War and Treasury Reports and Indian Conflicts Highlight Washington Dispatches
Washington summary details monthly public debt figures including total $2 218 00,071 and special deposits sold for redemption. It notes Treasury changes and policy shifts, plus reports on Indian conflicts in the Dakotas and Nebraska with government actions, and a New York dispatch on Sherman remarks and notable incidents at Niagara Falls and Newburg.
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Washington
Privarez
Rock Bridge
Bpeakes
Kerr
Lor M
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Bitting Bull
War Department
Lec'y Cameron
Ife
Lth
Fred Grant
Fourth Cavalry
Boston
It ‘Bitker
D.C. Eddy
Liqguor Trafic
Goyeitigt
Stdine
Ilaine
United States
Morrill
Youk
Sherman Hold
la Signorina Spollterina
Niagara River
Newburg
N. Y
Eliza Armour
Milwaukee
East Liberty
Centennial celebration in Philadelphia on the Fourth
The Centennial in Philadelphia featured a grand military parade led by Gov Hartranft. Notables included Gen Sherman and Gen Sheridan, with Vice-President Ferry presiding in Grant's absence. The Declaration of Independence copy was read by Les, grandson of Richard Henry Lee, and oration by Wm M Evarts followed by doxology. Night illumination lit the city.
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East
National Democratic Committee
Howitt
New York
F. C. Prince
Massachusetta
John Q.pricat
Missouri
Mr. M. Ham
Iowa
George L. Miller
Nebraska
Connecticut
Milica Roas
New Jersey
M. W. Ranson
North Carolina
John G. Thompson
Ohio
Sherman
Indepénddica Hall
Sheridan
Ferry
Hayes
Bagley
Noyes
Dom Pedro
Hawley
Grant
Roy
William Bacon
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stokely
Yast
Agaemblagh
Les
Richard Tienry
Bayard Taylor
Wm. M. Evarts
Augusta
Blaine
Supreme Court voids City Texact taxes in Chicagobacked years
The Illinois Supreme Court declares the City Texact tax plan unconstitutional, making delinquent back taxes from 1878 and 1874 uncollectible and leaving Chicago facing over 1 million dollars in lost revenue. The report also covers legal rulings on the Storey case, Republican state convention outcomes, catastrophic floods near Rockdale Illinois, Sioux war troop movements, and related weather and stock updates.
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Imninois Supreme Court
Texact
Chitedgo
Bel
Storey
Chicago Times
Circuit Court
Cook County
Finais Supreme Court
Auction Prices Reported for Cattle Sheep and Hogs
Market notes show cattle at 3.00 to 3.70 per unit, hogs at 19.00, and sheep (shorn) around 3.75 to 4.80, with various grades and lot numbers referenced. Prices vary by quality and slaughter status in the August sale listing.
Foreign Intelligence Update Amid Global Conflicts and Disasters
Reports detail Mussulian units in Herzegovina panicking as Monte Negrin forces advance, Turkish victory claims disputed by the London Times. Servians trap 2,400 Turkish regulars near a frontier, while Bulgaria’s insurrection grows. In Europe, a train collision near Berne and Lausanne kills ten, and a San Domingo incident involves an insult to the U S flag by Haytian troops.
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Sussy National Rifle Association
Repre
SUM Tromha
London
Trimies
Herzegovina
Servia
Athens
Greece
Gzn
Santa Anna
Mexico
Vienna
London Times
Ampalanka
Sophia
Constantinople
Salbeechar
Bulgaria
Scitacrland
Berne
Lausanne
New York
United States
San Domingo
Haytien
Congress Debates Post Office Bill and Chinese Immigration
The Senate reports on the Post Office Appropriation bill with conferees and resolutions. Debates over Pinchback pay and a stipend for Sykes occur. A committee investigates Chinese immigration while impeachment proceedings continue with witnesses. Other bills on land, cables, and appropriations pass or form new conference panels.
