The Money Question and National Greenback Plans
A Washington dispatch reports a planned caucus of Greenback congressmen to push general financial legislation and potential independent action if Republicans and Democrats refuse cooperation. The piece discusses abolition of national banks, greenback circulation, and likely limits on economic reform tied to appropriation bills, plus prospects of a national quarantine act.
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Washington, D. C
Greenback
Greenbackers
Greenback Democrats
National Party
Congressional Glover Exonerated Amid Steel Tests Report
Washington reports Congressman Glover cleared of double pay charges after Secretary McCrary found no evidence to sustain the accusation. The piece also notes letters from Britt and Solicitor Raynor contradicting the assault claim. Meanwhile Naylor & Co. conducts steel tests at the Washington navy yard showing superior tensile strength. The Post previews interviews with Stephens and Prentice and outlines a bold Democratic stance on fair elections and supervisor presence at polls.
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Washington, D. C
McCrary
War Department
Third Missouri Cavalry
Rom Britt
Raynor
Naylor & Co
Norway Iron and Steel Works
Boston
Washington Navy Yard
J. Edwin Sherman
Naylor &Co
Navy Department
Meat trade in Europe shipoffs live cattle or meat says shippers
New York dispatches report English claims that live Boston cattle on the steamer Brazilian were slaughtered for pleuro pneumonia. Shippers insist the privy council order to slaughter within ten days after arrival explains the action and maintains demand for American beef.
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New York
England
Boston
Liverpool
Privy Council
United States
Order of the Privy Council
Ohio
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Italy
Portugal
Spain
France
Sitting Bull Forces Bordered Move Warned By War Dept
Washington March 23. Reports from Dakota indicate Sitting Bull may attempt to cross the border with about 7000 in total strength including 2500 armed mounted warriors. General Sherman says U S forces at Forts Stevenson Buford Totten and nearby posts can prevent disturbances and troops are ready to reinforce Dakota if needed.
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War and
Interior Departments
Dakota
Sitting Bull
War Department
Sherman
Stevenson
Buford
Totten
Eighteenth Infantry
Georgia
Nez Perces
Bismarck
Four clues linked to Manhattan Bank burglary recovery
Washington reports three $1000 bonds and five July 1865 twenties found in a package from a London banker tied to the Manhattan bank theft. Police identify suspects Abe Coakley Jimmy Hope Johnny Hope and Oscar Decker with Tom Draper and George Leslie named as planners. Coakley and Johnny Hope are in custody.
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Washington
New York
London
Ank
Abe Coakley
Jimmy
Johnny Hope
Oscar Decker
Jimmy Dunlap
Tom
Shang Draper
George Leonidas Leslie
Howard
Herbert
Coakley
Mayor Parsons Indicted Over License Violations in Rocnester
Rocnester N Y March 23 grand jury returns two indictments against Mayor Parsons for neglect of duties and against Police Commissioners Daniels and Summer with the mayor as police commissioner The charges arise from clergy and citizens evidence that over 3800 saloons operated without licenses or with violated licenses and SASSR to enforce laws Trials of Excise Commissioners Baker and Mutcher previously indicted ended today with a guilty verdict and a motion for a new trial planned.
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N. Y
Parsons
Daniels
Summer
SASSR
Baker
Mutcher
Communist Celebration Draws 30000 in Curiaco Exposition
In Curiaco Illinois a Communist celebration at the Exposition building drew about 30 000 attendees with thousands turned away. Music by the band and a speech by mayoral candidate Dr Schmidt preceded late night dancing until six in the morning. Over 3000 kegs of beer were consumed and receipts near 8000 dollars will fund a Communist daily paper after expenses.
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Curiaco
Ill
Schmidt
Enraged Chamber Offers To Buy Nassau Street Post Office
The New York chamber of commerce protested the treasury department releasing the Nassau street post office. It offered $200,000 to purchase the property from the government. The current lessee is Mr. Connant of Boston who has held control for the past two to three years with an annual rent of $3000.
