House and Senate Pass Key Legislation in July Sessions
The July sessions report multiple bills advancing including river and harbor funding increasing to 15.58 million, a branch of the Soldiers Home west of the Mississippi, and pension actions for General Steedman’s widow. Senate debates cover naval appropriations, fortifications, and sundry civil items, with adjournments and veto notes from the Fitz-John Porter case.
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Mississippi
Senate
James B. Steedman
Butler
New York
Finance Committee
House
Randall
Conference
Townshend
Committee of Conference
United States
Cincinnati
Committee On Appropriations
Yeas
Indian Territory
Southern Kansas Railroad Company
Fitz-John Porter
Slocum
Ord
Frank P. Blair
Averill
Bureau of Military Justices
Corps of Judge Advocates
Army
Sherman
Willis
Nominations Confirmed and Federal Appointments Noted
The Senate confirmed nominees including Watson Squire Gilbert A. Pierce Henry Neal John Hull Samuel Losch David Pride Jesse George Penumbra Kelly and Andrew Evans. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill would raise total to about 20 million dollars. New ministerial posts include Kasson Taft Francis and Jarret. A proclamation warns against Oklahoma land seizures. Cholera precautions prompt UK to disinfect French mails. Henry Plummer is named chaplain of the Ninth Cavalry, a rare colored unit.
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Senate
Watson C. Squire
Washington Territory
Gilbert A. Pierce
Dakota
Henry S. Neal
The
Treasury
John T. Hull
Jackson
Mississippi
Samuel A. Losch
New Mexico
David P. RB. Pride
Idaho
Jesse W. George
United States
Washington
Penumbra Kelly
Oregon
Andrew J. Evans
Western
Texas
Senate Committee
John A. Kasson
Iowa
Germany
Alphonso Taft
Ohio
Russia
John M. Francis
New York
Austria
John J. Jarret
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
France
England
Henry Plummer
Arthur
Ninth Cavalry
Plummer
Prince George County
Howard University
Maryland Theological Seminary
Debt rise and dividend payments hit Newark savings
Boston’s debt increased by 1 485 677 in the past year while Newark Savings Institution begins a 60 percent dividend on 3 700 000. In New York three Cubans including Ramon Barrento and Francisco Figuera were fined ten dollars each for disorderly conduct. An expert finished review of accounts tied to John McMahon, the Hoboken revenue fugitive.
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Boston
Newark
N. J
Lst
Senor
Ramon Barrento
Supreme Court of Cuba
Alonzo Barrento
Francisco Figuera
New York
TBE
John McMahon
Hoboken, N. J
Notable Deaths and Tense Western Frontier News
Dr L M Waitine of Canton Ohio dies aged 73. Indian Territory unrest with Cherokee Nation fencing crackdown and mass wire removal. Kanawha murder case Spurlock confesses to first degree murder. Hills lynched. Eastern Montana appeals for removal of North Cheyenne Indians amid starvation. White Cloud Kansas girl dies after 53 days refused food. Booneville Missouri farmer John Shirley killed by runaway mowing machine. San Francisco YWCA receives 1000 dollars from C P Huntington. Ostermeyer and Hafer plead guilty to counterfeiting with $2,000 in circulation. Grain stocks in Chicago show declines from prior week and year. Colonel Henry indicted for bribery over timber land settlements. Nathan Stevens dies in St Louis. Two freight trains collide near Cunningham Station. Berea couple killed in caboose incident. East Winchester trestle accident on C&E railroad.
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Canada
United States
Pittsburgh
Allegheny City
John Donaldson
Portland
Donaldson
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham
Mass
East Cemetery Hill
Pennsylvania
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York
Devil’s den
Ellis
Connecticut
York County
Cecil County
Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Penn Bank of Pittsburgh
Assignee Warner
Penn Bank
New York
John Vandeur
Gramercy Flats
Tuirry
Manhattan
Bank
L. M. Waitine
Canton
Indian Territory
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Council
Coffeyville
Charles Spurlock
Hill Boys
Alvin Woods
Jack Woods
Kanawha County
W. Va
Charlestown
Spurlock
Guthrie
Montana
Teller
Tongue
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Lizzin Brasey
White Cloud
Kan
Booneville
John Shirley
Shirley
San Francisco
Osborne
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Richmond
Ind
Dayton
Chicago
George A. Henry
United States Timber
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Nathan Stevens
General Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Cunningham Station
Central Kentucky Railroad
Explosion at Wellington Colliery kills twenty four miners
A blast at Wellington Colliery in Nanaimo British Columbia on the 30th killed twenty four miners and left many injured. Reports from the schooner Emerson tabulate a June 28 sighting of the Gipsey off the coast with losses onboard. Drought afflicts Kingston district crops and fires rage in Kingston area forests.
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Emerson
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Gipsey
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Ont
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Mahdi
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London Times
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China
Party of
Tso Tsung Tang
Peng Yu Lin
Marquis Tseng
Formosa
Faraday
Queenstown
Pan Presbyterian Council
Belfast
Ireland
London
Violent Wind Storm Damages Rich Hall Area
A storm at Rich Hall Missouri on the 4th wrecked the Presbyterian Church, unroofed multiple buildings, and caused about 20000 dollars in property damage. Several people were injured but no deaths reported.
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Rich Hall
Presbyterian
Senate
Miller
California
Logan
House
United States
Naval Service
Allison
Ranney
Committee On Elections
Martin McGinnis
Montana
Randall
President Arthur vetoes Fitz-John Porter bill after two thirds override
President Arthur vetoed the Fitz-John Porter bill and the House passed it over his objections by a two thirds vote. He argues the court martial verdict remains final and questions the bill’s constitutional basis and potential to annul findings. He cites Supreme Court guidance on court martial authority and warns of dangerous precedent. 1854 executive note from the Executive Mansion dated July 2.
