Long Congressional Session Recap and Labor Strikes
The report covers Senate and House actions including proposed railroad and maritime bills, commissions on ports, and measures affecting Chinese emigration and land claims. It notes labor unrest with sugar refiners in Brooklyn, garment cutters in Philadelphia, and miners along the Youghiogheny River resuming or adjusting work, plus union wage and hour debates across various trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todian Natio
Indian Territory
Lamar
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pita
Youghiogheny River
W. Li. Scott
Scott Haven
Tu Manufacturers’ Association of Brass Iron
United States
Pittsburg
Alleghney
Pennsylvania Railroad
Knight of Labor
West matters report extensive storm and violence
A Burlington Iowa boarding house is struck killing Gustav Millen and injuring others. A Franklin Geiger dwelling burned. Arizona vigilantes report Murray and Blign killed near Nogales. Cyclone damages Nortonville Kansas. Fires in Rossville Illinois destroy stores and a residence. Dakota officers depart on a junket. Train wreck near New Castle Indiana kills two. Multiple weather and violence items follow across states with losses and inquiries.
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Burlington
Iowa
Gustav Millen
Frank Geiger
Bennett
Arizona Ranch
Nogales
Charles Murray
Thomas Blign
Geronimo
Murray
Shaw
Vera Cruz Valley
Nortonville
Kon
Rossville
Ill
Hoover
Milton Lee
W. J. Henderson & Co
Minneapolis
Millions In Brazil Heir Wins Father’s Estate
Gro Hesserich a 50 year old Memphis barber inherits a $5,000,000 Brazilian estate through his late uncle. Hes ceived from Elmira New Jersey where he has five children. He is German and moved to Memphis long prior.
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Gro
Hesserich
Memphis
Tenn
Brazil
Hessevich
Elmira
N. J
Winchester
Brandonville
W. Va
Charles Latel
John Reib
Dinwiddie County
Virginia
Sutherland's Station
Norfolk and Western
Petersburg
Nominations Move Through Senate for Various Posts
The Senate confirmed numerous nominations including postmasters at Deadwood Liberty Dell Rapids Chariton Danville Wilmington and Ripon as well as receivers registrars consuls and treasury posts across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Montana New Mexico and Kansas. Appointments include Wm L Beard Regis terra of the Land Office J P Norwell and D L Houser governor of Montana and other federal positions.
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Montana
Ely Shields
Las Cruces
N. M
A. F. Seeberger
Chicago
Conrad Zeipp
Milwaukee
John Cadwallader
Philadelphia
B. P. Smith
Deadwood
Dakota
F. Abel
Liberty
H. O. Briley
Dell Rapids
R. Davia
Creston
Town
W. C. Lewis
Anglo American Telegraph Company Leaders Meet in London
A conference of representatives from the Anglo American Telegraph Company Direct United States Cable Company French Cable Company and Western Union Telegraph Company was held in London to discuss coordinated actions and policies. The session aimed to align operations and improve transatlantic communications amid evolving international telegraph networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
Direct United States Cable Company
French Cable Company
Western Union Teleane Cooper
Leonetn
Npa -Hald
London
Ged ‘Labs
Bamme
Terrible cyclone devastates Forest Ohio and surrounds
A severe cyclone swept across Forest Ohio damaging farmhouses and outbuildings and injuring twelve passengers on a Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad train. The storm followed the Blanchard River, felled trees and killed multiple residents, including W L McElroy and his mother in law, with extensive damage and fatalities reported across Kenton and nearby areas. Local authority reports two or more likely fatalities and hundreds of thousands in damage.
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Forest
Ohio
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Blanchard River
W. L. McElroy
McElroy
Kenton
Whiteside
James Fisher
J. H
William McElroy
Higgins
David Higgins
Jackson Township
W. H. Fleming
Cleveland
Patrick Reddington
Shannon
Ill
Charles Lashell
Reddington
Lashell
Secretary of the Interior
R. M. Sherman
Dakota
Sparks
Sherman
Land Office
Tun
Atlas National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Debt and Iowa Local News Roundup
Des Moines reports a city debt of 663 807 04 as of May 1. Charles City public schools employ sixteen assistants. Cedar Rapids packing house kills about 1000 hogs daily. Algona new foundry to operate by July 1. Des Moines strawberries sell for 25 cents a box. Davenport judge fines 15 for slaugh ter in city limits and collects 64 25 in April fines. Davenport Baptists plan a 20000 church in the resident district. Burlington saloonkeepers move into state where Clark law absent. Moingonn boone county claims wealthiest Odd Fellows lodge in state. Burlington seeks pork packing house after Soldiers Home failure. George L Brown seen in San Francisco. Cedar Rapids prepares for monster festival June 15 18 with chorus over 300. Caves found on Iowa River near Coralville. Burlington child drowns after wandering away. Des Moines street railway bid filed for electric operation. Knoxville justice fines teamster 100 for hauling beer. Cedar Rapids Grace church to be enlarged into cruciform at 20000. Washington County firm sells 80000 worth of Clyde and Norman stallions. Davenport Captain O Briens son shot in the eye by bow gun arrow. Cedar Rapids cigar makers strike for higher pay. mill owners refuse. Muscatine lake cleared by dynamite failed. Murray Howard House struck by mail pouch near fast mail train. Ottumwa about 100000 stock hotel company planned. Humboldt Methodists contract 2000 for church 30 to 50 feet. Fairfield town 3500 with four drunkenness arrests since Jan 1. Ottumwa coal company capital 1000000.
