Carlisle Tariff Speech Distr Works 400000 Copies Published
Washington March 22 Over 400000 copies of Speaker Carlisle's tariff commission speech delivered March 28 1882 have been circulated since then. Copies cost 848 per 5000 or 3840 for the total printed. The tariff caucus may influence the presidential nomination and McDonald boom. Watterson leads the faction aligned with McDonald. The Barnacles metaphor is used to describe opposition. The coming convention will decide candidates and platform amid party splits.
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Washington
Carlisle
Tariff Commission
Congress
Government Printing Office
Tariff Caucus
Watterson
McDonald
Randall
Tilden
Payne
Maton
Revenue Reformers Face Morrison Bill Impasse in House
In Washington on March 20 the revenue reformers admit the Morrison bill cannot pass in current form. They aim to remodel it to win a majority, sacrificing the free list of coal, salt and lumber and conceding to wool growers. A caucus plan seeks enough votes to secure passage, while Randall, Converse and Eaton prepare a counter-resolution arguing for revision and warning against tinkering.
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Ihs
Washington
House
Free Istand
Ndall
Randall
Converse
Eaton
Senate
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Reary Watterson
Carlisle
Kentucky
Morrison Dal
Atterson
Still Deeper Damnation Blames Gibson and Spencer
Washington March 21 Colonel Bliss testified before the Springer committee accusing Gibson, Cook, and Spencer of treachery against the government. He charged Spencer with evading officers, selling out the prosecution, and having illicit access to papers via a network with Gibson and Cook. Bliss cited payments to Gibson and alleged improper agreements dating to the early 1880s, plus attempts to bar government witnesses and leak papers to the defense.
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Bliss
Gibson, Cook and
Spencer
Washington
Springer Committee
New York
Canada
A. M. Gibson
Europe
Phillips
Gibson
Mr. Bliss
Cook
Bosler
Dorsey
Star Route
Cole
MacVeagh
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
McLean
H. Ekro
James A. Garfield
General Hancock
Giburning
Theovernment
Counsel for Kellogg Prevents Indictment Claim
Cook testified as a counsellor for Senator Kellogg who was under suspicion and argued Kellogg must not be indicted. A witness on the grand jury would have supported an indictment on Walsh's testimony, but a small gap in the evidence led the grand jury to refrain from returning an indictment.
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Cook
Kellogg
Walsh
Cattle Men Fence Off Public Lands in Nebraska
Washington dispatches report dire inroads by cattle herders on public lands in Nebraska. Fence lines enclose water and fertile land, blocking settlement. pirates control cattle markets and claim desert and timber rights. Officials say action may require force to restore access. Pension bill moves with $80.7 million total after reappropriation. estimates ask $40 million, committee cuts to $20.68 million.
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Washington
George W. Fairfield
United States
Nebraska
the Land Office
McFarland
House
Beecher Addresses Irish Liberty at St. Patrick Banquet
Rev Henry Ward Beecher spoke at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick banquet in New York praising Ireland's push for freedom. He condemned dynamite and destruction and urged that Ireland must gain independence to prosper, eliciting enthusiastic applause and a unanimous vote to honor him as an honorary member.
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New York
Mareh
Henry Ward Beecher
Brunswick
Ireland
Troy
Treland
England
Mr. Beecher
Robert Sewall
Society
Probers and Production Factories Across North America
Ex Governor English of Connecticut rises from carpenter to wealthiest state resident at six million dollars. Canada opens its first cutlery manufactory in Montreal with forty workers from Sheffield. Connecticut debates a forty day wage exemption bill. H B Smith Co in Westfield adds workers. Bridgton mills cut ten percent. North Adams Briggs mill restarts under Abbott Falls. A New Hampshire paper mill may open this spring. A very old Orleans Mill site in Rehoboth resumes activity after a fire. Early steam power history traces Archimedes, Farencilla, Newcomer, Crowley, Watt, and the evolution of engines, now delivering vast power.
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English
Connecticut
Canada
Montreal
Shefield
Judiciary Committee
H. B. Smith Company
Westfield
Mass
Pondicherry
Forest
Bridgton
Briggs
North Adams
Abbott Falls
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
Orleans
Rehoboth
Archimedes
Farenecilla
Farencilla
Newcomer
Crowley
James Watt
Niagara
Reform of Tariff and Telegraphs Debate at Tamany Hall
A large Tamany Hall committee meeting discussed tariff reform to favor luxuries over necessities, purchase of telegraph lines at fair value, and land grant restoration. Speakers included Wiliam Dorsheimer, ex-Senator Grady, and Perry Belmont. Carlisle Bayard Hurd Hewitt Belmont Cox and others sent letters. Dorsheimer urged tax reduction with public input, opposing removal of liquor and tobacco taxes but seeking relief on salt coal lumber blankets and other domestic goods.
