Washington Sessions Push Civil Bills and Pension Debates
Congress urged ahead with enforcement act amendments and river and harbor funding while clashing over army and post office budgets. Debates centered on pensions for Mexican War veterans and Jefferson Davis, with senators urging restraint and urging not to deny veterans. The House pressed the sundry civil bill and prepared for further conference talks as the session stretched into Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Engineer’s Department
Mississippi
House
Army and Post Office
Cameron
James B. Eads
Edmunds
Ransom
North Carolina
Conkling
Matthews
Secretary of the Treasury
Shields
Mitchell
Hoar
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Republic
Garland
Longstreet
Akerman
Key
Mosby
James L. Orr
Russia
Mr. Davis
Ceapesank
Massachusetts
J. Hoar
Jeff Davis
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South
Blaine
Mulligan
Teller Committee
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Cutler
New Jersey
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Whitthorne
Naval Committee
Ewing
Ohio
Banning
Morrison
Illinois
Charley Foster
Eugene Hale
Keifer
Luther
Cowd
Union
Hampton
Washington
Representative Singleton
Tourman
Miississippi
Lamar
Obie
Uhurwan
Burnside
Patterson
Harris
Wallace
The Chances of the Appropriation Bills
The forty fifth congress nears its last day with eight appropriation bills still in conference and no agreement. Legislative, sundry civil, post office, army, river and harbor, deficiency, fortification, and pension bills remain unsettled as talks stall.
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Washindton
D. C
Freight Rates Pools Formed in Northeast Rail Hubs
The trunk line conference settled west bound freight percentages based on last year’s business. Through export rates to Europe not expected soon. East bound rates set by railroad agents. pools created at Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston with maintained local schedules.
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New York
Trunk Line
Fink
Executive Committee
Europe
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
New England
Senator Bob Hart Receives the Blue Ribbon
In New York on March 3 a notable temperance shift occurs as minstrel figure James Sutherland, famed as Senator Bob Hart, joins the Croton water army after a three week conversion. He explains his path to temperance and joins other lecturers among converts.
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Bob Hart
New York
Cool Burgess
Croton Water Army
James Sutherland
California
BS Re
Trunk Finds Female Body Near Fox Hill Bridge Mystery
In Lyon Massachusetts a found leather trunk on marshes held a young woman’s body with a severed nose. Autopsy links death to abortion. police suspect Lynn murder with the scene near the Saugus and Lynn line. Investigation broadens as false leads and sensational tales surface.
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Lyon
Mass
Michael Dailey
William M. Newhall
Saugus and Lynn
Fox Hill Bridge
Dailey
Lynn
Stone
Mears
Pinkham
Love- Joy
Sanderson
Boston
Boston Street
Saugus River
Detectives Stall in Lyon Tragedy Mystery Rumor Dismissed
In Lynn Massachusetts on March 2 detectives continue to search for the Lyon murder truth. A mistaken arrest followed by release shows the case remains unsettled. City Hall crowds gather to view the body as decomposition limits access and guards control the improvised scene.
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Everett
Lynn
Mess
Lyon
Tuke
City Hall
Colliding steamers Guillenne and Istrian in Irish Sea
A Spanish steamer Guillenne from Baltimore to Liverpool and the British steamer Istrian from Liverpool to Boston collided four miles southeast of the Skerries. Guillenne sank after a fire. most crew were saved, with several injured and others missing. Istrian was towed to Beaumaris, while 31 Guillenne crew landed at Liverpool. A steamer bound for Dublin is rumored to have taken some crew aboard.
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Guillenno
Zuzurraga
Baltimore
Liverpool
Istrian
Simpson
Boston
Skerries
Dublin
Beaumaris
Guillenne
Lord Athlumny
The Newport Scandal Drives Rhode Island Court Saga
In Newport, March 2, the Lawrence divorce suit advances toward trial in the Rhode Island supreme court. General James Gallatin Lawrence sues for adultery, with a likely cross suit by Eva Lawrence alleging improper intimacy with Amede Van der Nest, a Belgian legation secretary. A European duel is noted, details to emerge at court.
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Newport
Lawrence
Supreme Court
James Gallatin Lawrence
William Beach Lawrence
Eva Lawrence
Taylor
Washington
Amede van der Nest
Legation
Europe
Zachary Taylor
General Taylor
Kingsley
Discovery of a New Law of Motion by McCarroll
The New York Herald reports James McCarroll, an Irish-born citizen, claims to prove a fourth law of motion. He argues bodies in straight lines change distance from the center of gravity and that tangential forces alter weight in curves, offering a solution to the gyroscope mystery. He describes a vertical wheel in motion shifting bearing points and a ring and pivot system sustaining weight through rotating tangential forces. The piece traces implications for gravity, rotation, and motion understanding.
