Presidential Chanes in Mass Republicans for Grant at Chicago
Massachusetts Republican leaders favor Grant for the 1880 presidential nomination amid anti-Grant currents. The Worcester Hoar alliance and Worcester Hoar, Dawes, and Loring factions prefer Grant, while Robinson Rice Field and Crapo show mixed stances. The Sherman bureau spreads sharp attacks on Blaine and supports Grant via Edmunds and Cameron alignments. Edmunds denies anti-Grant plots, Cameron backs Grant’s election, and Conkling asserts Virginia and New York will back Grant.
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Massachusetts
House
Claflin
Loring
White House
Hoar
Dawes
Grant
Sherman
Blaine
Edmunds
Crapo
Sherman Bureau Letters Stir Alarm Over Political Influence
Columecs March 29. Friends of Secretary Sherman fear the state is flooded with letters from Warner Bateman, secretary of the Sherman bureau in Washington, urging Ohio delegation unity and nominating Sherman. A subsequent letter attacks Blaine and Grant, withheld content pending Blaine club reaction. General Beatty signs Blaine headquarters card claiming personal knowledge.
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Sherman Bureau
Sherman Literary Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Blaine
General Grant
Sherman
Columecs
Warner Bateman
Friends of Blaine
Aecard
General Beatty
Fractured Skull Ends in Remarkable Survival in Philadelphia
F M Davis, a heater at Philadelphia Iron and Steel, survived a June 1878 accident when an iron clamp struck his forehead, causing a crescent shaped bone fragment to protrude and expose brain tissue. Though deemed fatal, he endured weeks and months, with soft tissue sealing the wound and bone gradually forming, Davis retaining all mental faculties.
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Philadelphia
F. M. Davis
Philadelphia Iron and Steel Company
Bull
Davis
Abington coachman denies gossip scandal claim
In Abington Massachusetts on March 29, the town’s coachman rejected a Tar Globe report as a malicious scandal. He said no intimate relation with the domestic existed, that he has worked for John Shepard in Boston, and that his wife and family were informed of his whereabouts. The girl returned home to her parents after a brief visit.
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Abington
Mass
Tar Globe
GLOBE
John Shepard
Seacon Street
Boston
Aryakage
Parnell Attacked by Mob at Enniscarthy Meeting
At Enniscarthy an election rally for Parnell against O Cleary ended in a mob assault. Parnell was struck with oranges and other missiles, his clothes torn, and he barely spoke before security and supporters helped him depart. He plans to return next Sunday despite the clash.
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Enniscarthy
Parnell
O'Cleary
Ireland
America
The Notorious Langdon Moore Faces Sentencing
Langdon W. Moore, renowned cracksman, stands before the judge for sentence after a conviction for attempting to rob the Charlestown post office. His decades of crime span Boston, New York, and Toronto, involving counterfeiting, bank robberies, and the Concord bank burglary with losses reaching tens of thousands in bonds and government securities.
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Langdon W. Moore
Charlestown
East Boston
New York
Boston
Ike Marsh
Boylston Bank
Anti Beaconsfield A Liberal Ex Cabinet Minister Critiques Beaconsfield
Rt Hon Robert Lowe, a Gladstone cabinet minister, analyzes the Beaconsfield government and the coming election. He argues the decisive issue is defining future statecraft and national aims, praising England's peaceful pursuits and warning against imperial pretension and party self interest.
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Robert Lowe
Gladstone
Lord Beaconsfield
England
Europe
Died Alone A Wealthy Worcester Man Found Dead
J. J. Harris a forty five year old unmarried Worcester resident was found dead in his Linn street room this afternoon after living alone in a miserly manner. Police burst in after no contact since Friday and found about 180 in cash plus western town bonds and notes totaling around 5000. He owned the house and death is attributed to heart disease.
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Worcester
J. J. Harris
Linn Street
Marshal Drennan
Thayer
Harris
Rice
A Street Duel at Fort Douglas Involves Army Officer and Doctor
Salt Lake City March 27 Dr Lecompte and Captain C B Western of the Fourteenth Infantry fought a street duel at Fort Douglas yesterday morning Both officers were wounded Western likely to be unfit for service as his left arm is shattered Dr Lecompte was not seriously hurt Efforts are under way to keep the affair quiet The cause of the trouble remains unclear Western recently promoted to captaincy.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Lacompte
C. B. Western
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Western
Lecompte
A Stirring Temperance Lecture Ends With Tragic Injury
In Trenton New Jersey last night a notorious drunkard known as Jake Martin, who spent most of his life in jail, was found severely burned with both legs charred after a spree at limekilns. Boatmen rescued him and he was taken to a hospital where doctors said both legs must be amputated.
