Hayes Promises Reward in New York Appointments Controversy
Special Dispatch from Washington reports President uses rewards and punishments over New York appointments. Senators Hamlin Ferry and others receive or face nominations changes. Pa. delegations seek the vacant Eastern district judgeship with candidates Stewart and Butler discussed. Brewster cited as a possible appointee. Robeson censured in naval affairs report. reforms urged.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Merritt
Hamlin
White House
E.T. Pox
Bangor
Michigan
Ferry
Parker
Marshal
General Banks
Massachusetts
Townsend
Conover
Oglesby
Saunders
Pennsylvania
Tom
Harry
John Stewart
Chambersburg
Butler
Chester
Marsh
Frederick Watts
W. F. Sadler
Beltzhoever
Carlisle
D. W. Rowe
J. McDowell Sharpe
Thomas B. Kennedy
Watts
Stewart
Cadwalader
Kennedy
Ward
Judge Butler
Carroll Brewster
Colonel McMichael
Robeson
House Naval Committee
Robeson and Company
Whitthorne
Harris
House
Army and Navy Gazette
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Executive Department
George M. Robeson
Committee On Naval Affairs and Naval Expenditures
France's Grevy pledges loyal bid to national will
Versailles February 6 President Grevy says the National Assembly has set great duties for him and vows to work with the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. He pledges to follow the real wants of the country, maintain tranquility and safeguard state interests while pursuing liberal and just policies. Gambetta praises the predecessor and outlines continued leadership.
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Chamber
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Republican Left
Albert Grevy
Versailles
Grevy
Chambers
National Assembly
Republic
France
M. Gambetta
Marriage of rector weds banker’s daughter in Easton
The Rev Henry M Baum rector of Trinity Episcopal Church married Miss Ellen M Stewart daughter of Edward F Stewart a prominent banker in Easton at 10 this morning The ceremony was in the rector s church with Bishop M A De Wolfe Howe and several ministers assisting The church was crowded and the event described as one of the most brilliant of the season Gifts were numerous and costly.
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Bethlehem
J. H. [. DeMille
T Billipsburg
Edgar
American Reformed Church
Easton
S. Fackenthall
Lambertville
N. J
Messia
John D. Maxwell
Frank W. Stewart
Clarence N. Andrews
Young man charged with murder in rabbit hunting incident
David Lowe, eighteen, of Mount Joy, was arrested by Officer McDevitt on murder information for shooting George Garber during a rabbit hunt. Garber died instantly. Lowe claimed accidental discharge. Coroner ruled accidental death, but Garber's father seeks further proof of premeditation. Lowe jailed for hearing next Wednesday.
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Lancaster
David Lowé
Mount Joy
McDevitt
George OC
Garber
Lowe
John Garber
Alderman Spurrier
Ice in the Delaware Hampers Shipping in Chester Port
A Chester dispatch reports the Delaware River in severe winter ice, choking channels and harming vessels. A sloop and a schooner towing towboat McFadden sank near Tinicum Island with pig iron cargo lost. the Norwegian ship Hardving struck ice and sank to her decks, despite being towed past Chester.
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Chester
Delaware
Tog McFadden
Tinicum Island
Cumberland Iron Works
Bridgeton
N. J
Captain Boyton Sets Out To Swim 130 Miles To Pittsburgh
Special Dispatch reports Captain Paul Boyton, famed aquatic navigator, left Oil City at eleven this morning with plans to swim 130 miles to Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River. Crowds lined bridges and banks to watch as he started feet first, cigar in hand, paddling rapidly. He reached Franklin at 1 PM, slightly bruised by rocks in shallow water, and by 4 PM had logged 25 miles past Scrub Grass.
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Emlenton
Paul Boyton
Aquatic
Oil City
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Franklin
Garnier Triumphs Over Rudolphe as Slosson Wins Honor
Special Dispatch from New York reports a billiards match in the twenty sixth round. Garnier finished at 505 over Rudolphe after 67 innings, with Slosson opening the evening game and Gallagher scoring early runs but fading later. Rudolphe remained peevish and the contest stayed close until late.
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Garnier
Rudolphe
Slosson
Gallagher
New York
Monsieur Rudolphe
Monsieur Garnier
Dispute Ends With Assault Charge In Fortieth Street Church
In Judge Peirce's court, Charles Peterson a colored preacher was charged with assaulting Lewis C. Chambers another colored preacher of Mt. Pisgah AME Church at Fortieth and Locust streets. The conflict over who could preach led to Chambers being dragged from the pulpit and expelled. The trial was not concluded.
