Conkling Opposes New York Custom House Nominations
Washington Senate Commerce Committee renews fight over New York Custom House appointments. Conkling opposes Merritt Graham Burritt confirmations, arguing removals lack public service support. Absentees delay vote. party lines split with mixed senate positions and expectations of an adverse report.
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Washington
Senator Conkling
New York Custom House
Senate Commerce Committee
Gen
Merritt
Graham
Burritt
Roosevelt
Prince
Arthur
Cornell
Conkling
New York
Patterson
Dennis
Randolph
Jones
McMillan
Gordon
Ransom
Senate
Levy claim in Congress grows to 54000 dollars
Washrleton reports a long running Treasury dispute over damages for Mexican War losses. The levy claim has expanded from a few hundred dollars to an alleged 54000 dollars, with iron frames misvalued as large iron houses and furniture costs ballooning from 2800 dollars to about 24000 dollars. The Treasury has briefed Congress on the facts.
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Washrleton
the Treasury
Congress
Mexico
New Orleans
Secretary of the Treasury
Yokoyama
Tokio Times
Treasury
National Bank
Parkes
C. F. Adams
Paris
Morse
Iceland Bull
South Korea
Coe
Corea
Tokio
Government Money in Designated Depositaries
Secretary Sherman replied to the Kelley resolution requesting whether public money rested in national or state banks or private bankers. National banks designated as public depositaries held over 64 million dollars as of September 30 and over 33 million as of November 30. Banks acted as government agents in placing 4 percent bonds and could retain subscriptions for ninety days with ample security to the government. Debates include Edmunds Electoral Bill with expectations of passage, House amendments to expand Congress’s power over returns.
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Washington
Sherman
Kelley
House
Treasury
Edmunds
Congress
Mississippi Levees Debate Supreme Court Role
Senator Eustis argues in a Washington speech that federal law and Supreme Court decisions give the government a proprietary interest in the Mississippi River, excluding state authority, and that the federal government must repair levees and be liable for damages from neglect.
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Washington
Eustis
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Mosby Nomination Reported Favorably in Senate
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette from Washington notes the nomination of Mosby as Consul to Hong Kong was reported favorably in the Senate but action was objected to and postponed.
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The
Cincinnati Gazette
Mosby
Wasatxaton
Hong Kong
Senate
Senate confirms several federal and territorial appointments
Confirmations in Washington list include Thomas Hillhouse named United States Assistant Treasurer at New York Sidney W Barnes United States Attorney District of New Mexico D Moody Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Dakota Territory and mint and refinery figures in Louisiana and Pennsylvania Postmasters in Wisconsin Kentucky Indiana and Illinois plus a chief of Bureau of docks objective notice of appointments and a series of bureaucratic assignments
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Washington
Senate
Thomas Hillhouse
United States
New York
Sidney W. Barnes
Arkansas
District of New Mexico
D. (. Moody
Dakota
Supreme Court of the United States
Territory of Dakota
New Orleans
Martin V. Davis
Pennsylvania
Joseph Albrecht
Louisiana
Maximillian Ferdinand
Charles A. Noyes
Geneva
Wis
James W. Mack
Provisions of Army Reorganization Bill Outlined
Washington December 12 The Joint Committee on Reorganization reports a sweeping reduction of general officers and staff in the Army. The Medical Department would drop to 187 officers from present levels while other bureaus trim, three battalions of cavalry and artillery infantry manning shifts, and staff promotions limited by seniority. Overall, executive list officers drop by 333, with other consolidations and staffing rules across departments.
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Army
Washington
Joint Committee On Reorganization
Eerove
Casues
General Staff
Quartermaster General
Medical Department
Pay Department
Ordnance Department
Bureau of Military Justice
Signal Service
Corps of Engineers
Corps of Artillery
West Point
Pension Bill for Invalid Pensions Passed in House
Washington December twelve pension appropriation bill authorized twenty nine million three hundred sixty six thousand dollars for next fiscal year. It is five thousand five hundred less than current year and two hundred fifty thousand less than estimated. Unexpended balances may be used for similar objects in the new bill.
