Anti Chinese Bill Passes Senate by 29 to 15
Washington reports the senate approval of the anti Chinese bill by 29 yeas to 15 nays after a lengthy debate highlighted by Senator Jones of Nevada. Edmunds opposed the bill in its present form, calling it a breach of good faith to treaty obligations.
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Management of Soldiers' Home Under Senate Investigation
Senators Sewall Harrison and Hampton probe the Soldiers' Home near Washington. General Sturgis led the post, which sits on 800 acres with farm outputs funded by unclaimed bounty and soldier taxes. Reports allege misappropriation of milk fruits and farm products for officials and relatives, including estate collections and salaries, prompting a secret winter hearing.
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The Carrying Trade Equal Footing Bill Introduced
Washington March 13 A House bill by Mr Dingley Maine seeks to place American foreign carrying trade vessels on par with other nations It repeals consular fees seaman assessments and certain tonnage taxes and imposes new tonnage dues on foreign built ships entering US ports while preserving treaty rights and equal dues for foreign vessels.
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The Sentence of Sergeant Mason
The court martial findings: John A Mason dishonorably discharged from the U S Army with loss of pay and allowances and confined to hard labor for eight years. Albany Penitentiary named for confinement. Washington barracks to hold until further orders. Detective Swaim reviewed the Mason trial as defective and orders to set aside proceedings.
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Iron Hand pushes removal of Andre monument protest
The Order of the Iron Hand, formed in 1876, circulates a protest against the Andre monument calling it an American Tory act and demanding removal. The group ends with a statement praising patriotism of George Hendrix who allegedly struck the blow, while withholding applause and pledging sympathy and active support for his cause.
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Two Sisters Elope from Long Island Port Washington
Mrs Edward Schenck wife of a carriage maker elopes from Port Washington L I with an unnamed secret lover. Her sister Mrs George W Fleet also elopes with John Mackey Jr New York oyster dealer. Both are mothers, families belong to good society.
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Winnipeg Blizzard Fire Claims Five Family Members
Fire at Thomas Taylor's during a Saturday blizzard in Winnipeg kills the mother and three daughters ages 21 25 and 27 and leaves the father and Miss Reid as survivors. The family slept as the blaze began and efforts to warn kin nearby failed amid fierce storm conditions.
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Adulterations in Food and Drug Legislation Proposed
The House Commerce Committee reports a bill to curb adulterated drugs and foods imported or manufactured in U S territories. It defines adulteration by standard strength quality and purity, details substitutions and dilutions, and sets penalties. Inspectors and analysts will enforce rules with prosecutions by district attorneys.
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Woman Reaches House After Braving Ox Attack
Mrs. S. K. Crown of Western Wisconsin fell onto a tied ox inside a straw roofed stable. She drew herself up by the ox’s horns, escaped through the hole, reached her house, and survived after doctors removed two skull fragments. She is 56 and praised for grit in facing danger.
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Scoville Comments on Guiteau Case Defense
Mr Scoville arrived Thursday and says once the bill of exceptions is ready he will retire from the defence He expects to secure eminent counsel but doubts General Butler will take charge He favors a new trial and asserts Guiteau remains defiant believing the President will save him If a new trial is denied many prominent Americans may urge commutation to life imprisonment.
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Murder at Cleveland Wife Found Slain in Basement Room
Cleveland O March 13 Friday night George Sam a Chinaman issued from his rooms in the basement of a Adobe on St Clair street in great trepidation crying that his wife a white woman lay below with her throat cut. Two or three men rushed below and found a woman of 27 with a deep gash in her throat on the bed.
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Witnessed death in a wax flowers sale aftermath
A woman named Mrs. Tple Davis was found in a room with a bloody razor nearby and a bloodied body, after Clinaman returned from selling wax flowers. He and his partner Low Cuong were detained. a coroner's inquiry noted her young marriage to Davis, a later liaison with George Lam, and unresolved questions whether death was self inflicted or murder.
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Collision Between the Military and the People in Omana Neb
A monster mass meeting of laboring men in Omana Neb confronts perceived martial law and troops. Talks press compromise at one dollar per use, telegram from Sen Van Wyck pledges influence for troop withdrawal. Authorities and unions clash over arrests. violence flares at Burlington dump as smelting workers, 225, prepare to return to work tomorrow per Protective Union guidance.
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Socialist Party
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A Strange Man Shoots a Woman Nine Times and Kills a Grandmother
A man entered Mrs. Mary Sigman's home in Vernon Kentucky on March 18 and shot Mary Sigman nine times and killed her 81-year-old mother at point blank. He returned to fire on the others as they fled, then vanished. A Tennessee visitor was jailed on suspicion with no motive found. Another item notes a Sacramento milkman's resignation after a water-diluted milk prank misled customers.