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Moore
Concord National Bank
Middlesex Institution For Savings
Harry Howard
Langdon
United States
Harry
Framingham
New York
Keene
Sherman
Paulsboro
Delaware River
Hunt
Jourdain
Elder
Idler
Concord
Concord Bank
Norway
Lime Rock Bank
Toronto
Trenton
N. J
Jake Martin
Constellation Sails Out With 3135 Barrels Of Provisions
New York sailors aboard the Constellation celebrate as the cargo ship sails with 3135 barrels of flour potatoes corn meal oatmeal and clothing. The lines were loosed at 9 o'clock and cheers rose from the despatch boat Tallapoosa and the receiving ship Colorado.
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New York
Constellation
Colorado
Elizabeth Ex Officials Sentenced
Elizabeth March 27 Ex comptroller Leggett and chief clerk Leeds were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the city treasury. Leggett received seven years hard labor and a 2600 dollar fine and Leeds four years and a 1200 dollar fine. The judge spoke sternly to both.
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Elizabeth
Leggett
Leeds
Mrs. Cleveland Whips Beers Over Daughter's Character
In Quincy Illinois on March 28 Mrs. George Cleveland mother of Clara Lynch known as wife No 4 of bigamist Clarence E Davis attacked J K Beers near Justice Rearicks office after Beers allegedly spoke ill of Clara. Beers escaped to the street as the woman continued blows. Beers aged fifty testified. she admitted striking him and was fined three dollars plus costs.
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Quincy, Ill
George Cleveland
Clara Lynch
Clarence E. Davis
J. K. Beers
Clevelands
Justice Rearick
Clara
Beers
Kearney Speech Draws Largest San Francisco Crowd
In San Francisco on March 28 a large sand-lot gathering heard Kearney speak. His address avoided war attacks but stated firm opposition to the threatened measures.
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Kearney
San Francisco
Butler's sharp view on Monroe doctrine policy
General Butler returns from Massachusetts and criticizes the administration's Monroe doctrine stance. He says the U S appears as a laughing stock, with a weak navy and plans for a canal, while threatening war if others build across the Isthmus of Panama. He suggests a cautious policy to deter foreign canal building until ready.
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General Butler
Washington
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Spain
Italy
France
Germany
England
Panama
BurLer
San Francisco
Congress
An Old Negro Minstrel Gone in Providence
Joseph W. Burgess, a longtime black minstrel performer, died in Providence on Saturday night at age forty eight. He was a regular attache of the old Forbes Theatre, leaving a notable legacy in minstrel shows of his era.
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Providence
Joseph W. Burgess
Forgery Case At Bow Street Over Execution Stay
London Bow Street court hears Caleb Charles Whiteford a surgeon accused of forging a letter purportedly from Hon A F O Liddell to countermand the execution of Charles Shurety at Newgate on January 6. The note aimed to obstruct justice and was found by Newgate governor to be a forgery. Whiteford admits interest in the case and is committed for trial with bail. Capetown reports another diamond robbery at the post office with diamonds valued near 600000 dollars and drafts missing. Arica sees a severe clash as 12000 Chileans land and engage ironclads. Huascar damaged and Captain Thompson killed. Prepared for emergencies reports reveal a secret passage from the czar’s palace to a fortress. Russia and China tensions prompt renewed intrigues. Bulgaria’s army to include Russian troops. Afghan ameer not restored. Nihilist arrests continue in St. Petersburg.
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Gardner
Moore
Concord
Samuel Felker
United States
Felker
Secret Service Department
William F. Wood
Durance
Boston
Bow Street
London
Caleb Charles Whiteford
A. F. O. Liddell
Charlies Shurety
Newgate
Piper
Liddell
Home Secretary
Stafford Northcote
Mr. Liddell
Sidney Robert Smith
Charles Shurety
Rutland-gate
Local Government Board
Bellamy
Rutland Gate
Stan
Sam
R. Assheton Cross
Newgate Prison
Loyxpoy
Cape Town
Post Office
Postminster
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Neva
Winter Palace
France and Russia extradition dispute details emerge
France abroad releases memorandum defending government actions in the Aibilist Hartmann affair. It argues Russia’s extradition demand rested on political grounds, not common law, and notes Prince Orloff only transferred his claim eleven days after the arrest.
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France
Hartmann
Russia
Prince Orloff
Ireland's Freedom and Boston Irish Leaders' Response
A Philadelphia circular calls a June 24 national convention of Irishmen to seek independent government for Ireland. Prominent leaders like O Donovan Rossa are named, while Boston and New England figures doubt its reach or influence. James Stephens asserts Fenian aims remain forceful and ongoing despite relief efforts.
