Senate Proceedings Drift From Davis Refusal And Tariff Talks
Senate minutes show President Davis signaling intent to resign on March 3 while discussions on the Hawaiian treaty end, and House and Senate confer with mixed results on Internal Revenue and Tariff bills. Speakers note pension, river and harbor, and expositions measures as sessions adjourn.
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Davis
Anthony
Chicago Stock Exchange
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Judiciary Committee
House
Messrs
Morrill
Sherman
Aldrich
Bayard
Beck
Hammond
Kelley
Messrs. Kelley McKinley
Haskell, Randall and Carlisle
Senate Confirms and Nominates Duo for Lands and Posts
The President sent nominations to the Senate on the 27th for land office and public money roles with appointees from New Orleans Water town Idaho St. Cloud Minn. Dallas Oregon and more. The Senate confirmed several nominees on the 2d including John N Irwin governor Idaho Benjamin M Thomas Tucson Joseph Jorgensen Walla Walla and Elihu Root for the Southern District of New York.
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Registers of Land Office
Chester B. Darrell
New Orleans
Charles G. Williams
Watertown
D. T
Harner L. Pound
Harner
Idaho
Joseph J. Orgensen
Walla Walla
W. T
Daniel H. Freeman
St. Cloud
Minn
Mono Grinager
Worthington
FE. L. Smith
Dallas
Oregon
E. C. Geary
Fargo
J. 8
Waters
Harley
Martin H. Smith
Lewis
Frederick M. Joy
Bateman
Mon
A. 0. Marsh
Vancouver
John Ulrich
la Crosse
Wis
John G. Pillisby
Oregon City
Caleb. Thornbury
Daniel W. Gooch
Boston
Mass
George L. Davenport
Sac and Fox
Tu Senate
John N. Irwin
Keokuk
Martin P. Kennard
United States
Marcelin R. Ledet
Louisiana
Ate Tuxpan
Register of Lands
Benjamin M. Thomas
Tucson
A. T
Joseph Jorgensen
Deaths and disasters ripple through Hartford to Philadelphia
The notices report Mrs Esther Jewell widow of ex Governor Marshall Jewell dying in New York City and funeral arrangements to Hartford. A City Bank receiver in Rochester discloses 635 127 liabilities with 130 000 preferred to savings banks and likely 20 percent return to depositors. Norwich Connecticut rocked by a minor earthquake and a bright meteor. Windsor Locks wool mill destroyed by fire with 40 000 loss. A revival meeting tragedy in Philadelphia claims life of Anthony Wayne Lewis. Embezzler in Jersey City jailed for five years. Maine votes down death penalty bill while Susan B Anthony and Lucy Stone Blackwell receive 20 000 each. Utica glass firm Fox & Co assigns liabilities 150 000. Senator Pratt named to Republican National Committee. Mad ison County NY Justice shot. he survived and implicates none. Major Monongahela City fire destroys several buildings with 80 000 loss. Poisoning in Reading Pennsylvania as liver pudding sickens a family. Dexter mills suspend operations. Whitehall liquor dealer convicted of 457 offenses. Philadelphia abolishes Recordership. bold bond robbery nets 70 000 in stolen railroad bonds.
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Esther Jewell
Marshall Jewell
Hartford
Conn
New York City
Atkinson
City Bank
Rochester
N. Y
Norwich
H. C. Dwienr & Co
Windsor Locks
Jewell
Mt. Pisgah A
Massachusetts House
Boston
Susan B. Anthony
Lucy Stone Blackwell
H. Fox & Co
Utica
George W. Harcurt
de Ruyter
Madison County
Haight
Monongahela City
Stecord
Alexander & Co
MecFarland
MecClain
Union School
Dexter Woolen Mills
Dexter
Jonnx O’ Neil
Whitehall
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Recordership of
Philadelphia
People’s Passenger Railroad
Evansville
Ind
Shawneetown
Ill
Chicago Tribune
Int
Queen City
Ohio River
Indiana
Kentucky
Henderson
New Albany
Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
West Franklin
Diamond Island
Mount Vernon
H. T. Dexter
Springfield
John M. Hamilton
Indianapolis
Gallatin County
Fred. H. Wines
Robert Fulton statue unveiled in Statuary Hall Washington
An elegant marble statue of Robert Fulton was placed in Statuary Hall Capitol Washington on the 28th alt. Fulton sits studying a model steamboat he holds. Also noted are state political nominations, a major fire in Paris Kentucky with loss $100000, and various crime, weather, and farm reports from the West and South.
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Capitol
Washington
Fulton
Michigan
East Saginaw
The
Supreme Court
Austin Blair
Thomas J. O’brien
University
Harry H. Hutchins
Joseph C. Jones
Paris
Presbyterian Church
Santa Fr. N. M
Valentia
Bernallillo
Rio Arriba
James Eviett
Chelago
Jere Dunn
Joan Hammon
Findlay
Ohio
Macci Doachan
James Healy
Madison
Wis
Maskep
Samuel Bixler
Strasburg
Tuscarawas County
Knox County, C
Mount Vernon
Multiple 19th Century Incidents Reported Across Cities
A series of brief items records deaths from heart disease in Indiana and malarial fever in Ohio, a boiler explosion at Hatton’s box factory injuring several, a major Kansas City fire destroying half a block, a Columbus bribery trial verdict with a prior mistrial, and General Peter J. Sullivan’s Cincinnati death at 62 after a war service and a ministerial appointment.
