Senate and House Sessions Report United States Politics
A broad summary of legislative activity from the Senate and House includes votes on Dakota state admission, a sale of the Cherokee Reservation in Arkansas, and a statue for Lafayette. Debates covered Inter-State Commerce, Oregon Central Land-forfeiture, census work, and Washington monument ceremonies. Several notable incidents and appointments are noted, with ongoing political maneuvering around federal budgets and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dakota
Harrison
Arkangsas
Sherman
Lafayette
Riddleberger
Hugh McCulloch
the Treasury
Chalmers
Mississippi
West
House
Census Bureau
West Point
van Wyck
Spain
Washington Monument
Wth
White House
J.D. Taylor
Pension Committee
Emma de Long
Lth
Fire nearly destroys Polkton on the railroad in North Carolina
A morning blaze originating in a drug store at Polkton on the Carolina Central Railroad nearly leveled the town at two o'clock. The fire marks the fifth North Carolina town burned in thirty days, joining Goldsboro Wilson Toisnot and Warsaw as recent losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polkton
Carolina Central
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Wilson
Toisnot
Warsaw
Marion
McDowell County
Pierre Prefaux
Pittsburgh
Trenton
Thomas Barlow
Fitzgerald
C. F. Grisenporrr
Indianapolis
J. W. Miuus
New Paris
Ind
Andersonville
Jonnx P. Martin
Floyd Tolliver
Morehead
Agricultural Department
Washington
Florida
Nebraska
Methodism
Baltimore
Tar National Association of Health Boards
John
Shendlemeyer
Lafayette
H. Worth Wright
Connecticut
Estelle Newman
Egrenont
Mass
Albany Medical College
Schoharie County
N. Y
Wright
Clark Bros. & Co
Philadelphia
California
St. Paul
Baird
Golden City
B. C
Wrixinson & Co
Syracuse
N. C
Vanderbilt Sues Grant for 155000 in New York
A judgment for 155407 against General Grant was filed in New York on the seventh over money loaned before Grant Ward failed. Senator Wadd Hampron reelected by South Carolina on the ninth. Reuben Sprincer of Cincinnati dies at eighty four from heart paralysis on the tenth. Mary Calperlu signs a 300000 donation for a Catholic university. Allen B Wilson of Waterbury, an early sewing machine inventor, sent to Hartford insane retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Vanderbilt
New York
General Grant
Grant & Ward
Wadd HaMpron
United States
South Carolina
Reuben R. Sprincer
Cincinnati
Mary E. CaLperLu
Allen B. Wilson
Waterbury
Conn
Hartford
Various World News Tidbits from 19th Century Dispatches
A mosaic of brief items: Thvin Brothers of Montreal collapse with $300000 debt. El Mehdi death misreported. Jamaica annexation scheme to the Dominion fails. a Mexican streetcar fire kills a young woman. Neal McKeague linked to Willson murders case. Vienna hurricane damages. China France peace talks fail. a St Marys schooner sinks with all hands. Ottawa memorial to preserve US Consul Robbins. outrages in Tralee. cholera cases in Tegiano and Paris. Nihilists arrested in St Petersburg. Macedonia atrocities rise. Nottingham hosiery workers head to the US. McKeague jailed for assault at St Catharines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thvin Brothers
Montreal
el Mehdi
el Obeid
Jamaica
Dominion
Guadalajara
Mex
Neal McKeague
Chicago
Willson
Thorold
Ont
Vienna
Austria
China
France
St. Marys
N. F
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Robbins
Ena@aisu
Tralee
Ireland
Edward Denney
Tegiani
Provincs
Salerno
Spain
Ith
St. Petersburg
Itth
Paris
Macedonia
Nottingham
Eng
St. Catharines
Widespread Disasters Hit U S Cities and Canada
A hurricane in Buffalo submerged parts of the city and wrecked chimneys, schools, and rail lines. The Bank of Schenectady closed. Clearinghouse activity for the week fell 19.5 percent from last year. Calumet Fire-clay works burned for $125000. A bridge span at St Hyacinthe collapsed killing three and injuring fifteen. Prairie fires roared through Sweet Grass Hills Montana. A storm leveled Erie Polish Church destroying nets and buds. Fire in Houston, Me. caused $100000 loss. Senate discusses Lafayette statue and Dakota division. House debates silver and greenbacks and land grants.
