Political and Territorial Rows Stir 19th Century News
A Missouri bill would raise Supreme Court judges to 5000 a year. President Johnson sent Wyoming territorial appointments to the Senate. Secretary Seward reportedly resigning over Senate treatment. Missouri House ousts Weisman. Elliott seated. Kansas Senate ousts Gulick for Cobb. Caleb Cushing mission to Bogota fails amid English and French opposition. Minnesota Press Association held meeting in St. Paul. Cuba unrest grows. Neuvitas riot leaves deaths and injuries. W W Thayer to join Missouri Democrat staff. South America updates: Davis meets Paraguay’s Lopez. relief of embassies. Brazil defeats Lopez before Vileta with heavy losses.
Proposed Amendment Extends Voting Rights in State
In the Missouri House on the 19th, Mr. Nalle introduced a bill to amend the State Constitution. It would define a qualified elector as any male US citizen or foreign born male who has declared intent to become a citizen, resided in the state for one year, and lived in the county or district for two months before elections, with age over 21. The measure excludes active regular army or navy soldiers and those convicted of a crime forfeiting suffrage.
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Missouri House of Representatives
Nalle
United States
Local notes report deaths and retirements in Illinois towns
Saturday night three budded a young male named George Cart right committed death by own action by shooting at Alton. A lynx one third grown was killed by hunting near Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, a few days ago. M D Merrill, for nearly two years past associate editor and proprietor of the Rock Island Carnon, has retired. L. M. Haverstick remains sole proprietor. S. R. Dolbee, an old and prominent citizen of Alton, and once associated with Judge Bailhache in the publication of Alton Telegraph, resided in that city on Sunday last. The Galesburg Press says a young man in the employ of the C B C BR was about to marry a young lady in that city when confronted by his wife whom he had deserted some years ago.
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George Cartright
Alton
Griggsville
Pike County
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M.D. Merrill
Rock Island Carnon
L. M. Haverstick
S. R. Dolbee
Bailhache
Settlement of the Paraguayan War and regional unrest
Foreign news reports the Paraguay war’s outcome with a defeat of Lopez by Brazil and revolutions across the region. It notes an Indiana railroad sale by a sheriff, a lynching attempt in Prairie du Chien, and riots tied to Neovitas street. Poverty Bay massacre confirmation in New Zealand is listed among events.
Reconstruction debate on suffrage and rail bills in Congress
The Fortieth Congress in session with Senate actions on Lincoln cannon donation, proposals to amend the Constitution for suffrage, and provisional governments in Virginia Texas and Mississippi. Discussion spans executive sessions, rail bills including Air-Line and Central Branch Union Pacific, and extensive speeches on the suffrage amendment.
Fourteenth Amendment debates and pending resolutions in Senate
The discussion centers on the Fourteenth Amendment not being retractive and protections against disfranchisement for rebellion participation. Sen John Cullom secures the floor. motions follow. Van Wyck seeks a resolution for presidential information on whisky fraud convicts in Kentucky. Brooks objects. Harding requests inquiry on Pension Bureau clerks and rebel service retention. Dawes signals Georgia contested election action. Adjournment follows.
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Cullom
van Wyck
John
William Matting
Kentucky
Surrender of Bliss and Masterman in Paraguay
Navy dispatches recount Lopez agreeing to deliver Bliss and Masterman to the US flag yesterday at Angusturas. interview with Admiral Davis, three hours, and arrival of prisoners on December 11 to the flagship. Other items note Wells Fargo investigation testimony and the Senate nomination of Wyoming Territory officials.
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Washington
Navy Department
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Masterman
Davis
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Lopez
Kirtland
United States
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McNahon
New York
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Washington Dispatch
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J. C. Casement
Union Pacific Railroad
Spaids
Tilton
Senate
Matthew F. Pleasance
Attorney General’s Office
Wyoming Territory
H. M. Strade
Solicitor of the Treasury
Edward P. Johnson
W. E. Matthews
Lemuel Jeffreys
B. M. Patton
Land Office
Henry ©. Hayner
West Indies Revolutions and Havana Riots Reported
Reports from Havana and Saint Domingo describe strategic moves by Cuban revolutionaries toward the west, with clashes near Neuvitas and at Villa Clara. Rioting follows a theatrical performance in Neuvitas, wounding many as Spanish volunteers fire on crowds. fatalities occur, while unrest and vigilance persist across the island.
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Neuvitas
Havana
Count Valmaseda
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Villa Clara
Valmeseda
Saint Domingo
Gazeta
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Harwood
London
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Alta Vela
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Jailyard lynch mob confronts Sheriff’s posse
A lynch mob gathered around the jail to seize the murderer of E. Wright but was dispersed by a sheriff’s posse of about 40. A prisoner was secretly moved to Milwaukee jail in New York. At Park Bank in New York a man seized $3000 and fled after a chase. a confederate with the money was captured.
