People Should Directly Choose U S Senators in Nevada
The Carson Appeal urges reforms to shift Senate selection from legislative bargain to direct voter influence. It proposes voters mark their senatorial choice on tickets and for county conventions to require pledges from nominees to follow the majority will. The piece argues this would curb millionaire influence, purify legislatures, and reflect voters’ wishes, urging party committees to act.
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Coinage Notes and Mint Politics in December 1879
The December 1879 coinage report shows gold, silver, and minor coinages with total value about $5.88 million. The Carson Mint sits idle while New Orleans runs at full capacity, amid political maneuvering tied to Sherman and Grant factions. Also noted are California Republican nominations and a New York rider’s prize at a riding school exhibition.
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Consolidated Receipts Rise Shifts in Army Reform Debates
The report shows a $1 314 increase in receipts for five months ending November 30 1869 and a December certificates of deposit rise of 315 88714 over last year. Debts drop by 4251214 with cash in Treasury at 307983903. Congress reconvenes as Sherman backed army reform calls for 26000 enlisted men and a Brigadier General led artillery chief replacing regimental lines. California senators mostly present. Cowdery chosen Speaker. Bodie stabbing fatal. Trocadero House fire causes 16000 damage.
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Indignation Over Ute Captivity At White River Agency
A Pueblo Chieftain letter by Miss M C Meeker corroborates rumors of brutal abuses against women held captive by Utes at the White River Agency. The account details repeated rapes and tormented suffering of Josephine Meeker and others, provoking Colorado-wide outrage and threats to block Indian prisoners from Washington.
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Logging camp collapse in Yakima River region causes multiple injuries
Letters report a December night collapse at a Yakima River logging camp in Kititas Valley Washington Territory. A group of men were crushed. John Allison narrowly escaped with severe injuries after a wall log pinned him and he was roasted on hot coals during extraction.
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Washington Territory
Yakima River
John Allison
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