Tariff Bills and Pension Debates Highlight Week in Senate
Petitions by iron workers protest duties as Senate debates tariff rates from sixty cents to two dollars per ton. House considers Naval Appropriation and monitors pay corps abolition. Senators Hill honored with eulogies as pensions for one armed and one legged soldiers face divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
van Wyck
Pensions Committee
Jackson
Buttersworth
Voorhees
Herman Sturm
Tridiana
Mexico
Republic
Cariff
Senator Hill
Georgia
Brown
House
Kelley
Slater
Committee On Pensions
Blair
Platt
Mahone
Committee On Agriculture
Messrs
Washington
Naval
Lieant
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Advisory Board
Navy Department
United States
Advisory Board
Naval Academy
Navy
Domestic. Murial acid tragedy and other early 1880s incidents
A series of brief items report a man’s death after drinking muriatic acid in Cranston, a costly fire at Houston and Hays iron works in Coshocton, a five foot snow in Watertown, a coal mine area collapse in Wilkes-Barre, suspensions at Bowdoin, and other crises. Additional notes cover crime, weather extremes, market shifts in oil, embezzlement probes, hangings, fires, stock outages, and public health alerts across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
R. L
David Foyer
Iron and Steel Works
Houston & Hays
Coshocton
Watertown
N. Y
Wilkesbarre
Bowdoin College
Newhall House
Milwaukee
Delaney
M. Freips
Newport
J. W. Vinson
St. Louis
W. Weise
E. N. Hook
Hook
Patterson
Lynchburg
Charles Coss
Sheriff Stone
Lancegloz
Winnemucca
Ney
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Gas Trust
Political and Personal News Roundup from Various States
Re-elections of U S senators in Texas New Jersey and Kansas. death of Dr E H Knieut author of Knight's Mechanical Dictionary in Bellefontaine Ohio. Indictment dismissed for Frank James in Missouri. bail set for Blue Creek robbery case. Ohio Republican convention set for June. Deaths include James Patrick Jr oldest Ohio journalist. appointments to Catholic sees. debate over colored officeholders. Prohibitionists call New Jersey convention. Sen Davis to marry in Fayetteville. Colorado Republicans nominate Bowen for long-term U S Senate. Grand Jury in Washington indicts William Dickson over Star route vote influence.
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Ricu Harp Coke
United States
Texas
John R. McPherson
New Jersey
Plumb
Kansas
E. H. Knieut
Knight
Bellefontaine
Missouri
Frank James
Wichter
Independence Bank
James
Delaware
James Patrick, Jr
Ohio
New Philadelphia
Tut Pope
Monseigneur Northrup
Charleston
Monseigneur Richter
Grand Rapids
Washington
Republican Party
Tus
Princess Louise
Bermudas
Independence
Marshal Holland
Trenton
David Davis
A. E. Barr
Fayetteville
N. C
Colorado
T. M. Bowen
William Dickson
Two senior U S officers die in Pacific Northwest and Dakota
The deaths are announced of Colonel E D Baker U S A at Vancouver Barracks Washington Territory and Major W L Saunders Inspector General of the Department of Dakota at Fort Snelling.
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E. D. Baker
Vancouver Barracks
W. T
W. L.saunders
Department of Dakota
Fort Snelling
Cimbria Disaster Survivors and Aftermath Highlighted
The Diamant returned to Hamburg with sixteen passengers and the Cimbria wreck fireman aboard. Only three women survived from the Cimbria. The Sultan faces imprisonment for the crash. Reports note potential rescue failures, bank dividends in Mexico, and various European events including a royal silver wedding and a London Empress Eugenie remark.
