Petition for Indian treaties justice and public works bills
Congressional summary reports a petition signed by clergy and 2,000 others representing over 50,000 citizens urging adherence to treaty obligations with Indian tribes. The package moved from the Senate to the Vice President and was referred to the Indian Affairs Committee along with a Philadelphia based letter from the Indian Treaty Keeping Association. The session also covers bills on bankruptcy standardization, Wabash river improvement funding, free ships advocacy, and public route legislation, plus election case debates and the Chicago Fort Dearborn land case.
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Washington
Mawes
John Welsh
Bishop Simpson
Joseph Cook
Wendell Phillips
Congress
Indian Treaty Keeping Association
Philadelphia
Committee On
Indian Affairs
West
Quincy
Garland
Judiciary
Voorhees
Wabash
Beck
Senate
United States
Senate in Washington Reports Animal Disease Bureau Bill
Select Committee on the diseases of domestic animals reports a bill for a bureau of animal industry and disease prevention. Other measures include an amendment on circulation of National Banks and a motion on Fort Wayne Reservation grounds. House business covers Halifax fishery facts and swine disease printing, with a petition on Postal laws.
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Senate
Washington
Cal
Bayard
Finance Committee
Chicago
Fort Wayie Dearbot
Aly
Davis
Singleton
Olinois
Hunton
Congressional actions on electoral count procedures in Senate
A Senate session transcribes debates on census officials pay and number, a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report on the legality of Electoral College votes, credentials presented for James Z George, and a motion to refer Ingalls electoral count resolution to the Electoral Count Committee with Morgan Bayard and Hill supporting reference.
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Conkling
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
United States
Lamar
James Z. George
Bruce
Mississippi
Mr. Ingalls
Senate
Air
Bayard
Messrs. Bayard
Morgan and Hill
Georgia
Morgan
House
Garfield
Senate notes clash over Ponca Chief killing and Indian policy
Senator Dawes chastised Indian Department methods after recounting the killing of Ponca Chief Big Snake and a Standing Bear protest against old reservation sales. The day also covered bills on food drug adulteration telegraph pricing and pension payments, with Schurz defending policy against Ponca critics.
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Senate
Washington
Baldwin
Michigan
Dawes
Big Snake
Interior Department
Indian Department
Mr. Dawes
Standing Bear
Sherman declines Garfield offer to stay Treasury chief
Secretary Sherman returned from Boston praising the reception there and stated he would decline any Garfield offer to remain in the Treasury Department, choosing instead to pursue a seat in the Senate. Rumors of Logan being offered Interior also circulate amid cabinet intrigue and party tensions in Congress.
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Sherman
Boston
Treasury Department
Genera Garfield
Garfield
Senate
Mentor
Treasury
General Logan
Interior
Logan
Interior Department
Schurz
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Edmunds
Morgut
Legislature Notes Indication of Bills and Proceedings
In Indianapolis on February 1 the legislature adjourned briefly to Purdue University. Debates covered interest and usury bills, drainage law amendments, minor restrictions in saloons, county clerks fees, and deposition rules. Prominent bills include claims against decedents estates and a bar on pool selling. The Bar Association Bill seeks constitutional amendment re submission. Critics urge decisive action.
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Indianapolis
Tud
Senate
House
Purdue University
Bureau of Statistics
Bar Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Jim” Rice
Doubt Cast on Stanley Matthews Confirmation
Stanley Matthews faces strong doubt over his confirmation, with even some friends voicing skepticism about his prospects.
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Stanley Matthews
PITH AND POINT and a Dumfries grave inscription
A compilation of humorous verse and anecdotes, including a grave inscription for Andrew McPherson in Dumfries, a mock dialogue about moral piety and a scene where Brother Z's parsonage gift of wood is celebrated with a massive sled delivering ten cords of hickory to the minister's door.
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Flore
Dumfries
Andrew McPherson
Waterloo
Squire McClellan and the Great Woodstock Wood Sled
A fragmentary relic details a所 wooden sled said to be the largest in the county, built by Squire John McClellan of Woodstock Connecticut. The vehicle measured about thirty two feet long and three feet wide with eight inch timber beams and wide runners, drawn by fifteen yoke of oxen on a single occasion.
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John McClellan
George McClellan
Woodstock
Conn
McClellan
Squire McClellan
Squire
Ivy Nore
Ingersoll Presses Refund Plan Favoring the Poor
Washington on January 19 Colonel Robert G Ingersoll argued the refunding act is impracticable and that a 3 percent bond could float only if tailored for common savers. He favored a national savings bank to channel small deposits from the poor and urged bond terms to suit ordinary people, not banks.
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Ingersoll
Washington
Robert G. Ingersoll
Vaat
Aix
Fisnee
Monsey
Winchester Observatory tests thermometers at New Haven
Dr Leonard Waldo reports in Popular Science Monthly on Winchester Observatory in New Haven testing thermometers against Kew Observatory standards. In a month sixty eight thermometers were tested for physicians, revealing many inaccuracies among common and reputable makers and frequent over readings in weather thermometers.
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Leonard Waldo
Popular Science Monthly
Winchester Observator
New Haven
Winchester Observatory
Kew Observatory
England
New Haven Observatory
Waldo
Hartford ‘Times
Thermometer Calibration and the Limits of Freezing Points
The text explains how freezing point changes in thermometers stabilize after two years, defines permanent freezing point and true boiling point, and details calibration methods. It covers mercury behavior, bulb filling, air expulsion, and characteristics of self registering, minimum, and maximum thermometers.
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Waldo Argives
Zay
Modern Improvements Daily Risks in Civilized Life
The New York Graphic lists risks in civilized life including boiler explosions and railway or steamboat collisions, poison canned provisions, blundering clerks, slips, road hazards, mislabelled drugs, and theater accidents. It notes sting of varied dangers such as falling, injuries from elevators, lightning strikes, and drunk violence, reflecting broad urban perils and mishaps.
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New York Graphic
Sterniben
Night Ride on the Albany Express
A late night Albany express car fills with male passengers as one tired rider and a merry young man joke about Jim’s homeward trip. The crowd roars at the banter while Jim mutters curses and moves toward the hill with the car creaking upward. One passenger sits outside with the conductor as the party continues.
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Albany Xpress
Jim
Jims
Jin
Chinese quack doctors in San Francisco boost profits
The article warns of Chinese quack practitioners peddling reptile mixtures to gullible customers in San Francisco. It notes one famed healer worked for white speculators, who advertised him widely and kept most profits after paying a salary. The piece labels the practitioner a former fisherman with no medical training.
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San Francisco
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Gase
Yeates
Martin
Conger
Ute
Mr. Speer
Messrs. Ingalls
M. Bayard
North Carolina
Ingall
Booth
Jiouse
Bennington
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Service
Allen
Ponca
Messrs
Stickney and Allen
Wuile
Allen and
Iba
Mari-ah
Jersey
Puck
Montana
New York
Grace
Clara
Charlotte
Jay Gould
Darkey
Detroit Free Press
Abbey
Satuhi
Vna Theological Colleges
Phe
Nolone
Brown
Robert Bruce
Bretheren
O Dreathy
Brother
Brother Z
Brother 7
M’clellan
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