Chinese Bill Passed by the House and Bankruptcy Reform
Washington reports outline the House passage of the Chinese immigration bill by 177 to 65, with notable opponents listed. The article also covers bankruptcy legislation sought by New York firms, a poll of merchants, and remarks on the Lowell bill, plus various Senate actions on pensions, life-saving stations, and river improvements.
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House
Washington
United States
Messrs
Anderson
Barr
Bragg
Driggs
Browne
Buck
Camp
Candler
Carpenter
Chace
Crapo
Cullen
Dawes
Deering
Dingley
Dunnell
Dwight
Farwell
Iowa
Grout
Hall
Hardenbergh
Hammond
New York
Harris
Massachusetts
Haskell
Hawk
Henderson
Hepburn
Hooker
Humphrey
Jacobs
Jones
New Jersey
Joyce
Kasson
Ketchum
Lord
McCord
Morse
Norcross
Otto
Parker
Ranney
Rice
Ohio
Rich
Richardson
Ritchie
Robinson
Russell
Ryan
Schultz
Skinner
Foover
Stone
Taylor
Thompson
Liner
Urner
Laws
Wadsworth
Wait
Walker
Ward
Watson
White
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Mimois
Sherwin
Butterworth
Viva
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Congress
Lowell
Senate
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Senate Committee On
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Secretary of War
Destructive Richmond Fire Destroys Bridges Factories
A massive blaze in Richmond Virginia on a Sunday afternoon consumed the Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge on the Manchester side of the James River and quickly engulfed the I M Rutherford and Company tobacco factory, along with Patterson and Co Williams and Co stemmeries and multiple other plants. One 15 year old boy died, a fireman was injured, and surrounding structures suffered extensive damage. Total losses near 500000 with insured coverage about half. Travel disruption affected three railroads into the city.
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Richmond
Petersburg & Richmond
Manchester
James River
I. M. Rutherford & Co
RK. A. Patterson & Co
T. C. Williams & Co
Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond & Petersburg
Tredegar Company
T. P. Smith
Southern
Virginia Mining & Manufacturing Company
Carrington
Petersburg
Washington, D. C
R. A. Patterson & Co
Ty M. Rutherford & Co
Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Co
Bridge
C. Br, & I. D. Barksdale
The
Vulcan Iron Works
Virginia Mining and Manufacturing Company
James Thomas, Jr
Hartford
Connecticut
Ex-Senator Dorsey Sells Colfax Ranches and Stock
Word reaches that ex-Senator S W Dorsey has sold his Colfax county ranches ranges and brand including home ranch and vast stock. Purchasers are a large eastern backed company with Harry Gray managing books in New York. Price rumored between 600000 and 700000 dollars, higher than Prairie Cattle Company bid.
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iNew Mexico News and Express
S. W. Dorsey
Colfax County
Home
N Big Company
Harry Gray
New York
Prairie Cattle Company
Kilpatrick remains to be sent home from Santiago
Rumor says General Kilpatrick's remains will be transported from Santiago to the United States. In Chile, Walker Blaine may wed a Chilean lady, daughter of a former minister to the United States. Banquets in Valparaiso honor Trescott and Blaine as Trescott plans a return to the U.S. with Blaine acting as minister.
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Panama
Kilpatrick
Santiago
United States
Chili
Walker Blaine
Balla
Valparaiso
Trescott
Blaine
Blaine’s Motives on Peru Guano and Chilé Policy
Washington March 27 The Post quotes ex Secretary Blaine arguing that Chilé seeks Peru’s nitrates and guano with English bondholder profits, while the United States failed to intervene. He says Trescott was muzzled and predicts Chiléan conquest of Peruvian resources would have harmed U.S. prestige and commerce in South America.
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Washington
the Post
Blaine
Trescott
Peru
Chilian
Treasury Department
Bank of England
Frelinghuysen
Chili
United States
Great Britain
America
Europe
Biniie
South America
Chile
Spanish America
England
Mr. Blaine
Spais
Garfield
Shipherd
Garfeld
White House
State Department
Motives of Blaine Questioned in Peruvian Dispute
Chilean minister Mr Martinez defects Blaine's view on the Tacama Atacama dispute as speculative and biased. He argues Blaine misstates Peru's wealth and tariffs, notes Chile bears war costs, and defends Chilean demands as moderate while disclaiming the right to appraise Tarapaca's value.
