Missouri Items Highlight Fire Loss and Local Crime
Live quails are being gathered in St. Joseph for shipment to England for domestication. A brick mill at Waverly, Lafayette county, valued at 48 000 to 10 000, was destroyed by fire recently. A German cattle dealer at the Franklin House in Kansas City was robbed of 500 to 3700. An election in Kansas City on the 11th aims to fund a 100 000 Agricultural College endowment. William Haddee was arrested in St. Joseph to await an Ohio assault requisition. G Augustus Pfan, a St. Louis clerk, arrested for letter abstracting with 1 500 bail. A group of negro youths raided the North Missouri Hotel safe in Macon City, netting 500 to 3600 and two watches. Five or six arrests followed.
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St. Joseph
England
Waverly
Lafayette County
Franklin House
Kansas City
William Haddee
Allen County
Ohio
G. Augustus Pfan
St. Louis
North Missouri
Macon City
Surratt Case Dismissed Under Amnesty Proclamation
Washington reports the Grand Jury dismissed the Surratt indictment, ruled the President's amnesty proclamation pardons him of all past treasonable offences. other reports note a deadly Rochester accident, a floor collapse, and public dissatisfaction with Minister Rosecrans.
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Surratt
Washington
American Charge Heads to Washington via En Route
Mr. Plumb, former American Charge dAffairs to Mexico, arrives en route to Washington with copies of a recently ratified convention settling American and Mexican claims and a treaty recognizing naturalization rights. Mexican press largely silent on Gen Rosecrans speech. Vera Cruz Cortes alone criticizes its price and hidden menace. Cuban revolutionary sympathy grows. brigandage rises and commerce stagnates.
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Washington
Pen
Hosecrans
Ravana
Plumb
Mexco
Mexican Congress
Gen. Rosecrans
Juarez
The
Cortes
Vera Cruz
Cuba
Eight Die as Schoolhouse Floor Collapses in Rochester
A holiday festival crowd of 300 or more at the St Peters and St Pauls church school house in Rochester was plunged into disaster when the floor gave way. Eight people were killed and about thirty were seriously injured as the structure collapsed into the lower hall and debris. Rescue efforts cleared wreckage for hours as frightened attendees waited for news.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochestterr
St. Peters
St. Pauls
Springfield Senate and House Sessions Highlight Bid for State Agent
Springfield reports detail the Senate and House routines with motions on war claim agents, state institution reports, and a Joliet Woolen mortgage bill. Senators consider tax releases for Illinois Central, Pekin incorporation, and canal bond correspondence, as sessions adjourn for the day.
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Twenty-Sixth General Assembly
Springfield
Quincy Whig
Senate
Crane
James Harlan
National Lincoln Monument Association
Reynolds
Col. Cook
Washington
Board of
State House
Committee On Finance
Epler
Strewell
Joliet Woolen Company
Ilinois,Central Railroad
Houste
Mr. Miller
Auditor of Public Accounts
Chicago
Pekin
Christian
Joint Select Committee
Jonathan Kerr
Committee On
State Agricultural Society
Judiciary Committee
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
H. D. Cook
Barring Bros
London
Presidential Nominations and Nevada Senate Re-election
Washington January 7 The President sent several nominations to the Senate today The Republican Senators held a discussion as Senator Stewart from Nevada seeks re election to the Senate and influence on financial nominations.
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Stewart
Senate
Nevada
Washington
Diay
Nevada Senate Reelection Caucus Report May Hinge on Morton Land Deal
Fragmented notes describe a Nevada Union caucus with forty members present and Joranine Stewart receiving an endorsement by telegraphic signal. The session discusses Senator Morton's land deal and potential payment issues, but no conclusion was reached. The Legislature comprises 59 members, with Democrats a minority.
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Losieiéan
Morton
Joranine Stewart
Union
Senate of the United States
Nevada
Senate and House actions in early January 1867 session
The report details Senate and House proceedings with bills on Indian affairs petroleum carriage penalties, Pacific Road extension to Puget Sound, copper duties, seven-communication between continents, and postponement of several measures. It notes discussions on civil officer holding, relief for Sue Marty, and a few executive sessions. House actions include printing committee investigations, naval medical efficiency, widow wage bills, Coggeshall remains, Crete sympathy, and military academy appropriations.
