News of the Week Washington 1885 silver and pensions notes
Consul General Anderson reports a rise in US imports by 53779 dollars while British imports fall by 1092613. Disallowed 1800 as labors expense charged to labor funds. Pension claim upheld for a deserting soldier later wounded. Treasury buys 41900000 ounces of silver. silver dollar at 7.75 cents. Graves named Special Timber Agent. Ordnance panel says US steel can supply armor and gun ingots. asks for funding. House silver coinage split along regional lines with West and South favoring coinage suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Montreal
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Durham
Norman J. Colman
Commissioner of Pensions
Treasury Department
John L. Graves
Missouri
General Land Office
Ordnance Commission
Messrs
Randall, Hewitt, Crisp
Hiscock Phelps
Reed
Congress
House of Representatives
National Republican
West
South
East
Middle States
Notable Deaths and Crimes in Northeastern States
Benjamin D. Clapp former Essex Clinton Assemblyman dies at 45 of consumption in Plattsburg New York. Samuel Johnson مت accused of murder near Chester Pennsylvania receives hearing and is jailed with witnesses Carrie and Mollie Stevens. George W Childs plans memorial to General Grant at Library Hall Long Branch with a stained glass window. West Willow Lancaster County veterinarians report pleuro pneumonia in six cattle to be culled. Hausmeyer family in Tarentum Pa. faces trichiniasis from pork death toll rises to eight. Pennsylvania Company halts multiple shafts in Pittston affecting over a thousand workers. Aaron Shaw shoots wife then himself near Owego New York. Jamestown jewelry store robbed $1209 value. Brooklyn Sugar Refinery accident leaves worker chopped to pieces. companion dies of heart failure. Rev Daniel James Noyes dies at Chester New Hampshire former Dartmouth professor. Maine and Virginia coopers petition Congress for protection against English competition and Cuban bag use. Egg collector R N Lawton found murdered near Plainville Massachusetts. Dry goods imports into New York value and market tonnage listed. Elizabeth Pa. coal strike mass meeting largest since inauguration. support for three cent resolution. Northwest Coal Company mine deaths and injuries in Carbondale. Fatal fire in New York City kills three children. parents and son injured. Proepool Conn. principal forces pupil in act. details unclear.
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Benjamin D. Clapp
First National Bank
Plattsburg, N. Y
Essex County
Clinton County
Samuel Johnson
John Sharpless
Chester
Philadelphia
Delaware County
Carrie
Mollie Stevens
George W. Childs
Grove
Long Branch
Library Hall
General Grant
Bridges
West Willow
Lancaster County
Hausmeyer
Tarentum
Pennsylvania Company
Pittston
Aaron Shaw
Owego
N. Y
Ciue
Joseph Walsh
Brooklyn CN. Y
Frederick Bird
Bird
Daniel James Noyes
N. H
Dartmouth College
Congress
Maine
Virginia Coopers
Cuba
R. N. Lawton
Plainville
Mass
New York
Elizabeth
Northwest Coal Company
Carbondale
Richard Taylor
John Luke
John R. Thomas
David Cushner
David Evans
New York City
Patrick Driscoll
Driscoll
Richard N. Hotchkien
Proepool
Conn
Albert Chandisy
Treasury Agent Refuses Resignation and Violence Case Follows
N. W. Bingham, a Treasury special agent in Boston, declines to resign per Supervising Agent Martin, arguing his office is nonpolitical and his years of service. A violent incident is described with threats of lynching and severe injuries to a victim. Joseph Wilkins, ex agent of the Michigan Central Railroad in Buffalo, sentenced to Auburn prison for five years after a prior multi thousand dollar default.
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N. W. Bingham
the Treasury
Boston
Mass
Martin
Joseph Wilkins
Michigan Central Railroad
Buffalo
Auburn Prison
Robbery, fires and disasters fill late 19th century notices
A masked robber forces William Graham to surrender 34000 near Clinton Wisconsin Henry Lawson is arrested. Eight federal suits target Indiana township bondsmen for illegal warrants. Mississippi Penitentiary lease transfers to Gulf Ship Island Railway with 300 to 400 convicts to work. A Richmond Va chancery decree suspends the Richmond Whig publication. Judge Goode commits suicide in New Orleans. Wolves threaten Hillsborough Ohio area. Fatal fire in Wadesville West Virginia. Parcellan convention delayed in Chicago. Convicts escape in North Carolina and Mississippi. Mine disasters in Colorado and Minnesota. Trichiniasis outbreak in Cleveland. Brigham Young Hampton verdict in Salt Lake City. Fire destroys Dash and Browns distillery in Peoria. Grand Hotel and undertaker losses in Vincennes. Western Nail Association reports more machines. Miners found dead in Colorado shaft. Canton Ohio businessman found dead in Payson block.
