Congress in Session Dec 3 7 8 9 10 12 13 and 14 1880
The article chronicles Senate and House actions from December 3 to December 14, including adjournments, bills on taxation amnesty oaths patent renewals and silver payments, resolutions on the Venezuela Mixed Commission and the Union Pacific, relief for Huron wreck victims, Senate and House votes on adjournment dates, railroad grants, and various financial and local incidents such as bank liquidations, a mine owner arrest, a highway toll wage rise, a fatal arrest, and the Erie Canal closure. It notes deaths, indictments and memorials, and ongoing political events across multiple states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Department
House
Venezuela
Matthews
Ohio
Congress
Union Pacific Railroad
Elections Committee
Colorado
Patterson
Belford
Cox
Guthrie
Northern Pacific
Nominations and Political Tensions Mark Senate Actions
Several nominations expired for lack of Senate action including Law rence at New Orleans and Hoyt for Indian Affairs. Harlan’s Supreme Court seat is confirmed while Patterson’s habeas ruling frees him from custody. Debates over civil service reform and party strategies unfold as a Greenback movement forms and border tensions rise along the Rio Grande.
Verdict in Connolly case sets $38,000,000 judgment
The People versus ex Comptroller Connolly of the New York Tammany ring ends with a 38 million verdict on the fourth. The Vanderbilt will contest resumes as Wolfboro Savings Bank closes, and depositors face about a 15 percent loss.
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The
People
Connolly
New York Tammany Ring
Vanderbilt Will
Wolfboro
N. H
Congressman's Release and National News Roundup
Congressman Smalls of South Carolina is released on $10,000 bail awaiting Supreme Court action on his appeal. Col Robert Tyler son of ex President Tyler dies in Montgomery. Wreck of schooner Two Sisters near Galveston results in three deaths. Workingmen's ticket defeated in Louisville elections. South Carolina Legislature reelects Henry Melver Associate Justice. National Baseball League awards title to Boston. Louisville, Hartford, St. Louis, Chicago follow. Cincinnati games voided. Virginia legislature elects Judge Allen as Speaker. Tennessee holds special session. McAllister rules Illinois Vagrant Act unconstitutional. Rande identified as Charles C. Scott of Fairfield Iowa. Georgia votes adopt Constitution, choose Atlanta as capital by ~40,000 majority. Bergin hanged at Mt Vernon Ohio for June murder. botched breaking neck. John C. Sheppard elected Speaker of SC House. German Savings Bank of Chicago closes. receiver sought. Otsego Michigan burns sizable portion of business district. Ashtabula Lake Shore Bridge tested with six engines. no strain. Capt Dowling resumes Toledo Post Office control. Reed not confirmed. Louisville fire destroys Cochran Fulton whisky store. loss $300,000. Ex-Lieut Gov Pinchback retires from Louisiana Senate race.
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Smalls
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Col
Robert Tyler
Tyler
Montgomery
Ala
Galveston
Tex
Louisville
Henry Melver
National Baseball League
Cleveland
Boston
Hartford
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Virginia
Allen
Tennessee
McAllister
Chicago Criminal Court
Illinois
Rande
Charles C. Scott
Fairfield
Iowa
Georgia
Atlanta
William Bergin
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
T. J. McBride
Bergin
John C. Sheppard
Edgefield County
House of Representatives
German Savings Bank
Otsego
Mich
Lake Shore Railroad
Ashtabula
Dowling
Toledo
Senate
Reed
Cochran & Fulton
Pinchback
Louisiana
U. S. Senate
Loss of Steamer Atacama Amid Pacific Disaster
Dispatch from Coquimbo reports ninety aboard the Atacama with only eighteen survivors. Also note: Mizpah collision near Beachy Head sinks both vessels with one saved. Other items include political shifts in France and Turkey, royal marriage approval in Spain, potential UK political changes, and papal health deterioration.
