Washington Letter From April in the Nation's Capital
Washington dispatches report Congress defeating the repeal of the silver dollar and the free coinage bill, suggesting no action on the topic for years. The Agricultural Department runs a large seed distribution to Congress members and agents, detailing quantities of vegetable flower and other seeds prepared for mail sacks. The piece notes Logan's failed army bill, a Washington Monument scare that proved unfounded, Republican infighting over Edmunds resolutions, and a list of Indiana patent grants from New Harmony Register.
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van Wyck
Washington Monument
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Mexican pension bill could bankrupt the treasury
Washington reports Congress pushes lavish pension schemes. Wolford's Mexican war bill would grant lifetime pensions to soldiers, sailors and widows regardless of service duration, with estimates of annual costs from 2 to 5 million and total potential liability up to 100 million. Critics warn of precedent and rising taxation while noting historical parallels to 1812 survivors and broad eligibility.
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Wolford
Mexico
Treasury
Black
Townshend
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Indiana State News drift and disasters glimpse
Acompiled Hoosier current notes Rebecca Barrett a 16 year old Indianapolis girl driven to insanity by bullying and ambition to teach. Rockport wheat fields revive. Johnny Koster kills Sam Ives in Evansville over a saloon quarrel. southern Indiana soldiers to reunite at New Albany next August for four days. Michigan City opposes a 40000 harbor appropriation seeking 100000. Crawfordsville marshal shuts gambling rooms. two Madison teachers plan Japan departure. Fulton farmer Jarvis Jeffries drowns in a ditch. Wabash river harbor funds, saloon indictments, and county trustees split along party lines. natural gas found in Boone. Muncie woman to be 117. Sam Jones to lecture Indianapolis sinners. various county trustee tallies and civic projects. Nashville cyclone. Richmond and other town notes.
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Illinois News Roundup From White County And Statewide
Report from Illinois covers White County election results showing Townshend and Williams, local Democratic ticket, railroad incorporation for Chicago to Cairo with $10 million capital, Edwards County primary results, Chicago sub treasury coin vault warning, immediate saloon openings in Atlanta, hydrophobia deaths in Pike County, fire loss claims by insurers, number of physicians statewide, Gov Yates grave status, and homestead recovery of 88 million acres.
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Townshend
Williams
John R. Kuykendall
J. Wilson
Sherif
Wyatt Williams, Jr
C. P. White
Chicago & Great Southern R. R. Co
Chicago
Cairo
H. H. Harris
Edwards County
Atlanta
Logan County
Pike County
Yates
Jacksonville
Senator Camden Recalls Florida Alligator Encounter
West Virginia Senator J N Camden recounts a Florida hunting tale in which a log proves to be a 28 foot alligator that seizes his game and rifle. He describes the creature swallowing his bears deer squirrels and turkeys before retreating into the water as he watches from the bank.
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D. C
J. N. Camden
West Virginia
Florida
Scott
Market and crisis notes from April era
Produce markets show slow activity with grain steady to strong in Cariaco and Inn. Hog market active. various prices listed for winter and spring wheat, corn, oats, timothy, clover, cattle, hogs, and sheep. Epidemic report from Carmi Ill states smallpox outbreak with three deaths and ongoing vaccination. Port land reports 600,000 Chinese to Mexico under land grants. several left last week. Odd medical case from Reapine Pa details fatal cat scratch infection. Rhode Island election yields Democratic attorney general in a Republican-leaning vote. prohibition wins. British scientific schools rise to 1,927 institutions under government control. Alaska fur monopoly rental revenue totals over four million since 1870. Jersey resident claims twelve years without drinking water.
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Inn
Carmi
Sprincheto
Ill
State Board of Health
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