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Chamber of Commerce
New York
Treasury Department
Nassau Street
Chamber
Conant
Boston
Milledgeville Tornado Destroys Bridge and Kills People
A tornado hit Milledgeville at 2 o clock yesterday demolishing the Oconee river bridge and killing a negro and several mules. bridge loss $9000. Stores unroofed, several small houses blown down, total damage about the city estimated at $8000.
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Macon
Milledgeville
Oconee River
Reading bank treasurer defalcation shocks town
Nathan P. Pratt, treasurer of Reading Savings Bank, vanished with up to thirty thousand dollars of bank funds amid a multi year pattern of misappropriation. Trustees suspended him after locating securities and cash, with a warrant issued and Pratt fleeing to New York. The bank faced depositor losses, while Pratt’s family and associates face questions about the scheme.
Pratt at His Home Falls From Trusted Banker to Defaulter
A Reading man once esteemed for decades of public service and business leadership collapses in a defalcation scandal. He built a broad local career, served as treasurer of a savings institution, and held town offices, with the downfall linked to his son’s flight and alleged irregularities to protect the family name.
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Pratt
Reading
Piatggy
Savings Book
Vraching
Bank Examiners Reveal Large Forgeries and Embezzlement in Reading
Reading savings bank examined by Savings Bank Commissioner Curry and President Drury uncovers widespread embezzlement by treasurer Pratt aided by his daughter. Assets misused include $13,800 bank stock and $7,000 pledged for dividends, with about $6,300 diverted to personal use and $10,000 in uncredited deposits. Forgeries may total about $40,000, with total estimated loss over $80,000.
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Curry
Reading Savings Bank
Drury
Pratt
City of Portland
Blackstone National Bank
New England Trust Company
Reading
Ort
Blackstone
Faneuil Hall
Pratt Family in Reading Case Reaches Warrant Standstill
Nathan P. Pratt leaves Reading as law enforcement seeks a warrant for his arrest. Attorney General Marston informs defalcation case proceed through George Stevens of Lowell. Judd fails to locate Stevens. Sunday hunts stall. a midnight warrant is issued. Pratt boards 6 pm train toward Boston with no trace since. Sidney Pratt resides in Chester Park as a family search intensifies.
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Marston
George Stevens
Lowell
Middlesex County
Judd
Stevens
East Cambridge
Pratt
Reading
Boston
New York
Sidney Pratt
Chester Park
Missing Wife and Son Absent After Sunday Departure
It was found that the son and wife had also left their house on Sunday, and no further intelligence could be learned of them.
Reading Bank Treasures Leadership amid Controversy
Nathan P. Pratt, longtime Reading Savings Bank treasurer, faced scrutiny over mortgage security and deposits while contributing to town life as selectman and school committeeman. Bank Commissioner Curry notes Pratt’s easy style though townspeople praise his character. Pratt’s family ties and wealth are described as part of the bank's security history.
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Reading
Reading Savings Bank
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Ephraim Hunt
Newton
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Francis 0. Dewey
Finance Committee
Curry
General Court
Lowes
Centennial Expositions Proposed for New York 1883
The Herald advocates an American international exposition in New York in 1883 to mark the centenary of independence and the city’s evacuation by British troops. It notes London and Berlin claim 1885 and 1887, while France plans 1880 and America 1892, and says New York has unparalleled facilities for the festival.
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The
Herald
London
Berlin
France
America
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
World to Change Ownership and Tone by May First
Rumors say the World will pass from current stockholders to Childs of Philadelphia owner of the Ledger. The paper may move to four pages and two cent price with sweeping management changes likely making it a Republican organ backing General Grant for a third term.
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New York
Childs
Philadelphia
The
Ledger
General Grant
Terrible Mine Blast Kills Two at Pottaville Colliery
A powder explosion at the Pottaville colliery operated by the Philadelphia and Lead ing Coal and Iron Company late yesterday killed James Mulherrin and Lewis Murray instantly. W H Murray is gravely injured, while John Bowen George Schum and James Smith were injured but expected to recover.
