Butlerian Convention Review of State and Party Services
Worcester observers describe a large Butler era convention with delegates streaming in, speeches by Avery Plympton Woodbury and Pillsbury, and a critique of Robinson and Butler era policies. The piece lauds Butler’s impact on state institutions taxes and reform while warning the party to mobilize for Chicago and push tariff reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Hete Edward Avery
Plympton
Levi Woodbury
Coveney
E. F. Pillsbury
Democratic Triumphs and Critique of Republican Misrule in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts Democratic speech traces the party's unity in 1876 and 1882, highlights reforms under Governor Butler, praises the prison system, insurance department cleanup, and a race milestone in judiciary, while criticizing Republican actions during and after the Civil War era. It denounces Albany bribery and asserts Democratic governance as superior to Republican governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Hayes
Senate
Webster
Andrew
Massachusetts
Dory
Butler
Talbot
Earle
Marsh
Clarke
Entier
Commonwealth
Republican Party
Usher
Adjutant-General’s Office
Insurance Department
Charter Oak
Knickerbocker
Tarbox
Dalton
Union
McCatterty
Long
Old Bay
Massachusetts General
Free Ships Debate Drives Senate Shipping Bill
The Senate debated free ships and free material as part of the shipping bill with Senator West arguing for maritime revival and Henry Carey cited as a Brigham Young of protection. Frye warned the amendment could destroy coastwise trade while West claimed it would expand American shipyards and commerce. The session adjourned briefly with no final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
England
Mr. Frye
Beck
Maine
Commerce Committee
West
United States
Great Britain
Rom Mame
Ciinan
Henry C. Carey
Philadelphia
Brigham Young
Europe
Democratic Party
Mr. West
Ingersoll
Cockrell
Hour
Messrs. Plumb
Vest
Plain
Treasury Register
Joan Roach
Germany
Weil
Hale
Free ships amendment eyed by Senate in merchant marine bill
The May 4 report says the Senate will likely back the free ship amendment to the House bill removing burdens on the American merchant marine. It would allow citizens to buy ships of 4000 tons abroad not used in coastwise trade. McPherson Bayard and Van Wyck may back it. shipbuilders fear ruin if free ships pass.
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Washington
Senate
McPherson
Bayard
Beck
van Wyck
Nebraska
Kansas
Shipbuilding Industries
United States
Foreign capitalists warned on public land rights rights
The commissioner cautions foreign correspondents that possessory rights to public lands beyond the settlement laws carry no title and that mere occupation affords no claim. He opposes large scale alienation by individuals or corporations and notes likely future easing of alienation limits.
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United States
House Passes Amended Bill to Enforce Anti Chinese Act
In Westington May 3 the House approved a motion to form a committee of the whole to consider a bill amending the May 1882 act to execute treaty stipulations relating to the Chinese. The measure tightens exclusion of Chinese immigrants and applies to the race. Debate featured proponents citing labor needs and opponents labeling it unnecessary and repugnant to treaty obligations. The bill passed 154 to 13 and adjourned.
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Westington
Morrison
Lamb
Indiana
Mey
Henley
California
George
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Rice
Massachusetts
Glasscock
Missachusetts
Chinatown
San Francisco
Sumner
Hitt
Hilnels
Yeas
Messrs. Adams
Illinois
Brewer
New York
Browne
Everhart
Pennsylvania
Henderson
Kean
New Jersey
Lyman
Price
Wisconsin
Skinner
Smalls
South Corona
Spooner
Unexpected Milwaukee Marriage of Poets and Plater
Miss Ella Wheeler Wisconsin poetess wed Robert M. Wilcox of Meriden Silver Plating Company in a secret ceremony. They met a year ago and wed today as the groom departed for Meriden. Wilcox, 40, is described as wealthy. the bride, 32, has been writing poetry since age 12.
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Milwaukee
Ella Wheeler
Wisconsin
Robert M. Wilcox
Meriden Silver Plating Company
Meriden, Conn
Meriden
Wilcox
I Am Not Fooling Last Words of Danvers Doctor
Dr. Edgar O. Fowler died suddenly in Porters Hall ball room. He had lived in Danvers about ten years leaving a widow and 9 month old child. He declared I am not fooling as he collapsed, once acting surgeon of the Second Corps of Cadets and well respected.
