Senate opens with oath and bills filed for action
The Senate, led by President pro tem Edmunds, takes oaths and confirms credentials for Beck and others. New senators include Pike Kenna Gibson Collett Wilson Kiddleberger Sabin Palmer Cullom Manderson Dolph Lowes. House proceedings name Carlisle as speaker nominee. Multiple bills and resolutions are introduced, with executive session held and adjournment for committees.
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Edmunds
Beck
Messrs
Palmer
Ferry
Pike
Rolling
Bowen
Cullom
Dolph
Frye
Hoar
McPherson
Manderson
Plumb
Sabin
Saulsbury
Wilson
Kenna
Gibson
Coluitt
Kiddleberger
Palmer Cullom
Lowes
House
Mississippi
Chalmers
Geddes
Ohio
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Cannon
Utah
Keifer
Carlisle
Indian graduates to teach in new western schools
Secretary Teller considers appointing Carlisle Indian School graduates to subordinate teaching posts in the West. A Arkansas colored separatist petition before the Senate alleges unlawful land entry barriers and mistreatment by white Arkansans, seeking relief. Internal Revenue reports current year taxes at 123 million dollars annually with total year projection at 139 million. Estimated special taxes of six to seven million for April and May. excludes expected spirits tax rise.
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Senate
Committee On Judiciary
Cook
United States Attorney
Western District of
Texas
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Department of the Interior
United States
Internal Revenue
Court of Claims
North Pacific Land Grants
Washington Territory
Oregon
West
Secretary of the Interior
Relowstone Park
Horst
Messrs
Manning
Chalmers
Committee On Elections
Peters
Kansas
Territories
Tucker
Virginia
Mayo and
Garrison
Committee On
House
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Joan C. New
Indiana
Treasury
Indianapolis
Garland
Arkansas
Tur
New York
Teller
Carlisle
J.W. Niles
Sherman
National Temperance Society pushes U S constitutional ban on liquor
Across 6th, New York reports include a temperance pledge resolution urging Congress to amend the Constitution banning liquor. A tenement fire injures Bridget Martha and Sheehan. Julia McGrath sues for smoke inhalation as others jump from a third story window.
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New York
National Temperance Society
Congress
United States
Bridget Martha
Sheehan
Julia McGrath
Farmers Congress in Louisville Calls for Agriculture as Cabinet Post
The Farmers' Congress in Louisville Kentucky convened for a three day session with sixty to seventy delegates mainly from the South. The President urged appointing a Commissioner of Agriculture as a Cabinet member.
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Farmers’ Congress of the United States
Louisville
Jth
South
Columbia County
Tombstone
Arizona
Fronteras
N. M
Crook
Denver
Col
Dallas
Tex
Guicx Broturrs
Chicago
Board of Managers
London
Rellenden Springs
Ark
Kansas City & Memphis Railroad
Lynchburg
Harrison Crews
Jon J. Johnson
Coleman Hawkins
Anderson
Ind
Hawkins
Johnson
Helena
Mont
Stedman
Henderson
Miles City
S. W. Scott
Tar
Elkhart Ind
Osborne
Frank L. Loring
John Flemming
Flemming
Nebraska
Williamston
N. C
Mount Hickory Iron Works Destroyed by Fire
Amid a morning blaze the Mount Hickory Iron Works and Rolling Mill in Erie County Pennsylvania burned. Owner William L. Scott faced losses of about 250000 with 250 workers. an arrest was made for arson as Frank Ward of Sharon Ohio provided a suspicious lead.
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Adm
Mirnal Pienc Yu Lin
Canton
China
France
County Council
Welland
Ont
Ontario
Prince of Wales
Free Masons
England
Constantinople
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Public Instruction
Brussels
Belgium
Toronto
Canada
London Press Association
O’ Donnell
Cape of Good Hope
Liverpool
New York
Rome
Alexander C. Joslin
Burnett House
Cincinnati
Buckingham Hotel
Brunswick
Boston
London
Paris
Peng Yu Lin
Germany
Madrid
Spain
Mount Hickory
Erie County
William L. Scott
Frank Ward
Sharon
Eances J. Parmenter
Providence
John Martin
Joseph F. Bree
Thomas Harket
Tur Penn Iron Company
Lancaster
George W. Nolly
Ashland
Union Rolling
Cleveland
Ohio
Tufts College
Abolish the school recess a bad trend says readers
The piece cites Joseph Carter and Rochester advocates as pushing to end school recess while suggesting it would worsen education. It recalls a boy in class enduring the era’s pressures and mocks the Boston Journal of Education’s lunch hour. It argues for keeping recess and criticizes school reforms and pay scales. It moves to a Philadelphia fish market description with catfish handling and local families.
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Joseph Carter
Popular Science Monthly
Rochester
N. Y
Boston Journal of Education
Boston J Journal of Education
Ante
Apud
Journal of Education
Burdette
Burlington
Hawkeye
Catfish and Waffles on Wissahickon Scene
A nostalgic portrait of Philadelphia catfish vendors selling fried fish to housewives at night. Vendors like Mrs. Mary Mood carry trays on their heads, offering catfish reused from Delaware waters. The Wissahickon hotels long earned fame but now rely on old reputations and brisk, seasonal sales.
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Tacony
Schuylkill
Gloucester
Red Bank
Delaware City
Fishtown
Pete
Lower Kensington
Pimelodus Catus
Mississippi
Wabash
Ohio
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia
Wissahickon
Delaware
Mary Mood
Richmond Street
Twelfth-street Market
Otis-street Wharf
Catfish Emporium
Kensington Water-Works
New Jersey
Paris Mayoral Mixup Lets Famous Men Sign For Love
A tale from 1813 Paris shows Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas as witnesses at a marriage while their fame abroad was known far more than at home. The mayor questions professions, and Hugo signs as painter while Dumas plays an annuitant, exposing how local reputation lags behind international celebrity.
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Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Paris
Ingress
Paul Delaroche
Victor Hugo
Alexander Dumas
Victor Hiuwo
Hugo
Ineress
Delaroche
Painter
Jersey City girl with body parts misplaced
A twelve year old girl in Jersey City has a foot on one leg and a hand on the other, with limbs positioned incorrectly but otherwise intact. The note describes her as a curiosity or medical oddity observed by the Sun.
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Jersey City
Ocean yields and industry notes from early reports
The Pacific cod catch this year totals 1,743,000 with 1,241,000 last year. Washington ships 2,200 loads of fallen leaves yearly. 700 from public grounds. International stats show doctors per population and camel, horse, cattle, and sheep losses in Russia due to winter and disease. Marine light and beacon inventories are listed. Oyster beds protections and rest periods are debated in Baltimore. Vanderbilt wealth and income flow are tabulated. Sleeping car upkeep costs and laundry needs are described for major rail outfits. Nail industry expansion forecasts reach thousands of machines and kilogs of nails with regional production by state.
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Pacific
Washington
Washington Star
United States
England
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Switzerland
Russia
Detroit Post
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Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun
Vanderbilt
Regzister
Pullman Company
Wagner Company
Pullman
Chicago Journal
Bulletin of the Iron and Steel Association
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wit and Wisdom Fragments Lightly Air the Times
A collage of humorous quips and jokes from multiple papers. Light social spoofing on weather and boats, stage tricks, hashish houses, and odd family misreadings. Includes exchanges about sowing oats and a Bible upside down, with a dash of magazine parodies and random gags.
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D. K. Kyle
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William Ogier
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Stinson & CO
Portland, Maine
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True & Co
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Portland
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Cumberland
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Pt. Pleasant
Lf. M. Atkinson
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