Fraudulent tax receipts captured in Philadelphia scandal
A piper was arrested for issuing 60000 bogus tax receipts in Philadelphia. Prominent Democrats Marcus and Josephs were linked to the scheme, with Marcus posting bail at 5000 for election law violations. The fake receipts bore authentic watermarks and were to be sent to Gillen Nagle printing house.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Christian Kneass
Republican City Committee
McClellan
Griswold’s Alley
Sixth
Bainbridge Streets
Harry Weyler
Democratic State Central Committee
Walnut Street
Henry Marcus
Samuel Josephs
Democrats
Marcus
Josephs
Wayle
Locust Street
10Th
Gillen & Nagle
Dth Street
Walnut
General Crook outlines winter Indian campaign aims
General Crook defends a vigorous winter push against the Indians, stressing Crazy Horse as the primary target. He argues a split, mobile force can crush dispersed bands, recalls hardships from the summer campaign, praises Indian scouts, and notes rations and wagon trains shaped past strategy.
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Crook
Goose Creek
Frank Grinard
Yellowstone
Training to use captives for scouts among tribes
A speaker explains that truthfulness depends on interests, noting Indians may tell truth when it serves them and whites may lie. He describes attempting to recruit two Indian captives for scouts, promising food and pay, and recalls avoiding killing them. He dismisses moral worries about pitting one tribe against another and vows to act if it advances his aims.
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Frank
TalleyRAND denies French letter insults Americans in Paris
A New York Herald dispatch from Paris reports Marquis de TalleyRAND rebuking M. Du Sommerard for accusing Americans of starting a fire in a Philadelphia Exposition shipment. Washburne seeks reparations. officials await authenticating notes. Du Sommerard denies authorship. government calls the letter apocryphal.
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New York Herald
Paris
Figaro
M. du Sommerard
Vienna
Philadelphia Exposition
America
M. du Somimerard
Commission
Dr Talleyrand
du Sommerard
Washburne
Duke de Cazes
France
M.du Sommerard
Philadelphia
Ep. Leader
Drift of public sentiment favors Corlett for Congress
Reports from the upper country indicate a steady, unmistakable drift toward Corlett. Voters favor a candidate identified with local interests and capable of national representation, deeming party lines less crucial on local issues. Col. Steele and allies relying on party ties may learn that popular will, beyond organization, is rising and ready to act.
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Corlett
Congress
Col. Steele
Indian Viewpoints After Slim Buttes Fight Revealed
An Indian interview from Slim Buttes sheds new light on Sioux status and loyalties. Black Bear, Brule Sioux tied to Standing Rock, explains Minneconjou losses and misidentifications, notes ammunition shortages but accessible trade at agencies, and suggests ongoing resilience against General Crook’s forces.
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Slim Buttes
Black Bear
Standing Rock Agency
Spotted Tail Agency
Standing Rock
Brules
American Horse
Brule
Crook
Bear Nose
Roman Nose
Custer
Reno
Rosebud
Tongue River
Black Hills
Too Much For Him A Russian Countess Passes Here
A Russian countess traveling westbound yesterday caused a scene as a conductor struggled to learn her name. After a dramatic effort, he collapsed briefly but recovered and boarded the train, which pulled away. Her baggage reportedly includes six large trunks.
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Patterson
Stock Shipping on Mountain Division October Totals
October shipments on the Mountain Division from North Platte to Laramie reached 400 car loads with Cheyenne 127 Julesburg 66 Taramie 60 North Platte 33 Ogallala 45 Pine Bluffs 52 and additional lines 15. Receipts from points west of Laramie totaled 70 cars. For four months ending Oct 31 1876 this division moved 1420 car loads and received 141 cars from west of Laramie, totaling 1661 car loads handled.
