Round-Up Of Cattle In Montana Expands
Pan Wert Bulletin notes a spring round-up in Montana shows a sharp rise in ranch numbers while stockholders sour on the Keely motor, a Chicago laundryman Moon denies ties to cyclone, and over nine thousand resolutions have been filed in the National House. Niagara bridge steel towers project begins, Onto to get a home for the blind with Governor Foraker appointing trustees to oversee construction.
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Tur
Montana
National
House of Representatives
Washington man seeks federal roosters nuisance abatement law
John G Herric of Washington has filed a petition with Senator Ingalls urging Congress to pass an act to curb the nuisance created by roosters crowing early in the morning. The document requests federal action to reduce early morning crowing disturbances.
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John G. Herric
Washington
Senator Ingalls
Congress
Malaria Haunted General Sheridan After Yellowstone Trip
General Sheridan recalls catching malaria while with President Arthur on the Yellowstone expedition three years ago. He says the illness remains with him, returning in full force on the seventh and twenty first days as if clockwork.
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Sheridan
President Arthur
Yellowstone
Seed distributions to congressmen for constituents
Each Congressman is entitled to 6000 paper packages of vegetable seed, 500 of flower seed, 800 of tobacco, 50 quarts of grass, 32 of cotton, 28 of sugar beet and 20 each of corn and sorghum to distribute among his constituents.
How to Pack a Trunk and Home Craft Gags
In a Christian Union issue an article titled How to Pack a Trunk appears. The writer suggests the society for the suppression of profanity could extend the series with tips on hanging curtains tacking carpets and joint stovepipes to mock prudish aims.
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The
Christian Union
Society For the Suppression of
Five Socialists Arrested in San Francisco for Incendiary Speech
Five socialists were arrested in San Francisco for incendiary speech. The leading figure urged supporters to march on Nob Hill and sack the homes of Mesars Stanford Crocker and Flood, then divide any money and valuables found.
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San Francisco
Nob Hill
Mesars
Stanford
Crocker
Flood
Barnum Circus Fires Two Workers For Swearing
The Tur Carlisle Herald reports Barnum's circus discharged two handlers for swearing. Editors note the managers do not tolerate profane language while jesting that the only recourse when upset is to thump the elephant.
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Tur Carlisle
Barnum
Fish Commission ship carries a million shad to Portland
A United States Fish Commission car arrives in Portland Oregon with one million shad to be released into the Columbia and Willamette rivers. About half the fish were hatched en route from Havre de Grace Maryland, and the experiment is regarded as remarkably successful.
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United States Fish Commission
Portland
Ore
Columbia
Willamette Rivers
Havre de Grace
Pillar Proposed for Harrison Memorial at North Bend
Citizens in Indiana urge Congress to erect a monument honoring William Henry Harrison after his interment on the Ohio River frontier. The former War of 1812 soldier and president rests in a dilapidated tomb on his former North Bend homestead.
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William Henry Harrison
United States
North Bend
Ohio River
Indiana
Congress
Sam Jones Declines High Paying Lecture Offer
Sam Jones refused an offer of two hundred dollars per night for one hundred lectures. He explained that when he steps on the platform he tightens his grip on the people as an evangelist and views his work as striving for immediate impact rather than delayed rewards.
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Sam Jones
Record run New York to Buffalo sets speed mark
A special newspaper train from New York to Buffalo completed the run in nine hours and twenty minutes, surpassing all previous records on the New York Central Road. Buffalo lies 4503 miles from New York, with Sunday editions reaching the city by noon.
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New York
Buffalo
New York Central Road
Metropolis
Dr Bisse funds Atlantic rowboat voyage for Traynor
Dr R B Bisse of Bath funded the equipment for John Traynor to row across the Atlantic in a small boat. Traynor began last September and has not been heard from since. Dr Hibber remains hopeful and is prepared to send another man if needed.
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R. B. Bisse
Bath
John Traynor
Atlantic
Trane
Cyclone Levels Ohio Farm Leaving Horses Safe
After a severe cyclone in Ohio Mr Bryant’s farm was destroyed with the house lifted off its foundations and the cellar swept away. Six horses survived in the barn while the family escaped unharmed.
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Ohio
Mr. Bryant
Mad dog bites cow and sickens Hall family in Cabcott Ark
In Cabcott Arkansas a mad dog owned by A J Hall bit his mild cow and caused hydrophobia in the animal. The disease spread to Hall's children who drank the cow's milk. Other family members fell ill but may survive, while the children's recovery was deemed unlikely.
