Senate Debates Silver Coinage and Indian Lands Bills
In the Senate, petitions against silver coinage were returned. Dawes and McMillan pursued land settlement and railway rights in Dakota. Frye backed a maritime bounty proposal to aid U S shipping with a 30 cent per ton reward for 1000 nautical miles, ten-year terms. House actions included Beaulieu protests over trading permits on mixed blood reservations. Senate discussed presidential succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Beck
Messrs
Brown
Maxey
Dawes
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lake Traverse Indian Reservation
Dakota
United States
Nelson
C. H. Beaulieu
Suze
Beaulieu
House Votes to Repeal Part of 1879 Coin Act in Sessional Move
Hoar succession bill debate ends with Senate passage 183 to 77. Republicans Bennett and Green vote no. a long list of Republicans cross the aisle to support the Democrats, including Allen Atkinson Baker Browne Butterworth Cutcheon Ely Gallinger Hayden Herman Hiestand Hiscock Hitt James Johnson Ketcham La Follette Long Markham McComas Moffitt Gite Negrey Payne Pettibone Price Rockhton Steele Strait Struble Stine Symes Wade Wakefield Warner and Weaver. Session adjourns until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Messrs
Bennett
Green
Allen
Atkinson
Baker
Browne
Butterworth
Cutcheon
Ely
Gallinger
Hayden
Herman
Hiestand
Hiscock
Hitt
James
Johnson
N. Y
Ketcham
la Follette
Long
Markham
McComas
Moffitt
Gite
Negrey
Payne
Pettibone
Price
Rocknton
Steele
Strait
Struble
Stine Symes
Wade
Wakefield
Warner
Weaver
Neb
Senate and House bills advance on commerce and statehood
Senate actions include a bill raising federal judges to 5000 dollars and measures admitting Montana as a state. Other proposals reorganize steamboat inspection, create hospital stewards and cut supervising inspector pay. A commission on interstate commerce and a logger of bank note taxes move forward. House bills carry Montana admission and tax repeal while boosting merchant marine, fisheries and national bank voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Moody
Dakota
United States District Court
Eustis
Cleveland
Voorhees
Montana
Steamboat Inspection Service
Manderson
Cockrell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Senate and House Actions on Appointments and Legislation
Senate appoints Gen Hartranit as manager of the soldiers home and admits Mooty to the floor amid opposition. Democrats back Moody courtesy. Republicans oppose. Tener defends silver. Measure to curb customs fraud introduced. House passes Fitz John Porter relief bill with conditions. Democratic committee report notes veto objections unfounded. Nelson of Minnesota champions Indian relief. Garfield statue from Ohio formally accepted with eulogies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
John F. Hartranit
McClellan
Mooty
West
Saulsbury
Moody
Dakota
Voorhees
McPherson
Tener
Nelson
Minnesota
Tongue
Rosebud
Montana
President Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Senate Debates Silver Coinage and Senate Nominations
The Senate debated silver coinage with Morrill and McPherson opposing and Beck and Teller supporting. Bills were introduced to ease court business and coin silver coins. President sent nominations including Charles J. Canda and Peter Gallagher. Senate confirmed several ambassadors and officials. many army promotions followed. House debates pension raises and a minority report on Forter case urged court martial findings be reviewed while criticizing Porter’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Morrill
Finance Committee
McPherson
Messrs. Beck and Teller
Charles J. Canda
New York
United States
Peter Gallagher
Virginia
Fort Hallegany
Idaho
John Cardwell
Texas
Cairo
Benjamin F. Bonham
Oregon
Calcutta
James W. Porche
Missouri
Mexico
William A. Grosche
Martin
Que
Madison Allen Lybrook
Indiana
Algiers
James H. Hawley
Isaac H. Maynard
Treasury
D. M. Fox
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
William A. Day
Illinois
The
John S. Williams
Albert E. Stearns
Massachusetts
Boston
A. E. Stevenson
Hovusr
Symes
Colorado
House Committee On
Fitz John Forter
House
Porter
Pope
Congress
Engagement Dared by M Perrin in poignant Paris tale
