Senate week in review and public notices
Senate reports favorably on Fitz-John Porter relief and anti lottery ads bill. Resolutions seek wheat and cash crop data, Arctic Alert gift noted, steel ships bill debated. House moves pleuro pneumonia bill, Treasury balance inquiry, and public notices including Lasker tribute. Multiple days add Dakota admission, storms aid, and steel cruiser discussions with adjournments.
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Senate
Lowell
Committee On Military Affairs
Fitz-John Porter
Plumb
Commissioner of Agriculture
House
van Wyck
Postroads Committee
Western Union
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Companies
Morrison
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
United States
Te Treasury
Bingham
Liberal Union
House of Representatives
Edward Lasker
Deuster
Germany
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Harrison
Committee On Territories
Territory
Dakota
Ransom
Appropriations Committee
Military Academy
Messrs. Jones
Sewell
Yeas
Hovusr
Randall
Post Office
Lawmakers debate tax reform and Alaska highway bill
Representatives and Senators pressed Ways and Means on revenue changes and distillation taxes. A Senate bill seeks $100,000 for an Alaska survey, highway to a Canadian Pacific line, and homestead 640 acre and 320 acre allotments. Munich dairy exhibition invites and pension warrants noted. Commerce panel backs Stewart inter state bill with pooling prohibition amendment.
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House
Ways and Means
Senate
Alaska
Fort Wrangel
Canadian Pacific
Territory of
Washington
Munich
Treasury Department
House Committee On Commerce
Stewart
Barrikles factory fire in Brooklyn causes $100000 loss
The Barrikles shade factory in Brooklyn, New York, sustained $100000 damage by fire on the 26th ult. More than 100 workers lost jobs. Also noted, New Jersey Republican State Convention set for April 23 and a body found in Harrisburg Canal indicates two men drowned after months in water. A prison officials conference began in New York, Cephalonian collided with tug Glendale near Robbins Reef, two drowned. Boston bird show opened with 2000 entries. A Baltimore fire killed a man and his three children, wife perished leaping. New Jersey convention date moved to April 17. Massachusetts bill aims to abolish poll tax for voting. NY Chamber committees advised various reforms.
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Barrikles
Brooklyn
N. Y
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Canal
Harrisburg
New York
Cephalonia
Glendale
Robbins’ Reef
Charles Feltz
Henry Green
Boston
Baltimore
Cornelius von Riper
Tur
Trenton
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee On
New York Chamber of Commerce
Northwest Blizzard Paralyzes Trains Amid Cold Wave
A severe snow storm crossed the Northwest on the 27th causing widespread disruption as freight trains were abandoned. Temperatures plunged with 29 below zero at St. Vincent Minnesota and ten below at Wilman Kansas. Reports include a fatal land dispute shooting in Indiana, a barbed wire patent ruling in Iowa, and multiple local incidents across several states.
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Minnesota
St. Vincent
Minn
Wilman
Ivy Allen County
Kansas
James T. Harclerode
Robert McFarland
Hugh Guilland
Joseph
Clay City
Ind
Nancy Schiele
Louis
Commonwealth
Preston Waite
Harry Will
Tillman
Winston
A. L. Sonn
Brush
Toledo
Recorder of
Huron County, C
Cleveland
Randolph County
Ala
Wyatt Pate
William Littlefield
Building Department of
Chicago
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
Robert Buckley
Elmer Lyons
Alfred Stanley
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Ohio
J. A. McGahan
Constantinople
Cincinnati
Samuel Liebschutz
Notorious Nineteenth Century Figures and Incidents
Obituaries note Nancy Brown of Harper’s Ferry and Marsnatu T. Pouk of Tennessee dying in San Francisco and Nashville. A shipwreck near Campbell Island claims seven crew. A Paris Illinois train crash injures the engineer and wrecks freight. San Francisco firm E Delrick & Co. assigns assets. Naval cadets dismissed for hazing. A broker’s cashier reputed to default $20,000. Robbery at Cincinnati grocery nets $100. Margaret A. Smith charged with husband’s 1880 Pontiac poisoning. St Louis leaders form Indian Rights Association. Oregon swamp land scheme alleges four million acres filed by H C Owen with R V Ankeny implicated.
