Republican gains and political notes in early reports
A crowded bulletin of 19th century political snippets. It notes Kentucky Republican gains of about 15,000, Yates ill in Jacksonville, Spain opposition to the Duke of Aosta, and Hay leading in Belleville by about 800. It mentions Chief Justice Lawrence E. sanctioning a possible U.S. Senate bid, a Post Office Department forecast of a $1,127,002 yearly gain, and census data for Omaha. Other items cover New Jersey Senate succession, Prussia and Paris events, Sherman’s death, press comparisons, England’s Alabama issue, and assorted political commentary.
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Kentucky
Yates
Jacksonville
Spain
Duke of Aosta
Hay
Belleville
Lawrencee
Supreme Court
United States
Post Office Department
Omaha Republican
New Jersey
Cattell
Isi
Prussia
Paris
Puressta
Jefrenson A. Davis
Woodford
Frexen
Orleans
Francis C. Sherman
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
New York City
Tribune
New York World
Jons Wentworth
The
England
Alabama
Louis Napoleon
Prince Imperial
State Senate
Asaeag Hrorecolmiea
Messrs
Boyd
Fulton
Tincher
Vermillion
Sheppard
Jersey
Fuller
Boone
Underwood
St. Clair
Reddick
LaSalle
Parks
Will
Senate
Rossia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Herald
Wie
Gen. Burnside
Ioan
Cable
Congress
Shawnee County
Kansas
Caste
Adams County Republicans reflect on late election results
The piece notes Adams county shifting away from long Democratic rule and lauds Quincy Republicans for strong local effort. It cites reduced Democratic majorities countywide, Hawley’s split district results, and contrasts laborer railroad activity and Cable colonization with voter turnout and apathy in some precincts. The analysis ends with resolve to renew the 1872 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Messrs. Osborne and
Jones
Hawley
Congress
Gen. Singleton
Quincy
Rock Island
Cable
Central Committee
Dr. Robbins
Fusionist tensions in Chicago after Cook County election
The Times and Tribune clash over post election loyalties. The Times accuses the Tribune of inconsistency in opposing Mr. Farwell while backing his rivals, and both papers expose Democratic self interest in Wentworth’s defeat. The Times concedes Wentworth’s failure and the Democrats’ manipulation.
Democratic rule ruins New York City with growing debt
The author attacks Democratic control in New York City, alleging widespread corruption, crime, and ballot-trust violations. Citing the Comptroller’s report, the city debt rose from 42.58 million in 1863 to 76.01 million, a daily increase of about 13,000 dollars, blaming it on Democratic plunder and misrule.
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New York City
Tweed
Fisk
Morrissey
Cardoza
Sweeney
the Woods
New York
Democracy and debt in state and nation
The passage accuses the Democracy party of venality and indebtedness while praising Republican governance. It claims higher local and national debt under Democrats and contrasts it with Republican fiscal responsibility, urging readers to see a nationwide pattern of wasteful spending and corruption versus economic discipline.
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New York City
City corruption claims swing Hoffman win across New York
Precautions by the state guard fair election in New York City yield results though state leans Democratic. City Hoffman win about 52,000 with 142,666 registered. Hall's mayoral margin 23,881. Text argues fraudulent urban votes and protective government boosted Hoffman two years ago and that re election rests on official patronage from those frauds.
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New York City
Hoffman
Hall
Government stance vindicates election law in New York
The piece lauds Congress for enforcing fair elections after New York graft scandals. It argues the right to vote is fundamental, condemns illegal ballots, and warns that criminal manipulation harms every citizen. It emphasizes the country’s need to curb mob knavery and protect honest voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gross
New York City
Congress
Defection of Tribune Leaves Chicago GOP Field Wide Open
The discontinued Republican stance of the Chicago Tribune creates an opportunity for a new strong Republican paper in Chicago. The Journal and Post already present Republican views. a openly Republican daily could claim true representation. The Democratic Times and Tribune may grow closer, intensifying competition for party patronage and sparking further developments.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Evening Press
The
Journal
the Post
Republican
Tribune
Congress
Times and
Tre Herald’s misstep over city country rail dispute
The article criticizes Tre Herald for rushing an imagined national championship claim against alleged assaults by the Wie and for taking a hostile stance toward city interests. It argues the supposed conflict between city and country on rail matters is unproven and warns the Herald against premature demagoguery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Herald
Herald
Rebels Regain Normal Condition Reported in South
A mob scene emerges as two hundred Democratic conservatives enter Lake City Florida on the eve of an election and drive out opponents. The report notes rebels appearing to return to a normal condition amid the unrest.
