Congress Debates Tariff and Post Office Bills and Noted Incidents
The Senate and House debated the postal money order modification, tariff provisions, and various appropriation bills. New members were sworn in in Indiana and Utah, with memorials observed for late congressman Shackleford. Reports covered rail transport studies, mismanagement inquiries, weather impacts, business failures, and a San Francisco nitro compound explosion.
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Senate
Hill
Post-office
House
Ohio
J.T. Updegraff
United States
Croult
Edmunds
Requeata
Doxey
Indiana
J. T. Calno
Utah
Venezuela
Shackleford
Robeson
J. W. Shackleford
North Carolina
Lowell
Military’ Affairs Committee
Moore
Howe
Congress
Union
Hampton
Tome
Fire, Fights, and Frauds Stir 19th Century News
A Milwaukee bar owner Gronon Bongnarx faced a jail hold on a warrant for firing the Newhall House theater blaze claim. Fire destroyer figures put losses near $200000. several deaths and many injuries reported. widespread accidents, train wrecks, and embezzlement cases appear alongside legislative sugar duty petitions and distant disasters.
Washington Postage Bill Amendment Draws Attention
A Washington dispatch reports the appropriation committee amended the Peat-Office bill to start two-cent postage next July. The President plans to call an extra session after March to address revenue. Mintin of Kansas named Secretary of the Republican National Committee following Dorsey's resignation.
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Washington
Congress
Joan A. Mintin
Kansas
Ves Dorsey
Iwinols
Cullom
United States
David Davis
W. C. Paspteron
Northern
Bretal
Staunton
Benator Plumm
Territory
District of Columbia
Media
Melvillo
Ciilldren
Ixpense
Ti National Board of Trade
Providence
R.L
General Burnside
Henry Kip
United States Expresa Company
Buffalo
Halifax
England
John W. Sxacx Lerony
North Carolina
Tom Supreme Court of
Iowa
Journal of the House
Senate
Exittu Pannen
St. Louis
Palmer
Illinois
Fts National Board of Trade
Department of Commerce
R. 8& Newnop
Norristown
Mexico
Dr. Hicks
Crane
Titla
Guiteau
Police Court
Mazen
Raum
Brewater
Re . Prederiox
E. Shaw
E. W. Doniphan
Dorsey ’ & National Board of Trade
Atts
Mtelon
Supreme Court
The
Friends of Temperance
Des Brefnes
Foreign notes on nationality policy and military service
A Benin dispatch claims Blemarcks oppose returning naturalized Germans to the United States, exempting them from military service. The Italian Financial Commission has decided that draft payments will begin in April.
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Benin
Blemarcks
United States
Tur Jtalian Financial Commission
Epech
News Chronicle of Global Turmoil and Disasters
A jumble of reports from London Paris and Madrid recount hangings in Galway, revolutionary rhetoric in Paris, a deadly landslide at Mara Switzerland, an earthquake aftermath in Marcela, and maritime and railway ventures. Also noted are conspiracies in France, fires in Vienna and London, and trials in Lyons with multiple arrests and sentences.
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England
Tepee
Eric
Louie Napoleon
Lugetie
Marseilles
Guarsront
Haseen
y .Thomis_Hicorns
Michael ¥Linn
Galway
Ireland
Huddya
Drlacé Napoleon
Manifesta
Paris
Marcela
Spain
Javan
Union Steamship Company
Smili-Vox
Rat Portage
Manitoba
Egypt
Coopen, Hat, & Co
Eng
Mara
Switzerland
Prince Jerome
GrovGz DarWix
Cambridge University
Ropins Tar
Kingston
Canon Wi.kinson
Truro
Benson
Canterbury
de Long
Irkutsk
Muiden
Holland
France
National Army
Ra‘og
Vienna
Khorson
Russia
Adonstin
Lyons
Prince Krapotkince
Gautier
Bernard
Bordat
Cold Northwest Weather Slows Travel and Attends Rail Delays
The Northwest faces the coldest spell in years with temperatures from ten to forty below zero. Rail travel slows asating stock suffers. Notable incidents include a Tehuantepec battle report, a Wisconsin firm failure, a deadly train wreck near Tehachap Pass, a ship collision in the German Ocean, and the West Berkeley powder works explosion. The Senate sees many school aid petitions and weather forecast control debates, with postages cut to two cents.
