Congress Developments Reported from the Senate and House
A Senate session saw bills on river improvement for Fox and Wisconsin, banning servile labor contracts, and census taker pay adjusted to eight dollars per day. The House referred many new bills while debating a coal tax repeal and Cuba reports, with the Funding bill and a tax reduction advancing. The Indian appropriation bill authorized 190000 for industrial schools and 50000 for Alaska services.
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Senate
Committee On Commerce
Fox and
Wisconsin River
Stewart
Mexico
Indian Service
Alaska
House
Ways and Means
Cuba
Pro ceedings and miscellany from a 19th century session
The report covers Senate and House actions on commerce bills, land boundary changes, Indian affairs, and the census pay increase, with remarks on the Currency bill, appropriation measures, and military reform. It also notes unrelated items: a large derivate of editorials, robberies, lectures, and local curiosities including a St. Louis area courthouse, Kansas rail gains, and social musings of the era.
Senate debate over Hatch memorial and Osage removal plan
Proceeding Wednesday June 8 features a memorial from Mr Hatch claiming Dominican arrest and death sentence rights violation, halted by Gen Babcock. A seven member select committee is appointed. In the House, the National Bank currency bill is debated and effectively stalled as the session adjourns without advancing the measure.
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Senate
Ferry
Hatch
Babcock
United States Army
Messrs. Nye
Soward
Williams
Warner
Schurz
Vickers
Pomeroy
Pottawattomie
Senate Debates On Bridges and Representatives Bill
In the Senate a resolution on Ohio river bridge spans was rejected after discussion. The House bill for apportionment of Representatives was amended to 300 members. The franking privilege bill saw no action. Senate executive session lasted two hours. In the House the Banking Committee reported a bill to punish unlawful checks by national bank officers. Garfield reported the Currency bill of last February with a $5,000,000 currency measure defeated previously. the bill went to next Pausday. The naturalization bill, aimed at federal court control and three-year residency, was tabled 102 to 62. a reconsideration motion was made but not acted on.
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Senate
Committee On Commerce
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Pomeroly
Kansas
Kansas City
Banking Committee
Garfield
Ohio River
Morton
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate Proceedings Note on Rail Subsidies and Armament Bills
In the Senate on Friday June LO the subsidy bill for Central Union Pacific was recommitted after debate. The Franking bill was resumed with no action. An appropriation of 40000 was reported for Red Cloud delegation travel. A right of way bill for the Memphis El Paso and Pacific railroad was postponed indefinitely. The artificial limbs for disabled soldiers report was adopted. St Joseph Missouri was made a port of delivery and linked to the New Orleans collection district. W Scott Smith faced expulsion proceedings for libel and a five member investigative committee was formed. A Virginia representative reported a murderous assault by Patrick Wood and a warrant for Wood was directed to issue. The Senate amendments to the...
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Senate
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad
Morrill
Committee On Appropriations
Red Cloud
Memphis, el Paso and Pacific
Committee On Conference
St Joseph
New Orleans
W. Scott Smith
New York
Leening
Fitch
Nevada
Senate approves Indian delegation funds and policy mix
The Senate passed a joint resolution to pay $50,000 for presents for the Indian delegation visiting Washington. Pomeroy’s land grant railroad bill advanced 32 to 13. The House handled Senate amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill, rejected equal footing for female department workers, and funded a $500,000 State Department building and $100,000 for a North Pole expedition. An Army bill creating a 30,000 strong standing force from July 1, 1871, passed, with officers to be mustered out by January next.
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Senate
Washington
Judiciary Committee
House
State Department
Capitol
North Pole
Supreme Court
Man Resentful Murder Attempt Ends in Lynching
Community reels as Dr. Taylor accused of brutal abuse attempts to kill his wife Mrs. Taylor. After beating her and threatening to cut out her heart, he fled to the woods and was captured. A mob then overpowered guards and hanged the accused at a tree, with the wife in critical yet hopeful condition. The incident marks a violent climax to ongoing alleged abuse in Carthage.
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Taylor
Carthage
Villian
Proofreading Costs and Error Rates in Newspapers
The article discusses mass metal type layouts in large papers and the inevitability of errors. It notes that professional proofreaders and even extra readers still miss mistakes. It argues proofreading is costly, sometimes half the job’s cost, and that editors juggle multiple roles to keep newspapers affordable.
