Diverse 19th century items span Europe and America
Mas Kate Chase Simacue writes her father's life Chief Justice Chase. Enastus Consixo and family in Cannes during the earthquake. Britain bills reforming limited liability to curb bogus enterprises. Spain lowers Cuba sugar tobacco export duties by 20 percent. Corsican casino sale prompts plans for a tar station hotel and villas. Nina Van Zandt endures threats post proxy marriage. Suez electric steamer completes full passage in fifteen hours. Martin F Turner aging and ill at seventy seven. New Jersey Assembly prayer over violent senate nights. Maria Kinzie Hunter, Washington widow and Chicago pioneer, dies. German Dr Fischer shows domestic stoves waste only twenty percent of fuel. Naval appropriation outlook up to 32 million, with five year horizon. Rev P M Doxouve named French lieutenant for wartime innovations. Capitol boxes signal end of Congress as members pack up. River and Harbor bill adjusts Hennepin canal proviso. Illinois cede locks and canal segments. Further $50,000 for surveys and canal work.
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Congress
Bone
Senate
Biswan
NASA
Adimnety
Morsant
Apten
Kansas & Nebraska Railway
Wastyetur
Arnot
Beitatti
New York
Price
Whannasin
Derrytarius & Itizea
Harper
Contyrenier
Sénate
Potarita
Missouri River
Wajid
Otty
Sibley
Allison
Monsey
Hosp
Beck API Blackhimn
Chicago
Loca
Tigton
District of Columbia
Wis
Moon
Grojock
Congress in Deadlock and Appropriations Debated
Senate and House debated pension and appropriation measures through a long session. Reports cite votes on the Legislative Appropriation, Naval and Post Office bills, and river and land projects. Resolutions praised presidents and officials as adjournment came sine die after midnight.
Congress Ends Session with Vast Bills and Lost Measures
A sweeping review of the Forty-ninth Congress shows 41,290 bills and resolutions introduced in the House, with many dying on the calendar. In the Senate 8,457 rules and 116 joint resolutions were filed, but most measures failed to gain status. few were signed into law, including several regular appropriations and acts tied to Navy retirements, public buildings, and tax regulations.
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Bross
House of Representatives
Herbert
Alabama
Timothy Campbell
Brookyn
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Pres Dent Cleveland
Weet Pont
United Bytes
San Francisco
War Department
Surmsted
Sweem
District of Columpus
Moricom
Phinx Railway
Arizona
Gila River
Camden
District of Columbia
Corcoran Gallery
Ars
Washington, DC
Young Men's Christian Association of
Washington, D. C
Amending sections and public works across states and districts
A long list of proposed laws and amendments is described, including amending section 16.1 of the Revive, annual appropriations for equipment, rights of way for railroads, construction of bridges and roads, and the authorization of a post office site, with references to various locations such as Fort Bij, Bayou Bernard, and Detroit. The record notes acts related to border, harbor, and railway projects, and mentions bills that failed to become law, along with papal dispatch context in Rome.
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Army of the
Wilmington
N.C
United States and Territories
Lante Eae
Oritass, Bate Range Road Company
Santa Fr, N. M
Jet
Storkeeta, Sy
Pal
Mipusapoliy & Mor Hote Railway Company
Indine Reservatorie
Mostans
Cwrsedurn Ky
Secretary of War
Kent
Fort Bij
Kw Grande & & Pass Railroad Company
Neur Carolina
Wisiinterie Aman
Court of Arkansas
Chteanones
Tenn
High Waron
Font Aanenver
Bat Dubuque
Dubuque
Newport
Fort Grorue
San Franciais
United States
Bayou Bernard
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
Maryland
District of Columbia
San Francisco
Commercial Club
High Tract
Chicago
John F. Chamberlain
Fortress Monroe
Rocky Mountains
Illnois
Pawitte
Corbin
Aloan Deywe
New York
Zanglun
Kanawha River
Red River
Davidson
Camberlad River
Detroit
Congress
Lyte
Locan
Missouri River
Omaha
Councilliunts
Hot Springs
Ark
United States Tre Center
Columbia
Edward Shakesay
Duluth
Pierre
A. H. Emory
Kansas
Monroe
Saginaw
Mich
Idaho
Washington Territory
General Land Orice
Agricultural Department
Committee of Agriculture
Senate
Knights Labor
Herald
Rome
Henry George
Br. Melynn
Corrigan
Mclynn
F& Org Og
Kaily
Tombs of Royalty at Capuchin Vaults in Vienna
A Vienna correspondent describes the Capuchin burial vaults in Vienna where royals lie among wreaths and wax candles. The center holds the sarcophagus of Joseph II with his mother Maria Theresa nearby. The vault also contains Maximilian of Mexico’s coffin and Wolf, Maria Theresa’s governess, among the few nonroyal inhabitants. Special wreaths from the Emperor to Bavaria and Starnberg honor Louis of Bavaria and the drowned king at dusk All Souls Day.
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Joseph II
Marit Theresa
Joseph
Maximilian of
Mexico
Wolf
Maria Theresa
Vienna
Bavaria
St. Michael's Church
Louis of
Starnberg Lake
All Souls
Empresa —Mpacts
Purification Day Candles Weather Lore From Old Rome
A garbled 19th century piece describes Purification of the Virgin as Candlemass with a candle blessing and procession. It links the day to weather prophecy, warns of superstition and explains how various nations tied rituals to the winter season and prognosticated the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
Italy
Germany
Ie Badier
France
Thane Sena
Ghostly Grove Ghost Tale and Robbed Graveyard Pranks
A narrator recalls a ghostly visit at Horse-Thief Grove where two youths staged a lantern rig to scare others. The hoax involved a rope and pulley, a flashlight, and frightened townsfolk. The host’s house filled with awe as local speculation spread after the display.
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Ninaes
Twreethal Pyle
Dawe
Leone
Annahe Lee
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Srookhaven
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Mississippi
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Ce AL Thétor Building
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Brookhaven
Taaw
Attorney At Law
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Sam Lightfoot
Wisitet
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Ie Ih
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Kate Chase Simacue
Hur
Justine Chase
Enastus Consixo
Cannes
Spain
Cuba
Napoleon I L
Corsica
Nina van Zandt
Suez Canal
Maxtin F. Turner
Trenton
Mr. Hutchinson
Davin Honter
Maria
Kinzie Hunter
Washington
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Linz
Fischer
Senate Committee On Appropriations
P. M. Doxouve
Arcola
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Board of Engineers
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North Poly
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J. J. Fixner
Ocala
Fla
Perry
Charles W. Jones
Avonren
Neal Bresach
Rhode Island House
Hitt
General Shaler
Board of Health
Shaler
Rare Beckx
Heer Weaver Presport
Koinstag
Windthorst
Paris
Berta
Wymbish & Crawiecy
South Boson
Tus
Sof
Rin
Widdin
Sac and Fox and Town Indian
Nebraska
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District of Colombia
Los Angeles
Cal
Worcester
Mass
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Kas
San Antonio
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Iphia Herald
Norristown Herald
Darkey
Chicago Standard
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Cian
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Ove Joss
Wheel
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Allvice
Hiro
Evorta
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