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Cabcott
Ark
A. J. Hall
Hall
First Ameri can Percheron Show at Illinois State Fair
The first annual Ameri can Percheron Horse Breeders Association show will be held in Chicago from September 6 to 11 in connection with the Illinois State Fair. Prizes total fifty seven hundred dollars along with numerous gold, silver, and bronze medals. Each state society will receive a gold medal to award to its best home bred Percheron stallion from their state fairs.
Mollie Maguires Excluded From Pennsylvania Regions
Pinkerton Detective Agency reports that the Mollie Maguire organization no longer exists in Pennsylvania. The four anthracite coal counties where they once prevailed have been excluded from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, preventing them from obtaining passwords and signs. In those counties, twenty-one Mollie Maguires were hanged, and peace now prevails.
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Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pennsylvania
Hibernians
Alaska Rights Discussed for Territorial Government
From Washington the House Committee on Territories heard Governor Swineford of Alaska and others on February 26 advocating Alaska’s right to a full Territorial form of government. Five pension bills were vetoed by the President, citing preexisting enlistment conditions. US and Canada saw 151 business failures in the week ending February 2, down from 167 previously. Antonio Nardello was hanged in Washington on February 28 for murder. Advices from leading US business centers reported an improved outlook.
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House Committee On Territories
Swineford
Alaska
United States
Antonio Nardello
Washington
D. C
Carmine Rotunno
Canada
West and South Tragedies and Prohibitionist Ticket
A series of 25th and 26th incidents include Smith's Hotel in Wisconsin destroyed with four dead. a Texas dairy owner Lewis Williams and two workers shot dead. a Cincinnati confession of a teenager about poisoning a breakfast coffee. a Des Moines fire causing 47000 loss at Daily Leader offices. a Prohibitionist slate in Indiana headed by J H Hughes and S Johnson with anti liquor, Sabbath respect, and woman suffrage. Laporte arson burns Joan Levixe stable with seven horses dead. Wayne Anderson family murder confessed by his sons. Belford Belford publishing house fire in Chicago nearly a million loss. Union Pacific brakemen strike expulsion. master carpenters and manufacturers meeting resolutions.
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American Baptist Missionary Union
Asbury Park
N. J
Philip Best Brewing Company
Pittsburgh
Oil City
Springfield
Mass
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Hong Yen Chang
Canton
China
Columbia Law School
Henry Chang
Chang
Herr Most
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Tom’s River
N.J
United States Dynamite Company
Elmira
N. Y
Vermont
New 2Th
Anten B. Fiske
Hees Moer
Sen
Marlboro
Smith
Hineland
Wis
Tur
Brownsville
Tex
Lewis Williams
George Gehlert
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Daily Leader
Prohibitionists of
Indiana
Indianapolis
J. H. Hughes
Wayne County
Sylvester Johnson
Marion County
P. ©. Perkins
St. Joseph County
W. M. Land
Gibson County
C. W. Hodgin
Joan Levixe
Laporte
Ind
Abdamed Allen
Pilot Duroe, Jr
Wayne Anderson
Mountain Grove
Finn
Belford, Clarke & Co
Chicago
Donohue
Chicago eight hour standard set after June first
Reports from across the nation note labor unrest and disasters. An eight hour movement setback is reported for Chicago with a proposal that ten hours become a day after June first. Knights of Labor in Cleveland discuss unity and caution amid a string of strikes. Storms lash Ohio and Erie County destroying homes and killing four children nearby. A Chicago grand jury indicts Spies and anarchists. Fire razes Grand Central mine equipment in Tombstone with losses near 250000.
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Chicago
Powpenty
Knights of Labor
Cleveland
Benever
Erie County
Monroeville
Bellevue
John Blevins
Shady
Tenn
Chicago Grand Jury
Grand Central
Tombstone
A. T
Tuxte
Isaac Kincaid
Fellowship
Fla
William M. Tilden
West
E. N. Monahiu
Kansas
Indiana
W. D. Bynum
Leon Bailey
Ohio
Nebraska City
Neb
Frank Stocker
McGregor
Tex
Arizona
Michigan
Lansing
South
Philadelphia
Bristol
Ind
Mamie Giddings
Horace Maddem
Bloomdale
Valley City Mills
Grend Rapids
Mich
Across World Sways Aid From Frail News Wire
A dated foreign intelligence roundup notes a train collision in Brampton Ontario injuring forty seriously, Toronto streetcar riots, Mrs Riel’s death in St Vital, Greece and Turkey retiring from frontier clashes, a Valencia dynamite factory blast killing twelve, Ackersleben cloud-burst deaths and cattle loss, Etna lava damage, French royal families expelled, Irish potato crops ruined by frost and hail, Japan cholera surge, and widespread German cloud-bursts.
