Blair Seated in Senate After 86 to 20 Vote
Washington March 10 The Senate approved Blair's eligibility and he was sworn in as U S senator from New Hampshire. Republicans backed Hoar's resolution. only Florida's Jones joined Democrats in opposing. Debate echoed Bell case of 1879 over state executive appointment during legislative adjournment.
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New Hampshire
United States
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Saulsbury
Morgan
State of
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Ingalls
Pike
Hey
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Senate Committee Reassignments for Forty Fifth Congress
Cameron of Pennsylvania submits a resolution detailing new and revised Senate standing and select committees for the forty fifth Congress. Highlights include a seven member coast defenses panel chaired by Dolph, plus numerous chairmanship swaps on appropriations private land funds finance enrolled bills and public land and the judiciary slate.
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Pennsylvania
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Sewell
Hawley
Maxey
McPherson
Fair
Mahone
Logan
Gorman
Ransom
Dir
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Pike
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Once
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Sabin
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Cullom
Wilson
Conger
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Colquitt
Maryland
Palmer
Groom
Jackson
Riddleberger
Blackburn
Farley
Teller
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Spooner
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Walker
Walthall
Slater
Ules Bleeckburn
Pendleton
Potomac River
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Ingalls
Meian
Hoar
Iowa
Evarts
Pugh
Coke
West
Sherman
Ohio
Reliance
Jones
Nevada
Aldrich
Rode Island
Rhode Island
Finance Committee
Fessenden
Suden
the Treasury
Senatorherman
Morvill
Morvill Was Promoted To the Chairmanship. Mr. Morrill
Experiments With Terrible Dynamite Projectiles
Washington March 13 The second series of dynamite projectile trials under the Senate military committee was held on the Potomac bank between Georgetown and Chain Bridge. Four 6 inch shells with 11 pound nitro gelatin charges, about 95 percent nitro glycerine, were fired at 1000 yards into a rock ledge. The first shell shattered rock in a thirty foot radius and hurled debris downstream. The second created a twenty five foot diameter cavity six feet deep, throwing rock fragments as far as half a mile and even across the canal near the George town reservoir. The remaining shots produced similar effects.
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Washieton
D.C
Senate Military Committee
Potomac
Georgetown
Chainbridge
Nesra
Georgeown
Thi Yan
How a Government Envelope Maker Fixed Things Exposed
A Post Office report by R B Williams, suppressed by a stamp chief, details a Plympton Morgan Co envelope firm visit in Connecticut. It cites a 80 168 pound paper usage discrepancy and 096821 dollar cost gap, with fictitious price extensions and counterfeit cash-book entries.
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D.C
R. B. Williams
Post Office Department
Gresham
Moses Bradshaw
Plympton, Morgan
Canary Paper
Parsons
Seymour Company
Parsons Paper Company
Plympton Company
Proclamation and Dismissal Rules Highlight Civil Service
Washington reports Secretary Bayard pledges strict adherence to civil service law and promises no mass dismissals. A dispatch notes commissions and postings for officials, with details on the President welcoming diplomatic corps, Supreme Court, Congress members, and military personnel at the Executive Mansion on a future date.
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Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Courts
Mary Aid
Marine Corps
Proclamation to the Boomers Warns Oklahoma Boomers
Washington March 13 President Cleveland issued a proclamation warning the Oklahoma boomers not to enter or remain on the Oklahoma lands in the Indian Territory If this warning is not respected the military force of the United States will be invoked to abate such possession and remove intruders from the Indian lands.
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Washthoton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
United States
Corn and Wheat Stocks and Proportions by Department of Agriculture
Washington reports March consumption and distribution figures for corn and wheat. Corn kept by farmers rises to 87 percent of the last crop. total on hand about 675 million bushels. Western stock reaches 490 million. Middle States hold 29 million. South 146 million. Wheat in farmers’ hands about 38 percent of the crop, around 169 million bushels, up 60 million from last March. Overall stock compares with prior years, with quality above average in most Western states except Illinois and Missouri.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Middle States
Ilinois
Missour
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Pension Bureau Move From Interior to War Department Likely
Washington March 13 It is probable that at the next session of Congress a bill will be passed to transfer the pension bureau from the Interior to the War Department. The President will recommend the change in his annual message and Democrats in both houses will almost unanimously support it. Under current affairs the secretary of the interior handles the Indian pension patent and other duties.
