Democratic Troubles and the 1880 Unity Question
A Washington dispatch analyzes deep divisions within the Democratic Party over tariffs, finance, army size, and Federal election laws. It predicts mutual fear, strategic postponement, and the looming difficulty of selecting a presidential candidate, with Tilden and Kelly central to intra party splits and New York's pivotal role. Territorial expansion and foreign policy may emerge as emergency rallying points.
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Washington
House
Pennsylvania
South
Texas
Congress
Sherman
Hawley
Tilden
Kelly
New York
van Buren
Grant
Mexico
North
Jefferson
Louisiana
Polk
Pacific States
Democrats Push Short Session and Judge Nominee Considered
Washington dispatch reports Democrats plan a brief session to pass fortifications West Point and pension bills before holidays and end by May first. They aim to limit legislation to necessary appropriations and election-law changes while resisting South critiques. A vacant U S judgeship may go to Marcus W Atchinson of Pittsburg, with Allegheny bar backing a delay until after recess.
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Washington
West Point
Congress
United States
Marcus W. Atchinson
Pittsburg
Atchinson
Washington County
McKennan
Squabble Over Judge Ketcham's Successor in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh bar district fights over Judge Ketcham’s vacancy. A bar committee called a general meeting but canceled it and posted a petition backing M. W. Acheson. Younger members mobilized for a separate meeting backing ex-Judge Fet terman, with both sides signaling to Washington.
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M. W. Acheson
Fetterman
Washington
Pittsburg
Acheson
New Haitian Constitution Sets Eight Year Presidential Term
Port au Prince reports a revised constitution fixing the president’s term at eight years with a $25 000 salary. The president can appoint and remove all officials and close chambers, and death sentences for political offenses are abolished. Generals Tanis Souffront Montmorency remain hidden at consulates. Herisse and Samoth are under investigation. Boger Bagelaia, Liberal leader, is in Jamaica.
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Port--Au-Prince
Tanis
Souffront
Montmorency
Herisse
Samoth
Unson
Boger Bagelaia
Liberals
Jamaica
Man Granted Reprieve in Syracuse Murder Case
Nathan Orlando Greenfield, convicted of murdering his wife Alice Greenfield, receives a reprieve until January 20 from Governor Robinson. The case, tried three times in Oswego and Syracuse, sparked public debate after alleged revelations in Lafayette and renewed defense efforts for a fourth trial.
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Nathan Orlando Greenfield
Apang
Robinson
Syracuse
8. C. Huntington
Greenfield
Orwell
Oswego County
Methodist Sunday School
Alice Bloodgood
William Hinds
Hinds
William Grinnell
Grinnell
Charles
Hines
Mrs. Greenfield
Alice Greenfield
Oswego
Lamoree
Lafayette
Ind
Royal
Alden Kellogg
George Hinds
Orlando Greenfield
Indiana
Milly Drake
Alden
Royal Kellogg
Kelloggs
Democratic Caucus Adopts Patronage Guidelines Amid Harmony
The Senate caucus met in Washington to endorse a committee report on patronage with unanimous support. It authorizes three extra messengers for three Republican committees and preserves merit based employment for disabled soldiers. The Bayard resolution and other topics were not discussed.
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Wasarinaton
McDonald
Bright
Associated Press
Npton
Senate
Thurman
Messrs. Anthony
Edmunds
Conkling
Unsettled Russia faces question of peace or war
A St Petersburg report argues the Imperial Council aimed to avoid further aggression, fearing a new war would devastate the state. The Second issue of a revolutionary journal appears, commenting on Nihilist trials and urging continued action. London sources note heightened security amid expected attempted attacks on the Czar.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
National Zeitung
Will of the People
Russia
Mursky
Nove Vremya
M. Walujeff
Prince Gortschakoff
M. Giers
M. Markoff
Meretary
General Ignatieff
Hart Moore Found Guilty in County Embezzlement Case
New Brunswick jurors verdict in the Hart Moore embezzlement case finds him guilty of misappropriating 10000 dollars of county funds and recommends mercy.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Hart Moore
Storms Strain Rail Line From Bismarck to Duluth
A Fargo special reports the Northern Pacific Railroad worst storm in history across a four hundred square mile area from Bismarck to Duluth. One foot snow on level drifts four feet. Trains delayed and towns halted. Casualty fears for exposed settlers. In Missouri a severe wind storm in Renick kills and injures several, with homes demolished and injuries confirmed.
