War news and disasters from around the world
Reports from the front and home describe dire hospital shortages for Mukhtar Pasha’s army in Trabinje, a fatal coal mine explosion at Graissessac, and a broad sweep of European, American, and political turmoil including Turkish reforms, Serbian peace motions, and electoral wrangles in Louisiana New Orleans.
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Mukhtar Pasha
Trabinje
Stafford House
Graissessac
France
Col. Gordon
Soudan
Kirsheneff
Russia
Odessa
Belgrade
Austria
Turkey
Changarnier
Paris
St. Petersburg
Midhat Pasha
Europe
Ignatieff
London
Yarmouth
Congressional Actions Across Houses On Electoral Debates
The Senate and House debated and passed measures on removing political disabilities for Joseph E Johnston Virginia and funding the Pacific Railroad sinking fund. The Naval Appropriation bill and District of Columbia government support saw amendments and approval. A contested Electoral Vote count proceeded with confirmations and related accusations, while a treaty with China and private bills were also addressed.
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Congressional
Senate
Joseph E. Johnston
Virginia
United States
Electoral Commission
Pacific Railrad Act
Pacific Railroad Companies
House
Florida
District of Columbia
Joseph E. Johnson
United Staes
Pacific Railroad Company
Mississippi and Louisiana election bribe allegations emerge
AP reports detail a Mississippi Senate Sub Committee hearing where D Kearns testified Democrats planned to manipulate ballot boxes and remove Republican tickets. In Louisiana, secretary Z Chandler testified on Brewster’s resignation and Kenner warned of a bribery attempt to sway Louisianan votes for Tilden, with Wells implicating payoffs and political pressure.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Senate
D. ©. Kearns
Jefferson County
Oly
Tild'a and
Hendricks
Congress
Louisiana
Z. Chandler
House Committee On
Orlando H. Brewster
Lmuisiana
Brewster
Committee On
House
Duncan P. Kenner
New Orleans
Gov. Wells
Kenner
Louisiaa
Tilen
Witess
Furthr
Gov
Wells
Welle
Winese
Rapides Parish
Winess
Wella
Tom Andreon
Auderam
Anderson
Mabjegy Peg Mney
Giv
Cipher Telegrams and Elector Purchases in Oregon Case
Senate Privileges and Elections committee grilled Alfred Hinman and A W Shaw of Detroit and traced cipher telegrams tied to J H Patrick James K Kelly and others aiming to sway the Oregon Electoral College. Witnesses detailed bank receipts and cipher keys, with Jourdan Hewitt and Pelton figures receiving and drafting dispatches amid wartime political maneuvering.
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Oregon
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Alfred B. Hinman
A. W. Shaw
Detroit
Mich
J HU. N. Patrick
Omaha
Neb
J. H. Patrick
James K. Kelly
Cronin
Senate
Washington
Kelly
J. H. N. Patrick
William T. Pelton
Conrad N. Jourdan
Third National Bank
New York
Ape
Samuel J. Tilden
A.S. Hewitt
W. T. Pelton
Jourdan
Warhinxton
Morton
Witess
Tiden
Abrams
Hewitt
Naional Democratic Committee
State Committee On
Nationa
Col
Pelton
Beyon
Pathes
Legram
Hoadley
Cincinnati
Col. Peton
Democratic
Col Pelton
Electoral Commission Deliberations on Louisiana Objection
The Electoral Commission met on the thirteenth to hear objections to Louisiana’s electoral vote with Republicans led by Mr. Harlbut and Senior Howe and Democrats represented by Messrs Carpener Trumbull Campbell Evarts Shellabarger. After lengthy argument and a secret session, the panel rejected multiple substitutes and adopted the original order counting Louisiana electors, with a report drafted for transmission to Congress. The two houses resumed on the nineteenth to consider continuing the Electoral count, amid objections and a pending decision.
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Associated Press
Electoral Commission
Louisiana
Washington
Hewitt
East St. Louis
Bloody Island
Great Bridge
Congress
Oregon
McDonald
Harlbut
Senior Howe
Carpener
Carpenter
Trambul
Louisana
Trumbull
8Oughton
Stoughton
Evarts
Judge Campbell
Nn Hour
Abbot
Louisiana Returning Bord
Abbott
Abbt
Hanten
Ard
Justice Field
Lou
Hoar
Pane
Mr. Hoar
Yeas
Bradly
Edmands
Frelinghuysen
Gorfed
Miler
Morton
Strong
Naya
Bayard
Clifford
Field
Hanton
Payne
Thorman
United States
House
Senate
Gibson
Ayies
Two-Handed Skill And Left Hand Writing
Long excerpt notes ability to write with either hand, praising left-hand speed and precision, with examples from Balzac, Roscoe, a Yale graduate, and a Connecticut clergyman. Discusses training from infancy, implications for music, sports, and everyday tasks, and contrasts practical use at table and on oars. Mentions cultural references and humorous vignettes from period press.
