Acts of Congress: Battles over irrigation bills and silver theory
A sweeping session overview details Senate and House actions from June 28 to June 3, addressing a consular appropriation to fund a three‑commissioner survey for intercolonial railways, irrigation debates, liquor laws, and public buildings. It notes credit and opposition on the silver standard, military park funding, land grants, and public lands measures influencing infrastructure and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Mississippi
St. Croix
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Senator Farwell
Senate
Farwell
House
Parker
Alabama
McDuffe
Turpin
Comstock
Crisp
Madison expels aldermen and fire chief over hose deal
The Madison common council expelled Aldermen John T. King and F. C. Sheasby and removed Fire Chief W. H. Hughes after a dispute over a 1010 foot hose purchase from Northwestern Rubber Chicago. The council deemed all acted to defraud the city though no party lines influenced the case. Hughes and Sheasby are Democrats with wide influence. King is a Republican. J L Lewis was cleared of involvement by a 6 to 3 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oat Madison, Wis
Common Council
John T. King
F.C. Sheasby
W. H. Hughes
Hoodlers
Hughes
Supreme Court
Sheasby
King
J. L. Lewis
Plain-Speaking Pastor Targets Immoral Women in Church War
Rev. H C Bailey, a Tallahassee Afro American minister, proclaims a purge of perceived loose characters among his churchgoers. He warns women of loose conduct, chicken thieves and drunkards to reform or be removed, arguing blacks must draw social lines and form an aristocracy to gain respect. He vows to wage the campaign despite threats from his own congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
H. C. Bailey
Tallahassee
Fla
Owego National Bank Likely to Reopen After Cashier Shortage
Debtors in Luck report says Owego National Bank may resume business next week. Cashier C A Thompson misappropriated about 100000, with 43000 held as Tioga county treasurer and the rest bank property. Trumans of Oswego will pay 30000, John G Sears 25000, and the remainder by bondsmen, directors, and stockholders. Bank examiner German has returned to Albany without comment.
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Owego National Bank
C. A. Thompson
Tioga County
Trumans
Oswego
Thompson
John G. Sears
James Bassett
Bank Examiner
German
Albany
Fire Destroys St Louis Tenement Killing Several
A St Louis tenement housing multiple families burned. Firemen found Geo Schlothman’s family on the second floor. Schlothman, his wife, and two children were burned, his 70 year old father died in bed. Charles Hauss’s wife and child were burned. Schlothman may not survive. two children’ recovery doubtful. George Hyde, the lessee, was arrested on suspicion of arson.
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St. Louis
Geo.Schlothman
Schlothman
Charles Hauss
Public Debt and Calendar Review in Congress
The house calendar lists 155 general bills with 186 more on the state of the union list, plus six unfinished business items and two contested elections. Montana and the Dakotas see progress toward state machinery, while Washington bills cover lighthouses and river improvements. North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and other states have varied bills on land, boundary surveys, and Indian affairs. Henry A. Brown argues against the sugar schedule, urging a broader duty and warning of impacts on workers and consumers. The American Wheel company buys White’s Wheel Works and expands control in Fort Wayne. The sixth international Sunday school convention opens in Pittsburg on June 24.
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House
Northwest
Dakotas
Washington
Montana
Montana Mineral Railway Company
Cook City
Yellowstone
North Head
Cape Disappointment
Washington State
Satoosh Island
Port Angeles
Oregon
Nez Perces
Puget Sound
Portland & Puget Sound Railway Company
North Dakota
Fort Berthold
Secretary of the Interior
Turtle Mountain
Wahpeton
North
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Intenor
Crow Creek
Winnebago
Minnesota
Comstock
Son Canal
Senate
Duluth, Red Wing & Southern
Mississippi
St. Paul
Hastings
Henry A. Brown
Massachusetts
Morrill
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
United States
Mr. Brown
Great Britain
THE
American Wheel Company of Chicago
White's
Fort Waayne
Ind
N. G. Olds & Sons
Fort Wayne
British North America
Pittsburg
Shaky on the compensation bill and Hyde Park protest grows
Parliament nears heavy legislation after a tense week as the government faces a shaky stance on the compensation bill. Tory calls urge reconsideration while temperance critics plan a large Hyde Park mass meeting next Saturday. Within government ranks, several supporters threaten extensive amendments in committee if the bill proceeds.
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Goschen
England Widower Queen Lover Is Found Not Guilty
A Lancashire weaver Fred Carter penned a marriage plea to Queen Victoria while the royal household police detained him. Magistrates ordered custody with his father, rejecting lunacy asylum when attempting to detain him. Also reports on arrested nihilists and leprosy in Cape Colony, plus imperial notes on Bismarck, Panama Canal talks, and a Sunday School lesson on the Lord's Prayer.
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England
Victoria
Prince Consort
Fred Carter
Royal Household Police
Young Carter
Cape Colony
Robben Island
India
Bombay
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Sherman
Committee On Foreign Affairs
International Conference
Committee On
Army
Navy
Stewart
Secretary of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
Pierce
Turpie
Vaux
Randall
Chickamagua
Dockery
Rivers and Harbers
Hennepin Canal
Maj
Powell
Geological Survey
Far West
Hae
Bureau of Geology and Mineralogy
Gorman
Major Powell
Teller
Gray
Judiciary Committee
West
York
Watson
Iowa
Wilson
Voorhees
Supreme Court of the United States
Committee On Commerce
Committee On Public Lands
McDougal
Rowell
Illinois
Mankato
Minn
Milwaukee
Sioux Falls
Beatrice
Neb
Davenport
Rock Island
Sioux City
Bloomington
Ill
Kansas City
Racine
Wis
Rockford
Irl
Fort Dodge
Sheboygan
Bar Harbor
Hale, Allison and
New Hampshire
Vermont
Plumb
St. John
New York
Finance
Spencer
Fort Smith
Ark
Paris
Tex
Treasury
Military Academy
Allison
Senator Hale
Hale
George
Yeas
Harris
Philadelphia Board of Trade
Edmunds
Committee On Fisheries
Fish Commissioner's Office
Blair
Committee On Education and Labor
Alaska
Senator Pugh
Pugh
Am Brewery
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Madison
Fire Department
OLD World News
Gov
Middleton
Sir Fred Middleton
Bremmer
British War Office
Canada
Dominion
Sir Adolph Carron
Department of Militia
Reinchstein
Demski
Czar
Russia
Bismarck
New York Herald
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
M. Wyse
Southampton
Panama Canal
M. Mouchicour
Panama Canal Company
Colon
Carthagena
Bogota
Denmark
Siberian
Saxe-Meinengen
Coblenz
William
Germany
Perea
Luke
John
Father
Lischendorf
Christ
Ulysses
Heaven
Judea
Galilee
Samaria
Jordan
Jenoviah
Edersheim
God
Heavenly Father
N.Y
Richmond
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