Senate and House Notes June agenda in brief
The report on Butler’s NY banks inquiry is noted as laid over in Senate finance. Utah and Pacific railroad acts receive attention with amendments and passage. The Thurman act and related tariffs face debates. June 18 and 19 see postponements and adjournments as bills pass or stall, including a tea dust import ban and a foreign labor act.
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Senate
Sherman
Finance Committee
Butler
New York National Banks
Utah
House
Slocum
Fitz-John Porter
Yeas
Hoar
Messrs. Townshend
Holman and Horr
Thurman
United States
New York
Thompson
Central Pacific Company
Kansas Pacific
Campbell
Naval fraud arrests and estate bequest noted in report
Sl Kirkwoop a Navy Department clerk faces renewed charges after forging vouchers and bail release. Joseph B Cummings named as outside accomplice. Burnside rearrested over $8000 deficit. Morgan estate accounts reveal $12509 shortfall. Outonagon land grant forfeiture recommended by Senate Public Lands. Washington Monument dedication set for February 22. Chandler orders inquiry into Navy frauds. Detective Woop cites broader fraud across bureaus.
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Sl. Kirkwoop
Navy Department
Joseph B. Cummings
Kirkwood
BuRrNsier
Postoffice Department
W.G. Metzerott
John 8. Bellinger
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Colonel Burnside
Post Office Department
Robert C. Morgan
Department of State
Bureau of Accounts
the Treasury
Morgan
State Department
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Outonagon
Washington Monument
Chandler
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Woop
Secretary of the Navy
Deaths and maritime disaster headline tightens in 19th century brief
Bishop Matthew Simpson dies at his Philadelphia home aged 69 after a long Methodist career including Ohio birth in 1810, Allegheny College graduate, Asbury President, editor, and Union war advocate. The brig G P Sherwood sank off Halifax with ten crewmen and captain’s wife perishing. mate Stevens survived. Maine Democratic convention names Redman for Governor and Tucker Hastings Rawson as delegates. Cleveland favored in a presidential resolution.
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Chicago
Cleveland
William B. Bate
Texas
Galveston
Houston
Austin
Dallas
Marshall
Patrick H. O’brien
W. 8. O’brien
San Francisco
Shelby County
Iowa
Baltimore
Deer Park
Copper River
Henry W. Warren
Denver
Col
Denver University
Iliff School of Divinity
Buratars
John Collins
Peck
Sanilac County
Mich
Matthew Simpson
Methodist Church
Philadelphia
Bishop Simpson
Ohio
Allegheny College
Meadville
Asbury University
Greencastle
Ind
Western Christian Advocate
Union
Europe
G. P. Sherwood
Halifax
Stevens
New York
Maine
John R. Redman
Payson Tucker
David R. Hastings
James F. Rawson
Crisis in Whitehall ends in double tragedy
At Whitehall Michigan on the 17th Charles H Cambridge in a fit of jealousy beat his wife with a chair and shot her twice, injuring her fatally. He then shot himself through the heart. They have two small children.
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Whitehall
Mich
Charles H. Cambridge
Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Cleveland
Hayes
Ohio
Pittsburgh
California
St. Louis
New Mexico
Louisiana
Tennessee
Chicago
Tilden
Thirteenth
Illinois
William M. Springer
Congress
Ohio Liquor Dealers Association
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Ike Buzzaro
Myron B. Graves
St. Paul
Colorado
Grant
M.S. Waller
M. 2D. Crow
W. H. Calkins
Eugene Bundy
Robert Mitchell
Bruce Carr
R. R. Shield
W. C. Wilson
B C. Hobbs
Denver
Col
Zoo
J. W. Malloy
McCune
Charles Sawyer
Burlington & Missouri River
Habbel
Thomas Walling
Muncie
Ind
Far West
Walling
American Prohibition Party
C. Pomeroy
Kansas
J. A. Conant
Connecticut
New Orleans Exposition
Louisiana House
Fields & Cos
Albany
Isaac H. Taylor
Rio Grande River
el Paso
Tex
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported Across Regions
Information on a deadly explosion on the Tampico branch of the Mexican Central Railway kills two Americans and twelve Mexican laborers. Mike Madigan, a former St. Louis contractor, is among the deceased. Also notes crop prospects in Canada and a major fire in Pinos Altos, New Mexico with $300,000 loss and famine distress. Additional items include Cuba’s suga prices, a Greenland whale chase with potential loss of crew, the death of Berlin historian Johann Droysen, a Turkish governor rumored to hold funds, rebel gains near Abyssinia, Amu Darya flood impacts, and Saxony priests and authorities launching a Mormon crusade.
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Tampico
Mexican Central Railroad
Price, McGadock & Tate
Mike Madigan
St. Louis
Canada
New Laredo
Mexico
Pinos Altos
Cuba
Greenland
John Gustavus Droysen
University of Berlin
Professor Droysen
Treptow
Pomerania
Ghia
Apviers
Turkestan
Amu Daria
Audshar
Saxony
Blaine Receives Nomination at Augusta Maine
National Republican Committee announces James G Blaine as the presidential nominee at his Augusta residence on June 21. Henderson delivers the address. Blaine greets the committee and social talks follow before a Portland reception.
