Congress Debates Seats and Open Sessions Across Chambers
The April sessions saw Senator Jackson claim a Senate vacancy after accepting a Tennessee judgeship, with the President of the Senate to inform the Tennessee Governor. House debate centered on the Hurd Rometa contested seat, open executive sessions, and a river and harbor appropriations bill. Senate and House adjourned after routine business and limited votes on measures and resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chase
Jackson
Tennessee
St. Louis
Gorman
Committee On Commerce
Chesapeake Bay
Hovuskr
House
Hurd-Rometa
Whch
Hurd
Jacob Rome
Rome
Logan
Mr. Logan
Stilletto
Hovsa
Caldwell
Dolph
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Camden
Forney
Alabama
Hiscock
New York
Nelson
Minnesota
Treasury figures and political notes from Washington
Secretary Manning’s physicians expect him to resume general charge of the Treasury soon. The Treasury’s April 10 net gold coin bullion stood at $153,320,858, up $27,242,263 since July 31. Silver dollars in circulation were $52,264,396 out of $226,946,121 total coinage. Also: Cleveland may marry Miss Folsom. Mrs. Foster arrested for passing a bogus check at the President’s house. Col. Ruger takes command of the Department of the Missouri. Union Pacific government directors named. cholera deaths rise at Brindisi. Canada raises sugar duties. a new $10,000,000 three percent bond issue anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Cleveland
Miss Folsom
L. L. Foster
California
General Rosecrans
Millionaire Frank W Tracy dies in Buffalo aged 47
The East reports the death of Frank W Tracy husband of actress Agnes Ethel in Buffalo New York at age forty seven. It notes rising activity of the Knights of Labor with Secretary Turner predicting about sixty new assemblies totaling some twelve thousand workers in Philadelphia within a week after a forty day period. A Grand Master Powderly letter condemns forcible recruitment and coercion by manufacturers seeking labor labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Tracy
Agnes Ethel
Buffalo
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Turner
Philadelphia
Workman Powderly
Jitaburgh
Brown impeachment moves in Iowa and national crime notes
Iowa House adopts majority report in Brown impeachment case and Senate forms a court of impeachment with Brown suspended and Beardsley named to fill the vacancy. Special Agent De Le Gore reports near unanimity of pretexts in Minnesota homestead filings. Tasker arrested in El Paso for $79,000 Philadelphia forgeries. Atchison strike largely resolved as workers return. Chicago dry goods firm Shortens clerks' hours after May 1. Vandalia students seek shorter hours and longer intermissions. Baltimore streetcar strike shows no change or compromise. Warrants issued in St. Louis for Martin Irons and A. C. Coughlin linked to local executive actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa House
Brown
Senate
Charles Beardsley
de le Gore
General Land Office
Minnesota
Charles P. Tasker
Philadelphia
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Atchison
Kan
Knights
Charles Gossage & Co
Chicago
John Ellis
Transit House
Vandalia
Baltimore
St. Louis
Martin Irons
A. C. Coughlin
International News Roundup From Paris to Peru
United States Minister McLane hosted a banquet for Pasteur in Paris with Pasteur giving a toast on US France unity. DeLesseps attended among 120 guests. France considers a $4000 grant to Pasteur hydrophobia institute. Montreal acts against nude art in public displays. Brindisi reports 68 cholera cases with 10 deaths as sparing France. Madrid bishop shot entering cathedral. attacker a former priest. Stry Galicia fire kills 100 in one street. 600 houses burned. many wounded sent to Lemberg. Peru election results show General Caceras as president-elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
McLane
M. Pasteur
Paris
Pasteur
France
Canova
Powers
Brindisi
Italy
Madrid
Spain
Vienna
Stry
Galicia
Lemburg
Peru
Caceras
Turbulent NYC transit strike and related national news
A citywide surface road strike paralyzed New York except for the Eighth and Ninth avenue lines amid Third Avenue disruption and rioting injuring seventy. Other items include a Raleigh area tornado damage in North Carolina, Bishop Tur of Madrid’s death, and national legislative moves on unions pensions and public records.
