The New Apportionment Discussed in the House
Cox of New York addressed the House on the apportionment under the new census. He noted membership rising from 333 to 301 by some misprint, with the South gaining members and the West losing. He highlighted shifting power, praising a five-state rise in Mississippi’s region and contrasting gains and losses across regions.
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Rf. Cox
New York
New England
Newrk
Pacific
Menicent
The Ponda Indians and Ponca Policy Update
The Ponca tribe gains prominence in Washington as the Interior Department relocates many to Indian Territory. A commission reports back to Congress while the President outlines citizenship, allotment, and compensation plans to repair past wrongs and elevate Indians to equal citizens.
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Washington
Nebraska
Dakota
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Congress
Politician Opposes Pension Plan for Mexican War Veterans
In the House debate a Democrat from the county supports a amendment excluding rebels and those who aided them from a veteran pension bill. O’Mara recalls Civil War loyalties and argues against blind pensioning based on past actions. The discussion features partisan rhetoric and appeals to patriotism.
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O'Mara
Congress
Uniole House of Assembly
United States
Speaker
Union
Moran Proposes Joint Resolution On Electoral Vote Counting
Alabama Senator Moran introduces a joint resolution to set the national procedure for counting electoral votes. It directs a meeting in Representative Hall with designated tellers and a Senate president to announce the result as the declaration of president and vice president elects.
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Moran
Alabama
Representative Hall
Senate
House
Postal Telegraph Debate and Electoral Session Notes
A scanned article fragment discusses a proposed Postal Telegraph Company as a government controlled alternative to private telegraphs and outlines questions on securing competition and affordable electricity. It also covers Edmunds's amendment for a joint electoral count session and Illinois Department of Agriculture reports on winter wheat acreage and Democratic pension votes for Jeff Davis.
Women and Work and Politics in a Turbulent Era
A column discusses women’s roles, motherhood, and employment limits, arguing a mother’s duties may restrict work. It cites Senator Conkling’s stance on a Democratic reapportionment bill and Senator Kirk Wood’s Iowa telegraph bill proposing a 100 year post office telegraph venture with vast mileage and $100 million capital.
Illinois House Debate Resolution on Grant Retirement
The Democrats in the Illinois House split over a resolution by Mr. Mitchell to retire U.S. Grant with general rank and pay. They caucused to oppose the measure, arguing the Legislature should not advise Congress or the President on such duties.
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Illinois House of Assembly
Mitchell
Congress
U.S. Grant
Illinois
Steamer St Albans Abandoned After Ice Damage
The steam propeller St Albans left Milwaukee for Ludington on Sunday morning. Ice cut a hole in her bow causing a bad leak and the crew of twenty five, including four women, abandoned ship in four boats. They toiled through afternoon and night and reached Milwaukee safely about 9 o clock Monday morning amid a blinding snow storm.
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St. Albans
Milwauke
Ludington
Milwaukee
California Flood Reaches Peak Then Subsides After Deluge
As floodwaters crest in California the crisis wanes with retreating rivers and relief efforts underway. Authorities report widespread damage but note a turning point as peak levels pass and initial estimates of impact begin to firm up.
Senate and House Debates Highlight 19th Century Congress
Senators push petitions from Bishop Simpson and 50 000 observers urging fair Indian treaties. Senate backs Quincy public building and a nationwide bankruptcy bill. Naval and Mississippi River funding move forward as election disputes spark lively debate. House actions include anti fraud food laws pension raises and public land distribution while Dawes criticizes Indian management and retirement bills await action.
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Dawes
Bishop Simpson
Joseph Cook
Wendell Phillips
Congress
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Senate
Quincy
Yeates
Martin
Delaware
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Commissioner On Agriculture
House
Halifax
Mark Walker
He Page
US Navy
Union
Cox
Sapp and Carpenter
Iowa
Interior Department
Xoldiers
Indian Terriory
Logan
Intrior Department
House Committee On Commerce
Cairo
Pennsylvania Avenue
St Loui
Kirkwod
Kirkwood
Big Snake
Westie
Schurz
West
Grand Lodge Opens Sixth Session in Chicago at Grand Pacific
AOUW Grand Lodge begins its sixth session in the Appellate Court room at the Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago with Grand Master Morris presiding. About 175 representatives attend as credentials are approved and officers are introduced, with elections expected tomorrow.
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Moline
Grand Lodge
AOL
Chicago
The
AOUW
Grand Pacific Hotel
W Morris
Sanford
OG Morris
Donald
C Sepin
Hoh Palmer
MecCartnes
CB Wilson
JD Dodge
Watkins
Gom
Committee On
de River R Morgan
Gam
Secretary Schurz and Dawes Clash Over Interior Inquiry
A Senate committee probes the Interior Department with Secretary Schurz present during examinations of two commissioners. A garbled report prompts denials from Commissioner Allen and Senator Dawes. Also noted are editor visits to a jail inmate, Delaware defense of marshal voters, Wisconsin lawmakers restricting bills, and a call to restore ships’ numbers from the Civil War era.
