Congress in Session Reports and Legislation Actions
Credentials of General Harrison as Senator elect from Indiana were presented in the Senate. The House passed the Post-Routs bill with amendments and adopted the Conference Committee report on the Army Appropriation. Various appropriation bills advanced, discussions on taxation, and a focus on pensions and fortifications. Notable items include the Memorial to George Washington’s birthplace and the ongoing apportionment debate.
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Harrison
Indiana
Senate
House
Conference Committee
McMahon
Secretary of the Treasury
Honda
Hell
Toto
Warner
Public Treasury
Ponecalarty
United States
Urner
Cherokee and
Arkansas River Railroad Company
Fernando Wood
Touso
George Winslington
Voorhoes
Logan
Kundr Ivil
Thompson
Hare
Conference
Congressional Library
Capitol
Mr. Frye
Mr. Cox
Sr. Cox
Faye
Benator Carpenter
Benate
Milwaukee
Cox
Conger
Robinson Kitlinger
Washburn
Saylor
Ohio
Sergenant-at-Armia
Ing
Secratary Buerman
Senatoroloat
Ohbto
Sonato
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Indianapolis
Wallace
Eselect
Beck
Carpenter
Gondo
Panama
Storm Devastation Hits Northern Cattle Trails
Chicago correspondent reports thousands of beeves drifted from the north to the Arfonane banks and many are dying. A witness claims five thousand dead cattle lie beside the Union Pacific track toward Nebraska as winter storms devastate ranches and cattle operations. The Agricultural Appropriation bill allocates funds for seeds sorghum sugar tests weed research tear culture and an Agricultural Museum. A swateur walking match in New England also noted.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Nebraska
National House of Representatives
New
Kansas Senate defeats Female Suffrage resolution
Across states and bodies the article notes a Kansas Senate vote against female suffrage, a Arkansas legislature move to push a constitutional amendment, and Minnesota considering old railroad bond payments. It also covers Pennsylvania political caucus results, Michigan Supreme Court nominations, and a Republican push on apportionment. A Kingston divorce case involving Katherine Chase Sprague proceeds with continuance.
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Tus
Kansas
Senate
Arkiness
Hana
Minnesota
Merhbera
Pennsylvania
John S. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wallace
Scattering
Michigan
National
House of Representatives
Tne
Katherine Chase- Sprague
Sprague
Supreme Court
Kingston
R. C
Jane
New York Aldermanic split and canal toll debate
The New York Board of Aldermen censure discusses Keenan and Tammany leadership. The Assembly adopts a resolution directing quo warranto actions to curb stock watering by telegraph firms. Wisconsin Senator Marruzin Carrenter dies in Washington with family at his side. illness cited as Bright's disease. Canal toll abolition proposed. Illinois Senate passes compulsory education bill requiring school attendance for children eight to fourteen for at least twelve weeks yearly.
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Twn-déaijockining
Aew
York
Boardtot Aldermed
Patrick ‘Keenan
Tammanyite
Tait
New York Assembly
Marruzn H. Carrenter
Wisconsin
Washington
Bright
Vermont
New York
Henry DL. Coons
Jay Cooke & Co
Bight
District of Columbia
Ilinois Senate
Bexate
Hinds
Vidverary Committee
Hills
State Board of Agriculture
Ublenge Common Council
Ankl Ene
World News in Brief 23 26 with Berths in Europe and Asia
Reports from multiple capitals note Britain will not prohibit US pork imports. Belgium reports no trichiniasis cases. Italy eyes a monetary treaty and a silver coin system after 1850. Indian conspiracies and Samoa killings mark violence abroad. An earthquake shocks the Azores. General Ney dies by suicide in France. Gladstone injured in London. a Coercion bill passes in Commons. Chile and Peru peace and Parnell’s Paris visit.
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House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Brussels
Minister of the Interior
Belgium
Italian
Italy
Exons
Ange
Parnell
India
Kulapore
Lona
Malietoa
Azores
Ney
Marahal
Chatellon
London
Gladstone
Tih Sneponalon Fa
James Lyall &Co
East India Merchants
Pirmus
Turkey
Montreal
Lonnon
Chile
Peru
Loupon
Paris
Funeral for Senator Carpenter Held in Washington
Officials from all government departments and leading foreign legations attended the Washington funeral of the late Senator Carpenter on the 27th alt. The service was Episcopal and led by Ren Dr Laret. Pallbearers were headed by Senators Conkling and Logan. Two hundred carriages formed the procession and the remains were deposited in Oak Hill vault until Wisconsin arrangements.
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Carpenter
Washington
United States
Land League
Tiporary
Erantm
New York
Sherman
South Africa
Colley
Majola
Newcastle
Unitedd States
Senate
Cameron
Wis
Conkling
Logan
Pendleton
Fanna
Fernando Wood
Messia
Lapham
Tucker
Robeson
Carlisle
Page
Senator Carpenter
Little Girl Punished by Father and Stepmother
New York February reports Annie Crawford recounts in court how she was unjustly punished by her father and stepmother for supposed thefts later found to be caused by a servant Mary Dooley. She describes beatings with a horsewhip, tying, restraint, and an extended stay tied to a door knob after New Year’s Day and subsequent kitchen fire.
