Afghan defense collapse cited in dispatches to Kabul
Cable reports the Afghan defense collapse as a British invasion nears Kabul entry of a deputation to invite the military commander to form a government replacing the fugitive Ameer. A Polish column reportedly enters Jalalabad as Russia pursues constitutional changes. Michigan canvass tallies Croswell 126280 Barnes 78508 Stith 73183 Snyder 3469.
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Orlando M. Barnes
Henry A. Stith
Greenback
Watson Snyder
Scattering
Notable political shifts and royal deaths reported abroad
Wane Hampton elected U S Senator from South Carolina replacing Patterson and amputation of his leg. Richard Reade appointed British Consul for several states, and Joux Wene reelected president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Duchess Alice Victoria’s family notes and various deaths include German poet Karl Ferpixano Gurzxow and Consul Justin Cousvex. A U S Army officer died in San Francisco aged 59.
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San Francisco
Fourth annual American Electrical Society meeting in Chicago
The fourth annual meeting of the American Electrical Society gathered in Chicago with full attendance from across the country. Weather and disaster items dominate the digest, from severe floods in the East to heavy snow in multiple states and a costly St Louis fire.
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Kennebec
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George A. Blocher
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Greencastle
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William A Noble
Monroe
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Black River Falls
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Charles City
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Girard
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Hox
Buffalo Bill
May Cody
Haverly
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Beck
Sherman
Senate
Financial Summary and Trade News Highlights
Reports show Western Union profits and a 114 percent dividend payable January 15. English health certificates cited for U S cattle shipped to England, or slaughter at docks. U S wheat yield valued at 25 million bushels. Saratoga National Bank suspends amid defalcation concerns. East West express tariffs cut up to 50 percent. West of England Bank and Glasgow Bank face weak footing. Market notes on steadfairs capital erosion and coin reserves. Abaco elevators report grain stocks totaling over 5 million bushels.
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Washington
England
America
National Bureau of Agriculture
United States
First National Bank of Saratoga
Aga
Wright
Cial Bank
Ths
West of England and South Wales
Glasgow
Geox
New York
Violent unrest spreads as mobs execute prisoners
Kentucky governor orders militia to Breathitt County amid disturbances. In Nebraska, Mrs Harrison and her three children are found dead in a haystack likely killed for money. A mob burns two men accused of stock theft and a herder’s killer. two Indian prisoners are shot after being seized. In Texas, masked men free inmates and fatally shoot Matt and Tom Harrell. Two executives from Market Street Railway sentenced for stock fraud to ten years each.
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Breathitt County
Harrison
Kearney
Neb
Ketchum
Mitchell
Stevens
Custer County
Salmon City
D. T
Meridian
Texas
Matt
Tom Harrell
Senate and House debates on elections and rail regulation
Senate actions include bills on army recruitment repeal, railway mail salaries, and extensive election fraud inquiries led by Thurman and Blaine. House debated postal appropriation, levee improvements, and inter state commerce regulation with passage of the latter. December 11 to 14 document motions, amendments, and adjournments.
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Beck
Ferry
Hamlin
Blaine
Thurman
United States
Orman
Lamar
Edmunds
Paddock
Davis
Chicago
Burnside
Joint Select Committee
Army
House
Mississippi River
Dan
Morrison
Evins
James Cheenet
South Carolina
Banning
Military Commission
Resumption laws take effect January first with coin redemption
The article outlines the 1875 and 1878 resumption measures altering United States currency rules. It describes repeal of limited note circulation constraints, coin redemption duties for banks, and Treasury powers to issue bonds to support redemption. It notes a 1878 act fixing legal tender at about $846.68 million and authorizes continued circulation unless further acts change it.
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United States
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Congress
Acta
Christmas Signs and Grave Robbery Reflections From Old Chronicle
A miscellany item mix with notes on grave robbing cases in Ohio, Japanese barbers, tobacco monopolies, convict hire profits, and domestic health tips. It mentions Evans confession in Zanesville, a Columbus medical college, and local Georgia gold yields contrasted with California.
South Carolina Representative Pushes Election Fraud Bill
Representative Rainey introduces a House bill regulating Congressional elections. It prohibits tissue paper ballots and requires plain white unmarked ballots. Violators face felony charges, fines up to 1000 dollars, and prison from one to five years. Officers counting fraudulent ballots face penalties. The measure also punishes voter intimidation and related offenses.
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Rainey
South Carolina
House
Congress
Desperado Bob McKimie Captured Near Highland County
Crowds in Highland county helped trap Bob McKimie aka McKinnie after a long escape from Hillsboro jail. He fired on pursuers with dual revolvers, was wounded in the breast and cheek, and taken to Hillsboro jail after Rainsboro treatment. Indictments in several Ohio counties are listed.
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Bob McKimie
Black Hills
Hillsboro
McKimie
Highland County
Roads
Jones
McKinnie
Rainsboro
New York
Ohio
Cincinnati Enquirer
New York Bridge Fight and Stewart Palace Legacy
The piece notes delays and funding disputes over the East River suspension bridge, with New York City funding questioned and a mandamus denied. It then recounts the decline of Stewart’s Fifth Avenue palace, the afflicted widow occupant, and the former owners Townsend and Stewart, ending with the brother Charles now nearby to aid her.
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East River
New York
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Carnel
Barrett
Fifth Avenue
Stewart
St. Mark’s
Townsend
Grand Palace
Charles
The Man Who Fancies Himself Worn by Worldly Burdens
A portrait describes a weary, fragile husband whose appearance and hesitating remarks hint at insecurity. He slinks through life, fearing his wife’s reproach, and endures self-doubt, imagining himself marked by guilt and pusillanimity.
The Green Hands Test of Tomato Theft
An old Island farmer traps a thief by washing tomatoes in a basin. The water turns green from plant residue showing the guilty act. The tale Illustrates that a guilty deed leaves a stain on hands and favors detection regardless of outward appearance.
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Jim
Foote Appointment Faces Louisiana Republican Opposition
The Louisiana Republicans led by Governor Kellogg vow a strong fight against confirming Henry B. Foote as Superintendent of the New Orleans Mint. Foote secured his appointment through Judge Swayne of the U S Supreme Court. Foote, long active in politics, formerly served as Mississippi Congressman Governor and Senator and opposed Jefferson Davis on secession.
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Kellogg
Henry B. Foote
New Orleans
Foote
Judge Swayne
United States Supreme Rr
Henry 8
Jie
Mississippi
Jeff. Davis
Hos etters Stomach Bitters Aids Vital Systems And Aids Malaria
The advertisement extols Hos etters Stomach Bitters as a tonic stimulant and corrective that restores disordered systems. It claims the remedy strengthens the stomach liver and bowels improving health, calming the nervous system and serving as an agreeable appetizer and malaria antidote for the aged infirm and convalescent.
Weather Sign Service Advancing With New Systems
The U S signal service is described as turning nature’s ferocity into a usable tool for mankind. The article speaks of weather forecasting for distant locations and notes gradual advances in meteorology. It then shifts to medical claims about Dr Pierce's remedies including his Discovery for consumption bronchitis and scrofula and promotes his Pleasant Purgative Pellets with a Memorandum Book.
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Harvey
Jumer
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Mason & Hamlin
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