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Washington
House
Committee On
Devens to Remain Attorney General Amid Cabinet Stability
Washington reports confirm there is no current probability of Attorney General Devens leaving the Cabinet. The President and cabinet members favor government continuity, and Devens has declined the First Circuit Judgeship to stay in his present post.
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Washington
Devens
First Circuit
Ameer Seeks Peace as British Invited to Form New Cabinet
Dispatches from Bombay and London report the Ameer's bid for peace with no conditions, with Afghan authorities inviting the British to advance to Cabul and set up a new government amid uprising. Other items note Candahar reinforcing, a blow to Alimasjid, and various European imperial updates.
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Loupon
Advertiser
Bombay
Erdowne
Jelalabad
Cabul
British Debate on Afghan Policy and Russian Influence
In Parliament Sir Stafford Northcote says only the Russian Envoy left Cabul not the Russian Mission and England will not acquiesce to Russian interference. Grant Duff criticizes policy while Burke Hardy Denison and others discuss the issue. The last Fenian prisoner, Edward O Kelley, to be released before Christmas with hopes for residence in Great Britain.
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Londox
House of Commons
Stafford Northcote
Cabal
Cabul
England
Afghanistan
London
Grant Duff
India
Burke
Hardy
Denison
O’shaughnessy
Fernjambe
Ryland
Goochen
Althoug
Russia
Edward O’kelley
Ireland
Great Britain
Romer Case in Constantinople Anew
The American Consul seeks Romer’s release after three applications. Romer faced a Syria conspiracy charge in 1868 but was remanded until today. The police minister will share accusations Saturday as Romer is handed to Consul Heap.
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Constantinople
Romer
Syria
United States
Heap
1878 Cotton Crop Outlook and Committee Actions
The 1878 cotton crop is around eco bales with 450 pounds per bale. The Potter committee meets Tuesday unless advised otherwise. The Indian Bureau transfer hearing closed. President nominated Jere Murphy for U S Marshal in the Northern District of Alabama and Col Randolph B Marcy as Inspector General with Brigadier General rank. October wheat outlook unchanged. December yields estimated higher, total crop near 425 million bushels. Ways and Means invites Treasury officials to testify on sugar duties. a sub-committee will collect information. First post-reassembly Congress day will hear those concerned. Senate Commerce defers New York Custom House cases to Thursday.
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Potter
Joint Commission
Indian Bureau
The
Interior
War Department
Jere Murphy
Alabama
United States
Col
Randolph B. Marcy
Committee of Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Gibson
Phelps
Garfield
Congress
Committee On Commerce
Senate
New York Custom House
Proposed ministerial changes shake French government
Paris reports a move to shift Dufaure to the Foreign Affairs ministry while he remains premier, offer Waddington the London embassy, and install a Republican in the justice ministry to overhaul the magistracy. Versailles meanwhile adjourns the chamber sine die, authorizing Grevy to reconvene if needed.
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Paris
Dufaure
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Waddington
London
Ministry of Justice
Chambers
Versailles
Chamber of Deputies
Grevy
Death of Arthur Hutchinson of Greensburg Ind
Arthur Hutchinson a Greensburg business man died last night at nine o clock. He owned City Woolen Mills and provided steady work for twenty five to thirty families despite hard times. He supported trade and manufacturing efforts and was liberal in charity. He left two orphan daughters with life insurance of fifteen thousand dollars and other property. His remains will be taken to Sun Indiana for interment tomorrow by the C L road via Lawrenceburg.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Greenssure, Inc
Arthur Hutchinson
Greensburg
R Sun
Ind
Lawrenceburg
Spain Maintains State of Siege Over Basque Provinces
Premier Canorras Del Castillo declared the state of siege would be kept in the Basque provinces while fueros agitation continued and a law abolishing fueros would be carried out. the stance caused marked sensation in political circles.
