Senate and House clash over bills and pensions committees
The Senate and House introduced and debated multiple measures on voting, railroads, consular funds, and debt reduction. Pension bills passed, including aid to Admiral Wilkes widow, with adjournments to the 18th. House actions included clerical pay limits, post office fund moves, and contested election notes.
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Senate
New Orleans & Pacific Railroad Company
le Eens
Nashville
Imintons
Admiral Wilkes
Voorhees
Ind
United States
Sti - Matthews
Ohio
Pacific Road Sinking Fund
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Railroads
House
Massachusetts
Dean v. Field
Dean
Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury
Washington
Dean Vs. Field
Havana
Leonard
Louisiana
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Congress
Spencer
Ala
Pacific Railroad
Christiancy
Thomas Jefferson
District of Columbia
Attorney-General
Indiana
Wabash
Miami
Lake Erie
Teller
Beck
Blaine
Eustis
Dawes
Hoar
Sargent
Matthews
Ingalls
Civil Service Reform Committee
Polk
Col. Polk
West Point
Gen. Sherman
Smithsonian Institution
George Bancroft
illicit distillers freed by armed mob in Pickens County S C
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports three illicit distillers imprisoned at Pickens Court House were released by an armed mob on the 12th. Commissioner Raum ordered extra guards to uphold the law and restore order.
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Gov. Hampton
Internal Revenue Com
Redmond
Pickens Court House
Scretary Sherman
National Bank
Treasury Department
Cnana Siver Ballin
Sherman
A. W. Bearp
Boston
Charles McCandless
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New Mexico
House Banking Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
National Council of Sovereigns of Industry
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
S. C
Raum
Pensacola
Senate Committee
Reed
Toledo
Treasury
Beverly DovGas
Virginia
John E. Leonard
Louisiana
Havana
House Committee On Civil Service Reform
Polk
Banking Committee
House
New York
Mint
San Francisco
Extensive 1877 Miscellaneous World News Digest
A broad 1877 news roundup covers Connecticut insurance reform, a damaging hailstorm in Jefferson County West Virginia, college altercations in Princeton New Jersey, a new Raritan River bridge at New Brunswick, and the appearance of the silver dollar in New York. It notes bank suspensions, tariff debate momentum in Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia murder case, and a Baltimore to Concord execution. It also mentions ships leaving Buffalo, a Gloucester schooner lost, canal openings, business failures, university graduations, wage cuts, hydrophobia death in Brooklyn, newspaper labor shifts, and a mass meeting in Indiana to protest tariff changes. Reports extend to export values, coal company activity, and pardons rulings for Mollie Maguires cases.
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Connecticut
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
Mutual
Jefferson County
W. Va
Princeton
N. J
Raritan River
New Brunswick
New York
Newburyport
Mass
Pennsylvania Senate
United Action
Philadelphia
Liberty
Grenville Tremain
Albany
N.Y
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Josefa la Paice
Joseph Parish
Concord
N. H
Josie Langmaid
Pembroke
Langmaid
Ball
St. Albans
Young America
Buffalo
Detroit
Carrie P. Morton
Gloucester
Furness, Asa & Co
Medical Department
University of Pennsylvania
Compopore
Joan H. Granam
U.S. Navy
Newburgh
N. Y
Joan Foey
Brooklyn
Provident and
Suffolk Savings Banks
Boston
Inton
U. S
Portsmouth
Wyoming
Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre
C. Seecers
A. L. Boyer
Dime Savings Bank
Reading
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Major 19th Century Misfortunes and Crimes Chronicle
A sprawling 19th century digest notes multiple events: five Laramie men lost in a storm with only one survivor. Arkansas Bank failure. Louisiana Lottery prize draw. lynching in Pensacola and a sheriff’s posse clash. Rev. Brown Cable executed in Tennessee. Miss Mary Hampton accused of forgeries in Memphis. bankruptcy petition by Marsh Harvester Company. Bishop McCoskey resigns. Gus Johnson hanged in Atlanta confessing other murders. Honest Money League forms in Chicago with platform opposing inflation. heavy snow in Dakota Territory halting telegraph. Paris Commune anniversary in St. Louis. rewards offered for Charlotte Harris case in Virginia. Chicago suit against treasurer Gage ends in verdict. John Morrissey deemed safe. editor O A Willard dies. Peabody Hotel fire in Memphis. Sault Ste. Marie Canal to open. six Redmond gang members captured in South Carolina. Cleveland lamp works destroyed by fire. train robbery near Texas with masked bandits.