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Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Williams
Legislative Assembly of
Raoho
Reszendeitig
Norial
Episco 1
Corbett
Puget Sound
Conkling
New York
Committee On Finance
Nye
Committee On Commerce
Trumbull
Comimittee
Judiciary
United States
House
Idaho
Montana
Edmunds
Sue’ Marty
Interior Department
Committee On Naval Affairs
Medical Department of the Navy
Spaulding
Mr. Banks
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Joseph Wilson
Venezuela
J. Cullom
Coggeshall
Ecuador
Crete
Washburne
III
Committee On Appropriations
Wells, Fargo & Co
Postmaster General
Farnsworth
Johnson
Tete
Adoffi
Shanks
Ashley
Ohio
Martial rule and unrest across Arkansas and Virginia
An official dispatch dated Dec 26 reports Governor Bisa’s guard at the State House amid fears of assassination. Martial law spread to seven counties as a militia force enforces order. a white woman was assaulted by a black soldier, and a black man was executed. In Norfolk, Princess Anne county sees armed negroes resisting ejectment, with a sergeant mortally wounded and three negroes killed in a clash, prompting reinforcements.
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Military Commission
Republican Party
Gen. Smith
United States Army
United States
Gov. Clayton
Cotterson
Smith
Norfolk
Princess Anne County
Legislative caucuses and adjournments across several states
A synopsis of caucus votes and adjournments from Maine, Missouri, Delaware, and Wisconsin. Maine Republicans nominated Hannibal Hamlin by 75 to 74 but counted blank as no vote. Missouri legislators elected S. W. Headle and G. A. Moses as leadership. Delaware and Wisconsin legislatures organized with speakers named. Bayard expected to be reelected in Delaware. John Scott nominated for U S Senator in Hargrsbur.
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Pennsylvania
Lion
John Scott
United States
Senegtur Buckalew
Mr. Stanton
Gen. Grant
Augusta
Hannibal Hamlin
M. Morrill
Maine
St. Lewis
S. W. Headle
Green County
Senate
G. A. Moses
Ironton
House
J. C. Orrick
St. Charles
J. C
Colby
Committee On
WiLuincron
Del
Dover
James Williams
Kent
John Hickman
Sussex
James A. Bayard
United States Senate
Thos. F. Bayard
Gee
Hargrrsure
P. M
Ohn Scott
Huntinoe
B. W. Mackey
Sefete
Legeee
Irregular Financial Moves and Cyrus Field Injuries
The article discusses a proposed consolidation involving the Onion Express Company and related banks, the potential prohibition on interest payments on deposits, and the possible creation of new State banks. It notes stockholder consent and private capital interest, plus a separate report on Cyrus W. Field's fall near Irvington, causing severe injuries.
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Onion Press
Cota
Barry
Tent
Ion - Express Company
Fom
Sai Ne
Ion Express- Com
Onion
Cal
Wilson
Ita
Congress
Cyrus W. Field
Irvington
Illness and death mark New Orleans and Albany reports
New Orleans reports General Rosseau gravely ill with bowel inflammation. Gen. Pierpont dies in New York from consumption. New York notes John M. Botta seized by paralysis and near death. Albany letter places Dewitt C. Littlejohn in the field for United States Senate replacing Noah Davis.
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New Orleans
Rosseau
F. Pierpont
West Virginia
New York
John M. Botta
Auburn
Brandy Station
Albany
Dewitt C. Littlejohn
United States
Noah Davis
Ireland Tenants Bitter Over Landholders Amid Agrarian Unrest
Europe report notes Ireland tenantry anger rising against landholders with multiple cases of agrarian revolt reported on January 8. Local unrest spread in several districts as tenants voice grievances over rents and control.
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Lonpox
Ireland
Heunsoon's Exreact for Female Health Revealed
A floody 19th century herbal advertisement urges Heunsoon's Extract as a cure for female weakness, weakness of the womb, excessive menstruation, and related ailments. It links moral behavior, diet, and early marriage to women’s health, claiming the remedy strengthens and restores vitality beyond bark or iron tonics.
New York Live Stock Market Report January 7
New York markets show hog receipts 250 head with common quality 10 to 14 cents and prime higher. Wheat and flour mixed with dull demand, grain prices easing in several cities, provisions firm with hogs and lard trading higher. Cattle and hog markets vary by region, with prices reflecting local demand and shipment expectations.
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Quincy Whig
New York
New Yor
Cumano
Timothy
St. Louis
Southern
Cariaco
Miwauxey
Torzpe
Annual Meeting of Wirt National Bank Stockholders
The stockholders of the Wirt National Bank will hold their annual meeting on December 21, 1868, to select nine directors. The session is to be held at the bank’s premises, with notices issued for the event.
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Quisor
Wirt National Bank
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