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Maninp
Canoras del Castillo
Cortchakoff Resumes Leadership of Foreign Office
Gortchakoff is received by the Czar at St Peterspur t and formally resumes direction of the Foreign Office. The event marks a return to power for the diplomat in charge of Russia's overseas affairs.
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St. Peterspurt
Cortchakoff
Czar
Foreign Office
Turks Crush Macedonian Insurrection Reported At Sofia
Dispatch from Pesth says British Consul at Sofia confirms 20,000 Bulgarians fled from Strumza valley to Bulgarian territory. The Turks have mastered the insurrection in that quarter.
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Loxpon
Pesth
Sofia
Strumza
Macedonia
Death of French Statesman Gustav Rouland Noted
A Peru correspondent reports the French statesman Gustav Rouland is dead. The dispatch notes it is very probable that Russian involvement or motives played a role, according to the most trustworthy information.
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Thersday
Gustav Rouland
Peru i
Explosion in a Mine at John Welch Coal Mines
A fatal mining accident occurred at John Welch coal mines in Mill Township when a premature gun powder explosion occurred during a blast. Robert Henry was mangled and burned, carried home unconscious, and died shortly after. Walters survived with minor injuries.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Parraverrata
Robert Henry
John Welch
Mill Township
Walters
Farmer Michael Kane Fatally Struck By Freight Engine
In Cuampaign Indiana a Wabash freight engine struck an object west of Sadorus last night, killing farmer Michael Kane, aged fifty. His body was found mutilated with a limb severed. Kane leaves a large family. An inquest was held all day with no decision yet reached.
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Wabash Road
Sadorus
Michael Kane
Kane
American Electrical Society Holds Yearend Meeting
The American Electrical Society met at Curia co with talks on speaking telephones lights induction and multiple telegraphy. Resolutions honored late President William Orton and Prof Henry. Officers elected include Gen Anson Stager president and C H Haskins E R Wright C H Booth F L rom Elisha Gray J J S Wilson and others. The second Wednesday of December is set for annual meetings.
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Curiaco
American Electrical Society
Wm. Orton
Henry
Carhart
P. Langley
C. H. Haskins
E.R. Wright
C. H. Booth
F. L. Rom
Elisha Gray
J. J
Wilson
Geo. O. Williams
F. W. Jones
C. 8
Jones
E. B. Chandler
C. H. Wilson
Port Eaps Shipping Entries From December
Port Eaps notes arrivals including Wal ter D Wallette from Bremen Joseph Mil bury from Liverpool Hectanboga from Dublin and schooner Norma from Tabasco plus Waterford and Felix from Liverpool. Sailed vessels include Lone Star Knicker bocker for New York and Viola for Pensacola. New York reports arrivals City of Penn Maas Loxpon England and State of Louisiana Bremen out and other arrivals Canada from London.
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Port Eaps
Walter D. Wallette
Bremen
Joseph Milbury
Liverpool
Hectanboga
Dublin
Norma
Waterford
Felix
Tabasco
Lone Star
Knickerbocker
New York
Viola
Pensacola
City of Penn
Maas
Rotteram
Loxpon
Secret conference on railroad matters in St. Louis
Commodore Garrison and President Ackerman of the Illinois Central with several railroad officials held an informal secret conference in St Louis this afternoon. Garrison and his party depart tomorrow morning for an inspection trip over the Missouri Pacific road.
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St. Louis
Commodore Garrison
Ackerman
Illinois Central
Garrison
The Eastern Floods Reach New York and New Jersey
Detailed flood damage across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Massachusetts with Oswego reports of four and a half inches of rain. Streets and cellars flood near the east pier loses a section of the fort wall telegraph links to Syracuse cut. In Paterson freshet halts wills boats used to reach documents. A wagon and man and boy plunge toward rapids but are saved by passing onlookers as the wagon goes over the falls.
