Senate and House Actions Chronicle Feb 19 21 Events
Legislative notes report trespass penalties on Indian lands, finance committee opposition to currency bills, and debates on National Bank circulation. Militia funding details, indemnity land topics for railroads, and education grants to Indians appear alongside executive sessions and adjournments. Deaths include West Lessenring mine victims and Salmi Morse, with coal miners resuming work at Monongahela.
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Morrill
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Bayard
Plumb
Secretary of the Interior
Iowa
United States
Post Office Department
Military Academy
Treasury Seeks 10 Million Bonds and National Affairs
The Secretary of the Treasury issues a call for 10,000,000 in three per cent bonds with specified origin numbers across several denominations. The Washington Monumental Society re-elected its board and planned a year-end celebration. Chicago won the Democratic National Convention site with July 8 as the date after three ballots. A large rebate claim backlog on tobacco awaits action, a monument to Washington’s mother may get $50,000, and whisky bonded period may be extended by two years.
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Washington Monumental Society
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
St. Louis
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Long Island capture and regional crimes report in brief
A man named Rugg, linked to Long Island murders and escapes, was recaptured at Woodside. In Fayette County Pennsylvania a mine area idle and active ovens contrast. a gang terrorized locals was trapped after a robbery attempt, with one member fatally shot. Also notes on a Brooklyn prize fight, tax changes, a New York official appointment, a murdered farmer in Lebanon Connecticut, and other assorted crime and political items.
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Negro Rugg
Long Island
Queens County
Woodside
L. I
Connellsville
Fayette County
Sheridan Montuth
Montuth
Henry Warp Beecher
Emory Storrs
Chicago
John D. McKenzie
Noah Davis
Brooklyn
James C. Phillips
Phillip Phillips
Fredonia
N. Y
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Assembly
Lebanon
Conn
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James Murray
Thomas Henry
Henry
New York State
Oliver Epes
Plymouth
Mass
Ada Barton
Newfoundland
Clearing House Association
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Tilden
Eaton
Connecticut
Peck
Troy
Boston
Virginia Senate Resolutions Call for Racial Self Government
A Virginia Senate resolution on the 19th urged Congress to establish territories reserved for African Americans seeking self government apart from whites. The item appears among a wide set of reports on accidents, crimes, weather, and political developments.
Mexican decree boosts import duty on Mexico
The Treasury Department is notified that the President of Mexico issued a decree imposing an additional five percent on all articles imported into Mexico starting May 15. The Landsdown Park hurdle race prize was won by Con nors Sachem. Consistory in Rome set for March 17. Austrian Consul in Khartoum sends £2000 to free Catholic missionaries. Survivor of London gunpowder blast blames clerks rubbing grains. Bismarck defends action on Lasker resolutions. Mail between Mexico and U.S. suspended over carrier payment dispute of $162. Charlottesville fire destroys several buildings. loss £259,000. Shanghai reports revolt in Mongolia. Canada Pacific Railway bill passes Canadian Commons. Tokar garrison surrenders to Osman Digna. Paris bondholders reject De Lesseps agreement. Berlin residents host Washington's Birthday event.
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Mahdi
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Red Sea
England
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Washington
West Lessenring mine disaster verdict and city fires
Coroner's jury finds the West Lessenring mine explosion caused by firedamp due to coal company neglect and inspector Steiner's dereliction. A Jackson Michigan fire destroys Union Hall Block and saloon blocks, with several deaths and injuries. Charles Cornell, a crippled veteran, is identified among the dead. The tie of Avondale murders leads to Ben Johnson and Allen Ingalls facing first degree murder. Ingalls confesses to Marshal Brown. Indian Head stores seized by armed locals. Fryer commits suicide in Denver. Jerome Collins memorial service held in New York. burial to Cork, Ireland. In Zanesville a father dies among thirteen children. St Josery's Church at Keshona burned. Dixon, Illinois native dies at 94. Foran bill moves to House calendar. House committees on pleuro-pneumonia bill adjourn. Senate not in session.
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Salmi Morse
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New York
Monongahela River
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Georgetown
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Terrific West Lessenring mine explosion fatalities
West Lessenring near Uniontown Pennsylvania was rocked by a massive underground explosion at the Connellsville Coal and Iron Company mine. Nineteen men perished or were trapped, one survivor, Dick Balsly, recounts his escape through after-damp and darkness, while coroner Batten opened inquest listing victims including Heffern, Buckley, Kennedy, Tracy, Baker and others with varied injuries and family ties.
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West Lessenring
Here
Connellsville Coal and Iron Company
Leisenring
Mauch Chunk
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Balily
Balsly
Lot
Galsly
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Patrick Kennedy
James Tracy
James Baker
Cumberland County
England
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George Calis
Old Country
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John Murray
America
Peter Watters
Murray
William Searing
Jeives
Joe Baker
Andy Warmus
Germany
Alban N. Hackney
G. F. May
Maryland
Central Park Faces Higher Repair Costs Than Any Park
New York News reports Central Park in New York City needs more money per square acre to stay in repair than any other major public park worldwide. The article highlights escalating maintenance expenses and the financial strain on the city.
