Behalf of the Brazilian Mail Subsidy Stirs Senate
Washington reports a heated Senate debate anticipated over the Post Office appropriation bill with a subsidy for Brazilian mail steamship lines. Senator Beck may challenge the amendment as non germane, while Sen Terry hints at attaching the subsidy to the post route bill. John Roach and allies push hard for the $3,000,000 prize amid strong lobbying efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Beck
Postoffice Committee
Terry
John Roach
Review of Day in the House on Census and Surveys
The House, in a tight session, defeated the census bill 91 to 135 with Democratic support for moving enumeration to the states. The panel left several parts of the National Academy plan intact, retaining Hayden's surveys under War Department control and uniting scientific surveys under one department. Political amendments to repeal jurors oath and restrict elections officials were debated. printing amendments delayed adjournment as Republicans pressed for action.
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House
Committee of Ways and Means
Cox
National Academy
Hayden
War Department
Senate
Interior Department
The Claim of Mr. Joseph Seegar
The Senate approved payment of 5000 dollars to Joseph Seegar for salary and contest expenses dating from Virginia reconstruction. By a 34 to 26 vote the bill, urged by Hoar Dawes and Withers, was ordered paid from the Senate contingent fund amid questions of the legality of the governing Virginia legislature at that time. Seegar had been elected by the legislature that adopted the 13th amendment and approved West Virginia creation.
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Senate
Joseph Seegar
Committee On Privileges and
Virginia
Hoar
Dawes
Withers
Seegar
United States
West Virginia
Army Appropriation Bill Discussion Delays Senate Action
Special dispatch reports the Senate Committee on Appropriations meeting to review the army appropriation bill in Washington on February 18. The committee plans to strike out the army organization provisions, arguing such changes belong in separate legislation rather than an appropriation bill. The telegraph business clause for railroad companies, tied to Senator Jones Florida's bill, is also under consideration by the Railroad Committee.
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Washindoy
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Jones
Florida
Senata Railroad Committee
Politicians Clash Over Chinese Bill and House Referal Plan
A congressional dispute centers on eliminating parts of the army appropriation and sending the Reagan inter-State bill to a special commission for critical review during recess. The piece notes broad bi party press opposition to an anti Chinese bill and recounts Secretary Sherman’s expected support for selling Cincinnati’s Old Custom House to the Chamber of Commerce. It also mentions S F Neal's nomination for Postmaster at Gallipolis and his prior cavalry service.
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Appropriations Committee
Washington
California
Oregon
Aly
Congress
Sherman
Old
Cincinnati Custom House
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Gazette
Atkins
Committee On Appropriations
Cincinnati Postoffice
F. Neal
Gallipolis
91St Ohio
President Hayes
Diplomatic bill anger from Chinese Legation in Cincinnati
The Chinese Legation in Washington denounces the Senate action on immigration as insulting and urges negotiations through regular channels. Meanwhile reports from London and Cork cover British politics, Irish university education, Bosnian negotiations, and local Cork election results.
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Senate
Legation
Congress
Nominations for New Orleans Customs and Postmaster
The nominations of Badger for Collector of Customs and McMillan for Postmaster at New Orleans have been favorably reported and Kellogg claims they will be confirmed at the first executive session. Louisiana politicians in Washington are keen on the confirmations.
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Washington
Badger
McMillan
New Orleans
Kellogg
Louisiana
House Committee OKs $46,616 for seating contest expenses
Washington reports the House Elections Committee will report a bill authorizing $46,616 to pay expenses for contestants and contestees to seats in the House, part of an aggregate $80,000 claim. The Senate Finance Committee backs a Freedman's Bank charter amendment to liquidate the bank, with resignations accepted and responsibilities shifted to the Controller, who may sue Trustees. also authorized is purchase of the Freedman's Bank Building for $250,000.
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Washington
House Committee On Elections Today
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Freedman's Bank
Controller of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Nevada Agency Indian Agent Nomination Prompts Nominations
The President nominated Wa. Garvey of Ohio as Indian Agent for the Nevada Agency. The Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard reported favorably on the relief application by James B ads and his associates. The treasury noted subscription to the 4 per cent loan reached $4,605,900 since yesterday. The tobacco stamp printing was discontinued. May Marshall of Chicago completed a walk of 2,796 quarter miles in as many consecutive quarter hours.
