Tariffs and Porter Bill Highlight Senate Session
Washington January 11 The Senate considered the Fitz John Porter relief bill with amendments limiting pay before reinstatement and debated its merits amid partisan views. The tariff bill saw changes including non enumerated imports taxed at the rate of the resembling article and duties raised on castile soap stock and extract, with ongoing discussion on substance and policy.
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Cameron
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
Edmonds
Fitz John Porter
Senate
Committee On Military Affairs
Porter
Conger
Garfield
Lee
Logan
Lapham
Mahone
Hoar
Castile
Congress Debates Free Ship Amendment Amid Trade Clash
Washington adjourned Jan 11 as debate on the agricultural and shipping appropriation bill continued. Chandler’s free ship amendment passed the committee substitute amid strong cross party and foreign labor concerns. Robeson denounced English influence lobbying from the galleries while Blount pressed for names. Other actions included river improvements estimates, naval and Hawaiian treaty notes, and treasury operations.
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Page
California
Randall
Massachusetts
Chandler
Whitehor
Tenn
Robson
New Jersey
Ireland
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Robeson
Blount
Georgia
Holman
Indiana
Yeas
Buckner
Wisconsin
Jones
Chaois
Morse
Rosecrans
Spear
Upson
Burrows
Missouri
Candlers
Cox
New York
Grant Romero testify on Mexico United States treaty
Gen Grant and Romero appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee to discuss the reciprocal commercial treaty with Mexico. They explained terms allowing duty free imports of specified products from each country. Signing by commissioners likely within days.
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Washington
Grant
Romero
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Mexico
United States
Edwin Wells
United States Navy
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Walls
Kansas Legislature House debates taxation of UP lands
Topeka January 11 House resolution orders Judiciary Committees to study taxing Union Pacific land interests in Kansas and draft a bill. Fifty bills and one joint resolution introduced. includes rail rate limits, observatory funding, and various reforms. Senate Judiciary to report favorably on creation of the Eighteenth Judicial District including Butler Sedgwick Kingman Harper and Barber counties.
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Union Pacific
Ofansas
State University
Lawrence
Bureau of Immigration
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Eighteenth Judicial District
Butler
Sedgwick, Kingman, Harper
Barbour
Fires Blaze Through Russellville and Moberly Areas
From St Louis report: several Russellville stores church and residences burned yesterday. A shanty owned by James Davenport a Black man in Moberly burned with two of his children. Another case shows parents leaving very young children alone. Governor Cullom refuses to intervene in the Belleville Illinois murder case of Phillip Matthews who killed Annie Geyer last May and will be hanged tomorrow.
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St. Louis
Russellville
Missouri
James Davenport
Moberley
Cullom
Phillip Matthews
Annie Geyer
Belleville
Ilinois
Dle
Union of New York and Western AP Unifies Management
By order of the joint executive committee of the New York and Western Associated Press, Mr. Wm. Henry Smith, general agent of the Western AP, will take charge of the whole business of both associations today. The committee says the move simplifies service and boosts efficiency by uniting the two associations under one common management.
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Associated Press
New York
New York and Western Associated Press
Wm. Henry Smith
Western Associated Press
The Milwaukee Fire at Newhall House Tragedy
A 125 worker search at the ruins of Newhall House in Milwaukee continued as walls were torn down. The death toll rose with 68 feared dead. many identified or missing include guests, employees, and several named individuals. The city council faced criticism for its handling of rescue expenses amid the disaster.