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Danvers
Edgar O. Fowler
Porters Tall
Tme
Coggin
Secret fusion plan reshapes West Virginia politics
Three Republican State Committee members led by Marshal Atkinson met six to seven Greenbackers to form a fusion campaign. Republicans to control the governorship. Greenbackers to lead the majority of asylum, penitentiary and public works boards. Republican convention set for Parkersburg on July 30 to fill the ticket. electoral vote of six evenly split.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Republican State Committee
Marshal Atkinson
Reublicans
Greenackers
Asylum
Asylum, Penitentiary and Public Works Boards
Parkersburg
Greenbackers
Land Titles Informing Foreign Capitalists on Claims
Commissioner Mc Farland replies to a Senate inquiry on how large tracts of public lands pass to foreign corporations. He notes Scots investor interest, limits on direct US title transfers, and that many claims depend on the validity of earlier titles. He cites fraud via false affidavits in grazing districts and stresses settlement requirements.
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Washington
McFarland
General Land Office
Public Lands Committee of
The
Senate
Messrs
Sedea
Mississippi River
United States
Twelve year old travels by freight train across states
Eddie Senark of Bristol Connecticut, age 12, returned home after three months away. He rode freight trains from Connecticut to Fishkill Landing and Low Point, worked at a hotel and on farms, visited Albany and Buffalo, then reached South Whitelyville Indiana before deciding to stop wandering.
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Waterbury
Conn
Eddie Senark
Bristol
Indiana
Fishkall Landing
Flannering
Low Point
Hudson
Albany
Buffalo
Two Georgia marriages in a street car and a Jamestown home
In Atlanta on May 5 Rev. Virgil Norcross performed a street car betrothal between John Stewart and Dora Ward as passengers pledged themselves. At Jamestown he wed Dawson Blaine and Annie Sesterile after the bride’s mother initially objected, then consented as the ceremony proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Virgil Norcross
Jamestown
John Stewart
Dora Ward
Norcross
Stewart
Dawson Blaine
Annie Sesterile
J. Norcross
Officials warned of peril for GOP convention delegates
The Civil Service Reform Association led by president George William Curtis sent notices to national and state officials elected as delegates to the Republican National Convention. It warned that attendance could expose them to charges being brought against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Civil Service Reform Association
George William Curtis
Dangerous Forest Fires Rampage on Blue Mountains
Hundreds battle fast spreading fires on the north side of pine ridges near Wind Gap and the Pocono mountains. Smoke blankets the region as trains crawl through blinding haze. Pen Argyle quarry workers fight a blaze near town while several houses burn in White Haven.
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Pen Argyle
Pocomo Mountains
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Whitehaven
Fire Devastates Gainesville Square Buildings
Five people fled the Varnum Hotel blaze at 3 am as smoke engulfed the upper structure. The Arlington Hotel and surrounding shops burned, with about thirty five buildings total lost and an estimated $140000 in damage. key losses hit Varnum and Arlington hotels, Florida Southern railroad office, and several merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Varnum
Seminary
Arlington House
Arlington Hotel
Te Hotel
Varuum
Ladel Brothers & Bernheim, Clothiers
Florida Southern Railroad
P. Martinez
City Fire Destroys Twelve Buildings in PratRm City
Fire today wiped out twelve business establishments in PratRm City Iowa including the News office and Adkin's bakery where flames began. The town lacks a fire department and no insurance covered the losses. Damage exceeds $60,000 with the center of town possibly doomed at one point.
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PratRm City
Adkin's Bakery
Fire Devastates Gilman Village Near Port Jervis
A forest fire near Gilman's depot spreads east and south destroying nearly a thousand acres of timber lands and crippling rail travel by burning two railroad bridges. The tannery and saw mill owned by W. W. Gilman are burned, and villagers evacuate with loss of homes and belongings. Firefighters and nearby towns mobilize amid high winds and worsening conditions. Damage may reach several hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port’ Jervis
Gilman
W. W. Gilman
Forest and Meadow Fires Rage Across East Long Island
Fire spreads through Brookhaven Islip Huntington and East Hampton destroying over 1000 acres of timber and meadow. Farmers abandon spring work as miles of scrub oak burn. Fire departments and residents battle the blazes amid dense smoke endangering livestock and property worth thousands of dollars.
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Bapy On
L. J
Long Island
Brookhaven
Islip
Huntington
East Hampton
Suffolk County
Houses Horses and Bridges Burned in Whitehaven Fire
Fire ravaged Whitehaven Pennsylvania burning seven farm houses and eleven dwellings while seven horses perished. Seven bridges on Bear Creek line were destroyed halting rail travel. Danger eased at Penargyle Wind Gap and Broad Mountain area but fires raged through the night on the switchback toward Mauch Chunk.
