Bloodshed in Indian Territory and Louisiana turmoil reported
St. Louis and New Orleans collide with military in Louisiana politics as Ross and Downing factions clash in Indian Territory. A massacre near Chateau leaves three dead and two wounded amid broader civil unrest.
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Indian Territory
Ross
Downing
Chateau
Kansas
Sutro Tunnel
San Francisco
John Delany
Samuel Richards
Mr. Pillow
Red Cloud Agency
Col. Henrys
3D Cavalry
Black Hills
West
Allen
Ohio General Assembly
Louisiana
Ohio
St. Louis
Exchange
Legislature Across States Open Sessions and Disputes
The Tennessee, Minnesota, New York, Missouri, Nebraska and Arkansas legislatures convened with party majorities shaping leadership and protests. Spain Names Alfonso King as troops move, while Carlists enter Catalonia and Madrid voices shift. European news cover unrest, pensions, strikes, and Papal diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
United States
Wen. Lewis Bond
Haywood
Senate
Thomas H. Paine
Savannah
Minnesota
New York Assembly
Jeremiah McGuire
Chemung County
Hiram Calkins
New York
Tammany
Tennessee Senate
New Orleans
Missouri
Jefferson City
House
Dr. Rocker
Carter County
J. A. Pratt
Arkansas
General Sheridan
H. G. Boone
Ieary County
Nouse
T. J. C. Morrison
Nebraska
Lincoln
N. K. Griggs
Towle
Senate Action on Homestead Lands Reform and Louisiana Crisis
The Senate debated an amendatory act on Michigan lands with a $10.50 per acre minimum and heard resolutions from the American Iron and Steel Association. House bills and Senate resolutions covered seeds for grasshopper country, Shawnee land relief, forestry commissioner funding, and freight regulation. Louisiana political turmoil dominated discussion with Governor's call for law and order, while the Day Appropriation Bill and other measures moved through committee and the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Michigan
House
American Tron and Steel Association
United States
Canada
Thurman
Louisiana Legislative
Conkling
New Orleans
Kansas
Central Pacific Railway
Bil
Court of Claims
National Armorica
Butler
Committee On Pensions
John Margen
Indiana
Land Department
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
St. Louis
Army
Leutenant
Gill
Hardor
Richard B. Irwin
Committee of Ways and Meuna
District of Columbia
Howser
Pacific Mail
Kellogg urges fiscal reforms in Louisiana Legislature
Gov Kellogg in a New Orleans message to the Legislature on January 4 expresses an encouraging view of the state’s finances. He notes reduced taxation and debt service, recommends constitutional amendments to cap state debt at fifteen million, limit annual tax rates, confine revenue to yearly expenses, and prohibit excessive treasury warrants.
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Souhegan National Bank
Wickham
Common Council of
New York City
New Orleans
State House
Charles Street
St. Louis
United States
Assembly
A. Wilz
Lowell
Wilz
de Trobriand
Kellogg
Senate
Antoine
Mississippi
Jackson
Congress
Vickshire
Washington
Sheridan
Lee Country
Borum
Jonn McEnsery
Louisiana
Grant
Chamber of Commerce
Dan
Belknap
James J.fraizs
United States Circuit Court
Sheridan, Amory
House of Representatives
Geo. D. Kelly
Mobile
Courac
Congressional Committee of Investigation
Luttrell
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Brooks
Garland
Board of Underwriters of
Congressional Committee
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Department
Fiji
Spain
State Department
Cushing
Madrid
Alfonso
House
Sueridan
White League
Secretary of War
Richard B. Irwin
Pacific Mail
Fetes Facer Aston
York Academy
Miusiv
King KabagaAta
New Phiven
Conunen Council
Timous
Spinner
Tuttle
George B. McCartee
Bureau of Engraving and Printing of
the Treasury
Thomas Brooks
Cuba
Council
Massachusetts
Phelps
Spence Pettis
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Milan Township
Sandusky
Norwalk
Trewin
Jupar van Brust
New York Supreme Court
Court of General Jurisdiction
Custom House
James Leahy & Co
Tilden
New York
Sartranft
Pennsylvania
Anon
Italy
Garibaldi
Parliament
Arnim
Heich
Kammergericht
South Wales
London Times
Swinx
Raja Minor
Rotterdam
England
Castelar
Macmahon
Council of Ministers
Frederick William
Hesse
Tur
Union
Northwest
Edo
Gov. Kellogg
Lady Mills
Trans-Atlantic Humour and Oddities in a Snowed-In Column
A sprawling miscellany from a London graphic page features jokes about winter niceties in a shop window memo, playful exchanges between driver and passenger, and comic interludes. It includes a tale of a Persian’s sword of wit surviving a sack ordeal, with satirical quips on fashion and letters. The piece blends light humor with excerpted lore from The London Graphic about Monte Cristo and a Persian survivor.
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George
Borax
Bill
Claringdon Square
Jem
Ksowine
Smith
London Graphic
Monte Cristo
Chateau d'If
Shiraz
Mohamed Mirza
Ride For Life From Washita To Camp Supply Attacked by Indians
Lieutenant Wetmore and his servant Hamilton ride through violent sleet and pursued by nine mounted warriors to reach Camp Supply. After a perilous night in a thicket they escape into dawn, wandering fifty miles to rejoin the old trail and reach safety with cavalry escort. Also contains moral couplets and brief anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washita
Hamilton
Wetmore
Chapman
Lieutenant Wetmore
Camp Supply
A Word of Comfort from a Friend to a Grieving Mother
A compassionate letter from Funny Fern offers solace to a mother grieving the loss of her baby. It urges acceptance of sorrow, recalls shared pain, and envisions a reunion in the afterlife while encouraging warmth from memories and hope. The message emphasizes faith and mutual empathy.
Webster and the Booblack at Astor House
A correspondent recounts Webster’s morning visit to the Astor House to buy a newspaper. He claims he has no money, while a stately observer recalls a $100 bill seen the night before. Webster muses he might have given it to the boot boy moments earlier.
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Cincinnati Times
Shannon
James Prince
Jas. Murray
Lincoln County
Arkansas
Grant Kenty
Mot Springs County
Prince
Murray
Independence County
St. Louis
Topeka
Joseph B. North
Buffalo Joe
Creorge Jones
Wallace
Kansas
Saang
Newport Moosier
Versalilion Country
Luang
Terre Haute
Astor House
Webster
Daniel
Jupiter
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Joas
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Sickle, Singleton & Co
Hanover Street
Thomas Whiteridge
Partment
Kalakaua
Chicago
Tun
Mr. Vaughn
Salford
Isabella
Bourg
Bayonne
Donna Tlanca
Don Alfonso
Urgel Tur
Santander
Prince Alfonso
Marshal Serrano
Holy See
King Alfonso
Castro
Cardemas
Jovellur
Salaverria
Molinx
Adana
Prince Bismarck
von Arnim
Faropeda
Bidhop
Duke of Montrose
London
Moperarion
Ruby Lill
Nevada
Carrais Joan Giarrix
Culpepper County
Virginia
Webster and
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Vennese
Nat Hedee
Irs
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