French elections dampen liberal gains and church union talks
Storms disrupted wires delaying reports as gold weakened after Boutwell's pressure. A 114 man venire formed a McConnel murder jury in Jacksonville and trial began. Liberals suffer in France but gain overall. Presbyterian reunion basis proposed with cross church submission to presbyteries and a Pittsburg assembly in November. Republican convention in Freeport reached 27 ballots without result. Reports on Gen McMahon recall linger while Cochrane may take Paraguay post. concerns rise over his fate. Springfield Journal notes urge to call a special legislature for Blind Institution rebuilding and governor weighs policy.
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Boutwell
Loh Zetferds
Progress of the Mississippi and Missouri Air Line Railroad
The Memphis Reveille reports on work progress and conditions along the line from West Quincy to Canton. Grading is largely done between West Quincy and Canton but river water delays bottom work. two months of solid effort needed to finish the Canton cut with deeper excavation underway. Sugar Creek work will raise the old grade about ten feet, after which crews shift along the line to finish the remaining sections. Contractors employ a large, well-equipped force. shovels cost $200 daily and $2000 monthly with meals provided. Iron and rolling stock are ready to be supplied by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy road, bridges planned across Wycondas, and payments tied to performance and Quincy bonds. Concerns focus on contractor execution and financing, not material shortages.
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Memphis
Reveille
West Quincy
Canton
Quincy
Wynconda Bridge
Sugar Creek
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Wycondas
la Grange
Lewis County
Aquilare
Paraguyan Mission unsettles State Department
The State Department grows uneasy over Minister McMahon by continued silence as recall letters go unanswered. John Cochrane is expected to succeed him, with a Cuban commissioner among recent arrivals to Washington. A Jubilee chorus draws hundreds of organizations in Boston as preparations begin.
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Gen. McMahon
Paraguay
John Cochrane
Rising Star
Senor Bethencourt
Washington
State Department
McMahon
Boston
Presbyterians discuss declaration for assemblies
The committee plans a unified form of declaration to be adopted by the assemblies, replacing the articles from the last assemblies. Old School Presbyterians oppose, but the report is expected to be adopted by both bodies.
Judge Busteed Faces Congressional Inquiry in Montgomery
Judge Busteed is presiding at a term of the United States Court in Montgomery Alabama. A Congressional Committee investigating his conduct is expected to arrive tonight. He has been in the city for two weeks as the term continues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Busteed
United States
Congressional Committee
French Elections Bring Radical Victory Across Nation
Paris reports state that Orleanist Legitimist and moderate Republican candidates were defeated nationwide. Radicals win in Paris and Lyons. Thiers and Jules Favre defeated. New Corps Legislatif will be largely government and Radical. Meets June 11 as country remains tranquil.
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Jules Favre
Thiers
Legislatif
Paris
Fierard
Lyons
Corps Legislatif
Warehouses and Grain Burned in Dewitt and Brooklyn
Five Dewitt Iowa warehouses housing between twenty five thousand and thirty thousand bushels of grain were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Sparks from a passing train locomotive started the blaze with heavy losses not yet tallied. In Brooklyn New York H B Wities Hall a large building burned last night causing nearly one hundred thousand dollars in damage.
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Dewitt
Iowa
Brooklyn
New York
H. B. Witties
Man beaten on Keokuk railroad track found alive
Keokuk, May 26 A man named Simon Malone was found insensible on the Keokuk & St. Paul Railroad track with bloodied clothing and signs of brutal beating. Stones covered with blood lay nearby. likely attackers staged the scene to imitate a train run over. A man named Shaughnessy has been arrested on suspicion and jailed.
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Keokuk
Simon Malone
Keokuk & St. Paul
Shaughnessy
McConnell Murder Trial Trials Progress in Jacksonville
Oxsonville Tenn May 25 The second day of Robinsons murder trial for Hon Murray McConnell focused on jury selection. Ninety six jurors were questioned with eight accepted and a special venue ordered for ninety six more. Chicago May 26 The McConnell case moved to a jury opening statement after a jury was impaneled.
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Jacksonville
Robinson
Murray McConnell
Chicago
McConnel
Illinois Third District Republican Convention ends in 275 ballots without choice
The Third District Republican Convention met in Freeport to nominate a Congress candidate for E. B. Washburne. By evening 275 ballots had been cast with no selection. Each county except Jo Daviess put forward a candidate and split votes evenly. Jo Daviess county divided its votes among all candidates. There is belief the convention may unite on Hon. John H. Addams of Stephenson county.
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E. B. Washburne
Freeport
ChicaGo
Congress
Jo Daviess
John H. Addams
Stephenson County
Chapel for Iowa Orphans Home in Davenport Let to W W Brown
Special dispatch from Davenport Iowa May 26 reports the contract to erect the chapel at the Iowa Orphans Home awarded to W W Brown for 2700 dollars, finishing the building except seats. Work to be completed by autumn. Also notes Iowa Sabbath School Association annual session in Des Moines June 8 9 and 18 and a rail fare concession for C R I & P R R delegates.
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Quinsy
Iowa
Davenport
Orphans’ Home
W. W. Brown
Iowa Sabbath School Convention
Iowa Sabbath School Association
Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Presbyterian Assemblies consider reunion basis approved
New York May 26. The Conference Committee of the Presbyterian Assemblies unanimously agreed to recommend reunion on the Standards pure and simple. The basis to be submitted immediately to factions for approval and adjournment expected in Pittsburgh in November to receive.
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Presbyterian General Assemblies
New York
Pittsburg
of the
Presbyterian Assemblies
The WcConner Murder Case Third Day Morning
A Quincy Whig corresp describes the ongoing Jacksonville Illinois murder trial in May 1869. After exhaustive voir dire only eight of ninety six jurors were accepted. a new panel of forty eight was called. Prosecution challenges and a legal dispute over a new law delayed the process as the defense argued the statute should not apply.
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Quincy Whig
Jacksonville
Lll
Shaw
Woodson
Brown
Atkins
Mm Brown
Jury Drawn For Murder Trial In Jacksonville District
A Jacksonville murder case moves toward trial as twelve jurors are selected from a pool of 114 and a panel of 12 includes four from Jacksonville and others from rural areas. The process ends with an adjournment to 1:30 pm after the twelfth juror is found, and the text notes the jurors’ occupations and backgrounds. The report also mentions local notices and market items.
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Libeny
Boch
Robert Jones
Wmtr
WmTR. Dyer, John Bracewell, * €. P. Johnson, W. T. Spires, _' Wm Bacon
Dawid Sanderson
Albert Ronse
S. Lurten
Wim A. Alcott
Joseph Dyer
Henry Stanley
Jacksonville
Springtime in Chicago Brightens Harsh City Life
Special Correspondence of the Quincy Whig from Chicago on March 24 1569 describes spring sunshine lifting spirits of the poor amid cold fuel shortages. The writer notes real estate booms and strong theater and concert offerings at venues like the Opera House Aikens and Farwell Hall with large ensembles, promising future pecuniary details.
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Quincy Whig
Bee, a ee es omens as weak and cuepuilods with a general decios
A fragmentary note reports an ominous bee omen and general decay amid unclear wording. The readable terms describe weak indicators and puzzling, possibly erroneous phrases suggesting a broader decline. Further context is needed for clarity.
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Europe
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