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Lake ‘City
Florida
Riot and race tensions flare after Louisiana election
A Baton Rouge riot ends in deaths and a reports claim a colored mob seized Donaldsonville, killed several leaders, jailed others, and burned towns. Amid violent rumors, fears of a civil war rise, while memories of past southern outrages influence public sentiment and claims of lost liberty persist.
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Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Camilla
South
NIOT
Cork
Conk
Gleason
Sth Dragoon Guards
Tribune foe exposed as Republican split blamed in Cook County
In a charged post election notice, Republican leaders condemn the Tribune for backing a “drunkard” candidate and betraying the party. They claim Farwell and the Republican ticket will win Cook County by about five thousand votes, while warning Tribune supporters of its fall from grace and urging Republicans to reject its influence.
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Tribune
Chicago
Cook County
Bolting Tribune
Copperhead Times
Farwell
Congress
Republican Party
Union
Interests of the City and Country Clash Debated
The Quincy Herald criticizes pre election comments on city and county interests, arguing no conflict exists between urban and rural prosper ity. It defends bonds for the Quincy Missouri Pacific Railroad as benefiting both, noting debt rests on the city, not the county, and cites Democratic votes supporting this inters city growth policy.
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Quincy Herald
Vuie
Quincy
Quincy, Missouri & Pacific R. A
Brownville
Fort Kearney
Wite
Herald
Wate
Wie
Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad
City and county voters face confidence judgment
The passage notes that both city and county candidates have shown certain behavior and leaves fair-minded citizens to judge whether this count merits continued trust from either side. It emphasizes public scrutiny and accountability in local leadership.
Republican Resilience Hinted in Fourth District Vote
The Fourth District results show a narrowed Hawley majority between thirty and fifty with a larger portion of uncounted Fifth Ward votes. The piece stresses weak Democratic gains, reduced turnout, and a robust Republican base likely to surge in a presidential contest, predicting over two thousand GOP majority.
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Hawley
Greely
Anne
Adams
Warren
R. Island
Mercer
Northeast
Columbus
Seymour
Grant
Cable
Mender
Congress
Missouri Constitutional Amendments At Tuesday Election
The Missouri electorate approved constitutional amendments affecting the District Court system the juror oath the double liability clause for private corporations the voters test and disqualifications for holding office over color or disloyalty and sectarian school funding. The Springfield Register lashes party allies in its county for Cable defeat noting a two hundred twenty seven vote margin in the Fourth District and blaming Democratic losses in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Springfield Register
Cable
Chicago Times Advises Tribune After Fusion Defeat
The Chicago Times suggests the Tribune make peace with the barnacles soon, noting bolting is not its beat, and cites a splendid opportunity wasted by poor spinal arrangement. It questions Republican party consent to the proposed arrangement and suspects self interest in ending Tribune rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Barnacles
Tribune criticizes Farwell after Cook County defeat
The Chicago Tribune denounces Mr. Farwell as dangerous and unscrupulous after a congressional loss in Cook County. The paper argues yesterday’s events reinforce that view, though public opinion differed and may continue to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Cook County
Farwell
Tribune
Cable elected from Fourth District reaches Congress hopeful
The Chicago Times reports that the Fourth District has chosen Cable and that news has crossed the ocean, likely reaching the interested gentleman before any correction arrives, giving the Hon. P. L. a brief glimpse of the sensations of a newly elected member of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Republican misdeeds incur party accountability warned
The St Louis Democrat argues the Republican party must stop excusing misdeeds by its representatives. It asserts that those who misrepresent and betray the party have allied with its enemies, weakened Congress, and ceded the legislature to the Democracy, and such actions will not be easily forgiven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Democrat
Republican Party
Experience of a Citizen of Strasburg During the Siege
A Strasburg resident recalls his wartime prosperity ended by a shell. Buried alive in a collapsed cellar, he escapes after four days of fear, loss of his warehouse and family livelihood, and witnesses his home burn as he ages twenty years in that ordeal. He and his wife face a ruined future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Napoleon's Pecuniary Means In Foreign Securities
A critic disputes Louis Napoleon's Private Secretary claim that the ex Emperor has no foreign investments. The accuser asserts large sums, up to sixty three million francs, have been placed with foreign banks since 1854. Banks named include Baring Brothers and Brown Brothers. The secretary denies the charge. public belief varies on the monarchs wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
Baring Brothers
London
Brown Brothers
New York
Notable French monarchs in captivity and surrender tales
A Harper's Bazar sketch traces eight sovereigns sent to confinement or surrender across battles and sieges. Napoleon III and Napoleon I appear, with earlier rulers like Louis le Debonnaire and Charles the Bold noted for imprisonments and surrenders. It mentions the monastery confinement in 829, Poitiers and Pavia battles, and Napoleon III ending with his sword sent to Prussia on September 1, 1870.
