Government moves heavy ordnance to Pensacola
The article notes a warlike sign as heavy ordinance shifts from St. Louis to Pensacola Florida. Rafferty’s counsel loses the bid for a new trial and he faces a hanging scheduled for Friday December 26. The December pension payment may require a six million dollar draft from the Treasury’s forty four million legal tender reserve.
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St. Louis
Pensacola
Fla
Rafferty
United States Treasury
House Debates Suspension to Recognize Cuban Rebels
In the National House of Representatives on Monday a move to suspend the rules and pass a resolution recognizing the belligerency of Cuban insurgents failed by 41 to 163. The vote suggests the House sentiment was not warlike.
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House of Representatives
Waye
New York Election Defeats Judicial Appointment Amendment
At the November state election in New York the proposed constitutional change to make judges of state and local courts appointive rather than elective was put to a popular vote and defeated by more than 200000.
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New York
Tweed, Former Congressman, Convicted and Imprisoned
The article notes William M. Tweed was once a New York City congressman in the Thirty third Congress and claims he may be the first former member of Congress sent to the penitentiary, a fact not widely known.
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William M. Tweed
Congress
New York City
Thirty-third Congress
House pass universal amnesty bill ends rebellion era
The National House of Representatives approved a universal amnesty bill on Monday. It repeals the test oath and extends amnesty to every rebel in the land. The measure passed 141 to 29, with expectation the Senate will also pass it.
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National House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Virginius Controversy Shifts as Spain Seeks Protocol Change
Advices from Washington say the Virginius affair enters a new phase as Spain asks the United States to modify the recently agreed protocol to allow delivery to a neutral power. A Cabinet meeting in Washington last Friday decided to decline Spain's request, though dispatches say the situation remains very critical.
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Washington
Spain
United States
Cuba
Washington dispatches on Virginius affair amid Madrid talks
December 5 dispatches say General Sickles will be retired from Madrid and had been largely ignored by the State Department. Diplomatic exchanges were with Spain’s government through its Washington ambassador. The Virginias are expected to be delivered to the United States via a Cuban port. Castelar assures he can execute the protocol using the Spanish fleet.
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Washington
Virginius
Sickles
Madrid
State Department
United States
Castelar
Captain of Arapiles Complains of Ungentlemanly Treatment
The Chicago Journal reports the captain of the Spanish iron-clad Arapiles says his ship remains in New York dry docks. He claims authorities delay exit due to flood-gate issues, fears seizure, and boasts the vessel’s armor is hard to breach. He suggests such a ship could aid Havana if war comes.
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Chicago Journal
New York
Havana
Huge New York Cheese Ships to London for Christmas Show
A 2200 pound cheese from Oneida county was shipped last week on the steamer Denmark to London. Made from 21000 pounds of milk for an English Christmas display, it stood twenty six inches high when cured, shrank two inches, and rested twenty four inches high and fifty four inches in diameter after curing. Five days in the press and forty days in curing.
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New York
London
Denmark
Oneida County
England
Congress Debates Banks and Salaries in 1876 Rooms
A Chicago Journal summary of December 8 outlines bills and committee appointments in the House and Senate. Illinois figures appear in proposed bank reserves for currency, free schools, and a new Cairo district court while discussions on salaries and franking unfold.
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Wasatratos
Iaaac
Qairo
Lil
United States Court
Illnois
Cairo
Ohio and Mississippi
Illinois
Burchard
Hurlbut
Kasaon
Kasson
Logan
Chicago
Seaboard
House Special Committee On
Cuba
Clements
Morrison
Mississippi
Missouri
Garfield
Eugene Hale
Wheeler O'Neil
Starkweather
Tromburg
Tiner
Parker
Marshall
Swain
John Hancock
J.B. Hawley
James Monroe
Education
Lawrence
Ohio
Wheeler
Commerce Committee
Jasper Packard
Coburn
Donnan
Iowa
Ben Butler
Schofield
Treasury Secretary Report During Panic Highlights
Summary of the Treasury report for the fiscal year ending June 30. Receipts reached 338,788,204 chiefly from import duties and internal taxes. Debt reduction totaled 50,498,385 with interest payments of 87,051,907 on day one of the new year. First quarter receipts were 99,704,818. Refundings could save 1,000,000 annually and 3,000,000 overall. Secretary notes high US credit, suggests further refunding, potential tax increases, tariff simplification, abolition of tonnage tax, and support for shipbuilding growth.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Alaska
United States
Virginia s Affair Protocol of 1878 conference
The De partment of State in Washington on November 20 1878 hosted a protocol between Hamilton Fish and Rear Admiral Don Jose Polo de Barnabee. They outline terms for the Virginius crisis, including immediate vessel return, a potential December 25 salute, and possible inquiry and legal action if the ship did not rightfully carry the U S flag. Arbitration if no agreement, Senate approval required.
