Legislative work recaps recount bills and votes in Congress
The week covers Senate and House actions with resolutions on census rules, silver coinage, election reform, and irrigation, along with appropriations for rail, land, and public works. Key measures include the Oklahoma temporary government, Missouri river bridge, Arkansas pass, and Mississippi relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Law
Senate
Cockrell
Plumb
Treasury
Eustis
Senator Mitchell
Mitchell
Senaor Mitchell
Committee On Privileges and
House
National Zoological Park
District of Columbia
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee
Canlér
Massachusetts
Payson
Illinois
Sherminn
Committee On Foreign Relations
Reagan
Rio Grande River
Mexico
Chandler
Committee On Rules
Oklahoma
Yeas
Missouri River
Sioux City
Arkansas
Texas
South Dakota
Omaha
Nebraska
Harmer
Pennsylvania
Manufacturers’ Club
Philadelphia
Revenue Cutter Service
Navy Department
Committee On Naval Affairs
Hoar
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Sherman
Committee On Public Lands
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Gay
Louisiana
Mr. O'Neill
Enn
Congress
Dry Goods Commission
New York City
Committee On Appropriations
Sayers
Civil Service Commission
Cummings
New York
Commission
Valuable Timber Lands Frauds Hit Redwood Areas in Humboldt
Interior officials examined California redwood land cases linked to fraud in Humboldt county entries under the 1878 act. About forty entries are at issue, affecting roughly 60 000 acres valued at $11 million, with 150 patents already issued. The Scottish Investment Company of Edinburgh leads the interest as claimants deny wrongdoing and present bona fide purchase claims. Legal representatives for the claimants included A T Britton, William Mensies, and William H Swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Interior Department
Chandler
Shields
Beach, Evans
General Land Office
Humboldt County
Cal
Scottish Investment Company
Edinburgh
Scotland
A. T. Britton
Washington
William J. Mensies
Wm. H. Swift
Chicago
Recommendations on Farming Quality and Mortgage Reform
Secretary J M Rusk outlines two main causes of agricultural depression. He cites farmer education and business discipline as vital, argues mortgages strain farms, and calls for stronger legislation on currency and rail transport to protect producers. He also urges better market knowledge and farmer cooperation.
Trouble Between Western Union and Government Over Rates
The government owes the Western Union Telegraph Co about ten months of service totaling around 200000 annually. Wanamaker’s 10 cent rate for ten words within 300 miles is disputed by the company which has refused payment pending court ruling. Western Union plans legal action to challenge the rate and assess its just remuneration. Meanwhile the company clings to not paying until a decision is reached. In Galicia at Naila a riot of about 4000 attacked the Jewish quarter, looting homes and shops. troops failed to quell the violence and eleven rioters were killed with many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Wanamaker
Naila
Galicia
la Tribuna
United States
la Lucha
Gen
Salamanca
Ultra Mar
Supreme Court
Prado
Sanchez Fuentes
Ramon de Armas
Valdez Pages
Puerto Principe
Pan-American Congress
Washington
New York
la Tarte
Cuba
Cortes
Warrant Issued for Gov Ives in Forgery Case
A warrant for arrest is issued for Gov B Ives former assistant district attorney of Salem Massachusetts on forgery charges. The First National Bank of Salem is the complainant claiming 20000 in Ives drafts and indicating funds from his wife estate and another trust were used for extravagant living. Ives was arrested and arraigned and held for the superior court. No deaths or serious injuries occurred in the Rock Springs Wyoming fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B Ives
Salem
Muass
First National Bank of
Ives
Cuban annexation gossip and tax unrest abroad
A Cuba focused letter reports brutal tax practices and forced payments affecting land and personal property, noting professional bias in assessments, seizures, and extortion. It cites cases from American consular records, including a dentist taxed at 620 dollars, and describes judiciary pressures, press suppression, and political clashes over Cuba policy and Pan American issues.
Bergenseeren Lost Off Mississippi Coast
The Norwegian bark Bergenseeren was lost off the Mississippi coast. The crew was saved but the vessel and cargo are a total loss. The Eskridge bank and business house of Mudge has assigned with liabilities around 100000 dollars. Thomas Kimber, an Englishman in Montreal recently, has vanished leaving baggage behind. detectives lack clues. The New York Senate recalled Saxton ballot reform and revised it to align with the governor’s amended bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Bank of
Assembly
Saxton
Silver coinage bill agreed by house and senate caucuses
Republicans in both chambers reached agreement on a silver bill authorizing the treasury to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver monthly at market price to back treasury notes redeemable in money. Notes may be reissued up to the value of silver held, and will be usable for public dues. The act repeals part of the 1878 silver law and sets a 30 day effective date. Senator Teller dissented. Vance's warehouse scheme.
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Caucus
House
Senate
Senate Caucus Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
United States
United States Treasury
Committee On Rules
Teller
National Farmers Alliance Pushes Government Warehouses Plan
Col Polk of the National Farmers alliance urges a warehouse system for farm produce nationwide with government notes issued on deposits. He links falling agricultural values to the monetary system and proposes silver coinage and direct currency to the people. Dr McCune details warehousing merits noting feasibility in California with Grangers bank loans backed by stored wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farmers’ Alliance
Senate Committees On Agriculture and Forestry
Vance
Col. Polk
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Alliance
St. Louis
Co. Polk
C. W. McCune
National Committee On Legislation
Alliance
California
Grangers’ Bank
Tragedy at Cranston State Institution Inmate Killed
At Cranston Rhode Island state institution Mary McCarthy died after Catherine Hanley attacked her in the old women’s ward at about 11 o’clock. McCarthy named Hanley as her killer before dying. Separately William M. Lord, longtime bookkeeper for Fesh & Mook in St. Louis, is arrested for stealing $15,523 since 1883 in a separate case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
R. I
Mary McCarthy
Catherine Hanley
Night Watch
Charles Norton
McCarty
Hanley
Willliamm Lord
Fesh & Mook
St. Louis
Horsa Racing
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Samuel Chester Reed
Samuel C. Reed
Allen
Senator Quay
Wannmater
Bynum
Mississippi River
West Snia
Blackburn
Arizona
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Grand Army
Fremont, Neb
Ogden
Utah
Territories
Rock Creek Park
Hooker
Arlington Cemetery
America
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
Hemphill
South Carolina
Rusk
J. M. Rusk
Been and Wanamaker
Rock Springs
Wyo
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