Bayard on refunding and Senate bond rate views
Special dispatch notes Senator Bayard urging nonpartisan view on refunding. He favors Senate caution, doubts 38% bonds, and warns on currency and bond value links. Also reports Acklen press clash, Filley civil reform stance, and potential May adjournment amid stalled appropriations.
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Senate
House
Cincinnati Gazette
Bayard
Senato
Committee On Ways and Means
Capitol
Congress
Clarification on Police Force Union Service
Washington February 18 dispatch notes a correction to a prior paragraph about police force eligibility. The paragraph should state that all but about eight or ten officers are Union soldiers, not that eight to ten are.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Presidential Pardon for Man with Epilepsy
The President granted a pardon to Charles Mayo of Lafayette Indiana who was convicted of stealing funds from the Second National Bank. The decision rested on humane grounds given Mayo’s epilepsy and the likelihood imprisonment would be unjust.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Charles Mayo
Second National Bank
Lafayette
Ind
Maya
Sherman Denies Threat Letter on Brass Bands in Atlanta
Washington reports Gen Sherman strongly denies writing a letter to Representative Speer threatening to withdraw troops from Atlanta if a bill on Sunday brass band performances passed. The Spanish Claims Commission has cost $112,000 in nine years but averaged only seventeen sessions annually. Cincinnati’s bid for the Democratic Convention gains traction as Washington shows a renewed effort.
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Sherman
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Speer
Atlanta
Spanish Claims Commission
Cincannati Gazette
Wasnixertor
Secretary of State
Senate
Cincinnati
Freiak Diapaeh
Sancta Theatre
Proposed Refunding Bill Text on National Debt Funding
The bill aims to extend refunding provisions to United States bonds with higher interest rates. It authorizes issuing bonds redeemable after twenty years and payable within forty years, replacing earlier acts from July 14, 1870 and amendatory measures, with references to February 26, 1879 acts.
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Washington
Committee of Ways and Enus
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Funding Act of 1880 Reforms National Debt Rules
The text outlines the funding act of 1880 authorizing the Treasury to refund national debt by exchanging notes for bonds at par, with provisions on interest differences, certificate limits, and the conversion of certificates into bonds. It restricts exchanges with Pacific Railway bonds, allows issuing additional bonds and notes, and sets the receivable status for bank circulation.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Exodus Committee Hears Syphax Accuse Windom In Virginia Case
The Senate Exodus Committee reopened with a crowded room as John B. Syphax, Virginia colored politician, accused Senator Windom of initiating the exodus plan. The exchange included quips about lunacy, while Senator Badger discussed postwar Black progress and Ku Klux memory in North Carolina.
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Washington
Senate
Windom
John B. Syphax
Virginia
Syphax
Yphax
United States
Senator Windom
South
Senator Windem
Senaor Windom
Senator Voorhees
Mr. Windom
North
Ayo
Inetay Neler
North Carolina
Postoffice War on Swindlers Targets Named Frauds
The Postmaster General bans delivery of registered letters and money orders to listed swindlers in Louisville Marshall Mich New Orleans and New York. Names include R C Winter Smith W Scott Glore Barnie Bros Havana Lottery Co and D H Herrick with notices to report to the Post office before delivery.
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Washington
Postmaster General
R. C. Wintersmith
Mozart Building
Louisville
Frankfort School Fund
W. Scott Glore
Commonwealth Distribution Co
W. W. Warner
Marshall, Mich
Barn
Senate rejects Stickney as United States Marshal of Florida
The Senate rejects John B. Stickney's nomination for U.S. Marshal of Florida. Washington's Birthday falls on Sunday, so Treasury and all executive departments will close Monday the 23d, with closures expected across departments.
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Senate
John B. Stickney
United States
Florida
Washington
Treasury Department
Corner Stone Planned for State House in May
Indianapolis Feb 18 The Board of State House Commissioners today decided to lay the corner stone of the new building in the first week of May. Masons will lead the ceremonies and all state governors will be invited. organizers promise a grand, worthy celebration with no pains spared.
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Indmanapolis
Board of State House Commissioners
Dusit
Rts
Donegal
Dublin
That Colored Colony in Texas Elected Officers and Planned Immigration
The Colored Convention in Dallas reassembled and elected officers and agents to canvass counties for colony fund contributions. They adjourned sine die and planned immigration arrangements for next fall with Louisiana families expected to join.
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Dallas
Texas
Colored Convention
Louisiana
Public Amr Debating House of Delegates Finance Issue
The article notes a debate in the House of Delegates over agency accounts and a proposed plan to address the state of the treasury. It cites a total balance surpassing $331,000 and mentions treasurer figures and related oversight.
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Johnny
Tavolanor
House of Delegatea
Blaine Gains in Pennsylvania as Grant Holds Second Choice
The Pennsylvania figures show Blaine leading with two thousand nine hundred twenty eight votes as Grant remains second choice with about one sixth. In New York, Sherman Club activity ramps up with daily membership gains and planning for Chicago headquarters and Brooklyn offshoots led by Franklin Woodruff.