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Whitehaven
Penn
California
Meadow Run
Bear Creek
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Penargyle
Ove
Broad Mountain
Mauch Chunk
Village Narrowly Escapes Destruction From Forest Fires
Forest fires sweep through the Emporium area with a dry season and gale winds. At Sterling Run nine miles from Emporium several tannery buildings burned while villagers fled, two families reported lost and feared casualties. Swissmont fifteen miles away saw two joints of lumber destroyed and five thousand cords of charcoal burned. A wind storm in Mount Carmel drives ongoing fires with visible flames.
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Emporium
Penn
Sterling Run
Wales
Tannery Company
Renova
Swissmont
Forest fires rage near Portsucne and Isle of Wight county
A long Richmond era style note reports woods ablaze on both sides of the railroad and five thousand cords of Charwood company charcoal burned. Smoke obscures the sun as fires threaten Isle of Wight county near Portsucne Virginia on May 3 with details scarce.
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Charwood Company
Portsucne
Isle of Wight
Murder and Lynching Shock Medicine Lodge Town
CALOWELE Kansas May 4 The shooting and lynching of City Marshal Henry Newton Brown and Deputy Marshal Benjamin Wheeler over the Medicine Lodge Bank robbery and murder shocks the town. Brown a famed lawman with a checkered past and Wheeler a cooler deputy were buried with four robbers in a single grave near Medicine Lodge.
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Calowele
Kansas
Henry Newton Brown
Benjamin Wheeler
Medicine Lodge
Noreality
Ciizens
Enly
Brown
Rolla
West
Colorado
Texas
Tls Uust
Billy the Kid
Tuscorse
Tex
Lravy
New Mexico
Oldham County
Dodge City
Kan
Bart Carr
Miss Livergood
Rockdale
Wheeler
Liv
Graveyard Charm Scam Highlighted in Divorce Case
Mrs. Wagner testified in Sharon versus Sharon at a San Francisco hearing about a graveyard charm plot. She described Miss Hill offering $6000 for a charm, involving a pigeons heart and a bullfrog with needles, and instructions to place items in a grave at midnight to cause death or marriage.
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San Francisco
Sharon
Wagner
Miss Hill
Fetter
Tam
Terrific Landslide Destroys Boston & Maine Bridge Work
Dover May 1 The Boston and Maine railroad faced a major landslide at the Cocheco crossing as an 80 foot bank on the riverbank slid at noon wrecking the coffer dam and 30 feet of the temporary bridge. One donkey engine operator was swept into the river but unharmed. Travel will be impeded and passengers must detour about half a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Cuccheco
Dover
Boston & Maine Railroad
Cocheco
Boston
Land slide at Boston and Maine bridge near Dover
May 5 report from Dover New Brunswick notes another landslide at 10 30 AM on the Boston and Maine railroad bridge. Six feet of slide shifts trestles five feet and drops the track about three feet. Spires driven become useless as they are displaced. road condition nears that of the first slide.
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Dover
N. F
Boston & Maine Railroad
Preacher’s Farewell Sermon Sparks Church Furor in Troy
In Centre Brunswick Lutherans Troy April 30. Pastor Delo preaches farewell sermon accusing church officers. He declares he will preach gospel when a majority are in hell. The remarks cause a sensation and threaten tar and feather. The church has had multiple pastors amid disputes but remains prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Delo
Lutheran Church
Centre Brunswick
Kansas-Buffalo Pact: Pawnee Land Lease Spares 128000 Acres
Bennett and Durham, prominent stockmen, secure a five year lease with option to ten from the Pawnee Indians in Indian Territory. The lease covers 128000 acres at three cents per acre yearly. Lands to be divided into ranges and stocked with cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Indian Territory
Bennett and
Durham
Fire devastates Selden House area in Williamston blaze
Early in the morning a fire swept through the Selden House and surrounding business district in Williamston, a village about forty miles north. The blaze destroyed roughly twenty five buildings with reported losses near 940,000 in value.
Sleep and hibernation myths from a drown kitten tale
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece recounts a controversial lecture on suspended animation by medical students. A student demonstrates reviving a drowned kitten after seven hours, claiming humans may hibernate like bears. The dialogue cites expeditions in India and notes from Scribner’s Monthly about buried alive fakirs.
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Claude Wade
India
Scribner’s Monthly
Ranjit Singh
Lahore
Fakir
Rupjit Singh
Pachape
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Free Ships
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