Congressional session reports dozen bills and votes
Fifty sixth congress activity shows sun dry civil appropriation bill status and approval of John C. Fremont retirement as major general. Senate recedes on subsidy amendment to post office bill. House passes Arkansas river bridge project at Cummings Tasains and authorizes Duluth lighthouse funding. Tariff debate continues with internal tax repeal proposals rejected. cigars and fruit spirit taxes also debated and defeated. Public works in Ronkers and Kalamazoo discussed, ways and means tightens cigar manufacturer bond rules. Senate and committee actions on cotton ties and free list noted.
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John C. Fremont
Plumb
Senate
Clardy
Missouri
Arkansas River
Cummings Tasains
Ark
House
Springer
Illinois
Nicholls
North Carolina
Sowden
Duluth
Winona & Southwestern Railway Company
Mississippi River
Winona
Mian
Wise
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mr. Wise
Stahmecker
New York
Burns
Michigan
Ronkers
N. Y
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ilinois
Ways and Means
McMillin
Tennessee
Collector of Internal Revenue
Tracey
House Committee On Agriculture
Lind
Commerce Committee
Business Men's Association of Minnesota
Minnesota
Comittee
Senate Finance Committee
Dynamite Conspiracy Case Involving Burlington Workers
United States prosecutors outline charges against six men from the Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen connected to a dynamite plot against the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line. Witnesses include Alex Smith and Bowles, with confessions and a Pinkerton detective in court.
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Burlington
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Goding
Wilson
Bowles
Broderick
Smith
Alex Smith
Searly
United States
Indiana
Aurora Brotherhood
David
Kelley
Lloyd
Ewing
J. J. Kelley
Hoge
Charles Cordell
Burlington Road
Perkins
Deasley
Stone
Wirt Dexter
J. W. Bly
Arthur
Sargent
Alexander Sullivan
Hoge and Murphy
I Caigemetie
Davenport
W. I. Gould
Gould
Rock Island
Dispatch
Grand Trunk
Northwestern
Brotherhood
John Wilson
Couly
Broderic
Bauereisen
Mr. Dawes
John Mulligan
Pinkerton
Supt
McGinn
Mulligan
Aurora
Noblesville
Cresto
Cross Namination Bowles
Laughing tacoma hotel tenant fleeces guests
A Tacoma Washington Territory hotel keeper hosts a stranger who asks distance to Mount Ranier. The man borrows a field glass, walks off toward the mountain, and never returns. The proprietor discovers the man stole towels, bricks, and other items and left owing two weeks of board.
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Tacoma
Washington Territory
Mount Ranier
Tenderfoot
Magnificent array on the campaign trail cited by St. Louis Globe Democrat
The St. Louis Globe Democrat praises the Harrison and Morton ticket with Blaine Sherman Depew Edmunds Hawley McKinley and Phelps in a forthcoming campaign. The paper predicts a historic display of ability on the stump during the latter stages of the canvass.
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Blaine
Sherman
Depew
Edmunds Hawley
McKinley
Phelps
Harrison
Morton
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Polk Victory and Tariff of 1846 Debate
The 1844 canvass claimed Polk was a better tariff man than Clay and voters were misled by that claim. The House elected with Polk passed a free trade tariff bill repealing the 1842 protective tariff, signed into law as the Tariff of 1846. Democratic duplicity on tariffs is noted as repeating earlier shameless tactics.
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Polk
Clay
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Harrison
Cleveland Skips Gettysburg Anniversary 1865
The article argues President Cleveland did not attend the Gettysburg anniversary in 1865 or this year. It notes he is too occupied with other duties and avoids comparisons to Lincoln. It also cites veteran trains and straw counts as evidence the gathering is not his.
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Cleveland
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Harrison
Duica Hera
Digging for woodchucks signals Democratic nominating woes
A Philadelphia Press critique uses a rustic woodchuck hunt to lampoon Democrats’ chase for campaign meat after the Republican ticket is named. The piece mocks their obsession with Harrison’s record on labor and China, then 1886 strikes, concluding there is no woodchuck to be found and advising against digging in last year’s holes.
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Woodchuck Hale
Woodchuck
Harrison
Rocky Mountains
Ho Woodebuck
McDonald
Ben Harrison
Philadelphia
Presa
English Free Trade Reverberates in American Campaign
The piece cites London papers praising Cleveland as a free trader and argues the clash between free trade and protection is central to the election. It notes British press support for Cleveland contrasts with Confederate constitutional echoes and a New York newspaper critique of Southern free trade inclinations.
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Cleveland
London Times
Tammany Hall
Times
Cobden
The
London News
Gen
Harrison
London
Congress
Confederate States
House of Representatives
Confederacy
N. Y. Mail & Express
Parasites from Animals Threaten Human Health
William A. Hammond notes that many animal diseases can pass to humans. He warns about measles like pork and cysticercus in pork meat, tapeworms from pork and beef, and the deadly Trichina from pigs, urging thorough cooking and careful meat inspection to prevent human infection.