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Milwaukee
New .York
Park Bank
Indiana case upholds sale of railroad property
Louisville January 23. In White county Indiana Common Pleas Court a change of venue case Dr Williamson versus Louisville New Albany and Chicago Railroad was decided for the plaintiff. A decree of sale of the road franchises rolling stock depots and other property by the Sheriff was ordered to indemnify bond holders. Sale to begin about early April. The action involves millions of dollars.
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Williamson
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway Company
White County
Ind. Court of Common Pleas
Indiana
Lopez and army defeated at Villa real in South America
A Rio Janeiro dispatch confirms Lopez and his forces were routed at Villa Real with Brazilian losses around 2000. The emperor reportedly concedes heavier losses, a division was approaching, McMahon may have brokered terms with Lopez, and the steamer Wasp returned to Buenos Aires.
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Rio Janeiro
Lopez
Vileta
Pausiliea
McMahon
Wasp
Buenos Ayres
Massacre at Poverty Bay Blots Out New Zealand Settlement
Australian letters confirm a Mooris massacre in Poverty Bay New Zealand. Thirty three whites and about twenty friendly natives were killed and the prosperous settlement was wiped out.
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New York
Poverty Bay
New Zealand
Elgin Woman Dies in Ice Drowning on River
Carrie Clark, nineteen, daughter of a local Elgin citizen, drowned after falling through ice while skating on the river near Elgin on the night of January 21.
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CuricaGo
Carrie Clark
Cuban insurgents in New York seek arms sales
Several officers of the Cuban insurgent army are in New York City to purchase arms and munitions of war. A New York dispatch notes broad belief that Mr. Menard the Louisiana colored congressman will not win his House seat. Joe Whalen, who assassinated D Arcy McGee, reached Ottawa with strong guard escort on Saturday.
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New York City
New York
Menard
Louisiana
Joe Whalen
D’arcy McGee
Ottawa
C. W
Springfield General Assembly bid on surveys and rail bills
Springfield reports Senate acts to fund a Mineralogical Survey and Geological Reports for the Industrial University, confirms trustees, and nominates officials. House actions include rail, canal, and revenue bills, with debate on game protection and libel suits. Adjournment and plans for joint committees and incorporation law follow, with Lincoln Park boundaries and county delegate decisions noted.
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James C. Sloo
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Hiron D. Brewster
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Preacher’s Aid Society
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Epler
Ward
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Fuller
State Board of Equalization of Taxes
Cattle Commissioners
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Woodson
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Bailey
Faylor
Judiciary Committee
Peral Assembly
General Assembly
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Lincoln Park
Gattle
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Carvass
Committee On the Judiciary
Governor’s vacancy ruling unsettles the Alabama probate issue
The Alabama gubernatorial office and probate judge clashed over a vacancy. Judge Pelham ruled the vacancy had not occurred under the legal process, voiding the Governor’s commission that named another man. The decision does not affect the Legislature or the Governor’s office validity.
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Etee Gees
Judee
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Pelham
Elopement and Robbery Murder in a Bagnioc
New York reports indicate the wife of cotton broker Chas. Lefferts from Brooklyn eloped with Y. K. Tatlesen of Chicago taking about 40000 dollars in cash and jewels and sailing on the Antwerp for Europe. St. Louis reports Valentine Burke arrested after a gun battle with a detective, with nearly 19000 in counterfeit notes found. In Curiaco a young man Everbert was killed in a bagnio on Jackson Street by Stewart, the killer captured after a short chase and jailed.
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Chas. Lefferts
Brooklyn
Y. K. Tatlesen
Chicago
Antwerp
Europe
St. Louis
Valentine Burke
Reinhardt
Curiaco
Everbert
Jackson Street
Stewart
Fires ignite multiple city blocks injuring firefighters
Cincinnati reports an early morning blaze destroying the Ohio Lard and Sperm Oil Company house and two other structures with a $30,000 loss. Several firemen were injured, two badly, by collapsing walls. Detroit records the Olympic Theatre burned down last night with a $20,000 loss, partly insured. Louisville notes the steamboat Laclair No 2 struck a bridge abutment and sank, 50 to 60 passengers saved by the Lacon in seven feet of water. cargo largely lost.
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Ohio Lard and Sperm Oil Company
Detroit
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Olympic Theatre
Locisville
Laclair
Lacon
Portland
Pedestrian John DeWitt completes 1000 mile walk in 1000 hours
Telegraphic news notes Chicago pedestrian John DeWitt finished a feat by walking one thousand miles in one thousand consecutive hours. Also reported, Colonel Switzler, ousted from the Ninth Missouri seat, will contest Dyer for Congress. Erie Railroad plans direct passenger service New York via St Louis with ten drawing room cars on the route.
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Chicago
Colonel Switzler
Congress
Missouri
G. W. Anderson
Colonel Dyer
Dyer
Erie Railroad
St. Louis
New York
Money and Stocks Show Mixed 6G Per Cant Rates
A mixed financial scene features money at 6G per cant on call and heavy cloning at 120g 1s614. Shipments total near a million, signaling an active outflow of gold alongside cotton and other goods. Government stocks stay steady, railway shares buoyant with higher prices, while Chicago reports spring demand for grain and firm, active pork and meat markets.
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