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Keystone State
Grant
Cincinnati Gasette
New York
Tribune
Pennsylvania
Sherman
Cincinnati Gazette
the Tribune
Sherman Club
Ubia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Franklin Woodruff
Dawes to Preside Over the Republican Convention in Worcester
Boston reports Senator Dawes was chosen to preside over the Massachusetts Republican State Convention in Worcester on April 15 to select delegates to the national convention. John E. Sanford will chair the resolutions committee, with Dawes declining to state delegate preferences and Sanford a former Bristow supporter.
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Dawes
Claflin
Bayard and Butler
Massachusetts
Cincinnati Gazette
Boston
Senator Dawes
Worcester
John E. Sanford
Sanford
Washington
Gov. Claflin
Grant
Bay State
Grant Fa Wilson
Bayard
Pringe
Democratic National Committee
New York
Butler
Democratic Party
Gen. Butler
McIlvaine Declines Secretary of State Candidacy
From New Philadelphia February 18. Mr J L McIlvaine editor of the Tuscarawas Advocate is mentioned as a candidate for Secretary of State but declines the honor with thanks. He is regarded as eminently fitted for the office and would have had many supporters in this region.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Partaperpura
J. L. McIlvaine
Tuscarawas Advocate
Kansas State Convention Called by Republican Committee
TOPERA Feb 18 The State Central Republican Committee met in this city and resolved to call a State Convention to elect delegates to the national convention and to nominate Presidential Electors to meet in this city on the list of March.
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Topera
State Central Republican Committee
How They Appear to His Friends in Washington
Special Dispatch reports on the National Blaine Club’s view of the 1880 campaign. Illinois is seen as favorable to Blaine only if limited. Minnesota may see a fight. California shows strong Grant support. New York appears certain for Grant due to Conkling. Vermont divisions threaten, with Edmunds’ backers pushing for the first delegation vote.
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Acklen
House
Cincinnati Gasette
Washington
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Judiciary Committee
Chicago Tribune
National
Blaine Club
Illinois
Blaine
Towa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
California
Wren
Grant
Caracada
Missouri
Sherman
Schurz-Aenderson
New York
Conkling
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont
Edmunds
Ex-Senator Wilson Comments on Northwest Politics
Ex senator James F. Wilson of Iowa criticizes current events and notes Blaine’s rising support among Republican towns in the Northwest. He says Iowa Republicans may nominate Blaine if convention voting holds, though delegates remain noncommittal. He discusses tariff debates and a potential partisan fight over the Fitz John Porter case.
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Wilson
Iowa
Northwest
Chicago Times
James F. Wilson
Times
Grand Pacific
Blaine
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Trade and Industry in Indiana Turbine Clubs Form
New Albany and Jeffersonville operatives plan tariff clubs to spread pro tariff documents amid free trade pressure. Jeffersonville plate glass works changes name and aims to pay old debts and start fresh under new management. New Albany shipyard owners expect contracts for five steamers plus two more. Nelson Iron Furnace at Shoals leased to restart operations after three years idle.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Europe
Plate Glass Works
Ford Plate Glass Works
Jeffersonville Plate Glass Works
Nelson Iron Furnace
Shoals
Ind
Nelson Iron
Iron Mountain
Starting Up Nail Works Near Cincinnati
The Ohio Falls Iron Works nail factory near Albany may restart soon as nail prices rise and spring demand grows. Forty workers are employed, the plant idle for years as the company prefers selling iron to processing it. Evansville eyes a large marine ways and shipyard, with strong local support and generous backing, seen as a promising Lower Ohio location.
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Secial Dispatch
Cincinnati Gazette
New Albany
Ohio Falls
Evansville
Lower
Ohio
Unemployed Relief Meeting Planned by San Francisco Committees
Committees from the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade met in San Francisco on February 18 and decided to call a meeting of business men to consider measures for relief of the unemployed.
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San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Deaths of leading Tuscarawas and national figures
The report lists multiple obituaries dated February 18, noting Geo Ankeny a Tuscarawas County pioneer buried at Stone Creek at eighty. A W Miller editor of Kenton Republican dies after illness with funeral in Tiffin. Rev J R B Jetter editor of Religious Herald dies aged seventy eight. Col Seth P Remington customs collector and Daily Journal editor dies. Jos Lenox founder of Lenox Library dies at eighty.
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Tuscarawas County
Cincinnati Gazette
New Puivaverrenia
Geo. Ankeny
Stone Creek
Kenton, O
A. W. Miller
Kenton Republican
Tiffin
Associated Press
RicoMono
J. R.B. Jetter
Religious Herald
Baptist Church
Virginia
Ockenspurg
Seth P. Remington
Daily Journal
New York
Unusual Revival Gains in Columbus Area Churches
A winter revival conducted by Elder W. S. Young from Jonesville has drawn strong interest. In Roan community, the Christian Church has reported forty new converts and a separate meeting at the Christ Tabernacle led by Elder Z. T. Sweeney has produced twenty six accessions. Additional revival efforts across the area show marked success though full totals are not verified.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Columbus, Inc
W. S. Young
Christian Church
Jonesville
Z. T. Sweeney
Excursion Party From New Mexico Arrives in Atchison
A large group from New Mexico including Territorial Legislature members and prominent citizens arrives in Atchison and is welcomed by a large local crowd at the depot. They are hosted at the Otis House with a banquet and ball that evening. The item notes the 22nd anniversary of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad's organization in the city.
