors and five younger students will study privately in Exeter, with seniors to appear before Harvard's college examining committee. Nine others are suspended for four weeks and will return after month end.
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N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
Academy
Harvard University
Makin
Farragut Statue Dedication At Madison Square
New York on May 20 marked a large dedication ceremony for the Farragut statue at Madison Square. The event featured sailors marines and soldiers in the parade with National Guard units, generals, and city and federal officials. Ex-Governor Morgan presided and introduced Navy Secretary William M. Hunt who accepted the statue on behalf of the nation.
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Farragut
Madison Square
United States
New York and
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Navy Department
Grace
Monument Association
Lloyd Aspinwall
Gorringe
U.S. N
Morgan
William M. Hunt
Farragut Monument Ceremony Unveiled by Rear Admiral
The Farragut Monument Association unveiled the statue with Rear Admiral Melancthon Smith presiding. Music and an admiral's salute followed as Mayor Grace accepted the statue for the city. Joseph H. Choate delivered the oration and Rev. D. Taylor gave the venediction.
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Melancthon Smith
Grace
Joseph H. Choate
Rev. D. Taylor
Ice floe collisions threaten Atlantic steamers near Newfoundland
A Newfoundland report notes the season of maritime disasters has begun with the English steamer Ranzani narrowly missing total destruction after a collision with a floe forty miles southeast of Gull Island. Her bow was stove in but officers drove her to Bethe Cove. The Arctic ice pack now drifts south, with massive icebergs sighted near St John’s as steamers risk Atlantic crossings.
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North Atlantic
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Great Britain
United States
Knights Templar Memorial Day Parade in Graceful Tribute
In TuctiMoxp Virginia on Hollywood Memorial Day, Boston Knights met in full uniform with white gloves and decorated Stonewall Jackson and Washington statutes in Capitol Square. Citizens praised the act. Richmond commanderies received an invitation to visit as visitors toured the city and rested at the old stone house.
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Old Atone House
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Brutal assault in Elmira on neighbor tied to tree
Mrs Hacker was seized and bound to a tree by Jacob Hackimler between 10 and 11 pm. She was beaten and nearly strangled with a towel before her husband and son arrived, rescuing her. Hackimler was arrested after she identified him at Spring Brook justice.
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Burrao
Elmira
Jacob Hackimler
Spring Brook
Sum of 75000 to be distributed among American fishermen
In Washington on May 31, James G Blaine and Sir Edward Thornton concluded talks over outrages on American fishermen at Fortune Bay and Aspee Bay. American losses total 105000. Britain will pay 15000 in gold with a full receipt. Funds to be distributed to claimants, mostly going to Gloucester. Attorneys Dwight Foster, William H Trescott, and Francis Hackett represent claimants.
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James G. Blaine
Sir Edward Thoroton
Fortune Bay
N. F
Aspee Bay
C. B
Blaine
Sir Edward Thornton
Dwight Foster
Boston
William H. Trescott
Francis Hackett
Gloucester
Attempted murder suicide after love rejection near Harrisburg
Emily Myers, 20, a servant for ferryman John Coyle, was murdered by his son near Harrisburg after she refused marriage. Coyle shot her after milked a cow in a stable, then fired at himself, claiming she had promised to marry him. He survived and is jailed in York.
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Emily Myers
John Coyle
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York
Roguish Pocketbook Theft On 613 Train At Swampscott
On the 6.13 from Lyon to Portsmouth a bold thief sat beside a Swampscott passenger and snatched her pocketbook containing $30 as she prepared to store her fare. He leaped off at 30 miles an hour in a triple somersault near Swampscott depot, was found by the station master, and boarded the return train to Lyne. He bore two black eyes and a notably scarred face.
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Missing Fisher in San Francisco Linked to Wheat Fleet
William Fisher a well connected Charlestown Mass man recently from Leadville Colo who is invested in mining properties has vanished in San Francisco after Thursday He was last seen with sailor boarding house runners near the city front and is thought to have been shanghaied aboard a wheat fleet bound for New York or Europe as crews remain scarce In Taunton Mass William M Pollard sues a steamboat line after toes were amputated following exposure on a Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia voyage leading to ongoing damages claim
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Arthur
Cornell
Western Union
Gartiela
Pratt
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Carpenter
New York
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George William Curtis
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Sree Real
Sibly
Senate
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Cal
William Fisher
Charlestown
Mass
Leadville
Col
Europe
Fisher
Taunton
William M. Pollard
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Steamboat Company
Tragic kerosene blast in PirTsBuRG burns home
A fatal kerosene explosion on the South side Thursday kills a mother and destroys the house. Mrs. Egier tried to light a fire, clothes ignited, home burned. Her husband suffered severe burns while saving children and one infant was later found dead. He is said to have gone insane. the wife may not survive. property loss estimated at 7500.
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Penn
The London Horror on the Princess Louise Disaster
London Ont patrons recount a deadly steamboat tragedy on the Thames near Spring Bank where the Princess Louise carried 600 to 800 passengers. Over 250 feared dead as corpses filled decks while families searched in despair. Captain Rankin stayed aboard to help rescue others. The City Council plans a monument to honor victims.
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