Senate and House actions during January sessions
The record lists Senate and House activity from January 12 to 15, including Sherman’s absence, Beck’s silver resolution and a substitute, a Finance Committee report authorizing a duplicate certificate of deposit for People’s National Bank of Lawrenceburg, and adjournments. It covers committee appointments, petitions, and notices, plus numerous reports on silver coinage, Dakota statehood, and presidential succession, with various incidents and local news notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sherman
Hawley
Beck
Finance Committee
Morrill
Secretary of the Treasury
People’s National Bank
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Harrison
Houste
Messrs
Singleton
Mississippe
United States
Indian Territory
Dakota
Rouse
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Caldwell
Tenn
Cooper
Ohio
Meunority
New York
Carlisle
House
Brown
Mr. Keck
France
Germany
Dingley
Matson
Indiana
Bland
Arsney
Treasury
New York Meeting Reports Irish Fund Rise and Local News
At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Fund Association in New York City Hon A M Keily and others spoke. A collection of 32619 brings the fund to 36000. Police chief Robert C Bancroft of Newburgh N Y died aged about. Embezzlement case in Boise City involved 12507 and a five year sentence plus 1009 fine. Justice Department seeks bondsmen recovery. Post Office receipts show growth to December 31 with rises and falls across classes. Yearly exports of provisions valued at 93731020 vs 96446142 prior year. Mineral oils exported 49108511 vs 49214281. Government undecided on Dolphin acceptance. negotiations for ship material value board. Rivers and Harbors committee caps total appropriation at 11000000. Petitions for publication withheld until bill report. Invalid Pensions panel approves Matson bill to raise widows pensions from 8 to 13 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Parliamentary Fund Association
New York City
A. M. Keily
Robert C. Bancroft
Newburgh
N. Y
Newburch
Treasury Department
Norman H. Camp
Boise City
Idaho
Department of Justice
Washington
Post Office Department
Whitney
Roach
House Committee On Rivers and Barbors
House
Multiple deaths and corporate actions reported in Newark and beyond
Edward Hiller of Hiller Brothers, Newark, missing since January, found hanged in Orange mountain. Schooner T B Witherspoon stranded near Nantucket. Captain Alfred A. Anderson and seven crew lost. New York Governor Hill names Robert A. Maxwell as Superintendent of Insurance. Senate confirms. At Chickering Hall, D W Powers buys Lindenschmidt painting titled Luther and the Reformers at Manburg, 1520 for $4000. Edgar Thomson Steel Works closes temporarily for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hiller
Hiller
Nantucket
Mass
Governor Hill
New York
Robert A. Maxwell
Senate
Governor Morgan
Chickering Hall
D. W. Powers
Rochester
N. Y
Lindenschmidt
Munich
Luther
Manburg
Melanchthon
William
Count of Fustenberg
Steumn
Agricola
Miconius
Ulrich
Philip
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Brad Rooke
Notable Deaths and Legal Shifts Across States
Colonel E Richardson of New Orleans dies in Jackson Mississippi. George Sieners shoots his wife and himself near St Louis. Ohio House unseats Hamilton County Democrats for Republican contestants. Chinese workers replaced by white labor in Sacramento mills. Indi ana farmer’s wife survives ax murder by a night worker. Tennessee Governor commutes life sentence to five years for ex marshal Wheat's killer. Western Nail Association opposes concessions to strikers in Cincinnati. Greene County Ohio man suicides after son’s legal troubles. Ohio Legislature elects John Sherman U S Senator. vote tally reported. Toledo elder Pomeroy dies. founded Pomeroy Express. Madison Wisconsin court awards $22,000 damages to Waterman vs Chicago & Alton RR. Virginia representative Tucker declines renomination. Zanesville Ohio man kills guest with chair. burns body in grate. Matt Hayes tracked from Mississippi to California. dies while being transported. Nellie McPherson wins breach of promise case in Michigan Supreme Court. Eliza Bowen dies. unique wartime marriage lineage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Richardson
