26 May 1881
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Newspaper
Le Mars Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1881
Page
1
A chaotic collage of global incidents and figures from the era. Bailiffs shot in an unnamed locale. Paris and London politics, currency debates, and anti Jewish unrest across Europe. Fires, disasters, and uprisings punctuate a turbulent week with names like Lincoln and Bimetalism front and center.
A fishing party of four was drowned at Trembly Point in Staten Inland sound when their boat capsized. A series of accidents and incidents follows as immigrants arrive in New York by the thousands and a Boston broker fails under heavy liabilities.
A Washington dispatch notes extreme heat affecting the Senators and hints at an early adjournment. Treasury issues a circular renewing the 5 percent bond calls dating from 1879 and 1871, with interest changing on August 12. Postmaster General tightens mail sample rules amid frauds. Gobright, longtime AP agent, dies. James’ star-route probe touted as saving funds. Gold circulation totals and reserves cited. Stanley Matthews sworn in and assigned to the Sixth Circuit.
Washington reports Blaine warned resignations and cabinet unity with the President. Anti Monopoly League met at Cooper Institute New York opposing Stanley Matthews for Supreme Court, declaring him Pacific railroad candidate. Conkling Platt resignations stir NY politics as factions realign, Grant urged withdrawal, Republicans stand united. General Committee endorses Conkling Pratt actions and sends copy to President Garfield.
Amid May sessions, resolutions probe employment records and clerical appointments. Senate confirms several nominees including Pardee, Glimar, and Dickey. Robertson debate and Chandler resignation threaten judicial panel. Vice President Conkling letter stuns. Hill and Dawes clash over adjournment and executive sessions.
The fifty seventh anniversary was held at Central Music Hall in Chicago on May 12. A large and interested audience attended. Eloquent addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. John Hall of New York and others.
The United States brewers meeting in Chicago resolved to oppose all prohibitory legislation and interference to the bitter end. A test case under the Kanwar prohibitory law will be taken to the Supreme Court for adjudication. Also noted: a fire destroyed $75,000 worth of Northwestern freight sheds at Hamilton, Ontario. Secretary Blaina sent officials to Chicago and Cincinnati to study hog production for Europe, confirming hog quality and dismissing cholera fears as exaggerations.
The Sahara Railway could attract Paris investors and European settlers, speeding development more effectively than occupation. Soudan offers fertile, well watered lands with 60,000,000 natives and a trade moved by caravans. The railway would cross a desert 1200 miles wide, with manageable routes via table lands and valleys. Camel caravans already move goods. a steam line could expand cotton indigo rice sugar coffee and tobacco markets and bring 60,000 Europeans to train locals into agriculture and boost trade.
A frozen rift in Washington as Senator Conkling and Senator Platt resign from the U S Senate in protest of a White House plan to replace New York Port Collector Moretti with William Robertson. The letter to Governor Quinby outlines the rationale, defense of public service integrity, and rejection of executive coercion. The affair widens into a dispute over senatorial independence, party loyalty, and future nominations.
The correspondence debates whether Gen Merritt or Mr Robertson should be New York Collector, citing fitness and integrity, while arguments defend party loyalty and constitutional duties. Reports from Washington note Conkling Pratt resignations, with Blaine and others influencing the administration and expectation of early Senate adjournment.
In Lexington, the brick law office on Short Street once hosted Henry Clay, the Sage of Ashland. Locust trees stood before, and the corner’s decaying pavement bears the deep heel marks from his boots. The habit hints at his grand plans forged within that office.
A New Orleans Times tale recounts a debt era clothing store owner and his clerk teaching a shop patron the “pis ness” as he hawks coats and goats. The scene features Germanic dialect banter, a Russian wool coat, a Canal Street bank patron, and a purse stuffed with paper currency.
A collage of curiosities and trivia notes cites ancient calendars with March starts and months added by Numa Pompilius, details on moon changes, and a list of early figures such as Gutenberg and Coster. It also covers Shaker origins, the boomerang, etiquette’s French roots, and a classroom joke about word choice.
A Comstocker asks what rack rent is as a father explains rising charges and eviction in a comic Ireland vignette. The piece pivot returns to a New York General Assembly water route scheme via Erie Canal cementing 52 mile lining at 3500000 total, with 1000 miles of lake navigation planned funded by Western capitalists. A humorous doorbell burst ends with a joke about boots for a visitor.
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