Tariff debates move through Senate and House notes
Senate and House daily sessions record tariff bill discussions and amendments. Senate actions include free list votes on books and mineral waters, while House moves through committee of the whole on steel and tariff details. Adjournments follow, with sessions noting related bills and memorials.
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Senate
House
Kelley
Anderson
Davis
Kansas
George Washington
Philadelphia Society
Cincinnati
Tucker and
Morrison
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Morrill
Silver dollars coinage totals and circulating forms
Figures show total silver dollar coinage at 135,405,080 with 23, TS7,411 in circulation and 653,843,880 in circulation as silver certificates. Senate confirmed Commo dore Cimbles H. Baldwin for Rear Admiral and Wyman L. Lincoln for Fort Belknap post.
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Senate
Commodore Cimbles H. Baldwin
Wyman L. Lincoln
Iowa
Fort Belknap
Montana
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Cravens
Mississippi, Albuquerque & Inter
George We Wurtz
Pennsylvania
Russia
la Rue Peck
New York
United States
Fort Erie
Canada
Harry P. Dill
Maine
Guelph
William White
Southern District
Ohio
Lot Wright
Registers of Land Office
George A. Moses
Ironton
Simon W. Switzer
Bloomington
Neb
James Morris
Valentine
John Q. A. Payton
Topeka
Kansas
J. Wesley Tucker
Cadet Reinstatements After Suspension At Pennsylvania Military Academy
Thirty four of thirty seven cadets suspended for attending a play at the Pennsylvania Military Academy have been reinstated under conditions. Three were dismissed as leaders in the revolt. James Livingston killed his wife with a hatchet at Berlin Massachusetts on the night of the 5th and then notified neighbors. Both had been drinking and quarreling. Livingston was sixty and his wife forty five. In the twenty mile yacht race for the championship of America at New Hamburg New York on the 6th E Harrison's Avalanche of the Poughkeepsie Club won in twenty seven minutes. Two boys aged eight and ten, sons of Mr Blatchford of North Attleboro Massachusetts, drowned after breaking through the ice on the 6th. The Pennsylvania coal miners in convention at Pittsburgh on the 5th decided to settle all difficulties hereafter by arbitration.
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New York
Niagara Falls
Willia Amm Watson
Fast New York
L. I
Peter Heffner
Fleetwood
W. H. Whitehead
Chicago
Uriah Hill
Poughkeepsie
New England
Southern
Western
Middle
Pacific Coast and Territories
New York City
Canada
Lawrence Bullard
Tombs
Pennsylvania Military Academy
James Livingston
Berlin
Mass
Livingston
New Hamburgh
N. Y
E. Harrison
Avalanche
Poughkeepsie Club
Blatchford
North Attleboro
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Deaths and turmoil ripple through border regions
A hermit in Michigan’s Newaygo County is found dead in his hut likely murdered for money. Tennessee Governor Bates urges paying half the state debt with bond swaps. A Kansas mob attacks jail, then hangs Henry Smith after a suspected child abuser’s suicide. Sheriff and deputies suffer injuries. Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency reports a fatal horse disease decimating livestock.
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Woods
Newuaygo County
Mich
Bates
Tennessee
Paola
Miami County
Kansas
Henry Smith
Bennings
James McGraw
Arapahoe
Indian Territory
Fire destroys main building of Hamilton University in Minnesota
The Hamilton University building, erected in 1875 at a cost of $60,000 and owned by the Methodist Episcopal Church Society of Minnesota, burned on the 7th. The school was in session. the library was saved and all scholars escaped. A faulty flue is suspected. The article also notes various national items, including Creeks hostilities, political moves, and disasters across several states.
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Hamilton University
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Methodist Episcopal Church Society of
Minnesota
Muscogee
Indian Territory
George Porter
Spieche
Okmulgee
GoOverNor Davis
Dallas
Texas
Senate
Missouri
Frank James
Northfield
Crittenden
freetaLs
Kansas
Iowa
Supreme Court
CubcaGco Tribune
Sun
Illinois
Jons E. Cross
Allegheny Mountains
Highland
Mr. Cross
St. Louis
Henry Cross
Boone
George Fleming
Joseph James
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pomeroy
Crescent Iron Works
Bellaire
Taylorsville
Til
Peter New
Henry New
Colorado
Jesse Bucy
Holmes County
B. J. Grier
Charlotte
Mich
W. Gordon
Seattle
Fort Madison
Elliott Bay
Washington Territory
Rulen
N.C
Colored Medical College
Jacon Boatman
Czar Sets May Coronation Date and Recognition Orders
The czar issues a manifesto fixing May 20 for his coronation in Moscow and detailing attendance for marshals nobility and provincial officials except Siberia. It also notes the death of Prince Seraios Ovrovussorr in St Petersburg on the 6th and lists other international developments.
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Russia
Hetire
Moscow
Ukase
Siberia
Seraios Ovrovussorr
St. Petersburgh
London Times
Jules Ferry
Interior
Waldock Ropseau
Justice
M. Deves
General Campenon
Marine
Admiral Clone
M. Jirard
M. Denaty
M. Duvance
M. Legrand
Central
Africa
Poraferry Island
England
Shetland
Scotland
Parnell
House of Commons
Ireland
Santa Catarina
Agutitan
Mexico
Paris
France
Napoleon
Dublin carman turns informer in Phoenix Park murders case
Mirnarnt Kavananugh, a carman of Dublin, testifies against James Brady Timothy Kelley and seven others on trial for conspiracy to murder government officials and for the Phoenix Park killings of Lord Cavendish and Secretary Burke. He describes the car ride, the signaling handkerchief, and the moments of the assassinations before driving off. The passage also notes Senate executive session, credentials of Senator Plumb, and various legislative items including the Tariff bill and a pension clause.