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Coquimbo
Chili
Atacama
Jules Ferry
Chamber of Deputies
Cuba
Austria
Servia
Spanish Council of Ministers
London
MacMahon
England
Liverpool
United States
Russian Army in Caucasus Front Delivers Fresh Setbacks
Russians fortify Erzurum with 280 guns as snow piles up. Turks seize Popkoi and Kezroura. Sultiman Pasha wins near Elena and Tirnova on the 7th. Russian losses reach 74,000 since the war began. Moukhtar Pasha readies 25,000 at Erzurum. Czar prefers continued war over futile peace. Bogor dispatch notes heavier losses at Marlani and Elena on the 4th.
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Erzeroum
Popkoi
Kezrora
Sulieman Pasha
Elena
Tirnova
Moukhtar Pasha
Sth
Bogor
Marlani
Eleven guns captured and forces retreat in Balkans
A report states eleven guns were seized. On the 6th the Turkish right wing of about 10,000 men was driven from Slataritza to Bebrova. A telegram dated the 9th says operations between Elena and Tirnova were suspended due to bad weather.
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Slataritza
Bebrova
Elena
Tirnova
Secretary Sherman Seeks Fiscal Restraints and Coin Policy
The report outlines receipts and expenditures for the last and current fiscal years, urging Congress to limit appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1879 to 140 million dollars. It emphasizes reducing public outlays through law revisions, salary trims, and delaying nonessential works, while detailing debt funding, coinage, and the case against free silver coinage.
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Sherman
Congress
Proposal for international convention on silver and gold value
The text argues that a fixed relative value of silver and gold could be aided by an international commercial nations convention, but notes that even so a higher law would still push silver’s market value beyond control. It concludes that unlimited issue of silver dollars would be a public advantage only if carefully limited to avoid injustice.
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United States
Congress
Treasury
Phellar
Alwas
Kant
Fifth Avenue
Josh Billings Advice for Girls on Future Husbands
The piece offers humorous guidance on spotting a suitable husband. It warns about jealousy, the fake allure of moustaches, kitchen competence, overbearing mothers, and the risks of marrying for appearance or comfort. It underscores choosing a bright, frugal, and resilient partner over quick, flawed matches.
Time's Revenges and a Scot’s Loyal Lineage
The Boston Advertiser notes John Welsh, a lineal descendant of Rev. John Welsh of Scotland, faced death in 1605 for attending Scotland's General Assembly against King James. His sentence was banishment, then pardon to return to London after fourteen years. His wife’s bold plea led to reluctant tolerance for Welsh to preach briefly before his death. The Stoic Stuart line’s banishment contrasts with a Welsh descendant serving as minister plenipotentiary to the Court of St James.
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John Welsh
Scotland
John Knox
James
House of Stuart
Great Britain
Court of St. James
Boston Advertiser
Yankee Doodle Finds Luster in Foreign Studying Hearts
Boston Herald notes pride in American students who study music abroad. It highlights Miss Rice becoming Mme Ricci after six months in Italy, Blanche Tucker adopting Blanche Rosavella, and Mary Trimble now Beatrice Amore, praising their transformed names as a display of national pride.
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Miss Rice
Italy
Mme. Ricci
Blanche Tucker
Blanche Rosavella
Mary Trimble
Milan
Beatrice Amore
Juan K. Dudle
Boston Herald
Delaware boards close schools over scarlet fever outbreak
The Delaware Board of Education ordered public schools closed until further notice due to a large number of scarlet fever cases, with many fatalities reported. The notice reflects a widespread health concern affecting students and families across the state.
Mysterious Woman Detective Dies Under Dark Cloud
A female detective, known for relentless pursuit of crime, has died. Described as short, thick-set and bulldog-faced, she stood out among women for her fierce appearance and fearless, unflinching work in the criminal underworld.
The Female Detective of Victorian London
A London European Mail profile recounts a woman who posed as a nurse and then as a detective to infiltrate criminal households. Her acts include exposing coiners in a street raid, surviving molten lead attacks, and dressing as a boy to spy in thieves’ dens. She earned Scotland Yard subsidies and used a whistle and rattle to summon aid.
