Senator Brown Takes Senate Seat from Georgia
Ex governor Brown took the oath on the 26th and seated as Georgia senator replacing Gorson. Congress passed the Pensions Deficiency Appropriation and Bayard bill on election supervisors. House and Senate worked on sundry civil and internal revenue measures with several amendments and adjourned to month end.
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Downey
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Pendleton
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HANSAC Wins Boat Race on Potomac with Riley
Reported at Washington on the 26th Hansac won the boat race by two and a half minutes ahead of his rival. The Bayard bill passed by the Senate on the 26th defined terms for Chief Supervisors of Elections and related appointment rules.
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Thirteen Shots Atop Leavenworth Target Ended in Death
At Leavenworth Kansas on the 26th T C Thurston fired twice at Col Anthony. One bullet hit an attorney fatally another lodged in a solicitor's heel. Thurston surrendered and was sent to Fort Leavenworth for safekeeping. Also reports from Indianapolis note National Woman Suffrage Association officers elected for the year led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony with Matilda Joslyn Gage as executive chair. Kansas Democrats instruct to back two thirds rule with no candidate slate. Missouri and Minnesota Greenback conventions choose delegates while many other national party notes follow.
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Public debt figures and political notes from the Ist
The report lists total debt including interest of 1 952 386 720 and cash in Treasury 206 613 516 with a May decrease of 5 933 083 and a year-since-June-30 1879 drop of 74 820 536. It notes alimony for Mrs Curis Tiancy, a Chicago suffrage convention clash, an Illinois prohibition convention in Springfield, a Pittsburgh lockout, a boxing match in West Virginia, a Texarkana lynch attempt, and various state party conventions and legislative actions.
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Famine in Asia Minor Escalates Amid War-Torn Harvest Woes
Constantinople dispatch reports Asia Minor famine worsening near Russian frontier, blamed on war and a severe drought. Provinces suffer, roads blocked by snow, and bread rations cut as Armenians appeal for immediate aid. Western Europe and Russia contribute, while the Porte faces repression and scrutiny over relief charity.
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Massachusetts Liquor Law Forces Saloons to Close Nights
A May 1 law in Massachusetts gives Licensing Boards power to remove screens curtains stained glass and similar features from liquor saloons between midnight and 6 am and all day Sunday. In Cambridge enforcement has cut trade by about half with some dealers warning they may quit the business.
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Global Faith Developments and Missions Report
In Arizona there are about sixty thousand people with five Protestant ministers and four churches. E H Tang of St Louis Schools is named to replace Harris as superintendent. Translation work in Peking advances with the College for Foreign Languages. Bangkok hires John Eakin as English professor at 1800 dollars annually. The next Episcopal General Convention may create a Pacific coast missionary diocese called Boise of Walla Walla, including parts of Oregon Washington and Idaho. Mission statistics: converts 1.5 million, Bible translations into 226 languages, 148 million Bible copies, 70 languages endowed with grammar and literature. Pickett Memorial Church organized in Leadville. four new churches in the Northwest. Manitou stone church cornerstone laid. eight Colorado church projects planned. U.S. Methodists: 1.7 million members, 11,500 ministers, 12,400 lay preachers, nine bishops, 450 presiding elders. Cincinnati Conference has 398 delegates, 248 clergy and 150 lay. In Transvaal a Kaffir colony near Middleburg grows into a church complex with 1,500-seat brick church, workshops, and 30,000 acres cultivated by Lutheran mission.
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Hearts of Home and Quiet Love in Marriage Advice
An admonition on marital harmony urges husbands and wives to nurture love, patience, and courtesy. It warns that harsh words damage trust and suggests showing kindness and consideration to restore happiness, citing a Louisville Courier-Journal quotation.
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Barber in clash at Government House with Lord Loftus
An incident at Government House in New South Wales involves Lord Augustus Loftus and a barber. The barber charged more than a dollar, defended by a waiting hansom outside. A confrontation ensued with Loftus’s son, the barber claiming royal permission to display arms, and a threat of harsher consequences if bids of the royal family were disrespected.
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Three Spanish Women Work as Blacksmith Apprentices
Three Spanish women in stout boots and short dresses perform regular blacksmith work in a shop. They have been trained in blacksmithing in their native country and now work alongside male colleagues, showcasing skill and determination.
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Democrats charge nullification drive harms courts and politics
The piece accuses Democratic leaders of using government as party machinery to crushElection laws and starve pay for federal marshals and courts. It details stalled appropriations, a failed extra session, and warnings of court closures unless pay is provided. It cites Iowa marshal J W Chapman and broad risks to public interests and revenue.
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Chicago Tribune
Senator Ben Hill Sparks Southern Oratorical Debate on Kellogg-Spofford
A verbose critique portrays Senator Ben Hill as eloquent yet dangerous in a Kellogg-Spofford dispute. The piece mocks his claim that voters lack ears to hear liberty dying while warning of despotism near the nation’s top offices.
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Federal Courts in Iowa Close Over Budget Impasse
The Indianapolis Journal reports that U S Courts in Iowa shut down due to Congress failure to fund running expenses. The Attorney General and U S Marshals warned of exhaustion of miscellaneous funds, leading to immediate court closures and criticism of Democratic leaders for mismanagement and partisan coercion.
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Financial strain forces Iowa courts adjournment action
The May 19 1880 exchange shows United States Marshal J W Chapman warning of stopping court sessions in Des Moines due to exhausted funds for miscellaneous expenses. Attorney General Charles Devens replies detailing prior appeals and the need for immediate funding to avoid harming criminal justice operations.
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Browning Enters Presidential Fray As Davis Letter Fades
O H Browning of Quince acts as David Davis' next friend and presses a presidential bid. Davis replies with broad platitudes on centralization and subsidies, signaling willingness to accept a Democratic nomination but offering little new.
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Be Garcelon and Council Defend Maine Conspiracy
The Chicago Journal notes ex Governor Garcelon of Maine and six fellow conspirators publish a long defense of their attempt to seize Maine’s government. It argues their consciences trouble them, otherwise they would not again libelously intrude on the public.
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