International copyright bill dominates Senate debate
In week ending May 6 the Senate focused on a controversial international copyright bill. Senator Beck of Kentucky condemned the measure as creating monopolies, harming cheap access to foreign books, and elevating prices through publisher and printer unions. Debate touched on copying provisions and a proposed amendment about printed works sent to the Library of Congress. The vote on the amendment failed. the Senate adjourned.
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United States
Union of
Publishers
Union of Printers
Newsyotk
Boston
Philadelphia
Anhicago
r.Chace
Jones
Arkansas
Messrs
Chace
Anna
Call
Gray
Itelf
Jess
Enate
Dreary Drips of Declamation in Tariff Debates
Long tailed Senate and House debates feature Voorhees denouncing Ingalls as a liar while tit-for-tat charges fly over Civil War loyalties. Tariff discussion continues with attacks on protection, calls for revenue reductions, and notes on land grant forfeiture and public building appropriations.
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Virginia
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Democratic tariff debate sparks cross party clash in House
The House debated the tariff bill with Ohio’s Grosvenor denouncing the war tax repeal aims and defending protection, while Maryland’s Roe and New Hampshire’s Gallinger voiced strong opposition. Senate discussion touched on Castleland usage and harsh attacks on Democratic claims and 1876 fraud.
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James Buchanan
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Iowa
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America
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Burrows Outlines Republican Tariff Substitute Plan
J C Burrows of Michigan, a Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, says Republicans will offer a substitute after the Mills bill is debated under the rules. The plan seeks about 94 million dollars in relief including tobacco, arts alcohol, sugar duties, and a sugar bounty, with larger cuts than the Mills bill.
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J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Ways and Means Committee
Ake
President signs Bancroft Gerardi as rear admiral
The president has signed the commission of Bancroft Gerardi as a rear admiral in the navy. The copyright bill stalls in the Senate and its fate is doubtful. There are hints that the Blair educational matter may be exhausted this session. The Senate committee favors Balcow public building at Haver with a $76,000 appropriation, which is reduced.
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Senate
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Haver
Vessels Collide in Dense Fog Off Cape Henlopen
The British steamer Benison and the Morgan Line ship Eureka collided 160 miles southeast of Cape Henlopen in dense fog. The Eureka sank with all aboard. the Benison, badly damaged, was towed to Hampton Roads and then to Norfolk. The Benison carried a 210,000 dollar cargo of sugar from Matanzas to Philadelphia. there were no passengers aboard the Eureka, which had Captain Richard T. Quick and a crew of 38.
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Hudson
New York
Benison
Liverpool van Sickle
Morgan Line
Stcatnaht Company
Baltimore
Enison
Matangvas
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Huson
Pecan Pil Line
New Orns
Teas
Polluion
Vaneenry
Ureka
Nork
New Orleans
Norfolk
Ric Quick
Augenhend
Benson
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Doctor's Bill Shocks Exeutors in Tilden Case
New York May 1 Dr Charles E Simmons claims 143360 for eight years of medical attendance on Samuel J Tilden from 1879 until his death The executors Andrew Green John Bigelow and George Smith declined liquidation citing statute rules Simmons suit seeks bill of particulars before answer Filing may stretch past the term of the court and a full trial is not assured The doctor served as president of the commissioners of charities and correction and his wife is said to be a distant relation to Tilden.
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Charles E. Simmons
Commissioners of Charities and Correction
Samuel J. Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Gramercy Park House
Immons
Mr.Tilden
Greystone
Simmons
Statesman
Sim
Tilden
Roscoe Conkling Will Leaves Estate to Mrs Conkling
Roscoe Conkling's will dated 1867 leaves all property to Mrs. Conkling. A thorough search finds no later document. The estate is believed to total about $200,000.
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Roscoe Conkling
New York
West grain men warn of coming wheat deficit
New York report May 5 quotes western and northwestern grain men on the next season. Interviews indicate a deficit of from two to four million bushels, with prices and acreage expectations noted amid cautious outlooks. Strong entities include the Herald, wheat producers, and regional markets.
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the Herald This
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Northwest
Untitled regional economic notice fragment
An unclear regional summary notes changes across U S states including California Indiana Illinois Michigan and Ohio with mentions of cent amounts and year comparisons indicating decreases in some areas though specifics are fragmentary and unresolved.
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California
Jose
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Boston Broker Arrested for Embezzling Stock
J Benjamin Palmer a broker at 62 State street Boston was arrested Saturday evening on a charge of embezzling 200 shares of railroad stock. The special complaint alleges charges against him and others with victims totaling about 50000. Losses on the stock exchange led Palmer to misuse customers funds. Bail set at 20000 and furnished, and the prisoner released.