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Kennedy
Daniel
San Francisco
Woonsocket
R. 1
Augustus Williams
Georgiaville
St. Louis
United States
George J. Heilman
Evansville
Ind
George N. Flannagan
Wescott & Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Nobber
Hannibal
William Callaghan
Sandwich
Ont
George O’leach
Mary Brannan
Baltimore
Jumper’s Station
Hocking Valley
Pittsburgh
John Henry
Spring City
Joan P. Harpren
Littleton
W. Va
New Bedford
Mass
Good Templar Phalanx
Dakota
George Cook
Laramie City
Wy. T
General Brisbin
Montana
Texas
Missouri River
Rappahannock River
Virginia
Lake Erie
Gray
Idaho
Hezekiah Brown
Tower
Howard County
Butler County
Bradstreet’s
Canada
Middle States
New England
Western
Southern
Pacific States and Territories
Buffalo
City Bank
Schenectady
Calumet Fire-clay Company
Elliottsville
Yamaska
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Sweet Grass Hills
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Erie
Johnstown
Houston
United States Senate
Sherman
Lafayette
Spain
Logan
Garland
Messrs. Hill and
Borman
Red River
London Bridge Explosion Shocks City But Causes Little Damage
A dramatic explosion near London Bridge at 5 40 pm Saturday injures one or two and damages few windows and lamp posts. Police suspect an aerial blast from a small explosive device placed on a buttress, with three men seen in a boat nearby. No arrests made as investigators inspect riverfront structures and guard railway stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
London, Chatham & Dove
Surrey
Tie
Middlesex
Billingsgate Market
Fishinvagers Hall
Cannon Street
Clerkenwell
Rollins & Co
Cairnon Street
London
Great Monopoly Defeated in Cleveland Freight Suit
The Scofield Shuimmer Teagh oil refiners sued Lake Shore Railroad for freight discrimination. Verdict reached Saturday for five thousand dollars after original claim of one hundred thousand dollars. Plaintiffs argued Standard Oil benefits from lower rates and side track aid, while the defendant gave unequal facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Scofield, Shuimmer & Teagh
Lake Shore Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Strangely Afflicted in Cleveland Family Seeks Aid
Michael Masterton, an Irishman with his wife and three children, a four year old eldest, live in a Bentley alley hovel. A relief officer found the children unable to talk walk or feed themselves and suffering since birth with pale faces and shrunken limbs. Masterton arrived in this country about four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Michael Masterton
Trishman
Bentley Alley
Mariner
Masterton
Sunday School Centenary Rally Fills Battlrmronr Pulpits
Delegates from twenty-one Methodist churches in Battlrmronr Md gathered for the Centenary Conference. Twenty five thousand children participated in a Sunday-school celebration across thirty seven congregations, with fifteen white and six colored churches represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battmronr
God
Storms drown forty oyster boats on Chesapeake Bay
A severe storm on the Chesapeake Bay capsized fifteen oyster canoes near Monoskin and Rappahannock River, with forty deaths estimated and seventeen bodies recovered. Rescue efforts found two men near Ailk Point. many others drowned as waves reached thirty feet and men clung to upturned boats. The storm also caused wrecks along the shore and prompted rescue attempts by Bay Line captains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Detroit
Mich
Bautraonen
Rappahannock
Power Bay
Mason Hh. Weems
Doncaster
Ailk Point
Rappahannock River
Monoskin
Nan
Hawkins
Tie
James Scott
Polk
Tuys Hbrima
Zeigier
Tve Mien
Augustus
Perrot
Luelk
Gray
Toynton & Fox
Woodbridge
Frances Messmore
Annie Lynch
Mlien Culgate
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Rochester Tribware
W. F. Howard & Son
Orrick
Nofteger & Mitchell
Post-olfea
Tudee
Teniah Conner
Elijah C. Martindale
Sher
Jisaiah Walker Robert
Walla
John C. Phillips
James Ware
F.C. Wilson
Wu. J. Williams
Bryintoe M.V. Capen
Edward MceLochi
Commissioners’ Court
Corporation Offic
Hiarshal
Council
Dr. A. Brown
Imos. Weill
Newton Westfail
Orvin D. Ross
David Cooper
Rank M. Reed
Rod Petersen
B. Pellens
Long
W. S. Shafer
Rochester
Gover Joseph Levi
Main Sp
Court House
Angus Brown
Masonic Building
West Side Main Street
A. M. Shields
Fuston County
Shield
DR. C. Hector & Son
Physicians
A. H. Robbins
Main Street
H. E. Sherwin
Entist
Frank
Rex & Cave
Sidney Keith
Hoshester
Louse
Drs. Spolin & White
Isaiah Conner
LAW
Public Square
Citizen's Block
W. J. Howard
J. W. Bibler
Howard & Bibler
Enoch Myers
Mf. L. Essick
C. F. Montgomery
Essick & Montgomery
Mercer
G. W. Holman
Hoosier Shoe Store
Julius Rowley
Weilis & Peterson
North End
Milo R. Smith
Titorney
Calkins & McMahan
J. W. Rickel
Feder & Silberbers
Fred W. Daniels
Akron
Hotels
Central House
Jennie Reed
Wallace
Prochester
R. Wallace
Northern
RAL Estate Agency
Elliott & Jackson
Fulton
Aocoe Coe
Bueminess
Leicester
Ata
Congressional
Joseph C. Mackin
Arthur Gleason
Henry Biehl
Hansbrough
Shields
Strausser
Kelly
Sullivan
Lighteenth
Greene
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Rusx
Wisconsin
Jupee McCoy
Atlanta
Insoumia
Orrin A. Carpenter
Zora Burns
Lincoln
Estella Newman
Egremont
Masa
Dernoit
Silas Sanders
Crouch
Jackson
Judson
Crouch Tighty
Jacob XQ. Crouch
Eunice White
Henry White
Moses Polley
Daniel Holcomb
James Foy
Lorenzo 1. Bean
Alexander H. Tee
Elmer Shuler
Sage
Frank Hewlett
James Lees
Man Crouch
George Bolles
Andrews
Crank Perry
Dan Holcomb
Jud Crouch
Muurders
Joseph Allen
Henry Holcomb
Allen Cgey
Oregon
Long Island
West Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Georgia
Rhode Island
Lewisial
Alabama
Grover Cleveland
Tribune
Caroling
Carolina
Missouri
Maryland
Delaware
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