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Central Park
N. Y
Great Cyclone Sweeps Ohio Valley Destroys Cities
Severe storm and cyclone devastated Cincinnati Louisville Evansville Metropolis and other towns. Flooding, wrecked houses, and missing children reported across Indiana Kentucky and Illinois. Relief funds allotted to city Mayors and generals for subsistence supplies. many buildings destroyed and residents displaced.
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John A. Woods
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Duffy
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Central Pacific
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Rome
Cove Spring
Cartersville
Jasper
Canton
Wilmington
N. C
Rockingham
Washington
Secretary of War
Beckwith
Cushing
Pittsburg
Ironton
Saxton
Jeffersonville
Mayor Bell
Mountain bandits terrorize Fayette County in robbing spree
In Fay ette County Pennsylvania a gang of highway robbers and burglars operated from the mountains. They robbed the Fairdance post office two months earlier. Early Wednesday a confrontation surrounding a house led to the death of Sheridan Montuth, wounding two others who escaped. Authorities found a mountain hideout guiding further arrests.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Fairdance
United States
Sheridan Montuth
Montuth
Widow of Wheeling pioneer dies in mysterious context
Mrs John McCulloch widow of a longtime Wheeling Clerk of the Courts dies aged matriarch of a noted family. Her son Samuel B McCulloch vanished months earlier in a mystery linked to her death. The family traces to Major McCulloch who once made a famed leap near Wheeling to flee Indians.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John McCulloch
Samuel B. McCulloch
Major McCulloch
Taxing of Capital Stock of Corporations Ruling
In a Dauphin County Court decision the state suit against Pennsylvania Coal Co found capital invested in New York properties not taxable in Pennsylvania since taxed there. The Conglomerate Mining Co of Michigan owning a small land parcel in Pennsylvania must pay an office license tax.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Dauphin County
New York
Pennsylvania
Conglomerate
Mining Company
Michigan
Local Herald Announces New Job Work Outfit
The Herald reports its office is equipped with a full set of the latest job material and is prepared to undertake all kinds of job work on the shortest possible notice.
Snow blockade cripples Silverton and Utah mine towns
Snow slides and heavy drifts paralyze Silverton Colorado and nearby camps. Six to sixty foot accumulations block roads, halt business, and loom into April optimistic outlook. In Utah Park City residents flee homes as winter storm disrupts rail service and wealth mining districts.
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Col
San Juan
Colorado
Silverton
Ouray
Salt Lake
Ontario
Park City
William Rich
Rich
John Harris
Utah & Northern
Oregon Short
Idaho
Furious Elements Storm Hits Georgia Towns Killing Fourteen
A severe storm in Romer Georgia and nearby Amberson Lodiga Alabama records extensive destruction. Fourteen people reported killed. many houses demolished including Cave Spring and Captain Lapsley’s residence. Columbus Georgia reports about twenty thousand dollars in damage, with unroofed churches jails mills and significant railroad damage.
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Romer
Amberson
Lodiga
Ala
Cave Spring
Gaylord
Captain Lapsley
Columbus
First African Baptist
Manitoba Farmers Seek Action as Rebellion Fears Grow
Winnipeg dispatch reports Farmers' Union delegates returning from Ottawa unhappy with the government. They say no concessions will be made and call a March 5 convention to unite the Northwest. A growing revolutionary mood hints at potential secession if demands remain unmet.
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Winnipeg
Man
Farmers’ Union
Ottawa
Council of the Farmers’, Union
Northwest
Dominion
Norquay
Confederation
Explosion at Hobbs Osborne Hobbs Store in London
A keg of gunpowder exploded in Hobbs Osborne Hobbs store near Tecumseh House, blowing out the front and sparking a fire. Clerks Donald Smith Perry Ince and Frank Shaw were inside smoking. Smith died instantly Ince survived with severe injuries and Shaw expected to die. Fire department contained the blaze as crowds gathered.
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Ont
Hobbs, Osborne & Hobbs
Tecumseha House
Donald Smith
Perry Ince
Frank Shaw
Smith
Ince
Shaw
Heavy Mortgages Across Connecticut Draw Attention
Harterford Conn February 19. A $10,000,000 mortgage is registered with forty town clerks across the state. The Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Company backs lines of the American Rapid Telegraph Company via a recent $5,000,000 exchange. Connecticut law allows chattel mortgages but they hold no force against later creditors unless the mortgaged property is actually possessed by the mortgage. A full probe of the deal seems unlikely.
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Harterforp
Conn
Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company
American Rapid Telegraph Company
Prescott Fire Destroys Block. Miner Publisher Killed
A morning blaze in Prescott Arizona destroyed a block of stores saloons and law offices. Daily Miner proprietor S N Holmes died trying to save papers. Kitty Purcell saved a child risking her life. The town prepared to blow up buildings to halt the blaze. The loss figure was not stated. The widow of Wendell Phillips declined executorship due to ill health and asked the probate judge to appoint a new executor.
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A. T
S. N. Holmes
Daily Miner
Kitty Purcell
Wendell Phillips
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