Senate and House Debates on National Bank Charter Bill Extend
Congressional actions span the Senate and House with debates over the National Bank Charter bill, five percent land and gold exchange provisions, and amendments on circulation limits. Notable items include a joint resolution to renounce British naturalization, pension deficiency funding, and multiple criminal cases and local incidents reported in brief.
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Bayard
West
United States
Indian Territory
Plumb
House
Hewitt
Buckner
Butterworth
Brumm
Messrs
Hazeltine
Anderson and
Holman
Cameron
Congress
Melville
Navy
Sherman
Betty B. Bassett
Virginia
George Washington
Garland
National Bank
Murch
Hazelton
Lowe
Wheeler
Alabama
Commissioner of Agriculture
California
Florida
Saulsbury
Vance
Morgan
Conger
Allison
McDill
Great Britain
Springer
Mr. Randall
Olman
Crapo
Secretary of the Treasury
Postmaster General repeals bond real estate rule as reg conflicts with statute
A sweeping note reports the Postmaster General revoking section 548 of postal law requiring surety property worth 25 percent of bond, noting direct conflict with Revised Statutes. The item is part of a broader 1881 roundup with floods of incidents including fires, drownings, strikes, and immigration figures.
Political maneuvering and bank charter vote detailed
The report notes Shipherd answering incompletely before the Foreign Affairs Committee and being discharged as a witness. It covers the Pennsylvania Greenback State Convention nominating Armstrong for Governor and Powderly for Lieutenant Governor, protests against national banks, and calls for currency reform. It lists obituaries for ex governor Washburn and a Texas convention date, plus church bishop elections and a large roll call on the National Bank Charter bill.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Harrisburg
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Labor Tribune
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T. W. Powderly
Robert K. Tomlinson
Brumm
Musgrove
House of Representatives
United States
Reuben Chapman
Alabama
Huntsville
Fort Worth
C. C. Washburn
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Democratic State Central Committee
Indiana
Indianapolis
General Conference of the Methodist Church South
Nashville
Tenn
A. W. Wilson
D. D
Atticus G. Haygood
John ©. Granberry
Robert K. Hargrove
Linus Parker
Gvrreau
Washington
National House of Representatives
National Bank
Yeas
Aldrich
Barr
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Beach
Mont
Bingham
Bliss
Brigg
Bock
Burrows
Mich
Butterworth
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Candler
Gannon
Carpenter
Caswell
Chase
Covington
Cra
Cullen
Davis
III
Dawes
Deering
Deotte
Deuster
Dineley
Dunnel
Dwight
Ermentrout
Ellis
Evins
Farwellown
Flower
Garrison
George
Wood
W. A
N. Y
Young
Aiken
Anderson
Atkins
Beltzhoever
Bland
Blount
Caldwell
Cassidy
Clardy
Clarke
Clem
Colerick
Converse
Cook
Cravens
Cobbett
Mckenzie
McMillan
Money
Morrison Mulde
Pairs Voted Pro and Against Noted in Missing Records
A list of names appears with no clear voting record. Pairs Hewitt and Ketchum of New York allegedly favored approval while Willis and Buckner opposed. No final member votes are stated.
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Row
Murch
Randall
Reagan
Shackelford
Simonton
Singleton
Sparks
Sprislager
Thompson
Turner
Vance
Warner
Wellborn
Whitthorpe
Illiams
Wilson
Hewitt
Ketchum
New York
Willis
Buckner
Foreign News Highlights From Across Europe and America
In Parliament on the 16th the Irish question was raised with Parnell said ignorant of government rent plans. A Dublin pension of 2000 dollars was granted to Burke’s sister. Jeannette Arctic survivors reached England, and later sailed to the U S. The Garfield House in London opened by Minister Lowell. The Progress steamer burned in the Bay of St Lawrence with three dead. Catalan independence proclaimed near Barcelona but dispersed by police. Freiheit editor arrested for libel against Cavendish and Burke. Evictions in Ireland resumed. Assassination aftermath cooled agitation. Total eclipse observed in the Orient with a notable comet near the sun. Jeannette expedition survivors headed to the U S from Liverpool. A severe pastoral letter from Quebec archbishop condemns fashionable folly and Protestant ties. Sargent presented credentials to Emperor William. A large Ly ons fire caused 800000 damag e. Manitoulin steamer burned near Shoal Point Ont. A small boat swamped. one man and a girl drowned.
