Vast Patchwork of 1879 News From Nation and West
A roundup notes a Oswego County treasurer defalcation of 138000 and a fatal Allegheny fire at John Guyer’s house. Reports cover church, politics, rail disasters near Selma, a Virginia shooting incident, and President Codd appointing a Detroit postmaster. Also listed are cattle pleuro-pneumonia probes, immigration trends, and Washington lighting plans.
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Conklin
Oswego
N. Y
John Guyer
Allegheny County
Guyer
Wilson
George Shum
New York
Congress
Brooklyn
Old American Bible Society
Atlantic Knitting Mills
Cohoes
West
Foreign affairs and war news round up
Headlines report George Williamson resigning as United States Minister to Central America to enter mining in the country. Dispatches recount the South African war showing Zulus routing British forces through numbers and courage. Letters hint at a possible German Vatican accommodation. Pleuro-pneumonia spreads in Yorkshire cattle. Pope Leo XIII considers Archbishop Purcell’s resignation. Russian occupation forces begin retreat from Turkey. Liverpool dock workers strike ends. Col. Calthurst wins Cork seat by 6,150 over Sir George Calthurst. Afghanistan reports order restored in Dubai and Yakoob Khan gaining strength daily.
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Senate Committee On Territories
United States
Indian Territory
Congress
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Senate
Hot Springs
John W. Chapman
Victoria
States
Canada
Miss Reynolds
Troy
May Marshall
Chicago
Madame la Chapelle
Sherman
Oliver Wolcott
Port Townsend
Sitka
B. C
Pekin
Mexico
British America
California
New York
Glasgow
Oahary
Philadelphia
Lishar
Great Lakes
Zachariah Chandler
Pany Ae
Michilaney
Resi Idn
George Williamson
Central America
London
South Africa
Vatican
Yorkshire
England
Leo Xtii
Dpurcell
Turkey
Liverpool
Ireland
Col. Calthurst
County Cork
George Calthurst
Afghanistan
Dubai
Yakoob Kahn
Global unrest and political turmoil across empires and republics
Reinforcements flee England for Zulu land as European states brace against plague. Khedive’s army protests arrears. cabinet resignations rise. Hayti mutinies, Burma royal murders spark fear. Britain and Russia inch toward peace in Afghanistan. Dobrudscha talks move to Constantinople. Potter Committee hearings reveal electoral plotting in Florida and Louisiana. Senate and House tackle pensions, land, and survey reforms amid political strife.
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England
Hayti
Burma
Russia
Afghanistan
Schouvaloff
Salisbury
Beaconsfield
India
Constantinople
Burmah
Great Britain
Scotland
Potter
John J. Coyle
Potter Committee
Washington
Florida
Col. Pelton
Edward Cooper
Henry Havemeyer
Alexander Thein
Returning Board
Mr. Tilden
Thomas OC. Dunn
South Carolina
Hardy Solomon
Tilden
Dunn
Solomon
Columbia
Barlow
New York
Cowgill
Hayes
William E. Chandler
Louisiana
United States
Wharton
Witnese
Wells
Hede
Maddox
Gov. Wells
Marshal Wharton
Manager Whitney
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gibson
New Orleans
New York Sun
Jintler
Secret Service Division
Wena
Mayes and Packard
Senate Backs Chinese Immigration Bill Amid Tight Vote
February 15 action in Congress shows a 29 to 27 Senate vote to restrict Chinese immigration. Debate extends over the Mouse bill while other items include a sinking fund proposal for bonds from the 1914 act and petitions supporting Columbus monuments.
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Senate
Allison
District of Columbia
McPherson
New Jersey Historical Society
Christopher Columbus
United States
House
Windom
Louisiana
Missouri River
Decatur
Neb
John F. Hartranft
Philadelphia
A. Louden Snowden
William Hays
St. Louis
Chinese Passenger Limitation Bill Passes Congress
The bill restricts Chinese passenger numbers to fifteen per voyage for vessels linked to US or foreign owners. It imposes penalties of $100 per excess passenger and up to six months in jail, requires sworn lists of Chinese passengers, and clarifies penalties against shipping firms. It also sets effective date July 1, 1879 and calls for notifying China on treaty changes.