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
St. Louis
George Sieners
Sieners
Ohio House of Representatives
Hamilton County
Pioneer
Sacramento
Phenix
Caapital Woolen Mills
American
James Dobson
Green County
Ind
Western Nail Association
Cincinnati
Jacob Reed
Greene County
Eli Hoover
Xenia
Ohio
John Sherman
United States
Sherman
Thurman
George E. Pomeroy
Toledo
New York
Pomeroy’s Express
Madison
Wis
Henry Waterman
Milton
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Waterman
Chicago
Randolph Tucker
Virginia
Congress
Zanesville
George Gallogly
Gordon Apperson
Gallogly
Matt Hayes
Jeff Thomas
Johnson
Hayes
Los Angeles
Cal
Nellie McPherson
Dennis Ryan
Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Eliza Bowen
Galesburg
Hanks
Kentucky
Bowen
Notable Transit and Trials Across Europe and Canada
The Boston patients Sullivan and Jacques failed Pasteur inoculation after a 70 day gap since biting. Rev John Jebb of Hereford Cathedral died aged 78. A Aix en Chapelle mill fire killed 15. Emperor William opened the Prussian Diet and voiced hope for peace with friendly powers. Calais banker M Sago suspended with 2 million in liabilities. Canadian Pacific claims against Canada reach 700,000 over Northwest uprising. John Stephen named Baronet. N R O Connor reassigned in Washington. London Telegraph reports cotting acts to curb terrorism in Ireland. John Magee sentenced to seven years penal servitude for attempted extortion from the Prince of Wales. William sanctioned Bismarck's gift to fund a teacher training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Sullivan
Jacques
France
Pasteur
Paris
M. Pasteur
John Jebb
Hereford Cathedral
London
Dublin
Aix
Chapelle
M. Sago
Calais
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Dominion
Northwest
John Stephen
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
N. R. O'Connor
Pekin
Washington
London Telegraph
Ireland
John Magee
Prince of Wales
William
Prince Bismarck
Wrecks Fire and Disasters Highlight Boston Telegraphs
Reports from Boston on the 17th note the loss of the bark Julia A Brown with its crew of fourteen near Perth Amboy. A fire at International Starch Works near Buffalo destroys a plant worth 360000. Rockland County endure two earthquakes and a Nyack river ice break. Other items include a Sunday mail ban in Baltimore, a Columbus death from heart disease, a deadly plunge from a frozen homeward walk in Virginia, a New York cigar factory lockout, a Butler flour mill boiler explosion injuring two, a pistol killing in Indiana, Grant funeral costs approved, large weekly specie exports from New York, and a Tarentum death from trichinosis across a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Julia A. Brown
Perth Amboy
International Storch Works
Black Rock
Buffalo
N. Y
Rockland County
Nyack
Vilas
Baltimore
Cotoxirn C. S. Carter
State House
Cardner
Columbus
Henry T. Jones
Thomas Johnson
Richard Brown
Dinwiddie Conny
Tur Cigar Manufacturers
New York City
International Union
Watter
Butler Pa
Henry Loppr
John Reinhardt
Attica
Ind
Reinhardt
Loddi
Turbill
Merritt
New York
General Grant
Treasury
Europe
Havana
Havusmeyer
Tarentum
Joseph
Hamilton County seats disputed in nine Republican wins
January activity in the Ohio General Assembly included a resolved contest over Hamilton County seats, five Republicans sworn in after a hearing, and committee appointments shaping House and Senate actions. Senate confirmed Kennedy as presiding officer. bills on labor committees and liquor laws advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Hamilton County
Sherman
Senate
