Congress Notes and Senate Actions Reported
The April sessions recap details Dakota statehood bills, Chinese immigration debates, treaty stipulations with China, and measures on pensions, subsidies, and the Army and Tariff bills. Key figures include Saunders Miller Morgan Farley Cameron and Kasson with mentions of the Senate, House, and various committees.
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Quartermaster’s Department
Court of Claims
Blackburn
War Department
Quartermaster General's Department
House
Senate
Farley
Committee On Foreign Relations
Miller
Cameron
Good Templars of
Wisconsin
Logan
Indian Territory
Hovusk
Calkins
Lynch Chalmers
Mississippi
Lynch
Page
China
Washington Monument
Kasson
Scoville and Mason cases dominate Senate briefings
Reports detail Scoville’s ill health amid defense work and Mason’s habeas corpus notices. Senate moves include Chinese immigration bills, nominations for Peru and Central America posts, and a $50,000 aid allotment for starving Indians. Presidential vote procedures are clarified for electors and tribunal authority.
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Scoville
Guiteau
Frelinghuysen
Lowell
Miller
California
Senate
James R. Partridge
Maryland
Peru
H. C. Hall
United States
Central American States
Lincoln
Arthur
Mason
Swaim
Brewster
General Swaim
United States Supreme Court
Marshal McDougall
New York
John McEwen
Albany
Henry M. Teiner
Colorado
Interior
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Navy
Hunt
John Jay Knox
Minnesota
Worthington
Boston
Hatton
Tennessee party calls gubernatorial convention for unification
The Tennessee State Democratic Executive Committee orders its chairman to convene a gubernatorial convention with the other party wing to achieve party unity. The dispatch notes other regional items including a Richmond train robbery inquest, Mormon conference in Independence, and reports of cyclones, a steamer explosion, and notable fraternal leaders' deaths.
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Tennessee
Democratic Executive Committee
J.C. Morris
Richmond
Kansas City
Wood
Ford Brothers
Jesse James
Dick Little
Ford
Hite
Bob Ford
Little
Captain Morris
St. Joseph
Independence
General Conference
Church of the Latter Day Saints
United States
Canada
England
Joseph Smith, Jr
Borrka
Kansas
Arkansas River
Rice County
Santa Fe
John Wilson
Wilson
Parker
Chase
Clyde Station
Michigan
Crandall
Taylor
Pontiac
Keokuk
Wabash
Rock Island
Iowa
Keosauqua
Humeston
Oah Ka
Ashton
Missouri
Bellamac
Brownsville
Milwaukee
Wis
Grorce Hwoapy
John W. Warrington
Cincinnati
Brewer's Association
Supreme Court of
Ohio
Saloon Keeper's Association of
Moses F. Wilson
James Dewpart
Odd Fellows
Columbus
The
Kuisks of Phythias of Ohio
Supreme Lodge of the World
Order of Red
Catalonia order seen as government confidence vote
Senate backs government to maintain order in Catalonia while shops and manufacturies stay closed province wide. Berlin reports indicate tensions with Russia and Finland risk, with German intrigue and Prussian Swedish ties cited. London notes minor Irish American releases under British law. Mansion House relief fund reaches 520000 dollars for Russian Jews. Deljanoff chosen Russian Minister of Public Instruction sparks Berlin backlash.
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Catalonia
Berlin - Hang
Ignatieff
Germany
Russia
Bismarck
Zeiling
Sarna Berxnaror
Damala
St. Andrew's Church
London
Prussia
Sweden
Finland
Ciemany
Rome
Corntry
London Times of the Sun
United States
Ireland
Loxton
Mansion House Fund
Berlin
Deljanoff
Attacks on Jews Rise in Southern Russia and Rail Robbery in Texas
Reports note renewed anti Jewish violence in Southern Russia with shops looted by arson in one city. A Gulf Coast robbery near Cleburne Texas describes six masked men seizing valuables on a northbound train. Other items include the Guiteau case bill of exceptions printing and a Texas murder suicide by Thomas Fishourn. The Senate did not meet and the House paid respects to Rep Allen with funeral arrangements and adjournment.
