Fourteen Convicted Prisoners Sentenced in Chicago
From the Criminal Court of Chicago on Saturday morning fourteen prisoners were sentenced to the State Penitentiary. Also noted, Bank of England raised its rate to 8 percent amid financial stringency. Washington reports on legal, monetary, and political changes including McMahon's ascendancy in France and ongoing Canadian snow storms. US Treasury shows specie balance of $82,813,580 and currency $4,312,155 with debt rising about $3,000,000 in October.
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State Penitentiary
Criminal Court of
Chicago
England
Bank of England
United States Treasury
Treasury to sell no gold in November plan
The Treasury will not sell gold nor buy nonds in November. The article notes the aim to resume specie payments requires ample specie reserves. It mentions hoarding coin at the Treasury as a method to build a reserve and references Stokes leaving Chicago for Sing Sing and a taunting Sing Sing letter from Walworth to the prison keeper.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Chicago Journal
Stokes
Sing Sing
Young Walworth
Toombs
New York
Ned
Price legislation shows Tribune split on rail transport
The Chicago Tribune is described as impartial in Price legislation and rail transport debates. The piece contrasts pro railroad and pro free trade stances, noting mixed politics in Farmers Garages coverage and mockery of Sioux war leaders crossing reservations. It also mentions proposed national cemeteries and a cavalry raid plan against Sioux country.
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Chicago Tribune
Little Wolf
Red Cloud
Chicago Journal
Blaine Debt Error in Jay Cooke & Co Assets
The New York Evening Star explains Blaine's name on Jay Cooke & Co debtors list. About $30,000 owed by Mon. Jas. G. Blaine dates to a 1869 mortgage for his Fifteenth Street residence. Mortgage matures 1875 and is secured by the home’s intrinsic value.
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New York Evening Star
Blaine
Jay Cooke & Co
Jas. G. Blaine
Fifteenth Street
Crime ranks shift in public view, murder downgraded
The Chicago Journal notes murder is now seen as a lesser crime than in the past. It cites cases: Stokes received four years in New York Penitentiary for murder of Wisk, and George Williams got ten years in New Jersey Penitentiary for forging an $860 check. The piece imagines harsher totals if multiple murders occurred.
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Chicago Journal
Stokes
New York
Wisk
George Williams
New Jersey
Predicted Winter Signs in Chicago Journal Opinion
The Chicago Journal discusses an early winter in doubt, noting migratory birds stay and bass rise, contrasting with last year’s harsher winter. It reports concern over Hoyt Sprague Co and Claflin Co finances, hoping creditors are settled. An editorial urges all able people to pay debts to ease the financial stringency.
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Saya
Chicago Journal
Border
New York
Hoyt, Sprague & Co
N. B.claflin & Co
The
Roscoe Denounced in Murder Confession Over Goodrich
New York dispatch dated October 80 reports Roscoe denounced as Goodrich’s murderer by Lucette Myers who recounted stalking visits by Goodrich, Roscoe, Beach, and Kate Stoddard to Lucette’s Stanton Street home then Degraw Street shooting at Goodrich with Lucette hiding in a closet and Kate wiping blood.
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New York
Roscoe
Goodrich
Lucette Myers
Lucetta
Stanton Street
Beach
Lucette
Kate Stoddard
Degraw Street
Kate
Naval folly and cost of a great establishment
A Louis Democrat letter decries a large naval establishment as a fraud, arguing in war with any naval power it would fail to protect shipping. It urges cutting navy expenses by half and delaying 14 million fort armament until ordnance is more proven.
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Louis Democrat
Greenland Coal Mine Hint of New Arctic Industry
A Greenland coal vein near Godhaven on Cisco Island yields 30 inches of coal with sand and clay overburden. An exploring party reported ice-veined sand, increasing coal quality with depth, and estimated 15 tons mined in a day with potential for 100 tons in five days. Findings suggest Greenland could host multiple mineral ventures and attract mining populations, easing climate hardships.
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Greenland
God+ haven
Cisco
Public retraction in bonnet theft warrant case
The State of Illinois investigates a bonnet theft from Best & Morgan. Thomas Hunt is cleared by the warrant search. the affiant Tuomas K Best retracts accusations and admits suspicions were unjust. Case to be settled on agreed terms with publication in Freeport newspapers.
