Debates on Elections and Policy Rise in Congress
Washington dispatches outline Senate and House actions with Edmunds advocating a presidential elections bill and Page proposing South Carolina two-member representation after fraud. Debates cover constitutional counting, silver policies, and investigations into yellow fever while regional conflicts and political maneuvering swirl across the nation.
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Representative Page
California
South Carolina
Congress
Page
Washington
Cameron
Senate
United States
Louisiana
House
Hot Springs
Dorsey
Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Garland
Committee On Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Claims
Bayard
State Department
Yeas
Vance
Atkins
Birchard
Cummings
House of Representatives
Sayler
Garfield
Burchard
Committee On Ways and Means
Fort
Banking Committee
Joshua Henry
Young
Allison
Select Committee
Stanley Matthews
Jos. E. Anderson
Matthews
Morgen
Spencer
Committee On
Junius Powell
United States Army
Gibson
Good
Hartridge
Morse
Harmer
Chittenden
Hale
England
France
Germany
Russia
Spain
Austria
Italy
Brazil
Mexico
Japan
China
Belgium
Netherlands
Dec 8 9 9 Telegrams Include Fights and Fires
John Dwyer to fight James Elliott for 1000 a side. Senor Rivera dies. Grand Trunk may link with Wabash Ohio. John Hughes challenges John Connors for six days walking. Albia schoolhouse burns loss 40000 insurance 12000. Senator Sargent better, to Bahama Islands after holidays. Olyphant Co. signs of $250000 liabilities. Devonshire freed from Chile, bound for Montevideo. Ameer’s family fled to Turkey. Temacheff resigns ill health. San Francisco cop Joseph Scott shot dead. Raymer confectionery fire loss 35000. Anchor mill Minneapolis burns loss 75000. Sam Collyer pardoned. Louisiana defaults on interest. Danish folketheing dissolved. Swiss pres and vp for 79 are Dr B Hammond and Dr B Weltie. Boston mayoral results Prince 19646 Cadman 18009 King 431. Lynn elects workers ticket. Storm helps on New York coast. Susquehanna floods Pennsylvania. Devens under inquiry for successor.
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John Dwyer
James Elliott
Madrid
Senor Rivera
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Wabash Road
Ohio
John Hughes
John Connors
California
Albia
Iowa
Sargent
Washington
Bahama Islands
New York Sun
Olyphant & Co
Commission Merchants
Wall Street
China
New York
Buenos Ayres
Devonshire
Monte Leon
Montevideo
Raymer & Bros
Pittsburg
Minneapolis
Minn
Sam Collyer
Louisiana
Swiss Confederation
B. Hammond
DB. Weltie
Boston
Prince
Cadman
King
Kearneyite
Workingmen’s
Lynn
Mass
Pennsylvania
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Rosebud
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Butler
Thurman
Sherman
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Foster
Nebraska
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Manhattan
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Wallace
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Jones
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Twelfth Infantry
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Laurens
Edgefield
Corbin
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Presient Babcock
Remsen
Sheldon
Potts
Hart
Reilly
Livermore
Union Pacific Railroad
Pacific Mail
Uni Pacific
William Henry Palmer
Canterbury
Heller
Seven Qaks
Kent
Hardee Heller
Hardee
Annie
Angela
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
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Devens
Shepley
Fox
Lowell
Times
Thompson
Eugene Hale
Navy Department
Joseph K. McCammon
Philadelphia
Doolittle
McCammon
Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Poughkeepsie
Hudson
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Highland Station
Omaha
Nebraska City
Juge Gustin
Henry Jackson
Henry Martin
William x. Givens
Charles Slocum
Jackson
Martin
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Belzing
Court House
Givens
Texas
Waco
Summerville
John Stull
Rufus Smith
Smith
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Mt. Sterling
James Petit
Breathitt County
Bill Strong
Jerry Little
Compton
Wolf Couty
Columbia
Trampton
Hampton
United States Senate
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Mackey
London
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Malta
Halrfax
Manilla
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Hungary
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Romer
House of Commons
Council of India
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Tripoli
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Hassan Pasha
Nedjib Pasha
Wm. Johnstone
Saline County Bank
Marshall
Missouri
Scotland
Turkestan
Temacheff
Joseph Scott
San Francisco
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