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Atchison, Kas
New Mexico
Territorial Office
Otis House
Atchison, Topeka & Savia Fe Railroad Company
Archbishop McCabe reports growing famine distress in Dublin
A cable from Archbishop McCabe of Dublin warns that distress is increasing and famine worsens as relief efforts struggle to meet demand amid shortages. The message underscores urgent need for food and aid.
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Philadelphia
McCabe
Dublin
Explosion at Winter Palace rocks czar protection
An official account describes a blast in the Imperial Winter Palace basement killing eight Finland regiment soldiers and wounding forty five. The explosion damaged gas pipes and flooring while an inquiry proceeds. The event follows prior warnings to the czar and prompts questions of inside involvement.
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St. Peterssure
Winter Palace
Imperial Winter Palace
Finland
St. Petersburg
Imperial Palace
Moscow
Paris
Champs D'Elysees
Sr. Perrispurc
Inter Palace
London
Nicholas
Reichstag
Berwin
Mexico
City
Gonzales
Diaz
Congress
Vera Cruz
Gambetta candidate bid for vacancy in French Academy
Paris reports Gambetta's allies moving to nominate him for the French Academy seat created by Jules Favre's death. Larxack notes an Austrian steamer Espero incident where a ship engineer assaulted a Custom House officer. health papers are withheld until surrender. The captain seeks £400 daily detention compensation.
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Paris
Gambetta
Jules Favre
Larxack
Custom House
Fatal Bull Goring Claims Elder Farmer Near Lewis Centre
Aged farmer C. P. Ellspree, eighty, was killed near Lewis Centre when a bull gored him, a stable visit leading to the fatal wound near the heart. The funeral drew many county farmers. In Franklin a wreck on the Fairland Franklin Martinsville line overturned stock cars and killed several hogs. cleanup to continue overnight.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Delaware
C. P. Ellspree
Lewis Centre
Franklin
Fairland, Franklin & Martinsville
Four Lives Lost by a Boiler Explosion at Distillery
PEORIA Illinois February 18 A boiler explosion at Barton and Babcock s distillery below the city collapsed walls killed two men an unknown man who had just come in to seek work and seriously burned or scalded three more Ben Babwick and Jno Richardson were not expected to live William Burns engineer Louis Laufenberg masher and Oscar Mills a visitor sustained injuries The cause was low water level allowing steam to blow through the boilers
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Peoria
Ill
Barton & Babcock
John Sill
Ben. Babwick
Jno. Richardson
Wm. Burns
Louis Laufenberg
Oscar Mills
Ice tragedy claims teen at Eastmanville Grand River
Harry Taft aged fifteen and his brother went skating on Grand River at Eastmanville. Harry fell through twenty feet of water and drowned. his body was recovered. In a separate factory accident J P Mellus, of Grand Rapids, was entangled by a belt and died after being drawn into shafting. neck broken. The verdict cites the deceased's carelessness.
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Grand Rapros
Mica
Harry
Taft
Grand River
Eastmanville
Women’s Temperance Union Third Indiana District Meet
The annual three day convention in New Albany closed with speakers from South Bend Charlestown Jeffersonville and local delegates. They urged petitions to Indiana’s next legislature for a prohibition law and heard strong addresses from Mrs Malloy and Mrs Brookbank. A public temperance talk at Wall Street M E Church concluded the events.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Aviany
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Third Indiana Distrtrict
First Presbyterian Church
Malloy
South Bend
C. P. Ferguson
Charlestown
Brookbank
Jeffersonville
Clokey
J. W. Clokey
Indiana
J. B. Reilly
Wall Street M. E
Fire Destroys Keyes & Sykes Works in Terre Haute
Fire at Keyes & Sykes carriage works and hub and spoke factory near Terre Haute, Indiana, causes extensive losses with about 160 workers affected. Firefighters faced water shortage, no insurance reported for the Steubenville blaze, and other fires in nearby cities include Harriman's livery stable in Milwaukee with significant losses.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Terre Havre
Keyes & Sykes
Steubenville
E Bente
Txere Haute
Sind
Milwaukee
Harriman
Grand Officers of I C C F of Ohio Elected in Cleveland
The Grand E O F of Ohio elected officers on February 18 in Cleveland. M W G M H P Gravatt of Columbus. D G Wm H Pearce of Cincinnati. G W S T A Van Slie of Toledo. G S Wm O Sart of Toledo. G T G Cincinnati. G R Henry Hedges of Mansfield.
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Ohio
Cleveland
H. P. Gravatt
Columbus
D. G
H. Pearce
Cincinnati
G. W
T. A. van Slie
Toledo - Toledo
G. T
G. R
Heary Hedges
Munafield
Catarrh Throat and Lung Ailments Care at Institute
Speedity Carede offers treatment for catarrh throat and lung affections at the Aborn Institute located at 18 West Fourth and Street.
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Aborn Institute
R18
West Fourth 15
Ond Street
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