Morton Reply and Crete News Highlighted in 1888 Dispatch
The report from Crete recounts Cretan forces repelling Turkish attackers while storing munitions, with 150 Turks noted and 3 Cretans killed. Senator Morton responds to Horace Greeley on specie payments and debt, urging a return to gold before bonds can be paid, tying currency reform to financial stability.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Washington
Erosis
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J.B. Wheeler
Lake Michigan
Telegrams Highlight Colfax Boston and Various 19th Century Events
Brief notices report Speaker Colfax and wife in Boston on Monday, Illinois Teachers' Convention at Peoria, deaths of Dr William Bishop and Chicago brewer William Saladine, and other scattered items including fires in Lacon and London Ontario, a hanging in Canada, and various curiosities from newspapers across the era.
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Peoria
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United States Naval Asylum
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St. Paul
Minn
R. Johnson &,Co
Lacon
Marshall County
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London
Canada
Frank Smith & Co
Loddon
Jones
James M. Morrison
Chicago
Samuel Bowles
Springfield
Mass
Gov. Bullock
Tarifa
Liverpool
St. Domingo
Ogandoz
Los Mataz
Baez
William Saladine
American Express Company
Peekskill
N. Y
Eastern Question Arrangements and Ship Race Prospects
The Morning Post discusses Eastern question arrangements and a sea race between the Dauntless and Camabela. It cites correspondence from James G. Bennett and Asbury and endorses Azores track sailing to test vessel seaward qualities and sailors over the regular Atlantic route.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Great Britain
Loxton
Morning Post
James G. Bennett, Sry
New ‘York
Ae Asbury
London
Dauntless
Camabela
Azorés
Fisk Defends Rights in Bowles Attack Comment
James Fisk writes from New York replying to Mr Bowles claim about the Springfield Republican attack he says he acted to defend his character and will go to trial if needed. The Alabama claims basis is disputed and Reverdy Johnson will send a treaty update to Washington soon. A Morse banquet in honor is held with Chief Justice Chase and guests including Edward Thornton and Governor Curtin.
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Alabama
Morse
Cby
Pitteburgh
New Yor
Jas. Fisk
Springfield Republican
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Fiske
Samuel Bowles
Springfeld
Mass
Sam
America
England
Reverdy Johnson
Washington
Chase
Edward Thornton
Curtin
Evarts
Pierrepont
Mesars
Thornton
Goodwin
Smith
Conference plans falter as Porte blocks meeting
Reports from Constantinople and Berlin say the Porte opposes the conference on Crete and rejects participation in talks. A Paris dispatch notes agreement on conference details and a Greek victory over Turkish forces in Albania.
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Bultan
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Paris
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Emigrant ship Starry Banner reported lost at sea
A gale near the coast of Ireland on December 21 allegedly sank the Starry Banner with 122 aboard. A Paris dispatch says the foundering report is a hoax and there were no confirmed passengers arriving at Boulogne. Shipping news from Queenstown notes several arrivals from New York.
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France
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Lexpos
Atlanta
General Cabelero orders troops to Seville area
MapzEto December 29 reports General Cabelero has been ordered to take troops to the Royhness of Seville Gerra to prevent trouble though the country remains tranquil and the government has contracted a loan with Erlanger Florence. Paris December 29 notes Garibaldi declines commission tendered by the Grecian Government amid war threats.
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Rovnhess
Seville
Florence
Garipaldi
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Indian tribes in the plains under Sheridan and Hazen reports
Dispatches from Fort Cobb up to December 7 place Hazen and Sheridan planning operations against hostile bands. Kiowas split, Comanches and allied groups largely unfriendly. Three thousand Indians near Fort Cobb seeking protection while about one hundred hostiles cluster near Sweet Water Ford. Satanta deemed most treacherous. Sheridan orders capture or death for him if found.
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Pittsburgh
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Castar
Fort Copb
Satanta
Owever
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Overseas Market Snapshot and Grain Prices
Across London and Liverpool reports show mixed commodities with firm cotton prices and firmer wheat. Bonds and stocks remain steady as energy and grain values fluctuate, noting declines in tallow and corn while lading and linseed hold near last quotations.
Insurrectionists Target Provisions With Strychnine Plot
Spanish officials report insurrectionists prepared provisions laced with strychnine and fled before Spanish troops arrived. Messages from Havana and Pittsburgh Gazette note movements near Valmazda and Miguel with fighting likely to have occurred as ships, including the Siberia, reach port.
