Congress Adjourns Amid Tax and Military Budget Action
The Senate and House debated and approved bills including the Sundry Civil and Military Academy appropriation while committee work addressed treasury storage for coin and internal revenue changes. A noted Senate inquiry sought presidential responses on census supervisors and public appointments.
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Brown
Georgia
Gordon
Bayard
Military Academy
Carlisle
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Law
Downey
Wy. T
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Pendleton
Fenitte
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Committee On Appropriations
Conference Committee
Bae
Houss
Dlat
Iowa State Greenback Convention Organized in Des Moines
The Iowa State Greenback-Labor party met in Des Moines on the 1th organizing by electing BE N Gates as Permanent Chairman. Delegates and district committees were named, platform adopted urging government control of currency, debt repayment terms, and labor protections, with presidential electors and state officers proposed.
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Leavenworth
Kan
T. C. Thurston
Anthony
Thurston
Fort Leavenworth
Indianapolis
National Woman Buffings Association
Elizabeth
Kansas
West Virginia
Congress
Missouri
Cincinnati
Tilden
New Mexico
Tularosa
Sorocco County
Socorro
Presbyterian General Assembly
Coyington
Superior Court of
San Francisco
Kaltoch
Hit
Illinois
Springfield
Richmond
Dunis Kearnty
Carrain Brrrton
Fort Buford
Poplar Creek
Hazen
Tuu Methodist Episcopal General Conference
New York
Boston
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Syracuse
Cincnnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Des Moines
Atlanta
Denver
St. Paul
Washington
Chattanooga
Nevada
Democratic State Convention
Brackett
Tex
Calvert
el Dorado
Vulcan Iron and Nail Works
Tenn
Durina
Galveston
Be Joit
Leadville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Elyaville
Atlantic
Houghton
Mich
Savoy
Texas
Texas Pacific
Denia Kearney
Kearney
Evaneville
Ind
Iowa State Greenback
BE. N. Gates
C. C. Maycock
James Jennings
M. H. Moore
Dillibugie
L. M. Willis
Nashua
BR. Woodin
Marahall
John R. Barnes
Oskaloona
A. R. Simatley
Adel
W. MH. Roob
Creston
George Wilmott
United States
Stindara
Moasra
Wormer
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Mery Morse
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J. W. Mutily
J. Mo Rolland
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Vred Klein
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Mead
Ta TE
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Jozeph Conger
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DP. Blubbs
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Viandren
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Dohi Porter
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George Carter
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Appanaove County
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Ringgold
Ayr
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Morton
Union
Afton
Thomas
Wapello
Ottumwa
Anigiat
Sloan
Wayne
Corydon
A B. Winer
Woodbury
Smithland
N.E. Palmer
Hanlan Wins Potomac Boat-Race by Large Margin
From Washington Hanlan won the boat race on the Potomac with Riley on the 26th by two and a half minutes, suggesting a dominant performance. The report covers various political, legal, and social items including the Bayard bill passage, Christiancys divorce case, appointments to National Soldiers Homes, a treasury robbery, and sun stroke deaths in major cities.
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Washington
Hanlan
Riley
Potomac
Bayard
Senate
Wth
United States
Christiancy
National House of Representatives
National Soldiers’ Homes
John M.palmer
Ill
William B. Franklin
Conn
Charles W. Roberts
Maine
Martin McMahon
N. Y
Love
Ind
Fulton
Wis
R. A. Morris
Librarian of Congress
United States Treasury
United State Senate
Key
Tennessee
Horace Maynard
Turkey
Longstreet
Maynard
Constantinople
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Newburg
New York
Suffolk
Enfield
Saratoga
Baptist Publication Society
George T. Hope
Samuel A. Crozier
Pennsylvania
J. Warren Merrill
Massachusetts
E. L. Sledstrom
Edward Goodman
Illinois
Philadelphia
President Hayes
Ramsey
Sherman
Pope Slocum
Chamberlain
Reading
Wood
Whittaker
Senate and House actions and scattered 1881 news items
In the Senate on the Bistult a resolution sought opening talks with France Spain Austria and Thaly to remove tobacco import restrictions. House appropriations bills advanced. Indian raid near Fort Cummings New Mexico killed four. Utes threat in Colorado. Adjourn plans unclear. Presbyterian assembly adjourned at Madison with Buffalo as next site. Paris disturbances injure Rocurrort’s son. Montreal fire prompts servant injuries. Avon murders. Leinster farm eviction arson. Burmese rebels burn towns. Former Virginia congressman Crimaens dies. Ex-Comptroller Connolly dies in France.
