Grant Nominated for President as Wilson Trails Colfax
Special Dispatch to the Times and Chronicle describes a chaotic convention with strong pro Grant sentiment. Ohio votes solid for Grant after a tense caucus, while Wilson leads Colfax for Vice President. Delegates debate resolutions, with McMichael and Thompson nominating Wilson and Colfax respectively amid loud applause and cheers.
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Wileen
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Ohio
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Keek
Cincinnati
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DeWolf
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Morton McMichael
Henry Wilson
Loring
Massachusetts
R. W. Thompson
Indiana
Schuyler Colfax
Lousiana
Meeting of soldiers and sailors in Philadelphia endorses Burnside nomination
The June 6 Philadelphia Assembly Rooms gathering, organized by the New York delegation to the Convention, adopted a resolution calling for a mass meeting to support General Burnside. The event occurred amid delays and an unsettled mood as the committee sought orderly proceedings and roll call by states.
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Spencer
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Convention Cries and Nominating Nonsense at Political Rally
A sweeping convention scene unfolds with delegates debating seating rivals, voting rules, and the possible renomination of Ulysses S. Grant amid cheers, protests, and fiery speeches. Key figures include Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Wurts, Mr. Henderson, and speakers from Ohio and New York as the roll calls reveal broad support for Grant.
Piratical River Gang Burglaries Attract County Attention
In the St Louis region authorities report a gang of river pirates has stolen more than fifty thousand dollars of property from stores and warehouses along the Mississippi between St Louis and Dubuque. A man calling himself John Thompson or Roba was arrested with two women on Kerrs Island. Rev Dr Berkeley's trial resumed after a period of adjournment with cross-examination highlighting key facts.
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Iowa
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Spain demands U S favor to release Dr Houlard
A New York dispatch reports Spain will free Dr Houlard only if the United States asks as a favor and not as an American citizen claim. If Washington asserts citizenship, Spain will investigate and keep Howard as a prisoner until disproved. A Foreign Affairs Committee member cites this as the first fruit of Spain’s new policy.
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Cleveland Republicans Enthusiastic Over Grant Nomination
Cleveland reports upbeat sentiment among Republicans over Grant's nomination. One hundred games are now being fired on the public square.
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Grant
International Typographical Union Meets in Montreal
The International Typographical Union selects Montreal as the next annual meeting site. A resolution condemns religion or political creed as job qualifications. Subordinate unions urged to petition to abolish the Government Printing Office and to admit workers on equal footing with males. An amendment to end the charter for female suffrage was debated but not finalized. The committee backs four-year apprentice terms. The union meets in secret session tonight.
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International Expographics Union
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New York Strikes Spark Police Readiness After Street Turmoil
June 6 reports anxiety in workingmen districts as strikers threaten clashes on Broadway and University Place. Police reserves stood by while crowds gathered and drivers contemplated strike actions amid confusion and arrests.
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Grenadier Guards Band Delayed From Sail To Boston Jubilee
The Grenadier Guards Band, slated for the International Peace Jubilee in Boston, did not leave Liverpool last week as announced, having deferred departure and now receiving orders to stay. A Liverpool dispatch notes the band will not sail for America, with Lords’ objections to government authorization prompting recall.
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French Band for Jubilee Joins Boston Peace Jubilee
New York June 6 The St Laurent steamer arrives Havre with a French band aboard bound for the World's Peace Jubilee in Boston. The Antioch Relief in Syria reports unprecedented Turkish government and local aid generosity and suspends further contributions, with refunds made. Two burglars who cut through a Jersey City room wall near First National Bank were captured before the vault robbery, echoing a Boston Boylston Bank crime.
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Strike of Gas Works Laborers in Philadelphia
A majority of gas works laborers quit yesterday afternoon over unmet wage demands. Some men remain at work, with supplies expected to last a day or two. Police are posted at various works to prevent disturbances while trustees seek other workers.
