London Bonds Protest Debt Reduction by Louisiana Convention
London bondholders protest any reduction of Louisiana State debt by the New Orleans based Constitutional Convention. The report catalogues varied international items from France to the Ottoman Empire, including a note on a prominent Golden Wedding celebration in Berlin and other European developments.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Sicily
Catania
Amiens
France
St. Gothard
William
Berlin
Joan Ennis
Chicago
Hampton Court
London
Samve, Johnston & Co
Prince of Orange
Holland
Paris
National Charities
R. Brinkerhoff
Ohio
Charles 8. Hoyt
New York
F. B. Sunborn
Massachusetts
A. G. Byers
J. L. Milligan
Pennsylvania
Fred H. Wines
Iliness
Henry W. Lord
Michigan
T. D. Kanouse
Wisconsin
Iowa
Des Moines
Harlan
Congress
Various Events Across Cities Reported In One Summary
Reports from Chicago Arkansas Philadelphia and New York describe robberies riots and court actions. Highwaymen arrested after $2000 recovered. A deadly riot erupts between Bryan County and McIntosh locals in Georgia. Congress passes an appropriation bill amid party splits. A Philadelphia murder trial ends in executory doom by strychnine. Grant reception notes and state conventions mark political movements nationwide.
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Iline
Central Railway Company
Chicago
Savannan
McIntosh
Atlantic & Gulf
Bryan County
Liberty County
Congress
Committee On Appropriations
Epward Parr
Philadelphia
Pension for Shields widow and other Senate actions
The Senate advanced a bill continuing a $100 monthly pension to General Shields' widow and added a parallel pension for Mrs. Fletcher Webster. The House approved various appropriations and resolutions, including judicial expenses, final adjournment, and a monument to George Washington. Other votes covered militia use, election laws, and public-buildings investigations while conference committees handled Sundry Civil Act amendments.
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Senate
General Shields
Coke
Finance
McDonald
United States
Harris
Committee On Appropriations
Atkins
Yeas
Cahill
Caldwell
Clark
Cox
Dann
Elam
Finley
Frost
Gunter
Henkle
Hurd
Knott
Manning
McMillan
Nicholls
Robertson
Blemons
Smith
N. J
Turner
Whitthorne
Wilson
New
House, Ryan, McKinley and
Williams
Wis
George F. Seward
China
Beck
House
House House
Committee On Civil Service Reform
Judiciary Committee
Merars
Blaine
Windom
Congressional Actions and Bills Reported in Senate Proceedings
Summary of Senate activity including passage of a foundation resolution for the Washington Monument, the Army Appropriation bill with amendments, homestead rights expansion in Missouri and Arkansas, and inquiries into establishing science and tech education for females. Also noted are debates on juror drawing procedures, Test oath repeal, grasshopper relief extending to 1880, Indian education bills, banking reserve standards, and Post Route amendments.
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Washington Monument
Senate
Army
Missouri
Arkansas
Committee On Education
District of Columbia
Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
United States
House
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On
Committee On Banking and Currency
Market Price Report New York June 14
Flour prices firm for White Wheat Extra at 4.55 with adjacent notes. Wheat No 2 Spring Chicago at 1.05 1.06 with other markets listed. Oats and corn traded mixed Westerns while meats show Mess Pork around 6.87 cash and Lard near 6.25. Cattle and hogs range across multiple grades including Extra Beeves 4.75 5.10 and Hogs at 3.65 4.29 with sheep and butter and eggs noted.
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New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Repeal of Jurors Test-Oath Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved the bill repealing the Jurors Test-Oath, detailing per diem pay for jurors at four dollars and a method for random drawing from a box. It bars use of state jury boxes in higher courts, sets service limits, and mandates compliance with the new procedure for all jurors after enactment.
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Senate
United States
Leifented
Seton OO
United Stater
Pennsylvania
Neo W
Syi
Euch Jovers
Géand
Petit
Theae Sin
Clerc
Industrial shifts and mineral notes from the era
Reports show Go pssoro North Carolina shipping 65 000 quarts of strawberries this season while Indiana's building outlook brightens with many new houses. Maine factories run at full capacity, Kentucky rejoices over wheat corn oats hemp and tobacco prospects. San Francisco era has six white shoe factories and over thirty Mongolian owned mills. Texas planters expect cotton prices to rise amid a negro exodus and plowed fields shift to cotton. Axle testing by dropping a 1 840 pound weight screens quality steel. Sulphuret of iron, fool's gold, occurs in varied crystal forms and often contains small gold traces. used mainly to make sulphuric acid.
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Pssoro
N. C
Indianapolis
Ind
Maine
Kentucky
San Francisco
Texas
Polytechnic
Journal
N. Y. Sun
Rocky Mountains
Precedent Set on Veto and Military at Elections
The Judiciary Committee reports on the President's veto of the Army Appropriation bill, arguing military interference at polls violates constitutional limits. It rebuts presidential objections, cites Washington Lincoln Jefferson and Jackson, and upholds a separate bill to bar forces at elections except to repel enemies or enforce the law. Senator Hampton voices support for the army's essential role and warns against centralization and misuse of military power.
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National House of Representatives
National
House of Representatives
Congress
United States
House
Houses
Senate
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Mr. Knott
Aaron Burr
Jackson
Supreme Court
Florida
Political dispute over adjournment and veto powers
The piece critiques Republican calls for immediate adjournment while praising Democratic restraint. It argues against President Hayes vetoing the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill and defends Congress's power over spending. It cites riders, elections supervision, and past abuses in Davenport and 1868, urging adherence to constitutional funding and fair elections. Tay cut worm harms Virginia corn crops.
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Independent Press
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House
White House
Andrew Johnson
Fessenden
the Treasury
Davenport
House of Congress
Hayes
Tweed and Co
N. S. Express
Democrats Correctly Defining the Electoral Issue
The Boston Post argues that Democrats are right to veto and force clearer party definitions. It claims Republicans push to control elections with bayonets and corrupt them with supervisors and marshals, undermining juries with dangerous oaths and tests.
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Soston Post
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