House and Senate clash over refunds and canal policy
The House moved to Committee of the Whole on the Refunding bill. Mr. Felton urged a four million silver dollar monthly issue and bond purchases from the Treasury, opposing all forms of debt. Senate reports on the Spofford Kellogg contest favored Kellogg’s seat, while a minority supported Kellogg and opposed the charges. Various resolutions touched on interoceanic canal policy, British relations, and South American cooperation. Other items include Maine investigations into Garcelon, Rhode Island political conventions, a Boston fire at the Journal office, and notable local crimes and accidents.
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Illinois & Michigan Canal meeting in Ottawa progresses plan
A meeting in Ottawa Illinois discussed promoting the Illinois and Michigan Ship Canal with Governor Cullom and Chicago Mayor Harrison urging Congressional support for eventual federal appropriations. Also reported are a Virginia duel, a West counterfeit note alert, multiple diphtheria deaths in Ohio, a Bank of Louisiana embezzlement conviction, and a Texas coast gale with shipwrecks.
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Czar Abdication Hint Sows European Turmoil
Reports from St Petersburg on the 18th suggest the Czar’s abdication in favor of Czarewitch. Melikoff faces court intrigue hindering plans. Vienna notes a Smyrna rising with European consuls urging naval protection. Other items include Liverpool Cup dispute, Italian arms seizures, Irish famine distress, and Mecca tragedy.
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Nation in Brief A Busy Range of 23d Events
Telegrams report Russia filling prisons with Nihilists to be, new jails planned. Ohio Census Supervisors nominees rejected. Quebec smallpox hits horses halting streetcars. Tennessee Greenback convention set for Nashville May 22. City of Mexico bearing Grant and Sheridan reaches Galveston. Hannibal & St Joseph conducts dismissals. Kearney Gannon sentences anger radicals. Pennsylvania Greenbacks elect Chicago delegates. Illinois and Michigan Canal navigation resumes. Detroit banker jailed for five years. National Education Association bill debated in Senate. House dispute over bill references ends in adjournment.
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Dull wit and civic reports fill a busy midwestern item
A long jumble of quotes, notes and anecdotes blends moral musings, legal observations and local curiosity. The piece cites Charles Lamb, a Titusville prayer wagon, a bronze statue plan for Leonard Case, a New York Academy of Medicine talk on nocturnal medical service, and a survey of university professor salaries across many institutions.
School Board Adds Etiquette Lessons to City Curriculum
Discussion in St Louis reveals plans to introduce a series of oral etiquette lessons in public schools. A Bohemian clergyman faces a fine for preaching the Gospel according to a London News correspondent. French notes praise Mile. Juliette Dodu for school inspection and wartime service. Commentary lists faults in public schools: incompetent teachers, lack of parental oversight, and undue criticism from parents. Wisconsin Journal of Education cites Miss Elizabeth Beach with a recent address.
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Puzzle aboard the Atlantic & Great Western sparks train chaos
Passengers on the Atlantic and Great Western become entangled in a fifteen puzzle frenzy. Conductor and brakeman vie to solve the puzzle as delays mount and a series of heated disputes erupt, drawing in express staff and officials before authorities are alerted.
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Dying Detroit Gentleman Names Heir and Warns Son
A wealthy Detroit man on his deathbed warns his son about misusing money and discusses his will. The father recalls gifting over twelve thousand dollars to the son over ten years and reveals a plan to leave one quarter of his half million to the son and the mother. He then asks for a promise to drink, implying a test of character amid looming legal action over a small calf valued at ten dollars. A separate note reports Leavenworth Kansas costs in a calf lawsuit reaching nine hundred dollars.
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Death’s bright mark eludes even the brilliant in New Haven
A terse New Haven item notes a paradox of fame and peril as gifted individuals seem to escape death’s clutch, leaving readers pondering luck and risk in a concise regional report.
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Political turmoil and Supreme Court rulings dominate.
The article reports Tammany Hall hostility toward Tilden, Ohio and Cincinnati conventions, and verdicts from the U S Supreme Court on federal supremacy over states in racial jury rights. It notes Louisiana ex-senator Burch's testimony on exoduses, election machinery, and Democratic control shaping parish voting.
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