Legislative Roundup in Senate and House Actions
The Senate passed bills on tariff commission funding and condemned cannon donations for monumental purposes. The District of Columbia committee was tasked to investigate jail management amid reports of a notorious prisoner’s daily levees. Agriculture bills advanced with amendments. an assay office at Deadwood was approved. Intermediate Appellate Courts faced debate. nine courts and eighteen circuit judges were created in a later bill. Kilpatrick remains to be moved from Chile, Geneva Award was approved, and bank charter extension efforts failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House Tariff Commission
Committee On
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
House
Department of Agriculture
Townshend
Secretary of Agriculture
Dunnell
Deadwood
Jones
Fla
Davis
Mr. Davis
Intermediate Appellate Courts
Conference Committee
Sherwin
Rice
Steele
Secretary of War
Signal Service Bureau
Kilpatrick
Chili
United States
Emigration Aid Superintendent Beaten as Refugees Clash
A report notes Apolo Bernbaum of the Hebrew Emigration Aid Society of New York was severely beaten by Russian refugees on the 10th after he refused to fund their emigration. The item lists a string of incidents including a Milwaukee snow storm, cyclone fatalities in Dallas Texas, a bank collapse in New York and Brooklyn, and various local disasters and crimes. The roundup also mentions U S officials shipping millions of young shad and herring to southern rivers and a Sioux surrender at Rosebud Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apoloh Bernbaum
Hebrew Emigration Aid Society of
New York
Wisconsin
Dallas
Tex
McAllister
Salem
N. C
Tur
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Brooklyn
Fetterman
Sanders
Wyoming
Freedman’s Bank
Tlinois Board of Agriculture
Ossian
Ind
William Boden
Jacksonport
Ark
Keystone Rubber Works
Williamsport
United States Fish Commission
Virginia
South Carolina
Texas
Rosebud
C. T
Toledo
Dick Rogers
Fort Garland
Grace
Cavendish
Burke
Sta
Many Political Moves Reported Across States and Nations
The report lists Senate passage of Tariff Commission bill, Iowa Prohibition referendum, Texas Democratic convention, Indiana Seventh District nomination of William E English, Louisiana legislature reconvening, and national temperance leadership. It notes Guiteau case actions, Army of the Tennessee reunions, and multiple Republican conventions and judicial appointments, with dates from June to August and various locations including New York Chicago Washington and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
Iowa
Texas
Galveston
Indiana
William E. English
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Willliam E. Dopper
National Temperance Society
New York
George Scoville
John W. Guiteau
Scoville
The
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
St. Louis
W. T. Sherman
California
Sacramento
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
James A. Beaver
W. T. Daves
Henry Rawle
Supreme Court
Thomas Marshall
Indianapolis
Cuares H. Reep
Washington
Fordyce Barker
Dunmore
Agricultural Department
National
House of Representatives
Nebraska
Lincoln
Charleston
D. C
Scovinle
Chicago
Cousteau
Sergeant Mason
Arthur
Guiteau
Corkhill
Garfield
Long Branch
Cleveland
Bishop Fallows
Sherman
House Committee On Elections
Lowe
Wheeler
Springfield
District Supreme Court
Dayidge
Me W. Hillyer
United States
Nevada
Carson
Irish unrest and global crisis dominate London to Dublin
Dispatches report Ireland’s crime bill and trials powers in Commons. Davitt fears sacrifice by landlords. Fires hit Hastings, a Pluto mine blast claims dozens, Cavendish funeral draws 30,000. Egypt political crisis, Khedive impeachment talks, and Dublin arrests follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westphalia
Trevelyan
Ireland
Dublin
Hastings
Canada
Vienna
Brody
Netherlands
Willem Barents
Arctic
Leigh Smith
Michael Davitt
New York
Lord Cavendish
Prince of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Gladstone
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Cavendish-Burke
Burke
Egypt
Khedive
Chamber of Notables
Mansion House
London
Belfast
Multiple Disasters and Political Moves Reported
Reports from the era cover a Boston firm Edward Hixon & Co suspending operations, a Dublin police description of four suspects in a murder, and a catastrophic flood in Jacksonport Arkansas. Also noted are Guiteau rehearing talks in Washington, Bosphorus transport wrecks, deaths including ex Governor Wasmanern, Odessa hospital casualties, a cyclone at Silver City, a child’s shooting in Gunnison, and political maneuvers in Congress on silver certificates and bank charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hixon & Co
Boston
Dublin
Messrs
Cavendish and
Burke
White River
Jacksonport
WashinaTon
Cartier
MacArthur
Hagner
James
Guitean
Bosphorus
C. C. Wasnanern
Wisconsin
Eureka Springs
Ark
Odessa
Ilor Sprines
Silver City
Gunnison
Col
Kellogg