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Des Moines
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Algona
Davenport
the Baptista of Davenport
Burlington
Moingonn
Boone County
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
George L. Brown
Hamburg
Clert
San Francisco
Vinton Canning Company
Knights of Labor Assembly
Independence
Justice Kramer
Ottumwa
Methodists
Humboldt
Fairfield
Whitibreist Coal and Mining Company
William Ramsey
Excelsior
Oskaloosa
A. H. Blake
Manchester
Vril
Seventeenth
Iowa Infantry
Leon
Decatur County
P. B. Curtis
Hudson
Blackhawk County
Dubuque
Nancy Fraend
B. Giancoli
Iowa River
Coralville
Johnson County
Carlson
Knoxville
Grace Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapide
Washington County
O’brien
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Minnesota Notices of Hatches, Accidents and Developments
Reports show Duluth promised two government fish hatcheries and a $100,000 hotel planned at Winona. Wheat losses from flood impact Waseon County soil. a Lac qui Parle rail line will host new elevators. Other items note a fatal buggy accident near West Base, widespread lumber from Court O’Rielles, debt and bank withdrawal in Perham, and local crimes and disasters across multiple counties.
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Duluth
Joseph Monnia
Chaska
Winona
Waseon County
Lac Qui Parle
Nels Peterson
West Base
Court O’rielles
Jackson County
Carrie Mattison
Worthington
W. Holt
Owatonna
Wells Fell
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Perham
Clay County
Minnesota Agricultural Society
Paul Remarkel
Mazeppa
Ames
Minneapolis
M. Blake
Three Lakes
Redwood County
Norman County
Halvarson
la Crescent
Grace Episcopal Church
Sauk Rapids
Caledonia
Railroads resume service as Chicago strikes shift
Railways in Chicago restart operations and handle freight with limits. Freight handlers’ settlements vary by line with the Baltimore and Ohio granting eight hours pay for nine hours work, while others return to old terms or refuse. City Council debates police pensions and hires while praising officers for Des Plaines Street riot response and considers increasing force.
Anticipated Presidential Nuptials Stir Washington Gossip
Washington dispatch reports crowded social chatter in the White House as Miss Cleveland prepares to leave her post and Miss Frankie Folsom is poised to become the first Indy. The President may honeymoon at his sister’s home in Holland Patent after the wedding, and plans call for the Holland house to host guests in elegant style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
White House
Miss Cleveland
Frankie Folsom
Holland
Holland Patent
Railroad network radiating from Chicago noted
The report counts 47 931 miles of railroad radiating from Chicago. Two Philadelphia firemen are about to join the Knights of Labor amid growing labor organizing. Great forest fires prevail on mountains near Trauaqua Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
Trauaqua
President vetoes two pension bills over Bureau delays
President Cleveland returns two veto messages to the House. He blocks Andrew J. Hill’s increased pension due to misnamed beneficiary Alfred J. Hill and objects to overruled Pension Bureau procedures. The second veto concerns Abigail Smith whose raised pension would delay her earned increases under a March law.
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Grover Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Abigail Smith
House of Representatives
Diverse 19th Century News Snippets
Raiders raid Boster gamblers. Cincinnati considers Sunday public library hours. Bath Mo to host large iron ship yard. Mass migration of Mormons through Texas to Mexico. New Jersey Gov Ab bett signs arbitration bill. Over 40 million birds killed for plumage in New York. Mormon elders in Georgian demand. 150 assigned. Raphael Semmes monument endorsed by Jerr Davis. Colorado mountains snowier and flood risk. Massachusetts legislature sets state arbitration board. C M Na xy of Mississippi noted as leading cotton planter with 12 000 acres and 3 million. Cornell oculist warns study impact on eyesight. West Virginia farmers flee homes forest fires devastate timber.
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Boster
Cincinnati
Bath
Texas
Mexico
Gov. Abbett
New Jersey
Nually
New York State
Trere
Jerr Davis
Raphael Semmes
Colorado
Massachusetts
C. M. Naxy
Mississippi
Cornell University
Beintain
Agoer
West Virginia
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