Senate debates on currency, courts, and river bills in session
The session includes resolutions by Mr Van Wyck and Mr Sherman on public finances and military law, opposition to trade dollar redemption, and a discussion on whether Congress can create value. The house advances the river and harbor bill and posts the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with reduced pensions staff and revised port salaries. The Dakota governor is empowered to reapportion the territory with timing set for September.
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van Wyck
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
United States
Union Iing
Court of Claims
Thurman
Sherman
Committee On Judiciary
Mississippi
Memphis
Des Moines
Bayard
Congress
McCulloch
Supreme Court
Reed
Maine
Hiscock
New York
Breckenridge
Arkansas
Hunt
Louisana
Interior Department
Internal Revenue Service
United Sates Circuit Court
Dakota
Lexarr
House
Edward 8. Curtis
Idaho
Ellis L. Bierbower
District of Nea
Thomas M. Purtell
Cumberland
Wis
William E Curtis
South American Commission
Allen W. Eaton
Oxford
Washington Monument
House Bil
Dolph
Department
Irau
Hovst
Post Office
George E. Lemon
Washington
House Committee On
Col
Ingersol
Wilson
Senate Passes Pension and Agriculture Veterans Bill Actions
A joint resolution accepts swords medals and articles from Mrs A Grant. A retirement list for privates and noncommissioned officers passes. Several private pension bills advance with a Mexican pension provision. The DC appropriation bill passes. Senate schedules include appointments, executive department status for agriculture, and a new assistant secretary. Debates over coinage and pension agents continue with limited executive action. House debates rail and school bills, adjourns briefly, and plans further votes on railroad taxation and county seat changes.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Messrs. Hoar and
Pendleton
Miller
New York
Committee On Jenlture
Agricultural Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Veterinary Science
Elections Committee Backs Byrne Seat Retention Report Adopted
The committee on elections reported in favor of Hugh J. Byrne keeping his seat and the report was adopted. Bills introduced cover probate publications, dogs as property, mortgage foreclosures, prison chaplain duties, and more. The railroad bill remains a special order for 11 am Tuesday.
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House
Committee On Elections
Hugh J. Byrne
W. H. Dike
Cass
Crown
Freeborn County
Court House
Railroad Committee
Northfield
Senate
Thirteenth Judicial District
New York
Judiciary Committee
Pioneer Press
Jones
Pillsbury
Attorney General
Supreme Court
District Court
Hennepin County
Young
Wilson
Boards of Trade
Nes Orerees
le Sueur
Gruntenon
Township Government Bill Aims At Streamlined Schools
Sixteen bills progress includes House measures authorizing Minneapolis to issue 80 000 in school bonds and capping educational tax. Senate acts target the insane hospital site and obscenity laws. township government bill proposes town boards to run schools, tax distributions, boundary disputes, and optional adoption, aligning with northern states. House not in session.
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House
Minneapolis
Senate
Third Hospital
St. Paul
Waite
Committee of
House On Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
North
Maine
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Lino
Iowa
Wisconsin
California
Gen Gordon Dead and Khartoum Fall Details Emerge
Reports from Korti describe Gen Gordon killed while leaving the government house during a Mahdi uprising in Khartoum. The city fell after treachery by pashas and a brutal massacre, with many civilians slain and Arabs seizing control as rebels looted and mutilated victims. Col Wilson and party survived, rescuing by steamer, while Beresford and Lord Charles Beresford led gun actions against a rebel battery.
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Gordon
Lonpoy
Korti
Hicks Pasha
Charles Wilson
Lord Wolseley
London
Col Wilson
Lord Beresford
Gubat
Nile
Khartoum
Lord Charles
Col. Wilson
Lord Charlies
Charles Beresford
Wilson
Wortley
Omdurman
Government House
War Office
Wolseley
Suakim
Berber
Stephenson
Dormer
Military Council
Cairo
Osman Digna
Gerdon
Se Place
Ahdi
Gladstone
Downing Street
Lord Hartington
Gen. Wolseley
Evelyn King
England
Egypt
Evelyn
Soudan
Equator
Gondokoroo
Gen
Tos Kort
Guat
Keck
Hamid Bey
Sofia
Fort
Ing
Gakdul
Earie
Birui
Bombay
The
Times
Saakim
Standard
Rome
Massowahi
Kassala
Sennaar
Ber Loxwon
Butler
Wadgam
Stewart
Shirakeah Wells
Chathan
Woolwich
Aldershot
Twentieth Husears
Rifle Brigade
Scott's Fusiliers
Coldstream Guards
Fifth Lancers
Italy
Vienna
Alexandria
Suez
Ismaila
Waddington
Earl Granville
France
Suez Canal
Paris
Massowan
Gallabal
Sennar
Baggaras
Mahdi
Shendy
Meteinneh
Royal Artillery and
Gardner
Gukdul Wells
Bayuda Desert
The Mahdi Letters Reach English Officers in Sudan
A note from the Mahdi to English troops on Col. Wilson's steamer urges submission or massacre. The vessel faces attacks from 4,000 enemies as British and Egyptian forces, including Col. Wilson, hold Gubat and Khartoum-connected posts amid rising casualties.
