Congress Week Briefs and Senate Action Summary
Congressional activity includes Alaska civil government bills, a new DC time standard, and railroad commission proposals. House adjourned for holiday recess. Skinner sworn in from South Carolina. Debates cover caserate and Washington surrender centennial observance. mixed votes on resolutions and internal committee actions.
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Congressional
Harrison
Alaska
Hoar
Senate
Angon G. McCook
Charles W. Johnson
Phris James Young
Rev. E. D. Huntley
W. P. Canaday
House
District of Columbia
Cullom
United Braves
Dinois & Michigan Canal
Wlinois
Ingalls
van Wyck
Supreme Court
Skinner
South Carolina
Calkins
Secretary of State
Papor Amnnis
Patrick O'Donnell
Collom
Board of
Railroad ‘Commissioners
Texas Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railway
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Department
Washington
Patriot Forces of América
Nike Ny
Tresoluton
Committee On Accounts
Keifer
Iim
Resont
Four Drownings and Disasters Marka Midwest and East News
Four men drowned when their boat capsized in St. Andrew's Bay Maine. The Hagedorn family home suffocated by coal gas. parents and a child survived. Icebound river ships halted at St Louis. packing firm in Indianapolis laid off one hundred workers. Severe cold in Brainerd Minnesota and a deadly fire in Baltimore. Major business failures and a gas poisoning death in Scranton. A Niagara River cantilever bridge test drew ten thousand spectators.
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St. Andrew’s Bay
Maine
Henry M Hagedorn
Cleveland
Brainerd
Minn
Mercury
Tay Baltimore Warehouse Company
Union Dock
Baltimore
Aid
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Connecticut
Pratt & Whitney Company
Hartford
Willmantic Thread Company
Peterson
Utah
Boman & Var Bennavurn
New York City
Jim George
Clinton
Ed el
James Dyer
Middletown
Owen County
Ind
Joan Wazse
Hiram Ehbrgott
Lackawanna Hospital
Scranton
Winchester
Trl
Adam Hill
George Snyder
Sutton Brothers
Willett Croasen
Daniel Gordon
Rochester
N. C
J. Woolfolk
Columbus
Guilfond Soon
Kingston
Niagara River
Noted Crimes and Civil Reports Across Several States
Reports from Cleveland Waterbury and Waterbury detail a railway clerk Charles A. WinLiams jailed for mail robbery. Creditors describe Dunkard land purchases near Great Bend Kansas. A Missouri case describes a wife exchange scheme. The Bartholdi statue completion is reported from Paris to New York Harbor. Trial testimony covers Hillsboro Bond case with key witness statements and contradictions.
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Charles A. WinLiams
Cleveland
J. L. Cuan
Waterbury (Conn
Carriouists
Virginia
Great Bend
Kan
Dunkards
Navan Massenoate
White River
Stone County
Hiram Loomis
Massengale
Gererau Grant
Cable
Bartholdi
Casino Theater
New York
Hillsboro
Haynes
Montgomery
Charles Mastery
Emma Bond
Emanuel Clementi
Witniss
Miss Bond
Trials, riots and political moves across 1884 pages
A digest of legal cases and political events includes the Emma Bond assault trial in Hillsboro Illinois with testimony from Chester Penitentiary convicts and a Grand Jury member’s claim of bribe offers. Reports cover an O’Donnell indignation meeting in Washington, a Philadelphia Anti Secret Society League convention, and calls to condemn secret orders including the Masons and Grand Army. Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders elect A D Taylor and push wool tariff restoration. A defund need sustains Crow Creek Indians. Clergyman D B Anp Denson dies in Boston. Washington Grand Jury indicts suspects for pension and mail fraud. Congressman Haskell’s remains interred in Lawrence Kansas. Louisiana Democrats rename nominees in Baton Rouge. A July Richmond convention aims to mobilize Black voters for civil and political rights and education. US court in San Francisco construes Chinese laborer law in mercantile context.
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Emma Bond
Hillsboro
Ill
Chester Penitentiary
J. T. Ferguson
John Montgomery
O'Donnell
Washington
Robinson
Calkins
Finnerty
Belford
Philadelphia
Masonic Lodge
Grand Army of the Republic
Tuk Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders’ Association
Lansing
A. D. Taylor
Aunt Hunt
Senate
T. BD
Anp Denson
Boston
N. W. Fitzgerald
C. Mitegerald
A. B. Webb
D. E. Haskell
Lawrence
Kan
Baton Rouge
McEnery
Burke
Louisville
Richmond
United States
Jumes Herman
San Francisco
Ameortenbaig
Tru marriage of Walworth and Bramlatte announced
Frank H. Walworth of Saratoga N Y and Miss Xorinne Bramlatte of Louisville Ky announce their marriage. Rev Joan B Wilcur, oldest Unitarian clergyman in the United States, died at Wayland Massachusetts aged ninety three.