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Oswego
N. Y
Syracuse
Wallkill Valley Railroad
Paterson
Passaic
N. J
Little Falls
Passaic Falls
Coal Miners Suspend Amid Floods and Rail Damage
Wilkesbarre reports floods in the Susquehanna River have halted coal mining activities. A section of the South Wilkesbarre and Plymouth gas house is submerged. Pittston notes the river rise continues with extensive Lehigh Valley Railroad damage requiring days to restore.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
South
Plymouth
Pittston
Susquehanna
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mills shut and bridges flooded as New England storm hits
Lawrence and Springfield dispatches report widespread mill closures and suspensions due to high river water. Dams broken at Ashfield Conway Whately and North Hatfield damaged roads and bridges. Merrimac and Concord rivers run ten feet above Pawtucket dam. Westfield losses reach $500000 as communications resume.
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Lawrence
Springfield
Ashfield
Conway
Whateley
North Hatfield
Lowe Ext
Merrimac
Concord
Pawtucket
Middlesex
Prescott
Mass
Massachusetts
Westfield
Dodd Brown Co and Green Line Actions Stated
Tennessee makers defend attaching Dodd Brown Co Saint Louis after failed settlement and fears of assignment. Green Line committees meet to set rates between Pittsburg Parkersburg Wheeling and Buffalo with adjustments planned. Suspects Smittey and Jerrolds, white men, held to prevent mob violence after the murder of Dennis Edwards and his family in Rutherford County.
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Nashville
Texa
Associated Press
Tennessee Manufacturin Company
Dodd, Brown & Co
St. Louis
Green Line
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Buffalo
Smittey
Jerrolds
Dennis Edwards
Rutherford County
Embezzlement charge against railroad agent H Stark
A Delaware Lackawanna & Western agent at Lackawanna Junction, H Stark, has been arrested for embezzling a large sum from the company. A Washington dispatch reports the Pendleton murder trial concluded with one guilty and to be hanged January 17, while two were discharged. Isaac Mixe, intoxicated, slept on a railroad track near Farmington W Va and was run over, losing both legs and dying. his wife and six children are left.
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H. Stark
Delaware, Lackawannna & Western Railroad
Lackawanna Junction
Walla Walla
Washington
Coggins
Pendleton
Oregon
Isaac Mixe
Farmington
W. Va
Cumberland
Mannington
Mob Hangs Two Suspects After Herding Theft Killings
A dispatch from Omaha reports two men named Ketchum and Mitchell, accused of stealing stock and killing herder Stevens who tried to arrest them, were seized by a mob of about twenty five masked herders tied to a tree and burned alive.
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Curcaco
Omaha
Ketchum
Mitchell
Stevens
Custer County
National Board of Steam Navigation Adopts Snag Removal Measures
The annual convention in New York closes with plans for a Cincinnati 1879 meeting. A resolution urges Congress to remove snags and wrecks from Western rivers and treat wrecks in navigation paths as abandoned after 30 days. A committee protests foreign vessel admission to American enrollment and registry, warning against shifts in navigation laws. T. Evans of Buffalo elected President. A. H. Woolfolk of Louisville Vice President. executive committee members named.
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New York
National Board of Steam Navigation
Cincinnati
Congress
T. Evans
Buffalo
A. H. Woolfolk
Louisville
Wm. Livingstone, Jr
Detroit
J. E. Payne
Erie
Simpson Horner
Pittsburg
BE. W
Notable Names Linked in Regional Trade Meeting
Gould of St Louis and Bosinger of St Louis led a delegation with W. C. Hite of Louisville Thomas Sherlock of Cincinnati and J. T. Whiting of Detroit among others at a regional trade gathering, outlining cooperative prospects and future routes for cross city commerce.
Shafer Trial Ends in Acquittal on Death by Own Action
Special Dispatch from Madison Ind reports John Shafer’s trial for wife murder ends with acquittal as expert testimony and handwriting analysis show the fatality was death by own action rather than murder. The court discharged Shafer and released his co defendant Ella Jackson amid public relief and lingering belief of responsibility.
