Congress Approves Real 1 Enactment Amid Budget Debates
Congress advances Real 1 legislation despite budget wrangling. Lawmakers push reforms, set schedules for committee review, and await signature as fiscal negotiations continue.
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1891
Page
1
Congress advances Real 1 legislation despite budget wrangling. Lawmakers push reforms, set schedules for committee review, and await signature as fiscal negotiations continue.
The 9 December session opens with the President to send a written communication to the House. The reading lasts over an hour with few following closely as the clerk reads. A recess is taken awaiting the message and later a plan to adjourn until Saturday is discussed among lawmakers.
E R Simpson postmaster at Fincastle Boutetourt county is under arrest charged with embezzling about 500 dollars of post office funds. He appeared before U S Commissioner Rhodes and waived examination. Held in 2000 dollars bail for the grand jury.
The Western Union Telegraph Company delivered the President's message to newspapers nationwide in a prompt and legible copy. Operators began at one o'clock this morning and by seven, the document was distributed on synchronized sheet numbers, earning praise from telegraph editors, compositors, and readers.
Local note says Mrs J R Windham of Stone Alabama found relief from a severe headache using Braderotine, described as a successful remedy by a regional supplier. The brief mentions her as a well treated patient among others seeking relief.
In Washington D C Mr Cocke Indiana proposes a January resolution for a strict examination of pension office management under Commissioner Rum. In Virginia an eighth district special election followed Gen W A F Lees death with E K Meredith leading over John Ambler Brooke. In Paris royal obsequies for ex emperor Pedro of Brazil drew royals and diplomats as Gen Brugere attended for President Carnot.
A Peculiar Case, Was anindtow, Dec 9 Mrs. Thomas formerly the widow of a Confederate soldier has been granted a Federal pension Her first husband Edward Morris died in Confederate service During the war She later married Elmer Thomas a Union veteran who died two years ago This is the first case of the kind on record.
A blaze in New Richmond Wisconsin, 40 miles east of St Paul, began at midnight prompting a mayoral telegram and a fire company. By evening the fire was controlled. a block on Main Street remains a smoking ruin with four businesses left, estimated losses around 75 000 dollars with 40 000 insured.
In Washington December 9 the new Democratic House will need extensive bargaining to assign committee seats. Speaker Crisp must place 2 new Democrats and 58% Republican veterans across panels, with Mills tipped for Ways and Means and Rules, Bland likely heading Coinage, as debates over free coinage and tariffs shape the lineup.
In a humorous exchange, Flora McFlimsey explains Turkish baths as the sole place where a girl with nothing to wear can go during the seaside season, with Mr McFlimsey questioning the scene.
Prominent members push to oust Dr. Macune from the National Alliance during the January council session. Col. Polk backs charges, claims most of the legislative council supports deposition, and dues to sub treasury disputes have weakened branches from Mississippi to the South.
A Lakewood report to the World says Mrs. Cleveland gains little benefit from her ten day visit. She remains weak with a nurse on duty. She uses massage daily and subsists on milk and wine, supported by her husband as they go out, appearing ghostly and frail.
In Danville Virginia on December 9 in the corporation court Jim Lyles and Margaret Lashly were convicted of murdering a woman's husband and sentenced to be hanged on January 22.
On the first ballot O Ferrall Edunds Eppes Lester and Jones backed Crisp Wise and Tucker for Malls, with Lawson for Springer. On the second ballot Lawson joined Crisp as the delegation stayed united, while North Carolina Democrats from the start backed Crisp, pledging to stand with him to the end.
Olena Senenski awaiting trial for a $90 theft died by her own action in a Sunbury jail cell. She hanged herself from a water pipe two feet from the floor, strangling with a rope she secured, in a verified self-inflicted death.
United Press reports a blast at the Austen Wells firecracker house on Sweet Street in Boston at 12 15 this afternoon killing one man and injuring four. Three of four buildings in the works burned while the explosion was heard citywide and most employees were at dinner. The piece then discusses Bernhardt F. Kline of Lancaster Pa as the latest youth to die from smoking cigarettes and includes a medical view on cigarette addiction.
The Southerner reports a fierce tornado hitting Coakley causing a new Jones chapel to be demolished and an organ broken. Two barns on the Cicely Staten and two on T. W. Howard homesteads were blown down, with Mr Howard seriously injured by falling timber. The storm likely moved from the northwest, with extensive damage feared between Coakley and Hamilton.
Gentlemen with an opening in a respected business seeks a boy aged 15 to 19 with good habits and character. Must be skilled with figures, a competent penman, and able to provide strong testimonials. Apply in writing to T, P O Box 194, Raleigh, N C.
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