Nellie the Drunken Fox Terrier Killed by Truck
A New York Herald report tells of Nellie, a Russian fox terrier owned by Andrew Reardon of Williamsburg, famed for drinking lager at Lynch's saloon. After months of escalating intoxication and a recent birth, Nellie wandered into a rear street and was fatally struck by a heavy truck.
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Nellie
New York Herald
Andrew Reardon
Lynch’s
Grand Street
Williamsburg
Calico’s Ancient Origins Traced From Calicut to Europe
The article traces calico textile origins from Calicut in India, noting Vasco da Gama’s 1498 voyage, Calicut’s fame for weaving, and the spread of calico to Egypt and Europe via Dutch and English channels. It cites Pliny’s references to ancient dyeing methods in Egypt and contrasts modern calico with its storied lineage.
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India
Bombay
Cape Comorin
Egypt
Europe
Dutch East India Company
Holland
London
Warners Safe Pills The Flesh of Diseased Animals
An 1880s discussion argues that meat from diseased animals enters human consumption, citing Jewish inspection records from 1878 to 1880 and noting cooking reduces danger. Richardson in Longman's Magazine is quoted, acknowledging the unsettling topic.
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London
United Kingdom
Richardson
Longman’s Magazine
Premier Greenway Negotiates Red River Valley Sale
Premier Greenway and Atty Gen Martin travel from St Paul to consult with Northern Pacific GM Oakes about selling the Red River Valley railway. They plan to meet in Chicago and may go to New York to sign a contract if Northern Pacific guarantees maximum wheat freight rates, a concession they doubt will be granted. The Canadian Pacific protests a Northern Pacific takeover and threatens a Winnipeg to Duluth line if sold, signaling a looming railroad war.
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Atty.-Gen. Martin
Manitoba
St. Paul
Oakes
Northern Pacific
Red River Valley Railway
Chicago
New York
Northern Pacific Perme
Canadian Pacific
Northo Pacific
Red River Valley
Winnipeg
Duluth
Era of rapid progress from steam to electricity
The article reflects on the rapid material progress of the century, noting the Savannah’s 1819 voyage and Sirius and Great Western’s 1838 Atlantic crossing. It lists steam, loom, telegraph, cotton gin, sewing machine, dynamo, electric light, motors and other inventions now in use, all absent in 1800.
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Savannah
Atlantic Ocean
Liverpool
Atlantic
New York
Sirius
Great Western
Cork
Bristol
Philadelphia Ledger
Cattle Disease Epidemic Strikes Webster County Iowa
A disease like blackleg has outbreaked in Washington and Colfax townships, Webster county Iowa, killing nearly a hundred cattle in two days. Twenty three herds are affected with only a few recoveries. Veterinarians are powerless and authorities fear the worst cattle epidemic yet in this region. Governor Larrabee has been notified and a quarantine is expected.
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Washington
Colfax
Webster County
Iowa
Larrabee
Middleton telegraphs force to quell hostile reds on Skeena route
A Winnipeg special reports General Middleton can move 5 000 men in twenty four cars to Skeena if needed. Militia are ordered to stand ready as rumors claim a massacre at Hudson's Bay Fort by Indians following the murder of Clifford and a constable.
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Winnipeg
Middleton
Ottawa
Skeena
Clifford
Hudson's Bay Fort
Printer John Gibbs linked to depot robbery at Madison Lake
John Gibbs, a printer, robbed the depot at Madison Lake Minnesota and was jailed in Mankato after police captured him. The stolen money was not recovered. Gibbs had prior theft ties to Kasota last summer and must appear before the grand jury in December.
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John Gibbs
Madison Lake
Minn
Mankota
Gibbs
Kasota
Wonderful Popularity of D. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets
The sale of these sugar coated granules leads the market as the most popular pill. They are tiny and vegetable, with a single pellet often sufficient. They soothe constipation biliousness sick headache and disorders of the liver stomach or bowels.
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D. Pierce
Prohibition Nominates Edwards In Minnesota District
The prohibition congressional convention for the Second Minnesota district met in Mankato and after a harsh denunciation of the Republican platform nominated Dr. D. W. Edwards for Congress.
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Minnesota
Mankato
D. W. Edwards
Congress
Mischief breaks switch lock halting freight train near Beloit
A vandal opened a switch at the Cobb switch near Beloit Wisconsin on the Mineral Point division of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Three cars derailed and traffic was halted for about half a day.
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Cobb
Beloit
Wis
Mineral Point
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Monsters of the swamp and the snake attack
Montpelier residents Marion Earnest and Frank Hedge encountered a seven foot blue racer while hunting a four acre swamp. Hedge shot the snake when they could not retreat, the creature moving with dangerous bravado after a week without food. A Georgia farmer, A H Washburn, fought a rattlesnake attacking his dogs, striking it with a fence rail to stun and kill it after the large bull dog died the next day.
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Marion Earnest
Frank Hedge
Montpelier
Ind
Hedge
A. H. Washburn
Quitman
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Jones
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Michigan Avenue
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Hennepin Ave
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Cincinnati
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Waco
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Esterer Book News
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