Congress in Session Recaps Senate and House Actions
The two houses meet in a busy session with acts and resolutions on finance banking and coinage debated. Key items include Peffer’s banking reform proposal, discussions on the Geary act and coinage, senate adjournments, and routine House actions including a World’s Fair tribute resolution and the sale of Louisville’s old custom house.
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United States
Sue
Carlisle
Custom House
Louisville
Election bill debate features sparse attendance and sharp remarks
A House session discussing the election laws repeal bill drew few members, with 21 on the floor and mixed opposition. Speakers from Indiana Nebraska South Carolina and Alabama attacked or defended the measure while invoking federal supervision and party principles amid calls of national election protections. The National Soldiers Home board also delivered its annual report to the body.
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Murray
South Carolina
Ben Russell
Cworgin
Indiana
Hill
House
Wd My
Haines
Nebraska
Mn Neero
North Carolina
Hicka
Congress
Senate
Brookwhite
Board of Managers of
The
National Soldiers Home
Everett
Massnelli
Grosvenor
Ohio
Democratic Party
Outen
Alabama
Nominations and policy notes dominate Washington updates
A Washington briefing reports on foreign relations backing J J Van Allen for ambassador to Italy, a Baltimore delegation pressing the silver bill, and the Chickamauga and Chattanooga park authorization. Minister Blount tips U S Hawaii policy to require native consent by vote, with no annexation if natives favor the queen. Treasury says no word on Seward loss as Gulf storms disrupt wires. House committees weigh Whatley Cobb hearing postponement, O Neill Joy Missouri case date fixed, and a new presidential access rule limits visitors to cabinet officers only, via Thurber. Blackburn's plan revises the silver bill, adding six sections to allow free coinage with seigniorage tied to monthly treasury rates, while silver is sold for gold to maintain parity. New U S consuls named. nominations sent to Senate.
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Senate
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Affaire
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On
Appropriations
Peffer
Judiciary Committee
McPherson
Butler
Thoreday
Hill
Garelinko
Treasury Department
Allen
Gecretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Voorhees
Kenate
Stewart
Peffor
Mr. Morgan
Call
St. Louis
Wolcott
Colorado
Committee On Finance
Harris
Tennessee
Keleet Committee
Fhve
Washington City
Roach
North Dakota
Nebraska
Committee On Foreign Relations
J. J. van Allen
Aminesador
Italy
Baltimore
Gorman
Congress
National Board of Commissioners
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park
States’ Board
Blount
United States
Hawaii
Seward
Gulf of Mexico
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gulf
Whatley Va. Cobb
Alabama
Cobb
O'Neill
Thurber
Cleveland
Blackburn
Secretary of Treasury
Drift of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Noted
News from the South reports resumed work on posted pins in the county, with about twenty. Brunswick health records show nine new yellow fever cases, nine discharged, and two deaths in 24 hours, with total 148 deaths 9.4% mortality. Knoxville notes Judge Hicks refused to lower sixteen jailed soldiers in a lynching case. Halks plan habeas corpus. Alabama dispatches report embezzlement charges against ex-Assistant Postmaster Burger and two-month hard labor for Leonard Jippman in New York College case. A North Carolina decision affirms State Treasurer Tate’s right to seek a receiver for Bank of New Hanover. White caps spread to Randolph County with threats against cotton gins. Geology survey work to close season. chrome iron and nickel ore examined. pine forests to be studied. Alabama cotton gin fear grows with secret notices. gins idle in Madison Courtland Bibb counties. Fewer than 11,000 Prussians have incomes over $7,000 annually.
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Newa
Huntsville
Ala
Brunswick Board of Health
Knoxville
Hicks
Richard Drummond
Anderson
Knox County
Hahens Corpun
Alackaon
Mixs
H. D. Meyers
Mississippi
Fite
Ward
Nashville
Clinton
Carpenter
Birmingham
R. H. Burger
BR TL
Houston
Leonard Jippman
New York College of Commerce
Tippman
Savannah
Central Railroad
Wilmington
N. C
Bank of New Hanover
Tate
Janvis Davis
Tash
Randolph County
Roanoke
Holmes
North Carolina
Geologies Survey
United States Geological Survey
Cranberry Mine
Georgia Line
Great Smoky Mountain
Alabama
Madison
Courtland
Bibb
Diplomats and officials named for new posts abroad
Stephen Bonsal of Maryland becomes secretary of legation at Madrid Spain. Charles Denby of Indiana moves to secretary of legation at Peking. F A Dean of Michigan to Naples Italy. Marshall Hanger Virginia to Bermuda. W B Hall Maryland to Nice France. Edgard Schramm Texas to Montevideo Uruguay. J H F Stuart New York to St Thomas West Indies. P B Spence Indiana to Nanter France. B Wallace South Dakota to Jerusalem. J Force Kentucky deputy first comptroller. J B Grady Florida to Apalachicola District. J C O Wooten Jr. Kinston NC named postmaster. John P Haskett of Kinston NC to be postmaster, withdrawn.
