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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1881

Page

3

Congressional and Senate actions summarized in mid January

The report covers military and financial measures in both chambers. It notes the Military Academy appropriation bill, militia reorganization, land grant issues, franking privilege debates, the Funding bill with bonds and coin provisions, and a presidential retirement plan proposal. It also mentions state and local events including a marriage in Washington and census findings.

Congressional Senate Windom Committee On Appropriations Military Academy Maxcy Committee On Military Affairs Cameron United States Slater Blackburn Messrs Converse House, Phillips, Brown and Robinson Masa Logan House Sanford Secretary of the Treasury McMinn Minnesota Mississippi Committee On Elections J.C. Helms W. F. Sapp Eighth Town Wilson Randall Weaver and Gillette Treasury Hoar District of Columbia Trump Army and West Point Tom Senate Anderson McLane Sherman

Peruvian position and global unrest reported in dispatches

Foreign intelligence received on the 12th notes Peruvians placing dynamite at exposed points outside Lima and that the Chillan army camps at Lurin with daily battle expectations. GLabstTonE allegedly cuts rents by 25 percent. A group of 200 evicted tenants protests in Dublin as state trials open. Lancashire sees a strike by English policers over contract issues. San Domingo revolutionist Jean Dios shot by troops. Cronntadt theater fire destroys venue and director.

Peru Lima Lurin Glabsttone Land-League Dublin Lancashire England Jean Dios San Domingo Cronntadt

Preliminary Census Report and Legislative Actions Highlight 1890s

A preliminary Census Bureau report details cotton industry statistics including 530,228 looms and 10,921,147 spindles, with 1,588,481 bales of cotton and 181,628 workers. It also notes a Varied mix of disease outbreaks, population counts by state, and December trade values, alongside Congressional moves on bank buildings and senate elections.

Census Bureau United States Valparaiso Ind Chauncy Gaylord Chrisman Station West Virginia George Ement Qalemn Ill Dublin Counesel Pennsylevania William A. Wallace New York Francis Kernan B. F. Butler Massachusetts United States Senate Freedmen’s Bank Washington General Ord Yorktown Groome Pendleton Thurman Voorhees White Willams Bayard House Cox Des Moines Yands

Boy Takes Blame to Shield Father in Murder Case

Detroit Post on Tehline recounts Ferris a boy of sixteen who confessed to a Topeka murder to save his father. As visits continued the father urged burning boot bags linked to guilt. later Ferris pled guilty and exonerated his father. The father killed himself after learning of his wife’s failed pardon efforts.

Kangas Topeka Ferris California Detroit

Iowa State News Roundup of Oddities and Accidents

A long Iowa digest recalls Wanham Lananke of Fayatta County with an orchard of eight thousand trees and a two thousand bushel crop. It notes Marahallo public schools closed for fuel scarcity, the death of Rev. Hina Buanne at Mount Pleasant aged eighty three, and a Keokuk rabbit hunting accident killing Meahan. It reports a Bowne County lightning rod swindle case, a Boone county court plan, a Creston saloon dispute, a Des Moines building expense tally, and various local incidents including an Orion coroner verdict, a Davenport orphans home census, and a fatal coal miner accident near Fort Dodge. Further items cover post office changes, Iowa Agricultural Society officers, and grain quotations from St Louis providers.

Wanham Lananke Fayatta Marahallo Hina Buanne Mount Pleasant Tie First Baptist Church Keokuk Meahan Hank Ward Ward Hoadley Sherif Webb Boone Connell Bluffs District Court Union County John Conway Creston Damaes Moyers Conway Supreme Court Dualies Day Ottumwa Eix Horovs Amy Burlington Rosa Clermont Zip Lonergan Nilecreant Ob Bloux City Des Moines Davenport Thairaxponkor Tun Daniel Corney Kort Dodge Noan Davis Fairfield Jacon Dhwamalt Circuit Court of Indianesla Lydia Banks Jacob Younanaan Finaily Astina Polk County Oreston James Tummolty Keokuk & St. Louis Iowa Tibbitt Polke County Edgar E. Davis Anderson Fremont Joseph Pattengill Brooks Adams County Tuckery Coralvile Dohnson John Davin Danbury Woodbury George To. Carroll Dodds Byron Johnson Grainville Wayne County Frank M. Allen Magnella Harrison County George R. Brainard McDil Cass County J. O Spinney Tabor Fremont County Pe. Clark Weat Bend Palo Alto James Johnston Wat Cheer Keokuk County Brainard

Republican National Committee plans for 1884 National Convention

The circular outlines methods and rules for selecting delegates to the 1884 Republican National Convention, requests input by October 15, and later extends to February. It references prior plans by W. L. Chandler and others, and calls editors to discuss plans in March.

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Political Forebodings and Forgery Claims Spark 19th Century Debate

The piece voices party rancor over Kellogg and Senate vacancies, cites the Chandler episode, and recounts forgery accusations around the Morey letter. It blends editorial barbs about Democrats and Barnum with mock warnings and social commentaries from the era, reflecting partisan tension.

Barnum Tilden Southern Bull-Head Bee Kellogg New York Tribune Chandler Allen G. Thurman United States Senate Ohio M. ¥. Dribune Acyruth Morey Sortun Truth New York Congress Stey Cam

Democrats Probe Joint Rule Over Electoral Vote Counting

A Chicago Tribune analysis argues Democrats seek a congressional joint rule to influence the Electoral College tally. It warns such a move bypasses the Executive and Judiciary and risks partisan manipulation of the presidential outcome.

Washington House of Representatives Senate Congress Garield Census Bureau Friends of National Railway Supervision Chicago

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