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Sacramento Record-Union
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Three Die and Fifteen Hurt as Steam Packet Burns
Despatches from Belleville Va report the Ohio river steam packet Sidney burning a steam pipe below Ravenswood Friday morning. Three were killed Mrs Little and her grandson Maynville Ky and Mr King Winfield W Va Mrs Stephen son of the Portsmouth pilot fatally scalded. Others seriously injured include William C Mills and family Mgr Mills, Mr Fanikoer Pittsburg M Carruthers Pittsburg William Warrick Ocieville Pa Green Lusten and Abby Nash. The Graham went to Ravenswood for physicians and coffins.
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Cowardly Attack Wounds Illinois Central Engineer
A half mile beyond Grand Crossing in Kensmaron Illinois on Tuesday an outbound Illinois Central freight train was fired upon by several men near the track. Engineer Nicolas Stabur was seriously wounded by a bullet to the head but remained at the controls and ran the train to Kensington and then Gilman after treatment. No motive has been established.
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Disaster After Prairie Blaze Claims Family Near Meadowland
A Winnipeg telegram reports a severe blaze near Meadowland, thirty-five miles west of Winnipeg, killing the wife and three daughters of John Taylor by exposure. Taylor and a visitor Miss Reidon suffered severe frostbite. One daughter is missing, believed buried in a ditch while seeking help.
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Virginia family chloroformed and house set ablaze
On a Wednesday night in Perrissune Virginia unknown assailants chloroformed George BE Mattux and his family as they slept and then set fire to their home. The occupants escaped with difficulty as the house and Mattux’s store were looted and burned.
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Injunction Blocks Minnesota Bond Interest Payments
D A Secombe caused an injunction against Minnesota State Treasurer prohibiting interest payments on 4 million dollars of state bonds. The action argues the governor is barred from issuing the bonds by court order. The news adds that the International and Great Northern railroad completed a standard gauge track across the Rio Grande at Laredo, first of its kind into Mexico, drawing excited spectators.
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Baby’s Warning and Casteria Cure Ad
A vintage notice warns mothers that a baby’s life is at risk at night from fever and croup. It touts Casteria as a nightly and daily remedy, promising relief for infants and urging mothers to learn and use it without delay.
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Posthumous Garfield letter attacks Rosecrans delay
A confidential 1865 Garfield letter published by the New York Sun criticizes Rosecrans for delays, urging aggressive action against Bragg and cautioning government delays. The piece discusses authenticity doubts, defense by Rosecrans’ supporters, and rumors of forged correspondence linked to Chase and Porter.
Me Denounces Garfield Letter as Treachery in Washington
New York reports General Rosecrans reacts to Garfield letter published in the Sun. He calls the letter a fabrication and treachery, questions Garfield's claims, and says he will verify its authenticity. Rosecrans defends his Army of the Cumberland plans and the conduct of the opening campaign, noting lack of council before decisive moves.
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Letter on Civil War deception exposes General Garfield
The author ruefully recalls a July 27 1863 document written after the Tul lahoma campaign ended on July 4 1863. He claims the letter is a “compound of untruths and exaggerations” and laments exposing General Garfield to falseness and double dealing. He notes he did not expect such behavior from Garfield and regrets its publication.
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Garfield Rosecrans Letter Mystery Deepens
Washington March 13 confidential Garfield to Chase letter on Rosecrans raises blame questions. Claims the War Department archives and Chase’s diary admissions suggest Secretary Chase used the letter to influence Rosecrans removal. Describes Garfield’s praise for Rosecrans and possible misreadings of the letter’s intent amid political intrigue.
General Rosecrans Removal From Army of the Cumberland
The Indianapolis Times reports that in September 1863 Secretary Stanton informed Governor Morton at a depot interview that Rosecrans was to be removed after Chicamauga. Rosecrans had telegraphed Lincoln claiming his army was routed and urging an armistice, which Stanton cited as the removal motive. Morton relayed the details to his secretary W. KR Holloway.
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Tea gift tale from Frelinghuysen visit in Washington
A Washington rumor recounts the Chinese minister and his interpreter visiting Secretary Frelinghuysen. Miss Frelinghuysen offered tea, the minister called it medium quality, and promised superior tea later. The next day two tea boxes and carved white-wood vases arrived with compliments, explained as diplomacy where foreigners receive second-grade tea unless grandees are involved.
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Weasatera Union Quarterly Report Details 1882
The Western Union quarterly report for March 31 1882 shows net revenues of 1 550 000 January surplus 1 036 273 26 total 2 685 273 26. It allocates 106 700 for interest on bonded debt and 20 000 for sinking funds leaving a balance of 2 458 573 26. A 144 percent dividend on capital stock requires 3 288 500 leaving a surplus of 1 259
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