08 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
1
Reports from Vienna on paper pipes and a paper tray of inventions. A famous bullfighter earns $50,000 this winter after a $30,000 summer, and a Paris freezing treatment reportedly cures sciatic pain. Loch Ranza ministers and Paris 1889 exposition plans are discussed amid local curios.
Hotels in German cities favor colorful paper napkins while Montarrle gaming rooms report a seven day tally of a £100000 public win. The Caucasus plans a fourteen mile railway from Poti to Tiflis over Suram pass, with completion in four years.
JupGce Torrence of Minnesota recounts a deathbed scene with his six veteran brothers surrounding their mother. She takes his left hand, notes its injuries, then asks for the other hand, kisses it, and dies after murmuring approval.
A hunter in an East India jungle mistakes a hornets nest for a sunflower. The nest is large and yellow, built on an evergreen twig, with hornets arranged in wheel-like spokes around the center, resembling a sunflower to the observer.
A column shows a lavish list of Gladstone gifts including six checks totaling 2500 dollars, three watches, eight brooches, a piano forte, two dozen silver jugs, a magnifying glass, a weighing machine, and various books by Newman, Ruskin, Carlyle, Eliot, Shakespeare, and others. Tea-trays, inkstands, and candlesticks also appear in abundance.
A CB&Q train near Russell struck a wagon killing one occupant Mr Catfield and seriously injuring his wife. John Scott of Fort Dodge quit a 70 year tobacco habit. A baby died smothered while en route to a wedding near Wall Lake. Rev J W Thompson Baptist evangelist from Shellsburg was sent to Independence asylum after heavy mental work. Senator Ingalls bills Sacs and Foxes in Iowa to move to Indian Territory with $11 000 annually. Mr Martin J Van Buren of Muscatine died at 77 from convulsions. Samuel P Whitaker of Hopkinton died. $16 000 found in old cache. Cattle disease near Pocahontas. five head died. Two year old Charlie Bell drowned in Des Moines cistern. Oskaloosa gains a new Union paper. publishers from Standard and Messenger. George Foster of Carroll forged names to notes to obtain a team, wagon, and harness. Bride returned home after arrest.
Telegraph reports reveal Jay Gould and G M W Powderly in dispute over arbitration terms. Conflicting letters and interviews sparked renewed delays as executives met in St Louis and New York. A Kansas accident and Michigan parsnip poison deaths also appear in the day’s notes.
A flood of late 19th century incidents includes the sinking of the steamer Mary Lewis after hitting the Lagonda bridge in Louisiana with two crew drowned, and the Baemone explosion that killed four and wounded five. A cyclone in Bullock county Alabama killed four at a negro church funeral, while labor upheavals spread through Knights of Labor and railroad strikes with police clashes and promised arbitration. Other reports note a Louisville railroad crash injuring fourteen, a New York cloakmakers return to work, coal miners’ wage talks, and Geronimo's band surrender near the Mexican border.
The Iowa Senate passed a $100,000 appropriation for the Mt. Pleasant hospital for the insane and advanced a woman suffrage resolution with 27 yes, 17 no. The chamber also moved to engross a rail transport protection bill and passed multiple local and county measures including tax, liquor, and debt-related bills while House members considered soldiers’ pensions and the Benedict Home funding.
Senator Caldwell presented a Dallas county petition opposing a soldiers' home. The committee reported House file 575 substituting for senate file 157 and house file 86. A bill to repeal chapter 162 from the twentieth general assembly, relating to soldiers' monuments, was read third time and passed. It authorizes a tax up to one mill by county voters to fund a monument or memorial hall. The special order covered F 860, a Dupcan bill to repeal sec-
The Iowa Senate approved multiple measures including an appropriation of 260 for soldiers' home transportation costs and a clause to strike male from constitutional language. It also passed acts on telephone taxation, labor organizations, railroad discrimination, canned foods, deputy salaries, savings banks, and liquor suppression, with a 55 to 40 vote on the Clark liquor bill and adjourned amid university funding debate.
In the Iowa Senate a flurry of petitions on a soldiers home and numerous appropriations dominated the day. Debates over the Clark Prohibitory bill and Wolfe substitute amendments continued alongside bills funding universities, prisons, and schools, with final passage of multiple appropriation measures. The joint convention later located the soldiers home site after 22 ballots failed to produce a choice.
A formal report dated March 31 1886 presents statements and testimony to the General Assembly for action. Signatures include Joan D Grass T W BuxKorck Ww G Thompson Tra L Wenen and C B Ranch as witnesses to the record.
March proceedings show Culbertson urging free silver and gold parity, Long calling for a halt due to silver abundance, Dorgan backing a single gold standard and suspension, Halzell recalling public opposition, with Stoppage feared to harm trade and workers. Taylor of Tennessee supports free coinage as the session adjourns.
After routine business the Senate considered Logan's army bill. Logan read a Sheridan letter supporting the increase and favored it while Plumb opposed. Dawes and Teller offered differing views as to necessity, with state violence to be handled locally. Logan defended pay arguing laborers' wages do not justify low soldier pay. Executive session followed by adjournment.
The Tribune announces job printing of every description neatly and promptly executed at reasonable rates.
The House offered Belmonts joint resolution approving 157 748 to compensate Chinese subjects harmed by mob violence at Rock Springs Wyoming territory with funds to be distributed by the Chinese government. It also proposes treaty modifications to restrict Chinese immigration if needed. A Dakota constitution bill and a Kentucky representative bill to aid common schools were debated and referred between committees before adjournment.
The senate examined the army efficiency bill with Logan and Teller speaking on its provisions. Platt urged passage of the Washington territorial bill while Voorhees proposed Montana as an enabling act. the session adjourned after executive time and a later house debate on compensation for federal officers.
The army efficiency bill was taken up and Senator Logan replied to Teller. The Washington territorial bill was laid before the senate, Dolph yielded to Vance on his civil service repeal, and Dolph spoke for Washington territory admission. The senate met executive session at 5 25 and adjourned at 6. The 52000 state university appropriation saw opposition from Story and support from Ball, with Redman proposing cuts to 10000 plus endowment, followed by multiple amendments before engrossment on a 55 20 vote.
The library committee reported favorably the bill for a monument to Abraham Lincoln in Washington, authorizing a $500000 appropriation. An understanding secured by Logan will move his army bill to Monday after morning business, with daily consideration until disposed of. The house began labor arbitration debate with Springer presiding. Worthington urged limited congressional control and warned the bill might appear as a legislative nondescript.
The house moved into committee of the whole on the labor arbitration bill. Mr Phelps asserted laboring men would win their rights in time and by a simple, inexpensive arbitration process. Speeches by Buchanan Stewart of New York Warren and others followed. Thirty five pension bills were passed by nine p m.
Chicago dispatch reports rapid Knights of Labor expansion under Grand Master Powderly. Local assemblies form across labor sectors with thousands joining weekly and membership near thirty thousand, aiming for fifty thousand soon. Richard Powers of Seamen's Union tours lake ports to rally allied unions. A Keokuk fire damages the McCrary hardware store for six to seven thousand dollars plus building damage. Iowa lawmakers seek liberal health board appropriations.
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