Notable Lapses and Trials in New York and Nation
ScercueNn Camberling dies in New York aged 80. Usury law in New Hampshire unchanged at 6 percent. Chauncey Johnson sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing. Stokes case jury after 750 voir dire. smuggled lace seized on steamer Aussie. Harvard grants degree to York. Sculls record time in Worcester. Widow Fisk’s mobbed in New York. Davin Murphy to be hanged, new trial granted. Albany penitentiary riot threat quelled by troops. Rev Nevilan vanishes in Brooklyn. Ragged John O Keefe wins Naval Academy cadetship. Tom Thumberty world voyage detailed. Frontiers uneasy as Kiowes Arrapahoes Apaches feared. Lexington line destroys six shops, $70,000 loss. John L Thomas builds 29 houses in St Louis. Dan Sigts Early Eason and John White to be hanged Aug 2 in Memphis. Enforcement Act arrests in South Carolina. Two men hanged in Georgia for murder. Pine Bluff fire kills Mr Q and daughter. Gen McKenzie Texas killed by Indians claim discredited. Three boys killed by lightning in New Orleans. Bureau of Freedmen abandoned Lands order issued. Met Theater mugger ramrod injury to actor Keegan.
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Stokes
New York
Wee
Aussie
New Beldwin
Ellis Ward
James Fisk, Jr
Josephine Mansfield
Supreme Court
Albany
N. Y
Dan Sigts
Eason
John White
Memphis
Caroline
Holzenbake
Lloyd
Oglethorpe, Ga
George W. Fish
Querburn
Pine Bluff
Ark
Texas
McKenzie
Lieut. Smith
Fort Belknap
Jacksboro
War Department
Washington
New Orleans
Suffrage lecture incident and other midwestern news
News notes describe Mrs Loomis lecturing against female suffrage in San Francisco where she faced jeers from leading suffragists, and Emily Pitt Stevens drawing a pistol before bystanders intervened. Other items recount Milwaukee thunder storms, livestock struck by lightning, a New York trains near wreck, arrests, drownings, and rail developments.
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Loomis
Platt’s Hall
San Francisco
David Meeker
Emily Pitt Stevens
Pioneer
Orgen
Milwaukee
Greenfield
Astoria
Cornelius
Oregon
Terrific hurricane and waterspout at Rustchuk Bulgaria
Reports describe a cyclone in Rustchuk Bulgaria destroying about 500 houses and sinking two gunboats with numerous deaths and injuries. A Washington dispatch notes Spanish war vessels ordered to seize and sink American steamers Virginius and Edgar Stewart outside neutral ports.
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Lonion
Rustchuk
Bulgaria
Washington Dispatch
Virginius
Edgar Stewart
London
The
London Times
England
Misery in Berlin and San Francisco language debate
A European dispatch notes Berlin's sudden housing crisis as thousands lack homes amid rich wealth and warlike politics. It warns of a looming winter strain and calls for rapid housing. meanwhile San Francisco considers introducing Mongolian tongues in public schools to support growing Asia trade.
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San Francisco
China
Japan
Palace by the Sea: Ulysses I’s Long Branch Residences
A New York World correspondent visits Long Branch to view the royal complex of Ulysses I of America. The piece details his two mansions, stables, dog cart, and the Swiss chalet style palace, plus the odd real estate dealings surrounding his acquisition and the 20 000 dollar second house rented to Dr Henry of Brooklyn.
Grant Civil Service Reform vs Alabama Compact
A July 6 1871 letter from Senator Spencer to President Grant reveals how Grant’s South appointments were driven by an informal compact. Spencer urges ousting Warner as Mobile postmaster to curb Republican disaffection and to protect a 1872 county election victory. He proposes rewards and threats to ensure Alabama loyalty and a Grant triumph for his benefit.
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Grant
Alabama
Spencer
Warner
South
Mobile
Montgomery
Venezuela
New Mexico
Grant and
Colfax
United States
Schurz Letter Urges Unity Against Grantism in Illinois
Senator Carl Schurz writes from St Louis June 30 to Illinois Republicans noting he cannot attend the Liberal convention. He urges united action across opposition elements to end civil strife politics, promote common rights across regions, and reject party despotism and corrupted officeholding.
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Illinois
Senator Schurz
Sr. Louis
Sim
Letter Urges Unity to Defeat Despotic Power and Reform
The letter contends the present Administration must be defeated to open a free field for reform unbound by partisan control. It calls for united energetic effort, acknowledges possible limits, and expresses intent to cooperate in the current canvass. Signed by C. Scaurz to Hon. John M. Palmer.
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C. Scaurz
John M. Palmer
National Republican Executive Committee meets in city
Grant's National Executive Committee gathers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Kemble, former Pennsylvania State Treasurer, and Gorham are named as members. Kemble, once paid $1,800 yearly, left office a millionaire. Gorham previously fled California to avoid burdens. The two join the committee to lead the Grant campaign.
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Philadelphia Evening Telegram
the Sun
Treasury Department OF Wakart
Harrispurg
Titian
George O. Fivange
W. H. Kempe
Gorham
California
National Republican Executive Committee
Grant
Kellogg to Resume Senate Seat After Re Election
The Grant Programme in Louisiana will resume its seat in the Senate immediately after Kellogg’s re election. Cesar Antoine is nominated for Lieutenant Governor and may gain power, though described as lacking capacity for official duties.
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Louisiana
William Pitt Kellogg
Senate
Cesar Antoine
Cesar
Pinchback
Ingraham
Settle’s Peru Diplomacy and the $10,000 Advance
The article recounts Judge Settle’s rise as Minister to Peru in 1871, receiving a $10,000 advance salary. He resigned in 1872 and did not return the advance, with the piece noting this as typical of the era’s diplomacy and that he will not be asked to refund. It mentions a Grant delegation and Philadelphia connections.
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Settle
Philadelphia
Turant
Republic of
Peru
North Carolina
Pardon and Ouster Highlight Swindling Reward Issues
The article condemns presidential pardons for Grant relatives in a Kansas mail robbery case and for a Texas Galveston postmaster ousted by Congress. It notes refunds and alleged fraud, arguing both cases reward swindling the people and raise questions on presidential immunity and office obtainment.
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Kansas
Grant
Clark
Galveston
Texas
Congress
Yaxley Farm Laborers Clash With Farmers At Meeting
In Yaxley near Huntingdon the farm laborers confronted ex-employers as about a thousand gathered. The farmers provoked the crowd by rattling wooden clappers and the yeomanry drove the protesters into town. The laborers then increased their demand to two shillings more per week.
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Yaxley
Huntingdon
England
Yeomanry
Goats Perched Above During California Storm
A California gentleman after investing heavily in Angora goats built a large corral and weatherproof sheds. In a fierce storm he gathered the herd at night, but found none when checking them. Lifting his lantern revealed the entire flock perched atop the shed, calmly enjoying the downpour.
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California
Angora
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John O’ Keefe
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Mexico
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Frederick the Great
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H. R. H. Ulysses I
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Ulysess I
Ulysses
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