Senate kills Warner silver bill in rebuke to Voorhees
Washington dispatches report the defeat of Warner's silver bill in the Senate with adverse report by Mr Bayard. The piece notes the political maelstrom around Bayard Voorhees and Mahone and details ongoing committee struggles over appropriation powers and proposed reforms to the banking and census practices. It also covers investigations into Davenport and Ute records, bank liquidations, canal schemes, and Civil War era pension and Indian affairs actions.
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Warner
Senate
Bayard
Voorhees
Finance Committee
Beck
Mahone
Virginia
Committee On
House
Agricultural Committee
Committee On Agriculture
Wallace
New York
John J. Davenport
United States
Hoar
Blair
Committee On Banking and Currency
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Godlove
Orth
Seaboard
LaFayette
Toledo
Senator Morgan
Gen. Beauregard
House Post Office Committee
Capitol
Elihu Enos
Waukesha
Wis
Wuos
Lincoln
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Belna A. Lockwood
Samuel R. Lowery
Supreme Court
Mr. Lowery
Huntsville
Alabama
Lockwood
Congress
Secretary of War
Senate Committee On
Senate Finance Committee
Sherman
House Committee On Indian Affairs
State of
Kansas
United States District Court
Western District of
Fort Scott
Indian Territory
Denver
Colj
Minneapolis
Burnside
Patent Office
District of Columbia
Treasury Department
Department
South
Hawley
Illinois
Raum
David Davis
John M. Morton
Morton
Honolulu
House Committee
Ezra Miller
General Butler
Massachusetts
McClellan
New Jersey
Palmer
Ilinois
D. Fulton
Wisconsin
Martindale
Smythe
New Hampshire
Martin and Donahue
Faneuil Hall Democrats
Butler
Henry C. Olney
Colorado
Register of the Land Office
San Juan
House Committee On Pensions
Representative Vance
Great Britain
The Danger Behind Civil War Morality in Maine
Governor Chamberlin of Maine warns that the state faces near civil conflict and urges reflection on civilization and the rules of right. He says the unregenerate spirit and readiness to strike reveal deep civic fault lines beyond the current month and state.
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Boston
Gov. Chamberlin
Maine
Democrat stance on Negro rights in the South debated
The speaker argues that if Democrats oppose forced departures of Black people, they should insist that former rebels treat Black citizens of the United States as equals and stop beatings and murders occurring in the region.
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South
United States
Cleaning oil stains from fabric with dry buckwheat
A tip advises applying abundant dry buckwheat to grease spots on carpets or woolen fabrics to lift the oil. Do not use water or any liquid on the stain.
Maine Election Debacle Angers Nasby In Slaine Opinion
Nasby reviews Maine results with satire, condemning Democratic losses and Governor Garcelon. He compares tactics to Mississippi plan, notes Blaine and Chamberlain triumph, and criticizes radical division while praising Voorhees in San Francisco matter.
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Thev
Maine
Jim Blane
Jeruusalem
State House
Pitty
Mississippi
Joodishus Combinashen
Garcelon
Republikin
Agin
Petroleum V
Exile and politics color a North Carolina exodus
Logansport Journal notes the New York arrival of about twenty African Americans, while discussing Senate and House maneuvers, bond schemes, and claims about labor in the South. The piece critiques Democratic maneuvers on exodus testimony, praising some figures but arguing the practical gains favor those who stay and those who leave.
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Logansport
New York
Senator Voorhees
Sammy Tilden
Miss Fanny Ranch
Lewisburg
South
Exodus
Indianapolis
Democratic
Exodus Committee
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Afr
Charles N. Otey
the Argus
Washington
Mr. O'Hara
Congress
O Hara
Great Northwest
Messrs
Otey and
O’hara
Mississippi bill seeks to halt emigration to curb exodus
The Mississippi Legislature debates a bill to prevent emigration from the state. The measure calls for a fine of ten to twenty dollars for anyone encouraging emigrants to leave. The act would take effect upon passage with the immigration committee handling the bill.
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Mississippi
Voorhees
South
Two Indiana Democrats Endorse Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Judge Bicknell says he read the amendments and finds them proper and fair, supporting residence and registration clauses. Judge Claypool declares wholehearted support, calling all amendments right and urging adoption and a registry law to curb fraud, not enable it.
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Indiana
Bicknell
Claypool
Quotations on Praise, Blame, and Freedom
A collection of aphorisms observing that praise requires action not just death, and blaming is easier than improvement. It argues for freeing ideas abroad over bondage at home, notes giants lack wit, and urges self inspection to curb self conceit. Also cites MacGintosh on contentment with being over becoming and a warning that prying into every cloud invites misfortune.
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Macgintosh
Joseph Cook
Lucky Ranch Boy Finds Hidden Inheritance in Eureka
A seventeen year old Omaha waif drifted for years before joining a Iowa horse herd driven to Eureka. He worked at Ford and Hathaway ranches until an Uncle’s Illinois estate valued at $50,000 was found to him. After a trustee's approval he receives passage to Chicago and his inheritance, ending years of hardship in Eureka.
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Eureka
Iowa
Omaha
Messrs
Ford & Hathaway
Illinois
Ducal Eccentricities Revealed in Portland’s Underground Splendor
From the Echo, the late Duke of Portland lavishly altered Welbeck with underground passages and a rail to move dishes, an underground library, a gas lit picture gallery, a subterranean church foundation, and a mile long tunnel across the park. He also bought Caithness land, while tenants in Marylebone watch curiosities of their noble landlord.
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Echo
Duke of Portland
Welbeck
France
Welberk Abbey
Caithness
Marylebone
Painter Treated Roughly After Touching Dust Off a Picture
In South Kensington Museum Sir Edwin Landseer touched a dust spot on a painting and was challenged by a policeman who escorted him to museum officials. Meanwhile Pittsburgh glass factories, previously struggling, now face rising demand and have raised prices 10 to 25 percent on glassware.
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Edwin Landseer
Pittsburgh Pa
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Slaine
Coxtreparr X
Kentucky
John Morton
San Francisco
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Bisbee
Florida
House of Representatives
Hull
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