Bear Hunt Captivates Oxford County Maine Towns
An exuberant Maine bear chase wilds through Dixfield, Byron, Berry’s Mills and Spruce Mountain. Hunters from Dixfield, Mexico, Byron and Carthage pursue a large bear described as an old ranger with a paw the size of a boot. Postmaster Stanley and Fish Commissioner Stanley join, arming townsfolk as excitement disrupts daily life.
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Lewiston
Oxford County
Webb's River
Dixfield Village
Dixfield
Mexico
Byron
Babb
Stanley
Oxford
Franklin
Juxfield
Berry
Spruce Mountain
Weld
Carthage
J. G. Rich
Westward-Bound Freight Rates Fixed by Association
The Southwestern Railway Association fixes arbiraries for traffic from Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison or St Joseph, effective March 26. Rates from Toledo or Detroit range from 45 to 76 cents per 100 pounds by class, while Chicago origin rates run 23 to 71 cents, with local Mississippi river points adopting proportional through rates based on 207 miles from Chicago.
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Chicago
Midgeley
Southwestern Railway Association
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Detroit
Toledo
Mississippi River
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Alton
Hannibal
Quincey
Burlington
Boston & Albany
Hoosack
Troy
Albany
New York Central
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Boston Enterprise in Rhode Island Newport Plan Unveiled
The Boston enterprise leaders Beyjawin Rotch Rodman Crowninshield Alexander Potter announce a Newport development with two acre lots and ocean views. George H. Norman will build water mains. Rodman avenue is to be laid out, a hotel with forty cottages is contemplated, and each syndicate member will build a house as a start to a new city.
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Newport
K. 1
Boston's Point
Messrs. Beyjawin
Rotch
Samuel W. Rodman
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Boston
Alexander, Potter
George H. Norman
Rodman Avenue
New Haven Bigamy Arrest Reveals Linked Lives in Cities
Frederick M Bailey, arrested for bigamy, had lived in New York with his second wife Mary Rourke while maintaining a separate life with his first wife Carrie Bailey of Springvale Massachusetts. He alternated time with each, moving to Bridgeport and then New Haven, where both wives learned of the situation. In court the first wife remained quiet while the second sobbed. Bailey, about 30, offered no public statement.
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New Haven
Frederick M. Baily
New York
Mary Rourke
Bailey
Bridgeport
Carrie Bailey
Springhela
Mass
No. 2
Hhe
Fires and Lynching Fears Hit Laramie City
Incendiaries have burned railroad buildings hotels and homes for four nights in Laramie City forty miles from Cheyenne. Vigilants patrol streets and have arrested about twenty strangers who were released. The terror remains high with no identified arson crew. Two burglars were lynched by Rawlins vigilants two nights ago after a tip from a accomplice.
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Cheyenne
Laramie City
Here
Rawlings
James Lacey
Bd Roddock
Mint Director Rules mutilated coins lose tender status
Deputy Marshal Johnson receives a letter from Horatio E. Burchard, director of the mint in Washington, stating that mutilating gold or silver coin by holes or tiling renders it bullion and not legal tender. Such acts are punished under established U S statutes with fines up to 3000 dollars or imprisonment up to five years, or both.
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Marshal Johnson
Horatio E. Burchard
Mint
Washington
United States
Open Porch Feasts In Indiana Family Remain Unmoved
In Jennings county a long settled Madison Ind Herald family has eaten meals on an open east facing porch for years. Weather never drives them indoors and even in near freezing cold they dine at the table as calmly as in a warm room.
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Madison Ind
Herald
Jennings County
The Mad Mississippi Flood’s Toll on Louisiana Towns
In March reports detail widespread inundation across Desta and Chicot counties, with Desha and Gaines Landing areas hardest hit. Government aid reaches thousands, but destitution soars to an estimated 20,000 statewide, as rations and stock relief struggle to keep pace.
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Little Rock
Sam Churchill
Churchill
Satterlee
War Department
Desta County
Chicot County
Arkansas City
Terrene
Arkansas
White Rivers
Bedford
Desha County
Fool
Chico County
Gaines Landing
St. Francis
Mississippi
Crittenden
Mangum
Gaines
Freight collision near Knoxville wrecks palace car
An eastern bound freight train on the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia line telescoped a late running freight eight miles east of Knoxville. The rear passenger coach struck after air brake failure. F E W Cole’s palace car suffered total loss. porter William Broker died from scalding. conductor John Darlington suffered severe burns. six hour delays ensued.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
F E. W. Cole
William Broker
Cole
John Darlington
Sickness on the Isthmus disrupts Panama Canal work
Panama March 17 illness halts work at canal stations with staff power and supply shortages. Minor smallpox spreads among laborers while swall-pox cases appear in Guatemala. Typhoid fever claims 150 lives in Canalapa, an important town in Chenaltenango.