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Congress
Pension Bureau
The
Interior
War Department
House
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Great Gould lines strike ends as wages restored
A major U S railroad strike began in Sedalia Missouri on July 7 1884 over wage cuts affecting mechanics brakemen engineers firemen and freight handlers. The disruption spread across Missouri Kansas and Texas with blockages, militia warnings, and tense negotiations culminating in a settlement to restore wages to those paid before September 1 1884 and allow striking workers to return without discharge.
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United States
Sedalia
Gould
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
de Soto
Palestine
Tex
Pacific
Gen L Jamieson
Uri
Martin
Labor Commission of Missouri
Railroad Commissioners of Kansas
Britain and Russia cool a war threat amid Khartoum crisis
The article surveys European armament and the risk of war, detailing Russian and British positions. It notes possible troop strengths, European alliances, and tensions over Afghanistan, with focus on Zebehr Pasha, Gordon, Osman Digna, and impending clashes near Suakin Berber.
Globe offers subscription plan and agent commission
A hard times offer proposes $1.00 for 14 months to single subscribers and six copies 14 months for $5.00 with 50 cents for six months. The Globe promises a large cash commission to agents securing subscribers, with a circular provided free to every applicant.
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GLOBE
Hazen court martial and Lincoln report cited in defense
In Washington March 14 a Hazen court martial session saw the defense introduce passages from Secretary Lincoln's 1884 annual report as mitigating evidence. The court sustained objections to certain newspaper articles and to telegraphic correspondence, adjourned after delays, while Senator Sherman explained his refusal to join the finance committee citing past chairmanship disputes.
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Ebbitt House
Hazen
Greeley
Judge-Advocate
General Hazen
Randolph Kaufman
Star
Kaufman
Judge-Advvocate
Mackey
Lincoln
Miller
Withdrawing the Treaties from the Senate
Wasa Hington March 12 It is understood a message has been received in executive session recalling the treaties negotiated by President Arthur. They are not expected to be considered this session and likely will be amended before Congress meets next December. The core commercial treaties may not be returned. Secretary Bayard favors tariff reductions before extending trade by treaty negotiations.
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Wasa Hington
Senate
Arthur
Congress
Bayard
President Arthur's order on Crow Creek reserve questioned
During the final week of Arthur's administration an executive order restored the Crow Creek Indian reservation to the public domain. It is alleged the treaties securing the land to the Crow Creek Indians would be violated if the order proceeds. President Cleveland weighs delaying the order for a full probe.
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Washington
Arthur
Cleveland
Labor Bureau Plan Aims to Probe Labor Difficulties
Washington March 14 The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics Mr Wright submitted a work plan to Secretary Lamar which the secretary approved The plan outlines investigations into causes of labor difficulties and how data will be gathered and who will be appointed to oversee the work
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wright
Bureau
Lamar
War Department to take pension bureau control
The pension system will move to the War Department for direct supervision as duties grow heavy for a single official. Officers may be detailed to handle pension matters nationwide while the surgeon general’s records in Washington remain heavily consulted for case adjustments. A later note reports Major A K Arnold training horses to lie still during gunfire, with 100 steeds trained in three months, and another item notes Moorish government inviting bids for an antimony mine near the Mediterranean with June 5 as the opening date for foreign bids.
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Away
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Washington
A. K. Arnold
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Bayard
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Mediterranean
Panes
National Republican Sold to G. W. Fox
The National Republican was disposed of today to G. W. Fox formerly of the St. Louis Despatch. It will continue as a Republican paper.
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National Republican
G. W. Fox
St. Louis
Blaine Sees Cleveland. Census Force Moves Offices
James G. Blaine met President Cleveland in the afternoon in the library. The census force is transferred to the interior department and the offices of superintendent and chief clerk are abolished. Senator Wade Hampton’s physician says he suffers an eruptive disease but is not seriously ill. Ex President Hayes will be reimbursed for expenses of the 1877 Louisiana commission. Sundry civil act provides 395073 dollars in appropriations.