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Chicago
Tuarxs
Denver Pacific
Laramie
Joseph Conney
Chas. Wilson
Card
Huntz
H. J. McCant
McCant
State Bank of Arkansas
Hot Springs
Pensacola
Fla
Agen
Brown Cable
Winchester
Tenn
Felix Gardner
Mary Hampton
Memphis
Honest Money League
George W. Allen
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
John Morrissey
O. A. Willard
Chicago Post
Peabody
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Columizia
S. C
Redmond
U.S
Pickens County
Cleveland
Ohio
Hutcurnys
Thomas
Czar permits grain elevator ventures. war talks flare worldwide
Reports cite British demands at the peace congress for ratifications and treaty access. Baez arrival in Porto Rico. Garcia proclaims Cuban dictatorship amid revolutions. Measles outbreak in Lyons. Turkish irregulars commit raids in Epirus. Russia status at congress. Austria Germany oppose England. Portance revolution, St Patrick riot in Toronto. typhus spreading in European Russia.
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New York
Northcote
House of Commons
England
Congress
Thomas
Baez
San Domingo
Porto Rico
Vicente Garcia
Cuba
Great Britain
Lyons
France
Epirus
Teurdos
Sea of
Marmara
Bismarck
Austria
Russia
London
O'Leary
Oldham
Turkey
Portance
Servia
St. Petersburg
Germany
RAIL TRAIN COLLISION NEAR CAPTEE INJURES CREW
A train on the P., Ft. W. & C. Railway struck a broken culvert near Captee injuring an engineer, a brakeman, and a dog. Other items note a Columbus temperance convention April 15 with delegates, a will awarding $30,000 to asylums, and a statewide House redistricting plan listing numerous counties and districts.
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Segoe
Ng T
Enson
Strate Christian Temperance Union
Columbus
Matthew Russell
Jefferson County
State For Representatives
Clermont County
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Anderson
Spencer
Sycamore
Mill Creek
Reading
Avondale
Clifton
Riverside
Brown
Butler
Clinton
Land
Warren
Darke
Iami
Mont
Preble
Aeeet Ona Chamign
Elby
Auglaize
Sone Genkated Hansock
Paulding
Putman
van Wert
Lucas
Fulton
Defiance
Williams
Henry
Adams
Scioto
Pike
Jackson
Hocking
Vinton
Greene
Fayette
Ross
Fairfield
Pickaway
Franklin
Delaware
Madison
Union
Crawford
Hardin
Marion
Morrow
Wyandot
Seneca
Erie
Huron
Ottawa
Sandusky
Athens
Gallia
Lawrence
Meigs
Morgan
Belmont
Guernsey
Jefferson
Monroe
Noble
Washington
Coshocton
Licking
Muskinm
Perry
Carroll
Arris
Frank Wise
Mary Schickedantz
Charleston
Wise
Forest
Mitchell
Svereal
Sherff
Col
T. E. Snelbaker
McCarthy
Wabash
Agricultural College
Joseph Sheerman
Bills Passed In Senate And House In Ohio Session
Senate actions on the 13th and 14th include passing criminal cost rules and alimony appeal measures, reorganizing Cincinnati infirmary directors, authorizing state claims settlements, and trebling lien periods. House moves cover bank share valuation, public notices for cost caps on children’s homes, and a dog law. Senate actions on the 12th introduce compensation for infirmary directors as a new measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Toledo
House
State For Representatives
Congress
Senate
Steedman
Buckland
Southern Railroad
Cincinnati
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Institution For the Blind
Boards of Public Works and
Police and Fire Commissioners
Cleveland
Cincinnati Board of Police Commissioners
Perkins
Agricultural College
Asylum For the Education of the Blind
Meuser, Norton, Wright, Creamer and Palmer
Justices of the Peace
Girls’ Industrial
Board of Infirmary Directors of
Board of State Charities
Library Association
Silver bi metallic coinage conference invitation letter
The Secretary of State urges ministers abroad to inform governments they represent about the act authorizing silver dollars and restoring legal tender. He seeks three European nations to join a bi metallic money conference within six months to fix a common gold silver ratio.
