Washington Crisis and Salaries Cut in Congress
Special Dispatch reports the Democratic Caucus split over a plan to reduce congressional salaries to 4500 dollars yearly, with a joint Senate House subcommittee agreement backing uniform cuts and fewer officers. Also notes War Department expenditures review, Babcock and Luckey removal, and probes into the Spencer and safe burglary cases and steamboat bill scheduling.
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Thurman
Congress
House
Senate
House Committee On Appropriations
Messrs. Morrill
Maine
Larcent
Hale and Wells
War Department
Schenck correspondence hearings move to print
Washington reports the Committee on Foreign Affairs agreeing to submit the Schenck Emma Mine correspondence to the House for printing. Secretary Fish ill, Cadwallader testifies that all department documents have been furnished. Schenck withdrew from the board after a diplomatic warning and telegrams show readiness for investigation. Senate confirms several consul posts as the Democratic caucus ponders finance issues.
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Washington
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Schenck
House
Fish
Cadwallader
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Gen. Schenck
Emma Silver Mining Company
London Times
Senate
Wen. Schenck
Executive Department
England
Machado
Pension plan for ex rebels faces Senate defeat
Republicans held a caucus on pensions for ex rebels arguing the bill would allow arrearages totaling several million dollars to be paid, given Treasury conditions, and likely defeat in the Senate after further meetings to adjust differences. Internal Revenue collections rose by four million dollars in the first half of the year versus last year.
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Eersens
Treasury
Senate
Last Chance Plymouth Orders Bowen to Appear and Answer
At a Plymouth Church business meeting in New York on February 25 the Examining Committee read Brother White’s grievances against H C Bowen. Bowen refused to fully answer, withdrew, and the committee urged him to appear at the next meeting to answer orally about accusations in two letters. The discussion included calls for excommunication, but Beecher urged solemn handling. The meeting adjourned after Bowen agreed to appear before appointed commissioners.
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New York
Plymouth Church
Tilney
Brother White
H.C. Bowen
Beecher
Bowen
McKay
S. V. White
White
Raymond
Brother McKay
J. Beecher
Mr. Bowen
Shearman
Pers
Poe
Sarah Victor case and Ohio Legislature notes
A woman named Andrews threw a lamp at her husband in Columbus, injuring a child fatally. Sarah M. Victor was ordered confined in Franklin County Jail pending Court of Cuyahoga County decisions, with potential pardons from Gov. Hayes. Barry Sullivan starred with the Cincinnati Grand Opera House Company in Richard III, as Hamlet was planned for tomorrow. The Ohio Legislature adjourned after reading the journal.
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Cuyahoga County
Little
Bingham
Supreme Court
Victor
Cleveland
W. Dunlap
Meeker
Barry Sullivan
Cincinnati Grand Opera House
Hamlet
Journal
Desperate Captive Shannon Recaptured After Flight
Thomas Shannon and Amos Robinson, known horse and cattle thieves, escaped Mercer County Jail on February 18. Shannon resisted capture during pursuit to Monroeville, fighting guards and tumbling into the gutter before being secured. He was battered and awaits Ohio authorities while his captors are exhausted from the struggle.
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Fr. Wayne, Inc
Thomas Shannon
Amos Robinson
Mercer County
Ohio
Monroeville
Shannon
Farmer Instantly Killed in Accident at Emegato
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette reports farmer M. Shiler of Emegato Ohio was instantly killed while chopping. After felling a tree a falling limb struck him in the head, crushing the skull and causing immediate death. The incident occurred near his residence on February 25.
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Farmer
The
Cincinnati Gazette
Emegato
M. Shiler
Final Assault Planned by Alfonsoists in Carlist War
Mapnup Feb 25 Alfonso returns to To losa and leads 30,000 royal troops with forty cannons to Alsasna Anpoing to crush Carlists in the Leiza Alsaena region. Royalist artillery, powder, arms seized, 1,400 have submitted to allegiance including Mar Villaverde and Generals Blanco and alacid. Sanesteban reports Carlists mass near Ituren Leiza with eighteen battalions and fifty guns. many proceed toward France.
