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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1887
Page
2
The Warren Mail denounces Speaker Carlisle for blocking tariff reform and limiting votes in the House, citing Hearst and a push for tariff revision. It praises the Democratic record’s failures, Virginia shifts toward Republicans, and predicts a sweeping 1888 GOP victory with New York likely to join.
The 74 year old famed preacher Mr. Beecher suffered a paralytic attack Friday night and lay comatose Saturday morning. Born in Litchfield June 27, 1813, son of Dr. Lyman Beecher, he began preaching at 21 and had a long career as a preacher and orator. He married Lanice White Bullard in 1837, survived by four of ten children. The 50th year of his marriage, 50th of ordination, and 40th of his Plymouth pastorate would have brought a jubilee if he had lived. Monday night he was alive but sinking.
The platform favored restricting federal officer posts in Territories to local residents and Cleveland endorsed it fully. Yet he travels to Albany and Hyde Park to appoint a Recorder in Washington, raising questions about finding a resident for the job and suggesting he should have retained Fred Douglass.
President Cleveland selects Trotter James M from Massachusetts as Recorder for the District of Columbia, replacing Mathews rejected by the Senate. Critics say appointing an outside man defies district rules and alienates local Black residents, but the President pursues his aims anyway.
The Deficiency Bill failed due to time to enroll causing the act extending free delivery to towns with ten thousand dollars in receipts to become inoperative until the new appropriation act starts the next fiscal year. This halts free delivery for the present while post offices remain accessible.
Tioga County bar approves resolutions endorsing Judge H. W. Williams as replacement for Chief Justice Mercur. Williams has served on the Tioga bench for twenty two years. He is described as a fair judge but not the equal of Judge Brown of the district.
Gov Beaver names Dr Egle of Harrisburg as State Librarian praising his scholarship and literary habits suitable for the post.
A Senate proposal to grant a $2000 yearly pension to General Logan’s widow failed in the House and the President will not veto or approve it.
The outgoing Senate stands 41 Republicans, 34 Democrats, and 1 Independent. The incoming Senate will be 38 Republicans, 37 Democrats, and 1 Independent. Gains occur in California, Indiana, New Jersey, and Virginia, with Nevada’s seat switching to Democrats as Stewart succeeds Fair, and Riddleberger’s stance may tangle GOP leadership.
Rufus Blodgett, Democrat, rompe the stalemate to win the United States Senate seat over Governor Abbett. The vote was 43 for Blodgett, 38 for Abbett, and 1 for Potter. Blodgett, born November 9, 1834 in Rochester New York, had previously served in the New Jersey Assembly as Democratic leader representing Ocean County.
The House votes 149 to 1354 to pass the retaliation bill as sent by the Senate. The passage prompts derisive warning about John Ball potentially interfering with fishing lines and hints at a forthcoming major confrontation.
Wisconsin General Bragg accused veterans of being scamps vagabonds and bounty-jumpers, insult provoking Northern soldiers. The House allies defended his veto of a pension bill and critics warn the insult will later fuel resentment among Union supporters. Ledger calls Cleveland a friend of Union soldiers.
Senator SuerMAN pledges to address Tennessee Republicans in Nashville early in March. The Brownlows, once for Blaine, shift to publicly back Sherman as the campaign heats up.
The March St. Nicholas features a breezy collection of short stories designed to please a wide audience. Each tale is short and light, aiming to entertain readers across ages with charm and variety.
The 49th Congress closed after ten months and twenty six days with a record pace of bills introduced, reports issued, and laws enacted. It saw 1,481 laws passed, 132 vetoes, and 13 deaths in Congress, including notable measures on succession, electoral count, and interstate commerce.
Miners at Tyler driven from company houses amid a strike while special police evict families. A sick woman reportedly carried out on her bed and police accused of breaking doors. Fifty workers idle. eleven non union miners at work amid ongoing removal of strikers' families.
The annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30 shows Dunkirk customs office costs at 2446 dollars and collection cost per dollar at 12.04 dollars. At Dunkirk duties totaled 15 dollars with receipts 203 dollars. expenses were 2446 dollars.
