Congressional Debates Cover Suffrage Land Acts and Tariffs
A broad Senate and House session reviews proposed amendments for women's suffrage and a constitutional expansion on marriage laws. Debates include silver coinage reform, land ownership limits in Territories, and a new Department of Agriculture and Labor. Major bills advance or stall as Congress grapples with tariffs and post office reforms.
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Congress
House
Sewell
Morrill
Beck
Sherman
Qhill
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Eer
Cam
Ontonagon ‘& Brule River Railroad Company
Michigan
United States
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
White
Throckmorton
Grout
Springer
Territories
Dakota
Montana
Washington
New Mexico
Oates
Allen
Mofatt
Counterfeit Nickels and Other 19th Century News Items
A digest of incidents on the 9th and 10th includes counterfeit nickels detected by experts and arrests near Cairo, Illinois. Reports of murders, suicides, and magnetic disturbances recur along with church music bans, railroad accidents, warehouse fires, and political intrigues across multiple states.
Notable Deaths and Political Projections Reported
Obituaries note the deaths of Isaac Lea at ninety five in Philadelphia and Abraham Dowdney at forty six in New York City. Other items include a 5000 tax on future-contract dealers in Alabama, union resolutions in Columbus for a third party, and a 1888 presidential ticket forecast by Breton A. Lockwood with selections for major parties and reform groups.
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Isaac Lea
LL. D
Philadelphia
Columbus
Abraham Dowdney
New York
Congress
New York City
Newton SuHeers
Benton County
Ind
Fowler
Breton A. Lockwood
James G. Blaine
John Sherman
Grover Cleveland
Samuel J. Randall
Henry George
Terence V. Powderly
Prohibition
Frances EB. Willard
John P. St. John
Global disasters and events noted in a distant report
News brief compiles various incidents from around the world dated the 9th to the 18th. It mentions a murder confession in Mexico, 42 deaths at sea near Queensland, cholera deaths in Rosario and Cordova, a severe British coast storm with wrecks, a failed inland river mission, a drowning incident at Southport, Irish rent reductions by the Duke of Manchester, Russian naming orders, cholera in Buenos Aires, a portage la Prairie fire, a Smyrna Chios earthquake, floods in Northwestern India, and a clash near Pakeka with 200 insurgents killed.
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Francisco
Ptu More
Mexico
Queensland
Hong Kong
American ‘Episcopal Mission
Southport
Eng
Grapstone
Ireland
National League
Duke of Manchester
Russia
Buncos Ayres
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Smyrna
Chios
India
Adrices
Mandalay
Pakeka
Hennepin canal plan faced setback from Comstock Board
Washington December 11 The Comstock Board of Army Engineers reports the Hennepin canal is feasible and valuable to federal commerce but opposes US acceptance of the Illinois and Michigan canal under current terms. It favors the Marais d Osier northern route over Rock Island and warns Congress to abandon or modify the existing state ceded section.
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Washington
Hennepin Canal
Comstock Board of Army Mnghers
United States
Illinois
Congress
Comstock Board
Marais d’Osier
Rock Island
Hennepin
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Chicago
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Mississippi
Watertown
Green River
Illinois River
Bureau Creek
Keokuk
Ina Canal
Keokux
Albany
Rock Island Rapids
Moline
Davenport
Unii
Clinois River
Feneral
Chicago River
Bridgeport
Mud Lake Divide
Desplaines
Illinois Rivers
Henry Pool
LaSalla
Lake Michigan
la Salle
Rock River
Dixon
Marais d'Oster Hne
Green River Crossing
Illinois & Michigan
Ilinois
Lakes
Marais d'Osier
Steamer J M White Burned Near Point Coupe La Tragedy Reported
Tar steamer J M White described as the finest boat on the Mississippi burned at the bank near Point Coupe La on the evening of the 18th. About fifty lives were believed lost. The vessel cost 225000 with cargo valued at 150000.