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State OF
Illinois
Gle
Thomas Hunt
Thomas K. Best
Best & Morgan
Freeport
J. M. Baey
Def’t
U. D. Meacham
Piff
Revised railway tariffs by group and rates
SparincheiD Oct 27 official statement fixes railroad tariffs after Railroad and Warehouse Commission corrections. Groups range from standard lines at three cents per mile to those 15 percent above standard with four and a half to four cents per mile, listing names of lines and their passenger rates.
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Sparincheid
Lil
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad
The
Tribune
Columbus
Chicago
Indiana Central
Chicago and Alton
Illinois Central
Chicago and Northwestern
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Rock Island and Pacific
Toledo, Wabash and Western
Ohio and
Mississippi
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Western Union
Danville
Vincennes
Toledo
Peoria
Warsaw
Alton
Terre Haute
Illinois
Pekin
Jacksonville
Rock Island
Rockford
Gilman
Clinton
Springfield
Iowa
Hannibal
Naples
Lincoln
Decatur
Southeastern
Price Legislation and the folly of regulating transportation rates
The writer argues against state price fixing for transportation and goods, urging free competition and the law of supply and demand. Legislation setting railway or commodity prices risks confiscation of initiative, harms producers and consumers, and distorts trade. Resort to eminent domain should not justify rate control, and legislative meddling weakens markets, as shown by Illinois Railroad law and Northwest opposition.
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United States
Abraham
West
Orange Societies
Northwest
Grange
Chicago Tribune
Yankton court adjourns to January 1874 term
The Yankton Dakota Territory court adjourned last Friday to the second Tuesday in January 1874. Wintermute, alleged slayer of McCook, remains free on $50,000 bonds and will likely be tried at that term. A Sicily dispatch notes Arta volcano erupting violently with strong earthquakes, crater collapses, and sulphur mines destroyed. Belmont Mine in Nevada reports rich developments with yield of $3,500 per ton, open for public inspection.
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Yankton
Dakota Territory
Wintermute
McCook
Liberty
Sicily
Arta
Belmont
Nevada
Eastern grain handling limits threaten winter freight delays
The Senate Select Committee's New York inquiry finds New York's grain handling, not railroad capacity, blocks freight. Warehouses and accessible storage are inadequate, with cars idling on side tracks. New York Central, Erie, and Boston facilities are expanding, while Chicago-Detroit corridors gain new links and double-track upgrades to ease through freight. If eastern roads are not ready, another harsh winter could curb exports and cripple rail throughput.
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Senate Select Committee of Transportation
Seaboard
New York
Chicago
Atlantic
Produce Exchange
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York Central
Hudson River
Thirty-Fourth Street
North River
Pennsylvania Company
Erie’Railway Company
The
Central
Erie
Boston
Albany
Chicago & Canada Southern Railway
Detroit River
Detroit
Toledo
International Channel
Michigan Central
Toledo, Wabash & Western
Lake Shore
Great Western Railway
Glencoe
Buffalo
International Bridge
Grand Trunk Railway
Rochester
Chicago Tribune
Princess Owns Thiers House In Paris
A Paris residence once inhabited by Thiers is reported as owned by a Princess. The article notes the historic house location and its current aristocratic ownership status.
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Thiers
Paris
Stoxe and Fisk Murder Case Sparks Legal Outcry in New York
The Chicago Journal criticizes a Stokes murder case where a jury acquittal followed by alleged bribery and perjury prompts calls for reforms. It argues for speedy trials, removal of corrupt juries, and stricter oversight of lawyers and judges to prevent miscarriages of justice. The piece notes the verdict and harshly condemns the systemic flaws cited by Judge Davis.
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Stoxe
Tha Iny Hee
Stokes
Fisk
Stoke
Davis
Ar Bar
New York
Francisco
Chicago Journal
Unfair Middlemen Tactics in Grain Trade Target Farmers
A 19th century critique from Baileyville Illinois denounces middlemen who enforce fixed weights for corn and rye, shortchanging farmers by selling at 56 pounds per bushel while law sets 60 pounds. It argues farmers should refus e sales at nonstandard weights or ship themselves to avoid four pound losses, while endorsing legitimate middleman services but condemning illegal customs practices at Batteville Illinois.
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EpiTon Journal
Baileyville
Freeport
Illinois
Chicago
East
Orders to move Modocs to permanent lock on Neosho river
Friday orders relocate the Modoc tribe to a permanent lock on the Neosho river at the territory's extreme northwest. The Quapaws are kept separate in the same region. The action reflects federal relocation policy and frontier administration.
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Moval
McPherson
Neosho Rivers
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E. B. Washbourne
Jerusalem
Holy Land
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Count Chambord
France
McMahon
Canada
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San Francisco
California
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