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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1879
Page
4
New York dispatch reports a public interview with Democratic Congressmen showing Tilden as first or second choice for many, with Thurman and Bayard also garnering support. commentary notes mixed signals on other figures and a cautious outlook on troop use and electoral protections.
A chaotic financial collapse shows assets of 475000 against liabilities over 1 million with 100000 owed to creditors. Floods near Humbolt Bay cause extensive damage. rivers overflow and bridges fail with casualties and property losses. In New Orleans John Sharples, ex police, is shot dead. broker John Wt. Clay commits suicide amid financial distress.
Dispatches report Turkish forces massing at Nevy recrop Melenk and Gumardovia to block Bulgarian incursions into Macedonia and predict entry into Adrianople. Tirnova shows a constitutional compromise with a regency likely. debate on prince election postponed. Other items note famine in Bolivia, a fatal coal mine accident in Victoria, and an assassination-related remark in Naples.
Readers report legal cases, accidents, elections, and official actions from Michigan Missouri Virginia and Tennessee. Topics include jury costs, contracts, police reorganizations, estate debts, labor disputes, drought prospects, tobacco and liquor statistics, elopements, illicit distilleries, and medical ads. Many entries are fragmentary.
A Madrid dispatch notes the Cortes Kitbéidivolved next week and the new cabinet composition has caused liberal parties surprise and disappointment. George T. Dogging, a noted capitalist, commends extending American trade to African markets with expected large profits. The Tribune reveals a plotted confidence scheme in Washington and New York aiming to obtain subscriptions to a memorial to Bayard Tay or.
Senator Patterson receives notice from South Carolina Attorney General that indictments against him are canceled. He moves to take a trust under the Southern Pacific Railroad Co in Arizona. Eight Hours bill to be introduced at special session for federal labor. Treasury issues four percent refunding certificates of ten dollars with par sale in lawful money. Certificates redeemable at Washington and major cities. drafts payable to treasurers drawn on New York.
The readable text mentions April visits to the Crimea by rulers of Me sia, rumors of blockades involving Frahée and Portugal, a London fire at 'X43 Polytechnic Institution' on a Friday night, and ongoing corporate and diplomatic shifts including Union Pacific Kansas Pacific merger ambitions. It also references Manuel Silvera replacing the Marquis of Malina as ambassador to Paris and Francisco Silvela becoming Spanish minister of the Interior. The parliament debate speech by Kerr Whidhorst is cited, along with a note about Nuby Pasha foreign minister appointment discussions and related geopolitical tensions.
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