Wide Range of 1886 Rail Earnings Rise Across 93 Lines
Fan West Times reports 93 railroads show a total gain of 30 million dollars in gross earnings for 1886, with Cariaco posting strong growth and 26 million dollars spent on new buildings last year. The piece notes higher business, mentions Calumet and Logan properties, legal questions on manufacturing law, and various social curiosities from New York to Perth. It also covers illiteracy debates in Connecticut, a hot artesian well in Perth, a France-bound inheritance story, a comic jail scene, oil substitutions for lard, and theatrical reforms in several cities. The column ends with a rapid-fire list of speculative items and a coal distillation breakdown.
Inter State Commerce bill goes to the president for signature
Washington reports the House adopting the conference report on the Inter State Commerce bill with a 219 to 41 vote. Debate touched on separate votes for sections and possible recommittal. Senate action included the Electoral Count bill and a pending vote on the trade dollar. A broad range of related measures and pensions were noted as the session progressed.
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Inter- State Commerce Conference
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Charleston
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Washington Territory
Washington
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Miller
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Freedman's Savings Bank
Blair
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Waseixeror
Francis Meagher
GaxaTe
Spooner
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Committee of Privileges and Elections
Logan
Sherman
Columbus
Johnson's Island
Colquitt
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Water famine hits Illinois towns and counties
Reports from Illinois detail severe water shortages across counties including Lexington and Bureau. Wells run dry, ice cutting for traffic uses rises, and Atlanta wells fill from a local shaft to serve hundreds who travel with containers. The note highlights widespread thirst and emergency measures amid drought.
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Strange romance of Spies and Miss Van Zandt in jail plan
August Spies, leader of condemned anarchists, planned to wed Nina Van Zandt, heiress to 400000. Her relatives renounced kinship, and Sheriff Matson refused jail ceremony, delaying the match. Spies condemned to hang and denounces the sheriff’s action as despotism.
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Auogust
Miss van Zandt
James Kirk & Co
Russia
Telegraphic plans for a wartime Post Office line
The Senate Post Office Committee took up Senator Edmunds bill to establish telegraphic service with the Post Office. It calls for four Army‑built trunk lines under Postmaster General control with condemned rights of way and use of all telegraphic appliances at fair compensation. The measure is set as a special order for next week.
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Ashland Avenue
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Senator Edmunds
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United States Army
Chosen Senators Named in Multiple States
The piece lists elections for United States Senators across several states, noting the winners, vote tallies in Senate and House, and remarks on joint sessions. States mentioned include Michigan, Wisconsin, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Delaware, Minnesota, and more with names such as Stockbridge, Hearst, Quay, Turpie, Harrison, Hale, and Dawes among others.
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Philetus Sawyer
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Janesville
Vilas
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Terre Haute
Harrison
Turpie
Allen
Hartrorp
Conn
Hawley
Isvia
Robertson
Smith
Judge Turpie
Benjamin Harrison
Avsani
N. Y
Frank Hiscock
Miller
Levi P. Morton
Amaxy
New York
Smith M. Weed
Bosroy
Henry L. Dawes
Y. Jarrenson Crrt
Cockrell
Lixcoux
Neb
Paddock
United States Benater
Nebraska
Charles H. van Wyck
McShane
van Wyck
Curcaco
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West Shore
Chicago
Lake Shore
Various Minor News Items of Week Ended Jan 23
A roundup of brief items notes the Dakota insanity ratio, resignations, Hazen funeral in Washington, ship traffic hopes on the Great Lakes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland appointment, a big Alliance Ohio fire, logging near Fifield Wisconsin, and a May 2 to 21 White League Wheelmen gathering in St Louis. Also reported are thefts of money orders in Paris, Cardinal Jacobizi's resignation, new coal strike near Clayton Missouri, Gladstone on Irish representation, the death of John Edwards the Welsh poet in Rome, and a Turin marriage planned for Prince Roland Bonaparte.
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