Senate and House actions round up midweek bills and notices
Legislative activity from Washington includes restored naval status for Captain Corbin and back pay. fund authorizations for Indian tribes, canal and railroad projects, and post office expenditures. legal actions over impressments, land surveys, and wartime claims. plus a wave of local incidents and financial news including bank failures and mail thefts.
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Senate
Corbin
West
Cameron
Wis
Ben Halliday
Indian Territory
Henderson
Utah
Court of Claims
George B. Payne
Louisiana
Butler
Sewell
Delaware & Maryland Free Ship Canal
Treasury
United States
Page
Land League of America
Ireland
Armstrong
Port Royal
McMillan
Secretary of War
Indian Council
Air Reservation
Idaho
Tahe Northern
Ariff Commission
Messrs. Eanes
Turner, Brumm
Armfield
Thomas Jefferson
Voorhees
State Department
Daniel McSweney
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Political Nominations and Court Rulings across Nations
Nominations approved in Washington for Chan dler as Navy Secretary Hunt as Russia minister Part ridge as Peru minister. Cook County refuses conservatorship over Guiteau estate. Shipherd testimony suspended. Reports of embezzlement escape Howgate and other international political moves and donations highlighted.
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J. R. G. Pitkin
Unite States Weereth
Louisiana
Whearton
Cook County
United States Senate
William FE. Chandler
Navy
W. H. Hunt
Russia
J. R. Partridge
Peru
Washington
Ingersoll
W. Dorsey
Congress
New York
New York Assembly
Westbrook
Ward
Joan M. Husparp
Chicago
Treasury
Seal Island
Alaska
Joan F. Siatrer
Norwich
Conn
Hurlbut
Blaine
Steve
George W. Gut
Worcester
Mass
Connecticut
Allen
St.Louis
Missouri
Massachusetts
A. Boynton
Blaine Dispatches and Witness Claims About Peru Company
The testimony describes a sequence of Blaine dispatches dated the 17th and a later one of a different character, plus a president interview on the 18th. Witness Shipherd, who accepted a retainer from the Peruvian Company, declines to explain and asserts published statements are false. He mentions correspondence with Secretary Blaine and letters Blaine would not want published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Blaine
Shipherd
Secretary Blaine
Cabinet opinion upholds Porter finding. Porter not restored
Attorney General Brewster states Lincoln approved Porter Court martial findings and no power to set them aside. Secretary of War informs Porter his request for restoration cannot be considered. Also notes Erie preacher Franklin’s death and other 1882 political items.
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Washington
Brewster
Fitz John Porter
Linco
Arthur
Porter
Franklin
Erie
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Tur Saints
Salt Lake
Tabernacle
Vienna
Uspanski
Crisfield
Not Guilty in Hartford Wife Killing Case
C.J. Lansing testified to a life of spousal abuse ending in his killing of his wife after years of violence and threats. The jury deliberated twenty minutes and acquitted him, citing self defense and battered-spouse context.
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C. J. Lansing
Ecellar
Hartford Courant
John Potts Reward Returns Thirty Years On
A Brooklyn Pa blacksmith John Potts rescues a foundling Carrie Roper, raises her, she becomes educated in Bucks County, vanishes, and two weeks ago a Pittsburgh woman Mrs James Rutledge reappears to settle Potts debts. She now takes Potts to live and grants $50 000 in bonds after paying mortgages and buying a monument for Mrs Potts.
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Carrie Roper
John Potts
Brooklyn
Cty
Potts
Bucks County
James Rutledge
Pittsburgh
Landlord Tricks Tenant Into Moving Then Substitutes Bad Shelter
A Pittsburgh landlord lured a tenant to move by promising a better house, naming a location that was already occupied and not connected to the landlord. The tenant, thinking he would improve his situation, loaded his furniture but found the new place taken. He now seeks other lodging and may sue for damages over alleged false pretenses.
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Moetz
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York Supreme Court
Dallas
Texas
Helena
Ark
David Brown
New York
Cambridge
Ohio
John Nassett
Washington
Antwerp
Jackson
Castle Garden
National Land League of America
Patrick Egan
Parnell
Atlantic
Pratt Street
Baltimore
John H. Bryant & Co
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Desperate Race for Life of Ocean Steamer Columbia
A fogbound encounter near San Francisco bay ends with the ocean steamship Columbia grounding then leaking as tugboats rush to aid. Firemen wade through water while the vessel nears a safe beaching ground and finally rests on the mud flats near its wharf amid shrieks from steam whistles. A Boston shoemaker takes an order for sixteen inch by seven inch shoes for a seventeen year old Indiana girl weighing 155 pounds.
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San Francisco Bay
Ocean Steamship
Columbia
N. ¥. Tribune
Boston
Act
Boston Post
Dress Maker Named From Tailor Exchange
A Massachusetts schoolboy, asked for the feminine of tailor, replied dress-maker, illustrating playful language use in classroom social exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Gloves for all occasions guide from Harper's Bazar
The article reviews glove styles and materials for different occasions, detailing Mousquetaire and Saxe designs, chamois suede, undressed kid and dressed kid varieties, lengths from four to ten buttons, and current fashion notes for women including mourning wear and summer silk and lisle-thread options. It notes colors from dark tones to Mustard, olive, terracotta novelties, and lace fingered trends.
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Jersey
Biarritz
Marguerite
Harper's Bazar
Widow Receives Partial Monument Award in San Francisco
Mrs. Margaret Lynch widow of a San Francisco millionaire ordered an $18,000 grave monument for her husband in 1878 with a four month completion term. The tomb was finished in August 1881 and a San Francisco court awarded her $11,800, denying the forfeited daily penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lynch
Lynch
San Francisco
Chicago Journal
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Pennsylvania
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Allentown
Father Dongan
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Chub
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Moopy
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German Polar Commission
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