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Napoleon III
Louis le Debonnaire
Charles the Bold
John I
Poiticers
Denis de Morbecque
Louis XI
Francis I
Pavia
John
Count de Lannoy
Naples
Napoleon I
Wilhelmshohe
Jerome Bonaparte
Westphalia
Telegraphic link San Francisco to Calcutta via Europe
The San Francisco Bulletin notes a 15 word telegraph from H. E. Moring to Gladstone Wyllie of Calcutta, reaching in about 40 hours, covering roughly 11 000 miles with many repeater stations. It claims the first direct telegraphy between San Francisco and Calcutta, despite delays and detours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bulletin
Pacific
San Francisco
Orient
Europe
H. E. Moring
Western Union
Gladstone Wyllie
Calcutta
American
Atlantic Ocean
London
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Suez
Bombay
Prairie Fire Drives Sioux City Sights into Night
A Dakota prairie fire lights the western sky as flames cross the river the city watches in awe. A stampede of buffalo and wild horses ends in chaos as gunfire and burning bodies fill the streets leaving gory pools at dawn.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Dakota
Sketches of the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorn
London brief sketches of Princess Louise Louise Caroline Alberta born 1848 now twenty three and John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Marquis of Lorn born 1845. The article covers his education political career including a travel book and service as private secretary to the Secretary of State for India. It notes his Campbell lineage and family connections to Sutherland Westminster Blantyre Kildare Percy and Northumberland.
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Louise
London
Louise Caroline Alberta
John George
Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland
Marquis of
Lorn
George
Duke of
Argyl
Eton
Trinity College
Cambridge
West Indies
Spanish Main
Tropics
Argyleshire
India
House of Commons
Lord Lorn
Campbells
Inverary
Argyll Lodge
Campden Hill
Duchess of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland
Marquis of Westminster
Silver Island mine on Lake Superior yields rich vein of silver
Capt Frew and the Montreal Mining Company have acquired the small island off Thunder Cape, Lake Superior, for 250000. They built cribs and a coffer dam to drain the interior, then set steam pumps. A fissure vein eight feet wide yields about seventy percent silver. six men took 35000 in four days. About 123 barrels valued at 75000 to 100000 have been shipped. forty workers now employed, with plans to hire more.
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Duluth
Silver Island
Lake Superior
Thunder Cape
Fort William
Montreal Mining Company
Capt. Frew
Montreal
Daily Quincy News Lags Chicago in War Updates
Readers are urged to switch to the Quincy Whig for earlier delivery of European war news. The paper promises eight o'clock morning arrivals, ahead of Chicago by ten hours, and claims to be the best daily west of Chicago.
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Crxcy
Chicago
Quincy Wui
Europe
Prairie City
Paris War News and European Diplomatic Tangles
Telegraphic reports from Lonpos and Tours sketch a Prussian column near Rethel and French sorties around Paris, with rising hostilities, German and Russian moves, and Italian and Spanish political shifts. Headlines note Paris bombardment delays, balloon reconnaissance, and Palladines victories, while Orleans intrigues hint at a Bourbon restoration.