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NeAl Brampton
Ont
Toronto
Riel
St. Vital
Greece
Turkey
Valencia
Spain
Ackersleben
Germany
Tur
France
Chamber of Deputies
Mount
Etna
Nicolosi
Japan
Bingen
Ireland
Broad 19th Century Update of Events and Disasters
Various brief items note a Decoration Day address at Rosehill Cemetery by General Sherman, drownings in Wolfboro New Hampshire and a Melbourne to Sidney steamer loss with many casualties. Cholera cases in Venice and Chemnitz, Atlantic exchange totals, drought in the Northwest, a Hyde Park real estate dealer defalcation, a county treasurer’s safe robbery, whisky smuggling into Alaska, chaplain convention in Indianapolis, Baptist union receipts and growth, Queen & Crescent track standardization, Baltimore revival conclusion with large attendance and many conversions.
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General Ransom
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago
St. Louis
W. T. Sherman
Wolfboro
N. H
T. C. Jerome
Davis
Lydeemon
Melbourne
Sidney
Chemnitz
Germany
Venice
United States
George H. Leonard
Hyde Dark
Fairley
Perry County
Treasury Department
Washington
Alaska
National Convention of Chaplains
Indianapolis
Baptist Home Missionary Union
Asbury Park
N. J
Queen & Crescent Road
Cincinnati
Meridian
Miss
Baltimore
Sam Jones
Sam Small
Knights of Labor Special Session in Cleveland About Ultimatum
Cleveland May 27 The Knights of Labor held a special session at Schloss Hall with 170 delegates but little was accomplished. Powderly urged harmony and prudence while addressing strikes and union relations. A trades unions’ ultimatum to be accepted or risk a split was reported. One female delegate attended. the order maintains non sectarian and lawful aims amid Catholic Church scrutiny.
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Cleveland
General Assembly of Knights of Labor
Schloss’ Hall
Powderly
Cleve Lann
Knights of Labor
Clevelano
Trades Unions’ Committee
Adelesate
Knights
Hts
The
L. B. Schute
Massachusetts
Fabre
Montreal
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Prohibitionists Nominate Ticket at Indianapolis Convention
The Indiana State Prohibitionists met in Indianapolis on May 26 27 naming a state ticket with J H Hughes for Secretary of State Sylvester Johnson for Auditor R C Perkins for Treasurer W M Lind for Attorney General and GC W Hodgin for Superintendent of Public Instruction The platform calls for direct legislation prohibits intoxicating liquors as a beverage supports woman suffrage and urges a federal coinage legal tender for all debts and a Sabbath respect.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rev
J. H. Hughes
Sylvester Johnson
R. C. Perkins
W. M. Lind
GC. W. Hodgin
Interesting Warfare in the Iron District of Michigan
May 27 report from Manquette Michigan describes Sunday closing fever in the iron district. Law and Order leagues form in Negaunee and Ishpeming with efforts to close saloons and related businesses. Liquor dealers retaliate by boycotting churches and violence erupts among supporters and petitioners amidst threats to stop Sunday mails. A black flag with portraits of Common Council members appeared on Ishpeming city hall mast, linked to alleged liquor-man action.
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Iron
Michigan
Manquette
Mich
Negaunee
Ishpeming
The Chicago Anarchists Defense Fund Raised
In Chicago on May 27 Socialists and Anarchists push to fund the defense of indicted men. About $1,000 already subscribed with at least $5,000 more expected. The committee seeks top legal talent. Mrs A BR Parsons appeals to General Butler for support, not yet answered. Colonel Ingersoll reportedly ready to accept a retainer as counsel for the Anarchists.
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Chncaco
A. BR. Parsons
B. F. Butler
Robert G. Ingersoll
Maxwell on the stand in Preller murder trial
In St Louis on May 27 Maxwell testified as Hugh M. Brooks a 25 year old English born lawyer. He repeated his confession that Preller died from chloroform during an operation to ease pain. Maxwell presented a favorable impression as a witness.
