Senate and House Proceedings Toward River and Harbor Bill
The report on the River and Harbor bill was adopted in the Senate July 25 with an amendment to sugar duties. Other actions included Navy matters, a court inquiry into the Jeannette loss, and printing 300,000 Agricultural reports. Adjournments followed as the House and Senate progressed through bills on wages, public lands costs, and naval appropriations.
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Kelly
Washburne
Secretary of the Navy
Arctic
DeLong
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Committee On Commerce
Bayard
Secretary of the Treasury
Great Britain
Frye
George
State Board of Health of
Mississippi
National Board of Health
Hiscock
Page
Pound
Committee
Tur President nominates M. B. Joslyn for Interior post
Summary of Senate actions and regional news from the period: President nominates M. B. Joslyn of Illinois as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Senate Naval Affairs panel favors a $25,000 appropriation to relocate Lt. Commander DeLong and companions from Siberia. Senate to inspect fishery issues. Court of Inquiry upholds Sheridan's conduct in Five Forks but questions timing of the probe. Various political, legal, and local events across Virginia, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Dakota are noted, including elections, fires, and railroad sales.
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Committee On Naval Affairs
DeLong
Siberia
Fanchon
New Orleans
Durham
Orange Counties
North Carolina
Cleburne
Texas
Florence
Italy
Galveston
Liverpool
Patrick A. Feehan
Chicago
Virginia Republican State Committee
Richmond
At-Laree
J. M. Dawson
Williamshiro
JW. Willoughby
Alexandria
United States District Court For
Western District of Virginia
Rives
Cedar Nupious
Iowa
Order
United Workmen
Supreme Grand Lodge of the
United States
Grorce R
Jossy Terr
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Tawas
Michigan
Glendam
Tawas City
Fort Heaven
Dakota
Turtle Mountain
Canada
Pembina
Little Shell
Chicago Board of Trade
Indianaapolis & St. Louis Railway
Indianapolis
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Company
Notica
Clerk of the House Seized by Heat at Capitol Steps
Clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington collapsed from heat while ascending Capitol steps on the 28th ult. His condition was reported as critical.
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Washington
Capitol
Multiple midwinter notices span crimes deaths fires and business losses
On the 25th Newport sold Tur Perry Cotton Mills for 87000 to mortgagees. Joan Courcy Hamilton dies at Long Branch aged ninety. J Perrinone of Buffalo dies at Cleveland Club House. Fires near Hammondstown New Jersey stretch twenty miles threatening New Columbia. Aaron C Burn adopted son of Aaron Burr dies in New York born Paris 1808. Pa Republicans reject Stalwart proposals in Philadelphia and notify Thomas W. Cooper. A T Stewart business to continue under Henry Hilton. Finley’s factory Holliston burned. Theophilus Tierick Gloucester hotelman drowns. Lawrence son of Efingham Lawrence of Mlushing dies by suicide.
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Newport
Rhode Island
Joan Courcy Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Long Branch
J. Prrrinone
Buffalo
Cleveland
Ohio
Hammondadton
New Jersey
New Columbia
Aaron C. Burn
Aaron Burr
New York
Paris
Count Verdi de Lisle
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Cooper
Republican State Committee
A. T. Stewart
Henry Hilton
Finley
Holliston
Massachusetts
Theophilus Tierrick
Gloucester
Frederick A. Lawrence
Efingham Lawrence
Mlushing
Long Island
Assassins Arrested in Costa Rica and Egypt War News
Cable reports from St Thomas say one assassin in the Caven dish and Burke case was arrested at Puerto Cabelo and named accomplices. Panama notes Costa Rica President Thomes Guardia died on the 24th. House of Commons reads Queen’s message calling reserves for Egypt. Ireland’s weather improves with potato blight but prospects remain good. Joan Bricur hosts American clerks in London as Lord Mayor entertains. Queen allows Duke of Teck to join Sir Garnet Wolseley in Egypt. Mexican dispatchs note press satisfaction at US nonintervention in Barrios matter. Egyptian crops face loss from irrigation neglect. Odessa dynamite case linked to Russian consul’s son. Gladstone says corrupt practices bill abandoned this session. Anna Parnell gravely ill after sister Fanny’s death.
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Burke
Puerto Cabelo
Panama
Thomes Guardia
Costa Rica
House of Commons
Egypt
DusLin
Ireland
Joan Bricur
London
Duke of Teck
Garnet Woolesley
Barrios
Lower
Buretarest
Roumania
Odessa
Gladstone
Dublin
Anna Parnell
Fanny
Turkey weighs conditions for troops to Egypt amid dispute
The London News reports the Turkish Porte has not recognized the suggestion to send troops to Egypt. It proposes to discuss the conditions for troop deployment as a process that could take about six months, pending diplomacy. A dispatch from Alexandria dated the 27th is noted.
