Senate and House Proceedings Highlight Wardrobe of Legislation
In the Senate on the 11th Anthony was sworn in as a new member. Various bills and petitions were presented on rights, pensions, and presidential powers, with executive affirmation of Walter Gresham as Postmaster General. House actions included land surveys for the Union Pacific, coinage limits, and interstate commerce regulation, adjourned to the 14th. Additional items cover immigration, riots, theater fire, and a Hillsboro bond trial witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Anthony
R. I
Sherman
Mexico
Brazil
Plumb
Kansas
Ingalls
Walter Gresham
Valentine
Union Pacific Railroad
Slocum
Fitz John Porter
Scales
Internal Revenue Laws
York
Treasury
Mr. George
Oregon Central Railroad
Kelley
Smith
Reagan
van Wyck
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Congress
Pfus Saar
United States
Committee On
Judiciary House
Dowpe
Washington
Idaho
Morrill
House
Hoblitzell
Harr
Danville
Cox
Washburne
Noted Disasters and Crimes Sweep Across States and Cities
A roundup of incidents includes Colonetl J. R. Powell shot by Charles F. Robinson in Washington County Mississippi. Cora Burk stole Rev. Dr Edson s horse and buggy near Indianapolis and was captured 37 miles away. The steamer Alexandria sank on Red River with 1100 bales cotton and 160 barrels oil. Five robberies in St Louis by a revolver gang. Norris Bell hanged in Macon Mississippi for murder of his wife. Two Philadelphia vessels believed to have foundered. 34 people accounted for. Garden City ferry destroyed in New York causing 100000 loss. Three trucks and horses burned, drivers escaped unharmed. Percy Jacobus arrested in San Francisco for embezzling 50000. A sawmill boiler explosion in Chambers County Alabama kills three. George Orr kills elderly couple near Paola Kansas and escapes with money. Niobrara Valley vigilantes lynch five thieves. A Georgia Central train collision leaves one dead four wounded. Kentucky distillers form a whisky production cut pact. Bur B Clark defaulter for 15000 at Beebe Goodwin. Dwight insurance case settles with 225000 payout. Seven days ending the 14th show 281 business failures in US and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonetl
J. R. Powwell
Washington County
Miss
Charles F. Robinson
Cora Burk
Dr. Edson
Indianapolis
Alexandria
Red River
St. Louis
Norris Bell
Macon
Philadelphia
Garden City
New York
East River
Percy Jacobus
Eureka Consolidated Mining Company
San Francisco
Chambers County
Ala
Ross
Brooks
Holloway
George Orr
M. M. Trimble
Paola
Kan
Niobrara Valley
D. T
Georgia Central Road
Kentucky
Bur B. Clark
Cotton Commission House of Beebe & Goodwin
Dwight
Norwich
N. Y
United States
Canada
Wisconsin and National Grange and Political Notes
The Wisconsin State Grange met in Madison with eighty delegates as Grand Master I C Carr presided. Indiana and Michigan Granges met with heavy attendance. National Republican Committee chose June 3 for the national convention in Chicago. Indiana State Grange officers were elected. A Hillsboro Illinois testimony case identified a suspect. A San Francisco death followed a protracted railroad case. Archbishop Elder received Pallium in Cincinnati with family gathering. A former senator’s divorced wife died in Brooklyn in an insane state. Wisconsin State Woman’s Christian Temperance Union calls for December 23 anniversary. Madison Wisconsin Grange officers elected. New Orleans Democratic primary at polls turned violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
I. C. Carr
Milton Junction
Indiana
Indianapolis
Michigan
Lansing
Aaron Jones
South Bend
Michigan Grange
Luce
National Republican Committee
Washington
D. M. Sabin
Minnesota
Marshall Jewell
Chicago
John W. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Indiana State Grange
Milton Trusler
Connersville
Senate
Anson G. McCook
New York
Charles W. Johnson
James R. Young
Pennsylvania
W. P. Canady
North Carolina
E. E. Huntley
Metropolitan
M. E. Church
Emma Bono
Hillsboro
Ill
John C. Montgomery
Charles McLougatin
San Francisco
Jerome B. Cox
Archbishop Elder
Cincinnati
McCloskey
Christiancy
Brooklyn
Tuer National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Wisconsin State Grange
S. C. Carr
M. Anderson
Cross Plains
Aaron Broughton
Evansville
R. A. Williams
W. A. Sprague
Reedsburg
N. Jones
Fennimore
Hattie M. Huxley
Neenah
H. E. Huxley
New Orleans
M. J. Fortier
Gus Renaud
Saloonkeepers jailed after riot. sheriff wounded in Cambridge
Edward Mason and another man were killed while Sheriff Brewster and ten deputies injured. The Sheriff and three deputies were imprisoned. In Cambridge Ohio Common Pleas Court Judge Frazier sentenced twelve saloon-keepers to a total four hundred days’ imprisonment and fines totaling 4400 for liquor violations. Emma J Harrington sued for divorce from Robert Fearing in Baltimore after four years of marriage revealing his African descent. a child from the union was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mason
Brewster
Common Pleas Court
Cambridge
Frazier
Emma J. Harringtton
Baltimore
Robert Fearing
Maine
North Carolina
Terrible storm wrecks ships and floods districts abroad
A fierce storm in the British Islands on the 12th wrecked vessels and structures, killed and drowned many, and flooded low-lying areas. Other items report arrests in New Laredo, mill debt troubles in Birmingham, Servian executions, a Mexico battle, Annamine royalty death, London brokers failing, a Spanish hurricane, a copper find near Padmore, Castlebar conspiracy proof, a Dutch steamer wreck, Argentine famine, French miners fired, and a Kingston election chair scam.
