Senate and House Acts in Week of April 21 1885
The Senate discussed a centennial celebration and the discovery bicentennial in 1889 and 1842. Pension bills advanced, River and Harbor bill debated, and a Plymouth monument appropriation passed. The House examined wheat and corn data, and warned on railroad competition. Several criminal, weather, and market items followed in brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Gorman
Library Committee
America
House
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Morrill
Kansas
Invalid Pensions Committee
Knights of Labor
Plymouth
Mass
Sewell
United States
Seaboard
Housa
Adams
New York
Monongahela
Horst
Springer
Committee On
Labor
Voorhees
Washington Territory
Congress
Washington Briefs on War Dept Hearing and Fiscal Year Totals
The House War Department expenditures committee concluded a hearing on irregularities in the Signal Service Bureau, finding no fraud. The Treasury Solicitor moves to sue Sierra Lumber Co for about 2.213 million dollars from timber taken from public lands. Trade figures show exports for the year ending March 31, 1886 at 665.96 million and imports at 614.78 million, with year-ago figures higher for both. Stephen D. White seeks a mandamus to compel Secretary Bayard to pay an award installment of about 150 dollars from the Mexican Claims Commission. Fiscal data show nine months into the current year with a revenue gain of over 7.0 million and expenditures over 16.0 million less than last year, a net gain of over 23.0 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On War Department
Signal Service Bureau
the Treasury
United States District Attorney
San Francisco
Cal
Sierra Lumber Company
Stephen D. White
Bayard
Mexican Claims Commission
Harrisburg Bank Forgery Scandal Shocks City Circles
The East reports three Harrisburg banks lost about 10000 to forged notes tied to Priscilla B. McClure, with her relatives denying indorsements. A Harrisburg Pennsylvanian steel works fire caused 40000 in losses, insured. Remingtons receivership shocks Ilion. Burglaries tied to mail robberies emerge from Beverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Priscilla B. McClure
Pennsylania Steel Works
E. Remington & Sons
Ilion
N. C
Edward
Shaw
Beverly
Mass
Fiotous Sugar
Havemeyer’s
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bedloe’s Island
Bartholdi
Liberty
France
England
Spain
United States
Paris
Canada
Multiple Fatalities and Crimes Across States In Brief
A flood of short items reports mad dog attacks in Ashtabula County Ohio injuring four children including Minnie Jones and Mary Detrick. Other notices include two men found guilty of robbing a New Orleans sub treasury, drownings in Defiance Ohio, a fatal store fire at Bolivar Mississippi, and the Delaware Supreme Court judge William Whitely’s death. Additional notes cover an eight hour work day plan for Chicago furniture firms, Indiana liquor license concerns in Indianapolis, a fatal shooting near Port Huron, a tramper saving a train near Chattanooga, a shooting on the Middleboro Ohio path, and a fence dispute ending in Bowman’s murder by Kregler. An oil can explosion in Taylor Texas kills a child and injures four others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George Rafferty
New York City
Arthur
J. M. Smith
Keyport
N. J
Edna
Bessie
Rufus
New York
Higbee
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Connellsville
Coke
Habisreitinger
New York Associated Banks
John Chalfant
Three Fingered Jack
Allegheny City
J. M. Martin
J. W. Sims
Burlington
California
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Los Angeles
Cal., Gas Company
Vanderbilt Memorial Clinic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chauncey M. Depew
Janeway & Co
New Brunswick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton
Janeway
Lindenville
Ashtabula County
Minnie Jones
Sacha Strong
Jane Applegate
Mary Detrick
John H. Auldemorte
Erastus Shephard
United States Sub-treasury
New Orleans
Fred Hillman
Defiance
Auglaize River
Watkins
Bolivar, M
William Whitely
Supreme Court of Delaware
Wilmington
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Port Huron
Mich
Henry H. Smith
G. C. Heisel
Heisel
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas Bowman
Middleboro
Henry Kregler
Kregler
Bowman
Taylor
Tex
John Andersen
Great Mining Suit Decided in Mexico Supreme Court
The Maravillas Mining Company of Pacouce wins its prolonged property dispute against Andres Tello after a costly trial. The decision is hailed as one of the era’s greatest mining cases with enormous property value at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Maravillas Mining Company
Pacouce
Andres Tello
Maravillas
Supreme Court
Symes
Westport
Ireland
Stry
Austria
Dresden
Ont
Lye
Magdalena
Sonora
Bado Sec
Geronimo
Santa Cruz
Mex
London Standard
United States
Strikes and Unrest Mark Late May Developments
Port Chester Eagle Foundry shuts down affecting four hundred workers amid a broader pattern of labor strife and economic strain across the nation. Widespread activity includes train sabotage near Kansas City, political indictments of streetcar strikers, and wind damage in Fort Smith Arkansas as national bills and labor proposals progress in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Foundry
Port Chester
N. Y
Kanawha
Odd Fellowship In America
Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Geronimo
Casita
Sonora
Sierra Madres
New York
