Repeal debate in Congress ends with party line vote
The House passed the bill after a narrow party vote with 148 yeas and 122 nays. Amendments were debated and rejected, including penalties for disrupting campaigns and striking out sections on civil matters. The session adjourned with Greenbackers split and Nelson Miles discussing Indian affairs.
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New Hampshire
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Committee On Judiciary
Balloonist King plans Atlantic crossing from Manhattan Beach
A Herald communication reports Professor King claiming to overcome lift loss at high altitude by moisture absorption and temperature effects. He seeks funds, will build two sixty five foot balloons at Manhattan Beach for captive ascents with a thousand foot cable and aims to cross the Atlantic in time.
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Washington
Kentucky counterfeiters sentenced after trial in Louisville
In Louisville on April 5 the trial of counterfeiters ended with their sentencing to Joliet penitentiary. Their counsel Col. Sam McRee claimed the dies found were the property of United States detectives and secret service agents who had counterfeited for years, but the assertion was groundless and the prisoners will go to jail.
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Rail Crash Kills Passenger Near Lovelock Station
In Nevada near Winnemucca on April 7, emigrant cars of east bound train No. 6 were detached four miles east of Lovelock. Ira T. Marcy of Wilkesbarre, Pa. died and two other passengers were slightly injured when a broken rail caused the accident.
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Indians in Omaha: writ of habeas corpus over Ponca prisoners
Judge Dundy in Nebraska's U S court grants a writ to Ponca Indians held at Fort Omaha by Brigadier General Crook. The prisoners say they fled illness and wish to farm independently. Leading lawyers volunteer, case seen as pivotal to U S Indian policy after Dred Scott era. Crook seeks Washington instructions.
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Boardman Re elected Maine Mayor by 150 Vote Margin
In Maine on April 7 Callais counts the unofficial returns for Boardman the Republican mayoral candidate who wins re election by a 150 vote majority over the Democrat and Greenback contenders.
Denver and Rio Grande plan expansion to Leadville
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway announces financing by a capitalist syndicate to extend lines from Colorado Springs to Leadville via the Rio Grande corridor and into the San Juan region.
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Michigan preliminary returns favor Campbell in Supreme Court race
Detroit April 8 Almost complete returns from twenty counties show Campbell Republican leading Shipman Democrat Greenback by about 2500 for the Supreme Court. Grosvenor and Shearer are likely elected university regents by small margins as overall state vote remains light and late counties unlikely to change the result.
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Republicans Sweep Ohio Cities In Spring Elections
In Cleveland and Cincinnati Republicans win most city tickets with majorities around 1500 at Cleveland and 1000 to 1500 in Cincinnati. Dayton Springfield and Zanesville show mixed results with Republicans gaining several council seats while Democrats win mayor in Chillicothe. Columbus official returns confirm a full city Republican ticket and a 1768 mayoral margin.
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