Epitome of the Week Highlights and Losses
Judge Kotcham of the Western District of Pennsylvania died in Pittsburgh from apoplexy. The Kellogg-Spofford Investigating Committees closed in New Orleans and will report in Washington. Fires destroyed Troy factories causing about 350000 dollars in losses and 2000 workers unemployed. New York Produce Exchange sides with central grain system. Rev Mr. Talmage's New York church trustees withdraw from the Presbytery amid persecutions. Philadelphia Mint produced over 3,000,000 coins in November as demand persists. Interior Secretary reverses timber culture law, enabling cottonwood planting. West Africa war reported with heavy casualties and prisoner cannibalism. Bellevue Hospital fire killed three children and injured others. Secretary Sherman’s bond sale proposals yield offers above par for sinking fund. Holmes celebrated 70th birthday in Boston with notable literary guests. Senegal governor told to explore railway feasibility between Upper Senegal and Niger. Sherman circular invites bids for 1,000,000 sixes of 1881 bonds. Brookton mill fire drops corn into cellar, trapping three men. Hayes Commission reports Cuba yellow fever widespread in commercially important, unacclimated areas. Senate preserves standing and select committees with two changes for naval affairs and commerce.
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Democrats Win Municipal Race in New Haven Conn
The Democrats won the New Haven municipal election on the 2nd. A new Council will be formed by nobles appointed by the Emperor and by middle and peasant class members chosen by ballot, with advisory powers only. Also reports from Boston bishops urge parochial schooling when possible. A St. Petersburg dispatch details an assassination attempt on the Czar with a tunnel and powder caused a train explosion, wrecking the baggage train and injuring several aboard.
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Election news and global upheaval fill late telegraphs
Cxar reports rapid telegrams of Wiltz victory in Louisiana by 3000, new constitution adoption, and various world events. France backs its cabinet with a narrow vote, while Andrew Tracy faces execution in Pennsylvania. Dispatches cite Egypt Abyssinia tensions, Alpine skirmishes, and shifting politics in Europe, with U S Senate debates currency and transportation policies and Irish seditious case records.
Congress Debates Inter Oceanic Canal and Reform War Calls
The Senate and House papers discuss a joint resolution backing government protection for a Nicaragua canal concession and the nation’s debt and currency policies. Debates reference the Monroe doctrine, the Specie-Resumption Act, and proposed funding plans while election-year rhetoric faultlines the Democratic Reform platform and fraud accusations amid Tilden-era campaigns.
Fragmented party rhetoric shapes post election mood
The passage critiques the Democratic Party after the session and the alleged fraud narrative around Tilden's loss. It claims the party failed to present a unifying issue, notes Kentucky Mississippi and Maryland as carried by Democrats, and mocks the slogan Let the people speak as a demagogic refrain.
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Enduring Confederate polemic spurs partisan roars in print
A charged polemic lambasts Unionists and Grant supporters and recalls Civil War fervor. It denounces the Grand Army of the Republic and questions state autonomy while railing against Black suffrage and Northern influence. Columbus maritime note adds anchor discovery off Venezuela.
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Governor elect misrouted telegraph sparks order mix up
Ohio Governor elect Voster intended to accept a $100000 railroad property offer by telegraph but mixed his messages with a note to General Gibson in Pine Street New York. The reply found no such Gibson and the property sale remained unresolved amid canvassing and mixed dispatches.
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