Congress Debates Silver Coinage and National Bank Notes
News of the week outlines Senate and House actions including McPherson and Voorhees bills on silver coinage suspension and political use prohibitions, debates over national bank note circulation, proposals for canal building, school aid, and court organization, plus relief appropriations and the Chalmers Branning Mississippi election case.
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Senate
McPherson
Bir. Voorhees
House
Michigan & Mississippi
Potter
Jothee McPherson
Bayard
Sherman
Congress
Andersonville
Belle Isle
Logan
Beck
Supreme Courts
Nationalbank
Moskinley
Cleveland
Hood
Missis
Chalmers Vaanning
Ohio
Chalmers- Branning
Manning
Mississippi
Committee On
Dream of Heaven Drives Man From Nanticoke Bridge
A man named Thomas Saxa from Wilkesbarre, unsettled in mind, told his mother he dreamed of heaven then stepped off the high bridge at Nanticoke and was horribly mangled. Other items note Pittsburgh mill workers avoiding a wage cut strike, small bills controversy, Utica asylum deaths, a Philadelphia shooting, and various 19th century incidents.
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Thomas Saxa
Wilkesbarre
Nanticoke
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Congress
State Lunatic Asylum
Utica
N. Y
Evan D. Hughes
Art Philadelphia
Barbara Minor
Louisa Yowell
Jupax Dioxry
Illinois Supreme Court
Frederick M. Ker
Chicago
Berlin
Niagara Falls
Frank
Jouse James
Kentucky
Shaners
Edward Gordon
Bellefontaine
Fred Norton’s
Jonesboro
Ind
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Davin C. Ketuxp
Scioto
Mingo Junction
Parkersburg
Tornado of 1884 trade data and calamities report
Exports of breadstuffs in January 1884 valued at 12,284,781 versus 15,885,677 in 1883, seven months to Jan 31 totaling 100,266,007. A string of accidents and crimes followed: engineer George Emery killed at Hoosier Flouring Mills Indianapolis. fraud arrests in Wheeling. suspensions in Charleston. Mormon proselytes en route to Utah. burglary theft of a medical office collection in Cleveland. bank failure in Upper Sandusky linked to John S. Rappe. widespread business failures across regions. drownings in Tennessee and Cincinnati. floods in Albany. large unemployment in Chicago. defaulter Mason of Jay County. a wife shot in Rogersville Junction. child burned to death near Bloomington. hangings in Plaquemines. Emma Rogers fatally burned in Chattanooga. and deaths in Dakota sheep flu scare and Cortland fires.
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Hoosier
Indianapolis
George Emery
Relief Committee
Wheeling
W. Va
L. D. Mowry & Son
Charleston
D. C
Cleveland County
N. C
Atlanta
Utah
United States
H. C. Brainard
Cleveland
O. Tur Central Bank
Upper Sandusky
John 8. Rappe
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Tennessee
Beatty
Pearl Street
Cincinnati
Poplar Creek
Wolf Point
Dakota
Albany
N. Y
Employment Bureau
The
Young Men’s Christian Association of Chicago
Hfe
Mason
Jay County
Ind
Rogersville Junction
Tenn
Carrie Hunter
James NM. Hunter
Bivens Percefield
Bloomington
Thomas Benton
Plaquemines
Emma Rogers
Chattanooga
Dakota Badlands
Marquis Demores
O'Neil
Cortland
W.R. Minter
Marietta
Political and Personal Notes From Chicago to Washington
The Illinois Republican State Central Committee met in Chicago and urged a state convention in Peoria on April 16. Virginia's legislature passed a strict party apportionment bill giving Democrats eight seats and Coalitionists two. General Sheridan arrived in New York for a conference with General Grant, who still used crutches at home. After a Lincoln aide conference, the House Appropriations Committee approved 500000 for flood sufferers. Congress considered 10030000 for eighty nine public buildings. Captain Paul Boyton married Maggie Conley in Chicago on the 14th. Colonel Edward Stums, 90, a defender of the capital in 1814, died in Washington. President Arthur promoted Lieutenant Rhodes for heroism at the City of Columbus wreck. A M Chapwier, Omaha judge, collapsed dead from apoplexy en route to court.