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Blackfriars
Coiners
France
Scotland Yard
Surrey
London European Mail
The Rome of To-day shows change from old order to modern equality
A Philadelphia Press item notes Rome evolving from catacombs and inquisitions toward equality among Jews and Gentiles, free speech and press, public education expansion, monastic houses repurposed as hospitals, free libraries, and a developing tram line. A Massachusetts girl swallowed a hair-pin then married days later. Hawk-Eye adds a cautionary note to young women about risk.
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Rome
Via Flaminia
Porta del Popolo
Ponte Mollee
Philadelphia Press
Massachusetts
Fatalities and accidents flood La Porte to Sheffield news
A roundup of deadly incidents across several states and provinces includes Henry Frous found dead in La Porte Indiana. a sunfield Michigan log accident. Margaret Barrett burned in Watertown New York. Haines killed by a gun discharge in Michigan. a child burned in Livermore Maine. Annie Eaton struck by a locomotive in Pennsylvania. and multiple other fatalities from stabbings, drownings, explosions, and murders. Also reports on hospital injuries, a New York asylum incident, and a double murder tied to a disputed will in Michigan.
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Henry Frous
Laporte
Ind
J. Connor
Sunfield
Mich
Margaret Barrett
Watertown
N. Y
Martin Haines
Charlotte
George Wing
Livermore
Annie Eaton
Petroleum Center
J.G. de Wolf
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Samuel Granger
Hartford
Conn
Abbie Miller
Detroit
Samuel Coreyon
Henry Shewsberry
Huldah Rice
Versailles
Henry
Huldah
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Celestine McKibbon
Alexanderughes
Northampton
Mass
Matthew Davenport
Pratt
Davenport
North Mahoning
Joshua Holt
Antonio Nicrosi
Aurelia Sharp
Montgomery
Ala
Nicrosi
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Guernsey County
L. G. Haines
A. Cooper
M. Jefferson
Drs. Cooper & Jefferson
Cambridge, Ohio
West Market Street
Shaffner & Beymer’s
Thompson S. Crow
Farmers’ Etatel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. CG. Ferbrache
Times Building
Miorton
Starr Hotel
Joseph Morton
West Side Public Square
Warner
Caldwell
Thomas Lloyd
Corner Market and
Fifth Streets
Zanesville
N. D. Savage
Capt. J. McVay
William A. Carr
Rainey
Mill St
J. Woodford
Prk Street
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J. D. Taylor
T. H. Anderson
Taylor & Anderson, Attorneys-At-Law
Taylor
Wm. M. Sions
Guernsey
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Mackey
Art Callery
India
A. F. Hubert
Main St
Cambridge, O
Sarah Jane Moss
Jans
C. T. Sweet
Cumberland, Ohio
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper Jeffri
Lambert, Thomas & Co
North Water Street
Delaware Wharf
Philadelphia, Pa
Kirk House
Grant House
W. &. S. M. King, Proprietors
Zanesville, Ohio
J. W. Lippincott
kWweecher
Frrouse
Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Fairview House
Fairview, Ohio
J. F. Dubois
McCollum & McKinney
South End Mill Street
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National Exchange Bank of Troy
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Burleigh
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National Temperance Society
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Greenback Movement
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Jacob Notter
Pagel
Charles Demmitt
Clermont County
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W. F. Jones
John Koch
J. C. Whinnery
Salem
D. R. Jennings
Frank A. Hunter
H. A. Smith
A. F. Emminger
Columbus
George M. Keeley
Oxford
State Board of Examiners
J. Taft
F. H. Rehwinckel
William Finney
Mansfield
Finney
James Finney
Edward Webb
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
National
Dayton
State Board of Public Works
Public Works
Peter Thatcher
State Horticultural Society
Ravenna
J. A. Warder
N. Ohmer
Tainor
Morris
Garland
Harry Wright
George Lobdell
Bennie White
George Price
Odenwald
Ritter
Ward’s Island
Brynes
Lyman Blackman
Birmingham
Pontiac
Ed. Barlein
Lafayette
Henry Burner
Burner
Barlein
John Campbell
Graffith’s Lake
Coboconk
Victoria
Can
David Stillman
Sheffield
John Ten Eyck
Mr. Stillman
Ten Eyck
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