Leipsic Sails From Baltimore for Bremen With Passengers and Freight
The North German Lloyd Line steamship Leipsic departed Locust Point Baltimore for Bremen at o'clock P M. She carries ninety five cabin and five steerage passengers and a full cargo of tobacco cotton and assorted freights from the West.
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Death of a Michigan Judge Dergorr June 6
Hon. L. Grier, judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court, died in Bay City last night of quick consumption at age thirty nine. The abrupt death removes a seasoned jurist from Michigan’s bench.
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Dergorr
River News Dispatches Report Varied Weather and River Movements
Special dispatches note the Monongahela and other rivers rising or falling with clear, warm weather in multiple locales. Vessels like Dodmann Minneola Belle Lee and others move with trips. freight and tonnage influenced by canal activity and docking conditions. Port lists cite arrivals at Evansville Cincinnati St Louis and Memphis with varying cargoes and schedules.
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Senate Debates Sundry Civil Expenses Bill and Amendments
The Senate continued the Sundry Civil Expenses bill proceedings with amendments from Morrill and others, amid motions to strike sixth section and to restrict compensation to certain mail service providers. Debate focused on loyalty, contract terms, and filing requirements, with a decision to postpone the bill to Friday noon and proceed to Fortification and River and Harbor bills the next day.
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Clever cob phrase prompts farming query answer
In a correspondence from Chappaqua a reader asks what a clever cob means in an English novel. The reply suspects a misprint for clever cods and suggests grafting clover tops on corn ears as a possible trick, advising testing on a small scale then going West for larger results.
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Nomination proceedings at Republican rally center on Wilson and Colfax
The Philadelphia gathering praised Black supporters and laborers while nominating Henry Wilson of Massachusetts and Schuyler Colfax of Indiana for vice president. Morton McMichael led the Pennsylvania push, with Henry Wilson and Colfax touted as loyal leaders.
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Chandler Vindicates Stanton in Senate Clash
Washington June 6. Senator Chandler defended Secretary Stanton against Sumner's slanderous remarks, recounting his daily wartime conversations with Stanton and Grant. Sumner retorted with a note from Horace White claiming Stanton doubted Grant, and read a telegram from Barnes praising Stanton's respect for Grant.
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President signs Tax and Tariff Bill. Taos relief vetoed
Washington reports the President signed the Tax and Tariff Bill. He vetoed B Baldwin of Lexington Missouri for property destroyed by Federal forces during the war, arguing the payment would invite large claims and is a bounty rather than a right.
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Missouri
Strikes Roil New York As Tension Flares
Turmoil surrounds city work sites as strikes clash with workers. A carpenter named Brownell was shot on Thirty-ninth Street by a striker. Police dispersed a mob threatening to drive laborers from the new Masonic Temple on Twenty-third Street this morning.
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Twenty-third Street
Brewers Congress Calls for Law Reforms on Brewing Duty
The Brewers' Congress adopted resolutions urging legislative changes favorable to brewers. They seek repeal of the barley and corn duty, simpler duty collection, compulsory stamps, and elimination of brewer bonds. The action denounces temperance advocates and plans a committee to counter their claims while opposing parties backing temperance candidates.
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River traffic and riverboat movements update
Special dispatch notes limited river activity on June 6 with no arrivals at the wharf. R. W. Skillinger and Julia sailed to Wheeling. John Means arrived from Pomeroy with 9000 barrels of salts for St. Louis and 100 tons of pig iron. Various packets departed or arrived, including Oriole to Pomeroy and Fleetwing at Big Sandy. a large fire cut off Big Sandy town later observed.
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Julia
Wheeling
Greensboro
Brownsville
Ironton
Telegraph
Hudson
John Means
Pomeroy
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Galliway
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Louisa
Grain prices move in steady markets across Cleveland June
Markets report quiet wheat and corn trading with No 2 wheat at 144 in Minnesota and 175 in Cleveland. No 1 red wheat at 185 and oats steady around 44 to 45 cents, with Sheboygan futures and car lots noted. Freight rates hold at 12 cents for wheat and 11.4 cents for oats to New York.