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James G. Blaine
Blaine
Augusta
Henderson
Col. Osgood
Portland
Hague
Prince of Orange
Twe
Pontremoll
Italy
A. D. Haseman
Williamsburg
N. Y
Henry Tyeck
George W. Haight
Stephen Allen
Allen
New York Associated Banks
Galicia
Independent Republican Committee
Russia’s Weak Point and Polish Influence Explained
A Washington interview argues that Russia’s vast borders and scattered control leave it vulnerable to invasion. It highlights Polish strength on the German frontier, Jewish and ethnic concerns in borders, and a call for stronger governance and reform in Siberia and the Caucasus.
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Moscow
Poland
Warsaw
Gourko
Russia
Germany
Black Sea
Novoe Aremia
Constantinople
Odessa
Sebastopol
Crimea
Popoff
Caucasus
Baku
Moscow Ledomeasti
Dondokoff-Korsakof
trans-Caspian
Turkestan
Siberia
Pacific
Europe
Ural
Pacific Shore
Amour
Lake Baikal
Baron Korf
Pacific Siberia
Kamtchatka
Saghalien
St. Petersburg Cor
N. Y
Industry and Veracity in Business Practice
The article argues that industry tends to foster veracity, though busy workers face temptations to exaggerate or suppress facts about goods and labor. It notes strong incentives to misstate quality and quantity but asserts that disciplined industry generally promotes truthfulness in trade.
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Mr. Lecky
Philadelphia Ledger
Horseshoes as Luck Across Realms and Ages
A Gentlemans Magazine note traces horseshoes as luck charms from Allahabad gates to Somnath, Oakham customs, and British superstition. It links ancient serpent worship, engraved stones, and widespread belief in protection against witchcraft, noting regional use in Britain and Hindustan. A Providence bishop bans church fairs and related activities for ostensible religious purposes.
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Allahabad
Somnath
Agra
Oakham
Rutlandshire
Scotland
London
Britain
England
Wales
Cornwall
Hindustan
Gentleman’ S Magazine
Oldest Pittsburgh teacher Miss Rachel Ewing resigns
Miss Rachel Ewing, the oldest teacher in Pittsburgh public schools, resigns at seventy six after a long career begun in girlhood and ended by age related infirmities. The Pittsburgh Post notes her forty plus years of service and dedication to students.
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Rachel Ewing
Pittsburgh (Pa
Pittsburgh Post
Fact Snowball Of Global Statistics And Shifts
A compilation of assorted facts from across continents notes varied figures from rail and mining to demography. It cites production rates in Steelton, university absence in London, New York commerce counts, Connecticut valuations, coast salt needs, ocean coal use, and steamship fuel use, plus cattle shipments, hotel destruction, and notes on Pullman cars and dynamite power. It also covers Papal encyclicals, Mescalero Apache shifts to stock-raising, and the near-extinction risk of Kamchatka’s population with life in harsh margins.
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Pacific Coast
Greyhounds
N. Y. Sun
Dakota
Chicago Herald
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
Bear Creek
Autauga County
Argy
Chicago Journal
George M. Pullman
Freemasons
N.Y. Tribune
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Wit and Wisdom Oddities and Local Quips
A Hawkinsville Georgia News item compiles scattered witticisms from various sources. It features quips on education, manners, and misfortune, plus humorous exchanges about gloves hats and straw hats. The piece ends noting a cyclone anecdote in Pulaski and Wilcox counties.
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Goldsmuth
William Doodle
Miss Frost
Chicago Tribune
Baptist Weekly
N. Y
Mariposa
Cal
Chicago Times
Boston
Boston Transcript
Gail Hamilton
Philadelphia
Augusta
Burlington Free Press
Wilcox
Hawkinsville
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Sambridge, Ohio
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Cambridge, Ofio
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J.C. Warne, M.D
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National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
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Lambert Thomas. E. Harper Jefferies
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Produce and Wool Commission
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EE. McPeerz
Boots and Shoes
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John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Stinson & Co
Maina
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Cumberland Tannery
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B.S. Hering
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James Canady, Prop
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Hevil
Ed Sles
Trrue & Co
America
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T. C. Stanley
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Central Standards
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James McCrea
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E. J. Ormsbee
W. H. Dubois
Charles W. Porter
E. H. Powell
Indian Training School
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Lidden
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Albert Mayermore
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T. J. Watson
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C. K. Garrison
John T. Terry
National Transit Company
Albert W. Taylor
Frank A. Mansfield
Frederick C. Emerson
F. G. Appleton
Elmer D. Bostwick
Dwight H. Clapp
Daniel Magnus
Benjamin F. Ousley
Alfred E. Colton
Sidney Strong
A. E. Thompson
Theological Department
Oberlin College
Hulton Course
Peter Priddy
George Gang
Priddy
Hendricken
Providence
Providence Journal
Steelton
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