Russo Turkish naval clash and geopolitical tensions reported
Reports say two Russian gunboats in the Danube delta were attacked by a Turkish iron-clad, with one gunboat destroyed. Cable dispatches suggest mixed results from Diela engagements, possible renewed action near Plevna, and movements of Osman Pasha and Chekhet Pasha.
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Kilia
Danube
Czarowitz
Mehemet Ali
Diela
Osman Pasha
Chefket Pasha
Plevna
Schipka Pass
Biela
Gambetta Case Upheld On Appeal In Paris
The Gambetta case was reviewed in Paris last week and the lower court sentence was affirmed. He loses civil rights for a term of years and is barred from further participation in the current political canvass by imprisonment.
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Gambetta
Paris
Missouri Senator Lewis Boey Dies at Home
United States Senator from Missouri Lewis Boey died last week at his St Louis residence. The tumor on his liver caused the death. He was elected to the Senate in 1873 as a Democrat and his term ends in 1879. The Governor will appoint his successor. Urbain Le Verrier, famed astronomer who discovered Neptune, died in Paris at 66. J Q Smith, formerly Commissioner of Indian Affairs, named Consul General to Canada.
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Gen. Scott
Atlanta
Hayes
Union of States
First National Bank of
A. M. Kelley
Worcester
Moses
Tax National Agricultural Congress
American Public Health Association
Catholic State Temperance Convention
Northwest
Chicago
Washington
Lynchburg
Richmond
Lewis ¥. Boey
United States
Missouri
St. Louis
Senate
Urbain Joseph Jean le Verrier
Neptune
Paris
J. Q. Smith
Indian Affairs
Canada
Mexico
North Carolina
Louisiana
Lebanon
Tax
Ben de Ban
Hammond
Haimpshire
Orkney Sprina
Ohn Avis
Johnson
Avis
John Brown
Virginia
Berlin
Europe
Graham Ae
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Curcaco
Baggar
London
The
Tribune
Grant
England
Pope
Arbitration End of Clyde Shipwrights Strike
Clyde shipwrights, after a six month strike, agree to arbitration and will resume work immediately. In Chicago, Merchants Farmers and Mechanics savings bank suspended. Sidney Myers, President. Bank owes about 500000 to ~2500 depositors. assets insufficient. A receiver appointed for Cishmont Savings Bank in New York. President arrested. Late Capt E B Ward Detroit estate downgrades to 75 cents on the dollar for smaller creditors. Fidelity Savings Bank Chicago, John C Hines, President, closes. held about 1500000 for 7500 depositors.
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Clyde
Chicago
Merchants’, Farmers’ and Mechanics
Sidney Myers
Cishmont Savings Bank
New York City
Capt
E. B. Ward
Detroit
Noruer Chicago Savings Bank
Fidelity
John C. Hines
Desperate clashes in Richmond stem from old murder case
A year after Jas per Maupin shot John Brennan in Kingston Madison county, Maupin and others faced a street confrontation in Richmond. Four men including Jasper Maupin John Brennan Chris Ballard and Wm Cornelson were killed. Survivors were arrested along with suspects in other crimes.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Richmond
Jasper Maupin
John Brennan
Kingston
Madison County
Maupin
Chris Ballard
Wm. A. Cornelson
Willliam Bosvoor
White
North Carolina
Baltimore
Burfoot
Buffalo
Graham
Texas
Bob Vandever
James Melton
Market Street Railway
Philadelphia
Morton
Harrisonburg
Anderson Shiffett
David G. Lawson
Cambridgeport National Bank
Boston
President Hayes tours the South amid cheering receptions
Across Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta crowds greet President Hayes and his party with enthusiasm while Florida reports rising yellow fever and officials urge aid. A national convention of state insurance officials heard proposals as discussions on race and reconciliation continue in the South.
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Nashville
Tar
Florida
Gulf Coast
Chattanooga
Hayes
Knoxville
East Tenn
Atlanta
Mr. Lincoln
Jaex
Gov. Hampton
South
Fires and Casualties Across the Nation
The Great Republic burned at the levee in St. and insured for 50000 while the Carondelet was destroyed, losses about 75000. Cotton and crops in the Black Warrior valley were swept away by a 63 foot river rise near Tuscaloosa. Chicago express wreck west of Rome New York killed fireman Hendrickson and others. Arctic whalers lost at sea with only two survivors. U S Patent Office roof damaged about half a million dollars. Tuxbark Cricket laden with coffee sank off Rio Janeiro with 200000 loss.
