Flying Trip of U S Postal Commission to Cheyenne in 1876
A telegraph from Division Superintendent W P Davis announces a visit by Gardiner P Hubbard as head of the U S Postal Commission with Frank M Palmer and Thomas J Fox to Cheyenne. The party toured with Warren and Post detailing Cheyenne’s commerce, mail routes to Deadwood, Black Hills mining, and the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage Co. The delegation praised Davis, promised to visit again, and the Black Hills mail to Cheyenne began routing through the city benefiting Laramie and Deadwood mail service.
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W. BP. Davis
Gardiner P. Hubbard
Laramie City
U. S. Postal Commission
Frank M. Palmer
Iinois
Inter-Ocean
Thomas J. Fox
Philadelphi
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Messrs. Warren
Post
Glateke
Titchcock
D. J. McCann
Yost
Omaha
J. N. Vail
Railway Mail Service
J. B. White
Chicas
Paul Vandervoort
U. P
M. J. Post
EB. Warren
Cheyenné
Hack Stills
Iills
New
el Dorado
Wyoming
Union
Hubbard
Deadwood City
Custer City
Deadwood
Warren
Uncle Sam
Grant
Messia
Pax
Palmer
Messrs
California
Messrs. Vail
White
Black Mills
Gilmer, Salisbury & Patrick
Tlills
Davis
Laramie
Rumsey
Selling Liquor to Indians on Their Reservations
U S Supreme Court reverses Minnesota case, holding federal treaty provisions extend to liquor sales in Indian country whether inside or outside state lines. Indictment to be tried. lower court demurrer overruled in United States v Levemiore and Grant.
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U. S. Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
United States
Levemiore
Grant
Circuit Court For
Minnesota
Colorado's Senators Chaffee and Teller Elected
A Denver telegram reports Hon. Jerome B. Chaffee and Hon. Henry M. Teller were elected U.S. Senators by a two-thirds party vote in both houses. Chaffee, former Congressional Delegate, is praised for his service. Teller, the chosen second Senator, is noted as an able orator and lawyer. Moses S. Teller, Colorado chief justice, was also considered but stayed on the bench. Colorado is praised for its choice of able, true men in the Senate.
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Tras
Henry M. Teller
Central City
Colorado
United States
Denver
Jerome
Chaffee
Ilenry M. Teller
U.S
J. B. Chaffee
Congress
Ife
Teller
Moses S Tallet
Supreme Court of
Senate
Chattee
House of Representatives
George
John Adams
Jefferson
Pinckney
South Carolina
Adams
Burr
Auestion
George Clinton
New York
James Madison
Madison
Elbridge Gerry
James Monroe
D. D. Tompkins
Monroe
D. D
Tompkins
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Wm. I. Crawford
Georgia
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Nathan Sanford
Nathaniel Macon
North Carolina
Martin van Buren
Jackson
Crawford
Clay
Calhoun
Sanford
Macon
van Buren
Gen. Jackson
Mr. Crawford
The New Indian Policy Proposals in 1876 Report
Commissioner Smith has completed a report on Indian policy for approval by the president. The outline urges concentration of Indians on few reservations, acceptance of lands in severalty, and extension of U S laws and federal court jurisdiction, with consolidation projected around the White River region.
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Washington
Smith
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Indians to be moved and lands opened for settlement
A government plan proposes relocating Northwest tribes to reservations in Colorado or Arizona if removal is impracticable. It favors congressional authority for removals when feasible and settling Indians with allotments in severalty while selling surplus land for their benefit, a policy Commissioner Smith supports.
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Washington Territory
Yakima
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Indian Territory
Northwest
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
the Pioneer
Davis
U Park
Omaha
Neb
Close Presidential Contests And The Electoral Process
A historical survey shows multiple presidential elections where the House chose the President after a split electoral vote. The article recounts from the 1st to the 23rd terms how ties and near majorities triggered congressional decisions, highlighting two elections thrown to the House and one where the winner had only a small majority.
Camp Canby Dispatch Reports New Post Trader and Indian Fortunes
A Northland Notes report from Camp Canby Nebraska notes Henry Dearhis has been appointed post trader, building a store and stocking goods via Sidney from Omaha. Major Mason commands three cavalry companies. one company stays at Spotted Tail. Indian totals drawing supplies reach 4152 with Red Cloud bleak over his capture and a suicide wish, while Cali-fornia Joe killer Newcomb remains in the Camp Robinson guard house.
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Omaha Bee
Camp Canby, Neb
Henry
Sidney
Omaha
J. W. Mason
Spotted Tail
Crook
Red Cloud
Arapahoes
Newcomb
California Joe
Camp Robinson
New York Pool Room Proprieties Postpone Beta Payout
Proprieties in New York announce no beta payout until results are fully known, likely by March 4. In the meantime about four million dollars will remain tied up.
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New York
Butler Rights Southern Visit With Arms In Hand
Gen Butler replies to Marshal Pitkin’s invitation to New Orleans stating that Northern men should go south only with arms and ensure a fair vote at all hazards. He asserts no interference without force and declares support for Pitkin in enforcing voting counts.
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Gen. Butler
Marshal Pitkin
New Orleans
Lowell
J. P. G. Pitkin
United States
Louisiana
Sheridan says mission to New Orleans seeks order not party gains
A Memphis Appeal correspondent reports General Sheridan will go to New Orleans to preserve order and enforce the law, not to aid any party. He hopes Louisiana's vote will be counted legally, did not expect disturbances, and spoke amicably with fellow passengers aboard the train.
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Memphis Appeal
Sheridan
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anarchy in the South Reported Fraud and Intimidation
A Washington letter from a leading South Carolina Republican depicts dire conditions with threats against Republicans and widespread fraud. In Abbeyville and Oconee counties Republicans faced intimidation and vote suppression as Democrats allegedly filled tickets and altered tallies across multiple counties and districts.
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Washington
South Carolina
Columbia
Abbeyville
Republlican
Georgia
Hampton and
Tilden
Oconee County
Anderson County
Edgefield County
Black Hills Expedition Maps Its Topography and Wealth
In 1875 a government expedition led by Prof. Walter P. Jenney surveyed the Black Hills to chart topography geology and mineral wealth. Dr M T McGillycuddy and Emil Mahlo guided the survey with a notable map in progress at Columbia College School of Mines. The note describes Red Valley borders and the region straddling Wyoming and Dakota Territory with gold in gulches and rivers draining outward to the Cheyenne forks.
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Black Mills
Walter P. Jenney
Massachusetts
Congress
School of Mines
Columbia College
Tuttle
United States Navy
Black Hills
Fiie
Greenwich
Cheyenne
Belle Fourche
Wyoming
Dakota Territories
Red Valley
Peaks and geology of the Black Hills expedition report
The narrative catalogs names like Marney's Peak Crook's Tower Terry's Peak and Custer's Peak with altitudes from 7 403 to 6 967 feet. It notes their discovery by an expedition honoring officers and describes Inyan Kara and the Black Hills geology with granite limestone sandstone and red clay. Photographs were taken to illustrate this largely unknown region.
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Marney’s Peak
Crook’s Tower
Terry’s Peak
Custer’s Peak
Inyan Kara
Harvey Newton
el Dorado
New York Times
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