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New York
Anni Crawford
Mary Dooley
Supreme Court
Donohue
Annie
Auldabo
Atlanta
Georgia
Young Huntress Lottie Merrill Dies in Bear Attack Mystery
A Port Jervis report recounts Lottie Merrill of Wayne County Pennsylvania killed and eaten by bears after a day of hunting. Bears attacked her cabin, devouring the deer carcass first, then the hunter. Evidence included boot, knife, antlers, and a burned cabin, with a funeral held the next day as hundreds witnessed the tragedy.
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Port Jervis
Lottie Merrill
Wayne County
Tre
Wiliam Uudwick
Eight Persons Burned to Death in Pennsylvania Fire
INTELLIGENCE reports a deadly blaze in Pa at 1 o’clock this morning. A drug store feed store gravery and dwelling owned by Frank Stewart burned, killing eight Sloan family members and a man named Wilbur Hkeels. rescue efforts recovered all bodies charred beyond recognition. The fire trapped the family on the upper floors, with some leaping from windows. The Sloan household includes Mrs Wm Sloan and children Luella Clyda Lizzie Alexander Paul and another infant. Wilbur Hkeels is a brother in law of Mrs Sloan.
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York Thomas Smith
Milwaukee
Ted States
New York
Boston
East Liverpool
O. Egress
William Sloan
Lewis T. Suerrano
Camden
N. J
Thomas Blackne
Ishpeming
Mich
Jeraey City
Knights of Momus
Greenwood
Ark
French
New York Police Board
Central Office
New Jersey Midland
Secretary of the Treasury
Granave B. Bervert
Fourth Cavalry
West Point Academy
Whittaker
Massachusetts
Joan C. Moone
Indianapolis
Aifelde
Grevalyer
Lafayette
Supreme Court of
Fremont
Join Welsh
Antony Gottsacker
Nangman
Porrins
Sloan
Frank Stewart
William Stone
Mr.Stoan
James
Ani
Bose
Wm. Sloan
Luella Sloan
Clyda Sloan
Lizzie Sloan
Alexander Sloan
Paul Sloan
Imenthe
Wilbur Hkeels
Prophetic Population Predictions Reveal 19th Century Foresight
The piece discusses a man named Watson who in 1815 predicted U S population figures for 1880 and beyond. It notes his forecasts were strikingly accurate through 1860, estimates war losses, and contemplates population ranges for 1900, with General Walker commenting on the remarkable foresight and limits of later projections.
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Watson
Thore
Watanna Cenaus
Predleturia
United States
Walker
Ekrchange
California Sent East £1000 Worth of Fresh Fruit Last Year
A March report notes California shipped £1000 worth of fresh fruit to eastern markets during the previous year. The movement highlights trade links between California growers and eastern retailers.
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California
Illinois Farm Statistics and Public Affairs Mixed
Illinois 1880 farm totals show horses cattle hogs sheep and crops across the state. Senate approves Lincoln Memorial books move. money recovered for Springfield bank. lawsuits over saloon damages and school German language. Pork decline report from Chicago markets and mule workforce data for Antenyo factory districts.
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Illinois
Fisher
State Board of Agriculture
Gee
United States Senate
House
Lincoln
National Lincoln Monument
Springfeld
Springfield
Lecy A Ekins
H A. Elkins
Chicago
Cudney
Antenyo
Central
Illinois Legislature Debates Tax, Rail, and Public Works Bills
The session covers dozens of measures including limiting rail right of way to ten feet, increasing State's Attorney fees, changing drainage district borders, and extending police tenure. Petitions oppose Hinds bill and constitutional changes as lawmakers discuss compulsory education, venue changes, and decorations Day holidays amid broad deliberations.
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BexaTe
T. J Berrell
Fourth District
Huse
Redroud
de Wabash ‘Bho Bil
Humorous Clippings From an Early Press Montage
A collage of quips and oddities from various papers. Jests on Boston schoolboys and Hubbub, cakes of gossip about a kiss, market notes on strawberries in New York, and a playful jab at St. Louis height standards. Includes quips about Garfield and the White House aides, in a lighthearted roundup.
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Boston
Cornell Remew
New York
Delroit Free Press
New Orleans Picayune
St. Louis
Boston Post
Garfield
White House
Boston Transcript
Marie Rozz
Philadelphua News
Alveston
Galveston News
Boundary Delineated Between Russia and United States
The Yukon voyage under Commander W H Dall confirmed the boundary between Russia and the United States should run between the Diomede Islands. Big Diomede hosts native villages atop granite domes in Behring Strait, with abundant birds, seals, and walrus.
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Yukon
Alaska
W H . Dull
United States
Diomede Islands
Dall
Big Diomede Island
Behring’s Strait
Telephone on Railroads Advances in England
Engineering notes the Edison loud speaking telephone yielding to the Gower-Be system in England. The Post Office uses it widely and railways employ it for signaling. A Southwestern Railroad test connected the telephone to the signaling line and earth, allowing clear conversation without disrupting signals.
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England
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