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Chambers
Nominations by the President to Senate today
The President sent multiple nominations to the Senate including Martin I. Townsend as United States Attorney for the Northern district of New York N. P. Banks as United States Marshal for Massachusetts J N Patterson as United States Marshal for New Hampshire John Parker as United States Marshal for the Western district of Michigan James Tarrans as United States Marshal for Eastern district of Arkansas Sherman Conant as United States Marshal for Northern district of Florida Decius 8 Wade as Chief Justice Supreme Court Montana Territory and John B Allen as United States Attorney for Washington Territory
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Washington
Senate
Martin I. Townsend
United States
New York
N. P. Banks
Massachusetts
J. N. Patterson
New Hampshire
John Parker
Michigan
James Tarrans
Eastern District of
Arkansas
Sherman Conant
Northern District of
Florida
Decius
Montana Territory
John B. Allen
Washington Territory
Union Pacific Profits For 1878 Reported In Boston
The Union Pacific Railroad Company's year ending June 30 1878 shows total income of 12756854.67 dollars expenses 5807751.16 dollars and a surplus of 6943603.41 dollars. Interest 3333967.02 dollars and government retention of half transport earnings reduces surplus to 2765142.18 dollars or 7.52 percent on capital stock.
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Boston
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Law-Makers Battle Over Salaries and Fish Question
Harrisburg dispatch reports a busy legislative day with debates on retrenchment and reform, fish restrictions on rivers, juries, and wage protection for workers. Beavor County pressed to protect rivers, while a sweeping salary-cut bill faced pointed scrutiny before adjourning without final action.
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Beaver County
Letter About Justice Bradley's Son Provokes Senate Talk
In Washington on February 6, Mr. Sherman released a full copy of his personal letter to Mr. Arthur concerning the son of Judge Bradley. He asserted he would publish any further letters if disclosed and urged that such communications not be eked out in secret sessions. A January 18, 1878 note from the Treasury in Washington shows Justice Bradley recommending his son for a Customs House position, with Bradley hopeful for employment and Sherman offering no definite commitment.
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Washington
Sherman
Arthur
Bradley
Senate
Mr. Sherman
Tanasury Department
Washinaton
Dean
Justice Bradley
Supreme Court
Custom House
John Sherman
Seren
A. Arthur
Newark
Edward Cooper
Baltimore
Weed
Cooper
Tilden
Florida
Russia
Louisiana
South Carolina
National Democratic Committee
Witness
Springer
Mr. Hiscock
Returning Board
Hiscock
Democracy
Democratic Committee
Pelton
Robeson Investigation Report Seeks Condemnation and Censure
The House naval affairs committee adopted Whitthorne’s Robeson report with Democratic support while Republicans plan a minority view. The majority condemns acts involving disposal of public property and contracts. A second resolution asks certification to the President, the Navy Secretary, and the Attorney General. The minority argues disposal of old material followed precedent and saved government funds.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Whitthorne
Robeson
House
Secretary of the Navy
School House Bids Exceed Appropriation for First Ward
The property committee opened bids for First ward school house at Thirteenth and Jackson and Fourth street near Lehigh. All First ward bids topped 27,900 the appropriation, so no award. For the Nineteenth ward bids, Thomas W Wright offered the lowest at 28,995 and was awarded the contract.
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Board of Education
Councils
Thirteenth
Jackson Streets
First Ward
Fourth Street
Lehigh Avenue
William McDaniels
Stone
Hoover & Hughes
Columbus Tweed
Hl, Comber & Co
James M. Stewart
Thomas W. Wright
Nineteenth Ward
George Nonemaker
Samuel R. Stewart
Daniel L. Smith
Station House Stabbing Verdict Names Brockie and Brother
Coroner's jury in Brooklyn at the Twenty first district stationhouse finds John Fletcher died from internal hemorrhage after a stab wound believed to be from Brooklyn Brockie alias James Welsh. The jury holds Robert Fletcher as an accessory. Fletcher and Welsh are bound over for court.
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Brooklyn
John Robinson
Fletcher
John Fletcher
Robert
Robert Fletcher
Brockie
Welsh
Topeka House adopts corruption inquiry resolution
A Topeka dispatch reports the Kansas House passed a resolution calling for a five member committee to investigate bribery and corruption in the late Senatorial election. It also charges corruption in office against the recently elected Senator. The measure carried 68 to 56.
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St. Louris
Topeka
Kan
Oil Case Masters Hearing Postponed at Girard House
Testimony in oil reducers suits against railroads and Standard Oil was to resume before General Sweitzer. George Shiras of counsel for the Commonwealth was absent due to consultations with the Governor and Attorney General. The sitting was adjourned and evidence will resume tomorrow.
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Railroads
Standard Il Company
Girard House
Sweitzer
George Shiras
Commonwealth
General Grant sails from Aden to Bombay and officials reshuffle
A packed mix of news items notes General Grant sailing from Aden for Bombay while Lord Augustus Loftus is named Governor General of New South Wales. Illinois debuts a $500000 bill for improvements, a Vermilion woman is jailed for poisoning her husband, and Prince Leopold may join the Church of England.
