Pension and appropriation acts dominate the session
Congressional sessions adjourned after passing pension bills restoring widows and orphans pensions, while the Bundry Civil and Sundry Civil Appropriation bills moved through committee. Senate actions included tax law amendments and a budget for military and agricultural funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
Brown
Senate
Georgia
Gordon
Carlisle
House
Internal Revenue Law
Downey
Secretary of the Treasury
Pendleton
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hab and
Fries
Committee On
Conference Committee
Olearanca
Oil works fire and multiple disasters reported
Reports from Brooklynt New York describe a major fire at Bush and Denslow oil works spreading to a lumber yard and ships with heavy losses and fatalities from an oil tank explosion. Other notices include a Mitchell Dakota cyclone death toll and injuries, a Piqua Ohio gasoline barrel blast killing two boys, and various violent incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush & Denslow
Brooklynt
N. Y
Mitchell
Dakota
Piqua
Ohio
Episcopalians of
I Hauia
Chicago
Stockport
Los Azanos
New Mexico
Tularosa
Sorocco County
Socorro
TaHene
rooklyn—Bunday- Behoole
Leadville
Tour Delars
Presbyterian General Assembly
Routh
Wia de Se Orien
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
T. C. Thurston
Leavenworth
Kan
Anthony
Vullata
Thurston
Fort Leavenworth
Washington, D. C
Hanlan
Riley
Jergryn City
Newburg
Brooklyn
Springfield
Cartan Britton
United ‘States “Army
Fort Buford
Poplar Creek
Hazen
Plate
Captainn
Hazes
Lara Crry
Wy. T
North Park
Fort Sanderson
Cadot Wantaker
Court of
Galveston
Téx
Caye
Dwo Leite Voys
Sunstroke toll climbs with cases across New York and Brooklyn
The report notes fourteen sunstroke cases with twelve fatalities across New York City and Brooklyn on the 25th. Other items mention a ruined Ford in Suffolk and Enfield Conn, a library robbery in Washington stealing 2700 dollars, and flooding events in Brackett Texas with many homes lost and deaths.
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New
York
Brooklyn
Suffolk
Enfield
Conn
United States Treasury
Sheksee
Prain
Brackett
Texas
el Vorailo
Kan
Fulcentron-and-Nail_Works
Chattanooga
Tenn
Aascha
Sandusky
Judge Treat
St. Louis
National and State Political Movements Across States
State conventions in Delaware Rhode Island Kansas Missouri and Minnesota elect delegates and set rules for the Cincinnati National Convention. The National Woman Suffrage Association meets at Indianapolis with leaders and officers named. The Bayard bill defining Chief Supervisors of Elections is summarized. Court rulings and political shifts appear in California Virginia and Mississippi with notable appointments and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
A. H. Littlefield
H. Hi. Fay
National Woman Buffrage Association
Indianapolis
Logan B. Anthony
Kansas
Topeka
New York
Ellen J. Sheldon
Washington
Jane H H. Spofford
Mary E. Laggart
Senate
United States
Benate
Onate
Cumpstranor
National Soldiers' Homes
John M. Palmer
William B. Frankittoyny
Caaries Av. Roberts
Maine
Martin McMahon
N. Y
Love
Ind
Fulton
Wis
Richmond
Supreme Court of California
Denis Kearnsy
Bayard
Minnesota
Chicago
Donnelly
Denis’ Kearney
Wisconsin
Sorace Maynard
Turkey
Rey
Lopgetreat
Maynant
Constantinople
Pexts officers elected at Saratoga session and party delegates named
A Saratoga session of Tri Baptist Publications elected officers for the coming year. George T. Hope was named President with several vice presidents including Samuel A. Crozier J Warren Merrill E L Hed and others. Benjamin J. Griffith was Secretary and J Howard Gendell Recording Secretary. William N Pettitt was Treasurer. The Methodist Episcopal General Conference adjourned and established Episcopal residences in several cities. The Nevada Democratic State Convention named delegates to Cincinnati and, with 86 votes, endorsed Tilden for President.
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Pexts
Tri Baptist Publications
Saratoga
N. Y
George T. Hope
Dents
Samuel A. Crozier
Pennsylvania
J. “Warren Merrill
Massachusetts
E. L. Hed
I. Nols
Benjamin J. Griffith
J. Howard Gendell
William, N. Pettitt
Methodist Episcopal, General Conference
Sesson
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Chicago
St. Louis
Des Moines
Atelanta
Denver
St Paul
Washington
Chattanoora
Nevada
Tilden
European and World News Roundup from Paris to Canada
A Paris dispatch notes Prince William of Montenuovo reaching insanity over Onandel embarrassment. Berlin says Europe may act together to enforce the Berlin treaty in Turkey. Burmsh rebels seize a town, kill an English governor. Nihilists in St Petersburg convicted. eleven jailed or executed. Britain offers the Amoer ship to Abdul Rahman Khan. Bulgarians destroy twelve Turkish villages. Khedive’s wives barred from returning to Egypt. Garibaldi letter seized in Rome. Ireland’s Lord-Lieutenant makes a state entry to Dublin. Montreal adopts closer US trade ties. Eastern affair conference set for June in Berlin. Turkestan forced ban and suspended commerce. Chile defeats Peru at Locumba. London merchants fail for $500,000. Toronto boiler explosion kills three. Prince Srorop arrives in Canada. Oaks Stakes won by Jenny Howland in England. Irish MPs sit in Opposition.