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William Graham
Clinton
Wis
Henry Lawson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Canada
C. H. Brown
John Grimsley
John Clark
Davies County
Henry A. Thorp
Harrison
Arista Glover
Fountain
R. M. Martin
Jackson
W. B. Rodman
Washington
J. B. Clawson
Warren
Mississippi Penitentiary
Gulf & Ship Island Railway Company
Mississippi City
Poulouze
Richmond Whig Publishing Company
Holliday
Chancery Court
Richmond
Whig
Judge Goode
New Orleans
Henry Shirk
Marysville
John B. Mannix
Archbishop Purcell
Cincinnati
New York
Mannix
Western Union Telegraph
New York Central Railroad
St. Paul
Hillsborough
Fred Kopp
Wadesville
W. Va
Babe
Harrington
Irish National League
Parnell
Chicago
Fagan
Stokes County
N. C
Columbus
Frank Ricketts
Blind Asylum
Holmes Lumber Company
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Minnesota Gulch
Silverton
Col
Prodigal Son
Salt Lake
Utah
Brigham Young Hampton
W. H. Harvey
Starkville
Miss
Wash” Powers
Turner
Powers
Dash & Brown
Peoria
Vincennes
Ind
Grand Hotel
Gardner & Son
Wise
Western Nail Association
San Juan County
D. J. Begges
Canton
Paysor Block
City
Multistate Murders and Disasters Stun Regions
A string of violent incidents, accidents, and oddities fill reports from New Mexico to California. A county jailer is jailed amid a mob raid. Theodore Baker is rescued from hanging. a San Francisco boiler explosion kills two and injures others. Indian attacks near Steeple Rock, a pastor’s suicide in Clayton Indiana, and postmaster convention plans in Chicago are noted along with hog packing totals in the West and an insane asylum budget.
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George Green
Begges
Springer, N. M
Theodore Baker
Frank Unruh
Baker
Spring Valley Water Works
San Francisco
John Ryan
Peter Duffy
Steeple Rock
Arizona
John R. Elmore
Clayton
Ind
Chicago
Congress
Cincinnati
Max Schultz
Cleveland
Frieda
Schultz
Cleveland (O) Insane Asylum
Salvation Army petition for editor Stead and Mrs Jarrett release
Leaders present a gigan tic petition to Home Secretary Cross for the release of Editor Stead and Mrs Jarrett from prison where they serve three and six months respectively for abducting Eliza Armstrong. The document spans a mile and a half, holds 200000 signatures, and weighs 560 pounds.
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Salvation Army
Home
Cross
Stead
Jarrett
Eliza Armstrong
Ramsey & Co
Milton
Ont
Pont-y-Pridd
Wales
Montreal
Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum
Central Board of Health
Ferndale
Pont-y- Pridd
Freight train wreck west of Pittsburgh injures two
The third section of a Pan Handle freight train rear-ended the second section seventy miles west of Pittsburgh on the 26th, wrecking both trains and injuring two men. Nineteen cars of coal and merchandise were destroyed in a fire, with losses estimated at 30,000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Wis
L. A. Bradley
Paris
Brisson
M. de Freycinet
M. Grevy
Absolom Jordan
Vincennes
Ind
New York
San Francisco
Rice
Jamestown
American Express Company
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Scranton
Nellie G. Thurston
Gloucester
Mass
Grand Banks
Griffin
William Cummings
George Arnold
Louis Barnes
Night of Terror Aboard Swedish Vessel in Panama Harbor
Captain Nordefeldt and crew of the Swedish barkentine Karman recount the December storm that wrecked the ship in Colon harbor. They discharged coal, rode out 24 hours of pounding waves, and aid came from rescuers who saved the Lyington’s captain's wife and three sailors. Twenty-two vessels and sixty lives were lost in the storm.
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New York
Peter Nordefeldt
Karman
Colon
Pacific Mail
City
Para
Nordefeldt
Pierson
General Nicholas
Eignoe Oxholm
Douglass Castle
Lyington
Gresham Rules Wolf Lake Boundary Dispute
Judge Gresham in the United States Circuit Court upheld the claim that the lake shore, not the meander line, marks the permanent boundary in the Wolf Lake cases. He ruled against a daughter in the highland tract dispute and decided Mitchell v Smale for the defendant. The ruling, affecting swamp land sales after 1850, sets a precedent for future cases and involves substantial sums.