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Mirnarnt Kavanaugh
Dublin
Ireland
James Brady
Timothy Kelley
Carman Fitzharris
Joseph Mullett
Daniel Delany
James Carey
Frederick Cavendish
Burke
Phoenix Park
Kavanaugh
Brady
Kelley
Delany
Phenix Park
Peter Carey
Fitzharris
Lord Cavendish
Secretary Burke
Carey
Casey
Senate
Ingalls
Plumb
Kansas
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Davis
McMillan
Supreme Court of Dakota
Logan
Randall
Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Page
Committee On Commerce
Secretary of War
Allegheny River
Lynch
Tragedy at Court as Parker Kills Wife then Shoots Self
In St Louis on February 5 Parker who faced murder charges for Mike Peyton’s death in a prior case shot his wife Nelie in the criminal court room and then killed himself. Witnesses and lawyers watched as the scene unfolded with Parker's sister and pro in law present. Parker’s wife had hinted she would die for $1000 from a fraternal order.
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St. Louis
John C. Parker
Mike Peyton
Parker
Nelie
M Craft
Knights and Ladies’ of Honor
Miss O'Neill
Johnny Parker
Fifth Street
Lucas Avenue
Peyton
Policeman King
King
Speculative boardroom gambling swindles draw in poor investors
The Chicago Journal notes rising cooperative gambling schemes advertised via mail and express, exposing bogus commission firms that lure small contributors with promises of windfall gains. It details how $500,000 or more flowed in six months, the scheme’s manipulative tactics, and the lax laws that keep such scams relatively safe, harming poor participants who suffer in silence.
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Board of Trade
Post Office Department
Tom
Harry
Chiago Journa
Six Hundred Knives Lost On Steamer Malway
Passengers on the Peninsula and Oriental steamer Malway faced a bizarre scene when an intoxicated Indian knife-cleaner tied over six hundred table knives to his waist and leaped into the sea. The ship halted and reversed, but rescuers could not retrieve the knives or the man, forcing passengers to eat with pen knives until Alexandria.
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Malway
Alexandria
Panama Star
Herod
Ohio Legislature Receives Labor Petitions and Passes Bills
The Senate and House action includes bills amending pocket picking penalties to penitentiary terms and requiring capital stock for corporations, while debating liquor amendments and road duties. Messages from Knights of Labor and unions on contract labor in the penitentiary are noted, with adjournments and referrals to committees throughout early February.
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Senate
Knights of Labor
Mr. Peet
Ohio
Pera
Licey
Committee On
Penitentiary
Stark
Clermont
Evas
Congress of the
United States
Richland Township
Summit County
House
Richards
Kimney
Cincinnati
Cleveland
East Palestine
Iron Molders’ Union
Springfield
Wilson
Judiciary Committee
John L. Gill
Hollingsworth
Kinney
Pearson
Hoge
Committee On ‘Temperance
Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Gest
Ecclesiastical incomes and patronage totals set in church notes
The Church of England reports an income of £4,525,000 with clergy and cathedral officials receiving £142,571. Patronage spans 4,362 benefices with £1,513,002, 845 with £217,315 under the Executive, and 8,521 with £2,719,958 under private patrons. A Newfoundland dog stole a lady’s satchel in Bangor, Maine, then returned it unharmed after a chase by locals. Boston Post mentions a jury verdict in Weber v. Taylor with a one cent damages award, while Chicago Herald notes personal doubt in grasping the situation.
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Church of England
Bangor
Boston Post
Weber
Taylor
Chiago
Chicag
Herald
Walcott Devours Quails to Win Bold 30-Day Challenge
Mr Walcott, smiling, completed a grueling brace of quails daily for thirty days amid bets of up to $550 a side. Doctors attended him as he finished fifty nine bones in three minutes thirty seconds and sixty in three minutes forty seconds, totaling seven minutes ten seconds for thirty pairs. Gabe's Place anchored the wager origins with James Moffat and Mr Case backing Walcott against Troutman of Washington in a public contest that drew bets and public interest across New York.
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Walcott
Drs. Alsdorf
Nivson
West Forty-second Street
Nivison
Bunnell
Museum
Mr. Case
Gabe
James Moffat
Mr. Moffat
W.S. Waicott
Sixth Avenue Oyser House
B.troutmn
Washington
Troutman
Messrs
Moffat
Case
N. FY. Sun
Mayor's tax wrath ends as wives freed after payment
In Vadulesti Roumania the mayor seized the wives of tax delinquents to secure debts. The women were jailed for forty eight hours while the men faced pressure. Ultimately every wife was redeemed by payment of the overdue tax.
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Vadulesti
Roumania
Rhode Island Lawmaker Proposes Public Dictionary For Members
Mr Biopcott of the Rhode Island Legislature proposed a resort on and meant no sarcasm by it that a dictionary be purchased with public money for every member.
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Biopcott
Rhode Island
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Philadelphia PA
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Addreetinson & CO
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Kan
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Morristown
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Age of Process
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Wells Mills
Piece Burton
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Joseph Nimmo, Jr
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