Senate and House Actions on Nominations and Bills
Washington notes describe a busy senate session with congratulations to Senator Anthony on his recovery, executive approval of Gresham as postmaster general, and a flood of bills on bankruptcy land grants and navy matters. The house sits with Coz presiding pro tem, as readings are dispensed and a wave of private claims and pension bills races through, while nominations for numerous federal posts are reported to the floor.
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Washington City
Senate
Anthony
Springfield Armory
Rock Island Arsenal
Chesapeak
Delaware Bays
Witehell
Board of Trade of Philadelphia
Ingalls
Kit Carson Post
Kansas
United States
Garland
Arkansas
Sherman
Mexico
Central and
South America
Colquitt
State of
Georgia
Jackson
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Maxey
Plumb
Walter Q. Gresham
Indiana
Carlisle
Coz
New York
House
Randall
Michigan
Robinson
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of State For
Great Britain
Lord Rector
Lord
United States Navy
Alexandria
Egypt
M. E. O’brien
Newcome
New York Post Office
Liverpool
Lacey
Post Office Department
Cutcheon
Lake Michigan
Veaple
Muldrow
Department of Agriculture
Hatch
Bureau of Animal Industry
O'Neil
Burn
Cox
Skinner
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Revenue Service
Instan
The New Speaker's Wife
A press portrait of Mrs. Carlisle, wife of the incoming speaker John Carlisle, notes her Kentucky lineage, height, looks, and poise. It describes her role at official dinners, her influence on her husband’s political career, and her calm demeanor during the bid for the speakership.
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New York
Carlisle
Edmunds
Senate
Metropolitan Hotel
Rand
John
Schurz and The Post Dissolve Editorial Ties
Ex secretary Carl Schurz explains he permanently ended ties with The Evening Post due to serious editorial disagreements on handling public questions. He cites conflicts over relations between corporations and employees and notes two editorial currents during the telegraph operators’ strike last summer. He refused to discuss future actions.
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Wis
New York
Carl Schurz
Evening Post
Mr. Schurz
Schurz
Death at Shanklin's farm in Kentucky
George Menfee, a colored worker from Sauranosvits Kentucky, died after suffering severe skin lesions. Reported details say his body itched and lesions worsened despite treatment with mackerel brine. Witnesses dispute whether poisoning or leprosy caused death.
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Sauranosvits
George Menfee
Shanklin
Magnates of the Hamgarian Sevokety Endorse Royal Match
The Dec 12 report notes high officials supporting the proposed marriage between prominent Hamgarian figures and a key Chiatiens liaison. Details in the rejected Tiggnares dispatch indicate a formal approval process within elite circles.
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Chiiatiens
New York Politics Show Complex Faction Ties in 1884
New York politics emerge as a complex web of factions and patronage. A New York correspondent notes the state’s large voting population about a million and a quarter, with three or four vote swings capable of shifting majorities. Leaders warn that factional maneuvering within parties often derails victories. experts discuss how national issues eclipse home concerns as campaigns unfold.
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Cinconnati
the Enquirer
New York
Hiram
Clark
Albany
Horatio Seymour
Roscoe Conkling
Union
New-York
Republican Party
Calkins
Horace Greeley
Walt
Democrata
Arthur
Skook
Cornell
Jake Hess
Jake Patterson
City of
Warner ‘Miller
Hiscock
Wadsworth
Peckham
Blaine
Bayes
Pittsburg
Allison
Foster Arso
Sherman
Matt May
Morrison
Mr. Hewitt
Fire in a Court House and City Fires
Chronicle reports a Butler Pennsylvania courthouse fire at 8 a.m. Two hours later the building, erected in 1853 for $50,000, was entirely destroyed leaving walls and tall pillars. The cupola with its bell and clock collapsed. A fireman and two workers were injured but firefighters saved many records. Several other nearby buildings burned. damage varied across towns including bridges and factories with large losses and jobs lost.
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The
Chronicle
Butler
Court House
Curtis
Brridgeport
Conn
William A. Brown
Norwalk
Derner, Mich
Greque
McBride
Montcalm
John Waldrén
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