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Senate
House
France
Spain
Austria
Thaly
Committee
United States Mail
New Fort Cummings
New Mexico
Turee
Laramie City
North Park
Colorado
Davis
W. Va
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Paris
Montreal
Avert
Chilsey
Avon
Congress
Virginia
Bt. Louis
Dr. Connolly
Mursedies
French balloonists survive dramatic descent crash
Four French aeronauts Meas Gasta Pommariel Gaithier and Perron escaped a fierce storm after leaving Angdra at six in the evening. The balloon plunged and rebounded dozens of times near Nantes before crashing in La Hoche servieres. All were injured but out of danger.
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New York Herald
Gasta
Pommariel
Gaithier
Perron
Angdra
Lizhta
Nantes
Greuly
M. Gauthier
la Hoche Servieres
Pommeris
Terra Firma
Nore
Leas
Diverse 19th century statistics on agriculture industry and population
New Orleans borders on France and Italy in nine years with 2.4 million gallons of cotton seed oil. California producer Mr Shark earned 8210 in 1878 from seven acres of oranges, claiming over 1000 dollars per acre profit. UK, France and US property values, California arable land and Swiss army strength are cited alongside church capacities in Europe and early oyster propagation theories.
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New Orleans
France
Italy
Shark
California
Mission
Santa Cruz
Cal
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
United States
Gila River
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Germany
Anatrin-Mimenry
Russia
Iugainst
Landwehr
Altowether
le Technologiste
Europe
St. Poverty
Rome
Milan
Carthedral
St. Paul's
Reme
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Notre Dame
Paris
Cathedral
Pisa
St. Marks
Venice
W. J. Brace
Wit and Wisdom Bits From Various Publications
A collage of quips and anecdotes from newspapers and poets. Jokes on vanity and love. Musings on education and vinegar. A blustery New York traveler gets a dose of humility. A railroad anecdote ends with a retiree’s modest origins.
Democrats Accused of Blocking Government and Courts
The piece criticizes Democratic control of Congress for hindering government operations and court funding. It cites stalled appropriations for the judiciary, the extra session to pressure approval of nullification, and threats to close United States Courts if marshal pay is not provided. It notes public rebuke in 1879 elections and potential GOP-Democrat splits on unseating Kellogg.
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Democratic Party
Congress
Buo l
Anoxia
Con
Att
United States
Damourillo
J. W. Chapman
Iowa
Muershil Chapman
Towa
United States Treasury
Usalat
Chicago Tribune
Southern rhetoric on Kellogg-Spottord case by Senator Hill
A Southern speaker attacks Kellogg-Spottord case with fiery metaphorical rhetoric. He derides liberty’s dying groans and despotism’s brazen front while railing against Ben Hill’s influence in national politics. Wade Hampton briefly interrupts the tirade.
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Ben Hill
Senate
Mr. Hill
Wade Hampton
Government service sues in Congress caused court closures
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt blames the Democratic majority in Congress for starving funds to the Judiciary Department, causing U S Courts to close in several states including Iowa. The Des Moines Circuit Court paused operations over unpaid expenses, highlighting partisan mismanagement and public harm.
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Cgovernment Service
Partivan
Congress
Judiciary Department
United States Courta
Towa
United States
Thair
Hirther
United
Des Moines
Democratic Party
Indianapolis Journal
Lawsuit era courts halt over funding in Town district
United States Marshal J W Chapman seeks to wind up district courts in Town as a funding crisis halts operations. A May 20 1890 reply from Attorney General Charles Devens confirms lack of miscellaneous funds and urges Congress to provide immediate appropriation to avoid closing the courts and disrupting federal justice.
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Washnnaton
Towa
United States
J. W. Chapman
Wasitina Ron
Tlon
Charles Covens
Hilla
Ofa
Ime
Des Moines
Marahil
District of Town
Department OF Tustior WaAsHiNaTon
JW. Chapman
Town
Washington, D. C
Congress
Ecai
Tani
Charles Devens
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