Senate and House action on tariffs lands and ports
A summary of congressional activity from March 11 to March 14 detailing resolutions and bills on railroad regulation, land grants, post office funding, education funds, and the Porter relief. a Dakota admission bill. foot and mouth disease funding. and a fatal Charlton gristmill boiler explosion. George Tiffany’s arrest for his father’s government frauds noted.
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House panel backs bills on coinage and Indian land sale
The House Committee on Coinage agrees to report Bland's bill to stop minting the three dollar and one dollar gold pieces and limit double eagles to twenty percent of bullion. Attorney General Brewster directs U S attorneys to crack down on shipping explosives to foreign ports. Aimed at the Lasker resolution linked to Prince Bismarck, a foreign affairs report is expected. Indian Affairs moves a favorable report on selling the Iowa Indian reservation and relocating the tribe to Indian Territory.
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Salvation Army trio fined and civil suit filed in Bridgeport
Three Salvation Army members were fined 17 dollars each in Bridgeport for parading. Captain Hunter sues Bridgeport Chief of Police for 12 thousand dollars alleging false arrest. An assembly of disparate notices follows, including deaths in New York and Pennsylvania, a missing Erie City treasurer, a bail for kidnap attempts in Philadelphia, canal funding proposals, a gas explosion in Pittsburgh injuring workers, and Royal Templars activity with 534 councils and 265 thousand paid out. The report ends with a saloon shooting in North Mansfield and a stalled assembly bill on newspaper dealer liability.
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Bridgeport
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Hunter
Henry A. Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
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N. Y
William Hamer
High Spire
Dauphin County
Joan Boyle
Erie
Emma D. CoolnaGs
George B. Coolidge
Philadelphia
Alfred
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Secretary of the Treasury
Erie Canal
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
Pittsburgh
William McCall
James Murray
Chris Toole
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North Mansfield
Charles Thornburg
Edward Sumner
William Daily
Daily
New York Assembly
Nashville
Tenn
William Spence
Ed. L. Wheat
Spence
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Middle District
Tennessee
Wheat
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Woodstock
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Col
Doyle
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Martha T. Benjamin
Sylvan Lake
New York
Wendell Bollman
Bollman
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Saline County
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Ferry
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Robert Fleetwood
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Grier
Ossian Gillespie
Little Rock
Harry
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St. Paul
California
Stockton
Allegan
Mich
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Peck’s Bank
Ohio State Cider Makers’ Association
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Gypsum
W. Ohmer
T.S. Russell
Ada
W. F. Sherman
Joel Hayden
George H. McClellan
Peoria
Chicago House of West, Andrews & Co
Ohio
Henry Richardson
Vigillance Committee
Brown County
Nebraska
Morris Bridge
Roanoke
Sacramento
Tcket
J. Q. Brown
Multitude of Disasters and Crimes Across the Nation
A broad survey of violent deaths, disasters, and legal troubles spans Nashville killings, Michigan Central train crash injuries, Woodstock snow avalanche fatalities, and numerous trials, hangings, rapacious thefts, and political moves including Ohio liquor tax measures and California election results.
Farini ruled out, resigns as Italian chamber adjourns
The Italian Chamber of Deputies on the 10th saw President Farini rule a member out of order, a motion to annul the ruling passed, and Farini resigned. Other foreign and domestic items include deaths in London, tax deficits in France, ecclesiastical promotions in Rome, and weather and health news from Ottawa to Tehuantepec.
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Farini
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William Blanchard Jerrold
London
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Cardinal Sacconi
Sacred College
C. M. Fitt
E. A. Jones
Montreal
Canada
Lionel de Rothschild
Baron Charles de Rothschild
Naples
Tehuantepec City
John Myers
Alicante
Spain
de Gaterr
Sudeikin
America
Germany
Prisoner Escape After Jail Massacre in Sandwich Ontario
Two prisoners killed the jailer and fatally wounded the turnkey in Sandwich Ontario on the morning of the 16th and escaped. Kennedy was recaptured while the second fugitive remained at large. other items report a New York business death, a New Jersey stock caution, and a wave of political and criminal notices.
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Western Transit Company
Windsor Hotel
New York
Ontario
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Topeka
Kan
Presia Arthur
Fitz-John Porter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mabel Robinson
Tunison
Old Coney Island Road
Woltz & Seligsburg
Pesth
Greenville
S. C
Eastern Butchers’ Protective Association
Chicago
House
Senate
Lynchburgh
Pocahontas
Southwest Improvement Company
Flat Top
Tazewell County
Virginia
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
New River Division
New River
John C. Isley
Pennsylvania
Improvement Company
William A. Lathrop
George Dodds
Chesterfield County
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Flat Top Mountains
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Glasse
Wool growers urge restoration of 1867 tariff on wools
At the Western Wool Growers convention in Denver on March 13 1884 delegates from Colorado Kansas Utah Wyoming Nebraska Idaho New Mexico and Minnesota petition Congress to restore the 1867 tariff on wools and woolens and oppose Morrison tariff cuts. They vow to support committees and associations in protecting American industries. Thon E M Morrill of Kansas to present the memorial. Also endorsed the National Mining Industrial Exposition in Denver and noted resumed convict labor in Concord New York after a 50 day shutdown.
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Nebraska
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Rumors of Foot and Mouth Disease in Effingham County
Curiaco March 14 rumors spread about foot and mouth disease appearing in Effingham County Illinois but tested herds showed no contagion and no alarm. Governor Hamilton faces a Wyoming Stock Growers plea to quarantine cattle from Kansas. he plans to issue a proclamation within a day or two.
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Matt Lewis
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