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New York
Tammany Hall General Committee
J. G. Carlisle
Thomas F. Bayard
F. W. Hurd
Hewitt
August Belmont
Cox
Wiliam Dorsheimer
Grady
Perry Belmont
FIRST FLOORS FLOODED AS VICKSBURG RISES
Vicksburg reports major flood damage as river water reaches Levee street and many stores on first floors. John W Cannon crew aids high water refugees while the US steamer Viola ferries people and stock from overflowed plantations at government expense. Levees at Hardtimes Ursino, Point Pleasant and Shipps Bayou appear doomed as workers bolster defenses and residents evacuate.
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Vicksburg
Levee Street
John W. Cannon
United States
Viola
Ursino
Point Pleasant
Shipps Bayou
Rapid Rise of the Missouri River Damages Bridge
The Missouri river at Missouri Valley Iowa rose four feet and swept away 120 feet of trestle on the Sioux City and Pacific line forcing trains to detour via Omaha. Transfer steamboats cannot cross and further damage is feared.
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Missouri
Missouri Valley
Sioux City
Pacific Road
Pacific
Omaha
Ice Gorge Fifty Feet High On Mississippi River
Thousands of spectators flocked to the Davenport and Rock Island levees to witness an ice gorge towering forty to fifty feet on the island. The water rose six feet as the ice dam formed yesterday and finally broke last night, allowing the river to clear with no damage reported.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Hunting for Gold in the Far West Campes
Special correspondence from Idaho reports a harsh winter mining rush as ragged newcomers pour into camps seeking fortune. Snowbound valleys, crowded huts, and gambling saloons define daily life while claims multiply atop deep snow. Fights over land and scarce supplies loom as prospectors hope for a rich find and dream of sudden wealth.
Over a Hundred Offers of Mariage in Paris Lottery Prize
Mile. Daire, an eighteen year old fresh faced peasant girl, won 100000 francs in a Paris lottery and received the prize from M. Avenel of Arts Decoratifs. A registrar, M. Desvaux de Lys, escorted her to invest 99000 francs in French rentes with broker M. Herbault, keeping 1000 francs for herself.
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Paris Morning News
Mile. Daire
Paris
M. Henri Avenel
Arts Decoratifs
Bank of France
M. Desvaux de Lys
Rue St. Honore
M. Herbault
Rue Gaillon
Daire
Stroke of luck brings many marriage proposals to Mile. Daire
News of Mile. Daire stroke of luck circulates widely as she receives over 100 proposals, many from strangers who send photos promising lifelong devotion. She will return to Montargis on Mayday after touring Paris under the guidance of a distant female relative employed as a nurse in Rue du Bac.
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Mile
Daire
Datre
Montargis
Paris
du Bae
Monesty Separet Cathedral Deed Mystery in New York
A New York Evening Post account questions why James Doyle of Boston received a quit claim to St. Patrick's Cathedral property. It reveals the cathedral was bought at foreclosure in 1828 for $5600, and $17,000 in surplus funds accumulated since 1847, eventually paid to James Doyle of Boston in 1882 after a long public-asset history.
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New York Evening Post
Daily Press
St. Patrick's Cathedral
James Doyle
Boston
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Wiftieth
City of
New York
Post
City of New York
Eallie Bire Insurance Company
Dennis Doyle
William Tell
John Smith
Janes Doyle
Mass
Grindson
Court of Appeals
Richmond County
James
Supreme Court of
James Payte
Onnis Doyle
Striking Will of Dunmore Man Draws Probate Fight
The odd will of James Moraghan, who died about three weeks ago in Dunmore, left 30 shares of Scranton Savings Bank stock to St. Patrick's orphan asylum Hyde Park 20 shares to Merchants and Mechants Bank stock to a local Catholic church and real estate and claims to the church with $5 for each of his three sons. The sons and heirs challenge the document claiming lack of signing, mental soundness, and undue influence. Probate officials hear witnesses next week as the case moves through Registrar Tracy.
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Scranton
Penn
James Moraghan
Dunmore
Moraghan
St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum
Hyde Park
Handly
T. McAndrew
Tracy
Daughter for Ducats in Washington Courtship Tale
A Washington report recounts a newlywed couple where the groom, recently hired by the bride’s father at $15 a month, offered $2000 as dowry. If the couple stays together and the man supports her for two years, the money is repaid. otherwise the father keeps both the daughter and the ducats. The wedding was described as lavish and ceremonial.