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Washington
James G. Blaine
Cleveland
Spont
Secretary of the Interior
Messrs
Seaton
Richards
Wade Hampton
Hayes
Louisiana
Strange Phenomenon Witnessed by Bark Innerwick Crew
The Innerwick bound from Yokohama to Victoria, B C, reported a bizarre sea event in latitude 37 N, longitude 170 W. A fiery red sky hovered as a large fire mass fell into the sea and a towering white foam wave struck, followed by a shower of sparks along the mizzen mast.
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Victoria
B.C
Yokohama
Relatives Probe Wicklow Farmer's Grave For Will
In St Jenny New Brunswick March 11 nine years after Wicklow farmer Robert Kerr died leaving a widow and property relatives sought his grave to learn if a second will existed. They exhumed the body but the writing was illegible leaving the outcome uncertain and sleep elusive for two involved.
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St. Jenny
N. B
Robert Kerr
Wicklow
Carleton County
John Tweedie
Kerr
Sedalia Strike Outcomes Shift Power to Labor Leaders
The Sedalia dispute grows with 6000 strikers along the line and governors threatening state militia. Missouri Governor Marmaduke and adjutant general Jamieson report armed, mobilized engineers and rail crews resistances, while Texas towns report widespread sympathy for strikers and wage concessions boosting pay about 16 percent.
Striker Movements Spread From Pittsburg Scout Reports
Reports from St Louis and other points west and south say Vice President Hayes charged coldly at the strike. Meetings were held overnight with no action taken. A railroad official claims the strike is engineered from Pittsburg with Knights of Labor directing all movements. Over 2000 loaded Missouri Pacific freight cars await movement when the strike ends. The company has operated freight all week and assembled trains ready to start once order is restored.
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St. Louis
Hayes
Pittsburg
Knights of Labor
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Salem's Oldest Man Captain Ballard Dies at 96
Captain James Ballard, long known as Salem's oldest man, died at 100 Lafayette Street after a brief pneumonia illness at age 96. Born April 20, 1789 in Salem, he sailed as a cabin boy at 10, married Eliza Archer in 1816, and had seven children, four living. His wife died seven years ago yesterday. Ballard joined Salem Light Infantry in 1810 and remained on the roll as active or veteran thereafter. He had three sea captain sons, was a longtime Crombie Street Church attendee, and the funeral is set for Sunday.
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James Ballard
Lafayette Street
Eliza C. Archer
Angelina
Orida
Malden
Ballard
Salem Light Infantry
Miner Treary
Samuel Emery
Crombie Street
Horse Escapes Train Near Portland In Narrow Turnout
A Portland man on Commercial Street watched as his horse and wagon bolted and nearly collided with a Grand Trunk engine. The pung and driver were hurled off the track but the team survived with no injuries. The farmer quipped the turn-out would last 200 years, as onlookers marveled at the miracle. President Cleveland sent condolences to Mrs. McCune, widow of a Courier Company proprietor, expressing sympathy and regret for the bereavement.
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Tex
Missouri
Marmaduke
Denison
Porttland
Commercial Street
Grand Trunk
Cleveland
McCune
Burrap
N. Y
Charles W. McCune
Courier Company
Wastiner Town
D. C
C. W. McCune
Buffalo
Guover Cleveland
War clouds and shifts in world alignments across Africa and Asia
Reports describe tightening tensions as German English ties resume over past disputes while British forces move toward Suakin on the Red Sea coast. Scenes of skirmishes rise alongside a looming Central American clash and French actions in Asia. Old wars, new plans, and calls for decisive borders border a volatile global picture.
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Bismarck
London
Germany
England
Nile
Red Sea
Suakin
Graham
Osman Digna
E! Teb
Tamasi
Cairo
Zebehr Pasha
Mahdi
Pasha
Cyrus
Zebehr
China
Formosa
Tonquin
Keelung
Central America
Mexico
Guatemala
Central American
Barrios
British naval and army costs for next year plan
The navy’s next year budget is about 62 million dollars for ships guns and other costs with 58 000 seamen and marines. The army costs about 89 million dollars for 518 508 regular and irregular troops. In India 61 597 British soldiers are paid from East Indian revenues.