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St. Paun
Minn
Fargo
Pioneer Press
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bismarck
Duluth
St. Louis
Renick
Randolph County
Byrd Pyte
Mr. Pyte
Joseph Patrick
Wright
Noah Burkherd
Ramsey Named Secretary of War as Senate Confirms Nominations
President nominates Alexander Ramsey of Minnesota for Secretary of War and Senate confirms in executive session. McCrary to join Eighth Circuit bench. Also confirmed Horatio Sickel Pension Agent Philadelphia William H. Hays U S District Judge Kentucky Charles P. James Associate Justice D C Charles Beardsley Fourth Auditor Treasury Iowa Albert Johnson Surveyor General Colorado.
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Washington
Senate
Alexander Ramsey
Minnesota
McCrary
United States
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Horatio G. Sickel
Philadelphia
William HH. Hays
United
Terrible Inundations in Hungary Amid Frost
Pesth dispatch reports widespread floods on the rivers of Hungary and Transylvania. Beaumur and Grossewardein suffer collapsed houses as towns like Szegedin, Temesvar, and Arad face partial inundation. Despite vast damage to property, no lives are lost, and continued frost is needed to avert greater disasters.
Portraits of Gustavus Adolphus and Oxenstierna to be presented
Portraits of Gustavus Adolphus and Chancellor Oxenstierna will be presented to the Historical Society at its meeting next Monday evening. Sent from Sweden by Olof Wijk of Gottenburg, they honor Sweden’s colonial founders on the Delaware. Provost Stille of the University will give an address.
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Gustavus Adolphus
Count Oxenstierna
The
Historical Society
Sweden
Olof Wijk
Gottenburg
Christiana
Delaware
Wijk
Stille
University
Needy youth dies after neglect amid small pox case
In Hall near Ottawa a 17 year old with small pox was deserted by family. Neighbors found him delirious and starving, having eaten flesh from his own arm during the illness. He died minutes after their arrival with a bowl of soup.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hall
The Empress Events Arrives at Chiselhurst from Madrid
The Empress Events arrives at Chiselhurst from Madrid. The Turkish Government plans to establish an official journal. The Milford Pennsylvania gas works were burned last night around half past midnight with unknown cause.
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Evensts
Chiselhurst
Madrid
Milford
Lord Derby
England
The Crooks Homicide Trial At Norristown Continues
Special correspondence from Norristown reports the murder trial of Jefferson Jack and Horace Hallman for Samuel Crooks death. The case centers on a August 16 confrontation over alleged lies, with Jack claiming self defense and the defense highlighting character and motives amid a grieving widow's testimony and a fatal skull fracture.
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Jefferson Jack
Horace Hallman
Norristown
Woman on Roof Fires Seven Shooter After Home Invasion Report
A Roxborough woman, wife of a Ridge avenue bloodstock trader, fired her revolver from a second story window after hearing footsteps on the roof. Police swarmed the area to find no intruders, two men from Lower Merion questioned, and the woman unharmed amid a dramatic misperception witnessed by a passing streetcar.
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Roxborough
Ridge Avenue
Kentucky
Lower Merion
Montgomery County
Guardians of the Peace of
Philadelphia
US Board of Trade and National Board Meet in Washington
The United States Board of Trade led by Nathan Appleton and the National Board led by Frederick Fraley meet in Washington to explore harmonizing their operations. Both elect officers for the coming year and appoint committees to seek common ground, though differing laws may hinder a joint plan.