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Truesday
Wa. Garvey
Ohio
Nevada
May Marshall
Chicago
Senate Committee On
Seaboard
James Bads
Outrage in Fulton Miss Georgie Arthur Attacked
In Fulton Missouri a powerful man entered the post office at about 1 PM, locked the door, and assaulted Georgie Arthur a clerk there. She struggled but the assailant escaped. The town swarmed with residents chasing the culprit.
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Sr. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Fulton, Mo
Georgie Arthur
Kansas Senate Favors Indian Citizenship
A Topeka dispatch reports that the Kansas Senate adopted a resolution urging Congress to establish a United States Court in the Indian Territory and to provide for land allotment, after which tribal members would become U S citizens with control of lands. A concurrent resolution for federal action to protect the state against frontier Indian outrages was also approved.
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St. Louis
Topeka
Kas
Senate
Congress
United States
Indian Territory
Dayton Bills Spur Reform and Coal Region Turmoil
Dayton moves to establish a three member Fire Commissioners board as part of political reorganization while a Pennsylvania coal region crisis tied to Molly Maguires sparks gang activity, robberies, and violence in several counties amid mounting insecurity.
Exiled Grand Duke Nicholas Orenburg over Railway talks
St. Petersburg reports that Grand Duke Nicholas, son of Grand Duke Constantine, has been banished to Orenburg for communicating with the Berlin National Zeitung about the Strategic Railway project.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Constantine
Orenburg
Berlin
Premier Stremayer Says Ministry A Temporary Gap
Vienna on February 18 reports Premier Stremayer informed the Reichstag that the new ministry was appointed only to fill a gap until the Chamber dissolves.
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Vienna
Stremayer
Reichgrab
Germans Oppose Government Hop Import Duty Debate Fizzles
London dispatch reports a political clash over a socialist law and arrests of deputies. The debate hints at a likely rejection of the disciplinary bill amid rising cross party liberal unity. Officials press for arrests as a pretext to dissolve parliament while counts and votes outline shifting alliances.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Berlin
Fritzsche
Prince Bismarck
Beruix
National Zeitung
Customs Tariff Committee
Bern
Prince Hohenlohe
Reichstag
Herr Lazius
Stolberg Wernigerode
Hasselmann
Lasker
Lonpos
Fritsche
Criminal Court of
Frankfurt
Frankfurter Zeitung
Bismarck
France
Paris Journal Debats on Paris Municipality Resignation
The Journal Debats says Paris municipality resigned after canceling its grant to the returning Communists. The Temps notes a May 16 ministry acts report will state facts, not impeach. Waddington opposes impeachment. Magne is dead. Boulogne? de La Fosse's appointment annulled. Blanc joins the Electoral Commission. Paris municipality protests police prefecture control.
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Paris
Debats
Temps
M. Waddington
Pierre Magne
Finance
Chamber of Deputies
de la Fosse
Electoral Commission
Louis Blanc
Council of State
Bank of England Receives Bullion and Bank Notes Rise
On Tuesday February 18 bullion entered the Bank of England totaling £296,000 while the Imperial Bank of Germany reports a specie increase of 9,959,000 marks. The Arab Tahibia affair was settled to the satisfaction of the Agence Russe. Sixteen soldiers near the military school barracks died of typhus within a few days. A strike began in two large cotton mills at St. Petersburg demanding higher pay, shorter hours, and removal of English foremen, with expected spread of action.
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Bank of England
Agence Russe
Imperial Bank of Germany
St. Petersburg
Withdrawal of Paper Money in Turkish Evacuation Zone
Constantinople reports the withdrawal of the caimes currency as Russians evacuate. Turkish forces advance from Tcataldiqfines toward Adrianople with seven battalions and a ton of gendarmerie two regiments to March 1 under English and French officers. Russia moves its army train from Adrianople toward Bourgus. In Cairo a mob of four hundred discharged officers protests unpaid arrears, insulting Nubar Vasha and Rivers Wilson. Wilson’s coat is torn as thirty rioters enter.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Bourgus
Constant TinorLe
Cairo
Ministry of Finance
Nubar Vasha
Rivers Wilson
Death by Own Action in Burnevs County Office
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette reports Frank L. Plants a 22 year old surveyor in Burnevs County was found unconscious in his office. Physicians say morphine self administered caused his death at 2 PM, likely due to love disappointment. His father Judge Plants died in 1863 from an accidental gun wound.