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Eighth
Ninth Avenue
New York City
Third Avenue
United Presbyterian Ministerial Association of
Philadelphia
Rutherford County
N. C
Tur
Madrid
Powderly Appeals Knights to Aid Southwest Strikers
General Master Workman Powderly calls Knights of Labor to raise funds for the Gould railway strike in the Southwest. He urges rapid contributions to the general secretary, pledging aid for rent, food, and clothes, and seeks unity against monopoly rather than confrontation with capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PuApepma
Maeter Workman Powderly
Knights‘of Labor
Order
Nople Ogper
Enfants
LABOR
America
aKread
Gould
Southwest
Jay Gould
St. Louis
Hoxie
Knights of Labor
Congress
T. W. Powderly
Master Workman Powderly
Turner
Hayes
Payne Inquiry Report on Bribery Charges in Payne Election
Ohio legislative committee reports on bribery claims in the January 1884 Payne election. The majority cites evidence and says action should go to the U.S. Senate. Hale testifies about money stacks in Huntington's room. The minority contests the witnesses and argues no direct evidence to certify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Payne
United States Senate
Hale
J. Huntington
Huntington
Beale Urges Farmers to Unite Against Dairy Opponents
Joseph H. Beale president of the American Agricultural and Dairying Association issues an address to the farmers and dairymen of the United States. He warns that enemies of dairy and butter consumers are forming to thwart the movement and calls for immediate organization, resolutions, and lobbying Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph H. Beale
American Agricultural and Dairying Association
United States
Farmers of America
Congress
Caceres Elected President of Peru
Election returns indicate Caceres elected to the Presidency with Lima Callao voting unanimously in his favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caceres
Peru
Lima
Callao
Hoxie Rejects Citizens Conference On Rail Disputes
Mr Hoxie replies to St Louis citizens committee and opposes a nine member conference to settle railway troubles. He says Southwestern railways are operating, urging resumed traffic without a formal committee and notes Gould's earlier reply outlines the company position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HI Amway
St. Louis
City of
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Hoxie
Indorse
Mr. Hoxie
Gould
Powderly
Gladstone Introduces Irish Land Bill in Commons
Mr Gladstone laid the Irish Land bill before the House of Commons outlining state purchase of land to place peasants as eventual proprietors. The measure would use 180 million pounds in stock, determine purchase rentals, and set sale deadlines while detailing costs to Ireland and England and military expenditures tied to imperial finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gladstone
House of Commons
Land Commission
England
Ireland
Cholera Outbreak Reported in Brindisi Italy
Rome reports a cholera outbreak at Brindisi with sixty two confirmed cases and several deaths including three Asiatic cases. Nearby areas show cases though facts are hard to verify due to local reticence. Paris notes the spread alarms along the Italian frontier and imposes strict preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Brindisi
Paris
France
New Yorkers Face Street Car Strike and Riots
New York City faced a street car shutdown as twenty two lines halted service. Police clashed with crowds attacking cars. twelve thousand workers were idle. A compromise allowed all lines except the Third Avenue to resume operations while a charter ruling awaited.
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Gotham
New York
Pry Dock
Fourth Avenue
Broadway
Avenue C
East
Battery Bleecker Street
Fulton Ferry
Central
Chambers Street
Grand Street Ferry
Christopher and
Tenth Streets
Forty-second Street
Manhattanville
Sixtieth Street
Steers
Tilty Ninth Street
O’donnell
Lauterback
Third Avenue
Empire Protective Association
O'Donnell
The
Empire Association
Third Avenue Company
Floods In Montreal Wreak Vast Damage And Losses
Montreal reports widespread inundation with water twenty eight feet above normal, flooding all stores and streets. In Point St Charles and Guffentown every home contains four to eight feet of water, while St Gabriel houses collapse from undermined foundations. Several deaths and one suicide follow the disaster as ice and debris flood the streets.
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Montreal
Can
Tower
Point St. Charles
Guffentown
St. Gabriel
Chaboillez
Lachine Rapida
Doyle
Mount Royal
la Prairie
St. Lambert
Hockelaga
Charles
Stry Conflagration Causes Mass Casualties and Looting
The Stry fire persists as authorities request troops and extinguishing equipment. About 100 dead including 50 children, with fourte en inmates burned in a prison blaze. Looting and despair spread as the emperor allocates 2500 florins for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Stry
Lemberg
Joss
Bae
Great Catch of Scala Haukas N 8 April 20
Advices from St Johns Newfoundland report arrival of steamers Leopard Kite Wolf Ranger Aurora Polynia Arc tic Falcon Walrus Esquimaux Terra Nova and one sailing vessel with total seals and 1,100 cargo. Steamers Groenland and Vanguard arrive at Harbor Grace with 15 000 and 6 000 respectively. Several schooners also report large catches on the coast.
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Haukas
St. Johns
N. I
Leopard
Kite
Wolf
Ranger
Aurora
Polynia
Arctic
Falcon
Walrus
Esquimaux
Terra Nova
Groeenland
Vanguard
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
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McMullen
Peon Bank
Pennsylvania
Pattison
R. E. Higbee
J. W. Sayres
E. E. Hutter
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Boston
New York Assembly
Cornelius V. Dearborn
National Bank
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
Nashua
N. H
New Brunswick
N. J
Bridget Howe
Woodbridge
Michael McCourt
Michael Melia
Nellie Healey
Allyn House
Hartford
New York Associated Banks
Joseph Schmidt
Pittsburgh
George L. Lorillard
Nice
Grace Church
Maine
Lewiston
Boston Globe
George M. Jackson
Thas Order
8. M. Nichols
John Schulz
Rice Station
Minn
Louisville
Virginia Thompson
Willis
Anna Bell Langan
LaCrosse
Wis
Elgin
Oak Hill
Christian
Foreign Intelligence
Missouri Pacific Road
Garland
Telephone
Pan-Electric
St. Charles
Tax Weaver Brothers
Anthony
Adel Shearer
Cullom
Breckenridge
Alaska
Mr. Crain
Galveston
Knights of Fabor
Canada
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