Senate and House Debates Close Year with Notices and Deaths
Senate and House proceedings discuss Fitz-John Porter reinstatement talks, liquor and Post Office bills, tobacco tax adjustments, and Utah statehood. Included are tributes to public figures, bank failures, fires, a violent assault on an elderly woman, and notable deaths from Ohio, Mississippi, and New York regions.
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Senate
United States
Sherman
Plumb
Hovsr
District of Columbia
House
Mills
Butterworth
Cameron
Wis
Congress
Saunders
Missouri
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Utah
Cockrell
Hinton Bowen Felper
North
South America
Bingham
Lynch
Rates Changed On Wire Rope and Metals By Ways and Means
The Ways and Means Committee fixed wire rope and iron strand rates at three cents per pound, aligning with iron wire. Steel rates rise to three and a half cents. Copper and cement rise to three and a half cents. Also noted is Canada’s exemption of postage for newspapers to the U S, a seizure of illicit distilleries in Atlanta, and various congressional items including a Utah delegate, a court-martial order, and a pension raise for 105 year old Simon Harris.
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Ways and Means Committee
Post Office Department
Washington
Canadian Post Department
Canada
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Atlanta, Ga
Fitzsimmons
Hoar
House
Cain
Utah
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
H. H. Crews
Fourth Cavalry
Hopkins
Pensacola Navy Yard
Congress
Watson
Simon Harris
Putnam County
Jud
Harris
North Carolina Volunteers
Joint
Congressional Commission
Newburg
N.Y
Alexander challenges Updegraff election in Ohio
Hon. Ross J. Alexander contends he is entitled to the certificate of election in Ohio's Seventeenth district since Updegraff was dead when votes were counted. He plans to test the novel claim in court amid a string of fire, lynching, and legal news across the nation.
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Ross J. Alexander
Upderraff
Ohio
Secretary of State
Updegraff
Alexander
Barton
Minneapolis
Wright
Nolse
Bloch
Scoville
Chicago
White L. J. Garpner
Madison
Edward H. Grariot
Wisconsin
Platteville
State
Western Distillers’ Association
Cincinnati
E. C. Hawkes
Charlemont
Springfield
Mass
Thompson & Boyd
Liberty
Ind
Tue
John Clark
Linn County
Kansas
Clark
Bernie Lindell
Frederica Peerson
Andrew Johnson
Lake City
Stockholm
Minn
Joan R. Bucher
Bachtel College
Akron
Catneerine Stoutenovt
Central Insane Asylum
Columbus
James A. Winson
Wilson, Til
de Witt
Tados
Fires and unrest across the world report heavy losses and upheaval
Reports from Canton Loughrea Cork and beyond describe Canton China burning of hundred houses with many dead in Ireland laborers marching for work in Loughrea Bishop Duggan distributing aid Cork sees lukewarm reception for Parnell. Twillingate Britain storm wrecks twenty two ships Green Bay. Turkish press expels foreign correspondents Empress Eugenie donates Pharo Chateau Pembroke hotel fire in Ontario. Mexico brigands capture officials near Ohnacatlan. Naples train robbery Hardinburgh mine cage collapse kills twenty Stone resigns Egypt chief of staff Bordeaux cardinal reportedly dead
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Canton
China
Loughrea
Ireland
Duggan
Parnell
Cork
Twillingate
N. F
Green Bay
Porte
Turkey
Eugenie
Marseilles
Pembroke
Ont
Copeland
Micnarnt Flynn
Lough Mask
Matramoros
Mexico
Ohnacatlan
Pueblo
Naples
Hardinburgh
Dartmouth
Prussia
Stone Paswa
America
Paris
Cardinal Donnel
Bordeaux
Life and Death and News from December Century
Obituary notes Joselyn R. Mackey a New York politician dies at Hare's Island Hospital on the 21st from chloral in crisis. A life size portrait of General S Wiley Crawford presented to Pennsylvania. Bancroft funds a Worcester scholarship. Weekly business failures across regions total 197 with New York City reporting six. Courts report Curtis case ruling constitutional. dissent by Justice Bradley.
