Congressional debates mix tariff talks with pension bills
Senate on the 28th hears an adverse report on restoring naturalized Britons to citizenship and approves a conference stance on tariff disputes. House actions include pension increases for wounded soldiers, tariff conference changes, and post office salaries amid contested elections. Floods, failures, and local disturbances fill the rest of the weekly recap.
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Senate
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
House
Great Britain
House Conference
Ingalls
Randall
Morrison
Tucker
Spex
Speer
Riverland
Ini
Beck
Manont
MeDidt
Messrs. Beck
Bayard
Vance
McPherson
Davis
Mahone
Cameron
van Wyck
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
San Francisco
Washington
Buchanan
Manning
Mississippi
Frost Vs. Lessinghaus
Missouri
T Y
Flood Relief Funds and Canal Projects Highlight 1882 City Reports
Up to the 27th, Cincinnati relief reached 156000 dollars for flood sufferers. Cost estimates for the Hennepin Canal range from 5811367 to 7209045 dollars, with 2298919 planned to enlarge the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Reports also note missing Louis P. Carman with a 40000 dollar shortfall, land opening for settlement in Chamberlain D. T., mint production totaling 6265440 coins worth 1100360 dollars, and multiple business failures including H. Fox & Co and Cleveland Furnace Co. A Chicago saloon incident ends in death of James Elliott after a confrontation with Jerry Dunn. The public debt shows total 1892542862 dollars with cash in Treasury 306266748 dollars, marking February decreases and long-term declines since 1882. A Galveston opera house shooting is briefly mentioned with Sheriff Blakely involved.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Hennegin Canal
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Louis P. Carman
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company
New York
Chamberlain
C. T
Philadelphia Mint
H. Fox & Co
Oneida County
N. Y
PoinapeLpria
Chicago
Jerry Dunn
James Elliott
Dunn
Elliott
Treasury
Galveston
Blakely
Ey, Douglass
Crockett
Detroit Post and Tribune
Pension bill and state political notes across nations
The article reports a U S Senate pension bill for disabled veterans, Missouri petitions on a Prohibitory amendment, Maine death penalty, Rhode Island GOP convention, Fusion Greenback stance in Maine, Cleveland veto pressure on a Five-cent Car bill, Michigan Senate seat, Massachusetts biennial elections, and various federal confirmations. Also notes marriages, naval and army officer counts, Michigan Prohibition picks, Nebraska bills, and press telegraph arrangements.
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Senate
United States
Missouri
Maine
Rhode Island
Republican Convention
Providence
Augusta
Greenback State Central Committee
Cleveland
New York
Lst
Michigan
Thomas W. Palmer
Detroit
Ferry
Massachusetts
General Court
Tapser
Colorado
Lillie McCourt
Oshkosh
Wis
Washington
Sixcour
Chandler
Navy
Capital
James L. Benedict
Charles K. Graham
Andrew J. Perry
Elihu Root
Silis W. Burt
Civil Service Commission
Maurice VieNnauxy
Lansing
Isl
Janes H. P.ten
Supreme Court
Daniel P. Sagendorph
J. W. Ewing
George M. TC
Regents
University
Ala
Congress
Nebraska
Governon
Lawmakers and Names in United States Senate List
A readable fragment lists numerous senators and related figures such as Allison, Frye, Logan, Morrill, Platt, Windom, Bayard, Butler, Cameron, Cockrell, Fair, Gorman, Hoar, Jones, Lamar, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Vance, Voorhees, Walker and others. The sequence appears as a partial roster or committee grouping with additional surnames following.
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S and News
United
Als
Barrow
Bayard
Brown
Butler
Call
Cameron
Cockrell
Coke
Fair
Garland
George
Gorman
Groome
Harris
Jackson
Jonas
Jones
Fla
Lamar
Maxey
Morgan
Pendleton
Hale
Saunders
Mitchell
Tabor
Grover
Beck
Hampton
Johnston
Foreign notes from the era mix wars and rumors abroad
A compilation cites the Russian War Ministry order barring officers from serving as correspondents, reports on Bedouin witnesses to hangings, and royal celebrations in Berlin. It notes Ireland hunger protests, Black Hand activity in Spain, Irish labor migrations, and various political or criminal items across Europe and the Americas.
