Notable Congress and International Affairs News
The piece reports on Rep. Anderson of Kansas as the sole ordained clergyman in Congress, a coke strike ending with nine hundred carloads daily via Pennsylvania rail, and Senator Hoan pushing a commission to select a ballot counting device. It covers military actions by Carlas Leno in the Fingoe mountains, New York reform efforts, cadet reinstatements, Hawaiian reciprocity pleas, gas well discoveries in Macon and Cerro Gordo, Belgian labor unrest, and Belgian labor commissions. It also notes mint security at Philadelphia, a Gatling gun upgrade, a Chattanooga romance involving A P Dodge and Rose Voorhees, and Dodge’s pursuit after her in Lookout Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
A. P. Dodge
New York
Miss Rose Voorhees
United States
Voorhees
Indiana
Miss Rose
Florida
Mr. Dodge
Dodge
Miss Voorhees
Washington
Aone
Chicago
Casino Rink
Dwight L
Third Avenue
Mertz & Sons
Rochester
N. Y
Usemr
Manchester
Eng
Monongahela
Fittsburgh
Won
Salvation Army
Zurich
Switerland
Sterixa
Jons Wisten
Fort Wayne
Inwood
Ind
Wymer
Canadian
British Minster West
Congress
Ths
Senate
House
Military Academy
Covnick
Guaymas
Mex
A. Martinez
Anil
Cai@me
Chanine House
American
London
Paris
Panama
Philadelphia Maritime Exchange
Cape Henlopen
United States Express Company
New York, Erie & Western
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Pacific Express Company
Jay Gould
C. B&q
Congressional bustle in April 1887 Senate and House actions
The Senate advanced a joint resolution to move presidential term start to April 3, and favorably reported bills on public land preemption and timber culture. Postoffice and Indian appropriations were debated and passed in parts, with adjournments noted. House actions included a granite-for-railroad adjustment bill, private measures, and succession of committee reports amid tense strike notes and political maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ingalls
Dolph
Anderson
Kansas
Congress
Ith
Iowa
Weaver
House
Committee On Military Affairs
Committee On Judiciary
FLW
Haldeman
Bragg
Wisconsin
Mob takes and then abandons train near Hutchinson
A mob of about eighty men recruited to work on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad seized a regular passenger train at Hutchinson refusing to pay fares. They were intercepted in Topeka, then the railway provided transport back. The item ties into broader Kansas news including church matters in Atchison, legal sentences in Topeka, crop and agricultural notes, and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Hutchinson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kinsley
Krohn
Methodist Church
Denison
Krolin
Whitlijs County
Atchison
Kansas
Holton
Abilene
Lee
Leavenworth
Yaxcy Gaises
Missouri
Walter J. Cox
Wichita
Afred Lake
William B. McIntyre
John M. Spencer
Lawrence
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Crop Bulletin
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Piunib
Secretary of War
State of
Jacobs’ Creek
Emporia
B. B. Jacobs
Charles
Kansas Association of Trotting Horse Breeders
DSG
Bismarck Grove
Bermany Kevtey
State Board of Charitable Institutions
Phillip Krohn
P. Kexxepy
Santa Fe
Jessie Brecon
Kansas City
Trepure
Nell Smith
Generat Hoare
Fort Leavenworth
Rager
Potter
Iris
Rock Island
Senate
Edward Fenlon
William Ervin
Jenison
Seventh Kansas Cavalry
Dean
Fort Smith, Eldorado & Northwestern Railway Company
Capital
Newton & Northwestern Railway Company
Secreof
Tuinves
Anarchists Clash with Police Amid Chicago Riots May 5
In Chicago on May 5 a violent clash occurred as anarchists attacked police at Cary Ogden & Parker works and on Desplaines Street. Officers fired into the crowd, seven leaders were captured, and chaos spread with bombs, wounded, and vigilante fears. Martial law was declared near the conflict zone as hospitals and the Desplaines station reported multiple casualties among police and rioters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Cary, Ogden & Parker
West Eighteenth Street
Minman Street
Offeet
Elfinteenth Street
Center Avenue
Officer Small
Human Street
Small
Tlis
Michael Granger
Granger
Birge
Hhart
Twelfth
Hinman Street
McCormick Reaper Works
Eighteenth
