Congress Debates Trusts and Appropiations in Senate and House
In the Senate a letter declines the Ohio Senatorship. bills on Pottawattomie land sale and George Washington sword purchase are introduced. a fraud report on South Carolina enumeration is ordered. In the House, apportionment, Army and Diplomatic funding, and consular bills advance. debate over franking abuse continues. Hill and Burnside introduce retirement and efficiency bills. The Halifax fishery award inquiry and Winnebago relief act move forward.
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Arfield
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Whyte
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George Lewis
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Cutler
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Cenaus
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Caroling
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Springer
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Eaton
Committee On Appropriations
Joss
Mesars. Kelley
Weaver
McLane
Lounsberry Ding
Chittenden
Phillips
Treasuiry Motes
Bro
Secretary of War
W. J. Moore
New Orleans
Benator Kellogg
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Ferry
Burnside
William A. Averill
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Secretary of State
8Tte
Halifax
Financial failures and a deadly Brooklyn burglary noted
The report lists multiple 4th of the month failures including Woonsocket Manufacturing Company for 450000 and Fowler Crampton & Co for 500000, plus Dixon Crucible Company at 1000000 and others. A Brooklyn burglar who robbed a bride’s gifts fell to his death after reaching an unoccupied roof. A boatmen group near Port Royal, and various fiscal figures on mint coinage, taxes, and pensions are noted alongside a New York factory fire that trapped ten people.
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Woonsocket Manufacturing Company
Woonsocket
R. J
Fowler, Crampton & Co
New York
Dixon Crucible Company
Jersey City
N.J
Bowman & Berra
St. Louis
and & B. Newman & Co
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Port Royal
United States Mint
Anood
Atenement House
Madison Street
Illinoia
Missouri River
Mans
Janurer N. Coursa
Cheltenham
United States
Chicago, &J. Pan
Omaha
Middld Creek
Neb
Central Railroad
Mostars
Grant
Tilden
Vanderbilt
Whittaker
Washington
New York City
Army Building
West Point
Ind
Sovran
Hellman
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Farmuiox Ilirts
Daniel Sullivan
Series of Disasters and Crimes Across Several States
A roundup of calamities and incidents includes a double execution in Newark, a New York varnish factory blast injuring four, a boiler explosion in Allentown killing one and wounding others, and a dress fire at Coalville. Reports note various murders, fires, accidents, and political moves, with population counts, legislative actions, and navy appointments shaping the broader national picture.
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N. J
Margaret Meierhofer
Fraak
Lammens
Peter Dodger
New York
Allentown
Coalville
Kan
Cwarmus A. Brown
Brooklyn
N. Y
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Missssaippi
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Grnxnal Walter
Census Bureau
United States
Henrietta
Rica
James Curtis
Curtis
Rices
Balbach & Sona
N.J
Corry
New York Exchange
New York National Guard
Peekekill
Hudson
Illinois Prison and City Incidents Highlight December Scene
The War dan of the Southern Penitentiary reports 846 convicts on hand December 1, plus 18 received and 90 discharged, leaving 399 on January 1 with five females. A jail in Carrollton saw a failed escape attempt by six prisoners, two charged with murder, as a jailer returned to stop a hole through the wall. Charleston resident Thomas J. Mansx Jr. died at his home on New Year’s Day at age 72. A Cairo domestic, Burr, died from charcoal gas in his room. State finances note swamp-land indemnity claims at $750,000 unadjusted, affecting 400,000 acres across 83 counties. The Senate and House held organization meetings, electing officers and preparing for Governor’s message and inauguration. A canal idea for Malayan Peninsula transit and a Boston bequest to a dog were also noted.
