Congress Debates Bills and Reaches Various Appropriations
The Senate reported the Indian Appropriation bill with amendments and passed measures directing the purchase of the Freedmans Bank Building in Washington for 250,000 dollars. A Yorktown Centennial Commission joint resolution cleared, and routine items on census revisions and rail/Canal matters were acted upon alongside nominations and funding bills. The House approved Naval and funding measures while legislative debates on representation and foreign affairs continued.
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Retirement of General Ord and election cases in Senate
The Senate adjourns on retirement of General Ord and Major General. Indian Appropriation bill passed. Contested election case for Loring in Massachusetts discussed. Bisbee vs Hall in Florida panel reported unanimous support for Bisbee by the Elections Committee.
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Jupan Moxon halts Chicago jury panel in irregular draw
In Chicago on the 18th Jupan Moxon moved to discharge a panel of jurors on grounds of irregular drawing. Reports also note other court and public safety incidents across cities including fires, accidents, and legal actions from New York to Philadelphia.
Elections and political notes across states and suffrage events
United States Senators were named for several states including Maine Eugene Hale Connecticut J R Hawley Delaware Thos F Bayard Michigan Henry P Baldwin Omar D Conger Minnesota J R McMillan New York Thomas C Pratt Indiana Ben Harrison. John Kelly re elected Tammany Committee chair. Rhode Island Governor Littlefield backs woman suffrage on schools. National Woman's Suffrage Association meets in Washington with Lucretia Mott memorial and Stanton eulogy. The convention adopts resolutions asserting national citizen rights and self government with the ballot nationwide.
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Asmlin
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J. R. Hawley
Eaton
Delaware
Thos. F. Bayard
Michigan
Henry P. Baldwin
Chandler
Omar
Ly Hie Mosange
Rhode Island
Littlefield
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Washington
Mra
Lucretia Mott
Mra. Stanton
Nation and State Notes From The Times
Elections and appointments are reported across states. Delos B. Sackett nominated as Army Inspector General, Dawes re-elected as U S Senator from Massachusetts, Cockre from Missouri also named. Public reception for General and Mrs. Grant in Albany. California Senate protests treaties with China. Mormon official George Reynouns released after bigamous case. $300 purse given by friends. Michigan petitions seek a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Father Edward Purcell dies at 72.
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Grow
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Scattering
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Massachusetts
Francis M. Cockre
Missouri
Grant
Albany
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Senate of California
China
Gyoroe ReyNnouns
Salt Lake
Utah
Senate of Michigan
Eowano Purcell
Archbishop Purcell
Cincinnati
Ursuline
Brown County
Ohio
Weasels ashore near Car dif and naval and political tidings
A dispersed foreign brief reports seventeen weasels ashore near Car dif Wales on the 10th with fears of collapse. Beached at Yarmouth seven survive while fifty persons drown. Global war plans discuss a tunnel under Niagara’s falls. Several trials, battles near Lima, and political moves in Ireland and Russia are noted, with arrests and protests reported.
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Tragic Erie Train Fire After Axle Breaks Near Owego
An Erie railway express train derailed near Owego New York when a locomotive axle broke. The postal car burned after oil lamps exploded, killing four clerks and the express messenger Henry C Brower. Ten members of a Binghamton minstrel troupe were injured.
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Grow
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Nebraska
van Wyck
Congress
West Point
Otos County
Funding Act of 1881 Sets Bonds For National Debt Refunding
The Funding Act of 1881 authorizes the Treasury to issue up to 100 million dollars in bonds bearing three percent interest redeemable after five years and 300 million in certificates. It limits use of gold and silver coin to 50 million for redemption and allows exchanges at par for higher rate bonds, with several safeguards and banking provisions. The act names provisions for national bank collateral and security, and the measure is labeled The Funding Act of 1881.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
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Four Fin fort Center Boys Narrowly Survive Snow Slide
Four youths aged ten to fourteen from Frankfort Center escaped death during a noon school intermission when a snowbank almost 900 feet high on a hill collapsed. They were pulled from the slide after about two hours. Youtin suffered a dislocated knee while Williams and Van Nort sustained contusions and possible internal injuries. One boy, Manolog, was unhurt.
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Herkimer County
Albert Youtin
Robert Willams
Christopher van Nort
John Manning
Frankfort Center
Manolog
Utica
Herald
Chicago Council Backs Cable Propulsion and Butter Adulteration Pledge
Illinois reports that the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance to permit a railway data cable propulsion system, while leading Chicago produce agents pledged to curb illicit butter adulteration and to prohibit sale of any adulterated butter products under various names.
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Legislature notes legislative sessions across houses
The report details adjournments and quorum issues for the Senate House and State, with committees named, bills introduced, and resolutions debated. It covers canal improvements, railroad and warehouse investigations, prisoner labor concerns, and various appropriations for asylums, schools, and infrastructure.
Mule vs Bee Hive in California Morning
A man recalls visiting near Los Angeles where a mule disrupts grounds. The mule kicks at a bee hive and is swarmed by thousands of bees, rising into the air amid stinging chaos before fatigue settles him back toward earth. Peace returns as the scene ends with a reflection on kicking against nothing.
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