Congressional Actions Report from Senate and House
The week details numerous measures in both chambers. Debates on Indian relations and Western timber growth continue while pensions and post office funding move forward. Bills authorize rations for overflow relief, retirement for Grant, and a militia aid inquiry, with adjournments to the 23rd and 27th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
Senate
Plumb
McMillan
Montana
Post-office
Secretary of War
Memhis
Vicksburg
General Grant
Bayard
Sherman
Brown
Call
Davis
Ill
Jones
Fla
Ransom
House
Chalmers
Mississippi
Post Office
W. Va
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Garfield
Burnside
State Department
William P. Chambliss
Carlisle Boyd
Alexander Hays
Rush Medical College Graduates 179 New Doctors
The Rush Medical College Chicago graduated 179 new doctors on the 21st. Reports also note Rev G O Barnes the Kentucky evangelist claiming 2473 conversions in seven weeks in Louisville and health restorations. Nearby, the Hahnemann Medical College Chicago graduated 110 homeopathic physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Medical College
Chicago
G. O. Barnes
Kentucky
Louisville
Joseph E. Sheffield
New Haven
Scientific School
New York
Charleston
Post-Office Department
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Arkansas
Arkansas City
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Joan W. Evans
Root & Son
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Glasgow
Scotland
Curnton H. Smith
Personal and Political in News Summary of June Turmoil
In Sprague divorce the counter bill was withdrawn and alimony set aside as the case proceeds. Washington honors Washington’s memory with no congressional sessions on the 22nd. Philadelphia voters side with reform as blues mingle with municipal triumphs. Samuel Owens, Missouri lawyer and Mason, dies in St. Louis. Anti Mormon meetings push Congress to curb perceived evils. Garfield illness auditors grant sums to Bliss and others. 1812 veterans honored by Dahlgren Post in New York. Ohio weighs penalties to curb gambling in markets. Michigan holds extra session on tax bills reapportionment and fire relief. General Brady summons Star Route suspects to Washington. Salt Lake City reports rising tension in Mormon affairs as petitions reach Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornelbsville
N. Y
North Carolina
New York
Hawaiian Islands
California
Newburn
Samuel Jackson
Chester
Charles van Horn
Battern & Brother
Peabody Oil Company
Estabrook & Co
Milford
Mass
Schuman
Allentown
Vulcan Steelworks
South St. Louis
Hahnemann Medical College
Chicago
Gloucester
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska National Bank
Russia
Philadelphia
Stephen Broadbent
Maryland
Baltimore
Mississippi
Denver
New Carlisle
United States
Middle States
Eastern
Southern
Western
Pacific Coast and Territories
New York City
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Utah
Hosss, Brockwick & Co
Wheeling
W. Va
J. N. Brandon
Caneyville
Vilains
Wiley Embry
Helena
Ark
Clarendon
St. Francis
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Charles W. Stickney
Col
Montgomery Campau
Major Hicks
Covington
Henry Williams
White Brown
Pine Bluff
Lima
Lake Erie & Western Railway
Sprague
Congress
Washington
Sam Mauel H. Owens
Missouri
Garfield
Bliss
Agnew
Hamilton
Dahlgren
Grand Army
Ohio House
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Brady
Salt Lake City
National and political notices and retirements in brief
The document notes pressure to ease anti Mormon sentiment, a special Illinois Legislature session on the 28th, General D. H. Rucker placed on retired list with new rank and General Rufus Ingalls named as his replacement. Figures include ex Senator Roscoe Conkling nominated for Supreme Court Associate Justice and A A Sargent named minister to Germany. Texas Republicans back independent candidates for state offices. Senate retirement bill would allow General A S Grant to be placed on the retired list with general pay. Polk widow on pensions petition discussed. Utah seat dispute leaves Campbell and Cannon claims unrecognized and seat vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Rucker
Rufus Ingalls
Roscor Conkling
United States Supreme Court
A. A. Sargent
California
United States
Germany
Texas
Senate
Grant
House Committee On
Polk
Election Committee of
House
Campbell
Cannon
Utah
Foreign. Meath election backs no rent policy endorsement