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Stephen Bonsal
Maryland
Peking
Madrid
Spain
Charles Denby
Indiana
China
F. A. Dean
Michigan
Naples
Italy
Marshall Hanger
Virginia
Bermuda
W. B. Hall
Nice
France
Edgard Schramm
Texas
Montevideo
Uruguay
J. Hf. Stuart
New York
St. Thomas
West Indies
P.P. Spence
Todiana
Nanter
J. OC. Wooten, Jr
Kinston
N.C
John P. Haskett
N. C
Berlin rivalry and ships in rapid transit headlines
Berlin dispatch notes Bismark leaving Eisenenken amid cheering crowds. Lucania of the Cunard line docks in New York after a record fast eastward run. A Louisville fire destroys a large livery stable killing forty five horses. Cincinnati reports freight agent William Williams still missing after alleged heavy gambling debts. Glasgow miners' strike fears prompt protests. Sam Small closes a Texas revival with praise. Ireland honors Parnell in Dublin as Britain deals with rail and mine control debate. New Orleans relief funds rise to 875000 as storm fatalities mount along Bayou St. Andress. Russia liner detained for suspected cholera aboard voyage to New York. Nashville bank fails with 224056 assets and creditors listed.
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Berlin
Bismark
Eisennken
Mde
Lucania
Cunard
New York
Tncania
B. J. Myerson Pic
Louinville
Cincinnati
William Williams
Green Line
Glasgow
Scotland
Sam Small
Austin
Texas
Hogg
Mr. Small and Wife
Small
Victoria Park
Tondon
Atl
Tom Mann
Trafalgar
England
Mann
Ireland
Charles Atewark Parnell
Glasnevin
Dublin
Trish
Parnell
Daugst
Willi
Agte
Talist
Harrodaburg
Passmore
Witneses
New Orleans
Bayou St. Andress
Grand Isle
Russia
Wm. Jenkins
Schmidt
Thunburg
Nashville Safe Deposit and Trust Company
American National
Continental National
Memphis
Fourth National
First National
Nashville
Nashville Trust Company
Four Cornered Green Cups for Drinking Chocolate
A description favors serving drinking chocolate in four cornered green cups while noting the prettiest presentation uses pale brown cups that harmonize with the contents. The text emphasizes stylish, slender, tall flaring shapes.
Mammoth Bee Hive in Kentucky and Global Honey Returns
The world's largest natural hive lies in Kentucky called Mammoth Bee Hive, a cavern massive and honey coated, with 150 feet height and about ten acres. Notable beekeepers include M Bertrand with double English hives and M Harbison who manages 6,000 hives yielding 200,000 pounds yearly. The United States leads in honey output with 2,900,000 hives from 70,000 keepers producing 61,000,000 pounds annually, followed by Greece Denmark Russia Belgium Netherlands France and others with varying hive counts and large-scale yields.
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Kentucky
Mammoth
M. Bertrand
M. Harbison
California
United States
Greece
Denmark
Russia
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Germany
Austria
Opal as Harbinger of Luck and Misfortune
The piece surveys beliefs about opals as omens of luck or doom. Older authorities view the gem as an emblem of hope, while Rabbi Beno ui in the 14th century calls it fatal to love and a cause of discord between giver and receiver. A fashion writer notes opals appearing in Anne of Geierstein and linked to misfortune for the heroine’s family. It cites Miss Grant’s epilepsy jewel set and reports of ill luck following opal gifts to brides.
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Benoui
Walter Scott
Anne of
Remarkable lifelong infant Charles Talley laid to rest
The funeral at Chadds Ford Pennsylvania marked the end of the life of Charles Talley aged 78 years and six months. Born with the mind of a child but a sharp memory he never fed or dressed himself. He remained physically dependent yet mentally alert throughout a unique life.
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Charles Talley
Chadds Ford
Penn
Brandywine Hundred
Del
Distorted Romance and Ads Warn of Travel Health Remedies
An old prose fragment contrasts a fiancé’s harshness with a witty response from a daughter about marriage. The piece stalls into marketing blurbs for patent medicines, praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Brown’s Iron Bitters for seasickness digestion and vitality, interwoven with moral quips and stray observations on virtue.
Odd mix of old freight boats and gossip notes
A fragmented historical column blends reminiscences of steamboat competition on the Missouri with quips about aging beauty and weather jokes. It shifts to promotional lines for a business college, touting thirty years of practical training and job-ready graduates in accounting and banking.
Reward for Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firms
An old advertisement extols Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward offer. It includes testimonials by druggists and mentions F J Corney & Co of Toledo acting as inspectors. The notice also references Brown’s Iron Rifiers and a brief antiquated note about Edgar Allan Poe as a lecturer.
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Hall
F. J. Corney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wiserge Tenax
Wholesale Druguista
Nla
Warnise
Kineax & Marvin
Titedo
Ohin
All Druggista
Edgar A. Poe
Phonograph Clock Demands a Domestic Millennium
In St Petersburg a phonograph clock is shown that can alert at fixed times for trains medicines or reminders. It could tell children to rise remind a husband to sew buttons or a patient to take pills. The next step may be a watch that nags owners to post letters or bring home gloves.
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St. Petersburg
Loge's Young Dream as Sam to a Poor Iman's Wife
A New York Weekly item presents a fragmentary dialogue about a young man and his wife naming a cook, with one speaker insisting on confirming before hiring any help, reflecting era slang and social roles.
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Sam
Iman
New York Weekly
August Flower Remedy Praised by Springfield Reader
A Springfield reader reports that his wife, long treated by eminent doctors in the city and Boston, found relief from sick headache and heart palpitations after using August Flower. The endorsement calls the remedy wonderful and its effects immediate.
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August Flower
Boston
Frost
Springfield
Mass
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