Republican State Convention in Des Moines July 1
A dispatch from Tucson reports Cochise’s Indians raid Mexico, killing two men and seizing stock near Tarranta. The long-pending corn-planter patent case of George W. Brown of Galesburg, Illinois, is decided in his favor by the United States Supreme Court. H B Washburne declines Treasury secretary offer. no replacement named. Congress hopes to finish work by July, with earlier daily sessions and an early adjournment anticipated.
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Arizona
Cochise
Mexico
Tarranta
George W. Brown
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United States Supreme Court
Congress to Increase Relief Bill to 190000
The House concurred with the Senate on the relief bill for Southwest food sufferers, raising the sum from 90000 to 190000 and awaiting the President's signature. Heat and nearing adjournment, June 16 is favored as the last day. Fires devastate Ridgeway Winneshiek county and Oshkosh Wisconsin, with woods burning in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota New York and Canada. In Cairo and Detroit dispatches, lawsuits against the Illinois Central Railroad Company seek damages of 100000. Farmers at home labor while politicians pose as farmers, as crop duties loom for next fall.
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Cairo
Messrs. Linegar & Lansden
Illinois Central Railroad Company
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District of Columbia
Joint Investigation Committee
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
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Banking Committee
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Finance Committee
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Eldridge
Judiciary Committee
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Erend Haven
Black Lake
Saugatuck
South
Saginaw River
Christian banker’s collapse shocks Oshkosh depositors
The banker's scandal in Oshkosh leaves depositors facing losses up to 40000. He promised 10 percent interest and was regarded as morally upright, but his disappearance raises questions about his finances. Wisconsin regulators push to test new railway rate law. Attorney General may sue to settle its validity. A Philippine Islands fire on January 28 destroys thousands of homes, frames, and cattle. fifteen people, including six children, perish.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Board of Railway Commissioners
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Trocha
Guayamara
Trinidad
Frederick Dockery
Nuevitas
Spain
Europe
Paris
London
Railroads blamed for panic by Freeport speaker
Hon H O Burchard argued in a Freeport Journal speech that railroad construction outpaced national needs and fueled financial panic. He noted fifty four railroads defaulting on bond interest, most in the western unsettled regions where profits from farming would take years to materialize, citing a Philadelphia North American article on defaulting railways.
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H. O. Burchard
Freeport Journal
Wei
Philadelphia
North American
Missouri Leader Contender Faces Liberal Opposition
The Missouri editor and Springfield papers debate Carl Schurz for U S Senate noting opposition from Liberals who seek a leader with notable achievements. They question his qualifications beyond opposing inflation, while praising his abilities but doubting aggressive statesmanship and Missouri’s right to govern itself. The Chicago Journal reports.
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Ed Stile
Missouri
Cincinnati
Springfield
Republica
Carl
Schurz
Senate
Missouri Press
Chicago Journal
Decoration Day Observances Urged Across Illinois
Grand Army orders call for graves of soldiers to be decorated on Saturday May 80th with ceremonies urged by post commanders. Governor Beveridge declares Memorial Day and asks citizens to pause from work, decorate graves, and attend church services the following Sabbath.
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Freeport
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago
John’ L. Beveridge
State of
Illinois
Springfield
United States
John L. Beveriwar
Geo. H. Hanton
The Agassiz Memorial Proposed by Friends of Education
The friends of Agassiz propose a national memorial by funding the Museum of Comparative Zoology on its strong base. Teachers and pupils nationwide would contribute on Agassiz's birthday, May 28, 1874, to establish the Teachers and Pupils Memorial Fund in his honor.
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Friends of Education
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
An 1874 fundraising appeal on Louis Agassiz's grave
A broad call to teachers and pupils across Illinois to contribute to a love and gratitude project. On May 28 1874, the anniversary of mid-birthday, each school should offer a small gift for Louis Agassiz's grave, with funds routed through James M Barnard Boston. Each school explains the matter locally. gifts are voluntary.
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Louis Agaasiz
Citiéa
British naval strength in doubt amid ironclad tally
A London letter reports the British navy in doubtful efficiency with fifty five ironclads on paper. Forty one sea going remain after deducting five docked and nine obsolete or not sea worthy. Only fourteen are effective now, with four more possibly ready this year. Harbor defense ironclads tally eight fit for service, one building. The Siberia steamship voyage between Liverpool and Madeira noted.
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New York
London
Lonnon
Siberia
Liverpool
Maderia
Relief pleas from Arkansas overflowed district urge aid
The Relief Committee received letters from the overflowed district in Arkansas and nearby areas pleading for rations and stock forage for about 1,000 people. A petition from 350 colored laborers in Arkansas City warns of deepening destitution as flood waters persist and levees fail. Leaders note little state aid due to capital turmoil, urging philanthropy from other states to prevent widespread starvation and abandonment of the region.
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Mexpnis
Tenn
Relief Committee
Arkansas
Bernard
Chicot County
Ark
Arkansas City
J. W. Dickenson
Dickenson
Arkansas Conflict Escalates as Sides Reinforce
Dispatches from St. Louis report Arkansas clashes intensifying with both factions reinforcing lines. Lieutenant Colonel Fowler brings 165 arms from the Industrial University Fayetteville, and about 200 more men are awaited for Brooks. Baxter’s claim to the Legislature next Monday is debated by informed observers.
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Sr. Louis
Little Rock
St. Louis
Baring Cross
Brooks
Baxter
Arkansas
Globe
Ark
Fowler
Industrial University
Fayetteville
Vermont Judge Poland Pushes Finance Bill in House
Judge Poland of Vermont introduces a comprehensive financial bill detailing repeal of bank circulation limits, issuance rights for organized banks with securities, gradual retirement of greenbacks, U S bond issues to retire greenbacks, coin payment of notes after July 1, 1875, partial duties payable in notes, and new rules on interbank deposits with redeeming agents.
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Poland
Vermont
United States
Patrons of Husbandry Critique Grain Co op Plans
Freeport Illinois May 6 1874 letter to the Chicago Tribune argues government backed Patrons of Husbandry schemes require capital and skilled managers, predicting failure except for dairy and provision trades. The writer defends country merchants, attacks insinuations of poor quality goods, and stresses farmer credit histories and price realities.
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Freeport
Ill
Chicago Tribune
Sra
The
Tribune
Chicago
Acarcely
Azore
Ben Butler
Farmett Convention to be held in Bloomington spring
Special correspondent reports the Farmett Convention at Bloomington will convene in spring with notable features. M T Fitzpatrick, a county figure and vice president of a district association, offered censures of Grant for vetoing the Quits ey bill and for not vetoing the Grab bill. His attacks underscore a tumultuous political scene.
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Farmett
Bloomington
Ohio Post and Mail
M.T. Fitspatrick
Grant
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