A brief note from Pittsfield Pa dated Feb 26 1887 reports a few days of sun had residents hopeful for spring tasks, but a fresh blustery snowfall yesterday blocked the passenger train and halted spring work indefinitely.
The speaker jokes that a man who can sing should not be sent to Bing Sing and argues that a man who cannot sing but will sing belongs at Sing Sing. The remark contrasts two prisons with a humorous twist.
The Senate passed measures allowing US and Pennsylvania corporate holders to convey title to lands, approving land acquisitions near navigable streams for Allegheny river work, and establishing a state weather service to aid the federal signal service.
The annual report details 2322 miles of road east of Pittsburg with gross earnings of 101,697,980 dollars. Freight cost under half a cent per ton mile, passenger cost about 1.5 cents per mile. Philadelphia and Erie branch adds 891,155.50 to surplus, reaching 15,625,348.35. West of Pittsburg, net profit 182,450.40 after a prior loss, total gain 1,297,996.78. Travel and traffic reach new highs, signaling strong 1887 prospects.
News briefs report Emmett's birthday celebrated in New York and Philadelphia on March 4. Quakes shook areas from Charleston to Augusta and Italy. February debt reduction totaled 1 436 783 with 58 104 357 for eight months. Ohio schools must teach alcohol and narcotics effects. Providence businessmen seek repeal of Prohibition. Italian quake toll 646 dead, 452 injured. 20,000 homeless. losses around 10 million. Mrs. Rura Harmon dies in Jackson Michigan. Trotting Association splits, new West group forms in Detroit. Trade dollars and anti polygamy bills become law after presidential delay.
The Warren Mainz and the Weekly Press of Philadelphia are advertised as a leading family paper duo for $1.75. The Press is a Republican eight page weekly with national news markets farm section women and youth features and a strong original story. They claim home and local news are included and promise delivery to any address with advance payment postage free.
The issue highlights an illustrated story Grande Pointe by Mr Cable about Acadian Louisiana, continues Stockton's Hundredth Man in part five, and includes Charles F Benjamin’s reminiscences of Secretary Stanton. Chickamauga will be discussed in the April number.
Mrs Snaggs questions Mrs Fangle’s profession. Mrs Fangle is rarely at home when called, leading to speculation about whether she is a homeopathist.
Public Printer Benedict was confirmed 37 to 19. Charles J. Peterson is dead. A gross of steel pens cost 35 dollars, now eight cents each. Col Gilder returns from the Arctic without samples. Silk mill strike continues in Paterson with about 10000 idle. Fairchild delays trade dollar redemption. John Brown supporters donate to Charleston sufferers. Ingersoll recovers from throat ailment. Minnesota wolves chase a lawyer. local press denounces them. Mrs Roxalana Druse hanged at Herkimer for murder and arson. Gold findings near Oliphant Arkansas attract investors. Snow drifts higher than poles between Minnesota towns. Minneapolis logs 104 sleighing days. St Paul may surpass. Lookout Mountain sale portends a large hotel and fine view. War era marriage trends noted. Standard Oil backing gas plant syndicate. gas business lucrative. Margaret Mather and Emil Haberkorn marriage site at Buffalo contested. Captain James H. Gillis promoted to Commodore from Elk County PA. Clara Barton reports Western Texas drought relief not needed. Chicago mirrors New York. corruption probe seeks $900000 to $1,000,000. Farmer corn labor distances tallied. plowing journeys total 700 miles. Postmaster General urges name on mail to improve returns. 90% undelivered mail could be recovered. Dr Hammond dispels trance-death fears. burial gases move bodies. Burial alive rare. grave fears linked to decomposition gases. Sam Jones: money not everything.
In Shenandoah 400 to 500 children are sick with measles. Eastern slate quarries resume work. Washington County elected a woman and a colored man to the School Directors. Williamsport lumber shipments in 1886 totaled 230 044 000 feet, up 2 628 000 from the prior year. Governor Beaver sent Dr William A Egle’s name for State Librarian. Senate confirmed. Powderly’s Philadelphia HQs show lavish furnishings. Economites celebrate their eighty second anniversary amid feasting and religious observance, with a long decline in membership from near a thousand to under fifty and property valued at 50 to 100 million dollars.
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