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New York Herald
James McCarroll
McCarroll
The Pomeroy Boy
James T Fields recounts visiting a boy sentenced to death for murder who then received life imprisonment. The boy reads dime novels, noting Buffalo Bill as his favorite, and says such books made him feel compelled to commit similar crimes.
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James Ticknor Fields
New Yorks
James T. Fields
Pomeroy
Death of the Old Ameer and Zulu War Talks Abroad
News from abroad covers Shere Ali’s death in Afghanistan and rising tension with England. Telegrams from Yakoob Khan and a grand vizier interview discuss peace or renewed fighting, while British reinforcements reach Africa and India. Famine deaths reported in Cashmere add to regional turmoil.
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London
India
Yakoob Khan
Cabul
Shere Ali
Ameer
England
Yakoob
New York
Tashkend
Russia
Afghanistan
Baron Albert Grant Found Liable for 140000 Damages
London dispatch reports the Emma Silver Mining Company won its suit for restitution of a model given to Baron Albert Grant as co-promoter with General H. H. Baxter Irenor W. Park and others. The English court awarded 140000 in damages against Grant alone with Baxter Park and others to face separate actions.
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New York
London
Emma Silver Mining Company
Albert Grant
H. H. Baxter
Irenor W. Park
General Schenck
W. M. Stewart
United States
Grant
Baxter
Park
World newspaper to boost circulation with new two cent price
New presses are being made for the World to raise circulation after cutting price to two cents. The folio sheet will match or be slightly smaller than the Sun, with George W. Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger said to have bought a controlling stake. Aimed at rivaling the Sun, this move may hurt the Star and the Two Cent Morning News, while Witness remains limited to religious content. The World under new control is expected to be neutral in politics.
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Margaret M. Callaguan
Boston
Loucester
Providence
Braintree
Lynn
Leather
Winch
Everett
United States
Burlingame
Chna
China
Pacific
Pacific Coast
New York
World
Sun
Boston Herald
George W. Childs
Philadelphia Ledger
Star
Tawmany
John Kelly
Witness
Debt statement shows February increase and holdings
Washington reports February debt rise of 811,411 23 with cash in treasury at 447,292,918 48. Gold and silver certificates reach 19,087,630 00, United States notes for redemption 46,100,000 00, and fractional currency 8,519,740 61. Unmatured bonds at 216,628,200 00 and outstanding legal tender notes 340,681,016 00 plus fractional currency 15,986,412 34.
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Washington
United States
Sentenced for Life in Bassett Murder Trial
In BripGErPrort Connecticut Judge Loomis charged the Bassett jury after a lengthy trial. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree after an hour and twenty minutes deliberation. A motion for a new trial based on newly obtained evidence was filed. The court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.
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Bripgerprort
Conn
Loomis
Monday Lecturer argues for China trade and Sunday laws
Joseph Cook at Tremont Temple urges commercial invasion of China as key to national regeneration. He defends Chinese immigration, attacks bans, praises Blaine, and calls for strict Sunday laws to preserve social order amid temperance and tramps. He links commerce with national vitality and political reform.
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Tremont Temple
Biaine
Cook
West
China
Great Britain
Greece
Rome
Zinghis Kehan
Europe
North Pole
Western
John Chisaman in His Own Defence
Wong Ar Chong, a Chinese merchant of Boston, writes to defend Mongolians and argue for their right to come to America if they comply with American law and order. He warns laborers to avoid bankruptcy and notes San Francisco coast reactions to Chinese presence amid protests in Dutch Flat and a large Sand-Lots gathering denouncing the president.
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New York
Wong Ar Chong
Boston
America
Blaine Ws Aping
Denis Kearney
General Butler
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Dutch Flat
Souana
An Old Fraud Coming to Light
New York report notes Mutual Benefit Savings Bank closed November 27 1873 with 4000 depositors owed about 450000. Poor management and asset shrinkage led to failure. Books disappeared after Receiver Aldrich died. Depositors allege officers and trustees tied to the fraud. General Charles Graham led the bank as president at the time it was placed with a receiver.
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New York
Mutual Benefit Savings Bank
Aldrich
Charlies Graham
Fire at Gibson cracker and cake factory causes large loss
Philadelphia March 1 report states Walter Gibson’s large cake and cracker manufactory burned this evening. The fire destroyed the building and stock with an estimated loss of 73000 dollars, largely covered by dash toy insurance.
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Philadelphia
Walter Gibson
Dask Toy
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