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Diamant
Cimbria
Hamburg
Sultan
Berlin
King Lear
Mercantile Bank
Mexico
New Guinea
Eugenie
Grevy
France
Nicoleff
Russia
David
Healy
Quinn
Dublin
Ireland
Tue Khedive
Sir Auckland Colvin
O’brien
United Ireland
Mallow
Frederick William
Victoria
London
Paris
Jerome
Flotrow
Wiesbaden
Limerick
Shannon
Chamber of Deputies
Innismurray Island
Tur Rothschilds
Europe
Savei
Bank of England
Mexican Central Railway Company
England
Multiple Disasters and Legal Notes Across U S Locales
Four laborers die after earth bank collapse in Bucksville Pa. Shoe factory fire at Ciapre & French's and three Taylorville Mass. homes burns. Injuries in Shamokin Pa. from a coasting accident. Arrests in Allegheny City Pa. over Salvation Army meeting disturbance. Montreal dry goods firm A Pinon & Co. fails. Tariff and Navy bills debated in Washington. Paris cabinet ministers resign. Elizabeth Wessis aged fourteen fatally harms her brother-in-law. Steamer Agnes Jack wrecks off Swansea with all hands drowned. Prairie fires scorch Texas pasturage and hay. Voyage and political updates follow.
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Bucksville
Ciapre & French
Taylorville
Mass
Shamokin
Lly
Allegheny City
Salvation Army
A. Pinon & Co
Montreal
TeLuer
Mohr & Mohr
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Wessis
Henry Fasshauer
Boston
Agnes Jack
Swansea
Wales
Texas
Winooski
O. Nl. Sarsm
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Paris
Grevy
Laurens County
South Carolina
Presient Arthur
Marquis of Lorne
Senate
Army
Navy
Colorado
Thomas M. Bowen
United States
H. A. W. Tabori
Teller
United States Senate
House
Three Weeks Full of Horrors Across the Globe
A Chicago Tribune note catalogs a string of disasters from January including the sinking of a flat boat in North Carolina killing eighteen convicts, the City of Brussels collision in Liverpool with twelve dead, the Milwaukee Newhall House fire killing many, the Berciteheff circus blaze in Poland with 268 deaths, and a Cimbria sinking with hundreds drowned. It condemns the cycle of calamities and questions preventable causes while lamenting the loss of German travelers bound for America and a Point Clement Calamity killing thirty Chinese workers.
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North Carolina
Germany
Hungary
City
Brussels
Inman Line
Liverpool
Coulterville
Milwaukee
Newhall House
Berciteheff
Poland
Meriden
Helland
Amsterdam
Pacific Road
Tehichipa
Cimbria
New World
Point Clement
Cal
Hicago Tribune
Attempted train robbery near Montello shocks Nevada
An Ogden special to the Chicago Tribune reports a bold failed treasure robbery on the Central Pacific train near Montello Nevada. Express messenger Ross defended the car while wounded, praised for saving the treasure and train as robbers attempted multiple approaches and a derailment. Authorities, including Taber and Fell, pursue the gang with rewards posted by Wells Fargo and the Nevada state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Chicago Tribune
Central Pacific
Montello
Nev
Ross
Tribune
Wells, Fargo & Co
Montana Line
Nevada
Sage-Brush Desert
San Francisco
Tecoma
Toano
Robl Rs
Clement
Cassin
Central Pacific Company
Taber
Elko County
Terrace
Monteiro
Fell
Brown
Wells, Farzo & Co
State of
Express Rovers
Australian mine disaster claimed twenty two lives
From the Sydney Herald details of the Australasian Mine catastrophe on December 12 near No 2 shaft. Water flooded lower levels, 30 feet rise, 22 trapped miners perished after sixty hours, rescue efforts saved five including John Manley. Families received liberal subscriptions.
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San Francisco
The
Sydney Herald
No. 1
Theernoon
Winte No. 11
Siap. m
John Manley
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Telegraph and Mail
Congressional
Joan Downing
Thirteenth Infantry
Fort Stanton
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Mandan
Dakota
Genesee River
Rochester
New York
Nursery
Child’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Caldwell Block
Omaha
Mercury
New England
M. Armstrong & Co
Canada
Fo i@er
Keifer
Rock Hill
D. C
Madison County
Greenrice W. Travghbeer
Joseph McKinney
Ed. Garrett
Texarkana
Ark
Rainy Lake River District
Minnesota
Cairn Creek
Indian Territory
Nebraska
Eagle ‘Grove
House Naval
Heroic Ss
Hesstal
Australia
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