Bridge Across the Ohio Bound for Cin Cin Cinati
A Weekly Summary notes the House passed a bill authorizing another bridge across the Ohio River at Cincinnati. Other enacted measures include ending double fees for U S court clerks in California Oregon and Nevada and statutes on claims against the United States with four and six year limits. Northern District of Illinois to hold terms at Peoria and California to be divided into two judicial districts. The House adjourned while the Senate was not in session.
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Springer
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Labor
Butterworth
Randall
McCreary
Senate
Plymouth
Mass
Vewrheas
Washington Territory
Committee of Rules
L. D. M. Stovett
Congress
Ra Iwaya
Emerson Etheridge
Ohio River
Cincinnati
United States
California
Oregon
Nevada
Sinois
Peoria
Calfornis
Senate confirms broad slate of federal nominees
Washington April 2 The Senate confirmed numerous nominations across departments including Zachariah Montgomery for assistant attorney general in the interior, multiple postmasters in Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota, consuls in Europe and Canada, land office register William Bayard at Pueblo, Indian agent Ouray Utah, consular general Frankfort on the Main, collectors of internal revenue in several districts, and notes the rejection of postmaster appointments at Marshalltown Iowa and Webster City Iowa.
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Senate
Zachariah Montgomery
Interior Department
Illinois
J. F. Smith
Freeport
B. Badelough
Urbana
J. 3B. Waterman
Rockford
Michigan
T. Killain
Escanaba
Minnesota
J. Flynn
Duluth
W. J. Whipple
Winona
Wisconsin
J. M. Keyes
Richland Center
S. Chamberlain
Waupu
Ouray
Utah
J. Mueller
Cleveland
Ohio
Frankfort-on-the-Main
O. A. Wells
J. O. Henderson
Indiana
A. Bierman
C. E. Hasbrook
Missouri
F. Barnum
J. M. Morrow
A. C. Parkinson
Secretary Manning Convalescing Gaining Ground
Wasuixeton city reports Secretary Manning continues to improve daily. He left his room Sunday to walk downstairs and doctors anticipate a drive in a few days as he regains strength and mobility.
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Manning
Wasuixeton City
Water recedes in Montreal amid flood aftermath
In Montreal the ice breaking up and water subsiding, with two to three feet lingering in low streets. Trains reach Chatham street and may reach the depot by Wednesday night. Churches suffer flood damage and two men are reported drowned on Chabboillez square. Canadian Pacific service crippled near Lake Nipissing. Winnipeg trains halted since Friday. Total flood losses near 22 million.
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Montreal
Can
Grand Trunk Railroad
Chatham Street
Chabboillez Square
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Lake Nipissing
Winnipeg
Sensational Testimony Ties Mayor to Counterfeit Ring
New Orleans on April 23 reports a man named Shepherd, among Thursday's embezzlement convicts from the U S sub treasury, swore he worked as a messenger at a Conti and Marais counterfeiting shop run by a former Galveston mayor and now a wealthy citizen. City officials and judges were alleged to be connected, hindering prosecutions. Meanwhile, state veterinary work recounts Dr Bridge and colleagues inoculating cattle after killing a steer for virus, with several herds later disease free and Lt Fry's herd reduced by thirty.
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Shepherd
United States Sub-Treasury
Conti and
Marais
Galveston
New Orleans
Npon
Bridge
Edge
State Board of Agriculture
Weber
Fry
Mastersonville
Revenue Collections for First Nine Months of FY 1880
The internal revenue receipts for the nine months ending June 30, 1880, total $44,571,252, with spirits yielding $50,591,705, tobacco $20,136,918, fermented liquors $13,092,750, and miscellaneous $179,738. The period shows a $2,974,048 rise from the prior year, driven by increases of $320,211 in spirits, $1,246,151 in tobacco, and $893,507 in fermented liquors, while March receipts exceed 1485 by $549,525.
Rock Island Plans 10 Million Bond Issue for 700 Miles
The Times reports Rock Island & Pacific will issue 10 million dollars in new 5 percent collateral trust bonds. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will subscribe at a premium. The expansion includes a projected 700 miles of track, mainly branded as the Kansas & Nebraska division. A separate item notes a Thurles sermon lauding Gladstone by Archbishop Croke calling him Ireland's greatest friend.
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Kansas & Nebraska
Gladstone
Thurles
Thomas W. Croke
Cashel
Ireland
Europe at Livadia Faces Momentous Peace War Decision
Constantinople April 26 All eyes focus on Livadia where the czar and Russian generals convene to decide if Europe will be at peace or war for six months. The autocrat presses for action and fears disbanding his huge army would unleash nihilist danger among Don Cossacks and sparks risk for the czar.
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Danger Lies in Refusal in Home Rule Debates
London and other cities report heated exchanges over home rule. Mr Gladstone argues freedom strengthens the empire while opposition warns of danger. Ireland’s push for self governance continues to provoke political maneuvering and public commentary.