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Nancy Brown
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
San Francisco
Marsnatu T. Pouk
State of
Tennessee
Nashville
Sarah W. Hunt
Campbell Island
Pacific Ocean
Paris
Ill
F. W. Lyndsey
E. Delrick & Co
Jacob E. Tabor
H. Jastromeski
Frederick Parker
8. W. Max
Margaret A. Smith
Saginaw
Mich
Pontiac
St. Louis
Herbert Welsh
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Association
Rev. Elliot
Washington University
M. Snow
Oregon
Portland Oregonian
H. C. Owen
Eugene
R. V. Ankeny
Washington
Owen
Explosion at London Station and Global News Bits
A man claiming American identity named Brogue left a rubber bag at Victoria Railway Station in London on the night of the 25th. A blast followed about an hour later causing estimated damage of £4000. Other items note German Reichstag members thanking the U.S. Congress, deaths of several officials, royal betrothal, and various diplomatic moves.
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Victoria
London
Reichstag
British Victory at Trinkitat and Kansas Election Update
Advices from Trinkitat report a daylong battle on the 29th ult. where General Graham’s forces routed rebels at an old fort near Fort Baker, capturing four Krupp guns and other artillery. Graham entered Tokar on the 1st with rebels fleeing. In Kansas, the Second District election on the 1st elected Funston over Riggs by 3,000 to 5,000. Major fires struck Portland and Utica, with losses totaling about 1.23 million and numerous businesses destroyed.
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Trinkitat
Graham
Fort Baker
Tokar
Kansas
Haskell
Funston
Riggs
United States Stamping Company
Portland
Conn
Urica
N. Y
H. J. Holbrook & Co
Holbrook
Genesee Street
Philadelphia
Thaddeus Stevens
Treasury weighs paying daily balances in silver certificates
A New York report says the Treasury may settle daily balances with banks in silver certificates instead of gold. From March 1883 to February 1884 the sub treasury paid gold certificates amounting to 167.6 million while receiving 21.3 million in exchange for silver certificates, a net excess of 146.3 million. Treasurer Acton notes the gold drain could end if silver payments are adopted, with debate ongoing and no formal decisions yet.
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New York Associated Banks
Oates
Committee On Public Lands
House
Secretary of the Interior
inter-State Commerce
Senate
New York
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Sub-Treasury
Acton
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Northwest Rail Travel
The Northwest endures the worst blizzard of the season with heavy drifting and widespread delays. Trains run slow or idle on lines including Manitoba, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Winona & St. Peter, and Fargo & Southwestern while Northern Pacific reports weather-related track trouble. In Michigan a violent snowstorm hits Cheboygan with plans to repair the steamer Altoman and resume service in weeks.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Manitoba
St. Vincent
Wilmar
Breckenridge
Northern Pacific
Dakota
Omaha
The
Evening Journal
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Albert Lea
Winona & St. Peter
Yellowstone
Snake River
Fargo & Southwestern
Cheboygan
Mich
Altoman
St. Ignace
Ohio Republicans choose Cleveland for April convention
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee met in Columbus and selected Cleveland as the site for the state convention April 23 and 24 to nominate statewide officials and four delegates at large to Chicago. Debate referenced Columbus opposition and district representation before final vote.
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State Central Committee
Cleveland
ColumpBts
Republican State Central Committee
Republican
C. B. Montgomery
Ed. O. Eshelby
Cincinnati
I. M. Dowell
Troy
S. S. Wheeler
Lima
C. A. Flickinger
Defiance
Joseph W. O'Neall
Lebanon
Thomas A. Cowgill
Urbana
W. L. Curry
Marysville
William Kelley
Elmore
J. H. Evans
Gallipolis
James Hildebrandt
Chillicothe
A. C. Caine
Perry County
Henry
A. Thatcher
Ashland
W. W. Merrick
Pomeroy
A. B. Clark
Newark
E. H. Archer
Caldwell
William Monaghan
New Lisbon
J. O. Converse
Chardon
G. B. Hamilton
Medina
R. R. Herrick
Joseph W. O’neall
Board of Public Works
Chicago
D. K. Wilson
Columbus
Caine
Foraker
Converse
Charles H. Grosvenor
Central Committee
Fred Massey
Young Men’s Republican League
Swine Industry Report Declares U S Pork Healthful
Commission report presented to the President states no disease tendency in the swine industry. It finds pork fully equal or superior to French and German pork, with strict humane and sanitary rules at stockyards and slaughterhouses and evidence of microscopic export inspection if demanded.
