Senate Diaries Track Tariffs Treaties and Abuse of Office
The record covers Senate actions on a fisheries articles termination with Great Britain, tariff provisions on meat imports, legal questions on bigamy, and the Fitz-John Porter relief bill. It notes the executive session over the Mexican treaty, passage of a shipping bill, railroad and telegraph issues, and Ingalls proposed presidential disability tribunal. It also lists financial figures on national bank notes andTreasury redemptions.
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Senate
Frye
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Houser
Peelle
Indiana
Mils
Texas
Crapo
Judiciary Committee
Blanchard
Gambetta
Aldrich
Illinois
Cameron
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Edmunds
Fitz-John Porter
Yeas
House
Plumb
Kansas
Ingalls
Department
Supreme Court of the
Grant Commission
Southern Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi River
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Grand Lodge session notes and disaster reports from Pa
The thirteenth annual session of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order United Workmen in Pittsburgh records 196 lodges represented and 1965 beneficiary certificates issued with 109 deaths and 220000 paid. A boiler explosion at Bethlehem Tron Company No 1 Blast Furnace killed four and a woman, injuring several. Also reported are a Jersey City Bank suspension, a Karns City boiler fire, a double boiler blast, a Chinaman sheriff, a Maine death, a $100000 donation to a seminary, a fire at Corry Sisters of St Thomas Convent, a Jersey City bank cashier arrest, and weekly US business failures totaling 262 with regional breakdowns.
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Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order United Workmen
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem
Tron Company
City Bank
Jersey City
N. J
Craig Farm
Karns City
James
Henry Leonard
Tom Leg
New York
Davidson
Lor M. Morrilt
Augusta
Maine
Corry
Edward E. Suaw
Jersey City Bank
Orange Valley Station
Western
Southern
Middle
Pacific
Canada
New York City
Obituary and disaster notices from midwest and west
Deaths include JoaN Copy who died after a 103 day fast in Manistee Michigan at age sixty. wartime veteran of the Sixteenth Wisconsin Regiment. A Kentucky smallpox outbreak threatens Shilo with closed stores and fleeing families. A Missouri fire in Russellville destroys stores and homes. two children die in a house fire. A Central City Illinois shooting follows family troubles. one killed. A Denver storm tops sixty mph winds, electric tower toppled, no deaths. Des Moines fire at Clapp's Block damages bank and shops, near 190000 dollar loss. An Illinois earthquake felt statewide. A West Virginia woman rescues her son before tragedy. A Garfield statue contract awarded to Charles Nichaus of Cincinnati.
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Joan Copy
Manistee
Mich
Sixteenth Wisconsin
Shilo
James Davenport
Moberly
Gus Bupa
Denver
Clapp
Des Moines
Iowa
Citizens’ National Bank
W. U. Telegraph Co
Masonic Hall
Matthews & Sidlies
Hetrer Cunningham
Monongahela River
Fairmount
W. Va
James A. Garfield
Capitol
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Nichaus
Cin
Statue work progresses in marble and plaster plans
The model in clay will be finished in six months followed by plaster in one year and marble in two years. The statue stands seven and a half feet tall in full citizen dress and costs 10009 dollars. Dr Samuel A Moupp of Bryanstown Maryland, a Dry Tortugas veteran who harbored John Wilkes Booth, died on the 10th. A Lima Peru dispatch says belligerents Chile Bolivia and Peru may appoint commissioners for peace with Tarapaca Arica and Tacna to be resolved without foreign mediation. A petition of over 6000 signatures to the German Reichstag urged closing all commercial and industrial establishments on the Sabbath. General Hanix Devarpane, Venoy’s chief of staff in the siege of Paria, died suddenly of apoplexy on the Isle of Adam on the 6th after learning of General Chanzy’s death.
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Lincoln
Lima
Peru
Chili
Bolivia
Tarapaca
Arica
Tacna
Chanzy
Various Global News Items From Rome to Ireland
An autograph letter from Emperor William to the Pope arrives in Rome. A Toronto boy, Samuel Miles, 7, found frozen after skating away from home on the 6th. John Howard’s remains move toward the United States from Tunis. A push to erect a monument at Put-in-Bay for Lake Erie battle dead gains support. Ohio Spanish Merino breeders elect officers and protest tariff cuts on raw wool. The Czar dissolves all secret Russian societies. Arabi Pasua reaches Colombo. Gambetta's body is moved to Nice. A Canadian voyager Lacques CANADIEN dies after quarrel. A Veracruz storm damages ships and harbor works. Irish clergy urge relief loans, oppose emigration. Britain proposes a European financial adviser to Egypt.
