Senate and House Scene Marks Lively 1889 Legislative Session
A sweeping report from the week’s sessions details conference reports on the Inter-State Commerce act and various appropriation bills, plus actions in the House on naturalization, Alaska salmon protections, and a Kalamazoo public building. It notes pensions approved, vetoes sustained, adjournment sine die, and notable deaths and crimes in the interim.
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John J. Ingalls
John G. Carlisle
Sinc
Obituary and political notes from the era
John W. Joneston a U S Senator from 1870 to 1883 died at his Richmond home aged eighty eight. At the Democratic State convention in Grand Rapids Mich T E Sherwood Kalamazoo was renominated for Justice of the Supreme Court and W Z Dailey John S Lawrence for Regents of the State University. Hannibal Hamlin then living ex Vice President spoke to the U S Senate on the 28th. The National League of Republican in convention at Baltimore on the 28th ult.
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John M. Clayton
Hartsville
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Jennerstown
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Boston
United States
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Edgartown
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Lima
George Foster
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Wauulaer
Ben Hur
Crawfordsville
A. B. Cleveland
New York
Frm
Cincinnati
Laura McDonald
Alexander McDonald
Edmund K. Stalle
Edward Rudder
Felton
Adam Shoney
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ernst Hudson
New Earl
Tenn
Robert SteEn
Franz Sigel
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Carleton
Neb
Deadwood
D. T
National League of Republican Clubs
Baltimore
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
I. B. Humphreys
P. C. Lounsberry
Connecticut
Henry A. Gouin & Co
Gipsoux
N. N
Wilson
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J. D. Alderaon
J. K. Jackson
Cononrn BE
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South Carolina
Post Office Department
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Macoon
Darlington
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Ingalls
Morton
Fifty-First Congress
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Virginia
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Delaware
McMillan
Michigan
Marston
New Hampshire
Walcott
Colorado
Nathan Garr
K. 8
Carr
State Senate
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Fleming
Thompson
Enwin Japson
Chicago
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Conn
Stevenson
John W. Joneston
Richmond
Grand Rapids
Mich
T. ER. Sherwood
Kalamazoo
Supreme Court
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John 8. Lawrence
State University
Hion
Hannibal Hanmix
United States Senate
National League of Republican Classey
Various 19th Century Headlines From The Times And Abroad
The Times withdrew pamphlets on Parnellism and O Donnell versus Walter and expressed regret for forged letters. North Sea pale caused seventy deaths. A passenger and freight collision near Sweetsburg killed three trainmen. Chess champion Sternitz won all nineteen games in Havana. A Marthaville dwelling burned. old lady Callivan perished. Prince Oscar of Sweden welcomed a daughter. Mrs Conuins, a murderess, hanged at Sidney Nova Scotia. Pauncefote named British Minister to the U S. forger Pigott reportedly died by own hand in Madrid. Earthquake shocks hit Guayaquil. Weedon stores burned. Peruvian Cabinet resigned. Pope’s seventy ninth birthday noted. Captain Barney Cook jailed six months at Brussels.
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Brussels
Presidential Nominations Confirmed and Notable Events
President Harrison sent and Senate confirmed a full slate of cabinet nominees including Blaine Windom Proctor Tracy Noble Miller Rusk and Wanamaker while a large White House reception followed. A Montreal mill collapse killed eighteen. a Rhode Island House member urged repeal of a prohibitory amendment. a farmer from Indiana and a mob lynching in Arkansas marked a day of violent events.
Cabinet Nominations by President Harrison Announced
President Harrison sent to the Senate a full slate of cabinet picks including James G. Blaine for Secretary of State William Windom for Secretary of the Treasury Redfield Proctor for Secretary of War Benjamin Tracy for Secretary of the Navy John W Noble for Secretary of the Interior John Wanamaker for Postmaster General and Jeremiah M Rusk for Agriculture The nominations were quickly confirmed with praise from Republicans and anticipated delays in filling other posts as the new administration settles in
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Missouri
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Pennsylvania
W. H. H. Miller
Indiana
Jeremiah Rusk
Wisconsin
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White House
Montreal
Can
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Clark Gallagher
New Waverly
Ind
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Dalby Springs
Ark
Ng Reading Iron Works
Reading
Dth
Joan D. Rockvereller
American Baptist Education Society
Farner Stephens
Dublin
Ivy
Peru
Mary I. Boor
Harper’s Bazar
Springfield
Cal
United States Senate
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Marston
New Hampshire
Pruden
Walshinerton
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Ohio
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Rutland
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Brooklyn
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Nora County
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Keokuk
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Salkehatchie
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Rusk
Cleveland
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Tracy
Spooner
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Wis
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Rome
Fifty Congress Summary of Bills and Laws Passed
Washington reports a record fifty congress closes with 1,791 laws amid 16,657 bills and 412 resolutions. Four new states admitted, vetoes beaten, and major measures like Sioux reservation split and Chinese Exclusion Act enacted. Senate and House produced numerous reports while many bills failed in conference or the Senate.
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Rosecrans
Oklahoma
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Pacific Railround
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Canada
Dominion
Wheat shortage grips Dakota seed and bread supplies
Aberdeen dispatch reports a statistician's finding that both Dakotas lack sufficient wheat for seed and bread. Total on hand is 8 million bushels, short by about 3 million, with South Dakota holding 50 to 60 percent of the 188d crop and northern counties only 8 to 10 percent. Drought drives southern losses and early frost harms the north.
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