Grant and Ward trial reveals Ulysses S Grant’s loans
Ulysses S Grant testifies in Chaffee suit over $300000 in securities left with Grant & Ward. He details joining the firm July 1, 1850, investing $100000, and borrowing from Senator Chaffee via Ward. He says Ward diverted funds, arranging further loans, and securities were transferred to him then to Ward. The case adjourns to January.
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Grant
Ward
New York
A. & Grant
Senator Chaffee
Grant & Ward
Young Grant
Europe
United States
Pittsburgh
Bliss
Marine Bank
William H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Deadly DynamiteClaims Fatalities and Cabinet Split
A dynamite blast during drilling on the Northern Railroad extension killed the foreman and seriously injured three workers. In Ottawa, Languevin and Chapleau exchange sharp words as 26 friends urge dismissal. A Halifax shipwreck tale recalls the schooner P Grant Livington frozen at sea with crew at risk. New York Young Men’s Republican Club addresses senators and representatives urging support.
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Brown
Toronto
Ont
Ottawa
Dominion
Sir Hector Languevin
Chapileau
Langevin
Chapleau
Senreal
Quebec
Ifax
P. Grant Livington
Baddeck
Capabreton
Canso
Destructive Fires Hit Opera House Block and Factories
A Racine Wisconsin blaze destroyed the Blake Opera House block including an opera house hotel drug store and restaurant. Three lives lost at Indianapolis Cotton Factory fire also leveled the building with extensive equipment losses. Warm Springs hotel in South burned. Cohoes knitting mill and Laurensburg losses noted.
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Blake Opera House
Racine
Wis
Jodianspolis
Carey & Finniegap
W. H. Vilas
Lena Johnson
Weed Bro
Telephone Exchange
Phe
Thompson
Opera Company
States
W. A. Thompson
City
Opera House
Carey
Flannigan
Vilas
Laren
Russell P. Glover
Thompson “Beggar Student” Opera Company
J. A. Patrick
Ixptanarolis
Indianapolis
Brower & Love Brothers
Utica
N. Y
Henry Sehnall
Wann Sprivgs
Warm Springs
Rumbough
Troy
Egbert
Cohoes
Witureton
N. C
Lawrenburg
Salvation Army attacked in Portland street riot
A mob clashed with Salvation Army volunteers in Portland on December 20 and again the next day. Captain Gray led a parade that faced ice, stones, and insults as crowds disrupted the march from Middle Street to Fore Street. Several soldiers were injured, police intervened at Gorham's corner, and the attack marred the day with repeated demonstrations.
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Salvationists
Middle Street
Gorham’s
The Spanish Treaty and Senate Open Session Debate
Washington reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee near evenly split over opening discussions of the Spanish treaty. Some favor open sessions while others push for closed doors. Other notes include Osborn seeking to move Chadian remains, Randall touring the South, and Chandler preparing to close navy yards due to Congress funding gaps.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Miller
California
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Lapbant
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Morgan
Pendleton
Vance
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Wilson
Morean
Alabana
Nicaragua
Europe
Sandford
African International Association
African Association of the
Samuel J. Randall
South
Louisville
Nashville
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Osborn
Department of State
Buenes Ayre
Tressury Department
Chandler
Navy
Congress
Transaudine Railway News and Mining Strikes Report
Reports from Montevideo Cordillera and nearby areas describe railway materials arriving for the Transaudine line, snowfall in Cordillera, and migrant workers seeking shelter. Major mining outages in Schenandoah and nearby territories affect over 2,600 workers as wages shrink and closures persist amid miner fund and local charity actions.
Disastrous Spain Earthquake Reports Spread
Details of the Spain earthquake arrive slowly, with Spain government publishing updates. In Andalusia at least forty towns suffered damage and deaths soared in Veloz Malaga Albuquere Arenas Del Rey and Estepona. Rescue work slows as aftershocks continue and fear grows among survivors. Government relief funds are announced.
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Beiog
Mapsip
Spain
Andalusia
Veloz Malaga
Albuquere
Granada
Estepona
Andalosia
Maparip
Alhama
Albumelas
Seville
Periana
Malaga
The Sou dan and World News From London
London dated dispatches report Wolseley abandoning the desert plan to reach Shendy, shifting base to Merawah Berber route, delaying Ishatoum relief, and criticizing transport failures. British envoys seek tribal alliances while a naval committee studies wartime coal facilities. Bismarck letters to Manteuffel and French neutrality talks are noted amid European diplomacy. In Cortale Sicily rioters attack a parish church. authorities restore order after two hours of combat. Spanish-ruled Manonie reports a government foreign bill to abolish 3,000 municipalities with vast peseta savings. Vienna notes a suicide by two corn merchants, Ottitz brothers.
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Mahdi
Admiralty
Berry
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Frankfort
Manbtenifel
Atustea
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France
African International Association
Paris
Ferry
National Gazette
Reichstag
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Cortale
Sicily
Manonie
Vienna
Ottitz
Three Train Wreckers Lynched Near Purvis Miss
A passenger train wrecked near Purvis Mississippi left engineer Bob Turner and fireman dead. Inspector Tom Griffin captured three suspects who confessed to wrecking a freight train for Christmas loot. The trio was hanged by a mob at the scene while locals later vandalized the jail. Also noted is a report on the Mary Cross order and a bishop's son reportedly taking vows.
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Tenn
Purvis
Miss
Bob Turner
Tom Griffin
Turned
Meridian
Pravia
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