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General Grant
Aden
Bombay
Lord Augustus Loftus
New South Wales
Mr. Hayes
Illinois
Anna Ferback
Vermillion
Ohio
Prince Leopold
Queen Victoria
Church of England
Moses H. Leonard
Glendale Elastic Fabric Company
East Hampton
Mass
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
B. J. McGranh
John C. Hulbert
Lrst
Nir
Saratoga
Jacob H. Farrington
Henry Griffin
Order of Foresters
Buffalo
Rochester
Secretary of War
Genres Ward
Columbia
Ind
George
RUN TO BARTEL The Fugitive Theatrical Manager Captured
The Fox-Robert, proprietor of the New American Theatre, hiding with Fanny Lucille, was arrested at Willow Grove by Chief Jones' officers after a chase from Atlantic City to Fort Washington. He returned to Philadelphia for arraignment on charges of maintaining a nuisance and selling liquor to minors. Bail was set high, and the case eyed trial under Judge Briggs with ongoing police pursuit of a September-December theater scandal.
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Robert
New American Theatre
Court of Quarter Sessions
Willow Grove
Montgomery
Jones
Fox
Briggs
Isaiah H. Brown
Francis E. Brewster
Brown
Chief Jones
Stokley
Curran
Erson
Treaster Southworth
Lane
Elizabeth
N. J
New York
Brooklyn
Atlantic City
Brigantine Beach
Fanny Lucille
Crook
Ker
Favorite
Houser
Broad Street
Lucille
Columbia Avenue
Nester
Twenty-fourth District
Selby
Innorrandio
John Duffy
Dally
Grand Central Theatre
Duffy
Thayer
Peirce
Madame de Stael Described by J Foster Kirk Lecture
J Foster Kirk editor of Lipincott's Magazine delivered a City Institute Hall lecture on Madame de Stael. He highlighted her political insight and conversational powers, noting her influence on French and English figures and her role as a political figure amid the pre revolutionary era. He praised her charitable work and tender heart while detailing her home as a shrine for notable leaders.
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Madame de Stael
J. Foster Kirk
Lippincot’s
City Institute Hall
Neckar
Kirk
France
England
Pelton Testifies on Attempt to Buy Returning Board
New York February 6 Pelton testifies he pursued funds and a Returning Board purchase, as telegrams and ciphers tied to Weed Marble and others circulated. He says he spurned Tilden’s direct backing, claimed no full memory of dispatch contents, and details show tensions with Tilden and Davenport era figures.
Pardoned Pawnbroker Becomes Citywide Firestorm
Chief Jones questions the Board of Pardons after news that Emanuel Behrenfeld, a pawnbroker linked to stolen goods, was pardoned. The governor confirms the pardon mailed Wednesday. James Kelly may also be released. Behrenfeld, tied to shoes stolen from two factories and traced through his Germantown shop, ran a thieves’ saloon network.
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Jones
Board of Pardons
Emanuel Behrenfeld
James Kelly
Little Nell
Hoyt
Behrenfeld
Kelly
Charles Webb
Race Street
Peter McCullough
Wilmington
Del
Germantown Avenue
Master Street
Washington
D.C
Alexandria
Election Day Shooting Trial Closes in Selby Case
Policeman Selby faces a verdict over Patrick Ryan's death on election day as testimony wraps. A missing witness Bernard Riley testified he saw Selby threaten violence before the shooting. Riley's claim contrasts with others saying Ryan was quarrelsome and Selby acted in self defense. The defense and prosecution prepare further arguments as the case moves to today.
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Selby
Patrick Ryan
Bernard Riley
Ryan
Schooley
No New Water Works for Wilmington
Wilmington Del Feb 6 The City Council indefinitely postponed a bill to seek authority to borrow 175 000 for new water works upriver on the Brandywine to secure purer water. Taxpayers opposed the plan, defeating the measure and delaying the project.
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Wilmington
Wilminecton
Del
Brandywine River
Ladder accident kills horse driver at Fifth and Race
John McGarvey age 41 was leading a horse attached to a cart when a long ladder projecting from a wagon ahead struck him at Fifth and Race streets Wednesday afternoon. A wheel passed over his chest crushing ribs and he died at Pennsylvania Hospital last evening.
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John McGarvey
Race Streets
McGarvey
Pennsylvania Hospital
Ocean Steamship Arrivals Reported at Major Ports
Ocean steamships arrive at New York State of Georgia from Glasgow and Humbert from London, Imbras from Liverpool, and Liver air. Baltimore Loraine from Liverpool Har old from Antwerp. Moville Devonia from New York and Bristol Cornwall from New York.
