Congressional proceedings recap near week’s end
Senate debated monuments and tariffs while endorsing a court of appeals plan and an assay office at Deadwood. House actions included agriculture department expansion, Indian and district appropriations, and a two year homesteading limit proposal. Conference reports on Indian funding and nutrition programs were approved.
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Senate
Mae House Tariff Commission
District of Columbia
Besna
Court of Appeals
Clouse
Department of Agriculture
Townshend
Secretary of Agriculture
Dunnell
Deadwood
Jones Flad
Davin
X Departeant of Agriculture
Lth
Davis IL
House
Sherwin
Nico
Breolo
Seceretary of War
Industrial unrest and fires sweep across several states
On the 9th a strike at Cleveland Rolling Mill idled 8,000 workers after a rejected pay raise. A Cairo Illinois fire destroyed twenty families and businesses. Fraud scandals, stock losses, floods, and political moves populate a day’s news across the nation, from salary protests to indictments and legislative actions.
Immigrant Arrivals and Turbulent Events Highlight News Briefs
Reports note 4055 immigrants reached New York on the 11th amid scattered incidents. An explosion in Toledo fatally burned two workers. March petroleum exports valued at 38,207,257 dollars. Police consigned to watch as officials discuss Cavendish Burke murder case. A cyclone near Shreveport kills three and damages property.
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New York
Toledo
Dick ‘Rogers
Colorado Cowboy
Fort‘Garland
Fand
Poldler
Bullet
Mator Grace
Eriabmen
Cavendish
Burke
O’donovan Rossa
United States
Heffner & Co
Palestine
Ind
Tzter
Shreveport
Ireland in Turmoil and Assassination Fallout
Reports from Dublin detail Irish Land League tensions and threats of a £2000 reward for Cavendish and Burke assassins, with treasurer resignations threatened. Parliament debates Irish crime repression, while Cavendish Burke funeral draws 90,000 attendees. Fire and political instability ripple through Hastings, Dublin, and Egypt as tensions rise.
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Sthatean
Thabmas
League
Cavendish
Burke
Land League
Vatican
McCabe
Dublin
Ireland
Miwazi’David
London Standard
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House of Commons
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Pluto
Westphalia
Trevetran
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Canada
Vienna
Brody
Netherlands
Willem Barents
Arctic
Aeatch
Leigh Smith
Mionaga Davitt
New York
Sho
Lord Cavendish
Prince of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Gladstone
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Cavender-Burke
Atiack
Egypt
Khedive
Chamber of Notables
Porte
Mansion House
London
Belfast
Multiple 19th Century News Snippets From Various Reports
Epwamp Hixon & Co Boston furniture dealers suspended. Dublin police describe four assassination suspects aged about 30 to 35. White River flood devastates Jacksonport and surrounding countryside. Guiteau rehearing decision expected. likely to affirm life sentence. Turkish bombardment casualties on Bosphorus coast. Ex Governor Wasspurn dies in Nebraska at 65. Odessa hospital reports 125 severely mutilated Jews. Bil ver City cyclone destroys $150000 property, 100 families homeless, eight dead. Gunnison boy killed by playmate with pistol. Smith dies in Washington seeking House seat. Wilkesbarre miners die in mine fire-damp incident. Austrians killed by insurgents near Nevisije. Senate not in session. River and Harbor bill advanced in House. Silver certificates debate blocks coinage limit. National Banks charter act considered. Danenhower honored for Jeannette expedition.
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Epwamp Hixon & Co
Boston
Dublin
Messrs
Cavendish and
Burke
White River
Jacksonport
Washington
Cartier
MacArthur
Hagner
James
Guiteau
Bosphorus
C. C. Wasspurn
Wisconsin
Eurtka Springs
Neb
Mth
Odessa
Bilver City
Gunnison
Col
Kellogg
Joan Q. Smith
Charles M. Shelly
Alabama
Pneumonie
Annessa
Bowkley
Wilkesharre
Nevisvije
United States Senate
Crapo
Proclamation from the Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Executive of the Irish Republican Brotherhood calls on supporters to withhold public sympathy over Dublin executions. It condemns Burke and British policy, cites past Irish sufferings, urges amnesty, and asks American nationalists to aid the executed men.
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Uur
Trish
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Dublin
Ireland
England
Burke
Fredérick Cavendish
Lord Broughill
MacEagan
Hoga
Carrigadrohid
Lord Hartington
Duke of
Devonshire
Parnell
Gladstone
America
Tariff Commission bill creates nine member agency
Congress approves a Tariff Commission to study agricultural and industrial sectors and advise on a just tariff. Nine civil service members will be appointed by the president with Senate consent. President named first chairman. Compensation set at $10 a day plus expenses. duties include thorough investigations and public testimony. Final report due by December 1, 1882 with 2000 copies printed for Congress.
