Sinking fund applications reach 46 million in 1885 year
During the year ending June 30, 1885, about 46,000,000 dollars were applied to the sinking fund for the redemption of the federal debt.
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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
2
Samuel J. Tilden Celebrates 63rd Birthday in New York
Samuel J. Tilden of New York celebrates his birthday on the sixth, turning 63. The longtime reformer is described as frail in body but sharp in mind and steadfast in resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Forger Pratt Brought to United States From Japan Without Treaty
Japan permits U S officers to seize forger Pratt who fled to the Mikado’s realm in absence of any extradition treaty. The piece argues that if Queen Victoria acted similarly the United States would reclaim many citizens languishing in the Dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Pratt
Mikado
Victoria
Fostoria Boy Killed By Dynamo Shock
Harry Worman, a curious youth from Fostoria Ohio, was allowed near the electric light works. He sought a "good shock" and, touching the positive dynamo pole with one hand while the other hand touched water, fell dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Worman
Fostoria
Ohio
Cornell Moves Toward Christian Ethos Amid Protests
Cornell University pushes to define a distinctly Christian character with a professorship in Christian ethics. The Liberal League, the Society for Ethical Culture, the Nineteenth Century Club and other factions vigorously oppose the change. Similar debates occur at the University of Michigan and other state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Liberal League
Society For Ethical Culture
Nineteenth Century Club
Pennations
University of Michigan
Senate Deliberates on Constitutional Interpretation Resolutions
Senator Edmunds criticizes two months of unproductive session as he moves to table the Riddleberger and Pugh resolutions on constitutional interpretation. He notes only four months remain to tackle essential practical legislation and hints the new House rules have yet to show expected improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Messrs. Riddleberger
Pugh
Senate
Congress
Four Students at Harvard Agriculture and Horticulture School
Four pupils study at the Harvard College connected Agriculture and Horticulture school with extensive instruction. Instructors outnumber the students, delivering lectures recitations and hands on work in greenhouses fields and laboratories. The passage notes Minnesota supporting large farms and many agricultural laborers for a single student and recalls Tecumseh’s reaction to Fort Snelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School For Agriculture and Horticulture
Harvard College
Minnesota
Sherman
Fort Snelling
Old Tecumseh
Labor unrest grows in New England mills and factories
Unease spreads through New England manufacturing districts as boot and shoe workers in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts feel the impact. Rhode Island's textile and cotton industries face threats with hints of higher wages demands and potential widescale strikes if employers refuse concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Proceedings of Congress Senate Bills on money and public works
Senate action produced bills to make legal tender money interchangeable and issue coin certificates. Public building projects passed for Stillwater, Sioux City, Oshkosh, and Portland Oregon. Nominations by President Cleveland faced party-line rejection signals amid Garcelon conspiracy links. House reports covered multiple measures. Debate touched on silver policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SknAte
Stillwater
Sioux City
Oshkosh
Portland
Finance Committee
Senate
Morrill
Chase
Internal Revenue
Maine
Eben F. Pillsbury
Boston
Cleveland
Chase and
Pillsbury
Garcelon
Henry White
Maryland
London
J. Hoppin
Charles F. Phelps
Vermont
John D. Kennedy
South Carolina
Shanghai
Louis L. McArthur
United States
District of Oegor House
Findlay
Warner
Ohio
Senate Debates Silvers Shipments and Hancock Memorial
Senate debated the refusal of the New Orleans subtreasurer to receive silver shipments and issue certificates. A readjustment bill covered land office registers and public money receivers from 1852 to 1862. A Hoar resolution urged reporting on erecting a Hancock statue at the capital. House resolutions honored Gen Hancock and then adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hoar
W. 8. Hancock
Senate Acts on Indian Land Sale and Cadet Promotion Bill
Senate reported favorably a bill authorizing the sale of 35,000 acres of the Winnebago Indian reservation in Nebraska. A bill regulating the promotion of West Point cadets passed after discussion noting more lieutenants than vacancies. The Blair educational bill was debated and a Mitchell of Oregon bill to repeal treaties allowing Chinese entry was introduced. Adjourned three days. House passed a bill enabling national banking associations to raise capital and relocate with two thirds stock approval. controller’s certificate required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Winnebago
Nebraska
West Point
Blair
Mitchell
Oregon
United States
Sewell
National Banking Associations
National Banking Association
Fitz John Porter
Gen. Bragg
Mr. Steele
N. Y
Senate Deliberations Include Eight Hour Law Letter Carrier Note
On Saturday the 13th the House discussed the postmaster general’s reply to a resolution seeking whether the eight hour law applies to letter carriers. The postmaster general stated no department regulation fixes hours and that letter carriers are not laborers. He noted this view predates his term and no changes have been issued. Various committee reports followed including public lands and manufacture actions and a resolution to inform on Interior Department work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Department
Payson
Public Lands
Des Moines
Iowa
Blanchard
Secretary of the Treasury
Butler
Department of the Gulf
Rocky Mountains
Campbell
Committee On Post Offices
Congress Debates Tariffs and Rail Grant Claims
Reports describe the president guiding inquiry into Ward’s suspension, and Hanley cites land grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad. House bills seek China treaty limits, a Gen Cock pension, free silver coinage, and a military general grade revival. Morrison’s tariff bill predicts a twenty million dollar revenue drop with large cuts on sugar and a broad free list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
