Senate and House Action on Bills and Appropriations
The week includes reports on tobacco export repeal and double pensions, river and harbor funding at 20.9 million, Sundry Civil Appropriations debate, and an Industrial Indian School on Pawnee land. The Senate passes river and harbor bill and Custer widow pension boosts while Garfield burial costs are debated.
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Morrill
Senate
Groome
National Bank
Pawnee
Nebraska
House
Mahone
Bureau of Animal Industry
London
Custer
Taylor
Internal Revenue
Gartfield
Garfield
Illinois corn yield expected at sixty eight percent
A report of the Illinois Board of Agriculture on the 11th states corn production in the state would reach only sixty eight percent of the usual yield.
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Illinois Board of Agriculture
Buffalo
Italo-American Bank
New York City
Texarkana
Ark
Paragon
National Educational Association
Saratoga
N. Y
Gustavus J. Orr
Atlanta
St. Louis
Bell
la Crosse
Northwestern
Lucy Bertram
Globe City
Arizona
Salt River Country
Folger
North Shore Road
Milton
Arthur
Military Department of
West Point
Academy
Wesley Merritt
Red Clay
Tariff Commission
United States
Illinois
Chicago
Stockholm
Sweden
Dayton
Washington Territory
Joan Goodwin
Orange County
Texas
W. Windham
Goodwin
Topeka
Kan
Pratt County
Iuka
Frank Work
Dick Swiveler
Edward
William Watson
Peter Stuart
Tragic Fall Off 65-Foot Mandan Bridge Fatal
A Missouri River bridge at Mandan, Dakota, saw a fatal fall when two individuals clashed at the top of a sixty five foot trestle. Both plunged to the ground and died instantly.
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Missouri River
Mandan
Dakota
Democratic Committee backs Massey for Congress at large
Across national updates the Virginian Democratic State Central Committee voted not to nominate a Congressman at large but to support ex Auditor Massey. The report covers Senate trials, Arizona convention condemnations, and international turmoil in Alexandria and Egypt with casualty figures and political fallout.
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Democratic State Central Committee of
Virginia
Massey
Washington
United States
Spencer
Overland Mail Transportation Company
Abbott
Alvorid
Oregon
Post Office Department
Thk
Arizona
Democratic Territorial
Republican Party
Indian Territory
War Department
Congress
J. W. Throck
Morton
Texas
Lamb
Guiteau
Arthur
Minnesota
Horace B. Strait
Ohio
Henry L. Morey
Illinois
J. G. Cannon
Mississippi
E. Jeffords
Levi Scott
Methodist Episcopal Church
Odessa
Del
F. E. Penn
Turf, Field and Farm
Flambeau River
Wisconsin
Republican
Pennsylvania
John R. Thomas
John W. McCormick
Indiana
Strother M. Stockslager
M. Brainard
Juan B. Alvarado
California
San Pablo
Alexandria falls after bombardment as British land
In Parliament on the 12th Sir Wilfred Lawson called the bombardment of Alexandria atrocious and cowardly while O Kelley dubbed it assassination. An Alexandria dispatch of the 13th reports Egyptians abandoning the city as Arabi Bey retreats inland to brace for a British advance. The exodus leaves the city in flames with Bedouin massacres of Europeans and Christians. British forces land to attempt saving a portion of the town.
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Great Britain
Corea
Shufeldt
United States
Skobeleff
Moscow
San Louis Potosi
C. E. Muuller
Middleborough
England
Las Vegas
N. M
H. C. Brown
Frank Meyer
Tchorny
Bastijeur
Russia
Stonk
Arabi Bey
Alexandria
International Tribunal
Arabi Pasha
Ras-el-Tin
Arabs Pasha
House of Commons
Wilfred Lawson
O’kelley
Alexandria dispatch reports Arab forces at Kafridwar with reinforcements sought
The Alexandria report notes Arabi Pasha awaiting Cairo reinforcements as firing outside the city continues. British sailors and marines defend the area, executions and harsh punishments follow arson and murder, while supply and governance conditions worsen and the Cairo railway near Lake Marcots is cut.
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Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Kafridwar
Cairo
Admiral Seymour
Biovine
Khedive
Lake Marcots
Suez Canal
London
Devonport
Montreal
New York
Central Committee of the Labor Union of New York
Martin P. Avery
Eisner Gilmour
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York City
Rome
Joseph Appdison
Baltimore
Virginia
Black Hills
E. Pond
Turf, Field and Farm
Flambeau River
Wisconsin
Michael Davitt
England
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ninian Edwards
Chicago
Austia
Balla
Ireland
Harvor
Guiteau autopsy report by Sowers and Hartigan
A Washington telegram notes the July 13 completion of the Sowers and Hartigan autopsy report on Guiteau. The doctors describe a generally healthy brain, discuss brain and meningeal conditions, and criticize Dr Lamb for cutting before brain examination. They dispute Lamb's method and authority.
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Washington Associated Press
Lamb
Hartigan
Sowers
Washington
Guiteau
Arabi Pasha on Egyptian Debt and Bank Plans
Arabi Pasha criticizes the burden of debt on Egyptian tillers, blaming money-lenders and European officials for ongoing misery. He argues a national bank would ease finances, though military intrigues disrupted his bank scheme and left London Standard noting reduced interest but a ruined credit market.
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Arabi Pasha
Ismail
Europe
Egypt
Malet
Colvin
Arabi’s
Fellaheen
Cherit
London Standard
Illinois Oat Rye Corn Crop Prospects For Statewide Harvest
Illinois reports show oats with a promising outlook and above average yields in the south while central and northern regions expect near average oats. Rye production reached about 3 121 735 bushels, about one sixth of the nation’s rye, with southern and central Illinois yielding above average and oats straw noted as long and clean.
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Illinois Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Minois
Illinois
Illinois Items Chronicle House Hold Tragedies And Public News
A Chicago couple’s child died after a scalding bath mishap caused by the mother leaving the room. A Chicago Board of Trade operator, Charles Stiles, was shot by Thera Stirla in a room at the Palmer House. A Coles County boy was wounded by a pistol found in an old trunk. Illinois officials appointed Forbes entomologist and bond monument commissions. Fires, robberies, and political candidacies are noted across the state.
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Michael Grabski
Chicago
Charles Stiles
Chicago Board of Trade
Palmer House
Thera Stirla
Sunnyside
Stiles
FE. B. Stiles
Dixon
Genoa
Italy
William Adams
Hutton Township
Coles County
Cullom
James 8
Martin
Willian McAdam
Shadrach Bond
Illinois
Johnson & Anderson
John
James Sanders
Ben Bridges
Thomas Church
James W. Boyles
Vienna
Johnson County
F. M. McGee
New Burnside
Ella Parker
Richland County
Elliott
Lincoln
Logan County
St. Louis
Fredeline Burkenmeyer
Galena
Birkenmeyer
Germany
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Telegraph and Mail
Congressional
Dublin
John Bright
Owen Sound
Ont
Drs. Sowers and Hartigan
Arabi
Illinois State News
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