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Congress
Tariff Commission
United States
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congresca
Heroine of New River rescues man from drowning
On the New River last Friday Payne and Harlaton fell into the water after washing a buggy. Fourteen year old Lillie Bryant paddled a canoe to the rescue, kept Payne afloat, and with Hairston aided by the paddle pulled him from the water. Andrew Ingles arrived in time to save the horse. Payne vows to educate and support the brave girl.
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Payne
Harlaton
New River Ferry
Mr. Payne
Lilla Bryant
Hairston
Andrew Ingles
Lillie Bryant
New River
Lillig
Montgomery
Legislature Adopts Sine Die Adjournment After Sessions
Senate members present minimal attendance on the final day as a message from the Governor indicated no further business. The House opened with thirty-two members and appointed a committee to meet the Governor, who announced no additional communications beyond the apportionment bill.
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Senate
House
Protest of the House Majority on Senatorial Apportionment Bill
A formal protest from multiple House members denounces the May 1882 amendments to Senate bill No. 10 as crafted by the Cook County caucus. The signatories condemn the majority for preventing minority examination, upholding the Speaker’s ruling, and passing the amended bill. They argue the redistricting proposals violate constitutional requirements, calling the actions unjust, indecent, and subversive to the state charter. The list names Andrews, Becker, Billings, Clackaby, Boyd, Bryan, Buck, Buckingham, Campbell, Garr, Clark, Coultas, Crandall, Cronkrite, Crook, Durtee, Duffy, English, Gallup, Gorman, Freon, Gregg, Harris, Herring ton, Hill, James, Keen, Linegar, Lucas, Mann, Martin, McAdams, McDonald, McKinsey, McLowl, Micure, Morgan, Mortland, Nichalls, O'Mara, Paisley, Perrin, Powell, Sexton, Sharp, Shumway, Smith, Spann, Sullivan, Thompson, Wilber, Welsh, Wilbanks, Winter, Yancey, Youngblood.
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Senate
Parrish
Cook
Knox and
Fulton
Warren
oQonou
Itnoa
Knox An Warren
McLonough and
Hamilton
White, Wabash
Lawrence
Bripori
Dias
Peole
Andrews
Becker
Billings
Clackaby
Boyd
Bryan
Buck
Buckingham Campbell
Garr
Clark
Coultas
Crandall
Cronkrite
Crook
Durtee
Duffy
English
Gallup
Gorman
Freon
Gregg
Harris
Fayette
Herrington
Hill
James
Keen
Wayne
Linegar
Lucas
Mann
Martin
Woodford
Whit
McAdams
Senatorial Districts Apportionment by the Legislature
The Legislature adopted a detailed senatorial apportionment listing districts by counties. It covers Cook County districts one through thirteen, multiple county groupings for others, and ends with districts fifty-one through fifty-oneanton though text shows numerous garbled names and mis-spellings.
Mornings Deaths From Lightning Hit Potomac Area
In Potomac Verillion County a man Fitch and a worker were killed by a lightning strike while a son survived with a broken leg and shock. The report notes a series of local accidents including freight and passenger train wrecks near Chicago and Decatur with fatalities and injuries.
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Potomac
Verfillion County
Fitch
Central Ilinois Medical Association
Bloomington
Poirton
Scott
Mansfield
Orner
Poker in Kentucky raises concerns in Frankfort rooms
Frankfort reports a surge in poker with games in private rooms and hotels. Notable sums change hands, including a Louisville gentleman winning $1,900 and watches. A long session during the recent convention saw $3,600 won or lost in 36 hours as players, including three legislators, stayed at the table.
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Frankfort
Srs
Louisville
Pat
Carlyle Tales of Horses and a Struggling Sow
From Froude's Life of Carlyle comes a humorous anecdote where two horses, a pony and a horse named Larry, taunt and knock a sow into a clay-filled drain. Carlyle notes the scene as a study in animal humor, with the pony delighting in the sow's misfortune while Larry observes with a smile.
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Carlyle
Larry
Froude
Why Nervous Diseases Increase, Says The Lancet
The London Lancet warns that nervous diseases and weaknesses rise as populations adopt meat-heavy diets. Meat supplies возбуждают the nervous system, driving high pressure and activity, yet meat eaters often fail to meet oxygen needs, leading to various health ills associated with luxurious, high meat consumption.
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London Lancet
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