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Washington
Papa
Paterfamilias
Starving the Coal Miners Endured Half-Time Work
Wilkesbarre Pa March 22 The Record official coal trade organ tells coal syndicate presidents that if half time continues at mines for another month many laborers will quit the valley and leave coal mining. It says patience is exhausted after three months living on hand to mouth pay and that there is enough demand for steady work for at least two months. A plan of two months full time then suspension could solve the dispute.
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Wilkesbarre
Coal Combination
Poisons and Poisoning in Domestic Life
A long warning on common poisons and misused everyday items. Arsenic, carbolic and oxalic acids, cream of tartar, alum and bleaching powders threaten when misused or mistaken for harmless substances. Prussic acid in bitter almonds and kernels, digitalis from foxglove, and idiosyncratic food reactions also pose dangers.
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Germany
Dory Rand al Bibber ready for Atlantic waste voyage
Bath reports Captain Traynor plans a solo ocean crossing from New York to Bristol in a 13 by 17 foot dory City of Bath built by Randall D Bibber. The 27 year old captain will carry canned goods and oatmeal with milk as diet, accompanied only by a cat. The craft, exhibited in Bath next week, will travel with two tin air tanks and a cabin, aiming to reach England around September 1 after leaving New York June 10.
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Bath
Dory Randall D. Bibber
Georgetown
Traynor
New York
Bristol
Eng
Prayer Meeting Death Silent Kneeling Woman Dies in Chicago
Mrs. Georgina Miller of 147 West Adams street died after kneeling in prayer at the Mission Rooms 18 South Halsted street Monday evening. Those nearby tried to rouse her, but she did not respond. Heart disease is believed to be the cause.
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Chicago
Georgina Miller
West Adams Street
Mission Rooms
South Halsted Street
Parson Zincke Predicts Global English Speakers Soon
A pamphlet by Parson Zincke, chaplain to Queen Victoria, forecasts in 1980 a world with 800 million English speakers in the United States and territories, plus 64 million in Canada, 70,050,000 in the United Kingdom, 48,000,000 in Australia, and 16,000,000 in South Africa, indicating widespread spread of English.
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Parson Zincke
Queen Victoria
United States
Mexico
South America
China
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
South Africa
Zincke on a thousand million literate future
Zincke foresees a future with a billion people achieving basic literacy and advanced use of knowledge. He argues civilization will rise beyond savagery and slavery, enabling universal self governance and self management without social or political superiors.
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Zincke
Baby’s Cry Sparks Tenement Fire Rescue in New York
Mrs Marcus Gerber awakened at 2:80 am by her baby’s cry as flames engulfed the Ludlow Street tenement. Family escapes in nightclothes with smoke and fear spreading through two upper floors and ground-floor stores. Firefighters from Engine Company No 17 extinguished the blaze in about an hour, with multiple families displaced.
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New York
Marcus Gerber
Ludlow Street
Gerber
Kgine Company No. 17
Bereft of all in his old ace
Old Joseph Barker a childless widower drives mad by his cheerless fortune in Westville Connecticut after his wife’s death. Once a trusted Diamond Watch Company employee and freeholder, he became dejected, left his cottage, wandered near Stamford for two weeks, and was found penniless and demented. He will be sent to Middletown for care.
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Joseph Barker
Westville
Conn
Diamond Watch Company
Weatville
Barker
Stamford
New York
Middletown
The Preferred Hanging Incident in Norwich
Mrs. Trine Geroux told her twelve year-old son in March to saw wood and he joked he would hang himself. He later was found hanging by a string from a spike, life saved after he was lowered. The boy showed no prior self harm history and is recovering. In New Haven, Burritt Manville, a longtime carriage maker, died suddenly at 72, likely from apoplexy.
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Norwich
Mare
Trine Geroux
North Woodstock
New Haven
Conn
Burrtt Manville
Remarkable Ground Phenomenon Stirs Columbia Residents
In Columbia Chester county, March 22, inhabitants are alarmed by a striking underground discovery on Nicholas Calvin’s plantation. An opening vents smoke and heats the ground, with diggers forced to stop due to intense heat and dense fumes. Residents are split between volcano and geyser theories as excitement grows.
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Columbia
8. C
Chester County
Nicholas Calvin
Me Takes Pension Money and Marries Fortunes
A swindler known by multiple aliases including Captain J W Jenks Captain Thomas A Webb and Rev James Andrews was released from Lancaster jail then rearrested and imprisoned in Philadelphia. He has swindled veteran soldiers of about 10000 by marrying wealthy widows and draining their estates. He allegedly duped a crippled veteran of five dollars under pretence of securing a pension increase.