General Assembly
Kennedy
Fassett
Labor
Messrs
Kuehne An Cleat
Zimmerman
Eggers
Gregg
Androschner
Jiouse
Poorman
Cameron
Cawgill
Cincinnati
K. Donavin
D. Baker
P. Hunt
W. A. Shultz
Zeigler
Thurman
Ely
Fiouse
Farrar
Guernsey
Entrekin
Agriculture
Terrell
Deyo
Cowgill
Barrett
Boyd
Byal
Johnson
Williams
Armor
Francisco
Aloylum
Tompkins
Poorwan
Green
Stewart
Trumbull
Kitchen
Breckiman
Turner
Lisle
Hunt
Hind Asylum
Lyman
Beatty
McClure
Arnett
Chaney
Work
Edwards
Harris
Cope
Rawlins
Emerson
Graddock
le Blond
Merrick, Beatty
Ames
Brockman
Hull
Boehminer
Baughman
Sackett
Patton
Geyer
Boehmer
Noble
Shephard
Muskingum
Tomlinson
Ghiemacher
Winnedge
Willams
Nobile
Coates
Gever
Braddock
Ohlemacher
Puck
Habeiler
Theolusy
van Wert
Dickson
Lyons
Higgins
Hiiles
Whittlesey
Shaw
Baker
Kreis
Taylor
Worthington
Merrick
Cole
Shocton
Huffman
Priviewes
Brumback
Lampson
Linduff
Mettride
Blair
Matthews
Geers
Ier
Austill
Wishburn
Stranahan
Ortean
Kries
Smalley
Public Works
Ryan
Albaugh
Haley
Falcomb
Coshocton
Buerhaus
Puble
Ways
Little
Deckson
Duff
Howard
Ankeny
Clement
Lindail
Hall
Hurst
Lysle
McKeever
Temperance
Palmer
Brown
Warren
Hall, Bailey
Lyon
Columbiana
Trigman
Hilles
Hartpence
E.demiller
Huron
Cuyahoga
Lutterfield
Cowsgill
Shepherd, Verrell
Graydon
Hunt, Byal
Cul
New Haven Doctor Reports Ten Baby Starvations Per Year
A New Haven medical examiner cites ten annual cases of babies starved to death. He notes a recent case of a child dying suddenly from parent-provided food, attributing death to starvation. He blames parental ignorance, saying it is more prevalent among the well-to-do than the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov't Printing Office
G. & C. Merriam & Co., Pub’rs
Springfield
Aiasa
New Haven
Boston Herald
Painful disease in patient at Scotch infirmary prompts cane redesign
A patient in a Scottish infirmary suffers a painful ailment linked to cane use. The condition, caused by pressure of a knobbed cane against the palm, affects muscles from fingers to the wrist. Surgeons advise a stick with a handle rather than a knob to ease symptoms, though a quick cure is unlikely.
Pear weighing 2 pounds picked in Shasta County
A pear weighing about 2 pounds and measuring 14 inches across and 18 inches along the long axis was picked in Shasta County California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shasta County
Cal
A Temperance Tale of Wine and Woe
A Northern Messenger verse recounts a mother and son scene centered on the lure of wine. The son vows restraint but drinks, dies in prison, and the mother mourns amid grim reflections on regret and the price of intemperance.
Scientific findings on alcohol and observed effects
The piece cites ten years of research led by Dr. B W Richardson and Sir Andrew Clark, detailing alcohol’s cooling effect, lack of nutritional value, heart strain, tissue thickening, neuralgic pains, and organ disruption in prolonged use. It notes vast U S alcohol employment costs and argues alcohol harms society, with figures on wages and national losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh Society of Arts
B. W. Richardson
Andrew Clark
Great Britain
Temperance meeting links crime to liquor use in remarks by Chief Justice
The second temperance meeting in New York featured Chief Justice Noah Davis who argued that eight tenths of homicides, wife beating, assaults, and disorderly conduct stem from intoxicating liquors. He urged midweek pay to curb rum spending and prevent crime, citing recent cases of young men who spent weekends drinking and committed crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Permanent Committee On Temperance
Temperance
Presbytery of
New York
Noah Davis
Mmany
Davis
Rye Buying Advice from an Exchange
An Exchange urges shoppers to prefer loaf rye purchases over buying by the pint, arguing steadier quality and value in larger portions. The note reflects frugal consumer guidance for bread prices and portioning.
