Senate Debates On Dakota Admission And Silver Coinage Bill
Senate considers an enabling act for Dakota statehood contingent on elections and a constitution. Mr Butler and Mr Wilson of Iowa argue, with distinct amendments on public lands and schools. Sherman introduces a sweeping silver bill to halt coinage of silver dollars and issue redeemable certificates backed by bullion. House members discuss Oklahoma Territory organization and pay tribute to Elwood.
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Senate
Dakota
Buter
Butler
Wilson
Iowa
Michigan
Elwood
Illinois
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
New York
House
Territory of Oklahoma
Indian policy and Dakota partition debate in Senate
The Senate discussed executive nominations in open session and debated a bill to divide the Sioux reservation in Dakota. Mr Logan argued for punitive measures against selling arms to Indians. Mr West of Missouri attacked Dakota policy and proposed new territorial division along the 1st parallel. Senator Ingalls introduced a circuit reorganization bill. The session adjourned to Monday.
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Logan
Senate
West
Ingalls
Eighth Judicial Circuit
United States
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Ninth Circuit
Debates and bills in Beatrice and Congress session
The record notes introduced bills by Mr. Van Wyck for a Beatrice public building of 100000 dollars and by others for relief to M E church South book agents, a Nashville reconstruction support appropriation, a fog signal lightship off Mississippi, and the Sioux Dakota land division. In Congress Hoar Sherman and others debated the electoral count while Van Wyck proposed a nonretroactive land entry protection. House actions include privileged question on a New York World editorial, a public health bureau bill, a graduated income tax bill, tariff and revenue measures, and a proposed woman suffrage amendment. A motion to suspend rules to raise widows pensions to twelve dollars monthly passed 195 to 66.
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Ling Mule
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Hoar
Sherman
Treats
van Wryck
de Simmel
General Land Office
United States
House
Hanback
Kansas
New York World
Bureau of Public Health
Senate debate on removals from office and suffrage moves
Mr. Riddleberger offered a resolution urging open senate debate on presidential removals and suspensions, while objections blocked immediate consideration. A joint resolution for a woman suffrage amendment moved forward favorably. The electoral bill was recommitted for amendment. Bills proposed to curb congressmen’s appointive influence and to prevent contagions diseases with a public health bureau. The House devoted the day to memorial addresses for Vice President Hendricks.
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Senate
United States
Committee For Amendment
Bureau of Public Health
House
Hendricks
Senate actions on Dakota admission and silver policy debated
A lengthy session covered Dakota admission objections tied to electoral votes, with Senators Logan Butler West and others arguing political implications. The treasury information bill on silver policy was adopted, along with a Idaho land annexation report and Mills proposal taxing fractional cent gallons of spirits.
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Congress
Dakota
Butler
Logan
Secretary of the Treasury
Idaho
Mills
Bold Kiss Scene Recited From Somerville Journal Poem
A verse recounts a sleeping maid being kissed by a youth who slips up behind her. He admits wrongdoing but claims temptation justified the act, while the maiden blushes and gently rebukes him, saying it would have been better to take two instead.
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Somerville Journal
Martyr of Science: Canty Killed Himself in Passion for Truth
In Paris at Pere Lachaise the death of Dr Canty, a celebrated scientist and deputy, is mourned as a martyr of science. His secretary Pierre Andreal recalls a life devoted to research and a forbidden love with Mile. Canty’s suicide is presented as self-inflicted to protect his work and ideals.
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Pierre Andreal
Pere le Chaise
Rue de la Roquette
Legion of Honor
Pierre
Mlle
Blois
Rue de V
Mile
Paris
Germany
Milo
Mr. J
The
Academy
Canty
Ispital
Defection of a Professor in a Socialist Club
Brother Gardner recounts the expulsion of Professor Johnson from his club after Johnson boasted of sharing wealth with the rich. Gardner describes Johnson’s fall from respected member to expelled figure as the clash between labor and aristocracy, ending with Johnson empty handed and removed by an officer.
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Detroit Free Press
Tresspass Johnson
Brother Gardner
Johnson
de Pusson
Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
Eben
Sitio
Commodore Vanderbilt Advice to Son on Purchases
Commodore Vanderbilt counseled his son William to avoid selling what he does not own and to refrain from buying what he cannot pay for. The remark serves as a cautionary pointer for young men prone to speculation.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
William
Good Society in England and a Lancers Tale
Adam Badeau recalls London court balls with courtly ritual and strict etiquette. An 1866 encounter with a London Lancers officer ends in a memory of social ascent and later grave poverty as the same man becomes a New York street laborer, begging for light and aid.
