Internal Improvement and Navy Reform Address to Congress
The president urges separate appropriation bills for varied internal improvement projects, notes unexpended funds, and proposes constitutional fixes. He reports naval movements, Jeannette disaster losses, fleet needs, and calls for rail and postal reforms, education aid, civil service overhaul, and reduced postage to two cents.
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Senate and House Open 47th Congress with Death Remembrances
The Senate convened at noon with prayers and notices, bills on coinage and a widow’s pension discussed, then read the President's message and adjourned at 2:50. The House opened at 11 with 202 members present, swearing in replacements for Lowe and Updegraff, and adjourned at 3:19 after paying respects to the deceased.
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Funeral of Congressman Updegraff at Mount Pleasant
The funeral of Hon. J. T. Updegraff, representative of Ohio's Seventeenth District, was held today at Mount Pleasant Friends meeting house. Rev. A. H. Hussey officiated, with Dr. Doughan Clark delivering the sermon and Dr. A. M. Reid offering a short eulogy. A choir of sixty young ladies led gospel hymns for the large gathering.
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