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ChicaGco
Gresham
United States Circuit Court
Wolf Lake
United States
Jordan
Cleveland
R. H. Mitchell
Holbrooke
Wolf and
Hyde Lakes
Hyde Lake
Mitchell
Smale
Harden
Congress
Governor Zulick Proclaims War Extermination Threats Urged Calm
Prescott December 26 Governor Zulick issues a proclamation denouncing inflammatory appeals to attack Indians and warns that federal and territorial authorities will defend rights within the border. The note follows threats of a war of extermination against Indians and cites San Carlos raider activity. A separate anecdote recalls a grocer argument over “black hen’s eggs” and a woman’s challenge to prove their color.
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Prescott, Ariz
Zulick
San Carlos
Questioning glory and beauty in wartime chats
A beauty questions General Shields about seeking more fame, he retorts about beauty and paint. A medical investigator links consumption inheritance to inherited items like old mattresses and carpets. Canon Farrar offers his Grant sermon manuscript to Webster Historical Society in Boston.
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Shields
Chicago Herald
Canon Farrar
General Grant
Westminster Abbey
Webster Historical Society
Boston
A Truthful Sign On Liquor Trade And Its Harmful Tradeoffs
A critique of liquor dealers opposing temperance argues a truthful sign would expose delirium tremens, poverty, crime and death for sale. It likens liquor to raw material hidden from view, cites a Boston Mechanics’ Fair idea to display a ruined drinker, and notes liquor’s health harms including liver and brain degeneration.
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Boston
Moses Grant
The Centennial Verdict of Science on Alcohol Poison
Dr. N. S. Davis discusses findings from a forthcoming temperance volume. Key points state that alcohol is the active agent in alcoholic drinks, classified with anesthetics, absorbed into the bloodstream, and acts as a sedative reducing nerve function. It warns that habitual use leads to increased tolerance and eventual excess.
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National Temperance Society
N. S. Davis
Chicago
American Medical Association
Science
A Right Start and the Vulcan Iron Rules Enforced
Mary Dyer recounts how Vulcan Iron Works in St. Louis began operations under strict temperance rules. President Reese enforced a no alcohol policy, hosting guests at his home and serving coffee, leading to a sober, productive first month of output.
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Reese
United States
Mississippi
Vulcan Iron Works
St. Louis
Missouri
Mr. Reese
Vulcan
Mary Dyer
Union Signal
Senator Frrf Heads Senate Rules to Ban Alcohol at Restaurant
Temperance items report Senator Frrf of Maine as chair of the Senate Rules Committee has moved to replace the Senate restaurant with a nonalcoholic operation. A Philadelphia dispatch notes a prominent lawyer once famed for Latin scholarship died in the almshouse after years of drinking, ending a wandering life after squandering his fortune.
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Frrf
Maine
United States Senate
Senate
Chicago Lever
Louisiana
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Pennsylvania University
Benjamin Gerhardt
Thomas Bradfield
Almahouse
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Cambridge
Guernsey CO
Ohio
W.S. Heade
Hutchison Block
G. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
W. A. Carpenter
Davis Block
Sam’il C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
V. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebitt
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
Cambridge, Ohio
Oftee
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
WH. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. c
Hutchinson Block
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, Oo
D. K. Kyle
Mark Ts
Cumberland Tannery
Kipsand
E. McEndref
Cumberland
BE. McPeee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Apli's
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis
Stinson & Co
Portland
J.M. McGill
City Drug Store
Adams Building
Court House
Joseph Morton
Beagle Hotel
W. A. Gill
Marlott
Arcade Hotel
William Weaver
Prop
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Zire Bouish
Garner Market and
Fourth Streets
M. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
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Mill Street
Raindy & & Son
Mar
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher House
Cor. Broadway
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James
Canady
Prop’r
Central Hotel
L. J. Cotter
Ozier
H. H. Veitch
America
H. Hallett & Co
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Tree & Co
Augusta
T. C. Stanley
Paper
Ehranger
Ogier
Slett Book Co
Fime
Ry. Co
Dee
Blue Bell
Point Pleasant
Hartford
Senecaville
Morgan John
Lymbridge
Zanesville
Barnesville
Bellaire
Wheeling
W.H. Atkinson
Batesville
E.C. Winstanley
Pitsburg Gintnaal
St. Louiso
P.C
St. L. Ry. Depo New
Cincinnati Express
West Rn Express
Mail Express Local Freight Limited
Eastern Express
Dennison
New Comerstown
Central Standard Time
Generan Wat
Kipp
Ceneral Agate McCrea
Pitlanigh
News OF the
Foreign Intelligence
John Holler
Holler
Panama
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