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Department OF State
Washington
Act of Congress
United States
Europe
Congress
Nnt
Wa. M. Evarts
Graceful exit and Skeptics theme in stage dialogue
A commentary contrasts a graceful exit in acting with Skeptics who scoff at danger. The speaker notes suspense as deadly, likening it to a man facing execution and death.
Supreme Court ends Anderson prosecution in Vernon case
The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the verdict, discharged Gen Anderson, and ended most of the prosecution against Returning Board members. The ruling held that forged consolidation statements did not alter election results and upheld nonessential preliminary steps and information procedures. President McKinley’s administration officials welcomed the decision.
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Sup Court
Semin
We HE Reme Rt
Bar
Thomas C. Anderson
Superior Criminal Court
Vernon
Manning
Returning Board
John Sherman
Stanley Mathews
House of Commons
Tichborne
Supreme Court
Gen. Anderson
Washington
Gov. Packard
Key
Louisiana Supreme Court
Anderson
Bank Robbery at Lechmere National Bank in East Cambridge
A heavy afternoon heist at Lechmere National Bank in East Cambridge involved three men and a woman. President Hall, with two trunks containing $3,000 in cash and $47,000 in Government bonds and other securities, was away briefly, allowing thieves to slip out with the valuables.
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Boston
Lechmere National Bank
East Cambridge
Hall
Cambridge Street
Providence Ank
Black woman Charlotte Harris held on arson in Sipe barn fire
A Rockingham County jail commitment followed the arson case against Charlotte Harris who allegedly incited the February barn fire at Henry E. Sipe's farm. The blaze destroyed two horses, two cattle, thirteen plows, harrows, implements, saddles, and grain and hay. Police pursued Harris near Earlysville Albemarle County. over 100 attendees watched the exam as guards kept the suspect secure.
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Rockingham County
Henry E. Sipe
Sipe
Charlotte Harris
N. H
J. M. Talb
John Sipe
Henry Banks
Earlysville
Albemarle County
Harrisburg
London hair factory proprietor charged with cruel treatment
The London Ontario telegram reports T H Hargreaves owner of a local hair factory charged with excessive cruelty to apprentices. Court produced torture implements and victim Annie Sparks testified of suspensions and flogging. Hargreaves committed for trial. foreman arrested. partner Jarvis fled. police struggled to control the mob.
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London
T. H. Hargreaves
Annie Sparks
Hargreaves
Jarvis
Defenses of London Rise With Massive 38-Ton Guns
The London defenses gain heft with new 38 ton siege guns adding to river forts. Ships entering the Thames would face Sheerness, Isle of Grain, Coalhouse Point, Shornemeade Fort, Tilbury, New Tavern, and Kent shore batteries. Woolwich factories and docks would only be reached if enemy overcomes all crossfire and long-range guns.