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Russia
Arthur
Lamson
Callas
Texas
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Cleburn
Charles J. Guiteau
Cox
Thomas FisHourn
Grafton
Rev. L. Hamilton
The
Independent Church
Oakland
Cal
Bridesburg
Lutz
Senate
House
Brewster
Frost
Missouri
Allen
Pottsfield
Mass
Messrs. Hateh
Indiana
Frost, Robinson
Massachusetts
Gunter
Arkansas
Chandler
Mississippi
Mills
Aldrich
Illinois
Flouse
Board of Public Works
Public Works
Longview Asylum Commission
Robinson
Miami & Erie Canal
City of
Cincinnati
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Hamilton County
President Arthur Vetoes Anti-Chinese Bill Over Treaty Faith
President Arthur transmits his veto of Senate bill No. 71, arguing it breaches Burlingame treaty provisions and national faith. He calls for narrower measures, notes the act’s broad reach, and outlines possible amendments while urging a limited experimental period before permanent restrictions.
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Arthur
Congress
Memorandum on Chinese Exclusion Bill Provisions Cited
The speaker argues that a twenty year total ban on Chinese labor is unreasonable and violates treaty intent. He criticizes inclusion of skilled labor as harsh against Chinese merchants and notes that registration and passport clauses discriminate against residents. He warns the bill would injure China-US relations and deny cross-border transit for Chinese abroad.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Families of Nations
Congress
China
Supreme Law of the Land
Americas
South
California
Cuba
Peru
San Francisco
Kate Sothern Pardoned After Noted Georgia Case
The article recalls Kate Sothern who killed Nar cissa Cowart in Pickens County and was sentenced to death. The Governor commuted to ten years, then granted a full pardon, leaving Sothern a free woman. This ends a highly noted Georgia court case with statewide interest.
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Kate Sothern
Narcissa Cowart
Pickens County
Union
Georgia
Atlanta
Gia
Ohio Senate and House Proceedings Chronicle
State legislative actions span March 31 to April 6 with readings, committees, and third readings. Key items include canal property appraisals for Cincinnati, renaming chief engineers, and law revisions on tax, gambling, and mutual insurance rules.
Buffalo hide and robe harvest projected on Missouri rivers
A dealer predicts the buffalo crop along the Upper Missouri Yellowstone and Milk rivers will reach 100000 hides and 60000 robes with reports due from the Wolf Point to Carroll stretch. Last year’s kill was 150000 hides and 60000 robes, reflecting the work of white hunters who waste most of the meat.
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Missouri
Yellowstone
Milk
Wolf Point
Carroll
Patti Discovers Welsh Shoemaker as Vocal Prodigy
The famed prima donna finds a village shoemaker in Wales with extraordinary voice. She moves him and his family to London to study, claiming his talent eclipses even Mario.
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Patti
Wales
London
Mario
Seven-Hundred Pound Shark Caught Near Tampa
A shark weighing about seven hundred pounds was caught near Tampa Florida. The specimen reportedly had seven rows of teeth at the time of capture.
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Tampa
Fla
Roscoe Post Office Opens in Coweta County Georgia
A new post office named Roscoe has opened in Coweta County Georgia in honor of 19th century politician Roscoe Conkling. The facility expands local mail service and honors the notable Republican figure.
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Coweta County
Georgia
Roscoe
Roscoe Conkling
Jesse James Shot Dead in St Joseph Missouri
Rumor proved true as Jesse James the famed outlaw was shot and killed in a frame shanty on Lafayette Street by Robert and Charles Ford, who fled then surrendered. The body was identified by locals and an inquest opened with details of the double murder setup and the brothers’ motive tied to rewards.
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Senate
House
War Department
Quartermaster General
Washburn
Minnesota
Missouri River
St. Charles
Haskill
Kansas
St. Josepu
Jesse James
St. Joseph
Robert
Charles Ford
Charles
James
Fords
Robert Ford
Ford Brothers
Herald
Jesse
Charles Fort
Hobert
Samuel
Jessie
Kansas City
Lafayette
Twenty-first Streets
Lafayette Street
Platte City
Smith & Wesson
Colt
Charlie
Robe
Chirley
Mrs. James
Marshal Craig
Stranger on Franklin Street intrudes, Ven Nor mischiefs
A Franklin street resident woke Saturday night to find a stranger on his stoop. He seized the intruder who declared I cannot tell a lie in a thick voice. The homeowner fainted and struck his head, leaving the family in weather for months according to the Danbury News.
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Vennor
Danbury
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Marlé
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Philadelphia
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A. T. Hogue
Antrim, Ohio
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Steubenville Street
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Are Now Manufacturing
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Church of Strangers
New York City
William H. Vanderbilt
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Hartford
Standard Oil Company
Fifty-ninth Street
Pittsburgh
Bordentown
N. J
Massachusetts Senate
Western Iron Association
Dunbar & Richardson
North Attleboro
Stephen Richardson & Co
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T. G. Bailey & Co
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Marsh& Bigney
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Michigan Free School System
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Corner Market
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Wm, Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
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