Damages and Bills in 1869 Pennsylvania Senate
The Harrisburg report details the Senate session with Speaker Worthington absent. Bills passed finally include damages to the Allegheny Agricultural Society, educational ward consolidations, road and license law extensions, street and sewer upgrades, loans, and the Greensburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike sale. Also notes incorporation actions, county tax provisions, and a State Librarian nomination for Wein Forney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allisheny County Agricultural Society
Central Passenger Railway
Company of Pittsburgh
Magill
Senate
Worthington
Errett
White
Allegheny Agricultural Society
Pittsburgh
Venango
Forrest
Etnaborough
Rathe,” of Pittsburgh Ale and “Malt Manufacturing Company
Joshua “Rhoads ‘Aie
Fifth Ward
Allegheny City
Magill Divorce Case and County Fiscal Measures
The House debates a bill to divorce William Magill and Lafina Magill of Pittsburgh, and considers fixes to county administration including Venango tax judgments and Allegheny borrowing powers. Other items include election timing changes in Warren County and fraud efforts against patent rights. The calendar shows items moved to second reading and objections noted.
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Magill
Wilson
William Magill
Lafina
Pittsburgh
Taentumo Goodies
Allegheny
Court, of Common Pleas of
Venango
W.A. Gall
Cornplanter Township
Ernn
Allegheny County
Warren County
Erie County
Hong
Phila
Calena& Supplement
Guardians of the Poor of
Bro i Pean
Aaron
Ennsylvania -Editoria
Cornman
Berland
Rioor
FENIAN CONVICTS AND TREASURY DECISION HIGHLIGHT 1869 NEWS
The President replies to a New York representative seeking official copies on Costello and Warren, U S sentenced in Britain for treason. Treasury rules wheat shipments between U S ports through foreign water avoid duty due to wrecks. Interior reports 27 million acres certified to states and railroads. Hancock refuses Pennsylvania governor bid. Grant urges quick passage of a constitutional amendment. Thomas S Wilson nominated for the Copenhagen consul post.
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Pittsburon
Washington
Representative Robinson
New York
Great Britain
United States
Costello
Warren
Johnson
Chatham
Halpine
McCafferty
Seward
Lord Stanley
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Hancock
Pennsylvania
Grant
House
Thomas 8. Wilson
California
Copenhagen
Rogers Murder and Bank of Class B Warehouses Closures
Reports detail the closure of Class B warehouses in New York used for tobacco storage as bonds are moved to separate bonded facilities. Edward Francis alias Gus Shaw alias Stephen Boyle identified as the Kalamazoo Sheriff Orcutt murderer. Libel suit against the New York Tribune Association set for trial. Government seizes A B Knaffers distillery for alleged whisky tax defraud. Maher and Riley reportedly may prove alibi via police testimony from the Rogers murder day.
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Grcatt
Michigan
Cookk
Rogers
Pittsburgh Gazette
New York
Shook
Edward Francis
Gus Shaw
Stephen Boyle
P. Squire
Bowery
Sheriff Orcutt
Kalamazoo
Hugh Darrows
United States District Court Today
Isaac Cook
Chicago
New York Tribune Association
A. B .Knaffers
Thirty-seventh Street
Maher
Riley
Shoemakers Strike Amid demands and boulevard project
Chicago shoemakers strike over increased daily work and pay. A cooperative factory plan with $100,000 capital is urged. City officials back Park and Boulevard legislation as Colfaxville trustees unite to support it. Minnesota Governor Marshall urges $500,000 acres of internal improvement lands to cancel railroad debt. Sorosis groups clash while Anna Dickinson is expected to address both suffrage conventions on the 11th and 12th.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Cuicano
Board of Trustees
Colfaxville
Marshall
Minnesota
Anna Dickinson
Fifteen Lives Lost in Connecticut Flood
Bethel Conn February 2 Fifteen lives lost today to flood and cold Up to this hour eleven bodies found four missing Three men on a bridge watched water as it rushed away with the bridge carrying them to drown A terrified woman drowns attempting to flee her waterlogged home with ice cakes surrounding it
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Bethel
Conn
Congress Debates Tariff, Pensions and Indian Bill
The 1899 congressional proceedings note the Senate panel discharging the Woman Suffrage measure and considering the Consular appropriation bill. House actions include pension bills for generals widows, East River Bridge approval, foreign cable questions, and railway land transfers. Multiple amendments and debates focus on retrenchment, tariffs, and revenue measures, with adjournment and an evening session on the Internal Revenue bill.
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Senate
Messia
Sumner
Patterson
Hendricks
HOUSE
Internal Revenue
Bidwell
Heckman
Admiral Davis
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Treasury
John Slidell
Slidell
New England
Morton
Indiana
Committee On Finance
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Doolittle
Congress
Williams
Scmner
Privalenes
Pucetons
Care
Union Pacific Railroad
Eastern Division
Denver
Denver Pacific Railroad
Enver
Colorado
Committee On Pacific Railroad
Wilson
Petro Leuca inspectors bill on petroleum safety debated
A bill by the Petro leuca Inspectors proposes inspecting all petroleum for dangerous compounds after a disastrous Ohio river collision. Mr Hooper moved to bar coal oil or petroleum transport on passenger trains or vessels. Substitutes were rejected and others adopted as debate closed.