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J. M. White
Point Coupe
Joan DilLon
Dublin
Boston
O'Brien
Cincinnati
Washington
Worcester
Mass
Samuel Winslow
Cleveland
Debeke
Bayard
Tue County
Poplar Bluff
Wilkesbarre
Robert Bousenish
Manning
Senate
Buenos Ayres
Ville Maria
Chicago
Lake
Friaus Falls
Minnesota
United States
House
Water-Shoe Man Fails Across Niagara Yet Succeeds In Trial
Alphonse King inventor of tin water-shoes attempted to cross Niagara River below the falls with aid of his patent fins. He walked with the current but eddies pulled him under twice and the attempt ended in failure to cross. King plans to refine the shoes for future trials.
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Niagara River
Burrato
Donovan
Graham
Hazlitt
Potts
Allen
Niagara
Alphonse King
Thomas Bowe
King
New York
King and Webb
A. C. Poole
Water famine grips Central Illinois as wells run dry
Reports from Bloomington Illinois on December 13 describe a serious water shortage in McLean and nearby counties. Unusually dry seasons, winter freezing and many dry wells force residents to haul water and farmers to drive livestock miles to public wells, with some digging multiple wells without success.
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Ilinois
Bloomington
Illinois
McLean
Deadly coal gas tragedy in Maplewood home
Mrs. McClure and her two children died from coal gas asphyxiation at the corner of Myrtle and Fullerton avenues. A neighbor found them yesterday noon, the mother attempting to escape, the daughter dead on a chair, and the son unconscious at the door seeking fresh air. Investigators believe a stove lid was left off after a coat was put away, allowing gas to fill the room.
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Palmer
John“Hichotte
Findlay
Lake-Superior
oDecembe
National Department of Agriculture
Robert Grayer
St. Louis
Harvey Pash
Bardstown
United States
Hannoungen
Cohoes
Waterford
Oxulver Kz
Lafayette
Ind
Geth Keh
Roberti
Margaret
Maplewood
Chicago
Hardware Tolief
Bhi & ‘Cantwell: Company
Ilinois
Cambridge
Mass
John
W. F. Howe & Co
Cincinnati
United ‘States
Belleville
Tex
Niagara River
Alphonso King
New York
Tur
Jay
GovuLp
Western’ Union
Baltimore & Ohio
J. C. Hill
Edgewood
Pittsburgh
Natrona
Washington
New Orleans
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Spa Balpripper
Greensburgh
Lettie Postay
Detroit
England
Australia
N. Y
Home ER Heap
Ithaca
San Francisco
Hawarden
D. T
Twe
Detroit Brickmakers’ Exchange
Caicaco
New York Mother Guilty in Fateful Morning Shooting
Coroner's jury finds Hattie Penseyers guilty of shooting her husband while he slept. son Frank Penseyers testifies as chief witness. The verdict was delivered Saturday afternoon in Burrao New York.
Scene of Fatal Mississippi River Steamer Fire Disaster
The J. M. White from Vicksburg to New Orleans burned at Blue Store Pointe Coupee near Baton Rouge shortly after 10 PM. Estimates of dead range from 36 to 60 with many crew lost. Passengers and crew escaped aboard the Stella Wild while the wreck burned, and several named survivors and victims are noted. The vessel, built in 1878, carried 2100 bales of cotton and 6000 seed sacks.
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New Orleans
J. M. White
Vicksburg
Miss
Blue Store
Pointe Coupee
Baton Rouge
Harlow L. Stafford
Vidalia
H. L. Stafford
G. Washington Floyd
Will
Natchez
Agnes McCabb
West Feliciana
William Daly
Nebraska
Oberchain
Hickey
Stout
Smith
Brown
Hortense Smith
Racince
Wis
Carew
Ottawa
Tom Miller
Thomas Barry
Stephen Janney
Barry
Miller
Callahan and McVay
Videlia Southern Railroad
John Stout
Bob Smith
Bayou Sara
Stella Wild
Mississippi Valley Road
Wade
Floyd
Mississippi River
John W. Tobin
Charity Caller Refuted by Owner at Gate
A man at the door announces he is soliciting for home charities and cites poor ragged children. The owner bluntly replies that those are her own children, and slams the front door.
Man Promises Free Food Cure Then Sends Poison
A Western man advertised that one dollar would mail information to make food unnecessary. A Jordan Canada citizen sent the dollar and received a dose of poison by return mail. The St Albans Messenger reports the incident as a warning about scam letters and dangerous instructions.
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Jordan
St. Albans
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