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Miptsox
John Shafer
Allison
Jefferson
Drs. Collins
Pers
Sade Jackson
C. A. Haslet
John W. Verry
Ally HP
David X. Reid
Reid
Ella Shafer
Evening Courier
Bellemy
David Overmyer
Commonwealth
Shafer
Miss Jackson
Fire in Fowler Building Causes Major Nassau Street Loss
A morning blaze at the Fowler Building on Nassau and Ann streets in New York caused about 40000 in damage to owners and occupants. The loss is partly insured.
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New York
Fowler
Nassau and
Ann Streets
Governor General declines to intervene in Castarfreley case
Ottawa reports Governor General Lorne will not interfere as Castarfreley faces execution tomorrow in the murder of silk peddler Matheran.
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Ottawa
Lorne
Castarfreley
Matheran
Silk Pedler
New York Press Club Honors Col J M Keating
A reception was held by the New York Press Club for Col J M Keating editor of the Memphis Apes in recognition of his heroism during the yellow fever scourge. President J B Wood welcomed him as speakers including Algernon Sullivan Chauncey Depew Peter Cooper Talmage Kinsella Lillie and others spoke to the crowd.
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Mr. Keating
New York Press Club
New York
J. M. Keating
Memphis Apres
Col. Keating
J. B. Wood
Algernon
Sullivan
Chauncey Depew
Peter Cooper
Pioneer merchant McGunnegle dies in St Louis at 78
St Louis reports the death of Geo. K. McGunnegle a pioneer merchant aged seventy eight who arrived from Meadville Pennsylvania in 1825. He led the first telegraph line from Louisville to St Louis serving as company president and had strong ties to Western insurance interests.
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St. Louis
Geo. K. McGunnegle
Rarus and Sweetzer Compete in Stockton Exhibition Trot
San Francisco report from Stockton details Rarus and Sweetzer racing for a $500 purse with $500 extra if Rarus beats Goldsmith Maid’s state record of 2:14. The first mile was 2:16 ¾ and a companion horse joined in the second heat finishing in 2:14. Track conditions described as fast and the day in good order.
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San Francisco
Stockton
Cal
Rarus
Sweetzer
Goldsmith Maid
Barus
Mysterious Farm Murders Near Kearney
In Omana on December 12, the bodies of Mrs. Harlson and her three children were found in a hay stack on the farm fifteen miles south of Kearney, likely killed on December 8. Suspect 8. D. Richards fled toward the East yesterday as a $200 reward for the arrest of the murderer is offered.
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Omana
Georgia governor cleared by railroad bonds probe
Arvanta Ga December 12 The committee appointed by the Legislature at Governor Colquitt s request to examine his motives in signing the Northeastern Railroad bonds has issued a unanimous report exonerating him of any unworthy influence.
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Arvanta, Ga
Cov. Colquitt
Northeastern
Sage & Co. of New Bern Fail in Dairy Business
Urica December 12. It is E A Sage & Co of Newbern not Tull & Sage who failed in the butter and cheese business. Liabilities appear less extensive than first thought and the outlook for meeting obligations grows more encouraging.
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Urica
E. A. Sage & Co
Newbern
Tull & Sage
Local Appliances and Constitutional Treatment Cures where All Others Fail
Local advocates promote appliances and constitutional treatments as cures, claiming broad health benefits and solutions for persistent ailments. Vendors emphasize personal trial and testimonials while touting affordability and accessibility for everyday households.
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Mississippi Levees
U. S. Navy
J. Winthrop Taylor
New Jersey
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Gen. Devens
Turkey
Ameer
Rawul Pindee
Maj
Cavagnari
Dakka
Toa
Candahar
Quettah
Herat
Bank of France
King Humbert
Italy
Signor Depretis
Saurez
Spain
Berlin
Fort Vernoye
Bank of England
Gore
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Santa Cruz
Japan
Parliament
Washington Notes
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France
Gazeta
Cuampaign, In
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Canada
Edwards
Telegraph
Nebraska
Madison
Cincinnati Gazelle
California
Gov. Colquitt
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