United States
China
Hancock
Fitz John Porter
Morrison
Philadelphia to get Beethoven statue and art club
A historical column notes Philadelphia plans a Beethoven statue and an art club modeled on Boston's. It mentions five hundred liquor saloons as voting places, a cobblestone schoolhouse in Antelope valley, and other varied items from sugar consumption to local industry and population movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
White House
America
Antelope Valley
Cal
Maine
Boston
Boston Art Club
Georgia
Woodbridge
Conn
Massachusetts
Springfield
Dedham
Scituate
Bridgeport
General Hancock praises First Minnesota Volunteers at Minneapolis reunion
In a letter responding to the First Minnesota Volunteer Association president, General Hancock recounts the regiment's bravery at Gettysburg and praises their conduct and loyalty. He notes the battalion cheered his name at their reunion banquet and expresses pride and affection for the veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Hancock
Rely
Lrst
Minnesota Volunteer Association
Minneapolis
Minnesota Volunteers
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
Minnesota
Panic and mob scare hit London amid police drive
A foggy day in London sparked widespread fear as police urged shops closed and rumors of a Greenwich mob marching on the city spread. Reporters encountered terror at Greenwich and on the return found police blocking the bridge, while claims of a socialist rising were dismissed as nonsense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Greenwich
Reasons Against Open Sessions of the Senate
Senator Edmunds defends confidentiality for treaties and nominations. He argues secrecy benefits deliberations, protects nominees from scandal, and preserves fair defense, while noting occasional need for secrecy in some treaty talks. He concludes that keeping many discussions confidential is wise and just.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edmunds
St Paul Ice Palace Stormed by Grand Army Veterans
On Friday the 12th in St Paul a large crowd watched Grand Army of the Republic members march with toboggan clubs and carnival groups. Veterans fired roman candles at the Ice Palace while bands played rough Georgia stirring memories of Shermans march. The King Borealis surrendered the Palace as stars and stripes flew over the tower then a camp fire symposium closed the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Grand Army of the Republic
Georgia
Sherman
Atlanta
Ice Palace
Grand Army
Pal
Hancock Fund Raised For Widow After General Died Poor
New York subscriptions started to aid General Hancock's widow. Leaders include Gen W F Smith Gen W B Frye William Burns and L L Crittenden with J Pierrepont Morgan as treasurer. Saml J Tilden led gifts of 1000 Gr a 500 and 250 contributions followed by others as the movement gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. F. Smith
Philadelphia
Hancock
A . An . Childs
Land Decision Refines Railroad Grant Reservations
Washington special: Land Commissioner Sparks limits railroad land reservations to lands not reserved by law until the definite line of the Pacific railroad is located in Montana. The ruling revises prior interior department practice that a general route map filed created a statutory reservation, finding no author for such reservation without actual line location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparks
James Vaughn
Rthe Acific
Montana
Interior Department
Commix
Sioner Sparks
Supreme Court faces land grant dispute over railroad route
The ruling questions the commissioner’s decision to protect settlers along the planned railroad line from Wallula Washington to Portia Oregon. If upheld, it would open up about 200 miles of Columbia River valley lands to entry, numbering over 6 million acres kept in reserve since 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Wallula
Wash
Portia Or
Columbia River
Destructive Floods Sweep Eastern Massachusetts and Nearby States
Heavy rainfall caused unprecedented floods across Boston Peabody Brockton and surrounding areas with basements flooded four feet deep four feet and more. Estimated damages reach about 1 million dollars in Massachusetts with widespread disruption to bridges railroads and buildings though no fatalities are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Stoneybrook
Clay Street
Boston Highlands
Peabody
Washington Street
Brockton
Ma Uusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New England
Massachusetts
Frederick Douglass At White House Reception
Washington report notes Frederick Douglass drew attention at a White House reception when he entered with a young mulatto girl. Col Wilson announced Mr Frederick Douglass and wife, prompting Douglass to explain the lady was his granddaughter and introduce his white wife in a black silk gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Frederick Douglass
Frederick
Col. Wilson
Army
Kent
Minor News by Telegraph Highlights and Incidents
Reported fund for Mrs. Hancock grows, a sleet storm damages Massachusetts trees, Shenandoah Pa. sees hundreds of scarlet fever deaths, Egan donates 3000 to Irish league, J M Harris Spring Green robb ed of 800. Sheridan ill but improves, treasury shows silver dollars in circulation, indictments in Iowa for extortion and false pretense, Fremont Iowa fire losses 4000, Sioux Falls arrests for fraud, court martial in Montana case details and Cooke cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Massachusetts
Shenandoah
Egan
Irish National League
League
J. M. Harris
Spring Green
Wis
Gen. Sheridan
United States Treasury
O’bryon
W. W. O’bryon
Monroe County
Iowa
F. E. Wharton &Co
Fremont
F. J. Holstander
George & Nolds
Sioux F Dak
Lorenzo W. Cooke
Third Infantry
Peereey
Fort Eat
Cooke
Turry
Lieut Cooke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warner Weekly Sun
Proceedings OF Congress
Sanark
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific
Ion
Lamar
Ward
Lam
Hanley
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Sylvania
Edenville
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Harrison Fox
Reno
St. Paul Ice Palace
Gen. Hancock
Eas
Fred Douglass
Telegraph
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