Senate and House actions round up May week
The week covers Senate and House topics including a bridge authorization for Rock Island & Southwestern Railway at New Boston TL, a Library of Congress donation offer, military service bill changes, bank charter debates, and various public works and land measures. Adjournments and committee referrals mark the sessions.
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Senate
Rock Island & Southwestern Railway
Mississippi River
New Boston
Librarian of Congress
United States
Joseph Toner
Washington
Conger
House
Hewitt
Buckner
Senate confirms several U S nominations and bills discussed
The week ends with 171 500 silver dollars circulated versus 140 400 a year earlier. Senate confirms Maury Miller Tousley Ridpath Corbett Jewell Kauffman. A House report on rail road land grants favors forfeiture against a Michigan railroad claim. President signs Indian Appropriation bill. AMA meeting invites surgeons Perm Spencer Harvey. Deficiency bill eyed at 21 million dollars. General Pope reports Mescalero Agency crisis worsened, needs feeding.
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Senate
William A. Maury
United States
State of
Michigan
Ontonagan & Brule River Railroad Company
State of Michigan
Congress
United States Land Officer
Lincoln
Perm, Spencer and
Harvey
Army Medical Department
American Medical Association
St. Paul
House Committee On Patents
Milsom, Spendelow & Watson
State Department
Washington
Barrieos
Republic of
Guatemala
Tur War Department
Declining Congressional Candidacy and 1881 National Notices
Tommas Marshall declines a run for Congress at large after nomination at the Pennsylvania convention. A Philadelphia Press fund of 3342 was given to Mrs. Sergeant Mason for the baby. The New York suffrage bill failed in the Assembly. Rev A B Bullins died in Lansingburg at sixty. A Providence sale adjourned without bids. Garineuy convicted of murder in Newport. National Board of Fire Underwriters met in New York. 1881 fire risks totaled 8.58 billion dollars, up 747 million. Gleason’s mill in Seneca Falls burned, 100 thousand loss, 300 workers displaced. Greenback Labor convention met in Harrisburg. Armstrong nominated for Governor, Powderly for Lieutenant Governor, Coke for Internal Affairs, DeWoody for Secretary of Internal Affairs. The platform urged tariff revision, labor rights, and state control of corporations. Weekly failures totaled 124 with 17 Eastern, 35 Western, 36 Southern, 21 Middle, 12 Pacific. New York City had three.
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Ion
Tommas Marshall
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sergeant Mason
New York State Assembly
A. B. Bullins
Lansingburg
N. Y
Tur Sprague
Providence
R. I
Moses A. Garinneuy
Charles H. Thomas
Newport
National Board of Fire Underwriters
New York
Gleason
Seneca Falls
Ti Greenback Labor State Convention
Harrisburg
E. E. Cotton
Allegheny
Thomas A. Armstrong
The
Labor Tribune
Pittsburgh
T. W. Powderly
Scranton
J. Lowry DeWoody
Venango
J. Adam Coke
Northumberland
New York City
Dance ban proposal and various 1883 world events report
The Nashville Methodist Conference adopts a plan to forbid promiscuous dancing and theater attendance. Reports note cattle scarcity in Oshkosh and church actions in Philadelphia and Canada, plus a fire at Simpson County courthouse. A heavy Mississippi frost hurts crops and a steamer explosion near Kelly Island kills crew members. Other items cover political conventions, temperance, a Grant relative’s death, tribal subsistence, and international dispatches from London and Dublin.
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General Conference of the Methodist Church (South
Nashville
Committee On Revisal
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Mass State Convention of Women in Indianapolis
About 350 delegates attended the gathering held in Indianapolis on the 19th with Mrs. Maywright Sewall as president. Speakers included Rev Myron Reed Hon J B Maynard editor of the Sentinel and Mrs Gougar and Mrs Haggart. A key resolution affirmed that the Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution require women to have representation and participation in law making. The Presbyterian General Assembly met at Springfield Illinois on the 19th.
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Maywright Sewall
Myron Reed
J. B. Maynard
the Sentinel
Foster
Philadelphia
Gougar
Haggart
Indiana
United States
Presbyterian General Assembly
Springfield
Ill
Dismissals and museum plan at A. T. Stewart Co New York
Six hundred employees were dismissed on the 20th from the wholesale department of A. T. Stewart & Co. in New York. The department will be closed July 1. The firm plans to convert its marble Broadway and Tenth Street building into a museum.
