Pacific Mail subsidy inquiry recalls James D. Smith testimony
The Waya and Moana Committee reopened hearings into the Pacific Mail subsidy. James D. Smith, a director, contradicted Mr. Irwin’s earlier statements, denying knowledge of large expenditures and asserting prior accounts and authorizations, while Stockwell’s proposed authority and related sums were scrutinized amid tense questioning by the committee.
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Irwin
Ordway
Wasiuxoros
Waya and Moana
Pacific Mail
Pacife Mail Steamship Company
Storkwell
Witvesna
Pacific Mail Company
California
Lewin
Blackwell
Washington
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Stockwell
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Sustl
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Ulla
Eiicki
Comelee
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Dean
Wuis
Mr. Beck
Uae
Vince Math
Aere Lawonium
Erie
Addi Ton
Hie
Munta
Moses Tillot
Leaaieater
Wili & Gortaid
Neptrizig
Lwvin
Laith
Lim
Twig
Comrojrtee
Ta Tvering
Clark Bell
Pacifics Mall Blowmatiy Company
Alta
Ley Hughead Uorjretsonatte
Bock
Bn Wort
Stocksell
SockWell
Buckwell
Simsell
Tewin
Samuel
Stepaneage
Janeford
Lust Stockwell
Dawen
Tewis
Itook
Tun Camarittenhen
Hell
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Ban Praut Elven
Europe
A. T
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Dit
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New-York
Sai Praneiaca
Thincey
Dury
Hull
Tus
Ikaua Chao
Jay Gould
Miu
Inday
Civil Rights debate opens in House amid rules clash
Washington scene reports that after adjournment the House plans to move a new rule limiting dilatory motions and restricting the previous question on most bills, while Civil Rights legislation faces doubtful prospects and additional South issues loom. Butler-Speaker clash over adjournment and reconstruction committee fuels heated exchanges as questions on District debt and jetty plans for the Mississippi mouth also surface.
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NAA
Msec
WarsoTox
Butler
Cessna
South
White
Alabama
N. Butler
Hovee
Tetler Varney Ueghe
Tridcket
Jan
House
Blaine
Gen
Gen. Butler
Fort Canby honor and War Dept reports prompt debate
Fort Cape Disappointment may be renamed Fort Canby in honor of Bliss Alor and Brevet Major Gen Edward R Candy, while War Dept reports to the House detail subsistence costs. The Alabama Special Committee nears closure as members Mowra Buckner and Lattrell deliver a minority report.
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Fort Cape Disappointment
Fort Canby
Bliss Alor
Edward R.& Candy
Atates Army
Lava
Oregon
Secretary of War
Moose of Representatives
la Detaib
Robert Allen
Tatke
Staxape
Col. F.C.P. Burnside
Linnoisie
Alabama Special Committee
Eye
Mowra
Buckner
Lattrell
Transit of Venus Observations Across Southern Stations
Report from San Francisco dated January 9 details the transit of Venus observations by American, German, English and Australian teams. Notable results include 24 full-sun and 96 limb photographs by English observers, 200 photos in New Zealand and Australia, with successes centered in Hobart Campbelltown and Auckland Islands.
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Elenils
Campbelltown
Tobarto Town
Peters
Queenstown
New-Zealand
Chatham Island
Auckland Islands
Russell
Strikes Grow In Fall River Mills And New Orleans Levee
Jan 31 report from Faun River Mass says a general strike looms as mill owners and weavers clash over pay. A conference yields a plan returning about one third of a ten percent cut, while Merchants and Creacent Mills refuse further restoration. In New Orleans, longshoremen strike to press for 25 cents per hour, police fire on rioters. one wounded, several arrested. Fall River operatives vow to back the new mill strike inauguration.
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Jupant
A. Tronald
Teval
Bell
Putte Mail Company
Pacifice Mail Company
Pacifo Mat
Edo
Ava
C. Pardue
Stockwell
McAllister
Brooxlyn
Brooklyn
Bugle
Schumaker
Coffereas
Maul
Mr. Dawes
Westington
Gotte
Schiucowker
Yilvala
McAlister
Heck
Niko
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Holman
Board of Public Works
Board of Audit
Ile
Shepford
Ting
Fale
Faun River
Mass
Dudot
Srike
NPW
Orleans
New-Orneans
Nedford
Fall River
Maine Legislature debates abolition of the death penalty
The Judiciary Committee in Augusta Maine completed hearings on capital punishment and leans toward a bill to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment for all offenses currently punished by death. A tax proposal targets by aiding tax evasion by railroads and auctions of seized goods if taxes remain unpaid.
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Coal market shows hopeful revival despite waning demand
A June report from Poreavenenta notes a power shift in the coal markets with past gains fading. Dealers anticipate renewed revival on the horizon, yet there are no clear reports of increased production or sustained business activity.
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Poreavenenta
Deadlock in West Virginia senatorial contest
The Tribune reports a bitter struggle within the Democratic party between liberal progressives and the Bourdon faction in West Virginia. Key candidates include Heney, Walker of Charleston, and Camden of Parkersburg. Ballots show factional splits and shifting support as parties seek control, with Camden and Walker as leading contenders and Republican influence noted. The outcome hinges on party unity and subsequent electoral strategy.
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RKC & Com PhoMisk
Tribune Anbestox
W. Va Dan
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Uuone
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Democratis
Ikea Wen
Amin Tity
Ars
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Arity
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WAL
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Las
Waleer
Damiens
Walker
Gala Souay
Ooe
Gure Pooly
Sendon
Wellin
Weit
Fun Democrata
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Camden
Anya
Nomination of Hand for Supreme Court Justice in Albany
Gov Tilden will name Hawuel Hand of Hand Swarts Fairchild firm for Justice of the Supreme Court in this district. Hand, a prominent local lawyer, replaces others who have resigned from commissions and charity board posts. In Pennsylvania, a coal mining accident at Beaver Meadow Colliery killed Joan Dougherty and injured several others, with Dougherty's family left behind.
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Supreme Court
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Aviany
Tilden
Senate
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Mate
Hand
War. C. Kinsley
New Capitol
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Nuthad
Howard Potter
Beajomia Th Sherman
New York
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Cotlautasioners
State Board of Charities
Warre Haven
Penn
Beaver Meadow
Joan Dougherty
Lee
Howard Hall
Edward Kiley
Jallica Matthews
Mr. Carrigan
Dougherty
Wire
Raul
Gladstone Retirement Echoes Through Liberal Ranks
A London dispatch reports Mr. Gladstone’s retirement from Liberal leadership while vowing to remain in Parliament for Greenwich. Lord Granville and others express regret, noting public good but supporting his choice to spend his final years as he sees fit. Some fear Liberal disarray and question the party’s future leadership.
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Gladstone
Liberal Party
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Lord Granville
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Bariiew
Ea Mort
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