Senate Passes River Improvement Bill and Anti Chinese Plea
In the Senate on the 25th the River Improvement bill allocated 5 million for the Mississippi and 1 million for the Missouri. The Anti-Chinese bill retained its fourteenth section banning Celestials from naturalization and struck out the fifteenth on skilled laborers. House actions included a resolution on the Paris Monetary Conference and the Lynch v Chalmers contested election case. The period ended with further debates on coinage and life saving services.
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Senate
Missouri
Paris
Lynch
Chalmers
House
Robison
Cox
Ireland
Messrs
Slater, Hawley
Edmunds
C Chalmers
Mississippi
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs. West
Garland
Maxey
Hampton
Townsend
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Arizona
Conger
Canada
Secretary of War
United States
Se Ease
Messrs. Hooker
Tucker
Robeson
Calkins
Domestic turmoil and disasters dominate late 19th century reports
Reports note Governor Churchill's accounts as treasurer showing a $125,000 shortfall. A town in Qualleysville New Mexico was burned by Indians with 35 white fatalities. A woman claims damages from the state over Jesse James’s death and looting of her house. Bank robber Scott dies in prison. Odd Fellows anniversary celebrated nationwide. Indian raids threaten Bachnachi camp and New Mexico militia mobilizes. A telegraph of a tragic accident near Cedartown Georgia leaves 6 convicts dead. A trestle collapse at Sand Run kills engineer and injures his son. a New Haven inquest doubts drowning death. Sullivan the Boston boxer sentenced for jaw fracture.
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Churchill
Arkansas
Qualleysville
N. M
Jesse James
Missouri
James
Scott
Northampton
Massachusetts
The
Order of Odd Fellows
United States
Tucson
Arizona
Bachnachi
Sonora
Congress
Sheldon
New Mexico
McKenzie
el Paso
Chihuahua
Cedartown
Hocking Valley
Sand Run
W. B. Dowland
Hiles
Jennie Cramer
New Haven
Conn
Sullivan
Boston
House of Correction
New York
Betts
Browning
Sheriff Campbell
Politcal and Legal Moves Highlight Busy Washington Week
Testimony in Beidell trial in Police Court Washington featured ex-Attorney General MacVeagh and ex-Postmaster General James. An Anti-Monopoly Convention in Albany drew 400 delegates pushing rail, canal, and press reform plus public lands and currency policies. Illinois considers ceding the canal to the federal government after a November vote. Blaine and Belmont clashed in a Foreign Affairs hearing ending abruptly with personal insults. Emerson the poet died in Concord at 79. Nashville Republicans renominated Hawkins for Governor. Dentists’ vulcanized rubber inventor Dr Hares died aged 78. John B Clark Jr of Missouri seeks temper-incompatibility resolution. A Kansas convention to nominate a Congressman-at-Large set for June 2nd. Representative dealers from Ohio gathered last week for a large meeting.
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Beidell
Star Route
Washington
MacVeagh
James
Albany
N. Y
E. E. Davis
Illinois
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Mr. Buaine
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Belmont
Peru
Chile
Landreau
Blaine
Mr. Belmont
Racpa Waripo Emerson
Concord
Mass
Art Nashville
Tenn
Alvin Hawkins
Dr. Hares
Buffalo
Curtis
Chicago
Andover Theological Seminary
John B. Clark, Jr
Congress
Missouri
Topeka
Kansas
Guardealers
Ohio
British and World Notes From Westminster to Windsor
Remains of Prof Charles Darwin buried at Westminster Abbey with James Russell Lowell among pallbearers. Various items: Bradlaugh sues Assistant Sergeant at Arms. fires destroy Jewish areas in Kamenetz. rent arrears gift from church funds promised. African war threats. five convicts seize warden in Quebec prison. an Irish woman jailed for rent intimidation. Prince Leoroto weds Princess Helena. railways consolidated. whisky speculation hits London firm. South Oran bandit ambush report. Dr Lamson hanged in London for murder confession.
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Charles Darwin
Westminster Abbey
James Russell Lowell
United States
Court of St. James
Bradlaugh
House of Commons
Kamenetz
Russia
Itr
GuApstein
Quebec
Ireland
Leoroto
Victoria
Windsor
Helena
Waldeck
Archbishop of Canterbury
Grand Trunk Railroad
Great Western Railroad
Canada
London
Ruck, Fenwick & Ruck
Marseilles
Oran
North Africa
Lamson
Robert Schuyler
New Haven
In New York Lecture Plans and Senate Anti Chinese Bill
The piece notes a New York visit aimed at arranging a lecture tour with a gloomy outlook. It also reports President Arthur at Fortress Monroe graduation exercises where General Hancock delivered diplomas. The Senate passed the Anti Chinese Immigration bill with 32 yes votes and 15 navies.