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Washington
United States Board of Trade
Nathan Appleton
Boston
National Board of Trade
Frederick Fraley
Philadelphia
National
H. ©. Smith
J. 8. Middleton
Baltimore
E. P. Dow
End of the Hollisterville Cases Rooted in Wayne County Trial
In Ho nesdale on December 9 the final Hollisterville burglary arson conspiracy and robbery cases reached trial. Hollister and Burns, previously acquitted of robbery, faced arson charges this term and were found not guilty by the jury.
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Honesdale
Hollisterville
Wayne County
Hollister
Burns
Union League of America Moves to Defeat Democrats at Next Election
The national council met at the Continental Hotel to plan measures securing the election of another Republican president. Delegates were urged from working councils, with William Newell of New Jersey as president and a roster of vice presidents including Charles W. Goddard and Marshall Jewell. Officers named include T. G. Baker as corresponding secretary and J. W. Bartlett as marshal.
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National Council of the
Union League of America
Continental Hotel
Union Republican Party
William Newell
New Jersey
T. G. Baker
New York
F. Gwinner
D.O. T. Marshall
H. H. Garnet
J. W. Bartlett
Massachusetts
Agricultural Convention Forms National Society
About 150 delegates from states including New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and others gathered at the Metropolitan Hotel for a preliminary meeting of a proposed American Agricultural Association. General N M Curtis was chosen chairman with secretaries and a committee on organization reading a long address outlining aims to protect promote and develop agriculture nationwide. The constitution was approved and officers were to be elected the next day.
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New York
National Agricultural Society
Metropolitan Hotel
Iews
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Illinois
Georgia
North Carolina
Texas
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Vermont
Maryland
Delaware
Ohio
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maine
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Virginia
N. M. Curtis
M. J. Lawrence
E. A. Carmen
Washington
A. R. Ledoux
J. H. Beall
Committee On Organization
American Agricultural Association
The Standard Theatre sale over unpaid debts in Fox case
Deputy Sheriff Richard J. Lennon sold the Standard Theatre personal effects of Robert Fox after four judgments totaling about $9,000. Creditors White Hentz Co Phelan Co Thackara Buck Co Birdsall claimed liens. Former manager Curran had claimed ownership but failed to post bonds after a fourteen day window. The sale yielded about $1,900 leaving the venue bare and likely ending performances. employees filed wage claims around $3,500.
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Richard J. Lennon
Robert Fox
White, Hentz & Co
Phelan & Co
Thackara, Buck & Co
Birdsall
John ©. Curran
Curran
Prospective Litigation Over Flemington Pipe Project
In Flemington New Jersey December 10 a dispute looms over recent water pipes laid by the Flemington Water Company from Uristown to the Raritan River. Millers downstream threaten injunctions claiming prior riparian rights while the water supply could be threatened if a suit proceeds.
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Fiemigeron
N. J
Flemington Water Company
Uristown
Raritan
Water Company
White seeks limited Supreme Court opinion publication
General White of Pennsylvania proposed an amendment to publish only the majority opinions in Supreme Court reports. Representative Brown of Indiana opposed, noting dissenting opinions are often more valuable. The amendment was rejected with only White and Simonton voting for it.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
White
Pennsylvania
Brown
Indiana
Dred Scott
Simonton
Tennessee
Mysterious Death in Cornish Case Inquest Verdict
In Cornish New Hampshire Levi H Stone died from a blow on the head with a heavy instrument. The inquest found the kitchen floor recently scrubbed with ashes and evidence of a fight near the house. Witnesses testified to the events and the jury declared death caused by an unknown assailant. Mrs Reon and Byron Stone were arrested.
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Cornish
Levi H. Stone
Stone
Reon
Byron
The Silver Lake Tragedy Motion for New Trial Heard
In Brooklyn General Term the court heard a motion for a new trial in the Richardt Silver Lake wife murder case. Richardt, already sentenced to death, had a writ of error and stay of proceedings granted last summer. After arguments the court reserved its decision.