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Stock Exchange
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Whoop It Up for the Next President Powderly Declares
General Master Workman Powderly writes he is not a candidate and will not turn the Knights of Labor into a party. He urges workers to vote for country before party and to honor the preamble of knighthood. He says he is not seeking the head of a new department of labor in Washington.
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Workman Powderly
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Powderly
Department of Labor
Washington
Mrs Toy Dies After Alarm Clock Incident
In Pranopy on May 7, Mrs Frank Toy set an 8 o'clock alarm and was found unconscious by her husband when it rang. She died at 4 o'clock after reporting a headache before retiring.
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Frank Toy
Chamberlain Cured After Pasteur Wolf Bite Treatment
W W Chamberlain of Texas who sought Pasteur’s help in Paris for a wolf bite has returned to New York perfectly well. Another man bitten by the same wolf died of hydrophobia after showing initial symptoms. Pasteur’s treatment, once feared too late, proved effective.
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New York
W. C. Chamberlain
Texas
Paris
Pasteur
Awful Fate of Stream-Drivers at East Branch River
St Jony New Brunswick May 7 James Coesto and Len Duplisen stream drivers attempted to break a sample of logs at East Branch river Point Wolfe Saturday. They succeeded but both perished leaving dependent families. Lumbermen face heavy spring losses due to low water hindering driving and reduced Boston shipments. Range bass consignment seized at International Steamship warehouse for violating close law banning bass export and fishing March to October.
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James Coesto
Len Duplisen
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Point Wolfe
New Brunswick
Boston
International Steamship Company
Startling Statements on Indians in Northwest Canada
Ottawa May 7 Rev Dr Brick missionary at Peace River Northwest Territories warned that hundreds of Indians not under treaty are dying yearly from starvation as game remains scarce. He cited camps living on boiled leather and horseflesh with cannibalism reportedly occurring. urged immediate government relief to prevent extinction and a blot on Canada's name.
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Ottawa
Ont
Brick
Peace River
Northwestern Territories
Northwest
Canada
Ingalls Story Denied by Indiana Soldiers On Train
Captain James McKee and another soldier aboard the train with Senator Voorhees testify Ingalls story is false. They say equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans were present, Colonel Farrow was friendly to Voorhees, and no violence occurred. A soldier reportedly tossed Voorhees hat from a window, then Farrow apologized and bought a new hat.
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Confederacy
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Senator Voorhees
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Mr. Eustis
Indianapolis
Ind
James McKee
James McKee & Co
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Seventy-eighth
Colonel Farrow
Lee St. Clair
Farrow
Blaine or Not Blaine Aggressive Nomination Movement
A New York sourced dispatch asserts Blaine’s friends have secured his assent to a renewed aggressive push for renomination. The report details pressure from leaders like Jones and Phelps, says Blaine will not decline if nominated, and notes coordinated support in Pennsylvania, Massachu setts, Vermont, and Illinois with state conventions backing a Blaine bid and opposing Democrat Cleveland.
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Florence
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William Walter Phelps
Whitelaw Reid
Charlies Emory Smith
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Li Ata
Blaine's Name Not Confirmed for Chicago Nomination Says Allies
Washington May 5. Congressman Milliken and Senator Frye deny knowledge of Blaine’s Chicago nomination, while Milliken argues Blaine would accept if nominating party demands it. Whitelaw Reid dismisses reports of Blaine’s withdrawal as false and notes Blaine’s intent to retire remains personal.
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William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
Frye
Maine
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Blaine
Chicago
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Ashington
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Philadelphia ‘Times
Milliken
Sherman
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Earnest
New Jersey and Indiana Conventions Name Delegates and Endorsements
The New Jersey Democratic State convention elected Governor Green ex Governor Abbott Moses Bigelow and Senator Baker as delegates at large to the St Louis convention. The Indiana Republican convention in Indianapolis chose Hon R W Thompson as permanent chairman and endorsed Benjamin Harrison for the nomination with a greeting to Senator Ingalls of Kansas for his remarks against Senator Voorhees.
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Blaingi
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Prohibition
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Kansas
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Why He Won’t Contribute to the Ohio League
A Cincinnati report says Senator John Sherman declined a donation request from Judge Caldwell, president of the Ohio State League of Republican Clubs, citing large campaign expenses. The move is seen as due to Blaine sentiment in the league, not the expense reason.
