Senators Clash Over River Works and Mail Subsidies
Washington dispatches detail lively debate on the river and harbor bill as Keach mocks Yellowstone navigation, Hepburn defends the Missouri river commission, and lawmakers spar over river funding. A separate host of notes covers a post office appropriation amendment to subsidize American steamships, with Frye, Plumb, Beck, and others weighing the impact on jobs, tariffs, and domestic industry. A large Washington gathering advocates home rule for Ireland.
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Keach
New York
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Iowa
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Missouri River Commission
Missouri River
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Oye
Warner
Missouri
Blanchard
Louisiana
Grosvenor
Ohio
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Senate
American Steamships
Organ Steamship
American Enterprise
Beck
New Jersy
Paria
Plumb
Great Britain
United State
United States
Krye
South America
Meeting praises Gladstone Parnell and Irish home rule
A crowded hall heard greetings to Gladstone and Parnell with calls for Irish self rule. Messages from Samuel J. Tilden and Senators Bherniah and Logan were read. Speeches by Randall, Van Wyck, McKinley and others praised Irish leaders and condemned coercion. A cable to Gladstone and Parnell conveyed broad support. The gathering remained lively into late hours. The Telephone Inquiry section reports Professor Bell and Gardner Hubbard detailing the 1876 patent collaboration and stock holdings in the Bell system and related correspondence.
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Samuel J. Tidon
England
Gladstone
Parnell
Bherniah
Ireland
Logan
Randall
van Wyck
Gibson
Weat Virgina
Phelps
O'Hara
Butterworth
McAdoo
McMillan
Lawler
Harmon
Riddleberger
Trismmon
McKinley
Ohio
Big Bill
Inglish
Congress
National Legislature Update From Washington
Washington reports detail Senate personal explanations and denials of wealth claims amid river and harbor bill debates. Measures authorize bridges in Illinois and Minnesota, Des Moines river work, and a five year mail contract plan. House moves to tax oleomargarine and fund Little Falls water power projects. Diplomatic farewell marks Peru’s Elmore recall and Cleveland’s hopeful tone for restored relations.
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Australis
Little Falls
Minn
Missouri River Commission
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Washington
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Messares
Knights and Pope Warn on Knights of Labor
Morriston reports cardinals condemn the Knights of Labor as a forbidden society. The Holy Office warns bishops to view membership as grievous sin, urging vigilance against labor organizations. In Ax, Louis, Gould comments on a pending strike and citizen committees aiming for arbitration to reemploy nonoffending workers.
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May Day unrest spreads in Chicago industry
In Chicago and across the region workers push for eight hour day with strikes at furniture plants and rail yards. Disputes break out as unions demand daily pay and shorter hours while authorities resist broad concessions amid mounting labor tension.
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Rooordar Smith
Fires of War and Disaster Across Austria and Beyond
A scrambled syndicated digest reports widespread fires in Austrian Galicia with Friedland destroyed and ten believed killed, plus towns Dobrawlany Boyantoc and Chyruw ruined and residents left destitute. Other items include a brutal boxing match in Detroit with a grudging draw, Cora Lee Graham reacting to a lynching, a fatal oil lard tank explosion near CuieaGoe, and a severe hail storm in Texas.
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Moore's Hollow
Speech by Davis and Gordon at Confederate monument event
The event in Montgomery on Capitol grounds celebrated laying the cornerstone of a Confederate dead monument. Ex President Jefferson Davis spoke with fervor as crowds cheered despite rain, praising southern liberty and memory of fallen soldiers. Gen John S. Gordon defended monuments to Confederate dead, urging nationwide patriotism tied to southern valor.
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