News of the Week Highlights Across Europe and Asia
The week reports the Prince of Wales earning £18000 and the Duchess of Montrose £16000. It notes a 74-year-old Earl marrying Miss Hamilton, plus Carlyle halting work on his autobiography. The Elemore steamer is lost. revolutions, arrests, expulsions and strikes ripple through Ireland Germany and Brazil as tensions rise and sanctions, trials, and sieges unfold.
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Duchess of Montrose
Earl Malmesberry
Parnell
Dillon
Dublin
Germany
Hamburg
Altona
Jamaica
Paris
Greece
Ireland
Tralee
Herr’ Hartmann
Reichstag
Herr Auer
Gerichts- Zeitung
Persia
Land League
Cork
Tokio
Japan
Aia
Russia
China
Edwin Booth
London
RTE
Colin Campbell
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Duke of Argyll
Avid
Marquis of Lorne
Miss Blood
Pekin
Shanghai
Bondord Swa'iven
Rivel
Dobler
France
Diverse 19th Century U.S. News Flows From New York to Ohio
Domestic intelligence reports a Calderon mix of events including trials of forgery, shipwrecks, fires, and near collisions. political shifts include Garfield era election notes, Senate race chatter in Ohio and Indiana, Battleground state returns, and public notices on bank openings and indictments.
Hancock Carrying Towns in Montgomery and Gaiona Details
Report notes Hancock carried Hancock county in Montgomery Pennsylvania and Gaiona by a small margin. Weaver county tally shows Hancock ahead by four votes. Philadelphia totals for President reach 172 861. Speculation suggests Joseph Bi Bhwley likely elected Senator from Connecticut replacing Eaton. New York City Republican vote increases by 23 165 compared with 1876.
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Hancock
Montgomery
County
Gaiona
Weaver
Washington Notes on Army Discharge and Mint Coinage
John Grant, bearer of an honorable army discharge, visited the White House asserting supreme ruler status to Secretary Sherman. The October mint totals were 3,978,935 dollars in gold and 2,279,000 dollars in silver.
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John Grant
White House
Sherman
Miscellaneous notices tease retirement and disaster items
The upcoming Sherman report hints at retirement after thirty years service. Sheridan would move to Washington, Hancock to Chicago to command the army’s vast theater. The Methodist Board allocates 177090 for work in China. A collision on the Marietta and Cincinnati line kills an engineer and fireman. Henry Yost loses both arms from a premature explosion. Lakes Erie Ontario and Huron endure a fierce gale. The Courier reports Jeannette and whalers crushed in Arctic waters.
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Flanance
Sheridan
Washington
Hancock
Chicago
Indiana
Methodist Board of,Missions
China
Bortion
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
Zvansville
Ind
Yost
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Huron
Arctic
Sailor Loss Reported After Belle Sheridan Sinks on Ontario
The schooner Belle Sheridan is recorded as lost on Lake Ontario with Captain McShorry his three sons and a sailor dead. The Census Bureau provides population figures for 1870 and 1680 with noted increases and projects a tenth census total near 50 million.
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Belle Sheridan
Lake Ontario
McShorry
Census Bureau
Delaware
South Carolina
Thode Island
District of Columbia
National returns show Garfield leads across multiple states
Early returns indicate Garfield carries Illinois by about 35,000, with Republicans ahead 13 to 6 in Congress and a 24 seat Republican majority on joint state ballot. California and Massachusetts show Garfield leads, while several western states tilt toward Republicans and Greeneback gains noted in Missouri and Indiana.
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Illinois
Congress
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Connecticut
Hancock
North Carolina
San Francisco
California
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Pacheco
Rosecrans
Berry
Oregon
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Massachusetts
Morse
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Pennsylvania
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Potts
New Jersey
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Pettigrew
Tennessee
Hawlans
Wright
Wilson
Nevada
Michigan
West Virginia
Arizona
G. H. Oury
M. H. Sherman
del Norte
Terry
New York
New York State
Arthur
Delaware
Crarfield
Indianapolis
Indiana
Porter
Iowa
White
Kentucky
Turner
Abt Louis Dispatch
Missouri
Hazeltine
Waddle
Telegraph
Majorit
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Bea
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Ohio
The Electoral Vote Collected from Ancient Athens Lore
The Athens Banner recalls a historical local law forbidding liquor sales in quarts and details a tavern ritual. Buyers sipping a quart faced a roadside horn signal and a crowd helping dispose of the drink. When a gallon appeared, a ram’s horn signaled the crowd to retreat as the buyer faced mock alarm.
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Athens
London Press comments on Our Presidential Election
British opinion notes mixed views on Garfield's victory with praise for a peaceful transition. The Times and others expect cordial U S Britain relations and reduced sectional strife. The Advertiser and Pall Mall Gazette discuss party influence and policy continuity under a Garfield administration.
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Times
Garfield
Republic
Republican Party
Alabama
Post
Atlantic
Washington
Tihe Republican Party
Anid
United States
Great Britain
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Conklings
Camerona
Adams
Shermani
Dtancock
Guisay
Haven
Grant
Pall Mall Gazette
Hayes
England
Americas
Daily News
Willy
Gen Hancock Reflects on Election Outcome in Interview
Gen Hancock faced questions from a New York reporter about the election result. He says printing all thoughts would take space and expresses no personal grievance at not being elected while noting disappointment in the Democratic defeat. He deflects blame to opponents and urges forgiveness.
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Republican Campaign’ Committee
Bamboie
Tammany ‘Hall General Committee
New York
Hancock
van Wyck
Kings County
New York City
Thomas F. Grady
Col. Roberts
Henry Steinert
Kelly
Tennessee
United States
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E. W. Keyes
Howe
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Ben Harrison
John C. New
Will Cumback
Orth
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Garfield
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Foster
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Tom Browne
John Cobman
J. M.shackleford
Sherman
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Ohio
Gen Hancock
Democratic Party
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