Queen Isabella Escapes Seville Earthquake Shocks
From Mr Labouchere's Truth London Queen Isabella endured repeated quakes in Seville while at home with tea and a parrot. She narrowly avoided a theatre seating mishap, sent funds to aid sufferers, and offered Palais de Castille for a Spanish relief committee. An exhibition in Paris was proposed to profit charity.
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Mr. Labouchere
London
Isabella
Seville
Palais de Castille
Spain
Paris
Obscure Notices Partially Reveal City News
A fragmentary Omaha era clipping reports varied items: Jesuit reverend Isadore J. Boudreaux dies in Chicago. Illinois spends 40 million dollars on liquor. Nashua plate mill loss near 100 thousand. three British MPs with fifty years service. Creston Iowa disaster victim count seven. 24 others likely to recover. Philadelphia couple found guilty of jewel theft marry in jail. Milwaukee and St Paul 188x annual operations show 47 percent dividends and a $453 surplus.
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House of Commons
Creston
Iowa
H. Day
Burlington
Milwaukee & St. Paul
The Old Man Merrill Dies in Milwaukee
General Manager Merrill of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company died in Milwaukee at age sixty seven after a third paralytic stroke. Known as The Old Man to over thirty thousand employees his firm enjoyed rare loyalty and avoided strikes under his blunt but decisive leadership. His handling of a major strike showed firm resolve, while his relations with the press blended openness with guarded access.
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Sherburne
Merrill
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Mr. Merrill
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Guild Hall
Wisconsin Street
Chicago
Ben Butler
Vanderbilt
Olcott Advocates Fresh Air for Dyspeptics at Bedtime
J. B. Olcott argues that avoiding hunger at night is sound for a dyspeptic. A sleeping room with fresh air and self-sufficient food that satisfies appetite can help a man sleep as well as animals when well fed.
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J. B. Olcott
Honduras Gains as Banana Lands Draw U.S and German Settlers
Honduras grows rapidly in population, attracting U S and German buyers who aim to start banana plantations. Central American soil suits banana farming, with New York demand steady and profits around two percent. Government land sales have yielded about 1.5 million dollars, owning roughly 1,000,100 acres and promising further gains in five years.
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New York
Honduras
Central America
United States
Bank Liquidation Provisions For National Banks
The law requires a national bank entering liquidation or suspending business to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States within six months lawful money equal to the bank’s outstanding circulation. Bonds securing the notes are reassigned to the bank, freeing it from liability. if the bank fails to deposit and redeem within thirty days after the deadline, the Comptroller may sell pledged bonds in New York City to cover redemption costs and then pay any surplus to the bank or its representatives.
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United States
New York City
Observations on Tobacco Effects in Adolescent Smokers
Dr G Decaisne reports on 38 youths aged 10 to 15 who began smoking. Disturbances include circulation issues, heart palpitations, digestion problems, lethargy, and craving for stimulants. Blood tests show reduced red cells in eight. nosebleeds in twelve. sleep disturbance in ten. ulcers in four, one leading to consumption. Six of eleven who quit smoking regained normal health after six months.
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Lecaisne
Scientific Monthly
Henson Bright's disease claims spur widespread inquiries
The Rochester Democrat notes heavy public interest following Dr J B Henson's article on his kidney illness and rescue. Interviews with Henson and Mr Warner discuss Bright's disease signs, urgency of early diagnosis, and the claimed cure with Warner's Safe Cure, citing medical analysts and past cases.
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Rochester
Democrat
J. B. Henson
America
Henson
Andrews Street
Symptons
Parisian beauty judged by Cincinnati reader in 19th century letter
Olney W. Woolley’s letter to the Cincinnati Gazette condemns Parisian beauty as a barren ideal. He claims Paris hides vice behind luxury, denounces commerce of women, desecration of churches, Sabbath scorn, and social decay. He paints Paris as corrupt, with mass depravity and a doomed Latin race, first to fall toward the Mediterranean.
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OG. W. Woolley
Cincinnati Gazette
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Paris
Mediterranean
Enterprising pass seeker meets Kiralfy in theater tale
An ambitious crowd of self styled professionals seeks free theatre admission. A would be pass holder asks Bolossy Kiralfy for a pass to the St Charles Theatre. He directs the man to his brother Imre who is in New York and will later meet him.
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Bolossvy Kirally
St. Charles Theatre
Bolossy
Imre
Mr. Imre
New York
New Orleans
Charles T. Krebs
Madison Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Bankin
Rochester
N. Y
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R. A. Aware
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Turoucsour
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Taylor
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Atlanta
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Jackson
East
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