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Cleveland
Ste. Vals
Derrort
Oil Markets Quiet Amid Price Fluctuations
Special Dispatch reports oil markets showing mixed price activity with crude near 1336 on spot, refined at 4258 in city markets, and June and July futures fluctuating. Market notes indicate firm city readings at 4258 with spot at 407 in Ville area amid overall cautious trading.
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Perfidious Albion and the Irish Sea of Despair
The London Telegraph demands immediate action against France over a system moving paupers across to England. It questions motives, condemns the treatment of exhausted migrants, and urges Foreign Office remonstrances to Versailles to stop transporting political victims and the helpless to English shores.
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Calais
Dover
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Lager beer tale from Ramburg shoemaker and officer
A German story explains lager beer as stock beer. A Ramburg shoemaker sends an apprentice for Bamure beer, who hides a bottle under a tree. Years later, an officer retrieves it, revealing its quality, inspiring vaults for aged beer and a marriage to the shoemaker’s daughter.
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Ramburg
A Pint of Pennies Lobse in Church
A Danbury youth active in missions causes a comic scene at a neighboring church meeting. He pockets pennies for a collection, attends service, and, under heat, sweeps his handkerchief across his face, spilling coins that clatter over aisles as the crowd watches. The boy chases the coins and ends amid a chaotic moment in the chapel.
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Danbury
Toad venom and its dangers discussed in old report
A historical extract explains toad venom is a tough cutaneous secretion not mouth-borne. It can harm animals and humans if skin is broken, causing convulsions and death in some cases. Experiments show venom affects the parotid region and may be used by South American tribes for hunting.
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von Peedle
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Henry Wilson for President and Reform Driven Republican
A strong defense of Henry Wilson of Massachusetts highlighting his unswerving Republican principles, spotless reputation, and extensive record in Massachusetts politics and the U.S. Senate. The piece notes his origins, shoemaking background, abolitionist stance, and key Civil War era actions including bills to abolish slavery in the district and the black code, plus employment of colored soldiers.
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Bitter cups, Grant and Wilson join Sumner in scorn
Charles Sumner’s cup of bitterness overflows as critics label Grant “the Tanner of Galena” and Wilson “the Cobbier of Natick,” adding sharp epithets to the polemical debate.
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Wilson slate for vice president boosts Colfax endorsem
Special dispatch from Philadelphia notes the first ballot results in which Colfax leads with 323 votes and Wilson totals 384, later surpassing 400 after delegations bunch to Wilson. The convention nominates Wilson by acclamation as Hawley reads the platform praising emancipation, debt reduction, tariff reform, and civil rights. The platform endorses Grant and calls for naturalization, reduced franking, and labor protections.
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Wilson
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Congress
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Bickham
Movements Against Carlists Reported in Basque Provinces
General Echague dispatch reports 5,200 Carlists concentrated at Curce as loyal forces prepare to attack them in the Basque Provinces. The government seeks to quell the rising forces amid ongoing conflicts with Carlist factions.
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Grasshoppers and Mine Cave Report in Weber County
Grasshoppers swarm the northern Weber County area while a serious cave collapses in the Eama Mine at Little Cottonwood this morning. Seven floors of the mine are destroyed and casualties are feared as timber insufficiency is blamed. Wells Fargo & Co reports a $2,000 bullion shipment to Pioche earlier today.
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Little Cottonwood
Wells, Fargo & Co
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Teacher Threatened After District School Incident
A morning report from the Second District School on Sycamore street describes a disturbance when a father, Shumard, visited to chastise a teacher, prompting a police response to disperse a gathered crowd. The boy Shumard is noted by officers as having prior misbehavior and a bad record.
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Sunstroke Prostrates Mrs Nathan Grant in Garden
Mrs Nathan Grant of East Walnut Hills collapsed from sunstroke this morning while hoeing in her garden, the incident reported as an acute heat effect and under medical attention.
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