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Arabi Pasha gains ground as British forces retreat to Ramleh
The report claims Arabi Pasha’s forces twice drove British troops from the field and back to Ramleh on the 26th, with forty killed and many wounded. Volunteers rise from Egypt as armament continues. Bedouin chiefs pledge fidelity and Khedive family members aid the government.
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Ramleh
Egypt
Cairo
London
Arabi Pasha
Alexandria
Dervish Pasha
Constantinople
Seymour
Turkey
Porte
Lord Dufferin
Said Pasha
Ali Mahbarak Pasha
Suh
Elf
Admiral Seymour
Khedive
England
Cirna Les Borestorp
Quinnebury
British Strike at Gabara and Arabi Pasha’s Waiting Game
Advices from Alexandria report the Gabara fort destroyed by the British and a large powder magazine at Me Vishrom demolished. Osman Pasha Rifki and 26 Circassian officers implicated in plotting Arabi Pasha's assassination arrived from Constantinople and were welcomed. Arabi’s delegates failed to discuss surrender terms, insisting on resistance. Arabi defends his position as “Commander of National Army” and adopts the green turban, while British moves are said to be fully known to him.
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Exchange Bank
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Croft
Jeannette
Apviers
Matamoras
Mexico
Senate
Henry H. Garnett
Liberia
Beck
Congress
Naval Advisines Board
Miller
Fatal Virginia duel ends in tragedy over slander
Petersburg report details the Virginia duel between Richard Garland and Joseph Addison near Laumenberg. Addison, defending Mamie Hatchett’s honor after Garland’s alleged slurs, dies from a bowels wound after a pistol duel. Garland is jailed. Hatchett mourns and fears for her life amid public anger and Addison’s friends.
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Mies Mamie J. Hatchett
F. F. Yea
Miss Hatchett
Garland
Garlan
Garfard
Miss Hatchell
W. W. Boswell
John Kanes
Boswell
Messrs
Orgain
Fancy
Jones
Mr. Boswell
Adison
Virginia
Arabi Pashas Activity Linked With El Mehid In Egypt
British reports acknowledge Arabi Pasha is receiving reinforcements in Alexandria and moving toward Ismailia and the Libyan desert. He reportedly aims to link with El Mehid, who is marching north from a distant south position to Cairo. Rumors say thousands of Muslims may flock to his banner, threatening Christians as he nears populous Egypt.
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Alexandria
Ismailia
Libyan Desert
el Mehid
Cairo
Arabi
Egypt
England
Chicago Morning News
Jay
Land ownership and contentment in English critic view
An English critic suggests that owning land does not guarantee happiness or diligence. The remark reflects tension between property and personal virtue, implying wealth alone does not ensure fulfillment or steady effort.
River and Harbor bill funds numerous river surveys
The River and Harbor bill allocates 18.7 million for surveys and harbor improvements across many rivers including Elk West Wyoming Arkansas Mississippi and St Lawrence areas. It directs Mississippi work under the Mississippi River Commission and fixes canal survey appropriations with provisos against canal construction.
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Congress
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West
Buffalo Shoals
White River
Jacksonport
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
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Ele Orin
Black River
Arkin
Missouri
le Fevre River
Ouachita River
Louis- Baas
Saline River
Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
Natchez
Vicksburg
Memphis
Illinois River
Alton Harbor
Iinois River
Des Moines Rapids
Harbor of Refuge
Cincinnati
Saab
Sandusky
Mormttoor CO
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Ind
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Au Sable
Mich
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Miche
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Thunder Bay
Ponoma DA See
Ahnapee
Wis
Kenosha
Manitowoc
Mouchirmeau
Milwaukee Bay
Port Washington
Racine
Assasbicew Loiaese
Sturgeon Bay
Cabrean SA
Sault Ste. Marie Sea
Lake Pepin
Bellow Banks
Pensukee Harbor
Tee
Dubuque
Duluth
Minn
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Detroit River
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Grand River
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Misissippi River
Falls of St. Anthony
Minnesota
St. Paul
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Fort Bento
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Tennessee
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Brad River
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St. Anthony Falls
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Mississippi River Commission
House
Secretary of War
Senate
Hennepin
Regular meal times keep the stomach healthy and stable
Dr. Dio Lewis argues that regular eating schedules are essential for digestion and mood. A railway trip shows how irregular meals disrupt digestion and wellbeing, with travelers experiencing indigestion and dull spirits.
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Canadian country districts embrace sociables with fines
In rural Canada sociables draw crowds with a church basement setup. Any speaker must pay a fine of ten to twenty five cents to support the organ, library, or building funds. The event's success hinges on the number of women attendees, and so far no lady has avoided speaking and its penalty.
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Chicago Times
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Organ
Library Fund
Building Fund
Wit and Wisdom Laugh Lines Dozens of Jests Noted
A column collects witty quips and anecdotes from 19th century papers. Jokes target manners, misread puns, and social foibles from golf clubs to lodges, with playful digs at doctors, detectives, and theatrical gossip.
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