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William
Germany
Rome
Samuel Miles
Toronto
Canada
Tunis
John Howard
Sweet Home
Columbus
W. E. Borman
Muskingum County
J. W. Welch
Hardin
George Curry
Licking
William Kennedy
Medina
J. G. Blue
Morrow
G. D. Quinn
Washington
John Pow
Columbiana
N. A. Daniels
Guernsey
Miner Harrod
Morrow County
G. W. Hervey
Jefferson
C. Stoolfire
W. E. Bundy
Belmont
M. P. Ashbrook
J. M. Ewing
Wyandotte
Pispatcu
St. Petersburgh
Russia
Arabi Pasua
Colombo
Ceylon
Gambetta
Nice
Chamber of Deputies
Lacques C. Canadien
Lachige Rapids
Ontario
Vera Cruz
Mexico
J. A. Gary
Theresa G
Earl Spencer
Dublin
Ireland
Board of Works
Lorp Dourrerin
Great Britain
Avalanche Buries Miners Near Leadville and Fires Sweep Polish Circus
Reports detail a snow slide on Mosquito Mountain near Leadville Colorado that swept miners down the slope, leaving them frozen yet alive with doubtful recovery. Other items note a Berditscafl circus fire in Russian Poland killing 300, Navy officers’ reports from Sitka Alaska, the James River freezing, Tennessee political indictments, Memphis church fire, and a pension bill passage in Congress.
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Denver
Mosquito Mountain
Leadville
Col
Berditscafl
Russian Poland
John G. Brosanan
United States Navy
Marion
Brooklyn
N. Y
Merriman
United States
Adams
Navy Department
Sitka
Alaska
Kalisnoo
Smallpox Hospital
Crisfield
James River
Richmond
Brandon
Grand Jury
Davidson County
Tennessee
Marshal S. Polk
Criminal Court
Polk
First Presbyterian Church
Memphis
Tenn
Mitchelville
Iowa
Fire Devastates Newhall House in Milwaukee Tragedy
Milwaukee January 10 The six story Newhall House burned to the ground after a four a.m. blaze. Doomed guests and staff leapt to the streets as flames surged through the building. Rescue efforts saved several, but nearly one hundred lives are believed lost. Firemen fought the blaze amid a sea of flame while victims crowded morgue scenes and police stations with injured and dead.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Newhall
Michigan Street
Broadway
East Water Street
Ben Hall
Water Street
Chamber of Commerce
Bank
Edward Riemer
Herman Strauss
John Bornlesser
A. Worth
E. Nadine
Garrett Green
Edward Pollock
Lancaster
Pollock
The
Sentinel
Cade
Manufacturers’ Bank
American Express
Allen Johnson
Session stories from Ohio General Assembly report
January 2 to January 10 1883 proceedings show the Ohio Senate and House adjourning and reconvening. Bills discussed include stock requirements for corporations road improvements township taxes turnpikes and crop measurements. Memorial services honored Senator Henry E. O’Hagan with governor’s message read.
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Senate
Richards
I. F. Stidham
House
Hodge
Hirst
Jones
Hoar
House of R Representatives
Committee On
Hollingsworth
Committee On Agriculture
Ohio
General Assembly
State of
Congress
House of Congress
Sta. House
Godfrey Jaeger
H. E. O’hagan
Henry E. O’hagan
Sixty-fifth General Assembly
New York
Returning American’s Bible With Jewels Confiscated
A returning American’s sacred Bible, packed with valuable jewels, was opened by a New York customs inspector who confiscated the brilliants. In Elmira New York, an aquarium quarrel caused rocks to topple, breaking glass and flooding the tank with three hundred gallons of water and fish.
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New York
N. Y
Elmira
Finger rings draw big dollars in playful fashion
A Detroit Free Press remark notes the United States invests 90 million dollars in finger rings alone, excluding rings slipped over kid gloves by certain women described as idiots.
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United States
Detroit Free Press
Hats Cause Baldness and Gentlemanly Worth
A Lowell Citizen columnist argues hats may not prevent baldness yet notes style and decorum have social value, framing head coverings as a signal of civility over vanity. The piece reflects humorous social commentary on appearance and manners.
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Lowell
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Zanesville, Ohio
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