A Word to Boys About Avoiding the Drunkard's Fate
A pamphlet style admonition urges boys to never drink alcohol. It warns of peer pressure and offers a plan: avoid liquor entirely, even when offered by friends, to preserve conscience and self respect. Authored by J. G. Hol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Holland
Bad diet and drunks cited as root of depraved appetite
Prof. Williams argues overwork and tasteless, scanty food drive craving for strong drink among the poor. He warns moral reform efforts fail without better nourishment and cookery, noting English fare with savory preparation yields better results than raw ingredients. Texas Advocate notes Bedias and Iola merchants oppose whisky return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Italy
The Man and the Drink: A Japanese Saying
A Japanese proverb describes a drink that first offers a man a moment of pause and reflection, then the man becomes the subject of the drink’s influence, and finally the drink itself seems to claim ownership of the moment.
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Cambridge
Wntil
W.S. Hweade
Hutchison Block
W. Steele
Fred, L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Attorneys-At
Old National Bank
W. A. Carpenter
Cambride
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Novell
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Febutt
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
Taylor Block
Aplo St
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M.D
Carnes
Pine Street
Main
D. KK. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Cambeegqqe
Cumberland Tannery
E. McEnbiywr
Cumberland
EE. McPhe
Pealer
Boots and Shoes
West Rain St
Apli'ss
John Voss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosace
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Api2sity
OHI
Drusgist
J. M. McGill
City Drug Store
Adams Building
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
W. A. Gill
Arcade Hotel
Cambridge, Ohio
William Weaver
Prop
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
M. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Jiaigey & Sen's Dry Goods
Mar
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smitix, Prop’r
Globe House
James Carady
Prop’r
Rogier’s Drug
Sebistic HH. H. Veitch
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
T. GC. Stanley
Ogier
W. Ry. Co
Blue Bell
Point Pleasant
CL & M
Junction -Hartfore
Senecaville
Morgan Jetn
Imbridge
C.&m
Barnesville
Bellare
Wheeling
C. & M. Junction
HL. Atkinson
Batesville
O. L.C. Winstanley
Central Hotel
L. J. Cutter
Main ST
Cumberland, CO
Firstere
Bates
Pilospure, Giosinnal
St, Louis Ry
New Comerstown
Cincinnati Express
Keens Dennison
Pittsburth
Indianapolis
Pallisan Palace
Central Standard Time
W. H. Kipp
Ticket Arena
New Cameorstown
James McCrea
Pittsburgh
A. Ford
Gen'l Pass. Agt
Webster
National Normal
U. S
Prestieut Alferd
Rulbruur Lebanou
Warres
News OF the
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Falmer
Pulaski
Ith
Mabel Dilloway
Gloucester
Union League Club of New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Legrand K. Cannon
Cornelius N. Bliss
William Dowd
Jacob D. Vermiley
Henry Bergh
Levi P. Morton
David Milliken
George Montague
A. K. Hartzell
Rittenhouse Gap
James Shiffert
Frank Eck
George L. Miller
H. P. Hubbard
Conn
Timothy Hurley
Lewiston
Kate McCartney
Canada
Pacific
Beaver Falls
Sixth Avenue
Mansion House
Walsh
Scranton
Robert Cochrane
New Castle
Samuel Robinson
Ligonier
Robinson
Degman
Colfax County
Neb
Sechuyler
Lapour
Marshal McGraw
Layton Brooks
Mount Crab
Brown County
Brooks
McGraw
Hiram W. Davis & Co
Captain Bell
King’s Mountain
N. C
Kansas
Army
W. T
Lowa
Reuben Tusk
Leroy
Lake County
Ohio Legislature
Commonwealth of the Nation
Thompson
Navy
Foreign Consular Service
Texas
Betas
The
Texas Advocate
Bedias
Iola
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