Illinois Senate backs venue rule barring outside county changes
The Illinois Senate on Friday passed Mr. Fifer's bill against granting changes of venue to any court outside of the county in which the indictment is found. General Garfield left Mentor at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon by the Lake Shore road to Ashtabula in a special train arranged by the Pennsylvania Company. From Ashtabula he proceeded via the Pennsylvania Road to Washington reaching his destination early yesterday morning.
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Papers Publish Conflicting Hancock Garfield Vote Totals
Democratic papers New York Sun and Cincinnati Enquirer publish differing figures for Hancock and Garfield from revised returns. McPherson's tally shows total votes at 9,220,348 with Garfield 4,454,421 and Hancock 4,446,186, Garfield leading by 8,285.
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House reapportionment debate centers on seat count
The national House fight over districts after the new census narrows to figures. Democrats seek 307 Representatives at about one per 160,818 people while Republicans demand not fewer than 519, roughly one per 154,764 inhabitants.
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Senator Matthew N. Carpenter Dies at Washington
United States Senator from Wisconsin Hon. Matthew N. Carpenter died in Washington Thursday morning February 24 after weeks with Bright's disease of the kidneys. A 57 year old Vermont native, he studied law with Rufus Choate, lived in Beloit and Milwaukee, and served as Rock County district attorney. Once a Democrat, he became a Republican and served in the Senate 1869 to 1875 and again after 1879. The Wisconsin Legislature will likely fill the vacancy to allow his successor to participate in Senate organization.
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Timothy C. Howe
Senate Reorganization Plan After Carpenter Death
Democrats and Republicans agree no reorganization will occur until the President acts. Garfield may delay to favor a Republican Senate, with Mahone opposing Bourbon affiliations. Key committees and officers are to shift to Republican control, with Burch and Bright ousted. next days could reshuffle Mic hance, Appropriations, Judiciary, and related bodies.
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Mitchell Chosen U S Senator on 35th Ballot in Penn Senate
The Pennsylvania Legislature ended a deadlock by selecting Hon. John S. Mitchell as United States Senator to replace Wallace. The vote totals were Mitchell 150, Wallace 92, McVeagh 1, Brewster 1 on the 35th ballot. Mitchell, from Tioga county, had served two terms in Congress before 1880 and declined to run that year to focus on his law practice.
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Fire devastates Hyde Park Catholic Orphanage
At St Patrick's Orphan Asylum on Jackson street and Lincoln avenue near Scranton Pennsylvania a Sunday evening fire killed seventeen children fourteen boys and three girls. The Sisters of Charity oversaw forty children ages six to twelve housed on the third floor with separate dormitories. VICTIMS were found beneath cots and all appeared dead for some time amid intense public excitement.
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Extra Session Talk Spurs House Battle Outlook
Washington officials push for an extra session over apportionment and funding bills. Republicans debate delaying matters to organize the new House while Democrats fear a long adjournment. Speaker actions and factional clashes among Dunnell Tiscock Reed and Western peers shape the looming political maneuvering.
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Washington Inauguration Prep Draws Big Attention
Washington letter from February 26, 1881 notes crowded hotels and private homes as inauguration heat up the capital. Viewing seats and windows along Pennsylvan ia Avenue fetch high prices, with observers predicting about $100,000 earned by sightseers. The piece admires the grand civic military display and discusses education gains, race, and emerging fortunes, along with political concerns on the funding bill and Treasury secretary selection.
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Senator Carpenter Funeral Service in Washington
Senator Carpenter’s funeral was held at his Connecticut Avenue home in Washington at 2:30 PM. The city streets and avenues were lined with carriages and thousands filled the sidewalks as nearly all Senators and many Representatives attended, along with notable officials and dignitaries. The service included Episcopal burial rites, the Stein state casket, lavish floral tributes, and pallbearers from the Senate, House, and Capitol Police. General Sherman, a close friend, ordered a guard of honor and expressed deep personal loss.
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Press Opinions and political tensions in the South
The Vicksburg Herald and Chicago Evening Journal excerpts reveal cross party critique of Senator Davis and Republican-Democrat alignments. The piece notes Davis’s independence tensions with party loyalties, and charges extremists in the South push imaginary causes to keep the region politically inflamed and behind other sections.
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Grant
Randall, Cox
Garfield’s Train Legacy Heading to Washington Tour
President-elect Garfield and family left Mentor around noon on Monday by special train via Lake Shore Road to Ashtabula then Pennsylvania Road toward Washington. Crowds gathered at Mentor and nearby towns for ovations. Farewell remarks were delivered by A L Tinker and S A Pettibone offered addresses at stops. Stops included Warren, Youngstown, and Pittsburg with brief speeches before midnight arrival at Altoona. the train was to reach Washington the following day.
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Altoona
Col C C Jones translations of Swiss memorials to duke of NewCastle
Augusta Georgia's Col C C Jones Jr publishes at his own expense a French memorial to the duke of Newcastle on Carolina's condition and its improvement by Jean Pierre Parry of Neufchatel. It recounts Purisburg on the Savannah with Swiss settlers and notes limited edition printing of 250 copies.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
Col. Jones
Leadville Trip Through Windy Plains and Railwanderings
Leadville letter from a traveler named Perdita recounts a westward journey from Chicago through Illinois Iowa Kansas and Topeka with tales of wind gales misadventures on trains and stages. The writer notes humorous encounters a theft on the train and a paralyzing case of laughter from a passenger before detailing rough travel to Leadville and a long stay in the mining camp. The piece blends travelogue with social observations about politics and transport in 1891.
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Creamery Aims to Boost Yellow Creek Growth
From Yellow Creek comes word of stable winter work and abundant outdoor labor. A sizable lumber haul from Freeport and nearby areas signals spring construction. Prominent is the new creamery by Bolender Schock Miller of Orangeville, recently erecting a building on the town’s edge.
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