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Tantan
Egypt
Palmer
Germany
Prince Charles
Berlins
Loughrea
Ireland
Andalusia
Spain
Limerick
Byeland
New Hampshire
Pakyets
London
Lord Hartington
Whelins
Gulf of Mexico
Bay of Bengal
Australian
Eleves
Espera
Tus Empress
M. Raynarup
Paris
Governor Alexander H Stephens Dies in Georgia
The death of Georgia Governor Alexander H. Stephens occurs at Athens on the night of the 8th. Born February 11, 1812, he built a law practice, served in the state legislature, spent sixteen years in Congress, opposed secession yet accepted the Southern Confederacy Vice Presidency, and was elected governor at the last state election. Nearby Mississippi floods cause damage with several drownings. river levels subside but remain high. Senate actions include postmasters salaries, a mixed commission with Venezuela, and other measures. Edmunds sworn as President pro tempore after Davis resigns.
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Alexanra H. Stephens
Georgia
Athinta
Franklin College
Georgia House
Senate
Congress
Stephens
Yazoo
Bonnet Carre
St. John
Mississippi Valley
St. Francis River
United States
House
Venezuela
Dakota
Bayard
David Davis
Davis
Edmunds
Charles H. Reed
Guiteau
Elvil
Conference Committee
Aring Shepermaattan
RidtidrAson
Routh
Olina
Busby
Seepiohal
Gockel
Ohio Floods Reach Shawneetown After Evansville Trip
A Chicago Tribune special describes an Evansville to Shawneetown voyage on the Queen City, detailing riverwide devastation along seventy miles of the Ohio. Hundreds of homes, fences, cribs, and entire farms were submerged or destroyed, with Shawneetown described as wrecked and largely abandoned.
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Chicago Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Queen City
Shawneetown
Ohio River
Henderson
Indiana
New Albany
Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
West Franklin
Diamond Island
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Fred H. Wines
State Board of Charities of
Hamilton
Br . Dexter
Springfield
John Aioeanes
Shawneedown
Shawtown
Messaing
Ghent
Gallatin
Warning to Inventors in Government Lands in Des Moines
A Des Moines special to the St Louis Globe-Democrat warns landholders that many government land patents are misrecorded or duplicated. It urges holders to surrender certificates to correct errors and notes potential losses when wrong tracts are patented. It cites thousands of such cases nationwide and warns of land sharks.
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United States Land Office
Mhd
Des Moines
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The New Five-Cent Piece Debuts and Discontinues
The Philadelphia Mint began the new nickel but minting has halted. The Chicago Herald published cuts of both faces, noting confusion over value and counterfeiting. Coins in circulation reach a premium of 100 to 400 percent as collectors seek them.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Daily Herald
New Swift comet sighted near Rochester by private observers
Private observatories in Rochester and Chicago report observations of the new Swift comet discovered Friday night. The comet shows a bright central condensation, a faint long tail, and an eastward drift of about eleven degrees since discovery, with more observations planned. Also tracked is last autumn’s large comet, visible low in the south through twilight.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Gildersleeve
Baltimore
Inter Ocean
Amusing Scare At Milford Hotel Over Fiddle Ghost
A Milford hotel kitchen scene aroused superstition as a playing boy left his fiddle by a window. Guests fled in fear believing the instrument bewitched or haunted by ghosts of Samuel Mason and a deceased father. A constable burned the fiddle to end the incident, but the house kept the chills all night.
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Peninsula
Milford
Samuel Mason
New England
Ledder
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People's Passenger Railroad Company
John O'Neill
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Vermont
Bailey
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Houmeurey & Co
Hide and Teither
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