Tete revolution gains ground in San Domingo report
Reports from Cuba claim revolutionary forces defeated government troops with heavy losses at Alta Garcia. Governor Haxver of Kansas appears in the city returning from New York on official business. The Connecticut House ratified the Fifteenth Amendment by decisive vote after Senate action last week. Grand Army National Encampment in Cincinnati adjourned. Gen. John A. Logan re-elected Commander-in-Chief. next meeting in Washington. Indiana House Democrats bolt to block the Amendment. Senate passes it 27 to none. A. Boody and Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad officials tour Springfield, inspecting workshops and plans for a Mississippi bridge at Hamilton. Dr. Shearer of Sullivan County, Mo., cites coal beds near Chariton suitable for market, bolstering Quincy and Nebraska City Railroad case. Reconstruction in Georgia remains incomplete amid Ku Klux violence. assassinations of Republican legislators Ayer and Adkins cited. Methodist minister targeted for preaching. Calls for full government force to protect Unionists and punish rebels.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
John A. Logan
Washington
Dr. Shearer
Sullivan County
Board of Trade Rooms
Quincy and
Nebraska City
Georgia
Dr. Ayer
Ku Klux
Jos. Adkins
Methodist Church North
Spencer House
United States
Gov. Fairchild
Wisconsin
John F. Torrence
A. H. Quint
M. Kimball
Ind
Republic
Thomas O. Osborne
Illinois
Keifer
Ef A. i
Gov. Scott
South Carolina
Army
Kaiser
Gen. Hawley
Hartford
House of Representatives
Senate
Indiana
Indianapolis
House
Vere
Bolls
Nova Scotia Assembly Urges Higher Subsidies and Reform
In Halifax yesterday Attorney General Wilkinson led resolutions calling for greater subsidies and Nova Scotia representation in the House of Commons. Proposals demand modifications to current trade taxation and fisheries rulings and insist that no Confederation act settlement be final without popular approval. May 13 reports from Montrealan note England’s Privy Council weighing a plan to abandon all colonies except India.
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Halifax
House of Assembly
Wilkinson
House of Commons
Nova Scotia
MontTrean
England
Ndia
West Indies Revolution Progress in San Domingo
News from New York dated May reports Hayti says Sainave is downcast as revolutionaries gain strength and Baez suffers losses in two battles. In Cuba, an alleged defeat near Alta Garcia follows Lesca’s advancing convoy to Puerto Principis as Cuban rebels show strain and retreat.
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New
Washington Late Bond Purchases and Foreign Affairs
A compact digest notes Bond purchases in late hours, references Mr. Boutwell and policy debates, reports violent storms on the lakes, and lists proceedings of the Grand Army of the Republic. It mentions Ku Klux assaults in Georgia, Providence election defea t, Prague Party, and San Domingo revolutions. Reverdy Johnson bids farewell to the Queen as The London Times continues critique of the Alabama Treaty.
Appointments in Washington May 18 1870
The President named Addison Law as Supervising Inspector of Steamboats for the Second District and Samuel Houston for the Sixth District. J. B. Gould becomes Counsel to Birmingham and D. W. Houston Marshal for the District of Kansas. J. N. Edwards of Michigan is appointed Postmaster of the Senate and Ames C. Pilkington, Superintendent of the Interior Department, succeeds Duncan.
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Washington
Addison Law
Samuel Houston
J. B. Gould
Birmingham
D. W. Houston
Kansas
J. N. Edwards
Michigan
Senate
General Land Office
Ames C. Pilkington
Interior Department
Duncan
Casualties and accidents from East to Scranton in May
The list of lost aboard a vessel near Omaha after passage to Pensacola includes W Drinkwater, John Thompson, Scott, B. Benjamin, Jan Toothaker, and the captain's son. A child died after scalding in hot water at Boyd's Station. A flouring mill and saw mill burned near St. Louis. A fire damp explosion in Scranton mine killed five and injured one, with Charles Stutier likely among the dead.