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Fitch
R. G. Hutchins
Ashtabula County
Marsh
Hamilton County
Agricultural Society
Carson
Buernvs
Frank L. Plants
Judge Plants
Three Men Killed One Wounded and Arrested in Mississippi
A clash at Johnsonville Mississippi between Col Holman Dr Loury Dr Walker and Mr Arnold led to Loury being shot, Holman wounded, Walker killed, and Arnold shot. Arnold and Loury died and Holman was arrested after the exchange. Holman was later detained by authorities.
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Vicksners
Johnsonville
Miss
Col. Holman
Loury
Walker
Arnold
Holman
Laury
Miners Halt Sutro Tunnel Water Pumping
In San Francisco on February 18 the pumping of water into the Sutro Tunnel was stopped by miners. A settlement of all differences between the Tunnel Company and the miners may be reached soon, officials indicate.
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San Francisco
Sutro
Speedy cure promised for nasal catarrh and lung diseases
An advertisement claims rapid and permanent relief from nasal catarrh asthma bronchitis and related lung conditions. It warns that catarrh in the head causes many ailments from sensory loss to dental issues and urges a physician exam before treatment by Dr Aborn once other methods fail.
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Aborn
Early treatment for Consumption Offered by Specialist
A skilled practitioner offers early application to treat catarrh throat bronchial and lung affections. Charges are moderate and within reach for all who need treatment to save thousands of lives from consumption.
Office Hours Noted For Sunday Schedule
The notice lists office hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and a Sunday window from 9:50 to 10:50 a.m. The terse timing indicates limited public access during these periods.
Doctor Aborn's Public Hours and Mail Order Details
Dr Aborn lists hours 10 am to 3 pm Sundays 9 30 to 10 30 am for patient visits and notes his publications mailed on receipt of address and a three cent stamp. The fragment suggests a local newspaper public notice or advertisement for medical services and mail order items.
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Great Britain
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Nubar Pash
ConsTaNt Tinople
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Loxton
House of Commons
Stafford Northcote
Lonxpon
Maynooth
Loxpox
War Office
Lord Chelmsford
Charles Dilke
Cape
George Campbell
Kirkcaldy
Col.Colthurst
George Colthurst
Col. Colthurst
Alexandria
Spain
Constitutionalists
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Maprio
Castelar
Cortes
Martinez. Campos
Cuba
Iron and Steel
Washington Notes
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Kansas Senate
Standard Oil Company
Dayton
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Molly Maguire
Pennsylvania
Sunsury
Molly Maguire Brotherhood
Miller
Braden
Moosic
Pittston
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Cval
Huntingdon County
Fisher & Sons
Huntingdon
James Graham
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Carlisle
Bohl
Cleveland
McDaniels
Hamilton County Fair Grounds
Grand Stand
County of
Hamilton
Mr. Wright
Board of Public Works
P’aulding & Antwerp
Six Mile
Paulding County
Turner
Edwards
Clough
Messrs
Foster and
Oglevee
Sturgeon
National
Democratic Party
Bloom
Dr. Norton
Dalzell
Foster
Mr. Bloom
Creamer
VanCleaf
White
Luccock
Booth
Quinby
Levering
Bull
Scioto Valley Railroad
Supreme. Court
Courtright
Laubie
Supreme Court
Highland County
Bob McKimmie
New York
Charley
Norris
Geo. W. Jones
J. W. Hartwell
T. B. Paxton
Neal
J. F.lug
E Fee Estell
Mr. Tyler
Licking
Mr. Hardy
Paulding & Antwerp
Reed
Ross
Thes Railroad Company
Cloug
Alexander
Wasson
Gallia
Yeas
Wright
Hitchcock
House Committee On Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
M. &. Creamer
Russia
Austria
Germany
Turkey
Mississippi
Sutro Tunnel
Dr. Aborn
West Fourth Street
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