Senate and House Debates Highlight General Assembly Actions
The week reports Senate and House activity including bills on trespass penalties on Indian lands, currency and legal tender notes, militia funding, and National banking circulations. It notes executive session votes, nominations, and adjournments, plus funeral notices from West Lessenring mine disaster and Salmi Morse, and coal miners resuming work with district pricing.
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Towa
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Sewell
House
Post Office Department
Military Academy
Secretary of War
United States
George F. Evans
Martinsburg
W. Va
Evans
Secretary of State
Treasury Seeks 10 Million Three Per Cent Bonds
The Secretary of the Treasury issues an additional call for 10 000 000 of three percent bonds with specific serial ranges from fifty dollars to ten thousand dollars. The Washington Monumental Society re elected its board and planned celebrations. The Democratic National Committee chose Chicago for the National Convention on July 8 after three ballots. A large batch of tobacco rebate claims await action by Congress. A bill to complete Washington's mother’s monument is to be introduced. The Ways and Means Committee plans to extend the whisky bonded period by two years.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Washington Monumental Society
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
St. Louis
Comptroller of the Treasury
Congress
House
Tur Ways and Means
Massive Crime Wave and Notable Deaths Across States
Reports from New York to California describe a captured murder suspect in Woodside and a felonious gang, along with multiple deaths from accidents, fights, and a boiler explosion. Notable items include mass meetings in Brooklyn, a farewell for James C. Phillips, and the unveiling of a General Lee statue in New Orleans.
Mexico Imposes 5 Percent Import Duty Beginning May
The Treasury notes a Mexican decree adding a five percent duty on all imports starting May 15. Other items include Conners Sachem winning the Landsdown Park hurdle prize on the 20th, and consistory in Rome set for March 17.
Coroners Verdict Faults Mine Safety In West Lessenring Disaster
A coroner jury finds the West Lessenring mine blast was caused by firedamp due to coal company negligence for infrequent inspections and faulted district inspector Augustus Steiner for never having entered the mine before the explosion. The report notes multiple fatalities and a preventable cause.
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West Lessenring
Augustus Steiner
Everglades Land Reclamation Spurred by Florida Canal Work
A Florida tour from Jacksonville to Kissimmee examined the Okeechobee Land Company dredging and canal projects. Presidents and English visitors noted land reclamation, fall in Lake Okeechobee and Tahopekalga levels, expanded inland water routes now totaling 350 miles, and rising land sales north of Kissimmee City.
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Sogue
Kissimmee
Jacksonville
Stanford
South Florida
Kissimmee City
Sedgee Land Company
Ampa
Everglades
Okeechobee Land Company
Lord Houghton
Hamilton Disston
Philadelphia
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Caloosahatchie River
South Florida Road
Boston
L@d Houghton
Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Municipal Elections Report Across Cities
Philadelphia elected Mayor Smith with about 9 000 majority and Warwick as City Solicitor by about 13 000. Hunter faced no organized opposition. Council majorities favor Republicans in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Corry reelects Isaac Colegrove as Mayor. Meadville selects Democrat Charles Farnicorn by 19 votes. Titusville names James P. Thomas Republican mayor by 101 votes.
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Philadelphia
Smith
Warwick
Hunter
Pittssurgh
Andrew Fulton
Robert Liddell
Allegheny City
J. G. Wyman
John Swan
Corry
Isaac Colegrove
Meadville
Charles Farnicorn
J. Ford Dorrance
Titusville
James P. Thomas
Roger Sherman
Julius Harris
Mrs Mary M Miller Becomes Steamboat Saline Captain
New Orleans February 19 Mrs Mary Miller was licensed as captain of the steamboat Saline after passing competency exams. The license authorizes her to navigate the Mississippi Red Quachita and other Western rivers and is signed by U S inspectors. The ceremony includes the customary oath and articles in her name.
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New Orleans
Mary Miller
United States
Mississippi
Red
Quachita
J. S. Butler
William Applegate
Miller
Mary M. Miller
Virginia vetoes reapportionment bill in Congress
Governor vetoes the Virginia bill that would reapportion Congressional representation arguing it would give one party eight seats and seven to the other despite near equal statewide voting. The veto also notes New York views the plan as contrary to public policy by mixing counties and cities across sections.
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Rich Mond
Congress
Virginia
New York
Fire Kills Hart Family Children in Crockett Home
Rheaber Hart and his wife, both African American, left six children alone as their country home burned rapidly after a Sunday church visit. All six children perished in the blaze, the eldest a 13 year old boy.
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Crockett
Tex
Rheaber Hart
Hart
Union Pacific Railroad Reports Last Year Earnings
The Union Pacific Railroad posted gross earnings of 29761100 dollars and expenses of 16670000 dollars for the last year.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Forty Thousand Orange Trees Sold in Jacksonville Sale
In Jacksonville Florida a sale concluded with forty thousand orange trees changing hands for twenty five thousand dollars. The deal reflects a large agricultural assets transfer in the region with multiple buyers looking to expand groves.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Mine Explosion Traps West Lessenring Miners
West Lessenring, Pa, four miles north of town, saw a terrible coke region blast at dawn. A shaft explosion left miners in after-damp with lights gone, two mules killed, and one survivor Dick Balsly giving a dramatic account. Coroner’s inquest began at 3:30 with a list of 20 dead or missing men, many Irish, Welsh, Hungarian, and American workers.