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New York
Broadway
Tenth Street
Executive Council
The
Fenian Brotherhood
Ireland
House Bank Charter Bill Passes House in May Action
The May 19 report outlines a bill to allow National Banking associations to extend their corporate existence with Comptroller approval. It details amendments to articles of association, shareholder consent requirements, special examinations, and the transfer and redemption of circulating notes with new designs. It also covers withdrawal rights, note redemption mechanics, and potential repeal by Congress.
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Townsend
Ohio
Board of Commissioners For Inter-State Commerce
Bureau of the Interior Department
Yeas
Committee On Judiciary
Washington
Treasury
United States
United States United States
National Banking Association
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Guiteau Seeks Pardon and Proclaims Truth in Garfield Case
The article reprints Guiteau's letter to the Star insisting he is God’s man in Garfield’s removal, warning of divine wrath on officials if harmed, and demanding unconditional pardon. It notes related items including wax flower room decorations causing toilet mishaps, twins named Garfield and Arthur, and a Telegraph line project from Albany to New York with 51 poles per mile, plus Admiral Rogers’ death elevating Admiral Worden to head of Rear-Admirals.
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Worden
Monitor Repute
Pleasure Party on Lake Cabaret Disaster Kills Twelve
A Pullman telegram reports a capsized sail boat off Lake Cabaret near Chicago killing twelve aboard. Captain Napoleon Bucklin led a crew of Pullman employees. list of victims includes Bucklin, Buckling, and Smith with two unknown men. rescue efforts continued through the night with bodies recovered in shallow water.
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Lake Calumt
Bucklin
Irondale
Napoleon
Benjamin F
James H. Buckling
John L. Smith
William Oliver
George Dorr
Charles F. Pierce
H. T. Moore
W. C. Burns
Foster Davis
Charles Bronson
Frank Braymain
Brayman
Bronson
James Bucklin
Marsh
Pullman
Dr. Rankin
Frank Linsey
E. 0. Laroy
Henry Lee
Smith
Ben Bucklin
Pullman Company
Methodist bishops adjourn with fall visitation plan list
The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church meeting in DerRorr Mich conclude their session with a detailed schedule for Episcopal visitations across conferences from Alabama to West Wisconsin. Noted losses include Dr. J. M. Emmert and wife reporting the deaths of two children from the prevailing disease in Atlantic New Jersey.
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Peck
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Iey
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Hempstead
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Iley
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Atlantic Telegraph
Dale
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Mutiny at Pennsylvania Institute Deaf School
A Philadelphia Press report describes 178 deaf mute boys at the Pennsylvania Institute in Philadelphia rising in mutiny after a butter shortage. They destroyed furniture and bedding, using sign language as their only means of communication during the incident.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Miscellaneous World Facts From The 1880s Chronicle
A compilation of numerical trivia spanning illiteracy rates in Louisiana, oleomargarine versus butter exports, cattle and sheep holdings in California, India wild beast fatalities, land prices in New York, Erie Canal economics, Italian population data, global population estimates, John Jacob Astor real estate beginnings, Aaron Burr’s early property dealings, and commentary on salivation and digestion from the N S Tribune.
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Bowery Lane
Little Dock Street
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Aaron Burr
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Wit and Wisdom From Distant Corners of the Nation
A collage of quips and anecdotes appears from newspapers including Philadelphia Bulletin Detroit Post and Burlington Hawkeye. The items cover sermons fashion mirrors etiquette advice and noteworthy oddities such as Velasquez autographs and a gungeon geese tale from Sacramento Valley. The humor hints at social manners and curiosities across regions.
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Doant Munky
Moshun
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Somerville Journal
Sister
Detroit Post
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Burlington
Winnemucca Silver State
Catholicism in Africa Claims Growth and Missionary Reach
A Canadian newspaper excerpt discusses Roman Catholic expansion in Africa, noting 185000 adherents in Algeria and missionary activity in Central Africa. It mentions education of heathen children and includes a disturbing, graphic recipe for preparing them, reflecting a troubling, violent sentiment from Chambers' Journal.
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Algeria
Central
Chambers
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