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British Islands
New Laredo
Mex
Breyton & Peyton, Bedstead Manufacturers
Birmingham
Eng
Servia
Combre del Oca
Mexico
Apviers
Hue
Annam
Hiephma
Abbott, Pace & Co
London
Alicante
Spain
Denia
Padmore
Rocky Mountains
Castlebar
Ireland
England
Auk
Argentine
France
Kingston
Ont
Fires, riots and deaths reported in late 19th century prompts
Reports from Milwaukee to Halifax recount incendiary fires by Moffett and others, riots in New Orleans, a hang for O Donnell in London, deaths from yellow fever in Havana, gas and mine explosions, a Corsicana fire loss of 75 000 dollars, heavy snow, Navajo stock raids in New Mexico, and a shipwreck near St Ignace Island with all aboard lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moffett
Finch
Miller
Milwaukee
Reform School
Bennie West
Konia
Turkey
New Orleans
McCallech
Pecan Grove
Havana
Cuba
Garmalinzi
Russia
Patrick O’donnell
James Carey
Newgate Prison
London
Duphy C. Haskell
Congress
Lawrence
Kansas
Washington
George Morris
Baltimore
Cameron Mine
Shamokin
Corsicana
Tex
New Mexico
O Donnell Hanged for Carey in Newgate England
London reports Patrick O'Donnell the slayer of informer James Carey was hanged at Newgate at 8 02 am. A large crowd watched as O'Donnell remained calm and refused aid, delivering a statement of defiance. Victor Hugo urged Queen Victoria to grant clemency and Washington critics lament delays in a stay of proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O’donnell
Carey
Newgate Prison
London
Victor Hugo
James Carey
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Binns
Marwood
Father Fleming
Hangman Binns
Ireland
Queen Victoria
Senate
A Child Hangs Self After Whipping Threat
In Galena Newfoundland and Labrador on December 17 a Wisconsin father Watel Wanyack chastised his six year old son who warned he would hang himself. The boy tied a rope to a nail and around his neck in an out-house and nearly strangled himself before rescue. He remains in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Watel Wanyack
Highland
Wis
Mary Dunn Recovers Speech After Six Years of Illness
In Dansville New York Mary Dunn who had been an invalid for six years and mute for two, suddenly spoke regained mobility and dressed herself after waking, sharing that two years of prayer and faith answered her petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dansville
N. Y
Mary Dunn
How a Large Dress Firm Is Managed in New York
A New York dress house run by seven brothers shows meticulous hand work and high prices. Patterns are handmade, with one model kept per client year to year. Wages for sewers range up to 45 dollars weekly, with top earners over 30 dollars. Prices for a simple dress start at 45 dollars, ball gowns 400 dollars to 4000 dollars, materials supplied by customers for costly laces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
N. Y
Mail and Express
A Jealous Little Horse at Sheepshead Bay War Horse Tale
N G Lynch, superintendent at Sheepshead Bay Race Course, recalls an incident from his Massachusetts battery days. A small horse showed fierce loyalty and strength, resisting a larger charger until ordered to switch. The stubborn animal lunged and kicked at the rival horse, nearly striking its owner’s legs. The tale appears in the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Lynch
Sheepshead Bay Race Course
Massachusetts
N. Y. Sun
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Dixon Sun
News OF the
Telegraph and Mail
Congressional
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Standard Theater
New York City
Blue Mountain Tunnel
Newburg
B. C. Wickham & Co
Tioga
Tee Harris
Lowell
Mass
Columbus
Ind
New Haven
Conn
Salvation Army
House of Refuge
Rochester
Lawrence Heinlein
John Montgomery
Duiaace
Beeves
Coice
Caner
Lphias
Ceeers Sete
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