Alexander's Victory in the Turkish Conflict
The piece surveys Russia's long hostile posture toward Turkey and the shifting balance of power in Europe. It lauds Russian victories around Constantinople, notes the sick man of Europe label for the Ottoman Empire, and predicts future territorial division as Russia presses for permanent peace and Christian progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Russia
Turkey
Europe
Constantinople
Muhammedan
Amerca
Alexis
Ukraine
Peter the Great
Azos
Napoleon
Crescent
America
Asia
Southern Politics Dismay as Supreme Court Frees Anderson
The Louisiana Returning Board official General Anderson is freed after a lower court verdict of guilt, prompting jubilant Democratic reactions and a shift in Southern politics. The South shows a tentative conciliatory posture while Northern critics aim at Hayes and the presidential legitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Louisiana Returning Board
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Hampton
Hayes
Drunken Virginia Congressman Provokes House Scuffle
A Virginia congressman named Beverly Douglass is described as repeatedly drunk on the House floor. he allegedly attacked the sergeant at arms and harassed reporters. The piece laments his conduct and questions the tolerance of such behavior among lawmakers and the national capital's reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Douglass
Virginia
Congress
Ife
Douglase
Tramps Rise as Armies Stir Public Alarm
A cautious reader notes a sharp increase in tramps across the country. They form organized groups, claim work but refuse it, beg when convenient, and steal when possible. Detectives in Massachusetts found hundreds active for years with grips and passwords. The nation faces a government challenge to disband this growing menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Massachusetts
Desperate Vandals Endanger Farming Districts
In a curbside lament, the writer condemns roaming bands as desperadoes fueling crime and arson. They warn that vigilance committees may be needed, and that National Guards could be called to curb the wave of rogue, unemployed hordes sweeping into rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rande
Pacific
Illinois News Roundup of Railroads and Public Affairs
Illinois reports 6496 miles of track and a growing telephonic link between Harvard and Janesville. Mendota endures a red ribbon epidemic while Chicago eyes a German Protestant paper and a 650000 courthouse cost at Cambridge. Penitentiary escape, mob arrests, and a court verdict pin duties on bondsmen in the 1870s Chicago scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mendota
Chicago
Quincy
Harvard
Ill
Janesville
Wis
Emma Abbot Concert Company
Champaign
St. Louis
Senate Passes Fortification Bill and Other Measures
The Senate approves a 275000 fortifications fund and a measure barring Congress members from acting as bond sureties. Treasury buys silver bullion, Post Office allows weekly papers to mail at one cent. Vice President signs Polar Exhibition aid bill. Edmunds questions Congress power on treaties. Nominations sent to Senate include Ada Sweet and G E Bullock. Allison seeks power shift for treaty negotiations. House panel advances 1200000 for troops during riots. Tipton proposes free government documents to all public libraries. Allison later returns to Senate bill.
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Senate
Congress
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Bennett
New York Herald
Mr. Edmunds
United States
Ada C. Sweet
Chicago
G. E. Bullock
Indiana
U. S
Cologne
Allison
Secretary of the Interior
House
Tipton
Illinois
Ute Negotiations and Senate Confirmations Reported
The passage authorizes Interior negotiations with Ute Indians in Colorado to consolidate bands into one agency on White River. The Senate confirms Alanson W. Beard as Collector of Customs for Boston and Charlestown, M. D. Ball for Alaska, Benjamin F. Simpson for Kansas, and Chas. McCandless as Chief Justice of New Mexico. The President praises the Louisiana Supreme Court decision as patriotic and conciliatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
White River
Senate
Alanson W. Beard
Boston
Charlestown
Mass
M. D.ball
Virginia
Alaska
Benj. F. Simpson
United States
Kansas
Chas. McCandless
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New
Global items mix of politics wars and society notes
A roundup of world and U S items: General Grant visits Naples and a Pope consistory on the 25th. Cuban revolution ongoing. Des Moines city debt listed at 572 000. Sittings Bull seeks surrender. Dover Measles outbreak in Lyons. Mormon temple costs five million. Princeton hazers bound over. Yale prizes awarded. Yellow fever kills a Cuban investigator. a Toronto mob attacks taverns after Rossi lecture. widespread rioting injures many.
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John Morrissey
Des Moines
Iowa
Hot Springs
Rome
Vanderbilt
New York
Moody
Clear Lake
Dartmouth
Belknap
Fragrant Memory
London House of Commons
Paul de Cassagnac
Salt Lake City
Sitting Bull
U.S
Morse
Hardin County
Texas
Tewksbury
Mass
Sherman
L. D. Groom
Moline
Illinois
Ottumwa
Hawk-Eye
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts
Ohin Lung
Yale College
J. E. Leonard
Congress
Louisiana
Cuba
Havana
Jacksonville
Fla
Davis
O. Donovan Rossi
Toronto
Canada
Cosgrove
Collin
Rossa
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Geo. E. Pingree
Odd Fellows
Sterling
Miss Sweet
Peoria County Board of Supervisors
Sherman House
St. Patrick's
Cambridge
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Bridge
la Salle
Frank Johnson
Joliet
D. A. Gage
Washington
Around
General Grant
Naples
Pope
Toledo Post Office
Lyons
France
Simmons
Hazers
Princeton College
ROYAL
Reyal
Morocco
Geo. G. Jacoby
State St
Susan E. Harvey
Rufus Wares
Recorder's Office
Rock Island County
Hilnuls
Gilpin Moore
Rock Island
Rufus W Harvey
Poe
Gilpig Moore
Beneft
Susan E Harvey
Rufus W. Harvey
Dad Gilpla Moore
First National Bank of
Moling
Winuia
Eupe Moore
Rannum
Gsi
Busane Harvey
Iinola
Brownine & Ewreixre
Atty's
Clarence E. Nason
Main Street
Simon Hirsch
Jnet
Leah
W. B. Moors
Atty-at-Law
W.A. Steel
The
Joliet, Illinois
Dimension
Nevins Bros
Davenport
Monumenta
BU Pubishing Co
Hartford
Conn
John Koch
Third Avenue
Jurgen Bock
Plow Co
H. F. Thomas
Wherlock
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