Robbery on the Great Western Express near Toronto
The report details a bold robbery aboard an American Express carriage on the Great Western Railway near Toronto. Five masked men released the baggage master, gagged a messenger, and stole keys to the safe, with losses estimated between 30,000 and 40,000 dollars. Other items note international diplomacy and crises.
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London
Victoria
Toronto
American Express Company
Washington
Spain
England
Virginius
Berlin
von Arnim
Glasgow
Disraeli
University of Glasgow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Iran
Vienna
Poland
Warsaw
Dresden
Cromaon
Bekhatag
Postmaster General Jowell Opposes Higher Postage Rates
Washington report quotes Postmaster General Jowell denying any plan to raise postage. He says rates should drop if costs of carrying mail can be reduced without harming public access. Treasury balance as of June 80 stood at 150,781,33, 83. net Postoffice receipts 11,990,816.38 with expenditures 1,580,219. A dispatch notes $10,414,000 tied to seized cotton and abandoned property, while claims totaling about 13,500,000 are filed and more arise from allegedly illegal captures. Appendix to Spinner’s report is referenced.
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Washington
Jowell
Fio
Theo
Treasury
Postoffice Department
Washington _dispatch
Spinner
Disorderly Crime and Political Turmoil Across States
A long dispatch details a spree of 1872 offenses and legal actions, including robberies of the American Express office with a $50,000 haul, arrests in Louisiana and Cincinnati, and confessions by several involved. Also noted are troop removals, court actions, mine deaths, a steam tug blast, a sinking steamer, wage cuts on Eastern railroads, and political revelations surrounding Greeley and Beecher.
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Hbim
Rufer
Ruger
Egner
American Express
Thestance
Abe
Express
Ander
St. James “Parish
Emory
State House
New Orléans
Hodgson
Grant
Arkansas
Pittston
Government
New York City
Theaptain
Empire
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Jsorytr
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Mintra
George Black
E. J. Hackney
Monroe
Cincinnati
Briggs
Political Turmoil and Elections Across States in 1872
Reports from Little Rock to New York recount contested election results and proclamations. Farwell’s election certificate in Arkansas. Baxter and Garland constitutional crisis. warrants for treason against Smith and officials. New York governor race figures. Kentucky district race by 500. Alabama and North Carolina legislatures convened with shifting majorities. Associated Press notes one arrest for conspiracy in Arkansas.
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C. B. Farwell
Congress
Unipols
John
LeMoyne
Katwell
Little Rock
Ark
W. W. Smith
Baxter
Bultliclent
Kentucky
J. D. White
Alabama
Montgomery
Anderson
Doem
North Carollns
Col
R. F. Armfield
Senate
Liewinlait
Gov. Caldwell
John_L. Robin
Republican
Arkansas Dispatch on Smith Wheeler Arrests and Garland Actions
State dispatches report ongoing search for Smith and Wheeler. Garland seeks $1000 reward for arrests, while Little Rock editors face unwarranted arrests and Black Forest disturbances calm. Congressional inquiry with Judge Poland noted. Wisconsin results show McDill leads in eighth district.
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Price
Garland
Smith
Wheeler
Little Rock
Ark
Chicago
Henry M Cooper
Republicans Mate Central Committee
Washington
Dorsey
Republican
Madison
Wisconsin
McDill
Cate
Peity
Grand Rapids
Lincoln
Wood County
Arkansas
Messrs
Brolth and
Report of the Commissioner of Pensions for 1874 figures
The 1874 annual report from Gen. J. H. Baker to the Interior shows 5,768 army invalid pension awards at 80,382.50 yearly, 8,068 pensioners increased to 416,257.50, and 6,106 deaths with reductions totaling 327,462.55. Navy numbers include 102 surviving roll entries at 10,058,877.64. 8,051 new pensions for widows and dependents at 116,483. 12,082 pensioners increased at 408,111.22. 7,623 stricken from the roll totalling 1,250,118.05. On June 30, 1874, army widows and dependents numbered 107,516 at 18,587,195.66, with a 4,672-name decrease and 424,568.03 annual pension drop. Navy invalid pensions stood at 169,402 for 1,785 widows and dependents at 287,634, with minor increases. The War of 1812 survivors totaled 17,620 at 1,691,620, down 646, and widows of 1812 added 818 names, totaling 6,812 at 24,864. Overall on June 30, 1874, 236,241 pensioners remained with 26,264,071.10 annual pensions, down 2,170 names and 5,045.13 from the prior year. The roll includes 410 Revolutionary widows. bounty land warrant claims reached 234.
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Washineton
J. H. Baker
Secretary of the Interior
Army
Navy
Vast array of facts from a bygone year in various nations
A collection of statistics and notes on banks in New York, church property in San Francisco, New York and New England school counts, grain exports, Paris social life, Boston charity, trade dollars in Japan, Birmingham pen production, Cincinnati density, peanut shipments, Turkish Christian populations, Bible circulation figures, and US iron works. Also included are quick telegram time anecdotes and a recipe for savory cow cuts with a Germantown Telegraph corfl.
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New York
San Francisco
Aley
Erie
Paris
Boston
Japan
Chiné
Birmingham
England
Cincinnati
United States
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Nols
Turkey
Deen
Franklin Telegraph Company
Atlantic and Pacific Company
Bureau of Pensions Sees Fraud Risk in Bounty Land Claims
The Commissioner warns that nearly 100000 bounty land applications remain suspended with 850 cases prosecuted in the year. He urges Congress to limit the duration of bounty land acts, notes the Special Service Division’s fraud detections with 1263 claims investigated and 13 convictions, and advocates higher pay for examining surgeons to improve service and save costs. The pension service appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1876 is set at 30.5 million dollars.
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Congress
Special Service Division
Traveling distress stirs sympathy in Columbus crowd
A North Carolina family traveling with a horse and wagon arrived in Columbus from Randolph County, seeking northward passage. A veteran spectator recalled wartime kindness they once received. Donations of $80 plus shoes and lodging followed, but the tale prompted skepticism about the story’s authenticity and origins.
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Ohio
Columbus
Alsters
Martin
Randolph Count
N.C
Chillicothe
High Street
Indianapolis
Groom
North Carolina
Patagonis
Ohkio Sta Journal
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Interior Department
Seseges
War Department
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Andréas Egnerson
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Time
N. K. Fairbank
Times
Relief Fund
Locust Hill
Greenwood Cemetery
Greeley
Horace Greeley
Methodist Episcopal Board of Missions
Commissioner of Pensions
California
Germantown Telegraph
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Saratoga
Kew
York
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