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St. Louis
Maxwell
Preller
Tie
Hugh M. Brooks
England
Prelier
Funeral Held For Durbin Ward At Linanon Opera House
The funeral for Durbin Ward was conducted yesterday at the Linanon opera house with Mrs. Ward unable to attend due to severe illness. The service was under Grand Army of the Republic auspices, and Dr. Scott of the Presbyterian Church delivered the sermon. Pallbearers included Allen G. Thurman L A Russell G W Houck Haines Son W S Groesbeck Judge Smith and Judge Sage. Burial followed at four o'clock in the local cemetery.
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Linanon
Durbin Ward
Groesbeck
Smith
Sage
Death of Rev. Dr. Erasma Wentworth in Sandy Hill
Rev. Dr. Erasma Wentworth died at his Sandy Hill home on Tuesday night. Born in Stonington, Connecticut in 1813, he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1837 and served as a Methodist missionary to Foochow, China. He later became editor of the Ladies' Repository in 1872 and was connected with the Western Book Concern in Cincinnati.
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Troy
N. Y
Erasma Wentworth
Sandy Hill
Stonington
Conn
Wesleyan University
Foochow
China
Ladies’ Repository
Western
Cincinnati
Small-Pox Outbreak Reported in Guaymas Mexico
Small-pox has broken out here in Guaymas with eighteen cases reported and six fatalities. The May 27 dispatch notes the outbreak and toll in the Mexican port town.
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Guaymas
Mex
Knights of Labor convention in Cleveland outlines Powderly plan
In Cleveland May 28 the Knights of Labor General Assembly heard a laws report and debated expanding the Executive Board to seven. Local Granges join as district assemblies, with a proposed four-tier structure from local to National. A plan for state assemblies to authorize strikes or boycotts drew attention.
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Knights
Lawrence Harmin
Peoria
General Assembly
United States
Powderly
American Colony in Brazil Prospers by Watermelons and Cotton
Consul-General General TH Clay Armstrong reports on South erners who settled 400 miles from Rio de Janeiro after the war. About 500 people own a fifteen mile square tract, with some still holding slaves. They profit from large watermelons and cotton for Brazilian mills, seek schools, and may welcome teachers.
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Washincrox
TH. Clay Armstrong
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
United States
Empire
Explosion at New Jersey dynamite works kills two workers
Atwood Hyres of Tom's River and John Graham of Westchester County were blown to atoms when a drying house at United States Dynamite Works exploded. The blast was felt twenty miles away with shattered windows, cracked plaster, and damage to farmhouses as far as Forked River and Watertown reported.
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New Jersey
Toar’s River
N. J
United States Dynamite Works
James Volney & Co
Atwood Hyres
Tom's River
John Graham
Westchester County
N. Y
Watertown
Forked River
Miss Folsom Arrives in New York from Europe
Miss Folsom bride elect of President Cleveland arrives in New York with her mother and uncle aboard Noordland from Antwerp. Colon Lamont meets at quarantine and escorts to William E Chandler cutter. Secret arrival kept to avoid publicity. Washington had claimed she would arrive next Sunday in Chicago.
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Miss Folsom
New York
Europe
Cleveland
Noordland
Antwerp
Daniel §. Lamont
United States Revenue
William E. Chandler
Rai
Adieus
Washington
Chicago
Lava advances toward Nicolosi as eruption widens
May 28 Nicolosi Catania. Mount Etna lava advances at forty meters per hour and now lies within one kilometer of Nicolosi. The surrounding countryside is threatened as residents flee. Water sources have dried up causing a famine. An old convent outside Nicolosi has been inquired. The King has sent 20 000 lire for relief.
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Catania
Zetua
Nicolosi
Great Forest Fires Threaten Mexican Valley
May 28 reports describe a vast Amecameca blaze twelve miles wide advancing rapidly. Forests worth an estimated 32,000,000 to local climate and rainfall have vanished. Five Indians burned to death in a single day. Huts and hovels destroyed. total lives lost unknown. An army of about 4,000, including Indians and soldiers, fights to control the flames.
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Crry
Mexico
Amecameca
Drought Ravages Colorado and Pecos Heads in Texas
Intelligence from Austin reports the headwaters of the Colorado and Pecos rivers facing the worst drought in years. Thousands of cattle are dying daily for lack of water as brackish supplies force animals to trek miles. The parched range compounds losses for North and Northwest cattlemen.
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Austin
Tex
Coloniado
Pecos
North
Northwest
Terrific hailstorm hits Pellevue and county. damage reported
A fierce storm in Saxinsky on May 28 brought hailstones smashing windows and killing small stock, leaving an inch of ice on the ground. A driven rain followed, tearing roofs fences and outbuildings, badly damaging fifty houses in North Monroeville and Bellevue. The Hessian fly damages Kosciusko County Indiana wheat fields.