The Comedie Francais actor M Perrin as a youth visits a betrothed woman who falls ill and disfigured. When asked if he comes to end the engagement she smiles wanly and says she seeks release. He replies he has come to hasten their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Perrin
Comedie Francais
The Princess in disguise by Annie M Libby
Poem fragment from the We Saeed Journal portraying Grete’s plight under labor oppression. A captive woman yearns for freedom as she dreams of distant seas and spring while enduring chains, bruises, and faded city life. Her wanderings reveal silent longing for release and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor's Citadel
Annie M. Libby
We Saeed Journal
The Rail Robberies Unmasked By A Daring Ex Detective
An English ex detective recounts a long running train robbery case between London and a provincial town named Hubbleton. He disguises himself as a railway porter, meets general manager Mr Figgins, and promises to expose thefts involving heavy wool and logwood in a daring undercover operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hubbleton
Grangewood Limited Liability Company
Inspector Brown
Rex
Railway
Figgins
Mr. Figgins
Nighttime railway caper ends in Brascombe hideout
A railway porter narrator describes a midnight theft aboard a wool wagon and a pursuit that leads him from a moving train into a tunnel, a wooden hut, and a dilapidated factory near Brascombe as he shadows the thief carrying a stolen wool bag toward an unseen accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbleton
Gray
Harry
Brascombe
Detective Recovers Stolen Wool and Rides to Conviction
A detective pursues a wool theft case on a train. In darkness on a lobby stairs he quells two suspects and exposes the thief and receiver. Days later five men are brought to trial with the receiver, a small mill owner, receiving the heaviest sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar of Justice
Roller skating craze fades but leaves lasting impact on trades
The article notes empty skating rinks, weakened attendance, and vanished profits after a booming season. It highlights price shifts in boxwood, maple, and hemlock used for rollers and rink floors, the rise of construction firms, and key figures like Frank Hall and Eben Plumpton who profited before the craze waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hall
Olympian Rink
Philadelphia
Hemlock
Eben Plumpton
Plumpton
Richmond
Ind
M. C. Henley
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Wagner as a Boy and Early Musical Devotion
The piece traces Wilhelm Richard Wagner born 1813 in Leipzig showing early talent in poetry and music. It recounts his boyhood studies, shift from tragedy in writing to music, studies under Theodore Weinlig, and his admiration for Mozart and Bach shaping his path. It also contrasts oxen and horses in early farm life and notes the value of reading clubs for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Leipzig
Dresden
Theodore Weinlig
Stee
Bach
Mozart
Wagner
Agatha Tunis
St. Nicholas
Agricultural Reading Clubs and Farm Progress
Farmers often reject book learning yet the greatest agricultural advances come from literature. Roman works, Mechi and Lawes advances, Royal Society reports and London dairies shaped modern farming. If one farmer reads a new work, neighboring farmers may adopt its methods after viewing his farm and fair displays.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Asia
Mechi
Lawes
Guilbert
Royalew Society
Great Britain
Great London
Country Lyceums Inspire Rural Learning And Joy
The country lyceum is often ridiculed yet many great speakers and writers began there. Every school district should host a literary society for winter evenings to foster reading, music, and thoughtful discussion. Fun and folly in these groups contribute to happiness and better character for both young people and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Lyceums
Lyceums
Testament to lasting name in publishing houses