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Union Pacific
Mountain Division
North Platte
Laramie
Cheyenne
Julesburg
Taramie
Ogallala
Pine Bluffs
Deadwood Mines Roaring With Quartz Prospects
New York Sun correspondent reports Deadwood gains in mining where placer work dominates yet quartz prospects grow with the first stamp mill nearly ready. A miniature smelter tests ore, six hundred tons ready for reduction, and dirt digging claims near Deadwood fetch fair prices as outputs push toward Omaha.
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Deadwood
New York Sun
Omaha
Gold rich Hills lure prospectors amid Sioux danger
A writer reports the Black Hills near Deadwood and Lead City as pulsing with gold across creeks and placers. Claims of $600,000 in dust, $1,500 per day sluice yields, and $3,000 per ton quartz abound, despite danger from Sioux proximity and limited access for many workers.
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Lead City
Deadwood
Golden City
Castleton
Rapid Creek
Palmer’s Gulch
Spring Creek
Ophir Lode
Hill City
Custer
Thompson, Gardner & Co
Sheridan visits Washington to plan Sioux campaign details
Gen. Sheridan arrived in Washington and met with the President and War Department leaders to discuss military details of the campaign against the Sioux as Gen. Terry prepares to move. Reports of Sheridan commanding Southern troops are unfounded. he departed for the western front that night.
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New York
The
Times
Washington Special
Sheridan
Sherman
Terry
West
Cabinet Meeting In a Freight Car During Civil War
Confederate archives reveal Jefferson Davis convened his cabinet in a Charlotte freight car in April 1865 to discuss capitulation terms under the Sherman Johnston proposal. Postmaster General Reagan urged debt auditing and joint payment of Confederate and U.S. war debts, arguing for separation to shield states from unconstitutional encroachments.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
Charlotte
N. C
Davis
Reagan
Texas
Confederacy
United States
Reconciliation Buries Past War Debt Among Nations
A pacification proposal seeks to end the conflict by reconciling peoples and restoring the Union. It argues that citizens should not be forced to fund U S war debts and that available revenues could aid creditors while rebuilding trust, prosperity, and national unity.
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Fatty
United States
Fluke Finds A Dead Cat In Mock Treasure Hoax
An unpublished story recounts Fluke discovering a sidewalk parcel on Ferguson street that he imagines contains banknotes. He hides in a stable yard to examine it, only to find a dead cat instead of wealth, learning to beware such bait in the future.
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Magilder
Ferguson Street
Fluke
Richardson's Ravings and a Cheyenne Route Skeptic
The article critiques Leander Puttyhead Richardson who has lectured in Greeley Denver and Cheyenne. It labels his remarks on the Cheyenne to Black Hills route as falsehoods and notes the Denver Tribune called his talk balderdash. It accuses him of fabricating a Deadwood body letter and warns him to stop slandering Cheyenne.
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Leander Puttyhead Richardson
Trus Leaver
Greeley
Leader
Cheyenne
Denver
Denver Tribune
Tenderfoot
Black Hills
Richardson
Deadwood
Voorhees
John Marsh
Tax LeApeEr
L. Puttyhead Richardson
Crazy Horse Miller in a Panic Over County Attorney Race
The Democratic candidate Crazy Horse Miller frets as election day nears. He engages with a German, an Irishman, a gambler, a Black man, and a Chinese worker, each interaction ending with rejection or derision. Bruised and exhausted, he resolves to quit campaigning.
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Crazy Horse Miller
Missouri River
Pat
Ole Mississip
Bob Lee
A Hideous Affair with a Walkin Skeleton Ox Tale
A man arrived with a six ball team and shouted in front of Tin Leader Office. Onlookers joked about a scrawny steer in the wagon team and recounted a bizarre tale from Hat Creek involving a cussed ox that supposedly tore himself free from the yoke. The account concludes with the team moving on to an outfitting house.
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Tin Leader
Deadwood
Hat Creek
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General Crook
Talleyrand
Stock Shipping Statistics
Northern EL Dorado
Crazy Horse
Hyar
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