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Philadelphia
O'Donovan Rossa
England
Ireland
New England
Rossa
Heston
Lome
GLOBE
Ford
Foy
O’ Donovan Rossa
Dr. Carroll
Hoston
TurnLone
Boston
James H. Stephens
Fenian Brotherhood
Chicago
Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
Parnell
Sickenning Sighting in Newark Doctor Found Dead
Dr. George William Peiper, uncle of the late Rt. Rev. Dr. Odenheimer, Protestant bishop of New Jersey, was found dead in his Newark home at 183 Walnut Street. The room reeked and rats had eaten portions of his hands. He had been dead about eight days and, despite character and connections, faced financial embarrassment. Burial likely in Potter's field unless relatives claim the body.
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Newark
Kata
George William Peiper
Odenheimer
New Jersey
Walnut Street
City
Potter's Field
Savings bank cashier refuses reduced pay offer
A Marysville savings bank president offered a light duty post paying $400 monthly if the new cashier agreed not to speculate or gamble with deposits. The candidate declined saying he could not be cramped and would not accept the condition. In Camp Illinois a steamer wheel accident killed two roustabouts and badly injured another.
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San Francisco Post
Marysville
Steele
Camp
Ill
Guiding Star
Visionary Bonanza Sparks Indiana Claim on Holland Estate
In Kokomo Indiana residents claim a vast Holland estate linked to Kern family heirs scattered across Pennsylvania and the West. A government loan reportedly due in ninety nine years totals 200 million dollars with Kern roots traced to 18th century migrations. A separate New York note reports ice price reset to a cent per pound after a cold winter, with high Maine crop yields and cheaper ice from Maine.
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Cincinnati
Kokomo County
Indiana
Holland
Kern
Pennsylvania
Kokomo
New York
Maine
Power of Gold Resident Heads to New York
James R. Keene the bonanza king was in Newport visiting family and chartered the steamer City of Newport to Providence then took the midnight train to New York, traveling from Newport on March 29.
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Newport
R.I
James R. Keene
New York
City of
Providence
New
Highest Halibut Price of the Season Near Gloucester
Gloucester March 29 A shipper from the Banks landed 28 000 pounds of fresh halibut. The catch sold for twenty cents a pound for white and twelve cents for gray. It marked the season’s highest price and came within one cent of the all time high paid for halibut.
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Gloucester
Mass
Ex-Cashier's Slender Links to Rich Heiress in Embezzlement
Edward E. Benedict, Buffalo yacht club member, confessed to embezzling around 6855 to over 10,000 from Smith bank while courting Alice Bassford. He married in New York and promised to repay, but spent funds on a $6000 yacht and jewelry for his heiress wife, with lawyers and Dickinsons recovering part of the losses. Benedict faced arrest but was bailed. his mother-in-law’s business and estate were involved as he sought repayment.
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Buffalo
Edward E. Benedict
Buffalo Yacht Club
Benedict
Moses — Veer
Smith
Nedict
Alice E. Bas
Edward D. Bassford
New York
Miller & Schelling
Bassford
Yacht Club
Rae
T. & E. Dickinson
Srood
Cooper Institute
Baseford
Handsome Woman Seeks Letter From City Window
A Bangor postmark letter addressed to the "Handsomest Young Lady in the City" sits in a Portsmouth post office window. The clerk and aides watch as women hesitate to claim it, while onlookers speculate about the owner and the right to possess the envelope and its contents. The scene creates much talk and anxiety as the envelope remains unclaimed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Chonicle
Bangor
Cerberus
Rival Factions Fight at Pittsburg Church Meeting
March 29 a heated congregational meeting at First Reformed Presbyterian Church Oak Alley ended in a brawl between Woodside and opposing factions. Samuel Barclay was attacked as he attempted to chair, police with maces cleared the room, and Mayor Liddell ordered no further meetings until arbitration.
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Pittspura
Pittsburg
First Reformed Presbyterian Church
Oak Alley
Fartiongs
Woodside
Samuel Barclay
Black
Liddell
Olice
Sitting Bulls Braves Hungry for Subsistence Surrender
In Washington on March 26 Sitting Bull s Indians arrive at northwest agencies ready to surrender and give up arms and ponies if the United States government can subsist them. Secretary Schurz cites no available appropriation and war department must feed them. Neither war nor interior departments welcome their return. A note mentions Sioux and Ute enmity and aid rumors.
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Sitting Bull
Washington
Northwest
United States
Schurz
War Department
War
Interior Departments
Canada
Soceeenes Sebura
Gale devastates Midwest towns with wind and damage
A March gale swept Omaha and Nebraska causing frame buildings to topple and telegraph lines to falter. Similar winds hit Lafayette and Stockwell Indiana, wrecking barns and fences. In Dublin Ohio a saloon blast damaged the building after placing a keg of powder under a millstone, with no injuries reported.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Keokuk
Iowa
Lafayette
Ind
Stockwell
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Charles Bullard
Don Thompson
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