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Board of Trade
Parnell
Burke
Dublin
England
Garfield
London
Lowell
Progress
Bay of St. Lawrence
Barcelona
Spain
Catalonia
Freiheit
Lord Cavendish
Ireland
United States
Orient
Liverpool
Quebec
Sargent
Emperor William
Perlin
Lyons
France
Manitoulin
Great Northern Transit Company
Shoal Point
Ont
Crop prospects brighten in wheat regions and Ireland unrest noted
The Chicago Tribune cites favorable spring-wheat prospects in Minnesota Dakota and other districts with cold weather boosting root vitality. Dispatches mention a Limerick disturbance with bayonet clashes injuring several. Irish political maneuvers include promises to pass arrears then crime bills. A Five Points resident thwarted a body theft. ghouls named accomplices. Guiteau case status noted with death watch planned. House actions cover gold coin receipts and contested elections. Charity festival in Boston ends with large turnout and $22,000 net.
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Chicago Tribune
Minnesota
Dakota
Limerick
Ireland
Boston Herald
Gladstone
Land League
Five Points
Ind
Wasurgerton
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Guiteau
United States Senate
House
Senate
United States
Calkins
Mackey Vs. O'Connor
South Carolina
Randall
Hiscock
Fall Conference Itineraries for M E Church Published
The article lists fall conference dates across many missions and regions from Alabama to Wisconsin with leaders named for each stop. It notes a Pullman boat tragedy with two men drowned, Smith and Bucklin, employees of the Pullman Company, found in a lake near Pullman after extensive search.
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Smith A En Bucklin
Pullman
Pullman Company
Pleasure Boat Disaster On Lake Calumet Leaves Twelve Dead
A Pullman Telegram reports a fatal accident near Chicago on Lake Calumet involving a June 7 departure of Captain Napoleon Bucklin and a twelve man crew. The boat capsized about a mile from Irondale shore. ten named victims identified, two unknown. Mrs Bucklin witnessed from home as rescue efforts failed and boats withdrew.
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Iil
Lake Calumet
Chicago
Napoleon Bucklin
Bucklin
Irondale
Napoleon
Benjamin F
James H. Bucklin
John L. Smith
William Oliver
George Dorr
Charles F. Pierce
Charles Bronson
Frank Brayman
Brayman
Bronson
James Bucklin
Brangon
Marsh
Dr. Rankin
Frank Linsey
E. O. Laroy
Henry Lee
Mormon Missionary Forced to Leave Wife for England Duty
The Salt Lake Tribune recounts a missionary sent to England who, after a brief marriage, faced a long two year voyage and pressure to take another wife. The piece condemns the church and its leaders for partitioning families and describes the wife left behind as heartbreakingly distressed.
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Europe
Tabernacle
England
Salt Lake Tribune
Destructive Arkansas cyclone devastates Montgomery County
An unheralded cyclone struck Montgomery County Arkansas damaging Cad Do Cave and Silver City near Mount Ida. It destroyed homes farms and a church, killed at least two people and left hundreds homeless. Officials estimate total damages near 150000 with many injured and a post office carried away. Citizens of Mount Ida appealed for aid.
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Montgomery County
Silver City
Mount Ida
Caddo Cave
Swinton
Swintons
Anderson
Bates
Rufus Barrett
Riley Wheeler
James Bates
S. M. Tuttlebaum
South Fork
W. L. Burton
P. McKinney
James Edigon
Condry
Gilbert
McKinney
Jerry Watkins
Quachita River
Shelton Fallon
Father of the Orphans dies in Vienna praised for work
Ferdinand Reidt, known as the Father of the Orphans, died in Vienna. Childless by choice, he and his wife cared for more than a thousand orphans, acting as legal guardian and guiding them from early education through adulthood with quiet dedication.
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Vienna
Ferdinand Reidt
Christian Union
Old Ag Branningsford Learns of Fortune After Drift
Agernon Branningsford left England in 1850 after a quarrel with his brother and drifted through San Francisco as a book-keeper before failing, becoming known as Old Ag. A messenger reported the death of his father and a $2,000,000 fortune awaiting him in England. Chicago News.
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Agernon Branningsford
England
San Francisco
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Atheist Testimony Equal
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that atheist testimony shall be treated on an equal footing with that of other witnesses, ensuring parity in judicial proceedings regardless of belief.
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Supreme Court of Kentucky
Stamps for Taxation Invented in Holland in Seventeenth Century
A historical note states that stamps used for taxation were invented in Holland during the seventeenth century, marking a key development in fiscal administration.
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Holland
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