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Petroleuca
Ohio
Hooper
Schenck
SCREEN@K
Gales Damage Britain. No Lives Reported Lost
A heavy gale and rainstorm affected Great Britain with overflowed streams causing damage. Several maritime incidents occurred though no deaths were reported. London notes indicative budget cuts to army and navy estimates by £1,000,000 each. The Grand Jury indicted directors of Overend Gurney & Co. for conspiracy to defraud shareholders.
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London
Great Britain
Lonpon
Overend, Gurney & Co
Proposed Directory Seen as Spain's Major Political Shift
MapDRID February 2. Marshal Prim General Serrano and Senor Rivero likely form the new Directory. Opponents pin hopes on the Directory once established. Five thousand reinforcements sailed last week for Havana. Monsignor Franche, the Papal Nuncio, left Madrid for Rome but returned after explanations. Cortes likely to cut clergy endowments and army spending.
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Mapdrid
Marshal Prim
Gen. Serrano
Senor Rivero
Havana
Maprio
Monsignor Franche
Madrid
Rome
Bloody clash between Turks and Montenegrins near Nikschitza
Dispatches from the Continent report a bloody battle near Nikschitza between Turkish forces and Montenegrins. No further particulars provided.
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London
Nikschitza
City of Antwerp Arrives In Queenstown From New York
The steam ship City of Antwerp has arrived at Queenstown from New York. The steamer Moravian from Portland also arrived in Queenstown on the same date.
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Queenstown
Antwerp
New York
Portland
Financial and commercial roundup from London and Liverpool
London markets show mixed American securities with Five-Twenties around 76 and Erie near 2534. Liverpool reports middling uplands at a London spot plus 12 1/4 for other grades, with varied quotes on cotton, grains, and petroleum. Paris and Frankfurt note firmer bourses and higher American bonds in evening trade.
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London
Consola
Quist
Erie
Hlingis
Atlantic
Great_Western
Caton
Orleans
California
Spirits Petroleum
Calcutta
Antwerp
Havre
Paris
Frankfort
Opposition to Ratification of Alabama Treaty
New York reports that Congress broadly opposes ratification of the Alabama treaty protocol. It notes potential non concurrence over English counter claims and cites General Grant’s remarks on protecting commerce. The piece criticizes Raverdy Johnson and predicts Senate rejection of the proposed basin settlement.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
New York
Congress
General Grant
Raverdy Johnson
Senate
Alabama
Memphis Tragedy On Steamer Aboard W A Caldwell
Wm Noe, second steward, was shot dead on the steamer W. A. Caldwell by Arthur Semporter over a dispute involving a chambermaid Cartwright. The escapee chickened into Memphis city. A refugee influx from Critenden County arrived by train from Madison Arkansas reporting the hanging of planter Gibson and widespread vandalism by self-styled militia Negroes.
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Memphis
Pittsburgh Gazette
W. A. Caldwell
Arthur Semporter
Cartwright
Madison
Ark
Crittenden County
Gibson
Canadian Assassin Whalen Appeals Privy Council
A cable from England says Whalen's appeal cannot be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Whalen, upon learning this, sent for a priest and is expected to make a confession. Springfield and Quincy rumors also place J. N. Morris of Quincy as Interior Secretary choice per the Illinois State Register.
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Whalen
Pittsburgh Gazette
Ottawa
England
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Springfield
Quincy
Ilinois
J. N. Morris
Interior Department
Ilinois State Register
Grants Expected Arrival in Philadelphia
Dispatches report General Grant will reach Philadelphia tomorrow amid a flurry of notices. Separately, Maher and Reilly are named as alleged Rogers assailants, and Ohio Governor Hays defers Cleve land hangman Lewis Davis’s execution. Fire damages a Michigan college building. Hamilton’s remains head to Poughkeepsie.
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General Grant
Philadelphia
James Maher
Edward Reilly
New York City
Rogers
Gov. Hays
Ohio
Lewis Davis
Cleveland
College
Adrain
Michigan
Lewis McClean Hamilton
Custar
Black Kettle
Poughkeepstie
New York
Burlington
Iowa
Bell
Duke of
Lacrosse
Indies
Winons
Missouri
Kansas
Sitka
Alaska Territory
AfcMahon
Grant
Johnson
Capitol
Markets by Telegraph Carcaco February 2
Markets across several cities report firm or unchanged wheat with mixed notes. Buffalo and Memphis show varied pork and corn prices, while New Orleans and other centers note modest changes in cotton, sugar, and molasses with mixed grain demand and pork prices near 32 to 33 dollars.
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Telegraph
Carcaco
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Buffalo
Memphis
San Francisco
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Wiley and Fulton Streets
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Liberty
Sharpsburg
Allegheny District Court
Venango County
Fayette County
Treaurer
First Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Allegheny Gas Company
Jones Ferry
Carrier Seminary
Wein ‘Forney
Mr. Graham
East Birmingham
Bellevue Borough
Audubon Mining Company
Thomas B. Hamilton
House OF Representatives
HE Capital
Boulevard
Connecticut
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Secretary of War
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
Henderson
Department of Home Affairs
General Land Office
Mining Interest
Indian Affairs
Bureau of Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Bureau of Education
Miblack
Shanks
Paine
Committee On Reconstruction
Cook
Committee On Roads and Canals
East River
Brooklyn
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