Senate Deadlock and Officer Elections in Washington
The Senate caucus debates immediate election of officers and resists deadlock, while plans for breaking it via executive sessions are rejected. Discussions include the late Senator Carpenter rems, Boynton case, and nominations of several district postmasters as the session stretches into April.
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New York
Carpenter
Wisconsin
Peiring
Sherman
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Carpenter Jr
Pendleton
Johnston Quotca
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Jeagde
Mahone
Riddleberger
Virginia
Dawes
Jautison
A.b
Diane Ibroak
Peterslaine
Peters-bury
Johnson
Wirsiia
Michael Boynton
England
McPherson
Boynton
Congress
United States
New Jersey
Hoar
McPierson
Morrow
Bassagioassesi
Durance
Engtien
Mill Trust
Gorbhane
Riddieberger
Lat Oery
Sr. Hoar
State Legislature clash over bills and ballot box push
The Senate and House clashed Friday over multiple measures including county courts probate jurisdiction, a four year term for elected judges, and codifying commissions. A contested ballot box proposal drew sharp partisan debate with Moody attacking and Ryan defending the plan amid broader legislative moves.
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Senate
Grant
Tne
Heuseca Priday
Spanin
Linsey
Friends of
Moody
de Kalb County
Ryan
Delaware
Indiana House Debates Voting Limits and Public Ethics
The article reviews partisan clashes over a bill capping voting precincts at 300, with fears of fraudulent voting and shifts in party control. It notes Democratic authorship, Senate discussions on prohibition amendments, and a Beaver Lake land dispute affecting state versus settler ownership.
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Ryan
Moody
Indiana
Assembly
House
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Beaver Lake
Linday'ts
Techanapolis
Rye cultivation of spring and winter varieties in the region
The article explains two rye varieties spring and winter though one species can transform between them. Spring rye arises from late sowing of winter rye and yields quality grain. soil favors rich sandy loam, with good straw strength to prevent lodging. Land prep mirrors wheat, sowing early spring from one to two bushels per acre. Spring rye is now rare here, with winter rye dominating due to higher satisfaction.
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Pridg Wernier
Uwill
of Rocks
Nashville
Cumberland
Na Ivine
Las
Dernhardt
Selvina
John McCullough
Ix Thoughtful Muauuer
Msaldie
Kaine
Nashville, Tenn
Setting Broken Legs for Livestock
A Rural New Yorker correspondent advises patience before destroying a leg wound in animals. He describes using plaster of Paris with bagging and splints to set and support fractures. The method, tested on calves and sheep, wraps strips of bagging around the limb then applies plaster to secure a three legged limping but healing result.
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New Yorker
Stuck-Crowery
Torturing by Electricity in Russian Trials
A Geneva dispatch reports Russakoff and Jalikoff subjected to electric torture before General Loris Melikoff. Expert Park Benjamin notes British origins of electric punishment and describes methods, risks, and evidence from doctors. The piece links to broader debates on coercive tech and public danger.
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New York Sun
Geneva
Russakoff
Jalikoff
Creneral Loris Melikoff
Tussakoff
Park Benjamin
England
Seavennens
the Inquirer
Fiere
Letter From Nashville Describes Memphis Fading City
A Hoosier writes from Nashville detailing Memphis as a ghost of its former self after yellow fever, noting population decline, dilapidated buildings, and a strong cotton trade. He praises Memphis sewerage as a major sanitary measure and mentions hopes to bridge the fever impact, while contrasting opinions on the city’s future.
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Chickasaw Blatt
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chicago
Shere
Bluff City
McPherson's Grave Near Atlanta Shaped by War
A veteran narrator recalls traveling from Atlanta along muddy roads to a clearing near the siege site. He describes McPherson's grave marked by a granite monument, a black iron railing of muskets, and trees scarred by battle, with Sherman praising the fallen general's steady leadership.
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LiePherson
New Frole Tribune
Alanta
Sherman
Atlanta
Mia Pherson
Eivelo
Anewi
Hvre
McPierson
Ohio
Clyde
Lake Erie
McPherson
Grant
A Horse's Instinct and the Lion Skin Prank
A horse in a traveling circus reacts fearfully to a lion skin placed on a van seat. The quiet animal breaks free, kicking and rearing as it sweeps through the rigging, suggesting instinctive recognition of carnivorous foes.
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Chambers’ Journal
Ierelt
Itou
Lincoln Debates Recalled by Lincoln Aid Hitt
In 1898 Mr. Hitt served as Abraham Lincoln's special shorthand reporter during the famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas, preserving rapid exchanges and key remarks.
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Mr. Hitt
Abraham Lincoln
Stevan A. Douglas
Legacy of James Smithson and Alabama claims payment saga
The article recounts two major international payments in U S history. It details James Smithson's legacy funds, its transfer to the United States, and the $405,318 46 gold deposit at Philadelphia Mint. It also outlines the 1865 settlement of the Alabama claims with Britain, including the unusual nongold payment via a government bond and postage stamp, settling the debt without a gold coin transfer.
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Casey
James Smithson i Dougland
United States
Court of Chancery
Bank of ‘Boglauid
Philadelphia
Abermithsonien
Great Britain
Acomulizsion
Pares
Fae Damiaies
London
Treasury Department
Havino Bots
Steddart
Haan Euver
Lauder
Harslish
Tts
Bank of Mngland
Cominyds
Avenlad
Terrible Exparione: Dubwyne visitor to Jig Lake winter tale
Abr. Sternette reports a harsh winter in Jig Lake Dakota where several homesteads struggled. A nearby farmer 160 acres, wheat yield twenty five bushels per acre produced 1200 dollars for fuel and shelter. Families endured fuel shortages, improvised with road telegraph poles, and several houses burned or collapsed. Becker died returning from a relief attempt. others survived on ox hide soup. Sternette says residents remain hopeful about Dakota’s deep fertile soil and prepare for future winters.
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Dubwyne
Heeke
Cabottas Snowe-Drift
Fone Frogem siuVin
Becker
Sternette
Improved plant preservation using salicylic acid solution
The recipe involves dissolving salicylic acid in alcohol at one to six hundred parts, heating to boiling, and passing plants through the vapor and solution. Plants are shaken dry, pressed between blotting sheets, and the paper renewed to prevent violet staining. In China two counterfeiters were killed by being steeped to the neck in quicklime.
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China
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