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New York
Cincinnati
Judge Caldwell
Ohio State League of Republican Clubs
John Sherman
Blaine
Voorhees Reception in Washington to Defend Union Loyalty
Senator Voorhees will be honored by the Indiana Democratic Club in Washington on May 17 with a reception. He will rebut Ingalls charges about wartime Union sympathy using documentary evidence and then pay public respect to Ingalls in a manner promised to amuse attendees.
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Senator Voorhees
Indiana Democratic Club
Ingalls
Union
Mr. Ingalls
Streeter's Sensation: Survivor Links Sultana Disaster to Confederate Agent
Louis resident William C Streeter claims the 1865 Sultana explosion was deliberate design by Confederate agent Robert Lowden known as Charles Dale. Streeter says Lowden confessed after the war to placing a coal lump with a torpedo near the boilers to destroy the steamer. The full extent of responsibility remains unclear.
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Memphis
William C. Streeter
Robert Lowden
Charles Dale
Streeter
Lowden
Sultana
Amherst's Esteemed Professor and Author Dr Laurens Hickok Dead
Sprinareno May 6 reports the death at Amherst of Dr Laurens Per seus Hickok a famed metaphysicist. He studied at Union College served as pastor in Kent and Litchfield before leading theology at Western Faseive College and Auburn Theological Seminary. He rejoined Union College as professor and briefly as president then returned to Amherst. He contributed to Bibliotheca Sacra and Christian Spectator and produced influential texts now used in colleges.
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Laurens Perseus Hickok
Amherst
Union College
Nore
Bibliotheca Sacra
Christian Spectator
Petition for Pardons Circulates in Cui0aco
A petition to Governor Oglesby for pardons of Anarchists Fielden Schwab and Neebe has circulated over four days among Socialists Anarchists and Radicals in the city. It reportedly has thousands of signatures and will be presented to a mass meeting of workers for ratification. The petition closely mirrors a text circulated before the execution of Spies Fischer Parsons and Engel.
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Oglesby
Mrs Wieder's Physician Believes She May Fast Another Week
LANCASTER Penn May 7 Yesterday marked the forty fifth day since Mrs Weider an inmate of the Lancaster county hospital has taken food She is rational on other subjects but insists on living on air and water She is 32 a mother of a six year old girl She is very thin but her face looks well and the resident physician will not force food until he sees evidences of prostration which are very unlikely He believes the woman can abstain from food for about a week longer without final detriment Yet she seems happy
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Penn
Failures for the Week Across the United States and Canada
The Mercantile Agency reports 209 US business failures and 25 in Canada this week, totaling 234. This compares to 223 last week and 195 the week before. Last year for the same week showed 182 failures, with 168 in the United States and 32 in Canada.
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R. G. Dan & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency Today
United States
Canada
Oldest Mason in the World Died in Mexico Missouri
Mexico Mo May 6 Alfred Barnes aged 98 died in this county. He had been a mason for many years and was said to be the oldest in the county. Burial details not available.
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Alfred Barnes
County
Ameags
Dynamite Disaster Kills Eight in Locust Gap Train Crash
Shamokin Pennsylvania May 6. Eight killed and seventeen houses wrecked as a fast freight on the Philadelphia Reading railroad breaks apart near Locust Gap. An explosion in a dynamite laden car shatters buildings for miles, injuring many and sparking fires. Scattered wreckage, a death toll including John Quinn and children, and extensive property loss put total at about $76,000.
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James Dormer
Mary Dougherty
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Andrew McElwee
James Rafferty
Annie Matthews
Frank McManus
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William Need
Poscees
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Patrickferty
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Christopher McGrain
Christian Methain
Simon Kerwick
Dennis Keardon
Philadelphia & Reaving Coal and Iron Paper
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John Quinn
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Giswater
Shamokin
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Railroad Wreck in Michigan Tragedy at Floodwood Bridge
A Milwaukee and Northern freight train derailed at Floodwood Michigan when high water flooded the Michigamme river under the bridge. The engine and eight cars plunged into the river. The engineer and fireman perished along with another unidentified man. Names of victims not reported.
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Michigamme River
Wreck of Circus Train Kills One Man Fatally Scalds Another
Steubenville May 6 A Miller Freeman circus train derailed near Mikanna station after a landslide. One man, Kuneur A. BK Stillwell of Willie, was fatally scalded and Els worth of Columbus, O., was killed. Performers and horses escaped injury.
Lincoln despatch on Union Pacific land title upswing
Special despatch from Lincoln reports Attorney General Leese in Omaha examining Union Pacific lands in that city. He claims the company holds about 2.9 million dollars worth of property with no valid title. The carrier operates under federal grant. state control is asserted as uncertain.
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