John Q. Smuts
Charles M. Shelly
Alabama
Washington
Nevisvile
United States Senate
Crapo
Proclamation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood on Dublin executions
The document denounces the executions in Dublin as unjust and calls for solidarity with Irish prisoners, criticizing Parnell, Gladstone, and English rule. It urges amnesty, condemns economic policies, and appeals to Irish and American supporters to aid the Brotherhood’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Ireland
England
Burke
Frederick Cavendish
Lord Brouch II
MacVagan
Bshop
Ross
Carrigadrohid
Lord Hartington
Duke of Devonshire
Parnell
Gladstone
America
The
Tariff Commission Bill Created by Congress
The bill establishes a nine member Tariff Commission appointed by the President with Senate advice. Members receive 3.10 per day while on duty and expenses, with treasury audit. The panel may hire staff and must study agricultural to industrial interests for a just tariff and report by December 1, 1882. It may tour the country for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Tariff Commission
United States
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Democratic Protest Against Senate Apportionment Bill
A protest filed in the House denounces the passage of Senate bill No. 10 after rushed amendments. It claims minority rights to study changes were blocked, cites constitutional concerns over district composition, and lists 40 signatories including Andrews, Becker, Billings, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Parrish
Cook
Oteam
Seontorimal
Knox
Fulton
Warren
MacDonough
Knox and Warren
Mclorough and Pulton
Hillmilton
White, Wabash
Lawrence
Unis
Andrews
Becker
Billings
Blackaby
Boyd
Bryan
Buck
Buckingham
Campbell
Carr
Clark
Coulias
Crandall
Cronkrite
Crook
Durtee
Duffy
English
Gall
Sharp
Shumwar
Smith
Spann
Sullivan
Thompson
Vaughey
Weber
Welsh
Wilbanka
Winter
Yancey
Youngblood
Brave girl saves boy from drowning on Golden Crown trip
On a Gretna harbor visit from New Orleans the 15 year old Willie Baird fell from a timber into turbulent water. Ella Bailey of Newport Kentucky a niece of Robert Bailey rushed to the scene jumped to the log and saved him gripping his hair until help arrived. The account hints at a potential marriage notice for the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Gretna
Willie Baird
Dr. Baird
Wheeling
Ella Bailey
Newport
Bailey
Robert Clarke & Co
Baird
Willie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Illinois Senate Adopts Apportionment Bill and Adjourns
The Illinois Senate met with only two members present in the morning session and adjourned sine die after a message announced the Governor had signed the apportionment bill. The House opened with twenty two members, sent a committee to the Governor, and adjourned sine die following the governor's signature and a farewell speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Illinois Senate Apportionment Finalized by Legislature
The final apportionment assigns districts across multiple counties. It lists districts from First to Fifty-first with counties named for each, including Cook County districts and many combinations such as Kane with Du Page, Will with Iroquois, and Madison with St. Clair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
Boone
McHenry
Lake
Winnebago
Ogle
la Salle
Tenneler Marahall
Woodford
Tazewell
Whiteside and
Lee
Peoria
Bureau
Putnam and
Stark
Knox and
Fulton
Rock Island
Henry
Mercer, Henderson and
Hancock
Warren and McDonough
McLean
Adama
Thirtieth
Brown
Pike
Calhoun
Scott, Greene
Jersey
Mason
Menard
Cass
Schuyler
Sangamon
Morgan
Macoupin
Logan
Macon
Champaign
de Witt
Pratt
Vermillion
Edgar
Christian
Montgomery
Moultrie
Shelby
Ellinghum
Douglas, Co’es
Cumberland
Madison
Bond
Clinton
Washington
Fayette
Marion
Jefferson
Clay
Richland
Wayne
Edwards
Clark
Crawford
Jasper
Hallamilton
White
Wabash
Lawrence
St. Clair
Monroe
Randolph
Perry
Saline
Gallatin
Pope
Hardt
Massuec
Fitz
Eth
Jackson
Union
Alexander
Franklin
Williamson
Johnson
Pulaski
Lightning Kills Two in Potomac Event
In Potomac Vemillion County a struck by lightning killed Mr Fitch and a worker from his party while his son survived with serious injuries including a leg fracture. The Central Illinois Medical Association met at Bloomington and planned a Paxter meeting in November with Dr Scott of Mansfield as President and Dr Orner of Saybrook as Secretary. A Grand Trunk freight collided with a Lak Shore passenger train near Chicago. one passenger died and two were injured as both trains wrecked, with the engineer and fireman detained pending grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Vemillion County
Fitch
Central Illinois Medical
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News OF the
Wibe
Telegraph and Mail
Congressional
O'Donovan Rossa
Richard O'Gorman
Labrador
Atlantic
Heffner & Co
Palestine
Teller
Shreveport
Illinois State News
Illinois
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