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Department of State
Washington
Hamilton Fish
Don Jose Polo de Barnabee
Spain
Virginius
United States
High
Virginias
Sickles
Polo
Senate of
Dakota: a thriving Dakota home front in Illinois
Rev J M Conlee writes from Warren Sentinel Nov 20 praising Dakota Illinois nine miles northeast of Freeport. He notes a population of about three hundred with strong schools, three churches Methodist Lutheran Presbyterian, no saloons, two dry goods stores, a drug and provisions shop, and a capable postmaster Daniel Keck. He extols fertile farms and grand barn structures reflecting rich soil and abundant farming.
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Warren Sentinel
Dakota
Freeport
Western Union
Chicago
Warren
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Daniel Keck
Illinois
Chief Justice role seen as supreme honor and power
The piece discusses the Chief Justice of the United States as a highly honorable and powerful office. It notes the judiciary often makes law through decisions and highlights historical attempts to fill the Supreme Court seat, from John Jay to Oliver Ellsworth and beyond, with references to early presidents and nominations.
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United States Supreme Court
Dartmouth College
United States
George Washington
John Adams
Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
John Jay
England
Washington
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Senate
William Cushing
Massachusetts
Oliver Ellsworth
France
New York
Adams
Williams as Chief Justice Candidate in Grant Era
The article discusses the pattern of Chief Justices rising from cabinet or attorney general roles, noting Jackson and Lincoln's selections. It highlights General Grant’s choice to follow precedents, favoring a strong legal mind over political stature, and endorses Attorney General Williams to fill the vacancy left by Chief Justice Chase. It views Williams as a capable, long-term jurist with a career from Iowa bench to Congress, praising his judicial temperament and service.
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Senate
John Marshall
Jackson
Treachury
Roger B. Taney
Lincoln
Salmson P. Chase
Grant
Ifé
Williams
Chase
Conkling
Iowa
Oregon
Congress
Department of Justice
Marshall
Tanney
Chicago Journal
Stephenson County Agricultural Society Annual Meeting
The Stephenson County Agricultural Society held its annual meeting at the Freeport courthouse on December 6 with L K Scofield presiding. Reports show the nineteenth annual fair in September yielded substantial attendance and stock sales, grounds leased for revenue, and assets and liabilities detailed for inspection, with efforts to liquidate debt and improve grounds ongoing.
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Stephenson County Agricultural Society
Court House
Freeport
L. K. Scofield
L. L. Munn
Ganr Leven
Jong
Swanzey
F Butler
McMillan
Tate
Stemenson County Acagicultural Society
Penatiues
R. Colby
Silver Creek
Ridott
Fe Sociéty
Dane and
Afteen Dellace
OUF Secretais
U. Ing
Theta Ee
Rodney Welch
Ture
Agriculture
S Ciety
L. EK
Stephenson Co. A. P. S
Presid K. Scofield
Babcock
H. Pierce
F. Brookmeier
M. M. John Swanzey
L. M. Cox
Colby
Washington
Springfield
Congress
British Debt and Municipal Bonds Held by English Investors
The article notes Britain's national debt about 700 million and municipal debt around 5 billion, all held by English investors. It cites bonds of other nations and local subdivisions, with capitalists receiving about 500 million per year in interest and a general interest rate average near six to seven percent, plus principal figures around 98 million.
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Great Britain
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Fish
Polo de Barnabee
J. M. Conlee
Otés
Eagh
Sale
Gio. Thomison
Fazzroat
Tha
Gantummen
Toronan
Xf Boothe
M. Youna
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