England Recognizes New King of Spain and Other Foreign News
Foreign dispatches report Britain recognizing Alfonso XIII’s successor as king of Spain. French Cabinet resignations follow Assembly opposition to constitutional bills. Cuban insurgents defeat a Spanish column near Manacas with 150 losses. John Mitchel is seated in Parliament from Tipperary after election despite eligibility challenges.
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Alphonso Hag
Tifteen
Cuba
China
Cablinet
Singapore
Hind Bean
Graercat
Britain
Spain
Calon
Dublin
Weller
Great Britain
Tichburna
Stoke-on-Trent
Manacas
John Mitchel
Tipperary
Railroad land policy and grasshopper relief updates
The General Land Office replies on Union Pacific land selection affecting agricultural lands and coal lands. A War Department order outlines grasshopper relief enrollment in Western states, naming process and resource checks. Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds mortality verdict in Pomeroy case. Eastern railways adopt new tariff for freight from Chicago to Baltimore and Philadelphia with specified rates.
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General Land Office
Union, Pacific Railroad Company
War Department
Act of Congress
Missouri
Supreme Court of Massachusotts
Jesse EH. Pomeroy
Boston
Eastern Railway
Chica
Goi
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Tariffs and notices from the period
The piece lists freight tariffs from St Louis to western points with first to fourth classes and special rates, plus a 72 cent first class rate to western lines. It covers reports on the National Grange, tobacco taxes, river improvement, and a War Department supply order for grasshopper relief. Also noted are suffrage meetings, Kansas county funding, a fatal fall in Washington, a railroad fare cut, state fairs, burns and explosions, presidential proclamations, Grange leadership changes, and deaths including M L Dunlap.
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Western
Chicago
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Louisiana
Hannibal
Quincy
Burlington
Davenport
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Natiral Grange
Texas Pacific Railroad
Congress
Washington
West
New York
Pacific Mail
Rufus Hatch
Missouri State Woman's Suffrage Association
Kansas
Capitol
Baltimore & Club
Pennsylvania
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Ottawa
Doyle
Indianapolis
West Jefferson
Ohlo
William Stratton
Senate
Lawful voting rights not violated in Arkansas Grand Jury report
Grand Jury at Little Rock reported that under Gov Garland instructions the Prosecuting Attorney summoned witnesses and examined about forty complainants of terror, yet found no instance of denial of voting or other rights. the jury noted unusual quiet. West Virginia moves capital to Wheeling. Connecticut Democrats reaffirm ticket led by Gov Ingersoll. Louisiana Arkansas tax talks and hard money stance. Mr and Mrs D B Mellett of McConnellsburg Pa left three children home alone mid trip.
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Little Rock
Ark
Garland
West Virginia
Wheeling
Connecticut
Hartford
Charles R. Ingersoll
Louisiana
Arkansas
D. B. Mellett
McConnellsburg
Fragmented Trial Testimony and Congressional Actions Reported
Reading from a defeated, fragmentary record the piece details testimonies about a family case including Catherine Cary and Mr Heecher. it also notes Congress actions in the Senate and House on rail subsidies District of Columbia government bills pensions and bounty settlements, and funeral observances for Representative Hooper with various votes and amendments across dates.
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Senate
Dallas & Salt Lake
Committee On Railroads
Yeas .S
District of Columbia
Prposed
Yeas
Roberts and Kelley
Pennsylvania
Confederate Congress
Lonla
Damndes
Ro Rata
Renato
Eaton
Buckingham
Connecticut
Pacific Mail Steamship Com
Judiciary Committee
San Francisco
China
Japan
United States
Wilson
Anthony
Rhode Island
Prolem
Conference
House
Aleo
Freedmen‘s Bureau
Thomas W Fitch
Navy
Hooper
Mannachhusetts
Sargent
aeThe
Committee On Elections
Mortom
Wooper
Peabody School
St. “Augusta
Fin
Debate on telegraph roads and habeas powers in sessions
A lengthy debate covers telegraph postroads and regulating commercial intelligence, with Senate action on the Pinch Beck resolution and various amendments. House considers Revenue Bill and Mississippi River improvements. a somber asylum visit described with a vivid, emotional observation of aging inmates and a slide in icy yard.
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Sranpintan’ Po
Senate
Beck
Glock’p
Alabama
Master and Man in the Household Social Code
The London Horné contrasts master and servant, labeling rules for behavior and privileges. It decries double standards on intoxication, holidays, Sundays, and reading, and contrasts punishment, communication, and language between masters and servants.
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London Horné
Monstrous Shoe Tale From Bloomington Paper
A Bloomington Pantagraph item praises and lampoons a Worcester shoe seller showing a peculiar boot tied to a Sandusky belle. The ornate, fantastical description includes measurements and mock foot fashion, interwoven with brief notes on army desertions and seed growing from double flowers.
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Bloomington
Damon
Worcester
Magsa
Sandusky
Ohio
Whck
Colorado
New York Normal Schools Inspiring Ottawa Address
An Ottawa address by the Governor General praises New York normal schools visited during a tour. He describes students performing, gymnastic displays, and advanced instruction in geology, Shakespeare, astronomy, and science, highlighting thorough teaching and early preparation for higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
School Celebre
Ottawa
Canada
Lora Diderineeee
Dominion
San Francisco Steamer Sheds 18000 Match Boxes Overboard
A San Francisco steamer dumped about 18 000 boxes of matches into the sea to lighten the vessel and reduce its draft. The move aimed to improve buoyancy and safety during rough conditions, with crews reporting a notable impact on stability.
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San Francisco
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Henry
Republican
Burt
England
Samuel Hooper
Massachusetts
Pinchboth
National Grange
Dudley. Chase
New Hampshire
John T. Jones
Arkanena
D. W Alkin
South Carolina
Wm. Sanders
E. B Shankland
Iowa
Master Adams
South
Representative Beck
Kentucky
Congressrom
National Grange Adjourned On the 16Th, After Instructing the Executive Committee
Grange
Atlanta Agricultural Congress
Atlantic Ocean
Wyse & Co
New York City
Javier Pepartes
Rincolls
Catherine Cary
Heecher
Chis
Tilton
Tha
Allen T. Caperton
Caperton
Berkshire
St.oula
Master and Man
Donna
Gieat Fearq
Army
Maoy Journal
Brock
Ivester
UTTE
Detroit
Michigan
Eawee O- East Liberty
Philadelphis
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