Notable Deaths and Trials Air Through Freeport Dispatch
Hon Richard Yates ex governor and senator of Illinois died suddenly in St Louis last Thursday. Tammany figures Ross Tweed confederate Ingersoll convicted five years and eighteen months. Kansas City suffers financial shock as J B Hunter Co fails with 180000 liabilities and First National Bank liquidates. Twenty Virginius captives spared if lives, but all shot. Bankrupts Cooke and Aiken listed. Vice President Henry Wilson’s health improves and he presides in Senate. Tweed moved to penitentiary. crowd watches. Ville du Havre disaster near Havre claims 226 lives, 87 rescued.
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Richard Yates
United States
Illinois
St. Louis
Ingersoll
Ross
Tweed
Tammany Ring
Farrington
Ring
Kansas City
J. B. Hunter & Co
First National Bank
Tunnel completion nears in Hoosac Mass railroad project
The Hoosac tunnel work in Massachusetts, years in progress, nears finish as the east and west crews connect by a final through hole. Meanwhile national politics see 172 new House members, 120 returning, and a Senate with Democrats up by four. Reports also cover Tweed’s confinement on Blackwell's Island, Rafferty’s murder conviction, and Judge Davis fining Tweed defense lawyers for contempt. Washington dispatches note Back-pay repeal opposition and looming actions on bankrupt and attorney general nominations. Uncle Levi Roby parodies tariff talk in the Bulletin as Illinois politics heat up.
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Hoosac Mountain
Massachusetts
Washington
Butler
Senate
Williams
Bristow
Logan
Waddams
Levi Roby
Congress
Uncle Levi
United States
Chicago
Bulletin
Hettinger Hall
Levi
Republican Party
Andes
L. A
President's Message outlines foreign policy and finance
The President's annual message reviews international relations with France Germany Prussia Italy Brazil and Japan noting no special issues. It covers Vienna Exposition actions American involvement in patent protections and Chinese trade, boundary treaties with Britain and issues of expatriation citizenship and foreign claims. It notes the Virginius incident with Spain and calls for congressional actions on expatriation law and electoral reform.
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House of Representatives
Congress
United States
France
Germany
Prussia
Italy
Brazil
Japan
Department of State
Vienna
Patent Office
Europe
China
Tribunal of Arbitration
Geneva
Treasury
Secretary of State
Alabama
Shenandoah
Melbourne
Great Britain
Lake of the Woods
Come Mission
Count Conti
Washington
Netherlands
Acheen
Mexico
Texas
Egypt
Republic of Santo Domingo
Denmark
Orange Free State
Ecuador
Executive Departments
Madrid
Spain
Porto Rico
Cuba
Havana
Christendom
Yarra
Oaba
Virginius
New York
Commercial Marine of the
Santiago de Cuba
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Freeport Journal
Jay Cooke
Frank Aiken
Henry Wilson
United States Senate
H. B. Hurd
Wm. M. Tweed
Tombs
Blackwell’s Island
Shields
Gale
Mr. McGinnis
New Orleans
London
Ville du Havre
Havre
House
William M. Twedd
New York Bay
New York Dispatch
William M. Tweed
Rafferty
Circuit Court
Lake County
Christopher Rafferty
Supreme Court
Noah Davin
Messia
Graham
Fullerton
Bartlett
Boss Tweed
Bes
Davis
Legislature of
State Board of Equalization
Springfield
Chicago Journal
Iowa
Kossuth
Osceola
Clay
Humboldt
Lyon
O'Brien
Winnebago
Worth
Maryland
Postmaster General
Congresa
High Sea
Ted
Aui
Navy
Prs
Treasury Department
Econo
Wanemu Ag
Ooel
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