Purity of the ballot discussed by Cleveland at Boston banquet
Ex President Grover Cleveland addresses ballot reform and the integrity of elections at the Boston Merchant Association banquet in Boston Mass. H W Grady discusses race relations urging patience confidence sympathy loyalty and broad civic unity.
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Cleveland
Boston
New England
Hotel Vendome
Boston Merchant’ Association
Hon
J. A. Ee
Association
Sy Cleveland
Y Fateam
P. A. Colfie
John Lovell
E. R
Leopold Moree
Mate
Ee Gee Olan Pak Ae En Ton
Ol Leator Saltchstall
Sascnation
James Russell Lowell
Lane
Ac Ff
Vetera
Popembes
H. W., Racy
Georgia
Grady
South
Geortn
Intel
Roy
Negro
Cen
Republic
Massachusettia
Carnegio
Carnegie
W. J. Putnam
Maine
Silcott Forgery Scandal Report Exposed In House Debates
December 2 report by the Silcott committee shows assets and liabilities to Dec 5 with a 70708 shortage. Notes may be forged to cover defalcations. investigation of discounts and notes incomplete. Debates over responsibility of the sergeant at arms and proposed actions continue amid procedural maneuvers and tentative resolutions.
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Silcott
Wasniseron
Silcott Committee
Paveon
Illinois
Boutelle
Maine
Hemphill
South Cearolina
Treasury Department
Brower
North Carolina
Ae 8
Louisiana
of. Gay
Leticia
Mayneapolis
Julius Schutte
Frank Collom
John T. Blaisdell
Chicago Election Sets Board Of Waterway Commissioners
Dec 12 report from Cineaco notes Chicago voters faced a pivotal election to fill a nine member waterway board with control over funds estimated 15 to 30 million dollars for the drainage and ship canal project. Independent tickets won six seats, with three remaining projected to Democrats, creating three straight Democrats three Independent Democrats and three Independent Republicans.
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Chicago
Cineaco
Board of Nine Waterway Commissioners
Ilinois
Poet Robert Brownine Dies in Venice
News from across the Atlantic notes the death of poet Robert Brownine in Venice last night. The piece lists other brief items including political appointments and legal cases from the era.
Congress Opens Tariff Reform Effort With Printing Basis
The first session of the ways and means committee met and ordered the present tariff law printed as a bill to guide a new tariff measure. Subcommittees were named for public debt and funding, customs law amendments, internal revenue law amendments, and relief and claims.
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Washinaton
Waya and Means
McKinley Dingley
Carlisle
Bayne
LaFollete
McMillian
MecKenos, Gear, C. KR Breckeone
Dineley, Burrows and Flower
Two Cars Plunge Over Embankment In Mountain Express
Reports from Wixwipea and Kansas City detail a terrifying mountain railroad accident on the Canadian Pacific line near the Columbia River where a rail gave way. Two cars hung over the abyss until rescuers built a platform and saved all aboard. Separately, Meade and Clark counties face bond cancellations for a sugar venture, and New York markets show a dull close with mixed commodity and stock movements.
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Wixwipea
Man
Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific
Express
Columbia
New York
Ag Pacific Ga
American Express
Canada Pacific
Canada Reeth
Central Pacific
Burlington
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Denver & Grande
Erie, Kansas & Texas
Lake Shore
Louisvile
Nashville
Michile
Missouri Pacific
Texas
Socho
Western Corn
California Floods Reach Record Sacramento River High
San Francisco reports the Sacramento river at its highest level with the rainstorm subsiding and receding expected soon. The flood impacts many towns including Red Bluff Redding Chico Marysville with washed out bridges rail lines and evacuated families. A Durham farmer attempting to rescue his family in a boat capsized causing two child deaths while others survived.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
Sisteme Nore
Deore
Asmento
Ofusa
Red Bluffs
Redding
Chico
Maryeville
Durham
Not Gen Sickles Daughter Elopement Report Corrected
New York reports that Gen Sickles daughter eloped with a bartender named Thomas Denham were denied. Gen J Sawyer stated the girl is probably Gen Sickles half sister, a daughter from his father’s second wife, while Gen Sickles’ daughter remains in Spain.
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Gen. Sickles
New York
Thomas Denham
Gen. J. Sawyer
Gen
Sickles
Spain
A Cold Wave Grips Northern States
A signal service observer reports a cold wave expanding from the north more than 1000 miles wide. By 8 p m this evening the region north of Montana, Dakota and much of Minnesota recorded temperatures from fourteen to twenty degrees below zero with a high barometer indicating a lasting spell of extreme cold.
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Signal Service
Montana
Dakota
Minnesota
Senate Muster in Montana Ends With Informal Talks
The Montana Senate convened at 2 PM as the lieutenant governor queried the sergeant-at-arms about absent senators. Five Democratic senators in the ante room sought an informal caucus with Republicans, leading to a closed meeting. Reportedly five Democrats vowed to appear at the Senate chamber by next Monday, either warning or resigning. An ad for underwear at Greentree's follows.
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Helena
Mont
Dishonest clerks and a curious money scent trick
Veteran Sam Bowne recalls a young suspect who kept smelling letters in the delivery box then hid them in a damaged shoe and slippers. The criminal was convicted after Bowne confronted him and asked how he smelled money through envelopes. The piece blends a crime anecdote with assorted ads and notices.
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Sam Bowne
New York
Walt Ie
Mit
Jim
Bob
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Tatu
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Hinent
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Utica
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Tenants’ Defense Fund
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United States
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Eader
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Meade County
Clark County
California
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His
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Tavchey’s
ANTEC
F. Collier
Warren Street
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Cheyenne Wye
T. B. Hicks
J. E. Wild Cashier
G. E. Abbott
Zehner, Buechner & CO
Watchmakers and Jewelers
Sixteenth and Ferguson, Cheyenne, Wyo
Mall
Alex. Turnbull & CO
S. Cor
E, Nagle
J. C. Whipple
Way Tow
W. A. Robs
Ferguson Street
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hunt's Drug Store
GEO. L
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Seventeenth St
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