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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1881
Page
2
Fragmentary report covers House and Senate activity with nominations for Speaker, committee appointments, and tariff-related measures. Debates touch on presidential succession provisions, currency recoinage, and territorial governance. Trial testimony fragment references Guiteau and insanity claims amid broader legislative session notes.
Fragmented courtroom transcript shows President's speech provoking interruptions as defense contends overbearing remarks. Witnesses, including Luther Gultean’s physician and family, discuss prior conduct and mental state amid jurors' tense atmosphere and court order reactions.
Reports detail a United States Treasury clerk named Domentic E G Barnaxn arrested on charges of illegally prosecuting a pension claim and held to bail of 2000 as Washington Grand Jury action looms. The article also notes interior commission recommendations and various financial and legal items from across the country.
Two PREIONSTRATES on the Chicago and Toledo line collided near Kansas City causing extensive destruction and fatally injuring two employees with several others badly hurt. Joan S. Ginus Co. of St. Louis suspends payments with liabilities estimated at 125000. Government appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1888 total 340405607.
A collection of brief items notes polygamy allegations against Joan Taylor head of Mormon Church and a secretive ceremony at a Salt Lake temple. Jury verdicts in star-route case against Wiley Funk and Arbuckle. Louisiana legislature’s extra session in New Orleans with Garfield and Wiltz tributes. General Spatrick’s death in Santiago. Jefferson Davis family arrival in New York. Buck re-elected senator in Kentucky. Alexander Borven dies at 91. Readjuster party in Virginia organized. Forney dies in Philadelphia. Iowa Greenback Convention set for Des Moines April 1.
A late chaplain becomes Protestant and joins Rome's Protestant Congregation. A Frankfort agitator is jailed for incitement. Vienna Ring Theater fire kills hundreds with 150 bodies recovered. Spain's deputies hear slavery replaced by apprenticeship. Kerry mob wounds a rent payer. a Blige victim beaten. Mr Parnell chilled. The British steamer Saxon Monarch sinks in the Bay of Biscay with all forty lives lost.
Morning reports recount a fatal lamp explosion at a rail yard in Pittsburgh injuring and trapping workers, a Vienna theater collapse with 69 bodies found and fears of more, and diverse items from political treaties to the Guiteau trial outlook as the East River bridge pedestrian path nears completion.
The annual report of Secretary Felger, transmitted by the President, covers forty pages and cites 360,722,29.57 dollars in revenues, 990,712,857.00 in ordinary expenses, and a surplus of 100,008,404.98. It outlines bond allocations, currency measures, silver coinage policy, and customs revenue, recommending tax reforms, treasury reserves, and refunding considerations while noting issues such as pleuro-pneumonia and life-saving services.
Mr James Vick states as an established fact that apples keep better in moist cellars than in dry ones. When tapping and railroading it is to let water out of the stock.
The Comptroller of the Currency stresses directors and examiners must guard bank funds. The report cites failures like Mechanics’ Bank Newark and Pacific National Bank Boston, urging periodic examinations by a director committee and stronger criminal penalties for clandestine falsifications. It notes the limited reach of examiner reports and outlines reforms and investigations into banking practices.
The December report discusses Secretary Lincoln's support for expanding the army to 30,000, safeguarding Indian lands, extending seacoast fortifications, and delaying operational costs. It references General Wright on coast defense, aims for timely fortification, and suggests raising West Point standards with possible extended cadet training. It lists war expenditures for 1881 1882 and 1883 and notes reductions in revised appropriations.
A Philadelphia journalist recounts a nocturnal rambles episode amid a heavy snowstorm. He describes severe neck stiffness, pain, and eventual relief after using St Jacobs Oil, noting swift recovery and renewed mobility next day. References to bicycle, opera house, and local anecdotes follow.
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