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Davitt
Appistatco
Rome
Brandard
New York City
Allentown
Indiana
Robert Sears
A. W. Monroe
Gray
Ivan Prrxorr
Alaska
St. Paul
Minn
Poplar River
Buford
Bell
Seventh Cavalry
Bitting Bull
Goverxon Mupaar
Utah
von Breas
Allen G. Campbell
J. Q. Cannon
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House
Wood
Ways and Means
Warner
Relfer
Bayne
Secretary of the Treasury
Wardan
Pententiary
Qrrrollton
McMahon
Thomas J. Mansx, Jr
Charleston
Marsuall Sirsu Ron
H. L. Halliday
Cairo
Burr
Reid
Thomas
Rock Island
Springfield High School
State Teachers’ Association
Springfield
E. A. Gastman
Decatur
Samuel E. Harwood
Garbordsle
M. Andrews
Galesburg
E. ‘Manneneva
Ig View
M. L. Beymour
Nomal
State Temperance Alliance
Springfeld
Hutsaye
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Senate
Shuman
Hale
James H. Paddock
Joseph C. Hoberta
J L. Wheat
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Dickey
Senators
Brute Harlow
John M. Pearson
Secretary of State
Drake
Ton A. m
Supreme Court
Stephen T. Logan
Logan
Committee On
Tour
H Thomas
Ian B. K. Durfee
Howard
Mesars
Calaah Hamilton
Dement
Swigart
Rutz
McCartney
Hous
Secretary
Mieroslawski
Cook
G 8
Willett
Woman's State Christian Temperance Union
Fire Horror in Madison Street Tenement Tragedy
A January morning blaze at 3 Madison Street in New York, starting in the boiler area, trapped residents as flames raced through the stairwell and into yards. Nine people died and several were injured as occupants leaped or were hurled from windows. among the dead were children and elderly residents from eight families. Firemen and police battled the blaze, while investigators blamed a gasoline accident by plumbers at the saloon below and a missing boy helper.
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New York
James Doyle
Madison Street
Doyle's Liquor Store
Bogans
Muldoons
Mary Fagan
Margaret
Thomas
Joseph
John
Muld
Charlea McKenne
Charles
Cassidy
Ellen Sheridan
Donegan
Kate Sheridan
Casaldy
Timothy Harrington
MccGloan
Patten
Perpetual motion adjournment note in Boston Transcript
A brief item notes a motion to adjourn in the Boston Transcript. The entry reflects a formal record stating the motion is always in order for proceedings.
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Boston Transcript
Notable 1880 Deaths in US Political World List
A Chicago Times Union compilation lists prominent 1880 deaths across the United States political realm. Ex-Secretaries, governors, ex-congressmen, army and navy officers, theologians, scientists, and journalists are noted with regions including Dakota, Texas, New York, Mississippi, Wyoming Territory, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Maine, and more. The roll includes Adolph E. Borle, Ed ward Clark, George Opdyke, Albert G. Brown, John Campbell, Henry Foote, John Brisbin, Samuel Bayard, James Sedden, George Sykes, Hector Tyndale, Joseph Revere, Heintzelman, Myer, Satterlee, Homer Blake, Gilbert Haven, Samuel Gardiner, Lenox Library founder James Lenox, Prof. William Livingston, and many others. The list spans public service fields and faith communities.
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United States
Adolph E. Borle
United States Navy
William A. Howard
Dakota
Richard B. Connoly
New York City
Edward Clark
Texas
George Opdyke
New York
Albert G. Brown
Mississippi
John A. Campbell
Wyoming Territory
Herbert
Louisiana
Williams
Indiana
Westcott
Florida
Henry 8. Foote
Tennessee
McClelland
Michigan
Benjamin K. Phelps
Congress
John Brisbin
Pennsylvania
Samuel G. Arnold
Rhode Island
William W. Warren
Massachusetts
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
Joseph Serar
Virginia
John Robbing
Ezra B. French
Maine
J. B. Howell
Iowa
Jacob Brinkerhoff
Unto
Joseph R.chantler
William Digler
James Alexander Sedden
Hercoel ¥. Johnson
Georgia
Low Bartholomew
New Jersey
Robert McClekland
R. C. Ritter
Kentucky
Charles Albright
Fayette McMullen
Evarts W. Farr
New Hampshire
Percy Walker
Alabama
C. D. Coffin
Ohio
Charles Knapp
Lafayettes
Foster
Connecticut
Henry D. Foster
United States Army
George Sykes
Hector Tyndale
Joseph W. Revere
Heintzelman
Albert J. Myer
Alfred Torbert
Richard 8. Satterlee
Homer G. Blake
Joan Carson
Revenue Marine
Isaigh Hanscom
Bureau of Navigation
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Rural Thatcher
John A.rt
Lowry
C. K. Stribling
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M. E. Church
Malden
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