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Chicago
Louis Trevis
Sault Ste. Marie
Straits of Mackinaw
Matamoris
Mex
Tehuantepec
Seventh Battalion
M. Erszenstapt & Co
Wis
Southern Pacific
Engina
Tehachop's Pass
Mahogan
Logg Island
Henry
Milwaukee
Newhall House
Lonpox
Cimbria
Sultan
West Berkley Station
Oakland
Cal
United States Senate
Voorhees
Agricultura
Signal Service
Department of Agriculture
Oscar Wilde and Bunko Scandal Highlight American Folly
The Chicago Tribune recounts Oscar Wilde falling for a bunko scam on Broadway. It notes how he lectured on aesthetics and misjudged American society, losing money while critics mock his pretensions and warn others. It mentions Charles Francis Adams as another victim of the same con artist.
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Iily
Theatellars
Perent
Bunko
Charles Francis Adams
Bunko Asteerer
Oscar
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Apostle
Thlood
Teddy
Chicago Tribune
Milwaukee Fire Suspect in Fire at Newhall House Bar
George Beheller, lessee of the Newhall House bar, was arrested after a three o'clock night fire. Detectives allege he set the blaze. witnesses and line-of-duty officers connect him to the wood-room fire in the basement. He is jailed on charges of arson amid conflicting testimony and fear of lynching.
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Newhall House
Ona
Mutchneee
George Behellec
Hannifin
Newhall Houses
Jansen &Ad
Roth
Iaulet House
Mason Street
Broadway
Areon
Scheller
Linehan
Lincfian
Sheriff’s Office
Clark
Seo Scholler
John Hannifin
Muncipal Court
Milwaukee
George Scholler
Newhall Hous
Wisconsin
George Scheller
Linctlin
Bush
Linchan
Scheler
Schollar
North Point
Charles Scholes
Antisdel
Echeller
Tleo
Will Sanderson
Edward Sanderson & Co
Sam Dunbar
Pati
Joe Hondover
Schaller
Four Hundred Per sons Burned to Death in Russian Circus Fire
Fire at a Berditchoff circus in Russian Poland during a performance killed hundreds as doors failed to open outward and flame from fireworks spread quickly. The audience of about 800 rushed front doors and side exits, many leaping from windows. water froze in the fire brigade tanks and two hours passed before the blaze was contained. Victims included police officials and a vice president of the Bordit shot Bourse. many Jews were in attendance.
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Fwo
Borditshot Bourse
Grand Opera House Explosion Kills Two Men
A calcium light cylinder explosion during the Lights o London performance at the Grand Opera House causes five injuries and the deaths of Albert Seymour and Robert Farrington. The accident results from mis-matched hydrogen and oxygen in a calendar cylinder, sparking shock and chaos as audience members and staff react.
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Grand Opers House
Ikee
Enelys
Grand Opera House
London
Étoré
Albert Seymour
Robert Farrington
Sde
Gustavo Stouber
Plocca
Richard Reed
James Foster
Calcium Light
Coe
Colfer
Claudex
Charles Williams
Collier
Newhall House
Grand Opera House Thousaand Ls
Cotlier
J&st
Farrington
Ita
Iowa Prohibitory Amendment Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
The Iowa Prohibitory Amendment, adopted by popular vote last June, was declared invalid by the Supreme Court today. Judge Severs rendered the Langve Hill decision from Davenport, upholding that the amendment did not operate due to discrepancies in the Eighteenth Assembly’s records and form.
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Drs Moines
Supreme Court
Severs
Lang Ve. Hill
Davenport
Hill
House of the Eighteenth Assembly
Senate
Nineteenth Assembly
Eighteenth Assembly
Hayen
Iowa
Althe
Caae
Beckle
Beck
Aud
Audi
Chimbee
The Word Monsieur and Its Shibboleth Pronunciation
The article traces how monsieur evolved from meum soniorem in the fifteenth century with r pronounced, then dropped f sound as it spread beyond nobility by the seventeenth century. It notes shifts to mounseer me-sieu and m'sieu and hints at further linguistic traces from mistress to Mrs and master to Mr.
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Legion
Deputs
Neuilly
Jack Tar
Dibdin
Weight Guess Sparks Mild Exchange at Austin Grocer
An Austin grocer unintentionally insulted Mrs. Mose Schaumburg by guessing her weight during a playful moment at the scales. She, a stout woman, asked him to wait as he noted 190 pounds, a figure she confirmed. She then quips she has five years of experience guessing weights on hogs in Ginnsti.
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Mose Schaumburg
Gp Innsti
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