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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1873
Page
1
War news reporters across the country are urged to submit concise updates on local events. Messages should cover accidents, public meetings, conditions, and other significant happenings as circumstances require.
President Grant signs a postal treaty with Japan. The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention meets in Worcester on September 3 to nominate a ticket. English M P Whally arrived in New York short of funds for his perjury bait. Japan reports a serious insurrection linked to tax policy and noble disaffection.
The National Educational Association at Euyne New York August 6 debated need for a middle tier of schools between grammar and college. Over 1,500 members attended including many Southern teachers. A paper by Richard Edwards urged maximum culture in free schools leading toward college level study. B White of Illinois elected president. Benjamin Root Jr. and Redonn Ford named counselors for Iowa Illinois Missouri.
The Springfield Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners reported routine business and a favorable St Louis and South Eastern tariff alignment. Rolling mill layoffs sparked unrest. a worker was stabbed while calming drunken employees. Political notes cover Ohio and Virginia conventions with nominations, platforms, and unity motions for Kemper as governor amid close balloting and a Kemper “unanimous” push.
Nebras ka penitentiary warden H C Campbell died last night. John W Young to carry money order for ger to Chicago for trial. Funds raised in St Louis for Portland fire sufferers. Brick shows excitement over Brown a psycho logical doctor from Red Oak Iowa. Miller Duprez flouring mill in Louisville burned. loss 20000, insurance 14000. Beaton wool market active with large Western fleece sales. Canadian PM McDonald denies self-inflicted death. New service in Brigham Young divorce case. case before Judge Emerson tomorrow. Levi Bissell inventor dies in New York. brother of late Guy Bissell Illinois. Cadet graduates to Lieutenants after June 18 1873 leave. City of Washington wreck crew dismissed for not casting lead. Army Navy of the Gulf met in Portland Me. depart for Little Hog Island. Revenue cutter Johnson reports Morning Star suspected smuggling on Lake Michigan. Sharkey the New York murderer under watch. to be hanged 15th inst. Gen W Cass dies at Dresden Ohio aged 87. Cass family lineage noted. 25,000 attend Buffalo Park races. purses up to 20000. times listed. Moritz Simon U S Vice Consul Hanover arrives from Hamburg. Foreign: Spain mobilizes to disarm militia. German consul seeks damages from Valencia bombardment. Russian emigration rising. 400 Russians sail on one steamer. Duel in Paris between Herve and About. About wounded. Valencia bombardment continues. insurgents resist. International Patent Right Congress in Vienna seeks universal protection. Berlin reports recall of Werner over Vigilante capture. court martial to be held.
New York dispatch reports a large insurgent force of farmers armed with bamboo and swords attacked the Government castle at Fukuoka, burning buildings, destroying official records, and killing six officers. Six others reportedly died by suicide during the uprising. sixty fled toward Sogo, while others protected by the rebels. Telegraph lines from Nagasaki to Yokohama were destroyed and mail routes blocked, delaying news. Insurgents may number 150,000, tied to tax in money demands and rice crop fears.
Fragmentary financial note lists several railroad shares and preferreds including Pan American at St Pan, Toledo & Wabash, Fort Wayne, Ohio & Mississippi, Union Pacific and Lake Shore. Mentions 19 percent yield and 81 stock lines with scattered capitalization.
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