Senate and House Advances in War Bill Debates
News of the week reports Senate quorum issues and a failed adjournment, House actions on the China immigration treaty, and Army Appropriation bill progress. It covers impeachment matters around Belknap, committee reports, and a President’s message urging extended appropriations into next fiscal year.
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China
War Department
Kerr
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Danford
Hurlbut
Thurlow Weed
Congress
Oscar Lafayette
Lafayette
Committee On Ways and Means
U. S. Military Academy
Bright
Felton
Lawrence
Morrill
Maine
Windom
Withers
Wabash River
W. W. Belknap
Black
Edmunds
Belknap
Lord
House of Representatives
Holman
Committee On Appropriations
New Trial Granted in Halleck Larceny Case
Benj B Halleck, already convicted of stealing 47000 from the Treasury, is granted a new trial. On Sept 19 Gen Babcock faces trial for alleged conspiracy in a safe burglary. Naval officers testify that Secretary Robeson did not interfere with supply purchases. The President sends to Congress a State Department report on extradition through Sept 8. Bristow resigns as Secretary of the Treasury effective June 20. The Grand Jury indicts Richard Harrington and A B Williams for bribery relating to two murderers seeking a new trial. The President warns Congress about fiscal year funding and unexpended balances rules.
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Benj. B. Halleck
Treasury
Kerr
Gen. Babcock
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Robeson
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Bristow
Secretary of the Treasury
Richard Harrington
A. B. Williams
U. S
Congress
Diverse 1876 news items span temperance, disasters, and politics
Reports from Philadelphia and across the country note the Women s International Temperance Convention in Philadelphia with addresses from Mrs Parker and Mrs Wittemyer, a fatal church accident in Honesdale, Western rail fare cuts, state party conventions, oil fire losses, and political nominations including Rhode Island Senator Anthony s reelection and Hayes acceptance of the presidential nomination.
Transit to Sierra Nevada summit and trains to Keene
A San Francisco dispatch notes the Southern Pacific track extending to the Sierra Nevada summit at Tehuichapa with regular trains between San Francisco and Keene Station, 338 miles apart. It also reports a not guilty verdict on 12 for 8 J Breviser in Akron, robbery case involving a $316,000 United States Express safe.
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Sierra Nevada Mountains
Tehuichapa
Keene Station
J. Breviser
Akron
Ohio
United States Express
A. P. Owens
Jesse Owens
John Murphy
Arch Randolph
Henry Davidson
Ike Doss
Springfield
Tenn
Col
Wm. Heath
St. Louis County
Col. Meyer
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Balling
Philip Wadsworth
United States
Ford
Chicago
Nolle
Arkansas Democratic Convention
Wm. Miller
Ohio News Items Across Dayton and Oberlin
At Dayton on the 11th William Burch shot at his wife in a dispute, tearing off most of her left hand. A Perrysburg drowning claimed Frances E. Scott, an eleven year old, while swimming on the 10th. In Philadelphia Judge Sloan warns President Brinkerhoff the press misled the public about the Ohio archeological display, which is in the mineral annex of the Main Exhibition Building. The Fourteenth District Democratic Convention convened at Mansfield on the 13th to nominate a Congress candidate and appoint St. Louis delegates, reaffirming the state platform and directing votes for William Allen. E. B. Finley was nominated on the 14th on the 200th ballot. A fatal accident occurred in Oberlin cemetery on the 12th as George Wetherby’s carriage capsized after horses fled, killing Mrs. John Barnard whose head struck a stone.
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Women’s International Temperance Convention
Philadelphia
Margaret E. Parker
Dundee
Scotland
The
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Queen Victoria
Mother Stewart
Ohio
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Rhode Island
Honesdale
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Bradford
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Elliott
George Dorsey
George Cook
Brigham Hall
Canandaigua
N. Y
Brown
Anthony
U. S. Senate
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Connecticut
Garnier
Slosson
Bunker Hill
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Wm. Burch
Frances E. Scott
Perrysburg
William B. Sloan
Ohio Archeological Association
Brinkerhoff
Ohio Archeological Display
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Mansfield
Congress
St. Louis
William Allen
E. B. Finley
Oberlin
George Wetherby
Chapman
Joseph Barnard
John Barnard
Illinois
Wetherby
How She Got Dom Pedro's Autograph
A San Francisco autograph tale recounts an American lady visiting the Emperor of Brazil at the Palace Hotel. After a written request, the secretary procured the moment and Dom Pedro Alcantara signed the note with a gracious bow.
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San Francisco
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Republic
California
Witness for contempt spared for marriage at altar
In Detroit Police Court a witness who refused a subpena was brought in by attachment. He admitted contempt because he was at the altar marrying. A bachelor lawyer urged mercy, the judge agreed, remarking the man is already punished and discharged him with mercy.
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Detroit Free Press
Gittin
The French Exhibition Display Delights and Delights
The French section of the Great Exhibition is praised for beauty and variety. Bronzes and porcelain shine, with Paris refinements in lace and silks, while the Lyons silk court shows brilliant displays. Cautions about unfilled displays and missing Sevresware are noted, and furniture shows are scarce aside from costly pieces.
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Berlin
France
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Lyons
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Marchand
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Greece
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Gregoire
Herselia
Susse
Pradier
Atalanta
Sappho
Jules Moigner
Comte de Nieuwekerke
Duke of Clarence
Barbizet
Dijon
Bernard Palissy
Liberte Commerciale
Tribune
Grim deaths and crime headline a busy year
Collation of deaths from heart rupture to boiler explosions and railroad accidents across towns including Fair Haven Connecticut Lawton Georgia and Council Bluffs Iowa. Also notes robberies, lynching near Santa Rosa California and a fatal wedding incident in Ontario.
England's new sewingless button gains hold across cloth
A Dressmaker and Milliner notice describes an English invention for a button that requires no sewing and can be removed easily for washing or repositioning. The design distributes pressure over the entire disk area via a shank, a keyhole, and a spring, securing the button without traditional stitching.
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England
New Richmond Logs Ship Walnut Logs to London
New Richmond West Virginia ships walnut logs directly to London to secure higher prices than available domestically. The move reflects more favorable markets overseas and aims to boost local timber revenue amid fluctuating domestic demand.
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New Richmond
W. Va
London
Scientist predicts thirteen days in a year long after
A scientist forecasts the world shrinking to thirteen days in a year. He envisions a single week housing all holidays such as Fourth of July Christmas Washington's Birthday and others. He also notes creditors should respect legal holidays when they come nosing around.
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Globe
Washington
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