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Gladstone
The
Chronicle
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No Progress in Third Avenue Strike as Police Guard Cars
New York on April 24 reports no settlement progress in the Third Avenue railroad strike. Strikers remain firm, officials stay obdurate, and police protection keeps cars running with regularity from early morning. No disturbances noted as the force guarding company property remains steady.
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New York
Third Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Total Loss in Wages for 1880 Estimated at 13,003,866
Census report on strikes and lockouts in 1880 shows total wage loss estimated at 13 million. It details wage disputes across iron and steel, coal, textiles, cigar making, building trades, transportation, printing, glass, and boot and shoe industries with outcomes: 189 strikes succeeded, 137 compromised, 227 failed. 515 stop pages mostly strikes. idle workers total 123,262 with 4.7 million dollars paid in wages to some. Arbor Day observed in Massachusetts. Toronto peddler licenses debated. Greenland expedition planned. Baltimore gate keeper dies. Sioux traders face relocation orders. St Louis grand jury indicts bakers.
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Wasatscox City
Joseph D. Weeks
Census Bureau
Ucd
Jockonta
Massachusetts
Robinson
O’brien
Boston Common
Toronto
Robert E. Perry
Navy
Greenland
Trea
Sherman & Rogers & Co
Buffalo
Henry Fiver
Druid Hillerk
Baltimore
C. E. McChesney
Cheyenne River
News in Brief Tuesday April 20 items
The Canadian Pacific plans a Montreal to through train May 3. Anglo American Cable cuts rates to 4 cents per word May 3 to 4. One hundred newsboys struck for two papers at 1 cent. Castle Garden busiest spring day with 4000 emigrants landed. Burlington reports 1835 net earnings 12,150,657 and surplus 204,654 on 3,646 miles. Beaconsfield's death anniversary observed in London by Conservatives. United Presbyterian in Philadelphia denounces boycott. Foulk & Co. fire in Race street Cincinnati valued at 50,000. Mooney murder trial jury panel filled after 2000 examined in Waukegan. B Anderson dies on Oconomowoc street. Standhard Oil refinery fire near Pittsburgh losses about 100,000. Bessemer steel made in Chattanooga from NC ore, 85 tons daily. Four Greek ships chartered to move troops to Volo then front. War material ordered to Thessaly. Thursday April 22 noted. Stringent anti-battering bill likely in Congress. Secretary Lamar returns improved. Calumet Iron and Steel agrees to discharge nonunion workers. Chinch bugs found along Okaw river in Illinois. Alfred Orendorff supported for Oberly’s old Indian schools post. Safford & Sargent assign in Boston owing 200,000. A jury cap at Mooney murder case finally chosen after 2255 draws. Oshkosh Mutual Insurance of 250,000 incorporated. Connellsville coke syndicate to raise wages May 1 5 to 10 percent.
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Gledstone
National Hall of Records
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Murphy
Iowa
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Maine
Tucker
Virginia
Judiciary Committee
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William McGunahan
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Wasumetox City
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America
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Mass
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London
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Race Street
Cincinnati
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Ills
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Oconomowoc
Wis
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Pittsburg
Bessemer Steel
Chattanooga
North Carolina
Volo
Thessaly
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Lamar
Calumet Iron and Steel Company
Okaw River
Alfred Orendorff
Oberly
Safford & Sargent
Boston
Ajory
Oshkosh Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company
Connellsville
Examinee Turner Im putations Repudiated at St Louis Hearings
In Washington April 4 the house committee closed its examination of witnesses led by Frederick S Turner general secretary of the Knights of Labor. Testimony affirmed Gould-Powderly interview aims and strength of the organization. Arbitration favored as compulsory, with a fixed tribunal. McDowell urged licensing railroad engineers. Powderly and others denied stock speculation and denied revoking charters or mutiny within the Knights. Committee proceeds to St Louis.
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McDowell
Ar. Gould
Powderly
Gould
Hoptins
Messra
Illinois towns vote licenses in heated municipal races
April 21 in Illinois cities including Warren Monmouth Petersburg Belvidere Kirkwood Cornell Mattoon Joliet voters weighed license versus anti license measures. Results tilted councils toward license in Warren Monmouth Belvidere Joliet and Mattoon with mixed outcomes elsewhere, boosting pro high license majorities and shifting local government balance. A reform school board was chosen in Joliet.
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Band of Hope
Addie Northam
Associaton
Ilinois
Monmouth
Petersburg
Els
Belvidere
Ncens
Kirkwood
Cornell
Mattoon
Tou
Joliet
Reform School Board
Senate land committee favors forfeiture with construction rights preserved
Washington April 24 The Senate public lands committee decided to report favorably the house bill forfeiting the Atlantic and Pacific land grant with an amendment that exempts the right to take construction material from public lands and the right to grounds for company buildings.
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