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Polson
Pittspuren Gasette
Bavana
Cary
Fire at Chicago boarding house kills two brothers
A blaze at Nicholas boarding house above 49 Franklin Street started by kerosene use. Three residents escaped by jumping from fourth floor windows. Wallace and Louis Card died after leaping from a front window. Minor injuries to others and limited pecuniary loss reported.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Chicaco
Nicholas
Franklin Street
Wallace
Louis Card
Twa
San Francisco Customs Seize Opium and Other Items
The customs officers seized opium valued at forty thousand dollars for violating revenue laws. The cargo was brought from China aboard the tug tied to the Great Republic with an attempted smuggling through. Japanese Consul Charles Walcott Brooks started overland to Boston today. Captain Emmerson of the Kingston died during the Bombay voyage. Wheat briskly sold with high shipping rates. Steamers Saint Nichols and Monzoon reported sunk in Red River with cotton cargoes. Saint Nicholas struck a dam placed by General Banks' army.
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Texas
New York Journal of “Commerce
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Virginia
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Big Road
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B. P. Cilley
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Great Republic
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Kingston
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Pltisbarga Gazette
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Monzoon
St. Nicholas
Banks
Cotton Steamer Jewess Snagged on Alabama River
Telegraph reports the steamer Jewess carrying 350 bales of cotton snagged and sank three miles above the city on the Alabama River. Most cargo saved damaged. No lives lost. Also notes the removal of City Commonwealth Attorney K T Daniel by military authorities and the appointment of L H Chandler, the first action under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Pittsburgh
Moobile
Alabama River
Pittsburgh Gazette
Rutland Votes $300,000 Aid for Portland & Rutland Railroad
By telegraph from Rutland Vermont a town meeting approved aid totaling 300000 for the Portland and Rutland Railroad project. The decision was announced in today’s citizen meeting indicating local backing for the interstate rail line.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
RutLand
Portland & Rutland Railroad
City in turmoil as counterfeiting and reform rise
St Louis reports William Sullivan jailed on four thousand dollar bond for passing counterfeit money. A century-old widow Mary Waters dies. Steamboat safety reforms called for after the Missouri river issues. Pugilist William Davis and trainer Blake arrested for assault. a divorce case ends with a woman in a calaboose. Extravagant city expenditures spark Municipal Reform Association formation. seven gambling houses raided, property seized.
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Pittsbarma Gazette
St. Louis
Robert Sullivan
United States
Eaton
Mary Waters
Missouri River
Donaldson
Wm. Davis
Tom Allen
Cleveland
Bill Blake
Mike Ryan
Andoseph Tyrrell
Christings
Davis
Blake
Calaboose
Agate
Trust and city improve in Moras will case debated
Probate Court considers enforcing the will of Lewis Moras granting sixty acres and 30,000 to endow a college for indigent youth while officials visit to oversee the trust. City resolutions seek 1 750 000 for park and wharf improvements and rail line provisions.
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Cincinnati
Isburgh Gazette
Lewis Moras
Hamilton
Indient
T General West
Hahinens
Dianapolis
Connell
Circleville hotel project and local incidents highlight town news
Circleville plans a first class hotel as a local company forms. A Circleville schools superintendent HBH Barney resigns after seven years. Belmont county forms a glass manufactory with 100000 capital. Several elopements and a fatal father killing near Jackson county are reported along with a child’s accidental death from scalding lard. A Mastodon bone attracts curiosity in St Clairsville.
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Mason Duxnar
Ross County
Circleville
Bellaire
Belmont
Alfred Btill
L. .C. Wear
Milforaburg
Aberdeen Ohio
McConnelsville
McConnellsville Herald
Tors Company
Muskingum ‘Valley
R. R. Comany
Vanesville
Muskingum River
Parkersburg
Vinton Record
Thos. Scott
Jackson County
Hamden
Henry Smith
Chillicothe
St. Clairsville
Patterson
Salt Creek
Muskingum County
Night Mail Sleeping Car Derails. Eighteen Metres Down Bank
A sleeping car of the Great Western Railroad night mail from Niagara Falls ran off the track at Eastwood this morning. It rolled down an embankment eighteen feet. The car carried eight crew and twelve passengers. Two passengers are feared injured and others are hurt. Emergency crews respond to the scene.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
London
Canada
Great Western Railroad
Niagara Falls
Eastewood
Cotton and markets from Telegraph New Orleans and Boston
Telegraph reports a active cotton market in New Orleans with 10 000 bales sold at 23.54 to 24 cents per pound and receipts 4 365 bales while exports reach 14 707 bales. Other goods include flour pork lard and coffee with mixed price movements and steady cattle and poultry demand in Cambridge and Cincinnati notes. A Tennessee temperance convention is planned in Columbus January 13 to 14 1869 inviting diverse temperance and moral organizations to participate.
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Sons of ‘Temperance
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