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Wall Street
San Francisco
Yale
Bronte
Charlotte
Brantweil
Eer
Balzac
Roscoe
Catharine
Connecticut
Buggins
Hamlet
Damarcus
Bottom
Athens
Thisbe
V. S. World
Senate Rebuffing Objections Sustains Commission Decision
The Senate sustained the Commission's decision by a vote of 41 to 8 despite objections. The House took no action. Market data shows flour and grain prices in New York and regional quotes for cattle hogs and sheep, with cash and futures figures across several markets.
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Senate
Senat
House
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
East Liberty
Cattie—Best
Caicaco
Allan Line Boss Protests Diplomas for Ships
Sm Buen ALAN owner of the Allan line of steamships protests a British Board of Trade order requiring shipboard diplomas from English, Irish or Scottish cost colleges for clearance. He argues Colonial surgeons match British graduates and cites twenty years’ experience. A Lincolnshire man named Liggett has sold his wife for two hundred dollars with a solicitor’s formal conveyance.
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Sm Buen Alan
Allan Line of Steamships
British Board of Trade
England
Ireland
Scotland
Liggett
Lincolnshire
London Opens Doors In Bronze Gilded Luxury Saloons
Bronze gilt doors for drawing rooms become a London luxury. Miss Hosmer designs a pair for Lord Brownlow, standing eighteen feet high with alto relief studies of Night and Morning.
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London
Democratic economy praised for retrenchment in House appropriations
The Detroit Free Press notes that nine of twelve regular appropriation bills have passed the House or are pending, with only Sundry Civil and Army bills unfinished. It highlights a proposed further reduction of 6.7 million, the necessity of retrenchment due to declining revenues, and cites Democratic economy as beneficial to the nation.
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House of Representatives
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Commerce
House
Senate
House Committee On Appropriations
Treasury
Department
Garfield
Hale
Dawes
Ways and Means
Detroit
A Candid Confession About Florida 1876 Election
Rep Purman of Florida speaks on the Florida election, asserting the state was lost by Republicans and that Democratic Governor and Tilden Electors were truly elected. He declares a duty to reveal the full truth despite partisan risk, condemning the state canvassing board’s actions.
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Committee On
Florida
Tilden
House of Representatives
Purman
Anthat
Huld
Democratico League
St. John's River
Atlantc Ocean
United States
Cowgil
Parman
South Carolina
Louisiana
Gov. Hayes
Gov. Tilden
Florida 1876 political dispute over electors and dual governments
The speaker cites Florida electors as legitimately chosen, denounces fraud claims, and warns of possible consequences of dual Southern governments in South Carolina and Louisiana. He argues for reconciliation over concessions harming Southern Republicans.
1,000,000 for the Presidency in the Centennial Year
The St Louis Republican contends that in the centennial year of American independence a corrupt bid for the presidency was orchestrated by Wells and three Republican colleagues, with alleged support from Chandler Morton and Sherman. It likens the plot to Rome’s fall and calls for accountability and public repentance.
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Rome
Gibbon
Republic
Nero
Pickett
Maddox
Europe
Wells
Chandler
Morton
Sherman
Louisiana
Returning Board
St. Louis
Telephone Waltz Fails To Move Chicago Ballroom
Telegraphers in Chicago held a reception at Martine's Hall on Ada street featuring a new “Telephone Waltz” played by a bank of wire connected boxes. The music proved indecipherable beyond sixteen notes, and dancing nearly halted until simpler tunes surfaced. The event, though a novelty, showed potential for transmitting multiple tones over a single wire. In Russia the winter has grown colder, with Dec 30 temps reaching 32(Reamur) below zero and cabmen frozen in their seats. Cincinnati reports a bark-famine driving up tan bark prices.
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Sag Harbor
N. Y
Guy
Grover
Oregon
Associated Press
San Francisco
Tilden
Electoral Commission
Democratic Party
Chicago
Martine
Ada Street
Fred Root
Western Union
LaSalle
Washington Streets
Robin Adair
America
New York
Chicago Tribune
Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
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Monitor
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Mahmoud Damorud
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Little Rock
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Canada
New York City
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William H. Weldon
Packard
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Coburn
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Albany
Charles H. Davis
National Observatory
H. W. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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China
Shanghai
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