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Astostown
West Lessenring
Here
Connellsville Coal and Iron Company
Judge Leisenring
Mauch Chunk
Dick Balsly
Balily
Balsly
Lot
Battin
Michael Heffern
John Buckley
Patrick Kennedy
James Tracy
James Baker
Cumberland County
England
John Hart
Michael Pipko
George Callis
Old Country
Daniel Buckner
John Murray
America
Peter Watters
Murray
William Searing
Joe Baker
Andy Warmus
Germany
Alban N. Hackney
G. E. May
Maryland
Old Balti more house to give way to warehouses
The two story attic home in Baltimore built with imported bricks in an unusual way is slated for replacement by modern warehouses. Builders note the white oak joists and yellow pine trim as well as hand made wrought iron nails. Secreted in the house are old books papers and English and Spanish coins from the early nineteenth century.
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Baltimore
Unemployed Protests Spread Across Europe
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a rising cry of unemployment across Paris Germany and Europe. In Holland Amsterdam and Rotterdam face widespread joblessness with many destitute. Amsterdam's government offers temporary work while Rotterdam sees two thousand protest municipal opera subsidies amid distress.
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Germany
Europe
Pall-Mall Gazette
Holland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Ohio Legislature actions touch licensing and flood relief
Ohio Senate and House move bills on license regulation for hucksters and pharmacists, flood relief bonds for counties, road and ditch improvements, arbor day, and public works funding. Multiple measures pass or advance, including Reed Pharmacy bill back and forth, with adjournments through Feb 22 1883.
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Williams
General Assembly
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Fasset
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Ohio
Signature on Money Tied to Fright in Loudmouth Ledger
A Baltimore American correspondent reports that Treasurer Spinner’s signature on currency was caused by nerves during a night when a safe holding millions was left unlocked. The autograph, dated nearly forty years ago, allegedly shows the same distinctive peculiarity.
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Spinner
Keely Claims Final Touches On His Motor
Mr Keely says his motor is nearly complete with only a minor adjustment left. He jokes that a screw or a “thing-um-bob” remains and the invention may soon be finished. The Boston Transcript notes his genius remark with a touch of humor.
Disease Afflicts Horses in Yam Hill County
Veterinarians report a year long outbreak of rheumatism among horses in Yam Hill County Oregon. About three fourths of the county’s horses are disabled or rendered useless by the illness.
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Yam Hill County
Ore
Three Sacramento Girls Cause Awning Collapse
Three young ladies on a Sacramento awning caused it to cave in as a passerby was flattened. The man survived and will recover. The girls fled the scene.
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Sacramento
Ohio Valley battered by cyclone and flood devastation
Stark weather reports from Cincinnati to Louisville and Evansville describe a sweeping storm of wind and rain, with many buildings demolished and numerous lives lost. Flooding, wrecked houses, and ruined industries mark a wide area as relief funds and supplies are coordinated by military authorities.
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Aurora
Vevay
Ind
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Franklin
New York
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Chesno Carley
Louissville
John A. Woods
Cook & Hoff
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Loud
Shelton &Co
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National
Charlies Dickens
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Ohio River
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Tamarack
Central Pacific
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Cove Spring
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Jasper
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Wilmington
N. C
Rockingham
Washington
Secretary of War
Beckwith
Cushing
Pittsburg
Ironton
Saxton
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Bell
Associated Press
Band of Outlaws Terrorize Fayette County Pa
In Fayette County mountain regions a band of highway robbers and burglars haunted areas at night and day. United States Inspectors pursued them after a Fairdhance post office robbery two months earlier. Early Wednesday sheriff’s men surrounded the group. Sheridan Montuth was fatally shot, others escaped, and investigators traced the mountain hideout to capture the remaining gang members.
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Montuth
Thethers
Henry Wars BreechEer
Emory Storrs
Chicago
John D. McKenzie
Noah Davis
Brooklyn
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Phillip Phillips
Fredonia
N. Y
New York
Agrebanon
New York State
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Plymouth
Mass
Ada Birton
Newfoundland
Clearing House Association
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Fayette County
Fairdhance
United States
Death of Mrs John McCulloch of Wheeling
Wheeling West Virginia February 20 Mrs John McCulloch widow of an old pioneer and among Wheeling’s oldest residents died yesterday Her husband long served as Clerk of the Courts and her son Samuel B McCulloch later held the post His mysterious disappearance months ago is suspected to have influenced her death The family traces to Major McCulloch noted for a famous leap to escape Indians near this city
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W. Va
John McCulloch
Wheeling
Samuel B. McCulloch
Major McCulloch
Taxing of Capital Stock of Corporations Decision
In a Dauphin County Court ruling the State suit against Pennsylvania Coal Co. holds that capital invested in property needed for corporate business in New York is not taxable in Pennsylvania because it is taxed there. The Conglomerate Mining Co. of Michigan owning land in the state must pay an office license tax.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Dauphin County
New York
Pennsylvania
Conglomerate
Mining Company
Michigan
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