Congress Opens With Keifer Elected Speaker
Congress assembled at noon. Windom qualified in the Senate. Resolutions and several bills were introduced including tariffs and coinage. Keifer elected Speaker over Randall and Ford. oath taken. one disputed member admitted. House adjourned after appointing a committee to war upon the President.
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Windom
Edmunds
Lapham
United States
Garland
J. Bock
Sherman
Messrs
Morey
Seales
Mills
Deuter
J. W. Keifer
J. Randall
Greenbacker
Nicholas Ford
Keifer
Rie i
Messrs. Chalmers Miss
Dibble
S. C
House
Guiteau cross examination resumes with focus on motives
The trial proceeding shows Guiteau's refusal to answer questions about prior ground covered, his claim of destiny and divine inspiration, and his insistence on calling his act removal rather than murder. Witnesses discuss his mental state, possible insanity, and reactions during testimony.
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Porter
Coun
Paul
Martin
Luther
Garfield
Noyes
Gafield
Trree
Scovilie
Alexander Hall
Columbia
J. C. P. Burnside
Freeport
Charles ©. Allen
Guitean
J. Randall
Scoville
Kennon
Chicago Medical Review
Bloomingdale Asylum
Scoviller
Folsom
Boston
Samuel Worcester
Salem
Mass
William W. Goddaine
Government Asylum For
Washington
James McBride
Milwaukee
Wis
Channing
Brookline
Theodore W. Fisher
General Grant
Conkling
Jewell
Jodie Cox
Leo- Ville
Secretary of Navy Recommends $20 Million War Vessel Funds
In his annual report Secretary of the Navy Henr son proposes an appropriation of 20013716 for the fiscal year ending June 2 1888 for naval purposes mainly to be used for the construction of new war vessels.
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CarTaix Payne
Red River
Oklahoma
Oxford
N. C
T. M. Lynch
Shephardtown
Miss
Robert Catlin
United States
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pacific
Lakes
Pacifics
J. J. Farrow
Winterset
Lows
Secretary of the Navy
Tariff Convention Backs Protection and Shipping Reform
The Tariff Convention in New York City adopted resolutions urging full protective policy enforcement through a Civilian Commission and prompt federal action on tariff classification. It blamed government policy for declining American shipping and called for abolition of taxes on bank checks matches and proprietary articles. Separately, Terre Haute Methodist Conference rejected Rev. H W Thomas's appeal from excommunication due to his resumed pastoral duties.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Chicago
Ireland
Irish Nationaal Land League
Hal Wuirk
Colorado
Detroit
White
Smithson
Denver
New York
Minneapolis
Minn
Sth
Dunford
Kansas
Smith Hadeen
Caldwell
Shively
Washington
Cox
Guiteau
Guitean
Ile
Saratoga
Philadelphia
New York City
Congress
Methodist Judicial Conference
Terre Haute
Ind
H. W. Thomas
Rock River
Thomas
Irish Rent Boycott and Land League Rise Reported
A Dublin dispatch notes over 1 000 Roscommon tenants refuse rent amid rising Land League activity in England and Scotland. Duke of Devonshire tenants also refuse rent, with threats and boycotts increasing.
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Canada
Michaels Bay
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Senate action features franking bill and statehood talks
In the Senate on the 6th Ingalls introduced bills granting franking to Mrs Garfield and others, and measures for Southern Alaska government and Dakota statehood. Edmunds' resolution on committees passed. House largely filled with seat elections. In Philadelphia District Court verdicts in star-route case. Dublin notes midnights drills and assaults. Supreme Court limits sheriff liability in mandate. Guiteau trial details and interruptions.
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Garfield
Miller
Alaska
Samuel J. Randall
Charles B. Farnell
Allen
Campbell
Utah
United States District Court of Philadelphia
Star-Route
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Joseph Funk
Black and Arbuckle
Dublin
Sth
T Limerick
Considine
Rooney
Athlone
United States Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court
Cornxaze
Swiss Council of State
Vigier
Gilfillan
C. B. Warwell
Farwell
Scovilte
Arthur
Guiteau
Seoville
Supreme Court to rule on Sabbath law in Indiana
Oscar Mueller wins appeal over a Sabbath desecration fine from a Indianapolis Justice of the Peace. The case tests a Sunday act’s constitutionality with an exemption for observant Jews and broad implications for statewide enforcement.
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Supreme Court
Oscar Mueller
Mueller
Supreme Court of
Johnson
FARM AND FIRESIDE RECIPES AND TIPS
Old towels can serve as dusters when sewn ends together. Rich cattle feed yields rich manure and strong crops, while poor feed causes lean cattle and poorer crops. A collection of kitchen recipes and farming notes covers sauces, desserts, chutneys, omelets, and drinks plus timing for sowing rye and wheat and grazing guidance for road horses.
Pork and Pigs: A Plan for Cheaper Meat
The article argues for cheaper pork through diverse feeds like grass and cottonseed and emphasizes rapid growth and high quality. It notes cottonseed waste and suggests cotton and oat rye pastures in the South and grass farms in the North and East. It recounts expert opinions on pig quality, price driven by market demand, and odd showyard perceptions of prize pigs versus commercial stock.
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Berkshire
London
Royal Agricultural Society
Smithfield Club
V. Y Cribsane
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