Burning plan migrates through ships and plans in Spain
Reports mention a migrant ship plan with 465 lives lost and references to Don Alphonso Ally Gen Williams and a Louisiana Returning Board. The item notes sudden death of Gerrit Smith in New York City and a decision in the Tilton Beecher suit with the bill of particulars refused. Sheridan heads to New Orleans with confidential instructions amid street unrest involving ex-Gary and Warmoth in a two-man confrontation.
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New York City
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James Walker
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States
Springfield
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New York
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Gov. Beveridge
Linois
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Shocking accidents and political turmoil reported abroad
The issue details a Great Western Railway express wreck near Woodstock England with many killed and wounded, an explosion at Bignall Hill colliery killing twenty, and updates on royal scandal, battles in Spain, and political upheavals in New Orleans and New York.
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Rissa
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Spain
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Madrid
Campos
Valencia
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Isabella
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Louisiana Returns Show Split Legislature and Mixed Congressional Seats
Governor Kellogg reports the Returning Board split Louisiana’s Congress with three Republicans and three Democrats. The House remains near tied as Conservative Republicans may stay neutral. State Treasurer results favor Moncure over Dubuclet amid party counts, while five Kellogg-supporting constitutional amendments pass. A New Orleans dispatch criticizes the Returning Board, and Cabinet members discuss sustaining its ruling. The Mississippi Democratic State Convention is delayed to April. Investigations begin in New Orleans with related committees.
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New York
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Geheck
Minnesota
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Terry
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Chicago
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Tawi
Canada
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Brooklyn Trust Company
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Pacific Mall Company
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Europe
Pacific Malt Company
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Ottawa
Ohio
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Columbus Grove
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Returning Board
Congress
Louisiana
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Moncure
Dibuchet
McEnery
Lynch Returning Board
Washington
Willams
Louisiana Election Returning Board
Mississippi
Congressional
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Vicksburg
New Mall Arrangements With Canada
Wasurvarox December 29 announces arrangements for mail between the United States and Canada to place communications by post on a mutual basis. The terms will take effect January 1 1875 or as soon as other measures are perfected.
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Wasurvarox
United States
Dominion of Canada
Ben
Unification of Postal Systems Agreement Detailed Between Nations
The text outlines a bilateral postal accord where each country will forward and deliver all types of correspondence prepaid at established domestic rates, with free transit of enclosed pouches via ordinary routes. It notes no inter-country accounting, exclusive postage use, potential extension to international money orders, and plan to implement letter rates by February 1878.
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Postoffice Department
Petweer
Sizth
Chened
Canada
Postmaster- General of
Manstart Jenkit
Paymaster General's Army Report Details 1874 Receipts and Disbursements
The Paymaster General presents figures for the fiscal year ending June 30 1874 showing beginning balance 2 152901 and total receipts 17 437741 43 with disbursements totaling 13 204 030 44 leaving surplus funds in treasury 3 8377055 and a balance in hand 2 039878 4. He notes higher reenlistments and fewer desertions and endorses an annuity plan for officers proposed by Gen J B Fry to provide widows heirs with a monthly payout funded by officer deductions.
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Treasury
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Academ
Balanto
Handa
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Adjutant-General's Department
War Department
United States Army
Postoffice Expenses To Be Reduced In Major Reform
Washington is told by the Postmaster General to curb costs. A circular urges strict expense cutting, audits of higher grade offices, and reorganizing clerical payroll to reduce force while boosting efficiency and pay where justified. Postmasters are asked to submit drafted organization schemes for their offices.
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Washington
Post Office
Appr
Postoffice Department
Fowl Age Determination by Breast Bone Hardening
An old method explains checking a chicken’s breast-bone to detect wintering. Younger birds have a soft lower leg and tender underside, while mature fowls show a hard, rough bone that resists bending, indicating aging.
Reward Offered for Child Charlie Ross’s Return
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Charles Ross, father of kidnapped Charlie Ross, offers $5,000 for his son’s return or information leading to it. After decades of suffering and no clues, the alleged abductors were shot dead in Bay Ridge. the letter urges prompt action and emphasizes punishment of the criminals to protect homes.
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Biel
Lim
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Christian’k. Ross
Charlie Ross
Bay Ridge
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Prolonged Doubt Over Charlie Ross Case Fate
The article argues Douglass and Mosier victims of a kidnapping plot with burglars possibly drowning Charlie Ross. It quotes police claims of finding the crew, suspects ongoing in a harbor of fear and moral horror. The writer insists investigators may know more yet clues fade and the boy remains missing.
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Possasion
New York
Douglass
Mosier
Charlie Ross
Moshier
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Charlie
Van Brunt family heroism shields home from burglars
A dramatic account praises Judge Van Brunt and his son for ingeniously guarding a house after burglars activated an alarm. The narrative lauds careful planning, courage, and restraint, noting the attackers were repelled with force but without needless killing.
Caution on Adjoining Improvements and Property Damages
A note suggests a property owner cannot recover damages for a nuisance from improvements on an adjoining lot if he knew of the incoming danger in time to protect himself. The text also remarks a man with too many raw suits typically has few suits of clothes.
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