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New York
Omaha
Pensacola
W. Drink- Witer
John Thompson
Scott
B. Benjamin
Jan Toothaker
G. Durant
Boyd
Sr. Lovuxis
F. Eyckeman
Scranton
Penn
Mount Pleasant
Charles Stutier
Key West attachment funds ordered paid to New Jersey
The Herald's Key West specials report Cushing's counsel consented to dissolving the attachment on proceeds. The court ordered the funds to be paid over to Laird's attorney in Newark. In Providence a municipal election produced Joel Clark as winner with 8,607 votes. Thomas Doyle withdrew but got 1,841. Anti Sprague supporters are jubilant. In New Haven Yale's Alpha Delta Phi hosted an oration by W S Groesbeck of Cincinnati. In New York a fire insurance board plan to divide the country into six departments was approved with Hartford New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago and one other unassigned center. Agents' maximum commission set at 2 percent. The sea is running very high.
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New York
The
Herald
Key West
Wren
Cushing
Laird
Newark
Providence
Joel Clark
Thomas A. Doyle
Clark
van Slyck
National Board of Fire
Hartford
New” York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
Neeks
The Times Reports on Alabama Treaty Rejection
London May 18 The Times carries an article criticizing Britain’s Grey government for submitting to a pressure it claims was not necessary and questions the prudence of yielding to any demand. In Teheran authorities report about 500 arrests tied to the recent religious riot.
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the Times
London
the Times Today
Alabama
Grey
Britain
Teheran
Death threats force Georgia Republicans to stay away
The Tribune’s Atlanta special reports many Georgia Republicans, including legislators, fear death if they return home. An assassination attempt targeted Rev. J B Pitman in Waynesboro as Ku Klux gunmen menaced him after preaching, but colored neighbors and organizers protected him.
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Georgia
New York
the Tribune
Atlanta
Waynesboro
J. 8. Pitman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Railroad convention at Atchison Kansas discussed lines and stock
Several prominent railroad men from Missouri Pacific Leavenworth Atchison and Northwestern and Atchison and Nebraska Road met at Atchison to discuss route respect and line conditions. Leavenworth to Atchison and Atchison to Nebraska State line are in good condition. ties iron and rolling stock will be available as needed. A separate Cincinnati meeting considered routes via Paris Georgetown Knoxville and Danville with a $400,000 bonus for Danville. Boston May 13 railroad consolidation proposed to unite Boston and Lowell Nashua and Concord Northern Vermont Central and Ogdensburg railroads shortening travel time to Bangor.
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Atchison, Kansas
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
Leavenworth
Atchison and Northwestern
Atchison and Nebraska Road
Nebraska State Line
Ing
Cincinnati
Board of Trade
Burnham
Paris, &c
Pope
Georgetown
Robbins
Danville
Crozier
Knoxville
Charleston
Boston
Boston & Lowell
Nashau
Buckley Sentenced In Abduction Case In New York
A New York case ends with Buckley receiving a sentence after an attempted 60 run away incident linked to an abbey. An operation on Deyea was noted for a Saturday date. The proceedings describe restraint and outrage against a person, with a focus on legal outcomes.
New York Stock Market and Chicago Market Reports May 13
The New York market opened strong after the call with prices firming in gold and government issues, though declines followed led by Rock Island. Chicago market saw flour steady and grain mixed with wheat firmer, corn up, oats down, and provisions mostly unchanged. weather and storm reduced activity later in the day.
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Rock Island
Western Port
California
Dain
Cuba
Mesa
Chicago
Ietter
Br. Loum
Yser
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Nova Scotia Assembly
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London Times
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Wsehof
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Naples
Rap & Divelries
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Critica
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Charles F.reed
Centaur
Paris
Levi North
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Earth
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Jenny Perry
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3. & M. Air-Line Railroad
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Knight, Oyster & Stewart
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Edgar Mentre
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M. B
Dam Eice
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Joseph Kensals
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Music Hatt
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U. S
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Brooklyn
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Talbot
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North’ Bend
Esel
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New Haven
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Connecticut
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Sixth and
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Telegraph
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Nyc
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Jones
Cnwat
Toledo
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Mobile
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Cavinist
Ohio
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