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Senate
Conference Committee On
Pinchback
Committee On Public
Des Moines
Fth
Post Office Department
Congress
Washington Monument
Avia
Post Office
Sykes
Alabama
Pacific
Lynde
Fort Kearney
Nebraska
P G.T. Beauregard
New Orleans
Territory of
Kansas
Senate Bi
Pacific Railroad Companies
United States
Terrible Indian Slaughter Reported Near Stillwater
A Helena Herald dispatch from Stillwater Montana July 2 describes General Custer's attack on an Indian camp of 2000 lodges on the Little Horn. Fifteen officers and five companies were wiped out with heavy losses as Reno and Gibbons regrouped and the remnant retreated toward the Little Horn mouth.
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Sarr Lake
Utah
Helena
Mont
Herald
Stillwater
Muggins Taylor
Gibbon
Little Horn River
Custer
Little Torn
Maj
Reno
Gibbons
Seventh Cavalry
Littleorn
Anna
Little Horn
Taylor
Bozeman
Fort Ellis
Col. Reno
Gen
Terry
Lieut. Crittenden
Crittenden
Senate action and impeachment trial progress reported
The Senate discussed bills continuing for ten days the government expenditures act and extending for another term the public printing authority. The Kingson Monument project was introduced and referred. The impeachment trial resumed with further testimony as private bills passed. A Indian Affairs bill opened territory north of the North Platte and east of the Big Horn to exploration and settlement amid notices of a colleague's sudden death.
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Senate
Kingson
North Platte River
Knotts
Parsons
Germany's Greeting to the United States on Centennial Day
Acting Secretary of State Cadwalader presented German Minister Schlozer to the President to deliver Emperor William I's autograph letter of congratulation for the U S Centennial. The letter expresses friendship since Frederick the Great and hopes for continued warm ties and mutual prosperity between Germany and America. Countersigned by Bismarck. Brau, June 9, 1876.
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Washington
Cadwalader
Schlozer
Germany
United States
Brehyn
William
Pruesia
Grest Syd Goon
Irene
Mumor
Frederic I
America
Estéen
Llliam
Bismarck
Brau
Editor urges honesty in letters despite odd writing
A Trenton editor tells correspondents they need not praise their own communications. He says he does not care how they write as long as they send the news.
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Trenton
Illinois News Items Mixed with Rail Disasters and Local Jolts
An Illinois scene reports a young man Thomas Fry killed by a moving train near Chicago after attempting to jump aboard. At Nilwood a switch accident on the Chicago and Alton line wrecked the express, injuring crew and passengers but sparing many. A June 5 Supreme Court judge election results are listed by county. Vermont, Fulton County, was struck by a devastating tornado causing extensive damage but few fatalities. Other notes include a Bloomington youth’s suicide after failing exams, a drowning near Carbondale, a Decatur death by hanging, and a Cairo jury verdict against a colored preacher.
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Chicago
Pers
Thomas Fry
Nilwood
théCheaga
Aten
Rob Hanks
Supreme Court
P. Ti. Walker
Ate
Fulton County
McDonough
Hancock
Schuyler
Adams
Pike
Mason
Menard
Morgan
Cass
Scott
Adams County
Vermont
Walter Gardners
Thomas Blakely
James Harris
Orville France
Dr. Bailey
Rowert Dilworth
Ward
William Markly
Crab Orchard Creek
West Carbondale
John Burmis
Dutness Midland Railroad
Elweorl
Decatur
Resxat
Cairo
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B. Packard
C. C. Antoine
Kellogg
Rockdale
Dubuqus
Ions
Catflah
Mili-Dam
Ives
Biante
Dubuque
Lauvenworth
Pope
Miles
Fifth Infantry
Jacon Ream
Ford
Goin'Harms
Avrraty
Missouri Pacific
Otterville
Adams Express
Ttate
Sitting Bull
Twenty-Second Infantry
Crook
Merritt
Big Horn
Big Torn Mountains
Congressional
Illinois
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