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Newspaper
Ohio Cambridge News
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1877
Page
1
A long Senate and House sequence centers on the Louisiana electoral decision. Debates address fraud allegations in Florida and Oregon telegrams, votes on counting Hayes electors, and joint sessions to tally electoral votes. Several bills advance, including defense and appropriation measures, while notable losses and witness testimony emerge.
Democratic caucus adopts a resolution to proceed with the electoral count while protesting the Electoral Commission ruling on Florida and Louisiana. C N Jourdan refuses to provide bank accounts before the Senate sub committee and is held in contempt. Duncan S Kenner testifies Wells offered bribe in Louisiana vote dispute and discussed count integrity and parish exclusions.
A Pottsville bank suspends payments as a series of late 19th century financial troubles ripple through the region. The same period notes a New York robbery, notable deaths, political shifts in Philadelphia, and fresh remarks from ex Governor Tilden on accounts and secrecy. The era’s business and political figures appear across towns from Rochester to Louisville as industry groups form and legal actions unfold.
The article lists multiple events including an insane asylum commitment for cashier R T Taylor in Franklin Indiana, ex Governor Grover denying a signature cipher claim, a Revenue Agent shot in Warrenton Missouri, deadly boiler explosions in Pomeroy Ohio and Alvord Indiana, a Missouri insurer seeking a receiver for Columbia Life, Ohio Prohibition Convention nominating H A Thomson, Ohio Indiana Kentucky wool growers planning a Steubenville storehouse, a Grant order halting a parade in Columbia DC, and widespread mourning with flags at half mast.
Ten persons were killed at St Etienne France on the sixteenth day of the month when a boiler exploded. Mahmoud Dawad the brother in law of the Sultan has been named Grand Vizier of Turkey replacing Edhem Pasha who has been dismissed.
The Electoral Commission met on February 21 22 and 23 with full membership. Democrats object to Hayes electors and Republicans to Til den electors while hearings covered certificates and the legality of electors in Oregon. The body voted 8 to 7 that Hayes electors were lawful and that Watts could be counted despite earlier questions about eligibility.
Washington reports a Sherman bill to aid specie resumption authorizing the Treasury to issue up to 100 million in bonds redeemable in coin after thirty years at 4 percent interest. It limits annual and monthly issuances, requires bond destruction after redemption, and bans exchange commissions. It also permits exchanges of silver for legal tender notes, with related sinking fund provisions. A separate item notes a Toronto skating pond rescue leading to a Saturday marriage.
A Toledo Chamber of Commerce building fire on the 17th damaged contents with light structural damage. Elsewhere a Middletown warehouse burned losing $25,000 with $20,000 insurance. Urbana mourns Newton H. Harr, first white child born there. Cleveland Euclid Avenue school burned on the 19th. no casualties among students. Legislative caucus in Ohio, Grange assembly in Cincinnati, and Prohibition conventions unfold with officer elections and platform planks. Новости also note various local incidents and officer appointments.
The record covers multiple days of Senate and House activity with bills on banking, codification and education, debates on intermarriage, and measures funding bridges, plus public notices of trials and local incidents. Several key votes are recorded and adjournments noted.
Dun, Bartow & Co. circular for 1876 shows 9,092 total U.S. business failures, up from 7,740 the prior year, with liabilities at $191,117,786 versus $201,060,353. The report notes regional and Canada comparisons, highlighting higher failure pressure in New England and relatively lower in the South and Dominion Canada.
A physiognomist states that regular white teeth seen on mouth opening indicate acute ness truth and goodness while small teeth reflect strength and short teeth rarely pure white. Long teeth suggest weakness and lack of spirit. Firm strong teeth denote resilience. upper gum exposure signals dullness and coldness.
Colburn was commanded by Captain Saulsbury with E. Tigner J. R. Small G. Small 8 Fletcher and L. N. Joynes aboard. Two other vessels are supposed to have gone down with all hands on board.
The Joint Convention opens with the Electoral Commission ruling that Hayes electors were lawfully appointed and votes counted under the Constitution and law. It rejects evidence challenging the Returning Board and the validity of the Louisiana certificate, with objections from Democrats and senators over the commission's refusal to hear further proof.
The joint convention resumes as electors from Louisiana Maine Maryland and Massachusetts vote for Hayes and Wheeler and objections to Michigan and Nevada electors are considered. Oregon certificates spark fierce disputes over appointment legitimacy while hearings pause with Senate withdrawal to address objections.
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