Sinnott presses Army Efficiency bill amid treasury bond call
The Senate bills reintroduce Army Efficiency measures with the section struck. The Treasury issues a call for ten million dollars in three percent bonds due June 1. A Warsaw merchant’s will leaves Pace Bismanck $1,880 for a keepsake purchase. A New York Senate resolution addresses streetcar tie ups and charter forfeiture. Exports for year ending March 3 1886 total 665,956,920, down from 743,791,013. imports for year ending March 31 1886 total 611,778,670, up from 596,202,755. Berlin notes a duty rise harms competition. Dublin reports a discovered thirteenth century chapter house at Christ Church Cathedral. Reading, Pa hosts a trade dollars meeting urging coinage reform. Internal revenue for nine months to June 30 1886 totals 84,571,252 with gains across spirits tobacco and fermented liquors. March 1886 receipts exceed 1885. Washington reports the President’s friends expect Miss Folsom to wed him, with White House visits and congratulatory notes. Cotulla in West Texas begins a new mesquite industry shipping cactus products for oil rope and paper. The General Land Office forms a review board to examine patent applications with fraud concerns, and increases field agents to curb fraudulent entries and timber trespass.
Congressional activity and labor unrest wrap in week notes
News of the Week surveys Senate and House proceedings with executive sessions, pension bills, river and harbor measures, and labor trouble coverage. It notes appointments, investigations, strike actions in Chicago and St Louis, and political ties to authorities, with Luke Montgomery and Hazen reports among others.
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Senate
House
Lenate
Fort Leaven Worth
Leavenworth
Rock Spring
Remarkable Cheyenne County Coal Find Spurs Rail Line
In Cheyenne County a three inch drill at twenty five feet uncovered a six foot coal vein, nearly as hard as Erie coal. The Burling ton and Missouri railroad plans a branch from Konkleman to Wano to exploit the find. The report also notes multiple political and rail developments across Kansas including convention moves, pension bills, and line expansions.
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Cheyenns
Erie
Pennsylvania
Burington & Missouri Railway
Konkleman
Nebaska
Wano
Cheyenne County
Cuca Kissrr
Topeka
United States
Avamk
Guirris
New York
Toledo
Chicago
President Calls for Labor Arbitration Legislation
The President sent a message to Congress urging immediate labor reforms and proposing voluntary arbitration as a basis for resolving disputes between labor and capital. He recommends creating a three member labor commission under federal authority to hear and settle conflicts and to extend the labor bureau’s functions.
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Congress
Wasnootox
Senate
House of Representatives
Tam
Euses
Domi
Simh
Siuture
Ates
Rsk
Poplar
refAski
Ita
Reid
Becaten St
Bureau of Labor
Commissioner of Labor
More Commissionera
Goover Cleveland
Labor debate prompts reform ideas and arbitration talk
The piece surveys reactions to a government labor plan with endorsements from Senator Beck and Senator Van Wyck. Knights of Labor leaders Powderly and McDowell push for a Department of Labor and Commerce and compulsory arbitration, while experts report on strikes and costs. Secretary Tu esek testifies on arbitration and labor disputes in the Southwest, with emphasis on legal and practical outcomes.
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Wasutworos
Beck
Thatmap
McDonald
Conkling
Partic
van Wyck
Knights of Labor
Messrs. Powderly
McDowell
Powderly
Department of Victor
Department of Labor
House Labor Committee
Wastixcrvox
Joseph Dr. Weeks
Consis Bie
Jocalithes
Ironami Steel Industries
Benice
Tuesek
Wasutxetos
Frederick P. Timer
Powderty
Gould
Ohr Knights of Labor
Crain
Mr. Turner
Hopkins
Turner
Market Report Fragments Highlight Unchanged Prices Across Meats
The report shows generally unchanged quotes for pork, lard, and beef cuts with minor shifts. Mentioned items include short ribs, ground beef, brisket, and various dairy and grain notes, alongside trading activity in cattle, veal, and sheep with several references to April figures and regional market centers.
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Cirmean
Fide Baneee
Miter
Tronmerrs
Wegstaer
Sli
Texas Cattie, Ghungh Co
Seins
Diverse 19th Century Anecdotes From Public Figures
A collection of short notes mentions Genoa resident Baldi boasting of cossemee, Rev Sam Jones preferring isolation to a drunkard's wife, Warner Foundation gifts from Chauncey Warner of Cambridge, and Stephens losing a pistol. Also cited are Susan Rosell's estate for church aging, bachelor Lewis Bellinger’s death, Harrison voters in Barrington, and Dr Mary Walker’s masculine dress adopted in Frankford.