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New York
Richardt
Silver Lake
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Barnard
Gilbert
Pratt
Tekkes Raid Sacks Village and Seizes Camels
A Teheran dispatch to the Daily News says Tekkes seized camels bound for Dusoleum, sacked Yourat village, and abducted inhabitants and their camels. Rumor links them to a march toward Bouyun Bashi threatening Tchikislar.
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London
Teheran
Daily News
Tekkes
Dusoleum
Yourat
Bouyun Bashi
Tchikislar
Balbo Found Guilty in Wife Murder Trial
In New York on December 10 the jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer convicted Pietro Balbo of first degree murder in the killing of his wife. Balbo received the verdict with poor reaction and was remanded for sentencing until tomorrow morning.
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New York
Pietro Balbo
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Bonds Stolen in Paris Recovered in Arrests
Elise Herot Charles Ramel and Marcel Collette were arrested and jailed today for possessing six bonds worth 500 francs each from the Compagnie Universelle du Canal du Suez stolen in Paris last August.
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New York
Elise Herot
Charles Ramel
Marcel Collette
Compagnie Universelle du Canal
Smyth Declines Invite to Speak for Ireland
London December 10 Mr Patrick James Smyth Home Rule member for West Meath telegraphed the American Nationalists that he cannot accept their invitation to travel to America and speak for the Irish cause.
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London
Patrick James Smyth
West Meath
America
Ireland
Treasury buys silver for Philadelphia Mint
The Treasury Department yesterday purchased 260000 ounces of silver for the Philadelphia Mint. The House committee on banking and currency heard Mr. Lounsberry of New York argue for a return to the original national banking act plan. Prominent interests and Kentucky distillers urged changes in revenue regulations before Commissioner Raum, with mention of a proposed distillers organization. The Paterpost named consular officers of Russia Jens Moller Edward Stern Gustav Niebaum and Charles Nitze as vice consuls at Galveston New York San Francisco and Baltimore respectively.
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Tur House Committee On Banking and Currency
Lounsberry
New York
Intasois
Kentucky
Raum
Paterpost
Russia
Jens Moller
Galveston
Edward Stern
Gustav Niebaum
San Francisco
Charles Nitze
Baltimore
Running Amuck Rabid Dog Scare Hits Delaware Town
A rabid dog ran eight miles through Delawanrk City Delaware biting dogs and horses, injuring one man, with twenty dogs confirmed bitten. Dr. Richard Alexander and Armstrong narrowly escaped, Benjamin Denny shot the beast near the lighthouse. Townwide fear grows as cures and old folk remedies are tried and incubation concerns rise.
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Delawanrk Ciry
Del
Richard Alexander
Alexander
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Armstrong
Philadelphia
Benjamin Denny
Mr. Alexander
Samuel Townsend
Ocean Steamship Arrivals From Major Ports
Ocean steamships arrive in New York and other hubs with routes from Glasgow Liver pool Nevada and Liverpool. Vessels listed include Kate from Glasgow State of Indiana, Hamburg Gellert from New York, Southampton Moses from New York and London Mercedes from New York.
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New York
Kate
Glasgow
State of Indiana
Nevada
Liverpool
Hamburg
Gellert
Southampton
Moses
London
Mercedes
Weather Outlook Maps Fast Swing in Conditions
Indications for today show a falling barometer and increasing southerly winds with warm and rainy weather. A rapid rise in barometer follows with brisk to high northwest winds and decidedly cooler, clearing weather.
Death of WillitaM Stewart at a tavern
WillitaM Stewart, 60, died suddenly in a tavern at Twelfth and Anita streets yesterday. The day also saw a rear tavern fire at 5612 Vine street owned by John Cray, and a woodwork heater fire damaging CAR 34 on Fourth and Eighth Streets Line.
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Willitam Stewart
Twelfth
Anita Streets
Vine Street
John Cray
Tax Exery Moron Company
Fourth
Eighth Streets
Tuk
Josie
Anthony Hi. Campbell
Edward L. Free
Campbell
Robert Ralston
Thirteenth Street
Girard Avenue
Charles J. Arms
Courtland Saunders
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Thomas A' Becket
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