Moulton on Witness Stand and Europe War Forecast
Frank Moulton remains on the witness stand in the Beecher trial in New York as Europe anticipates conflict. The London Times predicts war with several nations arming after Germany's example. A Republican caucus in Washington backs Grant in recognizing Kellogg State Government. a German fleet has landed at Zarauz, Spain, firing on a German vessel in retaliation for Carlist actions. Spain seeks resolution without war.
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Frank Moulton
Beecher
New York
London Times
Europe
Germany
Washington
Grant
Kellogg
Zarauz
Spain
Alabama deputy marshals facing trumped up charges
A Washington dispatch reports the Attorney General received a letter from the U S Marshal of Alabama stating some deputy marshals were arrested and tried in State courts on false arrest kidnapping assault and battery and larceny charges from the last election. The letter asks for defense by the U S District Attorney and other counsel, noting they are without friends or means. The request will be complied with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Alabama
United States District Attorney
New Orleans
W. W. Belknap
Major Merrill
Shreveport
P. H. Saenivan
Gladstone to withdraw leadership of English Liberal party
The Chicago Journal reports Mr Gladstone will retire from the Liberal leadership after years at the helm. He will still back party principles in Parliament but decline the burden of championing the cause, choosing to spend his closing years differently, a move met with regret by his constituency.
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Gladstone
Chicago Journal
Liberal Party
England
Illinois Legislature announces standing committees
The Standing Committees of the Illinois Legislature were announced Wednesday with chair manships nearly evenly split between Democrats and Independents. Representative Cronkrite serves on Appropriations Penitentiary Warehouse Insurance and State and Municipal Indebtedness while Turner sits on Crankrite Agriculture Revenue and Mileage. Jones is on the special Committee to inquire into affairs of the new State House. Senate session had no quorum and no business conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Haines
Turner
Jones
Cronkrite
New State House
Senate
Mocksage of Grant and Sheridan Reports Featured
This issue highlights a special mocksage of President Grant with his response to the Senate on Louisiana affairs. Telegraph transmission caused transpositions and omissions yet the document remains as corrected as possible without the original. Sheridan’s New Orleans report and a second Sheridan piece on White Leaguer murders and massacres are also provided for reader perusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Senate
Louisiana
General Sheridan
New Orleans
Boston Meeting Denounces Louisiana Outrage
A Boston dispatch reports a fractious gathering at Faneuil Hall last Friday to protest what speakers called outrages on the Louisiana Legislature. Wendell Phillips spoke amid tumult, defending Grant and De Trobiand while warning that passing resolutions would stain with blood the supporters of emancipation and protection of four million freedpeople.
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Boston
Faneuill Tall
Louisiana
Wendell Phillips
Grant
General de Trobriand
South
Bation
Cold Helena Night Reflects Severe Winter Conditions
A Helena Montana Territory report notes temperatures plunging to forty degrees below zero as a severe winter grips the region. The dispatch from General Sheridan to Secretary Belknap discusses threats against Republicans in Louisiana, detailing white league intimidation, mass homelessness, and potential violence amid political unrest, with Major Merrill’s paraphrased account warning of imminent disorder unless preventive action is taken.
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Helena
Montana
Freeport
Louisiana
General Sheridan
Washington
Foreign News Highlights From Europe and Asia
A Paris committee of nine Left and six Right deputies probes Burgoing’s election. London reports a misidentified ship, a loss of the Alice near Constantinople with twenty drowned. Netherlands forms a 1876 Exposition commission. Germany closes socialist groups in Frankfort. Berlin-Berlin-Spain messages discuss tensions over flags and Spain’s response to German demands. Siam monarchy rift leads to British protection for subjects. Faraday reported off Weymouth as Germany’s armament grows. Expedition against Black Hills miners suffers severe cold with no trace found.