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Newhall House
Newhall
Wm. McKenzie
John Gilbert
James P. Vase
United States Engineer Corps
L K Smith
Kansas City
St. Aul
Walter Scott
St. Paul
Dan Martelle
R Howie
Wisconsin
Vantral
George C Smith
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
William A Deweese
Wilmington
George F Lee
Chicago
Charles Fromel
RB Busenback
Crampton
W A Lavelle
Amelia Herbert
Mattie Dunlap
Madison Square Co
J L Kellogg
Racine
A J Casse
New York
Grange Williams
Janesville
Claflin
J Q Roberto
Troy
N. Y
Nic Moran
Baloit
E Erickson
Palmyra
Wallace D Elder
Emil Fish
H B Harshaw
Oshkosh
Elward Mead
Allan Johnson
D G Powers
I EB van Loon
Albany
J J Hough
Maron
Ills
Maggie Sullivan
Mary Conery
Mary McDade
Muckwanego
Mary McMahon
Lyndon
Bessie Brown
Ottelie Waltersdorf
Augusta Gees
Badget Occannel
Duprare
Nora Flennigan
Waukesha
Mitchell Burlet
J B Elliott
Mary Anderson
Doyleatown
Julia Feggerty
Ocononawac
R Hame
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B Mason
Geo P Vace
L A Brown
Philadelphia
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Allegheny
Pennsylvania
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St Louis
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Manitobia
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Common Council
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Virginia Cameron’s Daughter Marries Lieut Rogers
Miss Virginia Cameron daughter of Senator Cameron was married at Washington last evening to Lieut Rogers. Two thousand smallpox cases reported in Baltimore. Sculptor Clark Mills reported unconscious at Washington and likely to die. Michigan Legislature Union members nominated Byron G Stout on seventh ballot for U S Senate. Windom nominated by Republican Senate caucus at St Paul. Cullom nominated by Illinois joint caucus on fifth ballot. Erwin Booth opened Berlin engagement to strong success.
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Pontiac
St. Paul
Wm, Windom
Illinois
Shelby M.cullom
Erwin Booth
Berlin
Desperadoes holdout and fast-spreading Iowa blaze
Denver reports that a three man posse failed to capture Ignatio Cachen after a gunfight near the Chama river driving him toward Coyote and a Nolan rendezvous. Des Moines endures a massive fire in Clapp's block threatening Citizens Bank and Masonic Hall with loss likely over three hundred thousand dollars.
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la Pella
Des Moines
Cilapp
Citizens’ National Bank
Western Union Telegraph Office
Masonic Hall
Clapp’s
Against Bradlaugh court judgment and libel cases
London reports show the court ruling against Charles Bradlaugh in his assault suit against Erskine deputy sergeant-at-arms of the Commons after Bradlaugh tried to enter to take his seat despite a prior prohibition. The Lord Chief Justice also orders the Times and Observer editors to show cause why they should not be cited for contempt over libel correspondence. Davitt spoke of Irish distress and impending fight, while Canadian returns cite 175,418 arrivals in the year to September 31 175,418 with 76,728 moving to the United States.
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London
Charles Bradaugh
Erskine
Commons
The
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Davitt
Birkenhead
Ireland
Canadian
Ottawa
Parsons
Canda
United States
Snowbound Chicago Area Faces Heavy Traffic Delays
Snow covers the northwestern States with five inches since midnight, hindering traffic in and out of Chicago. A wholesale grocery fire at Barnard Lyman Co. caused losses estimated at 10 to 16 thousand dollars, fully insured. Fire-safety measures in Chicago bolstering ore handling and fireproofing reduce regional disaster risk and lower property insurance premiums.
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Chicago
Barnard, Lyman & Co
Milwaukee
Wabash Cannon Ball Derailed Near Miami Junction
Kansas City dispatch reports the Wabash train derailed by track spread near Miami Junction about seventy miles away. The sleeper, two coaches and baggage car fell down the embankment. the sleeper burned but no fatalities occurred and injuries were mostly slight with a few broken limbs.
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Kansas City
Miami Junction
Missouri Valley Weather Changes With Warmer Winds
Washington reports cloudiness and rain or snow with warmer southerly winds and falling barometer, followed by colder northwest winds and rising barometer in the north and west. In St. Louis Jacob Badd shot and killed his brother in law Henry Darcy in Centralia yesterday. motive not given.
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Missouri Valley
St. Louis
Jacob Badd
Henry Darcy
Centralia
Robbery Renews at Audubon County Farm Farmhouse
Dr M B Ballard, a noted politician and landowner, was robbed of 2700 dollars at his Audubon county farm last Tuesday. A distraught woman demanded a letter, shouting adver tised and insulting the clerk while insisting on a mail matter.
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Council Bluff
8. M. Ballard
Auduban County
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