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Penn
Pottaville
Philadelphia and Leading Coal and Iron Company
James Mulherrin
Lewis Murray
W.H. Murray
John Bowen
George Schum
James Smith
Strange Conduct of a Naval Officer
Lieutenant Fletcher of the United States Navy, who eloped with Miss Batley in Baltimore, reappeared in Philadelphia with his partner and little luggage. He wrote to Secretary Thompson claiming illness and asking for admission to League Island Hospital, though observers saw no evident mental illness. He spent the night at a city concert hall of questionable repute and is now under guard aboard the receiving ship.
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Penn
Fletcher
United States Navy
Batley
Baltimore
Thompson
League Island
Stu Ouls
Large imported earthenware sale in New York auction
A public sale in New York offered 405 lots of imported earthenware valued near 100000 by customs. The catalogue included East Liverpool ware Levenia Parisian porcelain Florence seconds and Victria varieties. Attendance was slim bidding weak and some lots were withdrawn amid market flooding rumors.
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New York
East Liverpool
Parisian
Florence
Brooklyn Elevated Rail Plan Said Backed by Boston Capitalists
Report from New York on March 24 says Boston financiers have gained control of most of Brooklyn’s projected elevated railway system with help from ring capitalists there. The move is said to save several million dollars.
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New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Then and now Boston twenty years illumed by liberalism
Rev Henry Morgan delivered his twentieth anniversary lecture in Music Hall on Then and now Boston twenty years ago. He traced a shift from religious zeal to liberalism, criticizing open Sundays, liquor sales, and law enforcement while calling for reform and revival through faith and public virtue.
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Phineas Stowe
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Howard Street
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Old South
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Castro Street
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D. L. Moony
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Zion
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Wendell Phillips
Court Square
Suffolk County
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the Commonwealth
Pious thief linked to previous frauds in Brooklyn
Mrs Richard W Peck of Brooklyn is charged with defrauding a Broadway diamond broker of 19000 in diamonds and jewelry. She has church roles and was once a Bible class teacher. Her husband works on a Havana steamer and they live comfortably with several children. A death report notes Rev James De Koven D D warden of Racine College died suddenly of apoplexy. he supported high church views and ritualism and was a Massachusetts bishop candidate.
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Zion
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New York
Richard W. Peck
Brooklyn
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Peck
Scudder
Racine, Wis
James de Koven
Racine College
Episcopal Church
Massachusetts
Eastburn
Bishop De Kovenu’s Early Life and Controversial Viewpoints
The passage outlines Dr. De Kovenu born in Middletown Conn on September 19 1851. It notes his education at Columbia College and the General Theological Seminary and milestones including his diaconate priesthood ordination and service as rector at Delafield Wis. It highlights his 1876 election as bishop of Illinois but failure to be confirmed and his involvement in the last general convention at Boston.
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Middletown
Conn
Columbia College
General Theological Seminar
New York
Delafield
Wis
Racine College
Illinois
Boston
Meteoric Fireball Strikes Boys in Paterson NJ
In Paterson New Jersey two boys Edward Briane fifteen and Robert Duroc twelve witnessed a fireball strike Briane as he walked with Duroc toward a grocery store. Briane suffered burns to the chest left hand and thumb and clothing was burned while Duroc saw the fiery ball pass nearby. no meteorite fragment was found.
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New York
Paterson
N. J
Edward Briane
Robert Duroc
Robert
Edward
Mechanic Street
Mic & Grocery Store
Cox
Briane
Young Braine
A Strange Case of Bigamy in Washington Musicians Family
Andrew J. Cook, a Washington musician, accuses his wife Emma Cook and nephew William Davis of bigamy at Brooklyn’s No. 66 Middagh Street. He claims Emma Copeland married Davis in 1877 and bore a child, Annie, amid alleged adultery from 1874 to 1877. Emma Cook and Davis are committed for examination.