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United States
Congress
China
Self-knowledge and esteem in reflection
A concise reflection notes that the person who knows themselves best often values themselves the least. The idea critiques ego and highlights the humility found in self-awareness.
Debate in the House on Abolishing Supervisors Sparks Partisan Clash
The debate centers on repealing supervisor and marshal provisions amid election law fights. Frye argues the move targets the South and defends New York fraud claims, Lynde and Wood contest false naturalization reports, while Garfield insists on preserving the electoral safeguards and prosecutions against fraud continue.
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National House of Representatives
Frye
South
New York
Mx. Frye
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Cox
United States
Lynde
John S. Davenport
Davenport
Lawrence
Baker
Mr. Wood
Republican Party
North
Maine
Wood
Garfield
Sart
Isis
Congress
Cincinnati
Ie Broesedinga
Criminal
The Great Egg Bird of the North Sea
The arrie or great egg bird is described as the principal sea bird with economic value in the Northwest and North. Observations from Harper's Magazine note the June to July breeding pattern with females incubating and males relieving them, creating a vast flying belt around St George and the island.
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North Sea
San Francisco
St. George
H. I. Elliott
Harper's Magazine
Good-for-naughts warned as idle children grow up
A harsh moral passage argues that idle children become useless adults. It condemns play over work and study, claiming they learn nothing but harmful skills. The text predicts their future inability to earn honestly and suggests they will seek illicit livelihoods.
Paddock Urges Expanded Agriculture Department Powers
Senator Paddock of Nebraska argues for enlarging the Agriculture Department and placing geology meteorology and fisheries within its scope. He calls for a Cabinet level head and a national tribunal of division heads with annual appropriations for original research.
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Department OF Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Paddock
Nebraska
Polygamy and Porridge in a Richfield Visit
An outing in Southern Utah features a Scottish Mormon Bishop of Richfield who converted from Presbyterianism. His brother Aleck travels from California, confronts the change, and is entreated with a hearty meal while lamenting the altered faith, ending with a quip about polygamy and porridge.
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Utah
Richfield
Aleck
California
Jamie
Harpers Magazine
English girl becomes mother at age twelve in trial note
In a Kent criminal trial discussion it was revealed that an English girl had a child at twelve years and one month. It is claimed to be the only authentic English case of a female native becoming a parent at such an early age. An amusing anecdote follows with Dean Stanley visiting the country and being mistaken for a sardine after being asked to wear oilers.
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James McElroy
Chicago
Hastings
Neb
Henry Stulzman
Gary
Pennington
Dakota Territory
Pennington County
Sumner
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Thomas Foley
Baltimore
Alnois
Capitol
Col. Rice
Fort Keogh
Lieut
Sibley
Morrie Cahn
Chicago Daily Commercial Bulletin
Uue
Oni
Kent
Aasizes
England
Waine
Dean Stanley
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Henry Bowers
John McLean
Asheville
N. C
George W. Dupre
Louuisiana
Atlanta
Selma, Rome and
Dalton Road
Selma
Ala
Mulberry Creek
George Evans
M. Stanton
White
Virginia
Washington City
Felix Quandora
Quanders
Parks
Sumter
S. C
George Washington
Louisville
George C. Codd
Detroit
Foreign Intelligence
Hale
Committee ‘On the Judiciary
Inter Representative
Schleicher
Joseph Segar
Coast Survey
Treasury
Interior Department
Consolidated Bureau
National Treasury
Shields
Finley
John Jd. Finley
Williams
Michigan
Welch
Voorhens
Secretary of the Treasury
Saunders
Committee On Indian Affairs
Interior
War Department
Congressional
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