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Lonpos
Rethel
Paris
Mt. Valerien
Marseilles
Queen Victoria
Berlin
Illinois and Missouri News Roundup in 1870 Dispatch
Illinois items report Van Amburg & Co’s menagerie settling in Carthage and the Peoria Board of Trade opening new rooms. Fires destroy a Champaign school, a 175 foot wrought iron bridge planned for Lowell, and the Illinois Female College near Jacksonville near completion. Missouri notes include Baptist College at Columbia, pig iron mills rising to ten, St Joseph fire, a collapsed church balcony in Macon, a human skeleton found near Clay County, and rail traffic mishaps. Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska briefs cover Keokuk bridge hopes, suffrage convention in Des Moines, Keokuk lumber volume, Baxter Springs marshal killed, Fort Scott mill loss, and Sidney cattle trade setup.
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Illinois
van Amburg & Co
Carthage
Macoupia County
Tas
Republican Party
Peoria Boat of Trade
Champaign
Lowell
LaSalle County
Illinois, Female College
Jacksonville
Newton Cloud
Morgan County
G. A. W. Cloud
Macoupin County
Missourt
State Baptist College
Columbia
Pryon
Palmyra
St. Louis
Missouri
John Ramsay
St. Joseph
Macon
Clay County
Hannibal and
St. Sarah
Liberty
Canton
8. B. Humans
Humansville
Polk County
Planters’ House
Iowa
Pella
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Gate City
U. S
District of Iowa
Fift
Woman's Suffrage Association
Des Moines
Keokuk Gate City
Belknap
Lee County
Nashville
West Mitchell
J. B. King
Young
Lurlington and Missouri River Railroad
Fairbury
Des Moines Valley
Toledo
Peoria
Warsaw
Wabash & Western
Kansas
Shoaff
Decatur
Numboldt
Baxter Springs
United States Court For
District Court of Kansas
Fort Scott
Rich gold diggings near Lincoln Colorado reported
The notice states rich gold diggings have been discovered near Lincoln Colorado. Collector Murphy of New York has no plans to resign. C W Mead resigns as Assistant Superintendent of the UlP Railroad. Fernando Wood prepares impeachment articles against Judge Woodford for the next Congress session. Senators Caserly California Williams Oregon Nye Nevada and Representatives Bes Deen Fitch Nevada and Cavanagh leave San Francisco for Washington.
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Lincoln
Colorado
Murphy
New York
C. W. Mead
Ulp Railroad
A. Fernando Wood
Woodford
Congress
Caserly
California
Williams
Oregon
Nye
Nevada
Era
Bes Deen
Fitch
Cavanagh
San Francisco
Washington
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Washington Park
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Springfield Journal
Times
Wwe
Wentworth
Zimes
Hias
Democratic Financiering
Ain Younes
Fourth
Register
Springfield
Arkansas
Delaware
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Steee Od
Eytees
North Carolina
Rhode
Sovereigns of
France
Harper's Bazar
Telegraphic News
Tours
Marquis de Chateau Renaud
Berne
Gambetta
National Defense
Republic
Schneider
von Dertannon
Palladines
Arthenau
Londox
Corps Legislatif
Bismark
Thiers
Lexpos
Lord Granville
Prince Gortschakoff
Russia
Black Sea
Black’ Sea
Constantinople
Vienna
Fuaie
Sublime Porte
Count Beust
Munich
Fuonence
Milan
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Florence
Copenhagen
Londown
Thornton
Ecumenical Council
le Bochowski
Posen
Versailles
Aosta
Retury
Nyo
Los Angeles
San Berpanting
San Bernardino
Tuano
James McNulty
James McCraiken
Donald Doll
Doll
Aelub
Laspon
Bairncourt- and-Etopes
Mont Belliard
Garibaldi
Belfort
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Count von Beust
Hamburg
Mourey
Germany
Austria
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Strugelo
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Omaha
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Union Pacific
Sidney
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