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Cheyenne Weekly Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1877

Page

11

Fragmented OCR History Snippet Amid Debates and Names

An unclear OCR fragment references senators, committees, and constitutional themes from an 1800s era context. It alludes to debates over the Forty hairman and various names such as Cameron, Hayes, and Ay, with mentions of England and a senate or house context. The passage is garbled and lacks a coherent event or date.

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Washington News Roundup March 10 Signals Cabinet Moves

Washington dispatches detail the Vice President presenting a Western Union message return request to the Senate, announced cabinet confirmations, river and harbor funding optimism, Oregon seat debates, and executive sessions. Key notes include Grover’s oath as Oregon senator, Key Evarts and Schurz confirmations, and a surge of pro administration sentiment.

Washington Senate Wm. Orton Western Union Telegraph Company Committee On Privileges and News Administration White House Executive Department Congressional Wallace Grover Oregon Sargent Lafayette Grover Committee On Privileges and Elections Gonkling Wheeler Sherman Ney Cowling Howe Christiancy Davis Charman McDonald Hamlin Ferry Jones Paddock Conover Kirkwood Saulsbury Maxey Bailey Indiana Allison Oglesby Ingalls Saunders Hoar McCreery Cook Territories Patterson Chaffee Garland Hereford Sharon Plumb Hill Edmunds Ransom Merriman Bayard Withers Anthony Mississippi River Bruce Blaine Cockrell Harris Civil Service Conkling Windom Eaton Seaboard Cameron Wis Burnside W, Va Harns Lamar Beck J. B. Eustis Louisiana J. H Mitchell L. F. Grover United States E. A. Cronin David M. Key Yeas Schurz Evarts Pennsylvanian Key Committee On Foreign Relations Geo. W. McCrary Richard W. Thompson Navy Charles Devens D. H. Chamberlain Columbia South Carolina Deatt Stanley Matthews Drar Co. Haskell Gordon Chamberlain William M. Evarts Leavenworth Dr. Tichenour Ness County Kansas Memphis Hayes D. M. Key

Rivalry and monopoly reshape telegraph giants and prices

Before his death Vanderbilt sought control of Western Union Telegraph, consolidating power via his estate. Scott Hewitt and Garrett invested a million into Atlantic and Pacific, shifting lines and boosting that company while squeezing Western Union from 80 years to 60. Telegraphing is branded the century’s swindle, with monopoly pricing ending as new competition spreads.

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