Senate Debates Election of Officers Amid Row Over Votes
congressional turmoil continues over the resolution for electing officers as Dawes Beck and Saunders address the question. A heated exchange erupts between Dawes Mahone Hill and Hoar, adjournment follows with executive session voted down and no clear outcome.
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Multiple Plagues and Disasters Reported in Across Cities
A New York woman insane with anxiety for her children killed herself by jumping from a five story building. A pistol carb explosion in Poughkeepsie killed David Downay and Michael Broderick, and seriously injured John Murray. The Yorktown Centennial Commission seeks subscriptions in the original thirteen states for stock. Wisconsin State Fair moves to Yauddu Lac starting September 26. A woman starved to death at Iowa City weighed two pounds less than her prefast weight. A railroad camp near Chama, New Mexico was robbed by Baker and accomplices, with a deadly clash at a Frenchman’s store. The War Cabinet authorizes free rations and blankets for Idaho Territory sufferers. Boiton merchant Sued bequests to non-relatives. a large fortune otherwise distributed. A Canadian Mounted Police captain predicts Alting Bull’s surrender at Woody Mountain. Gover’s Gap West Virginia endures a smallpox panic. funeral logistics strained. Jay Gould reportedly buys Thomas A. Scott’s Texas Pacific stake. Boott resigns Texas Pacific presidency. McClannahan discharged over Missouri land frauds. A Missouri River derailment near Atchison injures none. a tornado near Hornando, Mississippi, causes deaths and damage. Five smallpox cases emerge in Osimine Street, New York. Georgia peach crop hurt by frost. Bank of Atlanta fails with heavy liabilities.
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Rhode Island Prohibition Law Progress and Bribery Claim
Assembly advances a three Commissioner plan to regulate railroads while Rhode Island House postpones prohibition law to next session. A member claims he was offered one hundred dollars to vote against prohibition.
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Lincoln's 16th Anniversary Commemoration Noted in Springfield
The text recalls the 16th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination commemorated at Springfield. It lists events and figures including a Philadelphia report on a baptism and remarks about leaders and a former congressman and lawyer who died at Auburn.
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Foreign Tax courts sentences and Irish trials amid global tensions
Reports from London note sentences for conspiracy against merchants in Glasgow and clashes at an Irish state trial with a detainee escorted to the train. Other items include end of war between Russia and Tekke Turcomans, mentions of Cetynayo in Cape Town talks, Porte urging restraint in Tunis, a mysterious illness among Chinese workers on the Canada Pacific railway, and Nihilist executions in St Petersburg.
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European bonds inquiries and political notes dominate late news
A Washington telegram reports Secretary Windom awaiting replies on whether bonds en route to the Treasury meet the three and a half percent interest deadline. European tax delegates head to Paris for a monetary conference while Britain, Canada, and India set representation. Protests, rail strikes, and public unrest appear in various localities as well.
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Terrible voyage survivors rescued after cannibalism in dire straits
The Tiger, 77 days from Liverpool bound for Baltimore, reached the Nebo near Cape Henry. Crew starved for weeks, eating dog flesh and even boot leather strips soaked in lamp oil. Cannibalism loomed until Nebo delivered a month of provisions and towed the Tiger to safety as both ships struggled through a barnacle-heavy hull.
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Imprisoned in a Swiss Well Survives Eight Days
A mason named Zavor Mattmann descended into a freshly sunk well near Lucerne, Switzerland, as walls collapsed trapping him for eight days. Stones pressed him immobilizing his chest and head, yet he retained presence of mind. Rescuers began removing stones Friday, freeing him at six o'clock with only contusions and no broken limbs.
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Saved by a Rosebush in Oregon Cascades Rescue
An exploring party member W. D. Prettyman slipped on a snow crust above Multnomah Falls. He grabbed a rosebush to stop his fall and was saved as a helper lowered a rope to pull him to safety. He suffered torn hands but survived the perilous descent.
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Illinois Legislature Debates Bills and Adjournment Row
A long session feature item covers bills debated in both houses, including amendments to coroner and highway laws, canal funding, and a proposed Soldiers' Orphans' Home appropriation. Appointments to state boards are listed as well as motions for adjournment and quorum issues.
Electric Eels Stir Crew in a Newbern Harbor Tale
A New Bern harbor recounts an incident where an eel shocks a darky as he dives for a large eel in a muddy can. The Gymnotus species is noted for powerful electricity used by Brazil natives to drive wild horses, paralleled by the Atlantic aquarium voyage to Boston.
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The Humor of Small Pox and a Doctor’s Cautionary Tale
A Milwaukee doctor treats a man with suspected small pox after a night of questionable home care. A frantic friend jokes about exposure while the doctor explains the disease as the illness reveals itself. The tale ends with a grim quip and a note on the era’s railway iron sleeper trade.
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