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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1877
Page
2
A column discusses troops heading to Martinsburg to quell B and O strikers, a restless town, and a flotilla of political and editorial quips. It cites editorials on Hayes southern policy, Grover investigations harming Republicans, and critiques federal officials and politicians for meddling in politics.
Paris reports Austria may propose mediation once military actions define the situation. Count Andrassy has pushed to safeguard Serbian territory after talks in Bucharest and Belgrade. Romania renounces military action as Vienna seeks Russian peace terms and British presses for access to the Dardanelles in contingencies. Contantinople notes from Layard on Ottoman abuses, fleet entry talks, and Turkish gains near Tirnovo. Rustchuk battles loom as Danubian commission counts lost work. Russian Cossacks reach Jeni Sadargh station. Haioin Pass traversed. Yunda valley attacked. 10,000 troops with limited artillery.
London July 17 Russian official account describes Gourko crossing the Balkans from Tisnova to Khankhoi with an advance guard, defeating a Turkish battalion, and marching toward Kasanlik. Cossack and dragoons reinforce as Turks retreat, flag and arms captured, telegraph cut, and Nickopolis siege developments noted.
A detailed 19th century account traces Joseph's outbreak to a web of grievances starting with a 1855 treaty, his status as a non treaty Indian, and refusal to join the Lapwai reservation. It covers Grant's permit to stay in Iowa Valley, tensions over land, a ponies theft accusation, a murder near Camas Prairie, and Howard’s order forcing relocation. The piece portrays Joseph as embittered by perceived injustices and hints at premeditated conflict.
The long serving Postmaster at Newd rum, Oregon, identified as Jones, criticizes party pressure and low wages in a July 1977 letter collected by Donn Pratt in Capital. He grills readers on literacy, voting influence, and his own hardships while noting repeated political polling orders and inadequate pay after sixteen years of service.
Indiana items report births and organi zations in Richmond and Terre Haute while crimes including a bigamist wanted in Lafayette a tramp killed near Shoals and a drowning at Georgetown fill the page. Fires a reform journal break in and threats against lawmakers add to a busy year’s tally.
A Portland dispatch reports congressional investigators questioning D W Butler who denies taking money to vote for Grover. Wm Goodman testifies Stiles lied about himself. Several legislators say they know nothing of election corruption. A F E Lake claimed Higby hired him to witness a $1900 payment to Mosier for Grover vote and says he countered the claim. He sought subpoena money and held a $200 order on U S Marshal Wit Waters. J L Williams hid under a bed and heard Higby offer Late funds and a 200 payment on Waters.
From Idaho to San Francisco reports detail violent acts by Cow Creek Indians killing three men and a girl, with Salty of Spokane sending warriors toward Joseph. Green’s column travels the Little Salmon River while Spokane chiefs seek a treaty with reserved lands and winter food. Sheridan’s camp reports no Indians nearby near Cloud Peak, with buffalo herds north of Beaver Creek. Weather outlook spans heavy rain to frost warnings, and a political note suggests the West favors the next president with East choosing the candidate. John Sherman faces Treasury pressure and potential Senate bid.
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