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Manila
Railway war renewed between Vanderbilt and Gould and Fisk
The railroad battle between Vanderbilt and the New York Central and allies is renewed with vows to fight to the end. Both sides refuse compromise and seek total control of routes to the West. Analysts note potential coalitions worth over 200 million dollars and a possible broader railway upheaval ahead. A separate vignette recalls a child pondering a tombstone emblem as a mother and daughter pass by a scene with the inscription Matuma and a remark about a nightmare.
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Vanderbilt
Gould
Fisk
New York Central
Evie
Commodore
Praise for Creswell by Post Master General correspondent
A Washington correspondent in the Chicago Tribune lauds Postmaster General Creswell. The piece cites Creswell's bold franking-privilege moves and clashes with old politicians like John Sherman, calling his administration one of Grant’s best and praising his handling of abuses and petitions. Creswell is depicted as rising above partisan hackery in a defense of executive-branch prerogatives.
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Country Journal
Wm. Knabe & Co
Plann
J. Bauer & Co
Washington Street
Chicago
Broadway
New York
Macoupin
Cook
Court House
Washington
Chicaso Tribune
Creswell
OOL
Chant
Crexwell
Speed
Kentucky
Grant
Tom
Cresswell
Andrew Jackson
John Shernan
A Critique of Sermons and Theological Training
A contemporaneous religious voice argues preaching fails due to dyspepsia from academic study. It denounces dry essays and stifling clerical attire, urging ministers to speak plainly to the poor and to live among the needy rather than retreat into parlor scholarship.
Praise and Small Wonders From Cheenwich
A young man deserves praise to stay on the right path and feel rewarded. Also described is John Penn of Cheenwich England, maker of a tiny steam engine on a threepence piece, weighing less than that coin, with an eightieth inch screws and nanoscopic parts, yet turning the crankshaft at twenty to thirty thousand revolutions per minute.
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Posession
John Penn
Cheenwich
England
Atlantic depth study and Red Cloud meeting noted
Deep soundings for submarine cables place Atlantic average depth at 12,000 feet. The deepest basin lies near Newfoundland, with depths thought to surpass Himalayan heights. Red Cloud seeks rations and ammunition from Secretary Cox. the Indians will meet the President while Red Cloud declines a photo. Opponents mock Bismarck in Prussia over his supposed jaundice and fits of passion.
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Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland Banks
Red Cloud
Cox
Prussia
Bismarck
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Board For Defence
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Dean
Cape Town
God
Devil
University of Nashville, Tenn
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Kirby Smith
Abbott
North Carolina
Ku Klux
Holden
Illinois Central
Bloomington
W. Wakeley
William Vanderbilt
Central Railroad
Rochester
Syracuse
America
Providence
Anna Dickinson
Joan of Arc
Boston Lyceum
Judy Henderson
Salisbury
Lord Cornwallis
Virginia
Yorktown
Robert Wall
Vallandigham
Ohio
Mount Hope
N. J
Halloran
Charles Street Methodist Episcopal Church
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Peabody
Quincy
Abbie Summers
Louisiana
Missouri
William Cole
Ntancock County
Illinois
Briggs
Vinton Eagle
Town County
Marengo
Lincoln
London
New York World
John Bright
Commodore Vanderbilt
Boston
Times
Chicago Post
Bangor
Bridget
Paris
John Berry
Lake Champlain
John
Orricha
Weianus
Rummel
San’ Rafael, California
Cleveland Herald
The
Concord Luaériot
New Hampshire
Montreal
Matuma
Manny
Freeman Graham
Rockford, Ill
Mika Cent
Vaultman & Co
E. E ' Mere
Raley
G. Barnes & CO
Galena Street
Freeport, IL
Beer
Samuel Y
North Stree
Philadelphia
Truthers& Sons
Market St
Walnolt St
Robert & CO
Chicago Trade
West
A. H. Miller
Cor
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Patent Office
Farwell, Ellsworth &Co
Dearborn St
Mmerich
Chas
Feathers
Lake Street
Rownson, Hayden & CO
Michigan Ave
Nowen, EB. L. & CO
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O Clark
Ogers & Bigelow
Monro
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Revolution Dollar Store
Canal Street
S.C. Shompson & CO
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Tevens
J.W. Stevens
Broad St
Newark
Lavest & Best
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Fre
J.C. Davison
Sec’y
Freeport
S. Randal
Stephenson
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