M Davitt was elected from County Meath to the Irish Parliament seat vacated by A M Sullivan, an endorsement of the no rent policy. Other items note the City of London steamer wreck, financial crises in Paris, and various bank and corporate troubles abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Davitt
County Meath
Ireland
A.M. Sullivan
Rouzeaup
Christine Nilsson
Paris
City of London
New York
Leonard Tigney
Dominion
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Belgium
St. Petersburg
Harber
Scheutze
United States Navy
Jeannette
Tae Mercantile Firm
Hill, MacMaster & Plant
Manchester
England
Emilio Castelar
Madrid
Europe
Hammah
Tripoli
Steiner & Co
Zurich
Switzerland
Rhodes & Co
Bradford
House of Lords
Fires and disasters span cities and states in late January
A string of calamities described includes Conway Arkansas suffering nearly $100000 in losses from a fire on the 25th. A fatal accident in Newark New Jersey cuts a boy in two by a breaking coil. A pay-car derailment on the Richmond and Allegheny line kills a paymaster’s clerk and injures five. Other items note a six day walking race in New York, civil pressures in Arkansas, Austrian battles with insurgents, a flooded Cairo Illinois, indictments in Washington, a Memphis bankruptcy, a lethal Austrian mine explosion, and congressional actions on grants, coinage, and woman’s rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Ark
William Last
Crabb & Co
Newark
N. J
Richmond & Allegheny
David McMinn
New York
Rowell
Crittenden County
Marion
Congress
Pispatcu
Cairo
Ill
Grand
Washington
Menken Brothers
Memphis
Styria
Austria
Fullam & Co
West Brookfield
Mass
William Aiken
United States Senate
House
Henderson
Senate
General Grant
Springer
Reed
Stephens
Grout
North Dakota
Frightful Persecutions Reported by Immigrants in Old Country
The Philadelphia L A special to the Chicago Tribune recounts tales from Jewish immigrants describing brutal persecutions in the old country. Accounts include families tortured at the stake, fathers blinded, children killed or orphaned, and mob violence in Odessa and Warsaw with police and authorities failing to intervene. Four hundred more are expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Philadelphia
Abraham Sheetner
Warsaw
Les
Sheetner
Nurtule Biskoff
Cabassa
Belaski
Isaac Vizier
M Iiladelphia
L’a
Chicago Tribune
Frightened Into Hopeless Lunacy by a Prank
A Youngstown report details Henry Waters of near Cincinnati who was driven to insanity by a ghost scare. Neighborhood boys removed bullets from his pistol then staged a midnight haunting. The aftereffects persist weeks later as he remains terrified, shrieking at imaginary ghosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters
Henry
Cleveland
Garfield
Gianat
Young Waters
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Women in Parliament Across Ancient to Medieval Britain
The article traces the role of women in governance from Tacitus citing Britons to Queen Boudicca and noble ladies in councils. It cites Beaconsfield abbesses, Wightred’s Great Council, Winchester parliament under Ethelwulf, and later 13th century counts and abbesses summoned to Parliament, noting their deliberative involvement and signatures on charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacitus
Baudicea
Suetonicus Paulinus
Cesar
Gurdon
Wightred
Beconceld
Gordon
Ethelwolf
Winchester
Ingulphus
Edgar
Crowland
Henry III
Edward
Shaftsbury
Berking
St. Mary of Winchester
Wilton
Edward III
Mary
Countess of
Norfolk
Alienor
Countess of Ormond
Anna Despencer
Philippa
March
Thabts Fitzwater
Agneta
Countess of Pembroke
Oae de St. Paul
Margaret de Roose
Matilda
Countess of Oxford
Catherine
Athol
New Colors Named From Foliage and Flowers
Harper's Bazar notes a palette of new shades inspired by plants and flowers. Elder green and sycamore join lichen green, petunia and orchis purples, azalea and eglantine pinks, Tyre and Sicily reds, sunflower and maize yellows, cinnamon brown and seal brown, plus beiges from ecru to brown. Suez blue, Hrussar blue, Russian blue tones with gray hints, and silver gray Argent complete the range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Sicily
Hrussar
Harper’s Bazar
Turn Your Back on Borrowed Trouble Quote
A brief item attributes a quotation to the Whitehall Times advising readers to avoid borrowed trouble and focus on preparing for the real challenges ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall Times
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Telegraph and Mail
Congressional
Women In
Parliament
Owen
ENERO
Canveunsonteey
Ath.s
Liberty
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