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Saxinsky
Pellevue
Monroeville
Bellevue
Knights of Labor Convention in Cleveland Expands Board and Seeks Peace with Unions
In Cleveland on May 29 the Knights of Labor general assembly adopted an eight hour plan and voted to increase the Executive Board from five to eleven, with permanent Philadelphia headquarters. The convention studied a trades unions treaty, seeking alliance with the National Grange, and discussed expanding cooperation with farmers to align labor and agricultural interests.
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Knights of Labor
Cleveland
Executive Board
Trades-Unionists
National Grange
General Assembly
The
Committee On Laws
Philadelphia
Trades Unions
Labor Movement of America
America
Trades Unions of
Order of the
Ayculturists
Knights
Grange
State Officers Resisted and Eads Ship Railway Voted
May 29 dispatches report a German farmer resisting attempts to kill horses afflicted with a disease in Taze well County, leading to a quarantine after board intervention. In Washington, Senator Conger submitted a Commerce Committee report supporting the Eads Ship Railway as practicable for large ships safely moving cargos on a properly built rail over moderate grades.
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Sprixcriep. II
Tazewell
Board of Live Stock Commissioners
Wasuinatos
Conger
Senate
Committee On Commerce
Cloud-bursts devastate German towns and farms
Berwis May 29 reports severe cloud-bursts across several German cities. Weisenfels sees many cattle and horses killed and Hussars nearly drowned in stables. Wittenberg notes hundreds of sheep killed by lightning and houses burned. Bingen suffers extensive property damage and Rhine vineyards destroyed. In Cincinnati Gibson Western Co. tinners stock dealers fail for 59000 dollars with 25000 to 30000 dollars assets.
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Berwis
Weisenfels
Wittenberg
Bingen
Rhine
Cincinnati
Gibson, Western & Co
House on the Save Rejects Post-office Subsidy Measure
The Democratic House blocks the Republican Senate plan to use American ships for foreign mail, labeling the subsidy claim as a false economy. Holman defends using American vessels to support domestic commerce against British lines, while critics accuse Republicans of wasteful spending and politics. The piece argues broader aims to open markets in South America and Asia to U.S. industry, contrasting with European dominance and suggesting a strategic, profit-driven motive behind the debate. The article cites Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay trade figures to illustrate potential gains from a robust U.S. carrying trade.
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Democratic House
Senate
House
Vilas
Holman
Indiana
Treasury
Washington Post
Brazil
Europe
Argentine Republic
United States
Uruguay
New York
London
England
Congress
Admission of Dakota likely dead for this session
The piece notes that admission of Dakota to the Union is unlikely this session and probably for the entire Congress. It cites reports from the Democratic majority and Republican minority, denouncing the excuse that Dakota residents do not want admission as false. It mentions Cook County’s uncontested election and political commentary from Chicago papers, contrasting calls for federal aid to promote American trade and shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Congress
House
Committee On Territories
Washington
Cook County
Chicago Winter Ocean
Reagan and House of Representatives Obstructs Policy
The piece denounces the Democratic House as shiftless and partisan, citing delays and obstruction to railroad, tariff, and government reforms. It singles out Reagan’s pro rata inter state freight tariff plan as impractical and aims to force its passage or defeat all railroad legislation.
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Congress
Treasury
Dakota
Washington
House
House of Representatives
Reagan
Senate
House Committee
Navy Department
Douglass Urges Massachusetts to Enforce Liberty Pledges
A fragment of a Grand Ovation delivered before the Massachusetts Club in Boston features Douglass urging Massachusetts to press the nation to uphold the Constitution and laws. He cites Copiah, Carrollton, and Hamburg rhetoric, notes progress for freedmen, and calls for enforcing constitutional rights and the Fifteenth Amendment through national action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Club
Boston
Copiah
Carrolton
Hamburg
South
Butfum
Massachusetts
Webster
United States
Sumner
Andrew
Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Congress in crisis as House stalls and taints reform
The Chicago Journal argues the current congress, especially the House, is dilatory and under corrupt lobby influence, with misrule and tumult delaying essential measures. It predicts the next House may be Republican and capable of proper business, while praising the Senate’s better performance. Greece forms a cabinet change, noted as progress Greece enjoys.
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Congress
House
Senate
Morrison-Carlisle
Chicago Journal
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Tuensday
Miller
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Northern Pacific Railway
McAdoo
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Home Again
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Kosciusko County
Eads’ Ship Railway
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