Wendell Phillips
Boston
Fort Smith
Ark
Baddick
Cape Breton
St. Louis
United States Senate
W. C. Whitthorne
Tennessee
Jackson
Springer
Department of Labor
Warner
Dakota
Union of States
O'Neill
Ludstone
Ireland
Cleveland proposes a three member Labor Commission to settle disputes
The President calls for federal action to curb labor capital tensions through a permanent three member Commission of Labor. It would be a government bureau with arbitration powers and advisory roles, drawing on the existing Bureau of Labor, to study disputes and guide legislation while respecting constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Bureau of Labor
Grover Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Girl Wins Damages Over Skowhegan Dog Bite Case
A girl in Skowhegan Maine recovered a verdict of fourteen hundred dollars for injuries from the plaintiff's dog that bit her severely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
Dublin Bay Snuff Dump Over Duty Arrears
Twenty four tons of snuff were dumped into Dublin Bay as punishment for non payment of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Bay
Train Derailed Near Wyandotte Kills Two Rail Crew
Kansas City April 27 A derailed Missouri Pacific freight near Wyandotte Kansas after spikes were drawn from rails killing fireman Ben Holton and brakeman George Carlisle. Engineer J H Fowler survived but injured. Authorities blame strikers citing a $2500 reward for leads and an additional $1000 for convictions. Knights of Labor deny involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Missouri Pacific
Kaw
Ben Holton
George Carlysle
J. H. Fowler
Kansas River
Fowler
Knights of Labor
Brave Deputy Marshal Killed in Manchester Moonshine Raid
A moonshine gang attacked Deputy Marshal Webb Purdon of Manchester in his home after midnight. Purdon and a moonshiner named Clark were killed. three other moonshiners were fatally wounded as the assailants fled with three wounded comrades. A large posse pursues the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Manchester
Coffee County
United States
Webb Purdon
Clark
Purdon
Hughes
Grundy County
Proposed Department of Labor Bill Introduced in House
Mr Springer introduced in the House a bill to establish a department of labor and a board for arbitration between labor and capital. The board would investigate disputes, report to the President for transmission to Congress, and act in interstate transit disputes when conciliatory offices are invoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Washeton
Springer
Board of Arbitration
Congress
Death of Wendell Phillips's Widow in Boston
Mrs. Wendell Phillips Anne Green died at her Common Street home after a long illness. Daughter of Benjamin Green of Boston she joined the anti slavery cause in 1884 and became a strong influence on her husband guiding his abolitionist conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wendell Phillips
Common Street
Phillips
Garrison
Great Meeting of Knights of Labor Assembly to Meet in Cleveland
General Master Workman Powderly calls a general assembly of the Knights of Labor of the United States and the Dominion of Canada to convene in Cleveland on May 25. The special meeting will address national labor troubles and proposed arbitration legislation. Delegates from Hamilton, Ontario, who attended the 1885 assembly, will remain in office for the upcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Powderly
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
United States
Dominion of Canada
Cleveland
Hamilton
Can
Weeks report on causes and results of strikes in 1880
Mr Joseph D Weeks of the Census Bureau completed a report on strikes and lockouts in 1880. He notes incomplete data from employers and limited responses from workers, estimates undercounting strike numbers, and explains distinctions between strikes and lockouts. The study finds mining and manufacturing states show higher strike frequency, with 35 percent of 4831 strikes successful, 18 percent compromised, 47 percent unsuccessful, and wages losses totaling about 13 million dollars across 228 thousand idle days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner Weeks
Washington
Joseph D. Weeks
Census Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Weeks
Great Britain
Bureau of Labor Statistics of
Massachusetts
Mr. Weeks
New England
Banner Writer Celebrates East Texas Pines
The Sulphur Springs Texas Gazette praises a Banner writer for his retrospective style. Rainy days and reduced revenue bring melancholy, but his soft imagery lends warmth to East Texas pines amid industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
North Carolina Sold to King's Agent for House and 200 Pounds
The region now known as North Carolina, once called South Virginia, was transferred to the King's agent in exchange for a house and a payment of 200 pounds, marking a historic colonial transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
South Virginia
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Monticello. Express
News OF the
E. W. Dennison
Tremont House
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Purcell
Fort Pierre
Integor Department
Brownwood
Brown County Milling Company
J. L. Millspaugh
Denver Mint
Colorado
National Board of Arbitration of the
Columbus
Roberts
Red Mountain
Col
Commission of Labor
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Press
Kan
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