Weekly Leader Summary of Aug 3 8 1878 Washington and World News
Telegraphic news from Washington reports Treasury orders for paper supply due to bond demand, Potter committee impeachment talk against Hayes, public lands funding cuts, Mexican raid risk discussions, and cabinet notes. From New York and Ohio there are horse racing results, bank bankruptcies, and a bridge of accidents. Overseas updates cover Berlin politics, Austrian and Turkish affairs, Italian and Greek tensions, and French labor strife. Local notes include yellow fever in New Orleans and ship incidents across the U S coast.
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Walter HH. Shupe
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C. H. Stone
Hale
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John Christopher
Berlin
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Joseph Cowen
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Chester D. Parkhurst
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N. Y
John Sherman
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del Norte
Preventing Chinese Labor Across Nations
A historical view argues against employing Chinese labor, noting underbidding by Chinamen harms white workers and national wealth. It cites Australia’s Parliament resolution condemning Chinese labor on government work and disavowing contracts fulfilled by such labor, urging potential influence on Congress.
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North Carolina Goes Democratic in DOTS AND DASHES
The item notes North Carolina has shifted to the Democratic side in DOTS AND DASHES. It also reports the Imperial Bank of Germany showing a 176000 mark increase in specie.
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Imperial Bank of Germany
New York Money and Stock Market Update
Gold closed at 100 with silver bars at 1103 greenbacks and 51143 gold. Money easy at 25. Governments firm and stocks firm. Western Union 898 Quicksilver 12 Pacific 184 Mariposa 1 Wells Fargo 90 New York Central 108 Erie 174 Panama 124 Union Pacific 664 U B P bonds 1104 Central Pacific bonds 1054.
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Live Stock Market Report from Cuscano August Six
Cattle receipts 2800 with bulls natives and butchers weak. Cows 9.40 to 5.25, bulls 1.70 to 2.10, light steers 2.90 to 8.50. Texas and western cattle abundant. Texas cows to Colorado natives 2.00 to 3.15. Sheep receipts 370, shipments 360. market weak at 2.80 to 8.30.
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Lasting Peace and New Crises After Berlin Treaty
The piece questions the Berlin Treaty's promise of lasting peace as East tensions flare. It notes Rhodes and Scio, uprisings in Bosnia, Austrian troop movements, Montenegrin and Albanian unrest, and English naval interests near the Dardanelles, arguing peace remains distant and may require revision. The author cites Gladstone on Turkey's partition and warns against military despotism.
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Allan's Anti Fat remedy offered as vegetable weight loss
The advertisement touts Allan's Anti Fat as a purely vegetable cure that safely but positively reduces corpulency by three to six pounds per week. It claims occupation loss for a man misdiagnosed with dropsy and promoted by druggists as a saleable product.
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