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Indisonpala
Purove
Diamonds Hidden in Shaving Brush Discovered in Chicago
Residents on Indiana avenue report a boiling tale of diamonds found inside a shaving brush. William P. Williams, a Buffalo transplant now living at 1818 Indiana, cracked the handle with N K Rutter and E N Tracey. Two diamonds, valued after expert appraisal, lit up a local stir as more brushes were searched.
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Indiana Avenue
New York
William P. Williams
Buffalo
Williams
N. K. Rutter
E.N. Tracey
Tracy
Messrs
Wilome
Will of Sergeant Thomas Plunkett filed in Probate Court
Worcester March 1 percent the will of the late Sergeant Thomas Plunkett was filed in the Probate Court yesterday dated December 3 He leaves to his wife and two sons all his real and personal estate in Boston Worcester and West Boylston His badges and medals for bravery are given to the sons Mrs Plunkett and David Manning Jr are made administrators without guidence He requests burial in West Boylston the fag presented by his regiment to be placed over his casket and carried yearly by a son to the regiment s reunion The estate valued at about 30 000 percent
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Thomas Plunkett
Boston
West Boylston
Plunkett
David Manning, Jr
Tornado Strikes Gainesville Texas Causes Destruction
A Wednesday night tornado swept eight miles southeast of Gainesville Texas. The funnel was a mile wide with the largest hail reported. Trees were torn from roots, roads blocked with debris, and substantial property damage occurred amid rumors of fatalities.
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This County
Here
Probable Failure of Barrios Scheme Sparks Regional Unity
Mexico backs autonomy for San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica as Guatemala’s President Barrios faces collapse. The three republics unite against any attempt at a single central authority and resist incorporation into one dominion, amid rising regional resolve.
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San Salvador
Galveston
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Nicaragua
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Partios Gontinnis Ses
Mistaken Identity Kills Hunter Shot by Son-in-Law in Maine Wilderness
Macutas Me March 12. John W Feeney a leading citizen of Jonesboro was killed by his son in law Colby Pert while they were lumbering near Chandlers river. Pert shot Feeney while chasing a supposed wildcat mistaking him for game. Feeney died at Whitneysville after the brain wound. Pert a Vinal Haven resident and stone cutter has confessed to the accident.
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Jonesboro
John W. Feeney
Feeney
Colby Pert
Chandler’s River
Pert
Whitneysville
Vinal Haven
London Echo Praises Democratic Principle in United States
The London Echo lauds American institutions and democratic ideals, praising President Cleveland as principled and comparing democracy to Lincoln’s era. It urges rulers to serve the state, then retire, condemns aristocratic privilege, and questions spending on courts versus aiding the poor and educating the ignorant.
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London Echo
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Lonpost
Prussia
Russia
Cleveland
Lincoln
Arma
Arthur
France
England
WIFE AND WIDOW Sentenced for Shoplifting at R H White Co
Nora Conley and Martha Rand were charged with theft of dress goods valued at $150 from R H White Co after a dispute over ownership. Inspector Knox witnessed the act. both women had stolen items. Martha received three months on the island and Nora twice that. Nora’s husband caused a disturbance in court, was arrested for contempt, and the couple were taken to the island together.
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Martha Rand
Nora
R. H. White & Co
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Martha
Mitchell
Cours
Churchill
Ree
Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen Sees New Administration Favorably
Ex Secretary of State Frelinghuysen, arriving at his Newark home from Washington, declined long political interviews but expressed strong confidence in the new administration. He praised his successor Bayard, and spoke warmly of his ties to the late cabinet. He plans to stay in Newark while retirement matters are settled and may join the cabinet later.
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N.J
Frelinghuysen
Washington
United Preas
Bayard
State Department
Paroxysm of Violence Shocks Sarahsville Town
In Sarahsville Ohio on March 18 a father Thomas Howard severely beat his two children after they returned late from school claiming they had played. The children sustained injuries requiring medical treatment. Citizens gathered, restrained him, and tied him to a post as they waited for authorities.
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Thomas Howard
Euler
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