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The Daily Phoenix
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
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Forty-three U.S. Congress members from states including Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin have accepted invitations to a congressional conference in St. Louis on May 13. A special committee is appointed to report on Mississippi Valley needs, a petition from New Orleans seeks broader participation, and Mayor Joseph Brown will preside.
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Forty-three members of Congress, representing in part the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, and Wisconsin have already accepted invitations to participate in the congressional conference, which is to meet here on the 13th inst.; only a few of those invited have so far declined, and they solely because of important business engagements.
Captain James B. Eades, W. Gould, John A. Budder and G. B. Allen have been appointed a special committee to report on the wants of the Mississippi Valley.
A petition has been received from New Orleans that each chamber of commerce or like organization in the Mississippi Valley be invited to send a delegation to the conference.
It has been decided that Joseph Brown, Mayor of this city, shall be President of the conference.
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St. Louis
Event Date
13th Inst.
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conference preparations include appointments and invitations; mayor joseph brown to preside.
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Forty-three members of Congress from various states have accepted invitations to a congressional conference meeting in St. Louis on the 13th inst. to address Mississippi Valley issues. A special committee of Captain James B. Eades, W. Gould, John A. Budder, and G. B. Allen is appointed to report on the valley's wants. A petition from New Orleans requests delegations from chambers of commerce in the Mississippi Valley. Joseph Brown, Mayor of St. Louis, is decided to be President of the conference.