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Schrz
Himeet
Pres Dent
Ponca Indian Commission
Senate
Schurz
Secretary of the Interior
Allen
Dawes
Senate committees push wide set of bills and appropriations
Lawmakers propose funding for pensioners and inmates, explore railroad taxation, and authorize a lock and dam project. Bills seek executions, prison funding, pharmacy exams, pool hall bans, and state treasury payments. A Push to regulate rail rates and earnings faces debate amid calls for broader reform.
Destructive Fires Hit Multiple Cities Across Regions
Fire losses reported for Sunday and Monday include Madison Indiana flouring mill $185,000 Bainbridge Georgia cotton mills $40,000 Allentown Pennsylvania flouring mill unreported New York large business building $25,000 Orangeville Ontario grain storehouse $30,000 Dodge Texas five car cotton $15,000 Wooster Ohio $25,000 South Bend $300,000 Worcester Massachusetts $125,000 Easton Pennsylvania $25,000 Buffalo New York $50,000 Chicago Illinois $25,000 Tallahassee Florida $35,000 West Point Georgia $50,000 Philadelphia Baptist church and organ $182,500 Horticultural Hall $75,000 New York dry woods store $50,000 Hartford Connecticut lamp burner factory $150,000 Chenoa Illinois several business houses $15,000 Detroit wholesale drug store $30,000 St Louis dwelling fire death woman Plymouth North Carolina kerosene blaze 400 bales of cotton destroyedSpire fire at St Marys Cleveland severely damaged church components
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Ind
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Bay
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Bainbridge
New York
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Ontario
Dodge
Texas
Wooster
Ohio
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Coo
Worcester
Mass
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Buffalo
Chicago
Tallahassee
Fla
Ooe
West Point
Philadelphia
Horticultural Hall
Hartford
Chenoa
Detroit
St Louis
St Mary's Catholic Church
Cleveland
Plymouth
North Carolina
Rey Manning Hunter
Sumpter Co
Destructive Pacific Flood Impacts California Coast
Later dispatches confirm a severe flood along the Pacific coast near Santa Cruz California with an entire village wiped out except for four houses. Sacramento saw the river rise 26 feet above low water mark the highest on record. Ninety ten were broken and floods swept wide areas destroying crops and fences. Eighteen Chinese workers building for the South Pacific Railroad were trapped by a mountain slide eight buried alive. Rainfall was extreme with over seven inches in 24 hours and up to thirteen inches in 16 hours. Estimated overall damage remains to be seen.
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Pacific Coast
Santa Crucia
Cal
Sacramento
South Pacific Railroad
Amendment proposal to abolish the Electoral College
Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania endorses a constitutional amendment replacing the Electoral College with direct district voting. States would have as many districts as senators and representatives with one vote each. canvassed by a state board and counted by Congress in joint session. The measure was laid on the table.
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Congress
Morgan
Alabama
Ingalls
Kansas
Williams
General Land Office
Jewell
Republican National Committee
New York
George H. Foster
United States
Stewart L. Woodford
Washington
Robert M Wallace
Marshal
South Carolina
House
Hawley
Weaver
Townshedd
Tellinom
Frost
Wallace
Pennsylvania
U.S
Representative Sprive introduces telegraph bill for postal use
Representative Sprive of this state introduces a bill to aid telegraph line construction and secure government use for postal and other purposes. The plan creates four appraisers, two government and two telegraph companies, to select a fifth who will appraise line values and operating costs. Appraisers meet in New York and report to Congress at the December session. Steps will be taken to obtain full foreign reports where postal telegraphs are used.
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School of Pharmacy
Macy
Col Mullty
Chicago
cWipot
Beardstown
Ionia
United States
Shaft
Sprvice
Congress
Springer
New York
Dr Harter's Iron Tonic Endorsed By Iowa Gazette
The Burlington Iowa Gazette praises Dr Harter's Iron Tonic as a safe reliable remedy for dyspepsia general debility lack of vitality and other disorders of a prostrate system. It notes iron in various forms with vitalizers as the best combination known in the country.
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Harter
Burlington
Iowa
Gallion Says Upbringing A Lie Does Not Deny Guilt
The Dilly murderer Gallion claims he was raised under false pretenses but argues that such a background does not make him a better man or grant a more angelic presence in Heaven.
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Gallion
Dilly
Earth
Heaven
Corn Crop 1880 Seen Lower by 7 Million Bushels
Agricultural department reports 1880 corn production about 7 million bushels below 1879. The notes mention declines in Indiana Kansas Missouri regions, with gains most notable in Texas Iowa Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Jinold
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Iowa
Ohio
Penhs Ilyana
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