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Andrew J. Cook
Emma D. Cook
William Davis
Middagh Street
Washington, D.C
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Dornier
Bellaire
Colonel KE
B. Fowler
Kert Greene Place
Fowler
No. 41
Joralemon Street
Cook
Hall
Holy Trinity Church
Rent Downturn Hits New York as Tenants Demand Lower Prices
The New York landlords face a tenant-led price squeeze with a regional split. Tenants push for lower rents while large owners like the Astore, Lorrillards, Goelets, and Rhinelanders resist, citing ongoing tax burdens and prior reductions. Across the board, boarding houses see a broader strike on rents, with some Manhattan brownstones dropping from 1200–1500 to about 800 per year, and Brooklyn ready to follow as rapid transit pressures push migration away from the city core.
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Astore
Lorrillards
Great
Fourteenth Street
Madison Equaré
Forty-ninth Street
Nm ‘Thirty-second Street
Brooklyn
Maddened Mistress Punishes Para Mour in Maryland Incident
In Baurmmore Maryland Mary Kirchner a 40 year old woman is jailed after dashing a cupful of vitriol in the face of John Schiereth blinding him. Kirchner lived with husband Joan Kirchner and several children including a 17 year old daughter. Schiereth is married with a family. An intimate relation existed between Schiereth and Kirchner prior to the attack.
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Baurmmore
Mary Kirchner
John Schiereth
Woman Suffrage Question Debated in Rhode Island House
Rhode Island House of Representatives debated woman suffrage with many ladies in attendance. After lengthy discussion the subject was indefinitely postponed, and suffragists left the legislature in defeat and chagrin.
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Rhode Island
Providence
R.1
House of Representatives
Talmage Delivers Calm Sermon on Price of Salvation at Tabernacle
Brooklyn March meeting outlines four instalments of Christ’s sacrifice and emphasizes pacifying the presbytery's forthcoming trial. The preacher spoke with solemn tone and denied sensationalism as he preached on Ye are bought with a price.
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Clinton and
Fulton Streets
Tabernacle
Talmage
Tal
Christ
Goran
Satan
Exhibition space for international fair announced
Australia reports all exhibition space to be free in August with no charges or commissions. Freight paid by the exhibition. Floor space: 80 000 feet in the main building and 40 000 feet on the machinery floor. America urged to participate. Zaleland dispatches note moves.
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Sipary
America
Burglary at Lanesboro Iron Company Store
Pittsfield Mass March 23 The Lanesboro Iron Company store at Lanesboro was burglarized Saturday night. Thieves bored the door lock and stole cash and goods worth about 40 to 50 dollars. Brown a resident of Lanesboro suspected. oils found in a box under the floor. he confessed to the burglary and to an earlier attempt last October. Report says he may be linked to safes blown at Cheshire and Berkshire depots. His western trip planned for Monday is postponed as he remains in jail.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Lanesboro Iron Company
Lanesboro
Brown
Cheshire
Berkshire
Kid Gloves Price Rise Tied To French Valuation Change
Collector Merritt sustains General Appraiser Ketchum’s report raising two by ten Alexandra kid gloves from forty two to fifty two francs per dozen with five francs added per extra button. The higher valuation triggers a twenty percent penalty on involved value and a larger portion of goods will be affected. The report covers four invoices imported by Stewart and Co. from New Orleans to New York.
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New York
Merritt
Stewart & Co
Ketchum
Memphis Mills Destroyed by Powerful Storm
A severe morning storm damaged Memph is Tennessee area causing lightning to strike the Memphis cotton and woollen mills and destroy them. The mills were valued at $90,000 and partly insured leaving about 125 workers unemployed.
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Memmhis
Tenn
Memphis
Will of General Sherman Leaves No Public Bequests
The Estate of the Late General Sherman in Newport RI notes no public bequests. A colored woman from his family since marriage is mentioned. Joe C. Mason is appointed guardian of the son who is to gain control of approximately 100,000.
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General Sherman
Newport
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