Minnesota Snow and Political Shifts Reported in State Dispatches
Governor announces snow in western Minnesota while Bay leads in Congress race in the Tenth District by 1,519. Fargo editorials praise Chicago Inter-Ocean’s revival, and statewide gains for Republicans noted via Knapp in Eleventh District with 2,879 lead. Burnside declines Major Generalship. Meigs favored for next post, Ingalls to quartermaster. Clinton Iowa river frozen. Massachusetts calls special session for Boston fire sufferers.
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Knapp
Col. Matthews
Fire destroys Illinois Female College in Jacksonville
The telegraph reports the Illi nois Female College at Jacksonville burned on Monday night. The Methodist Episcopal Church owned the institution. Previous fires had damaged wings twice, and the current blaze appears total. Estimated loss is 50,000 dollars, with 35,000 dollars insured.
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Illinois Female College
Jacksonville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Vote totals for Tenth and Eleventh District Congressmen
Full vote tally shows results for the Tenth District with Ray Neece Mercer Hancock McDonough and Schingler and totals plus Ray's majority. Eleventh District results list Knapp Matthews Darrah Adams and related figures with Knapp’s Democratic majority over Matthews and overall totals.
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Ray
Neece
Mercer
Hentereo
Hancock
McDonoug
Schingler
Knapp. Matthews
Darrah
Stokes trial set for early December
Five houses burned at Mount Vernon Indiana yesterday morning causing $13,000 in losses. Jesse Funk killed in Circleville by his mistress. Architect Mullett evaluates stone for St Louis Custom House. Wheat shipments to England total 132 cargoes since July. Steamship Arizona overdue by fourteen days at Newark. County court refusals and political notes follow. local indignation in San Francisco over Mrs Fair lecture plan with police aid sought.
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Stokes
Mount Vernon
Ind
Jesse Funk
Circleville
Mullett
St. Louis Custom House
San Francisco
England
Newark
Arizona
Pacific Mail Line
Bosy Tweed
Alabama
Spencer
London Police Turmoil Deepens With Mass Suspensions
Telegraphic dispatch reports widespread police suspensions in London over insubordination, with about eighty already suspended and up to two hundred more threatened. Streets forewarned as Strand runs short on police at 11 am amid growing unrest. Paris notes Thiers threatens resignation if a confidence vote lacks broad support.
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London
Strand
Packers Set Weekly Hog Price Amid Inter Ocean Scheme
Cuicago reports the Inter Ocean will announce a plan by which packers set a price for hogs on Monday and maintain it through the week for any grade. The current rate is four dollars this week. Commission men vow to oppose the plan.
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Cuicago
Inter- Ocean
Civil Service Reform and Statehood in Postwar Politics
New York dispatch reports a sharp Congress fight on civil service reform with gains after the election. Peter Cooper urges enforcement of rules. Trumbull declines Judiciary chair. Edmunds likely to succeed. President expected to back universal amnesty restoring citizenship, per cabinet sources. Marshal seeks troops in New Orleans to arrest conspirators. President refuses. Weather outlook for the Northwest to Ohio valley, winds and snow. Treasury ends transfer checks by express Dec 1 1872. remittances by express or new currency. Elizabeth Porter named postmaster at Russellville KY. Chicago relief funds debated. Boston special session opens to address post-fire needs. Citizens’ Relief Committee estimates about five thousand affected. aid prioritized for heads of families and displaced workers. Otis Norcross urged as Boston mayor. Journal and Transcript endorse.
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New York
A Times Washington Dispatch
Congress
Peter Cooper
Grant
Trumbull
Judiciary Committee
Edmunds
Vermont
Washington
Hoening Post
United States
New Orleans
Northwest
Upper Lakes
Ohio Valley
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Express
Department
Elizabeth Porter
Russellville
Elias Porter
Relief Committee of Chicago
Cook
District of Columbia
Boston
Chicago
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Department of Labor
Blood Libel Case Reported by Justice Fowler
Justice Fowler issues a formal decision in Colonel Blood libel case finding no truth to the charges against Luther G. Challis. Defendent ordered held on five thousand dollar bail. Also notes Tweed access to vouchers under Brandy plan and indictments settlement. Committee of Seventy: James M. Brown elected chairman.
