Revelations From Potter Committee On 1876 Florida Votes Affair
Testimony details cipher telegrams and alleged funding links to Republicans in Indiana and Florida. W T McLannen cites deciphered messages while Brady Tyner and Wing figures appear, including a New Yorker reference and forged dispatches. Officials claim no treachery by Florida Returning Board and describe attempts to mislead investigators.
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Tyner
Z. Chandler
J. W. Foster
Chandler
Indiana
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St. Martin
Brady
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Washington, D. C
Potter Committee
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Treasury Department
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Morton Committee
Oregon
Tribune
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Tallahassee
Fla
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Washington
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Gen Brady
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New Yorker
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Kentucky
Conkling
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Edmunds
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Blaine
South
Senator Hill
Corbin
Butler
South Carolina
Don Cameron
Mr Butler
A. P. Butler
Simon
Don
Morton
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Evans
W. E. Chandler
Gen. Butler
New York Tribune
Civil Service
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Maine
Mr McMahon
Reed
Ohio
McMahon
House Revises Post Office Appropriation Bill Provisions
The House in Committee of the Whole debated amendments to the Post Office Appropriation bill. Provisions repealing the deficiency proviso for railroad postal transport, limiting new car service, and shifting stamp production to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were adopted or rejected. Increases were approved for clerks, letter-carriers pay, and transportation on Star routes, rail and steamship transport. The body recessed before final action.
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Pension Circular on Arrears Claims for 1879
Washington January 29 1879 circular from Commissioner Bentley guides arrears pension claims. It states that those entitled to arrears under the January 25 1879 act with pensions granted before that date need no claim agent and must file a magistrate witnessed letter to the Commissioner of Pensions. The pension certificate should be shown to a magistrate and not sent to the office.
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Washington
Bentley
Department OF the Interior, Pension Office
Washington, D. C
Commissioner of Pensions
County of
J. A. Bentley
Treasury reports large coin payments and gold demand shift
Washington reports over 25 million dollars in coin obligations redeemed this month while Treasury coin reserves rise. Interest on government bonds to be paid in gold upon demand, with January payments largely in legal tenders. February interest projected at six million, not likely to trigger heavy gold demand. President approves funds for escorting coin transport and House expenses, plus 3.4 million for miscellaneous House costs. Subscriptions to the 4 percent loan total 3,826,550. internal revenue receipts 258,650. customs 947,349.
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City of Chester steamer disabled. forgers sentenced. Unitarian Conference opens
The City of Chester disabled by a broken rudder will transfer passengers to City of Montreal. mails shifted to Parthia. A Davenport inquiry resumed with election day arrests, breaching voters’ rights, and vote losses claimed. The Unitarian Conference opened in Brooklyn led by Rev. J Freeman Clarke. Forger John C Richardson and Charles H Fisher received light sentences after aiding convict John Jones. Other items include a libel indictment against Richard K Fox, railroad rate cuts, and a murder verdict against Francis De Jeanne. Deaths and legal moves accompany a broad news summary.
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Springfield
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Monroe Place
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Chicago
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Golden
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Alphonsus Pillitier
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West Sixteenth Street
Herman Brock
New Street
Julius Wolf
Deaths in Brookline and Other Obituaries Highlight Local Figures
The notice lists Brookline residents and regional individuals who died, including a Brookline official and bank treasurer born 1812 in Newburyport, plus remarks on Rev. William Warren of Gorham and James Long of Somerville. It notes other deaths such as Charlotte Burden, Moses Lyon, Andrew Hammond, and Cardinal Antonucci, along with assorted local notices on theft, gifts to churches, a poultry show, bail, bank examinations, and Lisbon gold mining developments.
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Fitchburg
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Haverhill
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Ancona
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Italy
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Florentina
Turin
Massace
Suffolk
Mary C. Cutter
Boston
William E. Cannon
Charles A. Cannon
Sugar Tariff Change Triggers Cuban Market Shift
Havana January 29 buyers avoid low grade sugar fearing the new US tariff law. They purchase only higher grades in small quantities, seeking to minimize risk amid expected policy changes.
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United States
Bangor area aids 1250, down from 1900 last year
Bangor city aid totals 1250 this year versus 1900 a year ago. Dr De Latour of Bangor died recently from starvation linked to stomach cancer. James Morris of South Bay N B was killed by a night train on the St. Andrews Maine road near Bangor. Dexter dispatches deny bank cashier Barron murder rumors as unfounded. A man’s head and an arm were found near York Beach, believed in water for some time.
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South Lincoln
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Skowhegan
Joshua Nye
Maine State Agricultural Society
Augusta
House of Representatives
Portland Argus
Webber
Saco
Androscoggin County
Butter Prices, Train Blockade Delay Brattleboro Funeral
On Tuesday at St Albans butter sold 10 to 16 cents a pound for winter stock while choice Fall selections moved at 24 to 25 cents. Snow blocked the Missisquoi line delaying trains until Tuesday evening. Remains of James Gibson of Brattleboro were aboard a train bound for Richford for a Tuesday funeral, postponed to Wednesday as the body arrived late Tuesday night.
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Missisquoi
James Gibson
Brattleboro
Richford
Pensions Sworn In Worcester District Court Applicants
Thirty three applicants for pensions were sworn before the Worcester clerk amid the new law. The Berkeley mill in South Lawrence, once run by Thomas Greenbank, is set for mortgage sale on Feb 28, with Lawrence & Co. as mortgagees. Lawrence council elected Samuel White to the water loan sinking fund trustees, replacing James Eaton.
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Otis
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