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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1878
Page
2
Freeport Journal reports about 80 Senators and 205 Representatives in their seats. Senator Geo. It. Pendleton, known as Gentleman George, has been elected U. S. Senator from Ohio to replace Stanley Matthews whose term ends March 4 next.
The State Board of Agriculture decided at its recent meeting to offer a premium of 8300 for public school exercises. A programme of the exercises will, in due time, be announced.
Server Pasha and Namyk Pasha left Constantinople on the 14th to meet Grand Duke Nicholas at Kezanlik. They were invested by the Turkish Ministerial Council with full powers to negotiate peace.
The Turko Russian war appears near conclusion as Turkish garrisons at Schipka Pass fall, opening advance toward Adrianople. Historians recall the ancient battle at Adrianople where 60,000 Romans perished to the Goths, underscoring long memory of major conflicts near the region.
The African explorer Henry M Stanley is toasted in the old world after his expeditions. King Emmanuel’s final act was to send a letter presenting Stanley with a gold medal, delivered with the king’s letter by Signor Correnti, president of the Italian Geographical Society.
The New York Sun portrays Southern Democrats as discordant and Northern Democrats torn by rivalries. It attacks the party’s overall leadership, calling it a dead level of mediocrity with a disorganized House and weak Senate. The piece decries the Democratic strength as insufficient.
Montgomery Blair introduced a resolution memorializing Congress to reopen the Presidential question and oust President Hayes to seat Mr. Tilden. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations which, after consulting leading Democrats, favors reporting adversely on reopening the memorial but will adopt a resolution declaring Tilden elected.
Gold slid to 10214 in New York on Monday, the lowest since May 1862, signaling improving public credit and a narrowing margin between treasury notes and gold. The piece notes impending resumption and explains how holders of greenbacks may swap directly for gold at the Captain’s office, while predicting decreased demand for specie once settlement becomes possible.
In Chicago and New York figures debate fire and brimstone sermons by De Witt Talmage in New York and Oglesby in Chicago on the silver question. The senator predicts passage of the silver bill, denounces Sumner, and argues remonetizing silver will relieve distress by restoring monetary stability amid capital concerns and political pressure.
Rome fills with grief as King Victor Emmanuel II dies after miliary fever. Crowds throng the piazza, shops close, and ambassadors, the pope, and royal family attend last rites. Humbert is proclaimed king as Rome mourns the monarch who reigned since unification.
A compilation from the Chicago Evening Journal notes Illinois milestones and anecdotes from 1800s days. It cites Chicago’s first frame house in 1831, a bustling 6000-population city seven years later, and a silk mania around mulberry trees. It recounts notable figures, places, and events including Lincoln’s 1840 Whig electors role, 1840 county politics, prices, and early governance.
London ed 11 Jun 1878 reports extreme cold and starvation in Balkans. Russians suffer through Schipka Pass with 41 Turkish battalions defeated. Telegraph editorials foretell harsher terms for Turkey and possible English action. Armistice talks amid rumors of a six week pause and dispatches from Vienna and Constantinople detail Radetzky and Skebeloff victories and Turkish reorganization.
Reports from Rome January 10 describe officials and diplomats queuing at the Quirinal after the death of Victor Emmanuel I of Italy. King Humbert I issued a proclamation promising to follow his predecessor’s example of civic virtue, unity, and liberal institutions. Papal envoys brought a benediction as the Pope reportedly could not travel to administer rites due to infirmity.
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