Congressional Extra Session Debates and Bills Across Houses
The 19th century record notes Sen Peffeh proposing a bimetallic money system. A committee inquiry on senators owning stock and the silver bill were debated. Utah annexation to Nevada, pension plans for letter carriers, tobacco abolition, and malt duties were discussed. House bills address pensions, territory annexation, and federal election law repeal efforts. Senate debates cover coinage proposals, Sherman act repeal, and interstate crime punishments with calls for foreign conferences on a common silver standard.
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Peffeh
Senate
House
Territory
Utah
Nevada
Daniel
W Va
Foulkerr
Ume
Jo Lean Chipman
Detroit
Allison
Committee of
Interstate God Foreign Commerce
Stewart Nev
Euver
Mexico Central
Bento America
Harty
San Domingo
United States
Washington
Ana
Mr Hudson
Hansas
Panics fade as western outlook cheers bankers views
Dispatches from about 1,000 cities report bankers and business men in the west and south optimistic about the business climate. Waves of fires in northern Wisconsin devastate farms. Marshfield and Junction City report blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoas
Kansas
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Junction City
Rockford
Lil
Union Furniture Company
The
Mantle and Furniture Company
Rock River Planing Mill Company
Hereley Bros
Chicago
Trair
TSERE
Meintirs
Springfield Mass
Terminal Railway Company
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Tuk Moore & Smith Lumber Company
San Francisco
CALIX
Washington Park
le Mars
J W Reichner
Indianapolistas Company
Emporia
Kan
L. &. Hoewes
Arizona
United States
Philadelphia
Mineral Range
Michigan
Boston
Southbport
Victor Estopinal
Deadwood
8. D
Esther Cleveland Named New White House Baby
Amid personal and political items a series of short notices cover Esther Cleveland's birth at the White House, Mitton Hay a longtime Springfield lawyer’s death at 76, Mrs Evt Hallowell the first white immigrant to Illinois dying aged 108, Dr William T Watts’s death at 64 in New York a founder of state medical groups, and the Iowa Prohibition Republican committee nominating Rev Bennett Mitchell for governor to fill L S Coffin’s vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Esther Cleveland
Mitton Hay
Springfield
Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Evt Hallowell
Hinois
Oakland
Willliam T Watts
New York
New York State Medical Association
New York Physicians’ Aid Society
Prohibition-Republican State Committee
Iowa
Bennett Mitchell
Crawford County
L. S. Coffin
Senate and House Debates Highlight Repeal Efforts and Policy Issues
The Senate discussed repealing the silver purchase act and a bid to fix debate end dates failed. House debate supported repeal of federal election laws, while a war department information resolution on Cherokee Strip shootings faced objections. Union news include a London fire disaster, Criglersville flood damage, and a Canton opera house blaze with casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Voorhees
Mills
House
Secretary of War
Cherokee Strip
Whitechapel
London
Criglersville
S Fiood
Robinson River
New Haven
Connecticut
Harrisburg
Samuel G. Thompson
Supreme Court
Frank C. Osburn
Allegheny County
James Knox Polk
Nashville
Tenn
Canton
Mast
Bufford & Burwell Carriage Company
St Paul
Owingsville
W. B. Hornblower
New York
Samuel Blatchford
James J. van Alen
Rhode Island
Italy
Eight Die and Eighteen Injured in Manteno Big Four Wreck
Crowded pull of debris and dust marked the Manteno Illinois collision of Big Four trains No. 45 and No. 23. Eight dead and eighteen injured as front section rear coach was crushed. coroner begins inquest while investigators weigh signals and possible sleep at the post.
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Brunswick
Pitburgh
Henrys. Cochrane
Philadelphia
Manistique
Mich
ExCity Traeeasurer Ienceer
Manteno
Kenwoood
W. Va
Siven
Wayne Iron Works
Brown & Co
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association
Asa Youmans
George la Liberte
Mineral Range Railway Express
Michigan
National Bank of Ashland
Ashland
Neb
Little Johnnie
Leadville
Col
Frep Mimver
Will Kessler
St. Paul Carrren
Lawrence & Co
Denver
Rainmone
David Jackson
Cynthiana
Christ
Kimmel
Dayton
James W Powell
New Vienna
Mattie Scholter
Ripley
Jake Simper
Columbus
L. L. Sweet
Louisville
Chicago
Cliavis Central
Oliver C Duncan
No. 930
Ames
No 930
Kankakee
Flagman Dun
Duncan
W B. Tanner
J. T Tamscott
Tme
Willman
Thometz
Floods in Virginia Sweep Mills and Homes Away
Advices from Madison Courthouse report floods in Virginia causing immense crop and fence damage. Four large mills on the Rapidan and three dwellings are washed away, Criglersville on Robinson river nearly wiped out with no lives reported lost. President nominates James Van Alen as ambassador to Italy.