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New York
State of Georgia
Glasgow
Humbert
London
Imbras
Liverair
Baltimore
Loraine
Liverpool
Harold
Antwerp
Moville
Devonia
Bristol
Cornwall
Hunton Cleared by Grand Jury in Columbus Alexander Case
In Washington on February 6 the grand jury returned a not true bill by nineteen to four, refusing to indict the Hon. Eppa Hunton for allegedly sending a menace to Columbus Alexander. The decision ends the case against Hunton based on the charged offense.
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Washington
Vacey
Eppa Hunton
Columbus Alexander
Missing Tax Collector Lukens Disappears in Ridley Tinicum
Special Dispatch to The Times Chester reports William P. Lukens, county tax collector for Ridley and Tinicum townships, has vanished. He is about forty, a farmer, and reportedly behind about one thousand dollars. He left home to buy hogs. horse found at Crum Lynne station that night. Friends expect he will resurface in a few days.
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Chester
William P. Lukens
Ridley
Tinicum
Crum Lynne Station
Lukens
Weather indications for today with light coastal snow
Clearing weather expected during the day after light snow along the coast in the morning. Light northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer, and no definite change in temperature anticipated.
City Controller awards stationery to sole bidder
The city controller’s office awarded the stationery contract yesterday to William Mann as the only bidder. Fire damaged Robert A. Lee’s picket-house at Terrace and Dawes streets Manayunk. A 30 year old woman, Sarah Smith, died suddenly at No 6 Washington court near Seventh and Lombard streets. Magistrate Smith bailed August Bazan for keeping a fruit stand at Fifth and Market streets. In Judge Allison’s Court Jesse Lukens won a $1,700 verdict over C. S. Richards. Society of the Sons of St George held its third social at their hall Thirteenth and Arch streets. American Line steamer Ohio sailed for Europe with passengers and cargo valued at $176,577.45 including 16,000 bushels of wheat and 658 bales of cotton. Widow Mrs Buckner of 823 Ann Street Port Richmond reported destitution. police lieutenant Ferguson seeks contributions. Rev W S Knox Little arrives in New York and will lecture in St Clement’s Church tonight. William Bacon, treasurer of the Merchants’ Fund, reports several donations from multiple donors. Democratic arbitration committee finished testimony in the Sixth ward contest but pending decision. expectation of amicable adjustment. Mayor Stokley received the Australian International Exhibition instruction letter. nations must finalize arrangements by June 1, 1880. Supply bids for Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph opened yesterday in presence of relevant committee and referred to the Superintendent to be scheduled.
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William Mann
Robert A. Lee
Terrace
Dawes Streets
Manayunk
Sarah Smith
Washington Court
Seventh
Lombard Streets
Smith
August Bazan
Fifth
Market Streets
Allison
Jesse Lukens
Richards
Society of the Sons of St. George
Thirteenth
Arch
American Line
Ohio
Europe
Buckner
Ann Street
Port Richmond
Ferguson
W. S. Knox Little
Manchester
New York
St. Clement's Church
William Bacon
Merchants’ Fund
Jacob P. Jones
T. Charton Henry
F. W. Vanuxem
Joseph Swift
Meyer Gans
Democratic Arbitration Committee
Stokley
Melbourne
Department of Police
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Commerce Committee
Texas and Pacific
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Newton Pettis
Meadville
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Iie
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Tim Pinna
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Tux Tres
Union Pacific
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Judiciary General Committee
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Indiana
Ermentrout
Thomas
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Mylin
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Seymour
Davies
Craig
Butterfield
A. C. Neall
Woman’s Hospital
Huhn
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
James Neill
Farr
George Ritman
Frankford
Squire Caughey
Beaver
Monongahela
Allegheny
Mr. Hewit
Blair
Law
Hewit
Walter
D. L. Sherwood
Northumberland
Adjutant General’s Office
Sherwood
Faunce
Long
York
E. W. Davis
J. Petroff
Wolfe
Union
Governor Hoyt
Lear
Schell
Harrisburg
Reading
Latta
Snowden
J. W. Ryan
Senator Ingalls
Bartel
Movamensing
Montgomery County
Mr. Fox
James Rodgers
Fort Washington
Weyl
Eckstein
Doylestown
Bessie
Theatre Company
Lee Shey
Abingdon
Fanny
Central Station
Door
Wayl
Policeman Selby
Hlagert
Isaiah Brown
Robert Fox
Madame DE Staels
the Wicked Nephew
Mr. Pelton
Mr. Tilden
Potter
Havemeyer
Everett House
Marble
Tribune
Wooley and Fox
Manton Marble
Ben
Thomas Charles
Wooley
Stenger
Laltimore
Oregon
Reed
King
Hunton
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