Congress Tax Credentials and Electoral Vote Debate
Congressional notes report Thomas C. Manning of Louisiana sworn in to fill Spofford’s vacancy. Debates cover Electoral College procedures, proposed joint sessions, and a Senate rule on opening votes. Other items include bills on tax on legal tender notes, Ute treaty ratification, and Dakota statehood moves.
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Congress
Thomas C. Manning
Louisiana
Spofford
McDonald
Treasury
Messrs. Teller and
Hin
Mr. Ingalls
Wallace
Pu O Abam
Yryor
Blair
Ingalls
Pensions
Sharon
Education and Labor
Hansomer
Belford
Secretary of the Interior
House
Douglass
Uta
Fort Lenvenworth
Unite States
Meeker
Sicknell
Senate
Bicknell
Fo. Larned
Paddock
Dakota
McCook
N. Y
Jone
Fohfgun
Robo- Bon
Penpdirton
Sonate
British Columbia
Sitka
Fort Wrangell
Alaska
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Kelley
Daker Ind
Tite Bonnato
Mubboll
Sheley Foparton
Orsco
M. Gambotta
Chamber of Deputies
Emergency report flashes from Madison and beyond
A flood of short items from 1870 era: a deadly affray in Madison where Buck Nool Iite reportedly attacked Jamca Farrell. arson arrest of ADRATIAM Roninson in Chicago. a San Francisco smallpox vaccination death after contaminated vaccine. counterfeit $50 note found by Treasurer Gilfillan in Cincinnati. B G Arnold & Co New York coffee house failure with $1 million liabilities. agricultural export values cited. Amadman escapes to attack inmates in Chester Illinois. fatal boiler explosion in Wendell Massachusetts. Italian JousPavan dies in Chicago from uncooked pork loin trichinosis.
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Madison
Jamca Farrell
Adratiam Roninson
Chicaco
San Francisco
Health Department
Gilfillan
Cincinnati
B. G. Arnold & Co
New York
Congress
Amadman
Chester
Imates
Alan
Wendell
Mass
Pavan
Chicaro
Army leaders reshuffled after Myer death and Georgia electors
General Winias B Hazen was appointed Chief Signal Officer on the 6th replacing the late General Myer. McCook promoted to colonel of the Sixth Infantry, Miles to brigadier general succeeding Ord. Georgia electors met in Atlanta on the 8th and cast their votes for Hancock and English. Captain Howoate resigns, General Staxier assumes command in San Antonio. Major cases include Richmond grand jury indictments and Tammany power shifts in New York.
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Army
Omcer
Myer
McCook
Sherman
Sixth Infantry
Cup
Miles
Ord
McDowell
Georgia
United States
Atlanta
Hancock
English
Gunenal
Department of Texas
Sheridan
Mexico
General Trevino
Howoate
GeNerau D. & Staxier
San Antonio
Texas
United States Circuit Court
Richmond
B. B. Foster
James F. Galloway
Samuel Logan
Manchester
Hts
New York
John Kelly
Tammany
Cooper
Allen Campbell
Gladstone sought peerage after budget as Irish bill aid
A Loxpon dispatch says Gladstone withdrew from the House of Commons urged by his physician. After the budget, he would be made a Peer and back the Irish Land bill in the Lords. France ready for overtures, double monetary standard discussed between England and Germany. A threatening letter was received at Waterford accusing Parviell of harming Ireland for personal gain. Ottawa dispatch notes most horses in Tombering district down with the epizootic.
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Ballingilly
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Graham
Land League
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Portadown
Nangle
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Canada
Darmstadt
Prussia
Thompson
Navy
United States
M. de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
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England
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Forster
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Spain
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France
Parviell
Waterford
Ottawa
Tombering
Fires and crimes sweep the nation with fatalities and arrests
A Cincinnati fire at Crown Manufacturing left five dead from smoke. James Davis, Deputy Revenue Collector, was killed. G W Campbell, United States Commissioner, beaten. A Madison County courthouse arson led to a church fire in Anderson with a confessed culprit. Panama Canal chairman pick hints at a cabinet reshuffle. Silver dollar distribution tops 400 thousand. nine counterfeiters busted in New York. Typhoid closures in Lennoxville. Oklahoma invaders’ diving service in Payne’s. Shipwreck near Pleasant Bay claims twenty-two lives. Supreme Court Justice Strona resigns for rail counsel. Pensacola blaze destroys blocks downtown, 51 thousand in losses, eight hours.
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Cincinnati
Jamis Davis
G W. Campbell
Lnitut
Hici Datillera
Cooksville
Tenn
Tne
Madison County
Ind
Anderson
Uth
Crimea
Frank Moreland
Thompson
New York
Panama Catal Company
Nunnswell
Kan
Payne
Pleasant Bay
New Brunewick
Justice Strona
United States Supreme Court
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
New York City
Lennox
Forster
Ireland
Great Britain
Inkerman
Pensacola
Fla
Pomeroy’s Bold Escape Attempt Described in Cells
A Concord State Prison cell detail reveals Jesse Pomeroy used improvised tools to breach boiler iron and bolt structures, crafting a headless substitute and painting the interior to mislead guards. Authorities recount his persistence and the warden’s firm stance against release. The report also covers a horrific murder spree by a separate assailant near Cresteni, with multiple victims and a dramatic chase.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Concord State Prison
Wherton
Eigsteen
Chaimberiatn
Prgan
Bexton Journal
Illinois State News Highlights From Across Counties
Reports detail Burwrre losing 8500 after horses sale proceeds vanish, a Chicago precinct voting anomaly shows 150 and 125 vote discrepancies, fatal mine and railway accidents near Lincoln and Quincy, a Pittsfield firebug case and jail escape plot at Adams County, and local crime and political notes across Illinois including a new usage of Boycott while telegraph errors provoke humor.
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C. L. Burwrre
East Dubuque
Fourteenth Ward
Chicago
Thomas A. Smith
Charleston
Lincoln
Marcus D. Lindsey
Mrs. Cooper
Frank Cooper
Quincy
Benjamin Garret
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroed Co
Garrett
Bit Lanse
Pittsfield
Sangerbund
Adams County
Ording
Young Ording
Illinois State Millers
Springfield
D. R. Sparka
C. H. Meyeer
Superior
Sangamon
Niaotic
Southern Penitentiary
Georos Waltz
Danville
Geonoe N Lewin
St. Louis
John MacDonald
Wisconsin
Jerseyville
Writs Jones
Dr Jones
Crow's Mill
Sangamon County
RoLans
James
Daniela
Kth
Josefa Kellsey
Cornland
Cairo
Moses Justice
Anderson Glenn
Glenn
Justice
Mteen
Frontier Scout Fights Pawnee Attack in 19th Century Tale
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a lone frontier scout riding at dawn from fort to fort pursued by Pawnees. He uses a dead mustang as a shield, fires from a long range rifle, and kills twenty three of thirty Indians in a final circle before the attackers flee.
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Faure
Little Bear
Woolly
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