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Thames
London
Nore
Sheerness
Isle of Grain
Essex
Shoeburyness
Coalhouse Point
Tilbury Fort
New Tavern
Kent
Long Reach
Gravesend
Woolwich
London News
Lady Keeps Lions as Pets at Mrs Lincoln's Home
A Boston Herald report recalls Mrs. Lincoln of 54 Howard Street keeping two African lions, a 250 pound male and a slightly smaller female, as household pets since last September. They roam internal rooms, receive feeding from her hands, and perform simple tricks under careful supervision before updated police restrictions limited their access to a safe outdoor run and adjoining room.
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Boston Herald
Congressional Record Fragment On Silver Bill Speech Delayed
A fourteen page portion of the Congressional Record relates to the Silver bill but was never spoken in Congress. Applause and laughter marks are mysteriously omitted from the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Vast religious data and school notes across nations
A long list reports counts of church members in Illinois and Canada, notes the first Japanese pastor funded by his congregation, and cites German Catholic priests, American missions, and Moody’s remarks. It mentions Harvard Yale boat race date, university enrollments, and calls for concentration of educational resources for stronger universities.
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Cherokee Indian Baptist Association
Germany
Nashville
New London
A. M. Wheeler
Yale
United States
Woman’s Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moody
Michigan
Episcopal Diocese
Quincy
Ill
Alexander Burgess
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Bob Ingersoll
Bible College
Binghamton
N. Y
Monmouth
III.) College
California China Mission
American Missionary Society
Ev. W. H. Cudworth
Unitarian Church
Boston
Alexander Hogg
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Spurgeon
London
Bath
Mr. Mody
Pius IX
Educational Monthly
Boston Girl Watering Flowers Declares Her Identity
A Harper's Magazine note recounts a Wisconsin child in early self-awareness at ten summers. In a Western city a girl answers a garden gate query by clarifying she is the aunt’s and not at home, then asserts she is a Boston girl while continuing to water the plants. A New York paper cites 1 204 languages in America and a Maine paper humorously notes a minister’s influence as 600 hearts beating as 300.
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Wisconsin
Sissy
Harper's Magazine
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T. H. Ashton
M. D. Ffice
J. P. Buffington & Co S
Prag
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J. N. Thacker
Ayersville
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FFICE
Eagle Block
Dittmer’s
Perry & First Streets
E.G. Thacker, M.D. W.S. Powe, M. D
Thacker & Powell
Hysicians
Bechel’s Drug Store
M. B. Stevens, M. D
Court House
First
Wayne Streets
R. Coe
Omceopathic
First Street
Clinton and
Wayne
R. N. Sheldon
Zeller & Bruner
First Sts
E. Kornbaum
Martin Wiebach
Clinton & Juliett Streets
Latty & Peaslee
Ttoirneys
Axp Councellor's
AT Law
Keystone Block
Colby & Scott's Drug Store
Henry Newbegin
Henry B. Harris
Newbegin & Harris
Lyl
Hardy & Johnson
Wolsier’s Block
Vilenz
S. W. Rohn
Opera Block
J. F. Deatrick
Third Streets
G.w.killey
Nelson, Killey & Nelson
Ttorney
S. T. Sutphen
Wolsiffer’s
J.D. Lams
M. E. Orncutt
Charles E. Bronson
W. D. Hien
G. L. Myers
J. P. Cameron
Hill, Myers & Cameron
Key Astone Block
D. W. H. Day
Wood County
Bowling Green
Buffington & Co S
Robert Cary
Ustice-Of-The-Peace
Will Pepeapteily
Wolfram’s
Keystone
L.R. C. Association
Frank C. Culley
Defiance County Express
Second Streets
Defiance Post-Office
United States and Territories
Canada
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Harper's
Leslie's
Scribner's &c. Shel
Patent Metalic
Burial &Ases
H. B. Hall
Undertaker
Adam Daub
Congressional
Dartmouth Coll
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Mollie Maguires
Hester
Tully and
McHugh
Foreign Intelligence
David Gilmore
Richmond
Religious and Educational
Ilinois
Benfoit College
America
Maine
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