Senator Irby comments on party unity and primary
Col Irby, state Democratic chairman, insists the fight should stay inside the party and delegates abide by the primary result. He criticizes outside attempts to force a cross party light and predicts calm in the campaign while urging leaders to curb bitterness. He plans to leave Columbia soon and will not return before May 18.
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CoLuMpta
Irby
State Committee
Democratic Party
Ile
Greenville
Shanghai
Col. Irby
Tillman
Col Orr
Weir
Washington
Tillmarg
Columbia
Widow Wins 18000 Damages in Cheater Case at Washington
Mrs Sallie Meyer won an $18000 verdict against John Cheater in Washington Indiana after her husband was killed by a man identified as Greater. The trial alleged Greater was intoxicated at the time of the crime and later confined to an asylum.
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Washington
Ind
Sallie Meyer
John Cheater
Greater
Ex-Governor Thompson Named Actuary for New York Life
A Columbia dispatch to the Herald reports ex Governor Hugh B. Thompson now a civil service commissioner has been offered the actuary post at New York Life Insurance with a $10,000 yearly salary and has accepted the position.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Herald
Columbia
Hugh 8. Thompson
Civil Service Commissioners
New York Life Insurance Company
Revival of the Mad Fox Mania in Charleston
The News and Courier reports ongoing mad fox excitement across South Carolina with tales of attacks, sightings, and a fatal hydrophobia case near Monck’s Corner. A Charleston boy’s death from a fox bite is confirmed after hospital tests, marking the first such Charleston incident.
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Charleston
Sambo
Anauxe
Monck’s Corner
Ile
News and Courier
Fire Devastates Mandalay Leaving Thousands Homeless
Dispatches from Mandalay report a devastating blaze that began around 11 p.m. and has engulfed three quarters of the city. The fire destroyed the palace and government buildings, with 75 to 100 killed so far and up to 25,000 families left without shelter as authorities seek aid from Rangoon.
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Mandalay
Calcutta
Burmah
Amarapura
H Ip
Symmes
Rangoon
Alexander MacKenzie
Free Wool Tariff Debate Highlights 1880 House Session
In committee of the whole on the tariff bill, Democratic speakers push protection for wool and cotton while warning against free trade. Butler argues tariffs do not raise wages. Lawson and Everett discuss sheep industry and cotton ties. Republicans defend McKinley bill. Several North and Georgia members weigh in. House recesses at 5:30 until 9.
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Washington
House
Blount
Georgia
Butler
Iowa
United States
Ile
Ray
New York
Mr. Ray
Solomons
Mr. Butler
Lawson
Dem
America
Everett
Republican Party
J. D. Taylor
Rep
Ohio
Ife
Congress
Hle
England
Grady
North Carolina
Laytop
Crosby
Massachusetts
Exodus of 650 Negroes Leaves Memphis for Oklahoma
Memphis Tennessee dispatch reports 650 African Americans set out for Oklahoma this morning by wagon and foot. Officials expect 1000 more to depart Monday. The mass exodus follows earlier talks and the lynching, with calls for all able to leave accelerating many decisions.
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Memphis
Teen
Oklahoma
Fatal gas asphyxiation at Sulphur mine
Five forkmen at the sulfur mines ten miles west of New Orleans were suffocated in an unused well when they lowered themselves to retrieve pipe. Mike Witzgerald James Edwards James Hagen Pleas Hawley and Charles Mouriit died after gas overcame them as plugs were removed.
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New
Money volume must be raised to aid farmers union
The Cotton Plant argues money value rests on legal tender and urges a broad money expansion. It cites quotes from Franklin Webster and Clay, details a 1876 silver commission report, and asserts government control of the money supply is necessary to relieve distress and prevent revolution. The piece calls for public action and honest leadership to unite communities.
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Columbia, & C
Aristotle
John Stewart Mill
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Clay
United States Senate
Treasury
United States
Daniel Webster
Britannia
North British Review
Appleton
American Encyclopedia
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Toole
Francis Bowen
Win
Crawford
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Ongland
Silver Commission
N. A. Dunkine
der van Deceivedt
Cotters A
Pebtic
Hesprettully
Himson Ss. Keer
Preoree
Free Silver Fight Sees Narrow Senate House Vote
Washington March 25 The tie vote on Burrows Michigan to lay the Bland bill on the table shows 118 for and 118 against with 35 not voting. Democratic support for free silver surprised observers as several states cast opposing and paired votes, signaling tighter lines for future action.
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Burrows
Michigan
House
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Iowa
New Jersey
Ohio
Maryland
Tinos
Connecticut
New Stampshire
Rhode Island
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Minnesota
South Carolina
Delaware
West Virginia
Missouri
California
Far West
Vincent A. Taylor
Mississippi River
Alsas
Roderick
Munston
South Dakota
Pickler
Jolley
Campbell, Wadsworth and Stahlnecker
Forman, Wike and Springer
Ilinois
Cooper
Indiana
Clover
Kansas
Cheatham
North Carolina
Donovan
Shell
Hlerbert
Alabama
Lester
Virginia
Boatner
Enloe
Tennessee
Hlerberth
Wike
Wadsworth
Timothy J. Campbell
Springer
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
Crisp
Messrs Cutchings
McMillin
Gland
Free Silver Movement
LCG
Messrs Bland, Pierce
Pierce
Senate
Lloar
Bland
Vierce
Gen. Sfatch
News and Courier
Violence and political turmoil across towns and capitals
A jumble of reports from Mourted Judge in Riots City to Lamars Jail near March 25 recounts a wife arrest disputed by citizens, a move by Governor McKintley’s wool blanket gift, and a South Carolina senator seeking import names for South American trade. The piece also covers a Haiti voyage, a brutal cannibal accusation at sea, and the Bland silver bill stalemate in the U.S. House with cloture petitions and party divisions.
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Treenwall
Lamars
Lamiars
Aw Bogey
Marcel
McKintley
Salem
Oroson
Albert Sertzing
St. Marys
Ohio
Columbia
S. C
Butler
South America
South American
Tindal
Daylight Burglary in Brooklyn Ends With Rescue
Two burglars broke into Mrs. Mary Larsen's home at 730 Grand Street between 6 and 7 AM and bound her. They stole $6,000 hidden in her dress lining and escaped unobserved. Mrs. Larsen, aged eighty, regained consciousness after injury and alerted passersby who freed her from the window. No clues to the attackers were found.
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Brooklyn
Mary Larsen
Grand Street
Che Burghirs
Won Husband Interracial Marriage Born From Bold Rescue
A seventeen year old girl, Wella Wise, from near Miss Michaels, repelled a knife attack by a burglar, grabbed a shotgun, and fainted. A Georgia man, W. M. Jones of Deike, replied to her note and they wed. In another brief from Holy Spru naes, Mrs G C Smith reports she gave birth to six boys weighing 45 pounds total, named Lee, Grant, Vahdorn, Sheridan, Sherman and Buell.
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Wella Wise
W. M. Jones
Deike
Ho.Ly Sprunaes
GC. K. Smith
Yuty
Lee
Grant
Vahdorn
Sheridan
Sherman
Buell
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