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Washington
Loring
United States
Boards of Health
Humane Societies
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
France
Germany
George B. Loring
E. W. Blatchford
Chicago
Chandler
New York
D. Ei. Salmon
Department of Agriculture
A. D. Curtis
Excitement in Eagle Wisconsin Over Alleged Diamond Mine
Milwaukee report details a village buzz in Eagle about a claimed diamond discovery near an old well. A local jeweler bought the stone for one dollar, then valued it at 300 dollars after expert appraisal in Chicago.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Eagle
Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee & St. Paul
S. B. Boynton
Boynton
Chicago
W. P. Merrill
Western Union Sets 25 Cent Ohio Rate For Ten Words
Western Union announces March 1 a uniform ten word rate of 25 cents for Ohio messages, with two more cents per day word and one cent for night words. The Pacific coast rate becomes one dollar, the highest in the nation, while many states see reductions in their previous tariffs.
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Ohio
Cleveland, O
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast
United States
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Georgia
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington Territory
District Attorney Cocke weighs suits for school land fraud
Austin reports District Attorney Cocke of San Antonio is consulting with the State Attorney General to pursue numerous suits to recover school land bought through fictitious names and collusion with County Surveyors. About 1.4 million acres are implicated, with half a million in Cocke’s district. much is surrendered to avoid suit. Potential buyers are warned to verify certificates.
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Austin
Tex
Cocke
San Antonio
The
Tribune
Iowa
Stiit
Kentucky Tax Protest Hits Louisville Heavily
In Louisville Kentucky hundreds of large property owners have skipped years of taxes due to defective laws. Regular taxpayers are joining a petition drive to withhold further payments until reform occurs. Heaviest taxpayers back the movement, warning the city treasury could run dry if the Legislature does not pass an effective tax law.
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Loouisvville
Indian Children Receive Education At White's Institute
Forty Indian children from the Black Hills vicinity arrive with a White's Institute trustee to join thirty-seven from the West last year. The United States funds transportation and the institute provides tuition free. The school now hosts thirty-five boys and forty-two girls from major Northwest tribes.
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Wasasu, Ifid
Black Hills
White’s Institute
Quaker Church
United States
Northwest
Prison Labor Debated by Prison Wardens in New York
Professor Frederick Wines describes prison labor’s clash with outside industry and notes the National Prison Association's meetings in New York. He cites state abolitions, explains two replacement systems, and details about thirty thousand prisoners employed nationwide.
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Waashington
Frederick Wines
State Charities of
Illinois
New York City
Vines
Wines
Prison
United States
Europe
New York
National Prison Association
Saratoga
R. B. Hayes
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Cattle Trail Fight Spurs Congress to Secure Open Route
A Texas border report says stockmen petitioned Secretary Teller to keep open the Western cattle trail to Nebraska. Fenced lands along Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency in Indian Territory hinder passage, but authorities plan to keep the trail open this season and push Congress for a permanent route to Western markets. Stockmen cite high costs and rail limits, forecasting hundreds of thousands driven this season.
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Little Rock
Ark
Texas
Teller
Nebraska
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Agency
Indian Territory
Congress
Texas Line
Southwest
Kansas
Erie Boatmen Propose Transport Company to End Scalping
A Buffalo canal boatmen meeting discussed forming the Erie Boatmen's Transportation Company to open shipping houses in Buffalo Tonawanda and New York. Capital $10,000 in 1000 shares, 500 to charter, 10 percent paid. New York boatmen already hold 300 shares. A five member committee was named to solicit subscriptions.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Tonawanda
Champlain Boatmen
G. M. Clarkson
Erie Boatmen’s Transportation Company
Governor Murray Deepens Mormon Strife Over University
Salt Lake City Feb 28 The University of Denver is funded by public school funds and run under Mormon Church influence. The Legislature approved a $30,000 debt and an awaiting appropriation while Governor Murray proposed Chancellor and twelve Regents, three of whom are Mormon, provoking church opposition and claims of government interference.
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Salt Lake Drtry
Utah
University of Denver
Board of Regents
Murray
Was Morse Murdered New York inquest
Inquest testimony describes Salmi Morse leaving the Cosmopolitan Theater with Miss Blackburn. McGigney theater manager attacked Morse at Blackburns home, Morse fell and left. Six hours later McGivney returned and appeared disordered, with further confrontations noted.
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Salmi Morse
Blackburn
Morse
Cosmopolitan Theater
McGigney
McGivney
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