President Arthur Vetoes Anti Chinese Immigration Bill
President Arthur returns Senate bill No. 71 with objections to regulate Chinese immigration. He cites Burlingame treaty limits, warns the act exceeds treaty rights, and argues for a negotiated, limited approach rather than a total prohibition. He notes diplomatic efforts followed by a new treaty shaping U S jurisdiction over Chinese laborers.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Families of Nations
Congress
China
Supreme Law of the Land
Debate Over Chinese Immigration After Treaty Signoff
President Arthur notes the 1882 act to suspend Chinese labor immigration for twenty years breaches Burlingame commitments. He argues a shorter, adjustable period better fits U S interests and regional needs while urging careful limits and policy consistency with existing treaties. The message references California Pacific ports and the potential for selective labor demand.
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United States
South
California
Congress
China
Isa
Iregard
Europe
Pacific
Atlantic
San Francisco
Asia
President Hayes
Senate
Washington
CrHesten A. Arthur
Executive
Washington, D. C
Memoranda on Chinese Exclusion Bill Provisions and Impacts
A series of memoranda critiques a proposed bill aiming at twenty year Chinese immigration prohibition arguing it exceeds treaty intent and harms skilled laborers merchants and residents. The notes warn of blanket bans on travel across the U S and crossing by Chinese in foreign lands causing international-law concerns and hardship.
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United States
China
Congress
Cuba
Peru
San Francisco
Loss of Dr Evans Shows Large Scale Embezzlement
Dr J W Evans of England suffers a major financial blow after ten years of embezzlement by his secretary Williamson. He allegedly siphoned about 1,000,000 francs, with about 100,000 francs taken yearly. Williamson confessed briefly, fled to Belgium, and is in Brussels awaiting extradition to Paris for trial.
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England
J. W. Evans
Culrit
Williamson
Evans
Belgium
Brussels
Paris
France
London News
Overflow bugs fill air and houses in Fresno foothills
A Fresno County account describes hot dry summers with 96 to 108 degree heat and swarms of overflow bugs. They filled houses, clothes, milk, sugar, and flour, piling into cracks, under floor boards, and behind underpinning. They flew for weeks then hid. in November they resurfaced before rains, spoiling garments and attracting note of Santa Ana winds.
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Fresno County
Cal
Sierra Nevada
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Santa
Reverend Sunderland resigns from Iowa Baptist general agency
The Rev J Sunderland has resigned the general missionary agency of the Baptist State Association of Iowa, announced in Chicago Herald records.
Shooting of Jesse James in St Joseph Missouri
News spreads rapidly as Jesse James is shot and killed in St Joseph by Charles and Robert Ford. The body is taken to an undertaker, identified by multiple witnesses, and an inquest begins after the Ford brothers surrender to authorities.
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St. Joseph
Jesse James
James
Herald
Undertaker’s
Jesse
Ford Brothers
Express
Charles Ford
Robert
Kansas City
Lafayette
Twenty-first Streets
Lafayette Street
Charles
Platte City
Smith & Wesson
Colt
Charlie
Chiurtey
Mrs. James
Ford Boys
Marshal Craig
Ciicuit
Norwich Man Henry L. York Dies After Long Illness
Henry L. York of Norwich New York died a few days ago after a long illness caused by cancer. Doctors attributed the disease to tobacco smoking.
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Henry L. York
Norwich
N. Y
Torment and St Jacobs Oil Advertised Cure
A rambling column pieces recounts storms and torment in daily life and mocks popular beliefs about the Dog Star. It quotes a boy’s tale of a dog and comet misadventure and cites a Chicago Catholic piece praising St Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism with a testimonial from James A. Conlan, librarian.
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Bob
Tom Winkins
Sykes
Tom
Father Jacobs
U.S
Internal Revenue
St. Jacobs
James A. Conlan
Union Catholic Library
Mr. Conlan
Union Catholic Library Association
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Amesa
Conlan
Brown's Iron Bitters Promoted as Absolute Cure for Drunkenness
An advertisement asserts Brown's Iron Bitters is a non alcoholic tonic that cures drunkenness by removing alcohol cravings and relieves nervous disorders from excess, with claims it aids dyspepsia digestion nerves and blood. It promotes it as a spring tonic for ladies and children, priced at $1.00 per bottle and urges to get the genuine.
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Brown
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