Congress and Senate Fight Over Budgets and Pensions
Congress moves on a Treasury loan bill and a pension measure for surviving consular staff. The Senate debates the Geneva Award and Indian Appropriation while signaling naval funding and Arctic expedition plans. House actions include re apportioning territorial legislatures, land relief, and Indian Bureau transfer debates.
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Wallace
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Voorhoos
Committee On Pensions
House
Hutchins
DHS
Srnate
Horst
Thole
Committee On Naval Affairs
Cox
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Roger A. Pryor
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Springer
Donnelly Ve. Waghburne
Hooker
War Department
Indian Commission
Ayeas
Ways and Means tie on chrome duty and tariff ref to subcommittee
The House Ways and Means Committee deadlocked on reducing chrome duties, opting to defer all tariff matters to a subcommittee with a report due by the 22nd. A $1,000 income tax package arrived at the Treasury from New York for the fund. The President upheld court martial sentences dismissing two lieutenants for drunkenness in uniform and cowardice in Oregon. Exports of provisions and tallow for March and nine months to March show gains over 1879 and 1870. A Washington telegram reports a bond fraud case where forged administrator papers caused duplicate and redeemed bonds, now to be redeemed again.
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Otero
Alfonso
Spain
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Russia
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Red Sea
Arabian Gulf
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Lorillarats Wallenstein
Thath
Robert Laure
Chatham
Ont
Elbe
Hamburg
England
House of Commons
Dublin
Ireland
Mansion House Relief Committee
South America
Mollendo
Duchess of Newcastle
Tom Hohler
Supreme Court of Canada
Frederickton
N. B
Evgenre
Cape Town
South Africa
Mske
France
Norvenskjold
Copenhagen
Vega
Kenealy
Rigur
Tuomas Josefu Brown
Newport
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Callao
Peru
Lima
Accokpine
Siberia
Theodore Gupin
Parle
Tae Duke of Edinburgh
Cuba
Constantinople
Mosul
Kuordistan
Bagdad
Fires in New Jersey Burn Dense Forest Area
A Burlington VT telegram reports widespread and destructive forest fires in New Jersey on the 14th. A fifty by ten mile district of pine and cedar burned, with smoke so thick the sun remained unseen for two days. Thousands of game birds and cattle perished. district is sparsely populated.
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Edmunds
New Jersey
Samuel Oscoop
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Daniel Miller
Charles Frazer
Gordonsville
Miller
Frazer
New York Gas-Light Company
Newmill
N. J
Steel and Iron Works
William Obendenfer
Lewis Powell
W. B. Orvis
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Association
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery
New York City
Political conventions and public notices across states
Reports from Iowa Missouri and Kentucky party conventions instruct delegates for Blaine Grant and a third term. various public health and crime incidents noted including immigrants sent to a Baltimore hospital and a Missouri murder. Earthquakes and storms affect San Francisco and the West. political actions, executions, and international events fill the day’s dispatches.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Blaine
Missouri
Grant
Kentucky
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Baltimore
Warren
Oakland
Aoklen
Louisiana
Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln Monument
Springfield
Lincoln
Cullems
Bloomfield
Washington Territory
Dallas Politician Involved in Fatal Domestic Shooting
A Dallas political figure, David Barton, shot and killed his wife then fatally wounded himself. W H Escort, formerly secretary of the Canada Investment Agency Company in Montreal, was arrested in Chicago for fraud and jailed for an alleged $18,000 shortfall.
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David Barton
Dallas
Tex
W. H. Escort
Canada Investment’ and Agency Company
Movntreal
Chicago
Wreck report and Civil War era dispatches across states
A Liverpool style summary notes Tay bridge wreck parts recovered show the train left the track before the bridge fell. West Point cadet writings linked to a warning letter face scrutiny. Severe wind storms across Kansas Nebraska Illinois Wisconsin cause extensive damage with Marshfield Missouri nearly demolished and many killed or injured.
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Scotland
Tay Bridge
West Point
Whittaker
Schofield
Guyler
New York Post Office
Kansas
Nebraska
Miecourt
Illnois
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Webster County
James River Valley
Dennis K ¥Arney
San Francisco
United States Senate
United States Circuit
District
Messrs
Carpenter
Blaine
House
Senate
New York City
Statistical snapshot shows Confederate service by Democrats
The report argues two thirds of Southern Democrats served in the Confederate army with few Union veterans in Northern ranks. It notes many Border State Democrats served in Confederate positions while Northern Democrats largely served for the Union. Aimed at urging ex Union soldiers to study the lineage of Congressional Democrats.
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Democratic Congress
Okolona
Congress
Horder State Democrata
Confedorate Hrarabe Nol
Democrata
Borter
Union Beiny
Northern Democrate
CVUTO
Dehiovrate
Weiny
Bouthern
Haltherarmy
Horder
Republicana
BYIMY
Border
Union Army
Compoderata
Deas O
Union Wemyyvcc
Union City
Orden Wty
Republicarts
Unio Aviayccesice
Unio Aviayccesice Ccees Vediusenes Vedal
Confederaty
WMY
Cecee
Ceccceeseees
Ee Mog
Bchedoe-Weiny
Red Bane
Momhouapmy
Exiles and politics ripple through Northern debates
The piece chronicles Congressional testimony on the exodus of Black Americans from the South to the North, arguing the South’s Democratic rule coerces civil, political, and economic oppression. It cites historical patterns, party battles, and estimates of labor market effects while naming figures like Donnelly, Voorhees, Hill, and Kellogg in the era's partisan arena.
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West
Republican Party
South
Europe
Exodus Fear and Political Tools in Northern Immigration Debate
The Detroit Post and Tribune warns that a Democratic victory could trigger a mass exodus of Black workers from the South, while a Republican win would curb it. It urges voters to align with the party promising protection of rights to halt the movement, contrasting Southern oppression with national unity.
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Alesity
Tcket
Olout
Congress
Detroit Post and Tribune
Democratic schemes to steal the presidency at the next election
Chicago Tribune reports Republicans warn of nationwide Democratic tactics from Gramercy Park including disfranchisement, bribery, and intimidation. It details actions in Mississippi and Delaware, such as poll mob violence in Yazoo and legal maneuvers to suppress Black and Republican voters, urging vigilance for the coming vote.
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Efort
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