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Republican State Central Committee
Chicago
Peoria
Virginia
Sheridan
New York
General Grant
Lincoln
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Paul Boyton
Maggie Conley
Coltonel Epward Stums
Washington
Arthur
Rhodes
Dexter
City of Columbus
A. M. Chapwier
Omaha
Neb
Attornd
Wedding at Trinity Cathedral on the 14th
Tax probe into the Danville riot begins on the 14th in Washington with a colored policeman as first witness. National Union League council to meet in Washington March 6. Flood relief appropriation rises to 500000 with 200000 additional passed and signed. Arthur accepts John C. New resignation effective immediately. Wendell Phillips estate worth 250000 left to widow and adopted daughter. Norfolk Virginia voter registration shows 2835 colored and 2922 white voters.
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Trinity Cathedral
Danville
Washington
National Union League
Congress
Arthur
John C. New
the Treasury
Tuxwill
Wendell Phillips
Daugther
Norfolk
Global Rumors of Disasters and Political Turmoil
Reports from Dundee Hue Tourane Arequipa Matamoros and London describe drownings massacres and clashes. The Spain US treaty heads into force March 1 and Gladstone is assaulted. A London tramways act says a company seeks to buy estates and relocate residents.
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Dundee
Scotland
Hue
Cochin China
Tourane
Puinhoin
Arequipa
Peru
Matamoros
Spain
United States
Madrid
Brapiey
Emerson
Manitoba
Caspian Sea
Gladstone
London
Tur
Sinkat
Monasticr
Greece
Record of midwestern flood and fires across 19th century towns
The Ohio River level fell at Cincinnati while rising elsewhere, flooding Evansville to New Albany and destroying thousands of homes. Lawrenceburg and Germantown faced massive destruction. Louisville area left five thousand homeless and New Port inundated. Damages estimated at $1,000,000. Concurrent fires in Prescott, Chicago, and New Hampshire caused multiple deaths and losses. Sanctioned legal moves and political actions followed amid wider chaos including Texas ranger deployment and Khartoum proclamation.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Evansville
New Albany
Ind
Lawrenceburg
Germantown
Ohio
Portsmouth
Mayaville
Gallipolis
New Richmond
Belpre
Pomeroy
Cheshire
Middleport
Augusta
Shawneetown
Louisville
Newport
Lexington
Prescott
A. T
N. Holmes
Daily Miner
Irone
Glant
Chicago
Chichester
N. H
Thaddeus Avery
Glonce P. Curry
Clarence Shepard & Co
Milwaukee
Thellinois Supreme Court
Harper
Genera Gonvon
Khartoum
el Mehdi
Indianapolis
Texas
Illinois State News roundup hits many Chicago area events
Health officer finds elderly man Joseph McDoud and his crippled son in a Hyde Park hut near seventy first street in starvation. A boy drowns in a Secatur well while leaning over an uncovered edge. A Sherman House bell boy is crushed to death in Chicago. Six tenement fires in Cairo drive families from homes. A girl named Aunt Rose dies after poison due to fear of punishment. Protests over a congressional bill on animal industry. A freight wreck near Apple River injures ten passengers. Governor Hamilton appoints and dismisses state officials amid multiple local incidents. Missing money and murders in Winnetka. Deaths in Decatur and Carlinville court house. A Mormon missionary active in Edwards County. A large poultry show at Alton. Hog cholera in Jersey County prompts rendering need. Multiple local business and political shifts noted in Illinois.
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Hyde Park
Chicago
Sherman House
Cairo
Alexander County
Rose
Carrie Masterton
Bluffs
Scott County
Dunham
Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry
Allegheny Mountains
Ilinois Central
Apple River
Daviess County
Hamilton
Robert R. Adams
Fairfield
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Jackson County
Isaac B. Self
Overacre
Macon
Blue
Shelbyville
Shelby County
B. W. Mahon
Mount Carmel
Wabash County
Abraham Middlesworth
First National Bank of
Illinois
Central Illinois Poultry Association
Alton
Madison County
West
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Arkansas
Jersey County
Leslie Cross
N. J. Wallace
L. L. Haworth
James Milliken
W. C. Armstrong
Decatur
Lincoln
Anna P. Sill
Rockford
Winnebago County
Samuel Shelby
Macon County
Wilson
New Hampshire
A. Beck
Edwards County
William Roberts
Windsor Hotel
Thomas Loftus
Howard
McHenry County
Carlinville
Macoupin County
A. C. Kulze
Springfield
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Hudson
Troy
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