Senate and House Clash Over Polygamy and Apportionment
In Congress on the 14th and 15th debates centered on the anti polygamy bill its passage and penalties and the apportionment bill fixing representation at 325 for 1883. Amendments favored pensions for Indian wars survivors and state admissions while Alaska exploration and Postmaster claims were discussed.
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United States
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Territories
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Orth
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Oates
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Methodist Bookhouse
Nashville
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Burrows
Dakota
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Dunnell
Anderson
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Garfield
Kellogg
Louisiana
Wakefield G. Frye
Maine
Halifax
Utah
Russia
Valentine
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Notable Obits and Political Moves Across Cities
Harvard professor dies in Cambridge from pneumonia. Bishop Wightman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, dies. Scoville works on Guiteau case bill while en banc court arguments approach April. New York Assembly picks E M Johnson for Clerk amid Tammany support. MIT President Wall er fined for sidewalk snow removal. Garfield professorship fund reaches 42000 with 1000 to go. Mrs Scoville appeals to Mrs Garfield to spare Guiteau. Charles Stanford nominated for New York Senate to fill Wagner vacancy. Rev Dr Hansen takes Chicago First Baptist post. Wisconsin moves to restore capital punishment after abolition. House passes 5000 pension for Mrs Garfield. Garfield memorial tickets issued. public replies pour in. Mrs Garfield expresses no malice toward Guiteau, asks for privacy. Union League memorial praises Blarks bill for 15 million education fund.
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Chnnarles Stanford
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Dr. Hansen
Philadelphia
First Baptist Church of
Chicago
Wisconsin
Senate
National House of Representatives
Garfield
House of Representatives
Gakfield
Blark
Union League Club of New York
William M. Evarts
Utah Legislature Appeals Congress On Anti-Polygamy Bills
The Utah Legislative Assembly adopted a concurrent resolution urging Congress to reflect before passing anti polygamy bills and to appoint a Congressional Committee of Inquiry to visit the Territory. Colonel A. Bemacnam, long linked to Indian affairs and Peace Commissioner to the Modocs who narrowly escaped assassination, died in Washington of apoplexy at fifty six.
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Congressional Committee of Inquiry
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A. B. Meacnam
Multiple World News Items From Baghdad to Vienna
A scattered dispatch notes religious orders ordering tenants to quit liquor trade in Montreal. Yemen rebels advance on Mecca to restore the Arabian Caliphate. General Skobeleff plans to join Herzegovinians against Austria. Britain funds 25000 toward a private Arctic relief expedition. Tehran to Resht railway concession granted to a French company for sixty years. Two boxes in Edinburgh injure eight people. Martial law declared on baronies in Roscommon and Waterford. Trimdon Grange colliery explosion entombs 120 miners. 30 rescued. Attacks on Russian Jews near Kichiner. Odessa Hebrew set on fire. Egyptian ministers abolish slavery. Kader Pasha named governor. Pretzel Brothers of Munich fail with over 1 million in liabilities. Travel: Halifax and Cape Breton Railway suspended due to heavy snow. Guadalajara editors duel. both die. Trimdon Grange death toll rises to about seventy. Sweden’s mild winter hinders transport causing farmer distress. Mexican railroad reaches near the boundary. Monterey expected by Sept. Vienna faces water supply failure risk.
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Monterey
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United States Senate Adjourns as Deficiency Bill Passes
The Senate was not in session on the 14th while the House passed the Immediate Deficiency bill funding 1 822 983 dollars. Treasury vaults clause drew debate over the silver dollar. Adjournment to the 7th followed amid other national reports including bank suspensions, smallpox, fires, floods, and prison escapes.
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London
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Mich
Neary
Montreal
Apportionment Bill as Passed by the House
Washington February 17 the full text of the apportionment bill passed by the House to day. It fixes 825 representatives after March 3 1883 and lays out district structure rules for states entitled to representatives. It also repeals inconsistent acts and provides for at large or district elections depending on state changes.
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Senate
United States
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United Sates
Utah
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Territory
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Terrible Explosion Shocks Chester as Fire at Jackson’s
A massive explosion at Jackson's fire works and magazine in the old Porter Mansion on Second Street Chelsea street caused widespread death and injuries. Firefighters aided survivors as magistrates and priests organized relief while hospitals prepared. Eighteen killed and about fifty wounded, with scenes of devastation reported across the city and beyond.
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Mistry Academy
Jackson
Porter
Second Street
River Front
Jersey Shore
Senate Passes Anti Polygamy Bill in Utah Territory
The bill defines bigamy polygamy and unlawful cohabitation in U S territories and sets penalties including fines and prison terms. It authorizes juror challenges based on prior sexual conduct and assigns a five member presidential board to supervise Utah elections with sworn duties and salaries.
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