Congressional notes from the Senate and House sessions
The report summarizes March congressional actions with Interior reports, land grants to Mexico, Indian and Civil bills, Oklahoma lands, and appropriations for rivers harbors. It notes nominations, adjournments, and an extra session. Also covered are President Grant’s retirement list, cabinet picks, and earlier city elections and rail orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Mexico
Santa Fe
House
Mills
Congress
Frederick Vs. Wilson
George F. Edmunds
Oklahoma
T Nate
General Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Hendricks
Carlisle
Iowa
Frederick
van Wyck
The
Inde
New Orleans
Hatenwige & Vicksburg
Stackbone
Trades decline for week ended March 7 in tax clearings
A weekly tax clearing report shows an 82.7 drop from the previous year with New York down 40.4. Disrupted labor actions appear in Staunton where coal miners strike over wage cuts, and other international updates note illness of Bishop Bedell, Empress Eugenie, and trials in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichstag
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Pacific States
Paris
Malaxa
Denver Chamber of Commerce
New York
Staunton
Mount Vernon
Bedell
Protestant Episcopal Church
Eugenie
Farnborough
Gamahut
Ballerich
Grant
Missouri Pacific
Texas Pacific
Wabash
Wallace
Turkey
JonNx Treanan
William Feleny
Winchester Arms Company
New Haven
Conn Oapers
Peter Lumsden
Question
Pensden
Akrobat
Baron Staal
London
Afganistan
Ware
O'Connor
Dublin
Cahill
Geronce M. Murray
Michigan State
Burnham
Lansingburg
Bavaro
Whitney
Endicott
Garland
Cleveland
Vilas
Lemar
U.S. Grant
W. H. Gumersell & Asses) Goods
St. Louis
Kansas State News Recaps Legislature Actions and Deaths
Kansas legislators debated a wide range of bills including railroads fencing, mutual insurance, and pharmacy regulation. Obituary notes marked the Merritt death in Washington, a Topeka asylum protest, and a Linn County tragedy. The session adjourned with bills on militia funding, railroad liabilities, and judicial salaries advancing, plus a Fort Riley incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jou Ly
Senate
Barker
Osage
Merritt
Washington
Kansas Pacific
Pottawatomie
Riley
Wabaunsee
Shawnee
State House
Meffride
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Martin
Frank Bacon
J. B. Cook
Parsons
Oswego
J. S. Merritt
Board of Regents
Kansas State Agricultural College
State Department
RK. W. Blue
Linn County
Florence
House
Judiciary Committee
Glieck
Glick
Board of Survey
Kansas
United States
Agricultural College
State Reform School
Blind Institute
State Asylum
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Railway Committee
Mitchell
Lincoln
United Stat
Fort Scott
Ain
Comae
Kansas Asylum
Miote
Kmtecie
Winfield
University of Kansas
Matki
Topeka
Osawatomie
Normal School
Redden
Blue
Sesson
Samuel Lappin
Wilson
Live Stock Commission
Supreme Court
Halboad
Settlement proposal in Kansas Pacific quo warranto suits
Governor transmits a state counsel letter proposing a settlement of quo warranto proceedings against the Kansas Pacific Railway and Union Pacific directors. The House approves instructing the Attorney General to compromise under a stipulation. The document outlines dismissal without prejudice contingent on conditions, removal rights, and state cost reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
House Judiciary Committee
Park of Kansas
Deranuer
Torexa
House of Representatives
Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Jous Mantis
Kansas
Union Pacific Railway Company
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of
State of Kansas
Circuit Court of the
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Lrewer
Alwys
S&s
Kansas Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific Railw
Kansas Pacifi Railway Company
State of
Warrens
Charles Francis Adams
BR. Callaway
Mann. Smith
Supenses Pacific
Adams
Ailread
Wheseas
Werras
Senate
S. BL ‘Ford
Hnd
A. L. Williams
Anid Corporation
Tne
Union Pacific Railway Pany
Kansa Pacific Railway
Sach Empany
Enid Rend
Tis
Reid
Kansas Pacific
New Temperance Law Reforms Provisions and Penalties
The act updates enforcement procedures including subpoenas and witness handling, strengthens penalties for violations, and broadens licensing for druggists to sell intoxicating liquors for medical use. It sets fines from 10 to 500 dollars, jail terms up to ninety days, and authorizes seizure of unlawful liquor related premises. The measure shifts duties to sheriffs and county attorneys and allows the attorney general to assist counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State of
Session Laws of
Iss
Yau
Hau
Bai Yee
Pinety
Ivany
Beru
Src. ii
Secra
Uporco
Bauer
Overworked Towels in Printery Tales and Whistler Return
A string of humorous vignettes on worn printer towels in Ohio and Wisconsin, a tale of an editor cherishing a decayed office towel, and a note that Whistler plans to lecture in America after thirty years abroad, all with period newspaper wit and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wisconsin
Sur
Peck
Boston
Boston Globe
Whistler
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Strother Bros
Daily News
Mit
Arthur
Gen- Wal Hazen
Ceurt
General Hazen
Secretary of War
Greely Party
Wilcox
West Virginia
Dovens
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
the Treasury
Daniel Manning
William E. Endicott
Massachusetts
Navy
William ©. Whitney
Interior
L. Q. C. Lamar
Mississippi
William F. Vilas
A. H. Garland
Arkansas
Champaign
Temperance
O’cowaxon
Prince of Wales
Ireland
San Francisco
Missouri Pacific Lnes
Texas
Marshall
Tex
Pacific
Jackson
Mich
Galena
Central America
Jacos Datty
Dunkirk, O
Whiteside Harbor
L. L
Lottie Meiston
New Capitol Building
Austin
Arkansas City
Kan
Ith
New York Daily Commercial Bulletin
Teller
Louisiana
New Orleans & Pacific Railroad
Viisor
Winnipeg
Norquay
Vuniny
Ohio College of Dental Surgery
Cincinnati
Carrie Lloyd
Indiana
Gevorce Hazex
Minneapolis
Minn
Interior Department
City of
National Treasury
Ningpo
China
Patt Bauer
Brighton
Coney Island
N. Y
W. C. Barro
Post Office Service
Memphis
James A. White
Karwin
Austrian Silesia
Illinois Central
Grenada
Miss
Express
Brows
Des Moines
Kansas State News
First Unitarian Society of
Wanrrex Jones
Joseph Ketch
Atchison County
Svir
William Dundorn
Leavenworth
Kansas Central Railway
Fort Riley
Lyscunora
Royal Mathews
Arlington Hotel
John Miller
Matthews
Ting
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!