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Joselyn R. Mackey
New York City
Hare’s Island Hospital
S. Wiley Crawford
Pennsylvania
Bancroft
Worcester
Mass
Western
Southern
Middle
Pacific Coast
Canada
Ernest Dusougur
Mary Hanley
Brownsville
Tenn
Opelousas
Kelley
Hill
Ilinois
United States Supreme Court
N. M. Curtis
Justice Bradley
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Newton Martin Curtis
Senate
Waite
Congress
Circuit Court
New York
Bradley
Sale of Wife Illustrated in Stokes County Amid Local Excitement
A report from Stokes County describes Alfred Jenkins selling his wife to Noah Glidewell for 500 dollars, then moving away and leaving Glidewell with the wife. Mrs Jenkins agreed to the arrangement and joined Glidewell, living with him contentedly. Also noted is a jellyfish or oyster bog specimen captured at Tarrytown, New York, by veteran fisherman Sherwood Minnerly, reported to have swallowed five large fish.
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Stokes County
Alfred Jenkins
Noah M. Glidewell
Glidewell
Jenkins
Joinston
M. C
Chicago Tribune
Tarrytown
N. Y
Sherwood Minnerly
Manila Cholera Eases After Severe Hurricane Report
The Captain General reports cholera in Manila nearly disappeared after a severe hurricane. Vienna completes a 6 million dollar city building while Philadelphia works on one hoped not to exceed 12 million. The tramp fraternity adds 313 names to the railroad led list for the first eleven months.
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Captain-Geneal of
Philippine Islands
Manila
Vienna
Philadelphia
Philadephia
Tramp
United States
Father and Son Trapped as Well Caves in at Great Plain
Edward English and his son James were buried when a well at Great Plain caved in on Tuesday. Rescue efforts progressed with a tunnel and a windlass but a later collapse left English severely trapped while his son was pulled to safety. Authorities and neighbors watched as the tense rescue continued into Sunday.
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Edward English
James
Great Plain
James Moore
Michael Downey
William Davis
Fatier and Son
Mr. English
Namily
English
Danbury
St. Peter's
Conn
Cor
N.Y. Herald
Lit
Earth
Boiler Explosion Parlin And Orendorff Works Canton Ill
A boiler explosion at the Parlin and Orendorff agricultural-implement works in Canton Illinois killed nine men and left 200 to 300 unemployed. The brick engine and boiler room collapsed after three boilers exploded, tearing a wall and scattering debris. Firemen and townspeople removed the dead and wounded as the company pledged aid to families. Cause unknown.
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Canton
Ill
Parlin & Orendorff Company
Elm Street
Job Work and Advertising in Herald Office
The Herald office announces a new complete outfit for job material and is ready to perform all kinds of job work on short notice.
Vast Fact Compendium Of Global Figures From 19th Century Reports
The list covers yellow fever deaths in Pensacola and a sheep sale in England, with averages cited. It notes a world submarine cable value of 202 million dollars, bird and mammal temperature ranges, Isle of Man population changes, tourist counts, Roumelia railway cargo, Turkish textile items, and rail passenger figures. Also included are coal production stats for Schuylkill, tobacco crop shares by state, Italian census population and emigration, literacy gains, Paris street lighting data, gas and oil lamp costs, labor in lamp maintenance, and gas infrastructure testing practices.
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England
Isle of Man
Roumelia
Roumeelia
City
Schuylkill
North Carolina
Wit and wisdom and oddities in a local paper mix
A collection of quips and cartoons from various sources. Notable items include Punch on marriage and neighborly duty, a Cincinnati milk scandal, a Sioux girl with dark eyes, Talmage on brains at home, Wrights quarrel, a widow and tombstone words, a half egg riddle, an Angle-worf joke, a catfish misinterpretation, and Ex-Empress Eugenie in Vienna negotiating a schloss with humorous spins on language.
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Ruskin
Sharp Boy
London Punch
Cincinnati
N. O. Picayune
Pittsburgh Telegraph
Talmage
W. R. Wright
Alabama
Batley
Denver Tribune
Eugenie
Vienna
Schloss
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F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
Toledo
John R. Downar
Unoval
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