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Mapnup
Alfonso
Osa
Leiza
Alsaena
Primo de Rivera
Aldiredes
France
Mapai
Anpoing
Loxpon
Paris
The
Times
Madrid
Bayonne
Sanesteban
Don Carlos
Caserta
Ituren
Perula
Burgete
Valcarlos
Lesca
Alduides
Renewed fighting looms as Herzegovinian insurgents regroup
Dispatches report unfounded claims of arms from English vessels. Insurgents near to resuming operations in Upper Herzegovina amid typhus, smallpox, and diphtheria among refugees. Turkish officials clash over reforms, with notable defalcations and opposition. Austrian consulate to report on Muslim threats as Vienna notes end of refugee subsidies.
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Lonpox
Times
Ragusa
Herzegovinians
Upper
Herzegovina
Mostar
Museulmans
Magdeburg
Alsace
Lorraine
Vienna
Austria
Wiener Presse
Vossojevich
Bevcrave
Trieste
Castel Nuova
A War With the Japs Considered Inevitable
San Francisco reports indicate rising tension between Corea and Japan with rumors of imminent war. The Chinese government appears to back Corea, and a war office branch formed at Simonoshi as Yamagata rushes there. Warlike stores are gathered for transport amid ongoing dispatches and denial of rumors.
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San Francisco
China
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Corea
Japan
Turada
War Office
Simonoshi
Yamagata
Panic on change in Paris as securities drop
Paris February 25 noon The Bourse is flat and reports of a panic spread as securities fall rapidly. Market unease grows amid election fever and rising anxiety over the political situation.
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Paris
Meeting of Moderate Republicans at Thiers residence
Paris reports a Moderate Republicans meeting at ex President Thiers to consider amnesty for Communists. A committee on Pardons may be formed to be less severe and allow those innocent of common law crimes or misguided individuals to return to France.
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Thiers
France
London
The
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Liverpool
Munich
Chamber of Deputies
Bavaria
Lonpox
Young Phoenix
Strathmore
Sierra Morena
Galle
Loxpoy
Spain
Reggers Dean
Cuba
Monica
Buda
Waitzen
Lonpow
House of Lords
Bank of England
Survivors of the Army of the Cumberland meet to plan
In Parapeteua on Feb 25 a large gathering of Army of the Cumberland survivors convened to organize arrangements for a forthcoming event or commemoration. The meeting focused on coordinating attendance and logistics for the planned activities.
Tenth annual Army of the Cumberland reunion in city
The tenth annual reunion of the Army of the Cumberland will be held in the city on July 6 and 7. Arrangements are complete for the event and Secretary Bristow will deliver the oration.
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Army of the Cumberland
Movement Against Gov Kellogg Impeachment Efforts Rise
In New Orleans and Memphis dispatches dated February 25, legislators push impeachment moves. A seven member House committee is formed amid party clashes. Gov Kellogg calls an extra Senate session to consider impeachments, while Mississippi's Gov Ames faces a House resolution adopting articles of impeachment with managers appointed to prosecute in the Senate.
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New Oxweass
Kidd
Jackson Parish
Pearl Wing
Carr
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Wiltz
Young
Koontz
Jeffries
Levinsec
Demos Capettinis
Demos
Orteans
Senate
House
Ames
Memenis
Tewry
Jackson
Miss
Gov. Ames
Crossland
Warren
Featherstone
Tucker
Percy
Muldrow
Barksdale
Spigler
Davis
Multiple Political and Crime Updates Across States
News notes report Kansas Democrats elect delegates to the National Convention on May 18. Delaware Lackawanna & Western rail line to switch from abroad to narrow gauge. Thomas Houston of Charles Town Md kills his wife and wounds his son in law. Chilton Co of Charleston NL pork packers fail with Liabilities 200000. John N. Pierce formerly cashier of Merchants Nat Bank Lowell arrested for forgery and larceny. Judge John W McDonald acquitted in Texas indictments. Harlan Brothers trapeze accident at Park Theater Brooklyn. fatal injury feared. Omaha Hotel Co v Thrall gas decision favors Thrall. Bues colored suspect in Eden Ga crime shot while under guard. presumed to be silenced by gang.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Thos. Houston
Charlestown
John N. Pierce
Merchants’ National Bank
Lowell
Mass
John W. McDonald
Ouston
Texas
Harlan Brothers
Violetta
Park Theater
Brooklyn
Omaha Hotel Company
Geo. Thrall
Thrall
Alos Bues
Colorea
Fires Burn Four Dead In Lemars Iowa House Inferno
A late Wednesday fire in Lemars Iowa destroyed a large four family dwelling. A woman and three young children were found dead among the ruins while the husband is described as a raving maniac.