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Chicago
Hatton
Westville
la Porte County
Ind
O. H. Hatton
Henry Hilton
Arthur Reynolds
Hilton
Lyken
Kansas City
Watson
Columbus
William Bloch
Ohio
Union Railroad
Mars WaGar
Cleveland
Central High School
Hime
Peter J. Sullivan
Cincinnati
Forty Eighth Ohio
United States of Columbia
Johnson
Foreign Intelligence Highlights From Ireland to Europe
Distress in Goweedare County Donegal with emaciated children due to scarce diet and seaweed. Rome reports William’s reply to the Vatican demands. Bank of England reserves rise to 43 percent. bullion up £167000. Editorials discuss Sheridan extradition and Irish question politics across Europe. Canada plans assisted emigration to ease Irish distress. Danube rocks cleared by Hungary. Black Hand documents and 7000 members seized by Spain. special tribunal to try them. Gladstone returns to London.
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Donegal
Ireland
Rome
William
Vatican
Bank of England
Pall Mall Gazette
Sheridan
Russia
Europe
Fremdenblatt
United States
Lord Granville
Prince Kropotkine
Republic
London
George Stephen
Canadian Pacific Syndicate
Canadian Northwest Territory
The
Birkenhead
Victoria
Boston
Danube
Black Hand’ Society
Gladstone
Judge Allen reduces Polk bail in Nashville case
In Nashville on the 3rd Judge Allen lowered ex-Treasurer Polk bail from 50 000 to 20 000 citing Polk’s inability to meet the higher bond and his weakened condition. Polk released after the reduction. Other items note a Springfield Illinois jewelry heist, a McPherson Kansas fire destroying an entire block, and the death of Lebanon Pennsylvania resident Praves CassEpy aged 102.
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Criminal Court
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
J. C. Kaholt
Springfield
Ill
Court House
McPherson
Kan
Praves CassEpy
Lebanon
Albany
N. Y
Umatilla
Anapiere
Montana
Howard
Alexander Stephens
Georgia
Atlanta
Taft Methodist Church
South Enclewood
Harry GilmMore
Baltimore
J. M. & I. Railroad
Columbus
Ind
Ohio Legislature Debates Health Board and Tax Commissions
February sessions show bills creating a State Board of Health and local Tax Commissions in Cincinnati and other cities. Senate and House consider notary and banking reforms, school proximity rules, county records indexing, and liquor regulation while passing a Supreme Court Commission and various local appropriations. The Times notes a distant Northwest city, Benton, as example of urban growth.
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Supreme Court
Montgomery County
Dexter
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Court of Common Pleas
Brunner
Kinney
Dunham
Love
Thorp
Jones
Delaware
House
Table House
Chapman
Hodge
Sunday Capital
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Garrettsville
Plymouth
Richland County
Barger
Board of Equalization
Incorporated Lands
Jaeger
Walcott
General Assembly
Supreme Court Commission
Vigilants Correct Thief While Two Men Face Harsh Scoldings
Philadelphia Press notes a Pennsylvania man who robbed his hungry family to buy rum was horse-whipped by vigilant locals. In Connecticut a man guilty of a similar offense was spanked with a red hot shovel by angry women neighbors.
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Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ffhiadelphia Press
Pittsburgh Driver Inherits $300,000 From Aunt's Death
Charles Gillespie, a coke wagon driver in Pittsburgh, visited a bachelor uncle in Stockton, California three years ago. The uncle has died, leaving Charles and his sister a fortune of 300000 dollars.
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Charles Gillespie
Pittsburgh
Stockton
Cal
Charles
Pittsburgh Post
Warning to Investors in Government Lands
Des Moines special to the Globe-Democrat warns that many holders of U S Government land lack recorded titles and face risk if the original owners or heirs die. The piece cites duplicated certificates, wrong tracts, and the need to record patents in county offices to ensure valid conveyances and prevent lands falling to heirs or buyers without title.
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Recorder’s Office
United States Land Office
Thrush
Des Moines
St. Louis
Young Slater siblings land solo at Castle Garden
Miss Louise Slater aged three and Master Willie Slater aged five arrived alone from Liverpool aboard the Lake Michigan as steerage passengers. They are described as the youngest landers ever at Castle Garden without guardians. A kindly woman caretaker praised the children’s welfare during the long voyage. The parents, previously poor in England, had sent them to Liverpool for care while they saved funds to come. Willie caused light mischief in the rotunda while the motherly observer spoke warmly of the voyage’s care.
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Louise Slater
Willie Slater
Liverpool
Castle Garden
Rotunda
Womsan
Lori
Slater
England
Willie
The New Five Cent Piece Minting Halt Sparks Numismatic Interest
The Philadelphia Mint began the new nickel’s coinage weeks ago and the Chicago Daily Herald published cuts of both faces. Counterfeiters gilded the pieces and passed them as five dollar coins, prompting a stop to further production. Demand remains high where limited numbers circulate, with premiums of 100 to 400 percent over face value.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Daily Herald
Herald
New Swift comet sighted near Rochester observed by private team
Private observers at George Gilder sleeve's observatory in Rochester report the new Swift comet visible after twilight with a faint long tail. The object shows position roughly in right ascension 23h 33m and declination north 28 30, moving eastward and northward, suggesting it may move away from Earth toward space. Observers also tracked last autumn's large comet, seen as a faint brush in the telescope.
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N. Y
George Gildersleeve
Baltimore
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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