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Paris
Burgoing
Siam
London
Bangkok
Singapore
Faraday
Weymouth
Times
Germany
Washington Letter on Louisiana crisis and military involvement
In this Washington Letter, Hana argues against premature despotism accusations after New Orleans military intervention. She recalls Southern murder and mob justice, notes long-standing injustice toward murderers tied to status, and defends President Grant for deploying troops to avert civil war. She urges reflection on antebellum and postbellum violence and politics in Louisiana and stresses constitutional limits.
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Washington, D. C
Dear
New Orleans
Washington
Gulf States
Lynch
South
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Congress
Kellogg
U. S
Andy Johnson
Louise Igna
de Trobriand
Republican Party
Hana
Inauguration Day Falls on Sunday in 1877
The Chicago Journal notes that the next Presidential Inauguration on March 4, 1877 will land on a Sunday. It recalls two prior Sunday inaugurations in 1821 and 1849 adjusted to March 6 by law. It predicts future Sunday inaugurations about once per lifetime, with the next collision after 1877 in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
United States
James Monroe
Zachary Taylor
The 1875 Illinois Assembly Opens Amid New Party Ties
Our Springfield Letter reviews the 1875 General Assembly opening with a new party holding power in both houses. It notes fusion of Independents and Democrats, key actors like EB, M. Haines, Geo Judd and A. O. Hesing, and the contested Speakership. The piece previews committee control, potential legislative struggles, and expects a winter of wrangling and bantering.
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Sprraristo
General Assembly
Independents
Democrats
House
Senate
Springfield
M. Haines
Geo
Judd
Hesing
Congress
Lake
Ile
Haines
Donny Brook Fair
America
Hesfag
Col. Casey
Col
Casey
A. A. Glenn
Sterling
Glen
Caseys
J. J. Crowle
Qook County
Beveridge
Bancomb
Grant approves Sheridan on Louisiana suppression stance
The Chicago Journal lauds President Grant and General Sheridan for stabilizing Louisiana, noting the 1872 election flaws and Kellogg's contested hold. The article argues military actions were limited to preventing riot, with blame on violent radicals for any overreach, and cites Colfax massacre perpetrators as unpunished.
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Chicago Journal
Grant
General Sheridan
Louisiana
Sheridan
Thurman
Senate
Kellogg
Congress
White League
Colfax
Declaration against outlawry echoes from the North
A heated editorial critique denounces northern sympathies with Ku Klux and White Leagues while praising a Vicksburg and Appomattox veteran. It condemns violence and calls for federal action to curb unlawful aims, contrasting rhetoric at a Cooper Institute gathering with ongoing reports of political intimidation. The piece asserts outlawry in the South remains a threat and denounces what it calls conservative appeasement.
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William E. Dodge
Willis E
William Cullen
Devont
Aphatin
Ny Orleans
Klux
Vening
Cooper Institute
Massacres and political murder in Louisiana era marked by White League violence
A Civil War era account cites W W Belknap detailing mass killings and assaults tied to political sentiment in Louisiana. It notes 1200 plus isolated killings, brutal acts in parishes including Caddo Bienville Red River Winn and Orleans, and specific incidents against Black voters and Republicans by White League members and local authorities.
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Bo Caddo
Catahoula
Saint Bernard
Landry
Grant
Orleans
Abi
Natehithoces
Bienville
Red River Parish
Winn Parish
Jack Parish
Shoula
Tle
Switchell
Divers
Halland
Howe
Edgerton
Willis
Whi League
Brownst
United Su
Caddo
United States
Shraveport
White League
Walsh
M Rapers
Wheater
Durant
Renfro
Baker
Republican Party
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Great Britain
Uarshore Point
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Liverpool
Alice
Cardiff
Constantinople
Holland
Wshington
Philadelphia
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Busan
Frankfort
Berlin
Serrano
The
Daily News
Henadays
Zurauz
Benin
Maputo
Alphonso
Primo Rivera
Prussia
Herr Camphanzen
General Ord
Guy Henry
Black Hills
Camp Robinson
Sherivan
League
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