Washington and New York political battles and bills
Senate committees push Mitchell substitute for Northern Pacific eight year delay. House pro rata plan names Adams and Finck as commissioners. Electoral count reform, Buckalew plan debated. Debates cover public debt, currency reissue, civil service overhaul, and military enlistment of colored soldiers. Reports include Maryland Blair action and Madame Restell death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Railroads Today
Mitchell
Northern Pacific Railroad
Senate
House Pacific Railroads Committee
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Congress
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Albert Finck
Tennessee
Chicago
Times’ Washington Dispatch
House Committee
Buckalew
Pennsylvania
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Agricultural Society
Conger
North
Knights of the Golden Circle
Luttrell
Michigan
Morrisons
McMahons
Rices
Townsend
N. Y
New York
California
Treasury
See’y Sherman
Committee On Banking and Currency
Electric politics and local incidents summarized
Wade Hampton refuses gubernatorial nomination. Dr. Charles T. Stansbury dies. Maryland Senate backs Blair resolution on electoral count review. E. C. Ingersoll critically ill in Washington. Caleb Carpenter files bankruptcy petition liabilities 75000 assets 70000. George Williams likely nominated for New Orleans collector. Packard may be appointed New Orleans collector. Joaquin Miller rumored to depart then stay. Marston Co planing mills in Hartford burn with 50000 loss insured 25000. Samuel A. Clark sentenced to be hanged April 26 in Washington. Memphis wholesale dry goods firm Walker Bros. & Co. destroyed by fire 45000 damage. Columbus returns show Democrats win city ticket with small margins. Hartford city election Democrats win mayor George Sumner by 600. Dock section failure near Crescent City still submerged. South Pueblo bank robbed $5000. No clue. Seffer shines in St Louis. Waukegan jury convicts Peter Davison for murder. Cleveland returns show Republicans lead in wards and precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Hampton
Chas. T. Stansbury
Washington
Maryland Senate
House
Blair
E. C. Ingersoll
Congress
Lovejoy
Illinois
Caleb Carpenter
Covington
Packard
New Orleans
Joaquin Miller
Planing Mills
C. D. Marston & Co
Hartford
Washington City
Jnc. Lee
Jack Gash
Conn
George G. Sumner
New York
Pacific Mail
Crescent City
Bank of South
Dion
Sexton
Waukegan
Mich
Peter Davison
John Robertson
Cleveland
Ohio
Multiple Political Shifts and Local Turbulence Reported
The article notes eighteen councilmen elected with only the police commissioner unsettled. Vanes’s disappearance is now viewed as voluntary due to financial troubles. A fatal religious quarrel near Versailles Kentucky leaves Wm Levy dead. Simon Boswell fled. Lowell printing works suspend operations, cutting 300 jobs and plan further shutdowns next month. Havana arrivals of insurgent leaders and Col James E Roderiguse near Santiago de Cuba are reported. Ex governor Haight is discussed as third commissioner for Pacific railroads. William Henry Smith resigns Chicago customs post amid disputes with the Treasury and NY ring suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanes
Cincinnati
Versailles
Wm. Levy
Simon Boswell
Levy
Boswell
Lowell
Mass
Havana
Cincovillar
Jas. E. Roderiguse
Santiago de Cuba
Haight
California
Pacific Railroads
House
Pacific Railroad Committee
Henry Smith
Chicago
Treasury Department
New York Custom House
Tremendous Risk for Malaria Areas Cited
A warning urges vigilance for travelers and migrants to malarial districts with no guaranteed protection. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and curative agent, claiming it eliminates malarial poison, boosts vitality, and guards stomach, bowels, and liver against miasma related disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altos
North Western and Southern Round-Ups Schedule 1878
The Laramie County Stock Association outlines four round-ups with meeting sites on May 15 and May 20, 1878. Leaders include Mitchell Oxarart, W C Lykins, D E Brown, and G B Goodell. Operations span the North Platte river, Fort Laramie area, Pole Creek, and Horse creek regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis’ Ranch
North Platte River
Fort Fetterman
Rawhide Buttes
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
Platte River
Laramie River
Mitchell Oxarart
Lone Tree
Bigtoe Ranch
Laramie County
W.C. Lykins
Pole Creek
Durbin Crossing
Lodge Pole Station
North Platte
Smith’s Fork
Pumpkin Creek
Creighton
Horse Creek
D. E. Brown
Sidney Bridge
Platte
Correspondence Wanted for News From All Regions
The Leader asks friends nationwide to send news and updates on progress and development. When in the city, readers are invited to visit the office and provide any information they may possess.
Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills advertised cure
An 19th century ad promotes Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills for headaches indigestion and liver derangements. It claims the pills purify the system without irritating stomachs and bowels and help eliminate poisons via bowels and kidneys. The ad notes a 25 cent price and lists Addams & Glover in Cheyenne as local distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Cheyenne
Addams & Glover
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Weekly Leader
Telegraphic
Ment
United States
Joshua G. Hall
New Hampshire
Milton J. Williamson
Harry H. McMillen
Delaware
Senator McMillen
Harrison
Department
Department of Civil Service
Samuel J. Tilden
Maryland
Supreme Court
Hayes
Burnside
Army of the
Blaine
Edward Kimball
Rondout Presbyterian Church
Ulster County
Kimball
Mr. Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
London
Geo. W. Morgan
Brooklyn
Trenton
N. J
Clinton Avenue M. E
W. H. Pearne
Pearne
Methodist Church
Nashville
Madame Restell
Fifth Avenue
Stewart
Tarrytown
Auburn
R. H. Duell
Duell
National Rifle Association
Creedmore
Canada
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kentucky
Louisville
San Francisco
George W. Abbott
Georgia
Montreal
England
Grand Trunk Railway
Europe
Athens
Macrinitza
Devastation
Corge de Ruby
Macedonia
Mount Pelion
Narrimitza
House of Commons
Stafford Northcote
Lord Salisbury
Rome
Grant
Chatard
American College
Gen. Grant
Cardinal McCloskey
Times
St. Petersburg
Lord Beaconsfield
Paris
Constantinople
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Chatta
Osman Faud
Raouf Pasha
Mastak
Moukhtar
Osman
Popoff
Varna
Unkiar Skelessi
Asia Minor
Bosphorus
Russia
Maine
Florida
Russia H
Bulgaria
San Stefano
Great Britain
Aegean Sea
Huxins
Persian Gulf
Levant
Suez Canal
Marquis of Salisbury
Foreign Department
Gathome Hardy
India
Henry Silwin Ibbetson
the Treasury
Stanley
Heondon
Earl of
Vienna
Gen
Ignatieff
George Williams
Walker Bros. & Co
Memphis
Columbus
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