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Baldi
Genoa
Sam Jones
Chauncey Warner
Cambridge
Warner Home
Little Wanderers
St. Albans Hospital
Belvidere
Alexander H. Stephens
Chicago Mail
Susan Rosell
Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lewis H. Bellinger
Canajoharw
N. J
Troy Times
General Harrison
Barrington
James G. Bisine
Duces Monroe
Chicago Times
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Loca
Secretary of the Treasury
Pace Bismanck
Warsaw
New York State Senate
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Dublin
Ire- Taw
Christ Church Cathedral
Reading
Miller and
Cameron
Armentrout
Board of Trade
Washington
Folsom
White House
West
West Texas
Cotulla
LaSalle County
Tyler
Tex
Franks
General Land Office
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Committee On Labor
Vorhees
Washington Territory
Par
National Board
Aono
Zach Montgomery
United States Interior Department
Loup Devarnwarrin
Listowel
County Kerry
Ireland
Tur Tammany Bachame
John Kelly
John McQuade
George E. Forster
James J. Slevin
Richard Croker
Hugh J. Grant
James A. Flach
Charles Weld
Bernard F. Martin
John Gochrane
Morgan J.brien
General Shaler
Willtast M. West
Kentucky
Utah
House Committee On the War Department Experiitures
General Hazen
French Chamber of Deputies
Peters
Arthur
Gexanst Mitts
el Paso
Colorado River
Szcewrr Tauy Laman
St. Joseph
Governon DuLesay
Lake Shore
Missouri Car and Foundry Company
St. Louis
W.W. Winners
Tur
Hunter's Point
L. Lonstriky
Y. V. Powverty
A. H. Andrews & Co
Sir Thomsasp
Brooklyn
N.Y
Aarmand
Baltimore
Hanter's Point
L. L
Tur Matthiessen & Weicher
Sugar Refining Company
Jersey City
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Kansas City
Grammont
East Flanders
Denver River
Tor Land Development Association (Limited
London
City National Bank
Willamsport
Apispatca
Mandalay
Zist
Tux Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Galveston
Fort Worth
Shenandosh
Greece
Libby Prison
Richmond
Southern Fertilizing Company
Liverpool Court of
Oregon
Jeux F. Ave de Mouré
Erasmus Shephard
United States Sub-Treasury
New Orleans
Rese Trious
Sierra Lumber Company
J.J. Lanes
Rome
N. Y
Grand Army of
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Broadway
Crosbie Street
Tass
Helena
Ark
Arkansas
Franklin
Ind
Purorox Hirerax
Anglaise River
Defiance
San Luis
Madrid
Spain
Rio Gillines
M. M
Continental Oil Company
Magdalena
Sonora
Rado Soc
Geronimo
Santa Cluse
Mexico
A.tornapo
Killeen
Jacob Eusleton
St. Vincent de Paul
Quebec
Sue
Ths
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Mth
Wallace
Cora Lee
Molloy
Sarah Graham
Cape Breton
Tuxee
Harran
Turkey
Cheanrse House
Se Dexrno
Denise
London Stock Exchange
Vienna Bourss
Paris
Dubuque
Lows
Henry Meyer
Altoona
Kansas State News
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Ingalls
Tw Lund
Santa Fe
Monrox County
Thirman
Cook
Jeremiah Courseon
Prairisview
Samuel Skipwerti
Blue Mound
River Ware
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fermaitrond
Arkansas City
Indian Territory
Srexaton Prowe
Frontier Guard
Lincoln
Senator Lane
Piven
John S. Williams
Lane
Jephtha Tiernbeck
Lotta
B. Alfers
Leversace
Captain J. Hopper
John W. Thornton
Lawrence
J. V. Branner
Netewaka
August Schindler
Emerald
Reuben Farnham
Eldorado
John Pruits
Humberd
Leon
Ler Cretis
John Lawler
Iowa
George Lamb
Eugene
Ford County
Lewis C. Wright
Hughes
Thomas County
John D. Hughes
Quinter
Gove County
John H. Baker
Saunders
Rush County
John G. Saunders, Jr
Tribune
Greeley County
Mary L. Campbell
Violenta
Sheridan County
William W. Warner
Burgh
Graband County
W. N. Carlisle
Democratic Congressional Committee For
Toneaka
Kansas National Guards
Fort Riley
Oetain Pond
National Guard
Joax Mitten
Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad
Ranni
Hutchinson
Jons L. Preece
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Stockholders and Board of Directors
WB. Strong
J. W. Smith
A. A. Robinson
E. Wilder
G. L. Goodwin
George KR. Peck
Wassinatox
Sparks
Lamar
Interior Department
Costom Studget
Beasie
Indy
Bessie
Harper’s Bazar
Ospital
Mississippi
Chicago Herald
Panama
Ricardo
Gaitan
Emshy Wyer
Neues
Bae
Acorn
Cholo Shipping and
Suman Fedinn
Bisas
Apri
Ehuwe Haute
Ah Minar
Toreli
Mit
Harley
Elgin
Lara
Bos Cattla
Unsbora
Unsbord
Kassas
Tata
America
Saas
Newark
T. B.J. Elliott
Frankford
Mary Walker
Serabreros
Pheliniels
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