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Panama
Empire
Guatemala
Canalapa
Chenaltenango
Infatuated with Her Husband's Murderer
Fayetteville North Carolina March 27 Adam Wilson a prominent citizen of Cheram 8 C was murdered at that place BK F Scott a wulatto was arrested as the murderer but was discharged for want of evidence He left South Carolina and came to Abbottaburg where he was joined by Mrs Wilson the widow of the murdered man who lived with him Additional and it is believed conclusive evidence connecting the negro with the
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Fayetteville
N.C
Adam Wilson
Cheram
8. C
F. Scott
Wulatto
South Carolina
Abbottaburg
Wilson
Crime shocks Chesterfield County as wife stands accused
A man named Scott has been arrested and brought to Chesterfield county South Carola for murder. Mrs Wilson followed him to aid in his defense and was arrested as an accomplice. Both are jailed and to be tried at the May term of the superior Court. The case draws wide attention and depicts a strikingly attractive wife and her unprepossessing partner.
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Chesterfield County
South Carola
Wilson
Scott
Peculiar Powers of the Late Dr Pancoast of Philadelphia
Obituary sketch honors Dr Pancoast famed Philadelphia surgeon who died recently. He was ambidextrous and skilled with both hands enabling delicate plastic operations. He repaired noses ears eyelids and brows, treated neuralgia and cataracts, and performed amputations and lithotomies with extraordinary brilliancy. He left a $1.0 million estate and authored major surgical works. He belonged to major societies and helped found the Saturday Club. He enjoyed hunting horseflesh and checkers with Dr Throop. he hailed from Quaker stock.
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The
Philadelphia Times
Pancoast
Callowhill Street
Mie
Philadelphia
Jim
James O'Brien
Te American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia County Medical Society
College of Phanacy
Dr. Throop
Scranton
Dr. Gross
America
Whirlwind ruptures masts of Tacoma on New York voyage
The Bath, Maine ship Tacoma arriving at San Francisco with general cargo lost foremast and main and mizzentop gallant masts after a sudden southward whirl wind at sea. All hands were safe as repairs begin at Vallejo wharf while recalling a parallel disaster that sunk the Edwin H. Kingman after a similar event.
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San Francisco
Tacoma
Bath
Vallejo Street
New York
Edwin H. Kingman
Falkland Islands
Hdwin H. Kingman
Explosion at Newport fusee factory shocks Langley’s Wharf
A stove in Engs and Blakeley's fusee manufactory oven ignited a pan of fusees, blowing the stove to atoms and scattering hot coals. Windows shattered, fire quickly quelled. Blakeley escaped unharmed after briefly warming by the stove moments before the blast. Dinamite claim unconfirmed. second accident at the same site.
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Newport, &. L
Engs & Blakeley
Langley's Wharf
Blakeley
The Chilians Ask for Bids for Guano
Lima reports a protocol signed by United States envoy Trescott and Chilean foreign minister Balmaceda. Chili issues a decree bidding 1,000,000 tons of guano from Peru deposits, with a $500,000 guarantee, bids due within six months from last month’s decree, and offers for loading vessels.
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New York
Lima
Mr. Trescott
United States
Senor
J. M. Balmaceda
Chilian
Chillan Treasury
Peru
Rail route dispute through Indian Territory discussed
Washington March 27 an important rail road question concerns the right of way through Indian Territory The Atlantic and Pacific road seeks two branches from Vinita West one toward the Canadian River loop south and the other nearly west along the Cimarron Due to 1865 treaties one road was to run east west and the other north south but surveys mislaid them on the northern side Indians on both sides oppose the present layout A southern line could resolve the issue but a competing company seeks privilege that might block the Atlantic and Pacific A compromise is hoped
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Delhi
New Orleans
Red River
Hog Point Crevasse
Mississippi
Tengas
Black River
Troy
Tensas River
Macon Hills
Tensas
Randolph
Times- Democrat
Washington
Indian Territory
Atlantic & Wavitie Road
Vinita
Cimarron
Atlantic & Waciflc
Protest Against English Tyranny Demonstration Called in New York
A call signed by over 100 leading citizens including the Mayor editors judges and others urges New York citizens to gather at Cooper Institute on Monday evening April 3 to protest Britain’s imprisonment of American citizens without conviction and demand full protections under American allegiance.