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Tru
Frank H. Walworth
Saratoga
New York
Xorinne B.bramlatte
Louisville
Joan B. Wilcur
United States
Wayland
Mass
Various news items from 18th to 20th including fires and battles
Tar Beaver Lumber of Yama chiche Quebec failed on the 18th for 108. Losses from Lisbon fire reach £100,000. Egyptian army command given to Bax En PasHa to conciliate tribes. 150 English artillery men go to Egypt. Rio Janeiro reports oppressive heat and rising yellow fever. Glasgow grants Lord Lorne freedom of the city and Canada warned of danger in hostilities. SEVENTEEN cars and two engines destroyed on Canada Southern. Black Sea storm kills and destroys villages. 250+ drowned at sea. In Servia Radical leaders sentenced to death. no Radical party next legislature. Informer Kernnican shot. St Augustine burned. 82 rescued, 30 remaining. Hong Kong dispatch reports battle near Bontay. 5 villages captured. Courbet’s force 7000. heavy casualties. Galway man Joan Moy LAn shot dead. Sir John Grover appointed Governor of Newfoundland. Lord Lorne remarks Irish in Canada content.
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Tar Beaver Lumber Company
Yamachiche
Quebec
Cameecug
Lisbon
Spain
Bax En PasHa
Soudan
Egypt
Rio Janeiro
Glasgow
Scotland
Lord Lorne
Canada
Canada Southern
Rodasy
Furthen
Constantinople
Black Sea
Servia
Skuptchina
Kernnican
Cong
Ireland
St. Augustine
Bay of Biscay
Hong Kong
China
Bontay
Courbet
Joan Moy Lan
America
Clonbar
Galway
John Grover
Ashantee
Newfoundland
London
Prohibition Seekers Call Ohio State Convention
Prohibitionists in Ohio announce a state convention in Columbus on January 8 to urge a legislative vote on re submission of the prohibition question without qualifiers. The seven days ending the 21 saw widespread business failures across the U S and Canada, with totals by region.
Great French Actress Sara Bernhardt Attacks Memoirs Rival
Paris reports Sara Bernhardt confronted Marie Colombier over a libelous memoir, pursuing her through rooms with a horsewhip. The clash, sparked by published claims of Bernhardt’s life, ended with Colombier escaping via the servants' stair, while Bernhardt performed in Nana at Porte Saint Martin later that night.
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Marie Colombler
Paris
Sara Barnum
Malle Marie Colombler
Sara Bernhardt
America
Marie Colombier
Sara
Octave Mirabéau
M. Paul Bonnetain
M. Bonnetain
Prince Karageorgevitch
Marquis de Talleyrand
MM. Bonnetain
Moile
Antonine
Mines
Jean Ruchepin
Kerbernhardt
Rue Thann
Marcie Colombier
Mile
Colombier
Jehan Soudan
Mdlle Defresnes
AL Jean Rachein
M. Soudan
Marie
Sara Berhardt
Marshal Canrobert
Mdlle Colombier
Porte Saint Martin
Nana
Dona Sol
Woma
Sari
Banda Bernuardt
Mystery death at Douglass Mountain tunnel near Georgetown
John C. Emmerson was found in a tunnel at Douglass Mountain with a cut throat and crushed limbs after being wedged for about two days. A coroner's inquest supported the theory he took his own life while trapped, as heavy rocks and a non timbered drift hindered escape.
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Denvun
Douglass Mountain
Georgetown
G. A. Dilley
John C. Emmerson
Emmerson
Great Cantalever Bridge Test Draws Thousands in Niagaran NY
A thorough test of the Michigan Southern cantalever bridge was conducted at NaGanaA Fairs with two twenty-engine trains and twenty-four gravel cars crossing the structure. The test, observed by about ten thousand people, left twenty locomotives and ten cars on the river arm and center span after end removals. Various officials and guests arrived from New York and Buffalo. engineers and scientists studied the bridge while a banquet followed at Montsagle.
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Tonerey
New York
Rutter
New York Central
Barrows
Buffalo
Canada Southern
Chicago
Michigan Central
Montsagle
Wise Men and Whist Champions at the Coaching Club
A London Times meditation on whist players, blending humor and social insight. It contrasts luck and skill, notes the self-satisfaction of two experts who beat rivals, and laments the stubbornness of “book” players while praising those who learn from practice and experience.
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Hyde Park
Portland
London Times
Rescue by One Up In Tex Encin County Well Incident
A Mexican boy fell into a well about fifteen feet deep with nine feet of water in Encin County Texas. His mother jumped in to save him, the grandmother also acted to rescue the daughter, and the great grandmother was near the brink when she fainted. All were saved by one up.
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Encin
County
Tex
Laughing Indian of Winnpeg Sells Five Minute Shows
A brief item notes a young Indian in Winnpeg named Dan who earns a living by laughter as a profession. He offers five minutes of laughter for five emits, described as a valuable entertainment bargain by Chicago Jim.
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Winnpeg
Dan
Chicago
Jim
Bazaar Bystander Pleads for A Gift for a Lady
A garbled fair scene shows a boy begging Mr Smith to buy a trinket for a lady. The confused exchange includes misheard phrases and names, reflecting a muddled post at the fair.
New York Dinner Menu Cards Costly Alver at $21 Each
At a recent New York swell dinner menu cards made of alver cost twenty one dollars per card. The note N O Y Herald records the pricey custom as part of the event’s finer details.
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New York
Alver
NOY. Herald
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News OF the Week
Telegraph and Mail
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Jerry Cox
D. C
H.H. Rembert
Silas Lane
Rolling Fork
Miss
DeLong
Jeannette
Irkutsk
Siberia
Europe
Vincennes, Inc
Garvonkeeper
Kin
Independent Newspaper
Stewartsville
Edinburgh
West Shore Railroad
Utica
City of
Mexico
Cantalever Bridge
Pete
East Liberty
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