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Senate
Cas
Beck
Butler
Call
Cameron
Wis
Chilcott
Coke
Davis H
Fair
Katie Garland
George
Grover
Hale
Hampton
Harris
Hill
Johnston
Jones
Maxev
Miller
N. Y
Morgan
Pendleton
Pugh
Saunders
Slater
Vance
van Wyck
West
Walker
Williams
Allison
Blair
Conger
Dawes
Edmunds
Frye
Harrison
Hawley
Hoar
Ingalle
Lapham
McMillan
Morrill
Platt
Sherman
Aldrich
Anthony
Ferry
McDill
Sewell
Logan
Windom
Rollins
Kellogg
Messrs Gorman
Bayard
Saulsbury
Jackson
McPherson
Ransom
Davis
W. Va
Fla
Lamar
Dastardly Mail Explosives Target Elite Amid Global News
A mixed late 19th century dispatch reports an attempted mail bombing of William H. Vanderbilt and Cyrus W. Field in New York, a British railway worker arrested for threatening Queen Victoria, Emerson funeral honors in Concord, Nihilist activity near Moscow, legal motions in Hallet Kilbourne case, and political shifts in Washington including Peru vian testimony and Lynch seating in Congress.
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New York
William H. Vanderbilt
Cyrus W. Field
Albert Young
Doncaster
England
Queen Victoria
London
Guiteau
Scoville
Ralph Wade Emerson
Concord
Mass
Furness
Philadelphia
Rockwood Hoar
Bronson Alcott
Sleepy Hollow
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Haskins
Moscow
Imperial Pavilion
Moscow Exhibition Building
Juper McArthur
Washington
Hallet Kilbourne
Arabi Bey
Ralph Waldo Emerson
White Mountain
House
Mississippi
Calkins
Chalmers
Lynch
Death of Mr Emerson at Concord follows long illness
The death of Mr Emerson occurred quietly at home in Concord at about nine this evening after a prolonged decline from pneumonia. Relatives present included Dr. KE M Emerson, Miss Ella Emerson, Mrs. Forbes, and Dr. Putnam. The obituary recounts Emerson’s life from early education in Boston to his writing, lecturing, and public service, noting his influence and connections with key figures and events through the mid 19th century.
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Boston
K Waldo Emerson
KE. M. Emerson
Ella Emerson
Forbes
Putnam
Mahi'tirtoc
Continental Congress
Concord
Ralph
Harvard
William
Bronson Alcott
Emerson
Europe
England
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Carlyle
Walter Savage Landor
Unitarian Church
New Bedford
Margaret Foulier
Parker
Stetson
Clarke
East Lexington
The
Dial
Margaret Fuller
Brook Farm
Mechanics’ Institute
Lord Brougham
Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Free Soil Party
John Gorham Palfrey
New York
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Abraham Lincoln
Tyndall
Ellen Louisa Tucker
Lydia Jackson
Plymouth
Man Fights Bear to Save Guide in Saranac Lake
Prospect House landlord E R Derby rushed from his carriage upon hearing cries in a ravine near Bloomingdale. He spotted guide Gardner Maloney trapped by a enraged bear under a maple tree and, using a revolver, moved to rescue him with woodcraft skill.
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Tess
Maloney
Mr. Derby
Derby
John Howe
Bloomingdale
Troy CN
Y. Times
E. R. Derby
Prospect House
Saranac Lake
Gardner Maloney
Saranac
Smith & Wesson
Laughing Contest Ends With Near Apoplexy
In Toronto a private Spadina avenue gathering of young men sparked a laughter contest. One man laughed for thirty minutes, turned pale and veined, and nearly died. A draught from a drug store alleviated his condition, and he recovered by today.
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Spadina Avenue
Toronto Canada Globe
Terrible Burn Accident In Bergen County
Mrs. Achibald Wright of Gar field Bergen County New Jersey was cooking fat on Sunday when it caught fire. In panic she threw the pan outside hitting her three year old child in the face burning both eyes and disfiguring the face. A physician said sight an irrecoverable loss yet life may continue.
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Achibald Wright
Garfield
Bergen County
New Jersey
Flint Pire Brick Manufacture In England
Flint pire bricks now produced in England using calcined flint ground with lime water in edge runner mills. The mix forms a plastic mass after grinding about a quarter hour per ton, then molded into bricks or tempered further after resting hours.
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England
Beit
Vanderbilt refuses 100000 bid for famed trotting horse Maud S
William H. Vanderbilt rejected a $100,000 offer for his famous trotting horse Maud S. The decision signals Vanderbilt’s satisfaction in preventing a global purchaser from indulging in an extravagant acquisition.
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William H. Vanderbilt
Maud S
Vanderbilt
Lawyer Admitted to Bar After Ministry Departure
The article notes Kalloch has left the ministry and been admitted to the practice of law in San Francisco. It also mentions a statistic claiming 53 600 more men to women in Canada.
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Kalloch
San Francisco
Canada
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