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Philadelputa
Lancaster
Sle
United States
Phillips
J. W. Jenks
Thomas A. Webb
James Andrews
Canadian Senators Guarded by Special Constables
Ottawa reports show dynamite fears among senators leading to escorts for each senator on crutches and a ban on reporters entering their reading room. To ease tensions, extra special constables were deployed to the Senate guard last night.
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Ottawa
Ont
Uneir
Senate
Enterprising preacher steals drugs and opens Colorado shops
Joserh Johnson, a former clerk, confessed to stealing about $60,000 worth of drugs from Samuel J. Smith & Co. and shipping them to Colorado where he now runs two apothecary shops. He offered to repay $60,000 to hush the matter, but the firm says he has stolen far more. He is described as a druggist and a preacher of the Christian denomination and 48 years old.
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Colorado
Joserh
Break of Roberts Island Levee Wipes Out California Wheat
The Roberts Island levee near Stockton broke Tuesday night destroying 27 000 acres of wheat valued at 500 000 dollars. Residents rushed to save wheat in wagons and seek refuge on the island’s lower section as relief plans and levee reinforcement proceed. Horses and cattle stampeded toward the dry area, with potential losses reaching a million dollars if the lower levee fails.
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San Francisco
Roberts Island
Stockton
Plucky Franklin Boy Saves Self From Gear Trap
The nine year old son of L W Milliken at his father's factory Saturday escaped serious injury by grabbing the bell and tossing it onto a loose pulley after his hand was caught between revolving rollers.
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Franklin
L. W. Milliken
General Gordon’s Danger as Khartoum Hears Rebels Threat
A Cairo report quotes El Mahdi denying messianic claims and vowing to kill Gordon if he meets him. Khartoum is reported surrounded by hostile tribes with 6000 rebels massed, while Gordon arms inhabitants and braces for an imminent attack.
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el Mahdi
Cairo
Gordon
Egypt
London
The
Daily News
Khartoum
Nile
Cordon
Times
British forces in Sudan and Berlin Reichstag debate
Reports from Suakin and Assouan describe General Graham advancing toward Khartoum with an open retreat path if needed while slave traffic worsens in Kordofan. In Berlin, Bismarck’s policies draw opposition as Windthorst and the Left rally against reforms and social unrest during the Reichstag debate.
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Suakin
Graham
Osman Digna
Sinkat
Khartoum
Catio
Assouan
Kordofan
London
Times
Alexandria
Zevebi Pasha
Soudan
Gordon
Daily News
England
Suakiin
Bismarck
Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Berbel
Prince Bismarcck
Neumann
Herr Most
Freiheit
Herr Windthorst
Prince Bismarck
The Daily News on the Tories in London
The Daily News argues for a possible dissolution of Parliament and urges Liberal readiness. It condemns the opposition as unscrupulous and unpatriotic for exploiting government difficulties, while noting Sir Stafford Northcote’s tacit approval of such tactics.
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the Daily News
London
The
Daily News
Bolingbroke
England
Stafford Northcote
Canada Seen as Emigrant Heaven by Lord Lorne
Lord Lorne spoke in Whitechapel praising Canada as the emigrant paradise with abundant work and rising summer prosperity. He urged emigration to the Dominion and noted a plan by Baroness Burdett Coutts to send fifty poor families to Canada with arranged housing.
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Canada
London
Lord Lorne
Whitechapel
Dominion
Burdett-Coutts
New Developments in the Barron Case Desperado Confession
Bangor reports from Dexter cite rumors of Barron case developments. Chase, a deadly figure five years ago, told Lanpher he helped attack Barron and would kill him if he spoke. On his deathbed Chase's statements were guarded, but neighbors recall candid testimonies about the long-gestating case.
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Bangor
Dexter
Powerbank
Barron
Chase
Lanpher
Romeo and Juliet case ends in self inflicted death
In Indianapolis W M Dane of Bentonville aged 20 pursued Ada Dwight 13 provoking parental opposition. He bought laudanum, dosed Ada and himself but neither died. Dane was arrested for attempted poisoning, then shot himself and died. Ada remains seriously ill. Dane was a school teacher. A wild cat attack ends with death blow in Pennsylvania. Lebar Labor fought the creature in his bedroom for fifteen minutes, finally killing it. The cat measured six feet long and severely mauled his face.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. M. Dane
Bentonville
Fayette County
Ada Dwight
Dane
Ada
Honesdale
Venn
Purdytown
Lebar
Tragic Knife Accident in Dusors Penn Field Center
A young child in Dusors, Pennfield, Clearfield County, tripped while walking with a blade in hand. He fell, the knife punctured the chest, and the injury proved fatal instantly. Policing and coroner procedures were noted as the incident was investigated.
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Dusors
Penn
John Young
Pennfield
Clearfield County
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