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Fitz John Porter
Arthur
House
Fitz-John Porter
Congress
Fitz- John Porter
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Secretary of War
Pite John. Porter
Thave
Cu Hester A. Arthur
Three People Killed by Lightning in Thunder Storm
A heavy storm at Bryan Ohio on July 2 killed Frank Seigler while loading hay. Two Leetonia boys about seven were struck under a tree and died. In Massillon two of Peter Leeser’s horses were killed by lightning during the same storm.
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Bryan
Frank Seigler
Eaden
Columbus
Leetonia
Woods
Dempsey
Here
MassIur
Peter Leeser
Lawrence County
Preparations for Army of the Tennessee Meeting at Lake Minnetonka
Preparations are under way for the annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee to be held at Lake Minnetonka on August 14 and 15. General W T Sherman will preside and General A S Grant plans to attend perhaps for the last time to deliver a farewell address. Colonel Ozre Dodds will deliver the oration and a notable banquet is planned with leading poets and orators. An executive committee is coordinating the arrangements.
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Ozre Dodds
Narrow Escape From Construction Train Accident
Krpoxuk Ia July 1 The construction train wreck caused no deaths as first feared. Engineers Phil Beck and James D Multon are severely injured and several laborers hurt but none fatally. The engine and five cars plunged about thirty feet into the river, a remarkable outcome under the circumstances.
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Krpoxuk
Phil Beck
Snd
James D. Multon
Public Debt Monthly Statement of the National Treasury
The July 2 1884 public debt statement for June shows cash in Treasury total 391,985,928 dollars with 1 450 050 235 dollars debt less cash. Decreases this month total 9 217 256 dollars, and since June 30 1883 total 101 040 901 dollars. Key figures include four and a half percent bonds 250 000 000 dollars and gold certificates 98 392 660 dollars. Interest due and unpaid stands at 19 656 205 dollars with related balances and certificates of deposit 12 385 000 dollars.
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Washieron
D.C
Navy Pension Fund
Eva Waals
Ose
Ais
Treasury
Rentnis An Meeentels
United States
Pacific Railway
Transportation Service
Costa Antivesy
U.S
The Great Detective Pinkerton Dies at 86
Allen Pinkerton died at his home at 3:05 pm on a Wednesday. Born in Glasgow in 1819, he built a national reputation by breaking up horse thieves and counterfeit rings, guarding Lincoln in Baltimore, and leading efforts against the Mollie Maguires and other gangs. His agency pursued rail, bank, and express cases, with many notable captures and casualties among operatives.
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West Adams Street
Pinkerton
Hot Springs
Gracel
Glasgow
Scotland
America
Dundee
Lill
Mitchell’s Bank
Milwaukee
Northwest
Cook County
The
Treasury
Guthrie
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Inauguration
Mollie Maguires
Pennicapia
Augustus Stuart Byron
Admiral Napier
Michigan Southern
James Brothers
Missouri
Reno Brothers
Seymour
Ind
Bidwell Brothers
Bank of England
Roberts and Gleason
Northampton
Massive forest fires blaze across Ontario Maine Massachusetts and Quebec
Fire fronts roar through Kineaston Ontario McGill settlement Messesaga Point and nearby mills. In Maine heavy fires threaten Brownville forests and Katahdin iron works line. Adams Massachusetts Graylock Mountain woods burn endangering homes. Saguenay Quebec district sees fires and Baie St. Paul losses.
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Kineaston
Ont
McGill
Messessaga Point
McLaren’s
Bangor
Brownville
Katahdid Iron-Works
Forestville
Maine Central
Nortim Adams
Mass
Graylock Mountain
Adams
Quaebec
Saguenay District
Baie St. Paul
Another Baby Farming Establishment Unearthed in New York
New York July 2 another baby farming establishment has been discovered. The Deputy Coroner investigated the death of a child at St Vincent de Paul Nursery kept by Mary Josephine Ward a colored woman. The child Josephine Creps was emaciated. Ward said the child was born prematurely and alleged malpractice. The nursery was incorporated December 1 1882 with four white and one colored advisory board and two doctors as advisors plus another doctor as president. Women commonly go there to be confined.
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New York
St. Vincent de Paul
Mary Josephine Ward
Josephine Creps
Red Men of the Forest Starving and Trouble Anticipated
A Eastern Montana committee telegraphed Secretary Teller to remove North Cheyenne Indians on the Tongue and Rosebud. More than nine hundred face starvation with only range cattle for subsistence. Stockmen threaten armed resistance. Indians described as renegades from Pine Ridge. The Jersey Central suspends May wages. Easton Locomotive Engineers announce a strike unless Chief Engineer Arthur arrives.
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Miles City
M. T
Montana
Teller
Pine Ridge
Jersey Central Railroad Company
Easton
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur
Board of Health in Tennessee selects new officers
Dr. C. C. Fite retires as secretary of the Tennessee State Board of Health. Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley is elected successor and Dr. J. D. Plunket becomes president. The board plans an advisory circular on cholera.
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C. C. Fite
State Board of Health of Tennessee
J. Berrien Lindsley
J. D. Plunket
Wit and Wisdom Nuggets From Various Papers
A collage of quips from Chicago Tribune Milwaukee Sentinel and others. Jests on intelligence onions happiness work and social scenes present light humor and social observation from late 19th century papers.
Young Couple Celebrates One Month of Marriage
A light dialogue shows old man Jordan congratulating John on his recent marriage and inviting him to dinner. John, newlyweds, explains there is no cook, prompting a suggestion to dine at a restaurant as the veteran recalls his own early married days.
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Cmn
Morning Journal
John
Jordan
Merchant Kravedler
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