Seabs
Twelfth Street
Samuel Fielden
Fielden
Zepps’ Hall
Martin Foran
Cleveland
Ward
Ld A.m
Henson
O'Day
McCarthy
Deagan
Wospital
Chicaoo
Joe Deegan
Sheehan
Barrett
Redden
Keller
Miller
Fathers Kinsella, Wickey
Carnes
St. Patrick's
Walsh
Malone
O' Byrne
Coke
Wyandotte Wreck Arrests for Rail Damage Near From Bridge
Kansas City authorities arrest Robert Montgomery and J W Maxwell on suspicion of withdrawing rail bolts that caused the Missouri Pacific wreck near Wyandotte. They were seized at Greenleaf depot and jailed in Atchison before transfer to Wyandotte for court. Evidence to convict expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Ferguson
Wyandotte
Robert Montgomery
J. W. Maxwell
From Bridge
Kaw
Justice Cobb
Greenleaf
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific Railway
Round House
Atchison
Three O'Cloce
Cobb
Illinois Tornado Kills Three and Destroys Property
A cyclone between Ringwood and Mellenry in McHenry County Illinois killed three and injured several, wrecking a frame barn and lifting it from its foundation. Two men on the roof and one inside the barn died, with others injured by flying debris as the storm swept the area near Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Ringwood
Mellenry
McHenry
War Spirit at Athens as Greece Faces Turkish Advance
Greek authorities vow to defend territory as Turkish ministers depart with staff from Athens. Peloponnesian army moves to Thessaly while Larissa likely Turkish advance route. King's Escort readies for front as Athens garrison departs to join frontier. Public cheers greet soldiers and Greek reserves push to front amid rising tensions with Turkey.
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Turkey
Athens
Atiess
May
Greece
Tevfik
Thessaly
Larissa
Volo
Valestibo
Jackam
Suda Bay
Salamanis
Toros
Russia
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Strother & Litts
Representative Anderson
Hoan
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Carlas Leno
Tenth Colored Cavalry
Fingoe Mountains
Leno
BR. C. Laurson
Galena
Chandler
Brooklyn
Pacific Coast
Decatur
Macon
Cerro Gordo
Thomas Davis
Belgium
Messrs. Duffel
Antwerp
Fenny
Government Labor Commission
Linge
Jaber
South Pacific
White Rock
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Choiselle
San Isabel
Germany
Marshall Islands
Samoan
Tonga Islands
Philadelphia
News OF the
Qvery Vieronts
Kate Freto
West
Utah
Davis
Pacific
Tonga
Graystose
Oregon
R. S. Straham
Albany
B. F. Gibbon
The
Dalles
George W. Webb
Pendleton
Charles Nickell
Jacksonville
J. N. Bell
Roseburg
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Prye
Congress of American Nations
Youk
Ferry
Michigan
Europe
de. EH. Gnesonr
St. Louis
American Medical Association
Rome
Baltimore
Quebec
Rennes
Rheims
Hexer Hocurrort
M. Partalise
Tur House Committee On Post Offices
Gresham
James H. McLeary
Supreme Court of the
Territory of Montana
Axon
Bay View
Milwaukee
Wis
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Haymarket
Workingmen of
Union Pacific
Knights of Labor
Chicago & Western Indiana
Bevexrees
Deering Harvester Works
Vatican
Pekin
France
China
Winnipeg
Sitting Bull
New York Board of Health
Champaign
Tul
Prise
Montana
Jever T. Facxtirrer
Supreme Court of Virginia
Cluverins
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Venice
Vicenza
Tur Scottish Amiratle Life Assurance Company
Tur
N.S
Martello
Ida
Lizard Point
England
Jeffrey Gerrier
Racer
Boxton
Kansas State News
Cimenco
Desplaines Street
Randolph Art Lake
August Spies
Jcchiter Zeitung
A. R. Watsons
Fry
Lina
Pnter
South Kensington
Buckingham Palace
Exhibition Grounds
Tay
Frye
Wasuixetos
Australia
Japan
Pam
Settie
Nuhasxa Cery
Neb
Shellenbergers
Lincoln
Allen Shellenhorser
Thomas Leonard
Leonard
Shhellenberzer
Almond
Marriet
Mischievis
Wyandotte Wreck
Illinois
Ohio State Crisis
Cuatraxoora
Ohio State Senate
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Columbus
Ohio
Southern Kansas Railway
Wasuixetox
Plamb
Southerm
Kansas Railway
Interior Department
Seergary Lamar
Indian Territory
Department
Lamar
Jadine
Supreme Court
Tod Tay
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Nan
Castox
William Bledsoe
Enllty
Cnn
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