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New York
Cooper Institute
Turkey found in cellar after long fast at Baughman store
A turkey recovered after being found in the cellar beneath S F Baughman’s store-room. Purportedly purchased five weeks earlier by Mr Richardson for shipment to a Northern market, the bird had endured a two week fast, was fed upon rescue and now shows signs of a rapid recovery.
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Clarke Courier
Banquet Aims to Unite Factions Over Grant Arthur
Philadelphia March 25 A grand reception at George W Childs home drew nearly 500 leaders from politics and military at a $20 000 banquet touted as a social event but seen as a bid to ease tensions between Grant and Arthur supporters. Guests included Cameron McPherson Bayard Pendleton Davis Hoar Keifer and many others from Senate House and Navy circles.
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Philadelphia
George W. Childs
Grant
Senate
Messrs
Cameron
Pennsylvania
McPherson
Bayard
Pendleton
Davis
Camden
Hoar
Frye
Allison
Jackson
J. P. Jones
House
Keifer
John Russell Young
Diplomatic Service
Messrs. Lilley
Wade Hampton
Confederacy
Hulbert
Foord
Purdy
Norvis
Connant
New York Press
Fulton
Baltimore Press
Noah Davis
Brady
New York Bench
Chauncey M. Depew
F. M. Bangs
J. K. Cadwallader
Courtland Parker
New York Bar
Mr. Childs
Arthur
Garfield
General Arthur
General Grant
Washington
New York
Mare Rescued by John P. Tully At East River Steamer
John P. Tully of Brooklyn saved a $4000 mare that fell from the City of Norwalk near pier 22 East River. He swam after the horse with a rope, guided it to the Wakehall basin stairs, laid his coat for traction, and pulled the animal to safety amid a 1500-strong crowd. He turned the mare over to the owner’s agent and rejected salvage, later leaving in disgust after abuse over his ruined overcoat and risk.
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Norwalk
Pier 22
East River
Wakehall Boat Basin
John P. Tully
Tallman Street
Brooklyn
Tally
Bean
Tully
Red Cross Proposes Flood Aid Mission
Washington March 27 The American Red Cross, now authorized by treaty and Senate action, plans to send agents to flood sufferers to relieve conditions. Contributions urged, funds to Secretary Folger or trustees Lincoln and Loring. In-kind gifts go to The Red Cross Agent at Vicksburg Helena and other posts. Signed Clara Barton and others.
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Safferere
Washington
Senate
American Association of the Red Cross
Charles J. Folger
Secretary of the Treasury
Board of Trustees
Robert IT. Lincoln
George B. Loring
Agriculture
Red Cross
Ryes Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
Helena
Ark
Clara Barton
Bancroft Davis
Frederick Douglass
Alex. Y. P. Garnett
Omar D. Conger
Sprague Property Auction Set for May Fourth
Providence dispatch reports the supreme Court orders sale of the Sprague property at auction May 4 with 25 percent first payment due May 13. Contempt actions against former Governor Sprague are continued only if the receiver does not proceed with an inventory, otherwise the matter may be dropped on Saturday.
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Providence
Supreme Court
Sprague
Petitioning for Dr. Lamson Life Stay Sent to English Authorities
New York reports that Dr Lamson’s American supporters have sent affidavits to Minister Lowell claiming insanity in the Lamson family. A petition for a stay of sentence is cabled to English authorities and bears signatures from Bishop Littlejonon, Bishop Potter, several clergymen, ex-Governor Morgan, ex-Mayor Wickhaw, and other notable figures.
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New York
Lamson
Lowell
Littlejonon
Long Island
Potter
Stephen W. French
Wickhaw
R. G. Dun
Mary Ann Brady Hurt by Shotgun Accident at Tecumseh Mill
In Fall River on March 23, seven year old Mary Ann Brady, daughter of Patrick Brady, was seriously injured when a shotgun discharged while she played with it after her parents left her and siblings alone in their tenement near Tecumseh mill. The gun hung on the wall and was not secured. The blast damaged her clothing and struck her torso.
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Fall River
Mary Ann
Patrick Brady
Tecumseh
Fatal Flood of Molten Steel at Thompson’s Works
Peter Brown crawled into a pit at Thompson’s steel works in New Jersey and slept. A crucible filled with molten steel burst at dawn, the fiery liquid engulfed him, and he died shortly after at Charity Hospital.
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Jensey Crry
N. J
Peter Brown
Thompson’s Steel Works
Charity Hospital
Read the home life of Victoria children nine report
A brief notice sketches a domestic scene warning mothers to watch children as nine children in Victoria endure restless days and teething. The piece notes babies waking early and families adapting to home life with care for young siblings.
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Victoria
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