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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1880

Page

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Famine, fires, and political shifts reported worldwide

The report cites Turkish village sackings in Rumelia with British consular talks in Constantinople, a London boiler explosion killing twenty five and injuring sixty, and Italian elections showing 144 Ministerialists and 113 Constitutionalists. Aleppo faces severe famine as crowds beg for bread. Constans named French Minister of Public Worship. A Glastonbury shoe factory strike targets the American superintendent and machinery. Arch bishop Beaconsfield hints at staying as party leader.

Rumelia Constantinople London Italy Aleppo Syria M. Constant la Pere Glastonbury England Gordon Egypt Afs Quebec Senor Ireneo Paz The Patrios Mexican Congress Santiago Oroomiah Lorp Beaconsfield

Indictments Span Sodal and Social Spheres Across Cities

The Louisville Grand Jury indicted over ninety for Sunday law violations spanning saloonkeepers and clergy. Chicago Board of Education abolishes corporal punishment and calls for resignations over a severe whipping case. Florida Republican Convention nominates Conover for governor and McLedwith for lieutenant governor. Cleveland club member injures leg in a collision. Norway Michigan mine shaft collapses burying sixteen, three dead. Ex-Postmaster McArthur seeks presidential pardon. Denver explores Gunnison region to displace Utes. Crow Indians agree to sell Montana reservation land. Shoshone and Bannock sign over parcels. California Baptist Convention rejects anti-Kalloch resolution. Muskegon youths charged with setting fire and burglary. Chicago brickmakers strike over wage increase. Wyoming Republicans elect delegates to Chicago. Indian Territory squatters arrested. Illinois governor designates Decoration Day weekend. Indian attacks kill a wagon-train party member and a woman. rest flee. Deadwood party defeats a group of Indians, four killed and many horses seized.

Louisville Chicago Board of Education Vaile Republican State Convention of Florida B. Conover W. McLedwith Cleveland Norway Mich McArthur Chicago Denver Col Gunnison Montana Fort Hall Idaho California Baptist Convention Muskegon Wyoming Territory Grant Blaine North Fork Canadian River Indian Territory CruLom Illinois New Mexico Fort Davis Tex Deadwood

Dublin leader warns on Parnell policy split

A Dublin dispatch notes Mr. Shaw, former Home Rule leader, warned he would quit the party if Parnell’s land policy aligned with his American views. The report covers other dated items including a Constantinople telegram on an International Commission for Turkey and political moves in Washington and Cincinnati.

Dublin Shaw Parnell America Constantinople Turkey Egypt Cincinnati Washington Horace Maynard United States Judge Key Capet Whittaker West Point Board of Inquiry Methodist General Conference California Workingmen’s State Convention San Francisco Senator Thurman Coudersport West Virginia Grafton Senate House Messrs Saulsbury Morgan Kellogg-Spofford Chalmers

President's message to Congress on Fortune Bay outrage

The Speaker announces a presidential message transmitting correspondence with Great Britain regarding the Fortune Bay Newfoundland incident. The message includes the Secretary of State's report on the event and outlines government actions in response.

Fortune Bay Committee On Foreign Affairs Mr. Everts Congress Waseington House House of Representatives Great Britain Newfoundland Wash Utherford B. Hayes Secretary of State Evarts United States Washington Lord Salisbury Joint High Commission Forturne Bays Halifax Commission Halifax Dominion of Canada

Republicans gain 108 county supervisors in Michigan vote

The piece notes Republicans win 545 supervisors to 357 for others across 49 Michigan counties, a net gain of 108 compared with last year. It also references party dynamics and political commentary from several newspapers on national issues and elections.

SorIn Michigan Senate Beck Ena Co Conkling Tilden Harrisburg Connecticut Philadelphia Detroit Post Tribune Sax Iowa Congress Messrs Weaver Gillette Des Moines Tex Schoharie County New York State Committee Syracuse Dutchess Columbia

South’s natural wealth and slavery’s legacy hinder immigration

The article argues the South possesses rich resources including soil, rivers, minerals, and climate that could support a large population if capital and labor were developed. It contends slavery previously blocked growth, but now Southern immigration is thwarted by current attitudes, Bourbonism, and ostracism of Northern ideas, impeding industrial progress.

South Indianapolis Journal United States

Hayes Attacks Democrats Over Election Law Tactics

The piece quotes President Hayes criticizing the Democratic majority for tacking election law repeal onto unrelated appropriation bills. It argues the approach misleads the public, wastes time, and blunts merits in favor of coercion. Also referenced is a satirical, dialectal aside about patronage and foreign missions.

Hayes Conan Congress N. Y. Evening Post Ind

Minority Rebukes Bill on Political Assessments in Senate Report

The Republican minority on the Wal lace Committee denounces a majority bill to ban public officials from contributing to political causes. They argue the measure would criminalize standard political support, threaten press access, and suppress electoral rights. They note past abuses in 187 elections and warn the bill would misuse power to benefit office seekers. The minority urges passage of a broader bill with penalties for coercive assessments and election offenses.

Senate Hampton Kellogg-Spofford Kellogg Louisiana Spofford Wallace Massachusetts Rhode Island Ofassachusetts Voorhees Secretary of the Interior United States Isville & Portland Canal Secretary of War Treasury House Cobb Morgan Select Eaton Davis Hatch Orwalk Conn San Dom San Domingo Mesers Pendleton and Cameron Wis Agricultural Department Mills Committee On Bayard Committee On Judiciary Secretary of State Wallace Committee United States Senate Congress

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