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Great Republic
Carondelet
Black Warrior
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Rome
N. Y
William Hendrickson
Albany
Joseph Durlin
Utica
J. L. Quinnard
Troy
Arctic
Ohe National Patent Office
Washington
Rio Janeiro
New York
Massachusetts Republican State Convention Nominees Worcester 1876
The Massachusetts Republican State Convention met in Worcester on the 19th nominating Governor Alexander H. Rice Lieutenant Governor Horatio G. Knight Secretary Henry B. Pierce Attorney General Charles B. Train Treasurer Charles Endicott Auditor Julius L. Clarke. Delegates adopted resolutions endorsing Republican governance, postwar unity, civil rights, sound money, and reform.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Alexander H. Rice
Horatio G. Knight
Henry B. Pierce
Charles B Train
Charles Endicott
Julius L. Clarke
Republican Party
Secord
Prohibitionist and Greenback Nominations and Party Platforms
The text outlines party platforms and nominations across states, criticizing corporate influence and calling for labor protections, tax and salary reforms, and banking standards. It cites New Jersey Prohibitionists nominating Rodolphus Bingham for Governor, Greenbackers naming Bentley and Emerson for key posts, Maryland Republicans backing Porter for Comptroller, and other state party positions amid national debates on currency resumption and public funds.
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St. Louis
United States
Democratic Party
New Jersey
Rodolphus Bingham
Pennsylvania
Greenbackers
Williamport
Benjamin 8. Bentley
J. E. Emerson
James L. Wright
Maryland
Baltimore
E. G. Porter
Hayes
Ohio
Treasury Department
Willliam A. Newett
Congress
Republican Party
Crop reports and disaster notes across continents
The report surveys crop yields and conditions in Mississippi Florida Spain Canada Ireland and England noting rising Mississippi pests heavy Florida grapes strong Spain harvest and Canada wheat yields. It also details a fatal fall at the Astor House and a Cotopaxi eruption with massive destruction and loss of life.
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Mississippi
Florida
Spain
Canada
Indianapolis Sentinel
State Department of Agriculture of
Illinois
United States
South
Middle
England
Ireland
Scotland
Fall Trade Confidence Grows in Dry Goods and Merchants
Pamapetrata dry goods dealers report buoyant fall trade. James Evans near Gonzales Texas bores a coal oil well at 35 feet. London bankers Morgan & Co. secure an $8 million Baltimore and Ohio loan at five percent with unknown discount. Canadian cattle fetch high prices in England with 42 short horns near Quebec selling for 16 280 guineas each averaging about 2000 pounds.
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Pamapetrata
James Evans
Gonzales
Tex
Weaprsa Eastern Exchange
Tur
New York Tribune
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Morgan & Co
London
Chicago
England
Quebec
Canada
Australia
Mill, Shop and Labor Notes in the Nation
Reports on a new cotton mill planned in Georgia with 7300 spindles and 123 looms, tax exemption, and carpenters emigrating to England under Manchester bosses. Massachusetts capitalists may open a cotton hosiery mill in Paducah Kentucky, the only one south of Philadelphia. Notes a cotton-picking labor shortage in the South and 30000 workers needed. Also reports Lyman Brabury of Naugatuck first American cutler dead, born 1798, and his success in Waterbury. Lehigh region workers gain wage increases while Susquehanna valley remains quiet. miners accuse Frank Gowen of bad faith and orchestrated strikes via paid emissaries.
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Nevada
Colorado
England
Manchester
Massachusetts
Paducah
Philadelphia
Louisiana
Lyman Brapury
Naugatuck
Conn
Lehigh
Susquehanna Valley
Frank B. Gowen
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Long Papal Reigns Challenge Old Beliefs
The article notes a superstition that no Pope outlives St Peter, detailing lengths of reigns from Sylvester I to Pius IX. It cites Pius IX nearing fifty years on the papal throne, compares other papacies, and mentions Queen Victoria as a contemporary sovereign. The piece emphasizes a history of changing European thrones during the pontificate.
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St. Peter
Holy See
Pius VI
Pius IX
Peter
Sylvester I
Adrain
Pius VII
Queen Victoria
Europe
St. Peter’s
Fratricide and Suicide Shock Baltimore Family
A fatal fratricide and attempted suicide occurred in Baltimore when Barloge shot his brother then wounded himself with a revolver. The brothers were young men, Henry aged about years old and the other around three, leaving authorities to investigate the tragic incident.
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Baltimore
Henry
France’s Soldier Smallest in Europe and War News
A collage of notes cites a French soldier described as the smallest in Europe, nine years of struggle for freedom by Cusa, and inventions from Ithica. Other items cover oil wells in Warren County Pennsylvania, a grand cattle fair planned in Switzerland for late September 1878, and varied curiosities from American life and history.
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Cusa
Warren County
Switzerland
Histornman Grorck Bancroft
James Macer
Texas
Anna Louise Cary
Portland
Justice Clifford
United States Supreme
Monk crafts self moving globe showing earth and sun motion
A Benedictine monk near Brunn and Vienna built a self moving terrestrial globe. It uses twelve wheels to drive a smaller globe that represents the earth’s orbit around the sun. The device runs for three weeks with dial plates for days and months at the north pole.
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Brunn
Vienna
Academy
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