Second Session Debates and Bills in Senate House
The week reports bills on land sales to Winnebago in Nebraska and anti foreign labor, with Senate passage of the anti foreign contract labor bill and house actions on the river and harbor and naval appropriations. Other items include coinage regulation, Oklahoma opening, Texas Pacific Land Grant Forfeiture, inauguration funds, and pension bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
House
Dorsheimer
Senate
United States
Oklahoma
Taurgs Bay
Renato
Texas Pacific
Domestic crimes and disasters cross country and river
Reports tell of disinterred corpses in Pisgah Cemetery near Point Pleasant West Virginia arson and child endangerment in Hawkins County Tennessee. Fires wrecks and deaths appear from Memphis Isla and Helena steamers to Utah snow slides and Kentucky murders with multiple losses and shifting fortunes across 1884.
Chain of disasters hits cities across nation on the 19th and 20th
A Philadelphia warehouse fire on Chestnut Street devastates a square, two men killed and losses at $250 000. A Massachusetts dog disease kills thousands in three days. The Marvin safe factory in New York burns, valued at $230 10. A DC railway collision kills five, with $100 000 in currency lost and mail damage. Fires in Pittsburgh and Chicago, a fatal stabbing in Boston, and a Buncombe County child tragedy are reported along with labor strikes, accidents, and a wave of business failures totaling 287 nationwide in seven days.
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Pisgah
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Hawkins County
Tenn
James Reynolds
Ida Darragh
City of Helena
Memphis
Isla
Harry Uolrich
Cheyenne
Wy. T
Bradant
Cleveland Bay
Bray Bros
Grain Commission
San Francisco
Alta
Utah
Pepperell Company
Cotton Mills of
New Ruayland
Virginia
Pocahontas
Hagdenville
Ben Coombs
Jake Mason
Mason
Bos Johnxson
Princeton
Troy
Chattanooga
Salt Lake City
North Georgia
North Carolina
John Morgan
EB. V. Olive
Dixie Island
Mobile Bay
Ashtabula
C. Cavanoc
Jimmrere Day & Co
New Orleans
Chicago
Grannis
Dearborn
Macksbur Z. O
Ritchey County
Baltimore & Ohio
Caldwell
Ohio
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Marvin Safe
New York
District of Columbia
St. Michael’s Orphan Asylum
St. Joseph’s Convent
Pittsburgh
Ashton
Boston
George Oliver
Alice Wilson
Buncombe County
N. C
Tuscarawas Valley
Northwestern
National Guard
New York City
Joseph Haberecker
Muncy Valley
Akever
Lusinera
Chivagy
Tlark
Madison Streem
Yth
North Vernon
Ind
Ohio & Misctanippi
United States
Canada
Middle States
Western
Laws Restrict Sale of Tahacas to Minors Across States
Nebraska, New Jersey, and Iowa legislatures pass or consider bills and resolutions banning sale or gifts of tobacco to minors. Separate items note deaths in New York, and political resignations and elections in Michigan Ohio Illinois and Washington. Also reports Grant’s improved health and a Dakota Constitutional Convention proposal.
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Nebraska
New Jersey Senate
United States District Court
Chicago
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
Joseph C. Mackin
Washington
Michigan
John K Macliver
Detroit Board of Trade
Tarres
Ohio House
Washington State
Taft
Austria
Astor
Italy
Young
China
State Department
United States
Illinois
John A. Logan
W. R. Morrigan
E. M. Haines
James I. Ward
Frank Lawler
John Smith
James Russell Lowell
England
London
General Grant
Dakota Council
Sioux Falls
O'Dovory Rossa
Brooklyn Man Wins Health Gains After Wound
Vincent's Hospital reports the patient has fully recovered and is at his Brooklyn home. The Ohio militia returned three Legislative ballots for United States Senator with Logan leading in all counts. Michigan kills a licensing bill. Brooklyn bridge builder William C Kinastey dies at 52. Oregon Legislature adjourns after a tense session without a senator chosen.
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Michigan
Willian C. Kinastey
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Oregon
United States
Wolseley Delays Move to Korti and Sudan Campaign Notes
Dispatches report General Wolseley to stay near Kort with 1600 troops while Wood reviews the situation at Metemneh. Arabs desert Mtemneh and advance to Guwat Betush camp as Canadian voyageurs head home. Robberies and accidents across regions are noted, plus Parliament opening in London and Egypt war preparations.
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Wolseley
Kort
Vl . Wood
Bmtemneb
Mletemnach
Guuat
Charles M. Weed
GoscondituuKs
Bodinan & Gu
Carcago
Mex
Morrisons
Setio
Yaqui
Linckvurn
Eag
Dluy
Newcastle City
Halifax
Korti
Cairo
London
Irkutsk
Washington Monument celebration and political notes from the period
The article reports a Washington Monument ceremony with remarks by Senator Sherman and an acceptance by President Arthur. It covers congressional readings, a New York family fire tragedy, and various financial, legal, and political events including Illinois Senate voting, Chicago election fraud convictions, and a Post Office bill debate.
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Washington
National Capital
Sherman
How Wow Corcoran
United States
Arthur
House of Representatives
Congress
Ederands
Robert C. Winthrop
Jobo D. Long
New York
James Murray
Wellsburg
W Va
General Lanage
Illinois
Chicago
J.C. Mackin
W. J. Gal-lagher
Arthur Gleason
Senate
House
Committee On Appropriations
Washington Monument Dedication Enshrines Washington’s Memory
Amid a bitter wind, Washington Monument dedication draws crowds as Senator Sherman and Colonel Casey speak. President Arthur accepts the monument and extols Washington’s virtues, with a grand parade, Masonic rites, and a ceremonial collapse of the Capital and Hall of the House events.
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Senator Sherpizn
Casey
Arthur
Capital
Guszip
Monument to Washington Erection Timeline Unearthed
A 1799 record notes Congress resolved to erect a marble monument to George Washington in Washington City, to celebrate his military and political life. Funding and wartime disruptions stalled the project, with later efforts focused on resuming construction and honoring his legacy.
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Continental Congress
General Washington
Congress
George Washington
United States of America
United States
Washington
Tully
IRS
Psa
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