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Curiaco
Lemars
Iowa
Steamship Arrivals From Major Ports Feb 25
Loxpox reports steamships State of Virginia and Calabria arriving from New York. New York lists Victoria from Glasgow Calaud from Rotterdam and Russia from Liverpool. Penn Nation ashore at Newcastle Delaware. Antwerp notes Nederland from Philadelphia. Baltimore records Hermian from Liverpool New York Lafayette from Havre.
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Hibernian
Liverpool
New Yor
Lafayette
Havre
Burleigh Confesses Match Was Sold For Profit
Curiaco February 25. After wide discussion among sporting men over the Burleigh Shaw billiard match last Saturday night Burleigh was examined by the stake holder today and confessed the game was sold so he might profit from the pool selling.
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Curiaco
Burleigh
McKee Trial Moves For New Trial Affidavits Filed
In the United States Circuit Court Col Hatch for Wm McKee filed an affidavit supporting a motion for a new trial. Watson Foster of Louisiana Pike County Mo accuses juror H F Summers of prejudicing the case by declaring McKee guilty. Court grants new affidavit filings with deadlines March 5 and March 15 for responses and rebuttal. Judge Dillon suggests leaving sentences as is pending motions. Gen Babcock Storrs Williams and others depart for Washington.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Col. Hatch
Wm. McKee
Watson Foster
Louisiana
Pike County
H. F. Summers
McKee
Dillon
Dyer
Kentucky Legislature Special Report in Cincinnati Gazette
The Kentucky Senate passed a bill incorporating the Kentucky Grangers Mutual Benefit Association and approved a House bill allowing Richard H. Collies to sue the State. The House appropriated funds for First and Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylums and taxed dogs in thirty counties. A monument to Point Pleasant was urged. A governor’s message requested $5,000 for Centennial representation. A Nelson County fontsman marriage bill was defeated.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Frankfort
Senate
Kentucky Grangers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Richard H. Collies
Kentucky
Mr. Hill
West Virginia
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Fontsman
Nelson County
Ohio Republicans back Hayes for President at Cincinnati
The Columbus correspondent of the Times reports broad Republican enthusiasm for Hayes as the likely presidential nominee at Cincinnati. Asa Jenkins is suggested as a candidate for Secretary of State at the Ohio Republican State Convention in Columbus on March 29. The New York Times editorial notes the St Louis convention site may please Gov. Hendricks and signals a Western political shift with important consequences. Indiana Republicans shift from inflation to repeal of the Sherman Act, seeking currency stability.
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Babcock
Gen. Babcock
Eee
St. Louis
Luckey
Ulysses Grant Jr
Wells
Columbus
New York Times
Ohio
Hayes
Cincinnati
Asa Jenkins
Clinton County
House of Representatives
The
New Haven
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Tiibe
A Morning With Sir Humphry Davy in London Society
The narrator breakfasts with Sir Humphry Davy, then visits the Royal Institution to view his laboratory and a botany lecture. Davy, aged about thirty three, is lively and aquatically minded, recently back from Italy, praising Rome and London. Lady Davy appears frail yet engaging, seen in her parlor working on a dress.
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Humphry Davy
America
England
Italy
Society of
Rome
London
James Smith
Davy
Liberal Clergy in Italy Seek Greater Autonomy
Rome correspondence reports several thousand priests in Italy favor liberal views and independent conscience over Pope appointed rule. Clergy fear public denunciation and loss of livelihood. ministers may push Parliament to enact guarantees for subordinate clergy while the government aims for a gradual church reform.
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Rome
New York Times
Italy
Germany
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Mica
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Adams Point
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Simmons & Bro
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Williams
Porter
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RFR
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Hannah P. Knapp
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