Senate and House Debates Build on Federal Reforms and Education
Senate and House actions feature bills on Civil Service reform. prohibition of political assessments by federal officers. a pension for President Tyler’s widow. and education funding from public land proceeds. Adjournment debates, bankruptcy uniform rules, and a patronage-focused Education bill occupy the agenda amid other notices and incidents nationwide.
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Congress
TRE
Senate
Ith
Hill
Cole
Pendleton
United States
Sturnside
Morrill and Brown
Belford Colfot
Tyler
House
Gibson la
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Mississippi River Commission
Maxey
General Ord
Lst
Hoar
Bland
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Ingalls
Wallace
Blaine
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Teller
Vhe Houe
Hontvelman
Aldrich
President nominates Woods to Supreme Court bench
President Hares on the 15th nominated Judge William B. Woods of Georgia to the United States Supreme Bench in place of the ailing Justice Strong. Other items note suffrage advances, canal support, and military promotions, with actions in Congress and state bodies.
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Eral Henry
Hunt
Department of the South
Mackenzie
Arkansas
Louisiana
Indian Territory
John M. Schofield
Kate Coast Spraeue
William Sprague
Washington County
R I
Washinaron
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hancock
Garfield
Weaver
Dow
Scattering
Hares
William B. Woods
Georgia
Fifth
United States Judicial Circuit
United States Supreme Bench
Strong
Turk American Woman's Suffrage Association
Washington
Hoyt
Wyoming
Congress
San Francisco Board of Trade
California
State Grange
Indiana
Agricultural Bureau
Democrats
New Hampshire
J. B. Hosley
Farr
United States Senate
William B. Hazen
Neson A. Miles
National Board of Trade
Secretary of the Treasury
Columbus
Ohio State Grange
J. H. Bingham
Wheat Commission Firms Suspended Amid Market Quiet
Joxes and McDonald and Ray and McLaury, Chicago commission firms, were suspended on the 20th after heavy wheat operation. Jones and McDonald's mobilities set at 50000 dollars. Dispatches from Oklahoma invaders on the 20th report dwindling provisions at Payne’s camp and a camp of thirty eight wagons with fifty men on the Cimarron in Indian Territory. Broadway lights up Manhattan from Union Square to 28th Street.
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Caldwell
Kan
Indian Territory
Prince George County
Thomas Kelly
Smithfield
George Tod
Youngstown
Ohio
Nevada
Tug Wall-Paper Manufactory
Birge & Sons
Buffalo
Union Malthouse
St. Louis
Wilson
Washington
Granger
Providence
R. I
Timothy Mullen
A&j. Pace
Minn
Terry
Brotherton
Allison
Woody Mountain
Little Bull
Fort Buford
Indiana
Abraham Henry
Joseph Lewis
Oxford
Ind
Pierson
Warren County
Twenty-sixth Street
New York
BG. Arnold & Co
Maine
Censis
Tue
Bureau of Statistics
Joxes & McDonald
Ray & McLaury
Chicago Commission
Jones & McDonald's
Richmond
Payne’s Camp
Cimarron
Broadway
New York City
Union Square
Twenty-eighth Street
Virginia
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States Supreme Court
National Bank
Hares
Crook
Miles
William Stickney
Walter Allen
Newton
Mass
Foster
Rangoon
Burmah
American Export Leadership and Maritime Decline Highlighted
The Nimmo report outlines five top US exports for year ending June 3 1880 breadstuffs cotton manufactured goods provisions and mineral oils with Britain as the top importer. It highlights falling American merchant marine tonnage and shifts to rail transport, while calling for thorough study and possible protective measures to restore US shipping.
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Buffalo
W5th
Erie Canal
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Seivenberg & Co
Elgar
New York
Key West
Ith
Joseph Brown & Bros
Torney
Milwaukee
Missoni Pacific
Eureka
St. Louis
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Europe
National
Olean
N. Y
Georgia
Govvernor Neil
Idaho
Utah
National Board of Trade
L. M. Myer
Augusta
Philadelphia
Hinz
Beaver Dam
Wis
Wasumneron
Joseph Nimmo, Jr
Mr. Nimmo
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland
Nimmo
Atlantic Gulf
Pacific
Great Lakes
France
Treasury
Emancipation Scene in a Sanc tum Office
A female figure confronts the youngest editor at a Burlington Hawk-Eye office, declaring the day of women's emancipation is at hand. She probes household roles and independence, while the staff react with shock and support for the man who boasts no sewing buttons. The piece ends with a vow of emancipation and a humorous anecdote about his wardrobe.
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Michael Davir
Dubin
Great Britain
Munlinger
Ireland
Berlin
Mary E. Gurd
Toronto
Downing
County
Mayo
Dublin
Hhs
Francis T. Beckiano
William
Iowa
Enti
Nursling
Jefferson Street
Fifth Street
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Destructive Buffalo Fire Kills Dozens of Boys
A five story brick factory owned by George W. Tift in Buffalo burned rapidly after a printing machine caught fire. Many workers, including 150 to 190 employed, perished or were grievously injured, with several boys missing or dead after the walls collapsed and flames swept through the upper floors.
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Montana Territory
Birge & Son
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Sickler
Scranton
Sickler
DrHakes Jones
Charlottesville
George W. Tift
M. H. Birre & Sons
Thomas Henry
Henry
John Mafone
John Griffin
Moses Malone
Patrick O’ Brien
Edward McCornick
Moses ‘Malone
Michael Brien
Stephen Hackett
Martin cGes
Peter Sewder
John
James Stont
Jay
Thomas McCue
Charles Chapman
Thomas Quinlan
Dames
James Byar
John Kennedy Si
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Sherman
Secret Service
Brockway
Casilear
Bureau of Engraving
Cuba
Santiago
Healy
Walsh
Cork
John Power
Tralee
Earl of Crawford
London
Russia
Crimea
Alexander
Dolgorovki
Pisco
Yea
Lima
Emilype Girardrii
Portadown
Earl of Inneskillen
Order
Gungrat Grant
Army Headquarters
O. O. Howard
Department of West Point
C. C. Augur
Department of Texas
Dustin
Queenstown
Baliffe
Cockrell
Missouri
Kansas
New England
Dunn
Ellis
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Chicago Inter-Ocean
England
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