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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1880

Page

2

House and Senate clash over refunds and canal policy

The House moved to Committee of the Whole on the Refunding bill. Mr. Felton urged a four million silver dollar monthly issue and bond purchases from the Treasury, opposing all forms of debt. Senate reports on the Spofford Kellogg contest favored Kellogg’s seat, while a minority supported Kellogg and opposed the charges. Various resolutions touched on interoceanic canal policy, British relations, and South American cooperation. Other items include Maine investigations into Garcelon, Rhode Island political conventions, a Boston fire at the Journal office, and notable local crimes and accidents.

Hot Springs House Springer Senate Ark Anthony Susan B. Anthony Samuel B. Anthony Plumb United Peoria Indian Territory Wright United States Committee of the Whole Marals Circuit Court of the Felton Orth Kelley Millis Dunnell Spofford-Kellogg Hill Kellogg Spofford Hoar Messrs Cameron Logan Mr. Kellogg Ellogg Hi Hill Q Tee Kirkwood Commissioner of Culture Phelps Constellation Ireland Price National Bank Act Atherton Ellis Great Britain Spanish America Atlantic Pacific Oceans Young North South America Europe Bayne Committee On Rhode Island van Zandt Alfred H. Little Henry H. Fay Blaine New Hampshire Cincinnati Philadelphia Methodist Church Morgan Dix New York Gentleman Jo Gentleman United States Supreme Court New York State New York City Connecticut Senate The Boston Journal Art Lincoln Boston Board of Trade Congress Canada Homer Wellington Sing Sing Daniel Conroy Providence Horace A. Kimball P. Slocum W. B. Hallett H. J. Carroll D. B. Pond Tilden Electoral Commission

Illinois & Michigan Canal meeting in Ottawa progresses plan

A meeting in Ottawa Illinois discussed promoting the Illinois and Michigan Ship Canal with Governor Cullom and Chicago Mayor Harrison urging Congressional support for eventual federal appropriations. Also reported are a Virginia duel, a West counterfeit note alert, multiple diphtheria deaths in Ohio, a Bank of Louisiana embezzlement conviction, and a Texas coast gale with shipwrecks.

Ottawa Cullom Harrison Chicago Congress Nancy Clem Indianapolis Virginia Brunswick County St. Louis West John Allison Register John C. New Pennsville Ohio Edward C. Palmer Bank of Louisiana New Orleans Jupee Hirt Gannon San Francisco Texas Reform Havre Galveston Denis Kearney

Czar Abdication Hint Sows European Turmoil

Reports from St Petersburg on the 18th suggest the Czar’s abdication in favor of Czarewitch. Melikoff faces court intrigue hindering plans. Vienna notes a Smyrna rising with European consuls urging naval protection. Other items include Liverpool Cup dispute, Italian arms seizures, Irish famine distress, and Mecca tragedy.

St. Petersburg Parole Lorillard New York Albania Herzegovina Ireland Dublin Parnent Queenstown Land League Alsace-Lorraine Lahore India Roberts Ghuznee France Halle Saxony Austraia Cambridge Oxford Thames London Synge Grand Shereef Mecca Paris Vera Sassulitch United States Constantinople

Nation in Brief A Busy Range of 23d Events

Telegrams report Russia filling prisons with Nihilists to be, new jails planned. Ohio Census Supervisors nominees rejected. Quebec smallpox hits horses halting streetcars. Tennessee Greenback convention set for Nashville May 22. City of Mexico bearing Grant and Sheridan reaches Galveston. Hannibal & St Joseph conducts dismissals. Kearney Gannon sentences anger radicals. Pennsylvania Greenbacks elect Chicago delegates. Illinois and Michigan Canal navigation resumes. Detroit banker jailed for five years. National Education Association bill debated in Senate. House dispute over bill references ends in adjournment.

Sr. Peterssure Russia Senate Ohio Quebec Canada National Greenback Party of Tennessee Nashville Chicago City of Mexico Grant Sheridan Galveston Texas Vera Cruz Hannibal & St. Joseph United States Circuit Detroit Flint National Bank National Educational Association United States Senate Garfield Townshend

Dull wit and civic reports fill a busy midwestern item

A long jumble of quotes, notes and anecdotes blends moral musings, legal observations and local curiosity. The piece cites Charles Lamb, a Titusville prayer wagon, a bronze statue plan for Leonard Case, a New York Academy of Medicine talk on nocturnal medical service, and a survey of university professor salaries across many institutions.

School Board Adds Etiquette Lessons to City Curriculum

Discussion in St Louis reveals plans to introduce a series of oral etiquette lessons in public schools. A Bohemian clergyman faces a fine for preaching the Gospel according to a London News correspondent. French notes praise Mile. Juliette Dodu for school inspection and wartime service. Commentary lists faults in public schools: incompetent teachers, lack of parental oversight, and undue criticism from parents. Wisconsin Journal of Education cites Miss Elizabeth Beach with a recent address.

St. Louis Free Reformed Church Bohemia London News France Mile Juliette Dodu M. Jules Ferry Mille Dody Legion of Honor Wisconsin Journal of Education Elizabeth Beach

Puzzle aboard the Atlantic & Great Western sparks train chaos

Passengers on the Atlantic and Great Western become entangled in a fifteen puzzle frenzy. Conductor and brakeman vie to solve the puzzle as delays mount and a series of heated disputes erupt, drawing in express staff and officials before authorities are alerted.

Free America Meadville Oil City Franklin Atlantic Evansburg Geneva Express Company Pennsylvania

Dying Detroit Gentleman Names Heir and Warns Son

A wealthy Detroit man on his deathbed warns his son about misusing money and discusses his will. The father recalls gifting over twelve thousand dollars to the son over ten years and reveals a plan to leave one quarter of his half million to the son and the mother. He then asks for a promise to drink, implying a test of character amid looming legal action over a small calf valued at ten dollars. A separate note reports Leavenworth Kansas costs in a calf lawsuit reaching nine hundred dollars.

Chicago Inter- Ocean Christiancy Washington Star Peru United States Chandler Zachariah Chandler Brooks Indian Bureau Committee On Indian Affairs Washington Department Omaha Reservation Congress Indian Territory Leadville Charles Lamb Belvek Titusville Vicksburg Herald Detroit George York Leavenworth Kan Ney Field Field Pacific Railways Cincinnati New York Democratic Party Tammany Hall Democrats New York City Tammany Mr. Tilden John Kelly Empire State Cipherer Kelly Tilden Louis Purlicus Ohio Democratic Central Committee Sammy Lincoln Neb Supreme Court of the Taylor Strander Wheeling W. Va West Virnia United States Court Supreme Court of West Virginia Supreme Court of the United States United States Court of West Virginia J. D. Coles Virginia Aoe United States District Court Supreme Court of the U States Anne Ury Via

Death’s bright mark eludes even the brilliant in New Haven

A terse New Haven item notes a paradox of fame and peril as gifted individuals seem to escape death’s clutch, leaving readers pondering luck and risk in a concise regional report.

New Haven

Political turmoil and Supreme Court rulings dominate.

The article reports Tammany Hall hostility toward Tilden, Ohio and Cincinnati conventions, and verdicts from the U S Supreme Court on federal supremacy over states in racial jury rights. It notes Louisiana ex-senator Burch's testimony on exoduses, election machinery, and Democratic control shaping parish voting.

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