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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1882
Page
2
A long Congressional session report covers Dawes and Edmunds on tariff and immigration, Sen. Ingalls' amendments, river levee and public works bills, military and naval appropriations, and actions on relief for Mississippi flood sufferers.
The Iowa Legislature adopts a resolution to submit to voters removing the word male from the state constitution. The Greenback Party National Committee meets in Louis to demand abolition of all state and national banks and calls for a national convention. A report notes Senator Edmunds declined Supreme Court appointment due to family health concerns. A bill proposes admitting Washington Territory as a state named Washington. The Chinese Immigration bill final passage vote in the U S Senate shows party lines and several named senators. Bond details outline legal actions against General Brady and ex-Senator Dordey. Naturalization papers are refused for Hop Sing in a New York case. Private military justice reports list Mason’s discharge and hard labor sentence.
The act creates a seven member commission to study alcohol traffic and related social issues with up to four members from one party and no salary, serving two years. It allocates $10,000 for expenses and requires an eighteen month report. The roll call lists numerous lawmakers with paired votes noted.
Foreign customs officers in Moscow seized dynamite in unclaimed hat boxes. An Odessa secret press was found and several Nihists arrested. The pope will appoint seven new cardinals at the next consistory led by Rev Dr McCabe of Dublin. Twelve hundred attended a London bimetallic meeting with seven countries represented. Bank of England backed free silver coinage. Nine Europeans traveling Tunis to Gafsa were murdered between Tunis and Kairwan. Britain foresaw possible war between Russia and Austria. Louis Faccon of Antwerp failed payments totaling two to twenty five million pounds. Serbia’s king proclaimed the kingdom’s elevation and praised Milos Obilich and Michael the liberator. An appeal for Americans arrested in Ireland cited coercion acts as law. Bank of England rate cut to four percent. MacLean, Queen Victoria’s would‑be assassin, indicted for high treason. An Asry, captain in German army, arrested near Lyons with maps of defenses. Twenty Jews leaving Russia to farm in Palestine. An American company in Constantinople seeks Baghdad railroad concession with Minister Wallace backing. Lenny Gordon fell thirty feet during Red River bridge work in Winnipeg and died. A blast on the Pacific coast killed one and wounded three.
Reports from the period describe clashes between a mob and U S troops in Omaha on the 12th with G P Armstrong fatally wounded and others injured. Other items note a Dublin man dying of pneumonia in Chicago, a brakeman killed after confronting his wife, and various political and military actions including floods aid, smallpox declines, and a patent of the Garfield monument appropriation.
Reports from Riverton and nearby communities describe a catastrophic Mississippi River flood. Levees fail and water inundates Riverton, Rosedale, and surrounding plantations. Rescue efforts, destitution, and calls for federal aid flood in from Arkansas and Tennessee, with hundreds displaced and property losses mounting.
Senate report outlines a ninety day suspension of Chinese laborer entry for twenty years after passage, with penalties for ship masters. It requires passports for exempt classes and, for those admitted, endorsement by Chinese officials or US consular officers. The act also restricts Chinese to citizenship and defines laborers broadly.
Illinois reports a mixed season for winter wheat with 3.676 million acres sown, down 275 thousand from last year, due to drought and heavy rains. High land shows strong growth while drained and flat lands suffered. overall yield is projected above average despite regionally uneven conditions and field practices influencing outcomes.
Governor J Shelby M Cullom of Illinois issues a proclamation convening the General Assembly at Springfield on March 9 at noon. The agenda includes apportioning Senate and Congressional districts, submitting a canal transfer proposal to voters, reporting on criminal procedure reform, using half of the college and seminary fund for the State Normal University, and funding the special session.
Georges Wendroth, a Chicago book keeper, admitted himself to a Battle Creek sanitarium. Patrick Hunt died after falling down stairs at Niantic. The Supreme Court recently set aside the sale of the Chicago Danville and Vincennes Railroad after alleged errors by Judge Drummond. Indictments issued against gambling operators and building owners. Gaston de Rohan, an escaped Missouri convict, captured in Chicago after posing as bishops. Sangamon County Fair scheduled for September 8.
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