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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1883
Page
1
New York reports describe a volatile railroad market with D P Morgan and Vanderbilt cautious about buying or selling. Analysts foresee a ten year wave of bankruptcy for much railway property, yet expect brief bull markets as interior trade shifts challenge monopolies and spur new competition projects.
Theresa Sturlata, recently released from Joliet, arrives at her mother's Baltimore home after traveling from Pittsburg under the name Mrs Hamilton. She rejects a Pittsburg telegraphed interview, defends prison treatment, regrets the Stiles killing, and expresses a wish for a lawful, modest life aided by Chicago friends. Her brother James accompanied her to Baltimore.
The Republican national committee plans to meet in Washington to set the time and place for the 1884 convention. Chicago is favored by a majority of southern and western members, though eastern delegates prefer Philadelphia or Boston. The vote outcome hinges on a few key committeemen and possible local political gain. In Atlanta, Ga., the Georgia railroad case Hayden vs. Hayden limits recoverable losses to the amount paid for railroad tickets after a theater troupe was stranded by a delayed train.
Watemong Connecticut December 8 President Bishop of the Naugatuck railroad died at o'clock a. m after long and painful illness from Brights disease The locomotive bearing his name on the Naugatuck railroad was heavily draped as soon as his death was announced Senator Anthony New York December Senator Anthony has not yet fully recovered from vertigo He is much better and his niece attending him thinks he will be able to leave for Washington City on the limited express He is unable to see visitors.
The Plantyr left New York for Antwerp November 11 and has not sent word since. She was due in Antwerp November 25, and the agents say they have not given up hope of locating her despite the lack of tidings.
Washington dispatch reports nearly forty Democratic House members plan to join Republicans to block any tariff reopening. The move undermines radical free traders and Carlisle’s Speakership aims, allowing the national Democrats to declare tariff policy at the upcoming convention. A separate note recounts Tom Ochiltree steering for Herr Lasker, arranging a meeting with the president and introducing him to Speaker Carliste and Speaker Randall during a Berlin visit.
A 75 year old widower Patrick Keegan marries 85 year old Hannah Cushing in Dedham, with the ceremony reportedly celebrated by a local band, as Keegan offers $5 in happiness. The dispatch mixes odd anecdotes including regional names and dated phrasing.
Boston dispatch reports a circulating appeal to workingmen to organize for the presidential campaign, call a national convention, and name a labor candidate. Rufus A. Phinney of Lynn defends the plan, while critics call it a Butler Labor-Democratic strategy.
Rumors from Wassratoon City say the speaker aims to finalize his committees list before the holiday recess. Morrison is favored for Ways and Means, Hurd or Tucker for Judiciary, Hewitt for Naval Affairs, Morse for Massachusetts, Rogecrans likely for Military Affairs, Cox or Belmont for Foreign Affairs, Cobb for Elections Pacific Railways and Public Lands, and Buckner for Banking and Currency.
In Ohio Agron reports a semi anthracite coal find now reclassified as not Albertite or mineral pitch. A new 428 foot drill shows a seven foot thick vein richer in carbon, with cores proving thickness. Leads are being run across nearby lands as operators anticipate opening a major coal field.
Judge Kelley outlines his plan to suspend silver coinage to aid a potential international free coinage agreement. He cites observations from Britain and Europe, noting England’s dependence on silver trade with India and China. Kelley argues that stopping the current coinage would pressure Britain toward bimetallism, while warning against attempts to abolish metallic money.
News in brief items report varied happenings including a $2000 payment for a Mathew Arnold lecture, civic and church notes, a Paris court ruling affecting Bernhardt, fishing schooner losses, temperance resolutions, a Cincinnati baseball lease, and local incidents across the United States with names, dates, and places interwoven.
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