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Paris
William
Montenuovo
Maria Louise
Napoleon I
Count de Neipperg
Berlin
Germany
Burmsh
St. Petersburg
Carcorra
Afghanistan
Abdul Rahman Khan
Ireland
Dublin
Montreal
United States
Tue
Aspur Rauman
Turkestan
Locumbna
England
Canada
Epsom
Eng
Marge Jenny Howland
Various 1884 News Dits From Across The Nation
A Denver telegram denies depredations by Indians in North Fork. Leadville miners return to old wages. A Burmah rebellion tale is a robber outbreak. A Baltimore & Ohio freight worker is killed by a bridge beam near Elysville. A tragic accident on the Sapphire at Philadelphia leaves three dead and two badly burned. Immigrant arrivals to New York reach 53,009 in May. Ulemas council in Constantinople spares Colonel Commeroff’s killer and rejects European intervention. Russian Premier Gortsukorrows seeks rest in Germany. A Belgium powder mill explosion claims multiple lives. San Francisco workers serenade Dewis Keaney vowing continued agitation. Decoration Day observed nationwide with notable Philadelphia ceremony. West Point Court of Inquiry discredits Cadet Whittaker’s account of an outrage and finds injuries to be personally related.
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Denver
North Fork
Leadville
Burmak
Baltimore & Ohio
Elysville
Philadelphia
New York
Constantinople
Saya
Great Council of Ulemas
Commeroff
Whittaker
Taisa
Rampus
Silas Benson
Benson
Timothy Hay
Illinois
Ibey
Etnatack
McLean County
Springfield
Cullom
Niantic
Vermillion County
Henry Engelmeermm
Lincoln
C. E. Lipathcott
Grand Lodge of Masons
A. A. Glenn
Tous Williams
Broadwell
Logan County
Chicago
John Jiemper
Grand Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Tentopolis
Eilingham
J. Maynard
Knowles
Maynard
Tas
Gustave A. Fisthafer
Peoria
Charles Hoch
Chicago Distilling Company
Cowder &. H Montross
Henman Levy
Earce
Lewie E. Payson
Ilinois
Ire
Foley
Duggan
Ane Sannusky
Danytsie
America
Cobden
Joax H. Mutxey
Cairo
Illinois Supreme Court
Europe
Mank Fee
Criminal Court
Cook County
Bloomington
Focal
Aubrose Arms
Lincoln Park
Illinois News Roundup Highlights Civil Rights Tensions
A Illinois city faces unrest over school access for Black residents amid mayor Silas Benson pledges, while residents accuse him of breaking a promise after a March election. The item notes burglaries, storms, fatalities, political shifts, and various local incidents across Springfield, Peoria, and Chicago.
Democrats starve courts threaten government funds
A Tempered plea from Iowa U S Marshal J W Chapman describes months of unpaid service and advances totaling about 10000 for court expenses. He warns that the Des Moines circuit court will close, jeopardizing a heavy docket and public interests, unless Congress pays marshals and keeps U S Courts open. The Indianapolis Journal notes Democratic majority pressure and calls the move an attack on honest elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
LBS Aes
Democratic Party
Congress
Nilay
J. W. Chapman
United States Marsal
Iowa
Marshal Chapman
United States Marshals
Eep
Chicago Tribune
Swiftson
Ynad-T
United States Circuit Court
Des Moines
Tig
Indianapolis Journal
Government service suffering from mismanagement in Congress
The piece condemns Democratic Congress failures harming government departments especially the Judiciary. It notes U S Courts in several states closed for lack of running funds and IA reports a marshal advanced over ten thousand dollars for court expenses, seeking guidance from the Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Judiciary Department
United States Courts
Iowa
United States
Relief funds exhausted in Iowa as marshal reports burdens
May 2 1880 report shows United States Marshal J Chapman seeking relief funds and court action in Des Moines Iowa. Attorney General Charlies Devens replies May 20 noting Congress failure to appropriate funds and urging no further advances.
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Washington
Iowa
United States
J. Chapman
Wasutsaton
D.C
Charlies Devens
McCrary
Love
Des Moines
JW Dains
Dietra Tet Lowa
Wartei US
Chapin
Marsal
Congress
Political paragraphs on Douglas kin and Pendleton in an 1860s paper
The piece critiques a son of the late Stephen A. Douglas aiding Grant in Missouri and attacks political figures including Pendleton and Keloge. It notes O H Browning and David Davis as contenders and comments on centralization and subsidies. A New York lady earned $70 sewing embroidered panels.
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Chunga Journal
Pendleton Alo
Ben Titts
Schiume
Keloge
Louisianna
Owl Copperheads
Fay
Ben Ill
Pendleton
Detroit
O. H. Browning
Davis
Land of the Democracy
New York
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Gompilatign
Delaware
Dover
Illinois’ State News
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