The New York Tribune notes pride in legacy titles such as James Gordon Bennett and Harper & Brothers preserving family names after death. It cites Robert Bonner planning to perpetuate the New York Ledger by three years of prepared copy to ensure continuity and imprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Nassau and Fulton Street
Harper Brothers
Fletcher Harper
Harper & Brothers
Robert Bonner
New York Ledger
Ledger
New York Tribune
Express
Murray St
New York
A Woman Critiques Excessive Sewing and Leisure
A speaker argues that much of women's sewing is unnecessary and wastes time better spent reading. She compares embroidery to an ottoman cover, noting wasted materials and effort. A friend recalls a squaw sewing quickly, but the tale emphasizes living over accidents, urging thoughtful use of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Man Declines Low Offer for Wood Told by Father
In Rochester a son sent by his father with a wood load to Rondout refuses a low bid. A buyer offers 3 dollars, but the youth cites his father’s rule to not take less than twenty shillings even if he must throw it off the dock. The rival then offers twenty shillings to prevent dumping the load into the creek. The twenty shillings are paid and the man returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Scotland
England
France
Rochester
Rondout
Kingston Freeman
M. P. Schrock
West Lake Street
Chicago
Athlophoros
Athlophoros CO
Wall St
New York
Notable Health Claims and Political Tidbits in Wellness and Public Life
A collage of anecdotes and ads citing cures and endorsements. J D L Harvey praises St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism while public figures and ads tout remedies from Hall’s Hair Renewer to Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and Brown’s Iron Bitters. A push of political notes covers Ex-State Treasurer Maxwell named insurance superintendent and a White House dinner list. Consumer product pitches intermingle with medical claims and governance updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hanscom
Willmar
Minn
Brown
Robert A. Maxwell
Gov
Hill
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Proceedings OF Congress
Mart
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Artemus Ward
Mark Twain
Josh Billings
Farmers Club
Chicago Times
Market Reports
Minneapolis
MiLwavKker
J. G. Armstrong
Ai of
Atlanta
White House
Meyers
Secretary of the Treasury
Manning
Endicott
Sheridan
Rodgers
Harris
Edmunds
Leve
Utley
Buffalo
Edward Cooper
Cooper
D. Willis James
Weddell
Whitney
McCulloch
Remington
Rankin
Charles G. Fox
Miles City
Kansas Penitentiary
L. A. Rogers
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Madison, Wis
Chippewa Falls
Holy Land
C.D. Warner
Chicazo
Wickes, Mont
Florida
Dr. Pierce
Iowa
World’s New Medical Association
Brown Chemical
Baltimore, HD
Illen
Len
Jn, Harris & CO
Props
Cincinnati
Signs of the Zodiac
Thomas Worth
Bill Nye
Wade Whipple
M Quad
Opper
Cox and Coffin
St. Jacobs Oil
Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore
Mary Anderson
Oshkosh
Wis
William Livingston
Seward Wood
Julius Ulrich
Winneconne
Bigelow
J.P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
Saskatchewan
W. J. Abernethy
CasweLl, Hazarp & Co
Cole
Deroo
Trac
Charles A
GT Jacobs
Walter A. Taylor
Standard Silverware Co
Mass
Maccine
Wisconsin
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
E. Third St
St. Paul
North Dakota
ED. L. Bishop
Fargo
D. T
South Dakota
Theron G. Browm
Sioux Falls
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicker
Natess Tran
Monarch
Heware Machire CO
Columbus
P.O
da. T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
CuTicurnia
Cuticura
Gatarah
Hayfever
ELY Brothers
Owego, N.Y
Tutt’s
Salzer
Crosse
Maryland Farms
C. EB. Shanahan
Easton
Maryland
Keat
Penick
W. R. Penick
St. Joseph, Mo
de. J. Stephens
Lebanon
W- C. Payne
Marshalltown
Acme Music CO
Ill
Cascade Steam Laundry
2D Ave
Minnea
B. H. Merrill & Co
Gardner
Palace Building
H. G. Rout
Joseph Cillotts
Trrouenour
Pise
C. WD
Fife
Pioneer Press
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Fife
D. L. Wellman
Frazer Crrr
Kecker Co
Eureka Silk CO
Chicago, I
DR. Whittier
America
Georgia
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Ga
John A. Salzi
la Crosse
Tower
Bos
Joe A
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