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New York
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Fifteenth Lancers
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Washington
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Astor Oase
Lancers
America
Broadway
Houston Street
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
The Genus Tramp Grows With War and Railroads
The article argues the rise of the genus tramp after the war, noting neglect by Census and ethnology societies. It links his growth to railroad expansion, cites idiosyncrasies and a supposed nuisance in cities during winter. It describes his methods of support, tastes for stale beer or cider, and a paradoxical need for more exercise than average workers.
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New York Tribune
Census Bureau
Berlin
Bismarck
Kit Carson Remembered By Governor In Casual Sacramento Talk
In a Sacramento Governor’s Office conversation noted by the Record-Union Kit Carson is fondly recalled as a brave broad shouldered scout. He is praised for his generosity, jovial nature, and skill at cards and marksmanship.
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California
Christopher Columbus Carson
Carson
East
Picayune
What Killed Emory A Storrs in Chicago Herald
A Madison street bar keeper blames Benedictine for Emory A Storrs death. He describes Storrs quitting whiskey then resuming the liqueur, drinking four to five quart bottles weekly and daily, with wit heightening after about half a bottle. The tale attributes the fatal hold of Benedictine to Storrs’s decline.
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Earth
Benedictine
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Emory
Storrs
H C Flipper Joins Sonora Land Company Survey Team
H C Flipper once famed as the colored cadet at West Point has moved from Chihuahua where he pursued engineering to Sonora Mexico. He now works as an engineer for the Sonora Land Company a Chicago firm contracted to survey the northwestern portion of Sonora.
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H. C. Flipper
West Point
Chihuahua
Sonora
Mexico
Sonora Land Company
Chicago
Reforming the Government Printing Office and its vast costs
The piece argues for reform of the Government Printing Office in Washington citing its size and expense. It notes 1884 1885 printing outlays totaling about three million dollars, 2500 employees, and large volumes of Senate and House printings plus census and court reports.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Remarkable Massachusetts Legislator O F Brown of Hamilton
A prominent Massachusetts legislator, O F Brown of Hamilton, impresses with his memory of nearly 250 members and their towns. He writes with equal ease in normal and upside down form, preserving graceful flourishes and even copying a complete list of executive and legislative members from memory.
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Cape
Two Ohio Editors End Bitter Battle as One Retires
Two longtime Ohio editors wrap a quarrel filled era as one retires from the chair. The retiring leader earns praise for sterling journalism and business sense while a former rival questions the timing of tributes and calls for more decency in journalism.
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Ohio
Executor seeks auditor for long unsettled Baker fund in Philadelphia
The Baker & Comegys affair from 1807 left 5000 dollars to missing creditors. Multiple assignees later invested the fund to reach about 30000 dollars. An auditor was petitioned and appointed to settle the account. Notice calls all interested parties to claim or be debarred. Only Baker's great grandchildren are known heirs after 78 years.
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Baker & Comegys
Baker
Chicago Wheat Prices and Minneapolis Rice Market Notes
Wheat and corn prices stabilize on Chicago exchanges with No 2 spring at 814 per barrel and No 3 spring near 68.60. Minneapolis shows wheat at 86 87 cents and corn at 30 31 cents. rye and barley also quoted. Shipments include 7,000 barrels of flour, with various feeds and dairy prices listed.
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The Powers of Oratory Across Distinct Voices
A survey of public speaking praises and flaws from figures like Senator Voorhees and Bismarck, noting Voorhees’ eloquence in praise of St Jacobs Oil and Bismarck’s skill when speaking impromptu. The piece also mentions a Berlin reporter’s observations on delivery and preparation.
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Voorhees
Indiana
Dr Bigelow Cure Sold For Cough And Colds
An advertisement claims 50 cent Dr Bigelow Positive Cure cures coughs colds throat and lung troubles while a dollar bottle is suggested for chronic cases. Also mentions Brown's Iron Bitters helped Mary E Hanson of Minneapolis after ineffective medical treatment. The New York Stock Exchange contemplates spending 6,000,000 for a new building.
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