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Crigloraville
Wasumveton
Madison Courthouse
Rapidan
Criglersville
Robinson River
Freaks of Nature in Dalton and Norwich Apples
A Dalton Georgia man reports a creature with hind legs longer than forelegs that scurries like a kangaroo. In Norwich Connecticut a so called Mike apple bears a blood red drop and ties to a legend about farmer Micah who allegedly killed a pedlar and buried the body under an apple tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brvevas
Dalton
Norwich
Conn
Mike
Micah
Canton Opera House Burns. 18 Injured in Fire
A Canton Illinois theater burned during a production of Michael Strogoff on Tuesday night. Eighteen people were burned or injured, one man Peter Curry missing. Loss estimated at $100000. fire destroyed the opera house block and nearby shops. Baldwin-Melville company lost costumes and cash.
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William Starer
Logansport
Ind
Washington Park
Chicago
Directum
Flying Jib
Mascot
Foorrans
St. Louis
Tahlequah
Cynthiana
Wisconsin
William Jackson
Nevada
Fink
Benton Club
St Joseph
Cherokee Strip
Fargo
Dtd
Burke
Hreckipnridge
Vorars
Bassie
Paul Julian
Ruselius Julian
Victor Estopinal
Jefferson Parish
Jastes Wicks
Niagara Falls
Patterson
St. Paul
Oliver
Minn
George W Remsen
Charles Heddings
Anthony Brewer
Minneapolis
Kira
Canton
Lil
Tessa
Una
Cantos
Peter Curry
Pat Keenan
Pierre Morganson
Wilbur Dobbins
Elmer Martin
John Thomas
John Peckard
James Heck
John Belt
W. O-3
Walgamot
Dan Wills
Philander Downing
Riley Miler
Ernest McVan
Lawrence Seward
Martin Moran
Fred Walsh
Arthur Stevens
John
Baldwin-Melville Company
Michael Strogoff
Opera House
Masonic Lodge
Canton Masonic Mutual Insurance Company
Dr Whiting
G. R. Cobleigh
Hut Little
Woods & Wonderly
Schradzki & Sklarek
Clothiers
Walter S. Baldwin
Restoring the Monarchy in Brazil Amid Crisis
London reports a Rio de Janeiro dispatch that Santos may declare for the insurgents and that President Peixoto’s position weakens as a revolution nears success. Provisions rise in price, ships carry cattle for rebels, and surrender of Santos could trigger shelling. Sir Alexander Galt dies in Montreal. Local humor and anecdotes close the item.
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National Liberal Federation
London
Byron Trerice
Leamington
Ant
Mecca
Tunis
Holy Land
James Johnson
Alvinston
J. W. Gale
Ypsilanti
Mich
Windsor
Ont
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Kattenburg
Bohemia
Villa-Canas
Spain
GrapsTtoxr
House of Lords
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Lord Aberdeen
Canada
Legislative Council
Quebec
Paris
M. Lesna
Switzerland
Santos
Peixoto
Rio
la Plata
Fragmented Aphorisms on Society and Taste
A collection of odd proverbs and witticisms on wealth poverty beauty ambition and daily life. The phrases mix wordplay with social commentary and humorous observations about culture and appetite.
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Heauty
Hope
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Wules
G M Raney
Decaturville Tenn
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Sacramento
Cal
Tenrel
Pennsylvania
Whittier
N. G
Bellaire
Riverside
Wheeling Iron and Steel Companies
Benwood
W. VI
Bourdais
Wikbur & Co
Phillips
Topeka
Virginia
James van Alen
Alexander Galt
Montreal
Can
Sir Alexander Galt
Canadian_statesman
Alexander
Canade
England
Portland
Manaven
Shanghai
Hrard
Lewiston Journal
Mand
Cholly
Ethel
Brooklyn
Hpew Yong
Attlo
Fano
Western Creamery
Cieryts
LARAT
Kansas City
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