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THE
Woodhull Claflin
New York
Justice Fowler
Colonel Blood
Luther G. Challis
Brady
Tweed
Havemeyer Mayor Elect Prompts City Government Effort
The Committee voted to continue the organization until the efforts to secure good government of the city are accomplished. The reference notes the place of Wm. F. Havemeyer as mayor elect.
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Wm. F. Havemeyer
West Field Notes and Regional Updates
The dispatches summarize a Denver Diamond Company formation with prospecting reports and plans for large operations once weather allows. Other items note Wm P Ross elected Cherokee Nation chief, flouring buffalo disruptions on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line, and a Grand Encampment meeting in Indianapolis with Schuyler Colfax in attendance. Railroad extension aims to reach Red River and Dennison, Texas, by month end and Jan 1 respectively, amid broader fears of disruption. Several fatal and serious injuries are reported from accidents in Parsons and Indianapolis, including a gun misfire death in Louisville, a bedstead factory fire in PuilaP Spain, and a major fire harming Lebannon business district with substantial losses.
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Inpianapolis
Indiana I. O. C. F
Schuyler Colfax
Parsons
Kan
Missouri Kansas and Texas
Red River
Dennison
Texas
New York
Galveston
St. Louis
North Carolina Legislature Elects Speakers in Organized Session
North Carolina legislature convened with J. F. Morehead chosen as Senate Speaker and Capt James Robinson elected Speaker of the House. In Little Rock news, W B Green obtained a federal court judgment against the M and L A Railroad Co for about 150000 for work performed on the line.
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North Carolina
Raveson
Navy
J. F. Morehead
Senate
Capt
James Robinson
House
Little Rock
W. B. Greenlaw
Epizootic Spreads Across Cities Including Covington and Toledo
Carcago Nov 19 reports the horse disease spreading behind Covington Kentucky and continuing at Wheeling West Virginia where street cars have been withdrawn. In Toledo and Nashville citizens organize fire companies for steam engine protection as Memphis reports two affected horses. in Minnewaukee the epizootic widens and touches nearly every horse in the city.
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Covington
Wheeling
W. Va
Toledo
Nashville
Memphis
Illinois Female College at Jacksonville Burned Again
The Illinois Female College of the Methodist Illinois Conference in Jacksonville burned last night. Estimated loss is $50,000 with $35,000 insured. President DeMotte’s uninsured furniture about $3,000. Sixty students escaped with robes and books. citizens provided new quarters. This is the third blaze in nine years. Several people injured saving the building.
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St. Louis
Illinois Female College
Jacksonville
Ills
Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church
DeMotte
Illness of Frak Blair in St Louis
Senator Blair, long ill, suffered a slight paralysia in the right leg and arm Saturday. He is much better now, with physicians predicting a swift recovery. The attack, similar to Vice President Colfax's, was blamed on overwork and tobacco use.
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St. Louis
Blair
Colfax
Counterfeit railroad bonds and smuggling in New York
New York reports counterfeit coupon UPRR bonds in circulation after a Broad Street firm was duped by convincing coupons. Separately, lace shawls valued at 10000 and cut stones worth 31000 seized as smuggled goods at a Duane Street auction house and post office. The steamship Columbia is confiscated for cigars smuggling. In Missouri, a Lafayette county vigilance committee forms to lynch Col Turner over alleged libel, while Michael Carrane is arrested in New York for setting fire to a Chicago hotel.
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New York
Broad Street
Henry W. Ducker
Duane Street
Ducker
Columbia
Havana
United States District Court
Missouri
St. Louis
Lafayette County
Col. Turner
Graves
Turner
Michael Carrane
Chicago
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New York Geographical Society
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Iowa
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Chicago Times
Ohio
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Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Inter-Ocean
Facksoonville Female College
Telegraph
Ilinois Female College
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Paris
Thiers
Louisiana
Wm. Tracy
Otis Norcross
Journal and Transcript
Norcross
Committee OF Seventy
Jas. M. Brown
Denver
Denver Diamond Company
Torrka
Wm. P. Ross
Cherokee Nation of Indians
Lewis Downing
Buffalo
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R
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Cifef
Louisville
D. A. Larseedas
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J. J. Roe & Co
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Michael Myher
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Co. H. Bull
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Novied&wimolp
Just
Aldo Sommer
Main Bt
D. C. Jaccard & CO
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Locust
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Maragdam
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Quincy Organ CO
Ll. M. Locke
Letion & Looke
R. E. Letton’s
Si North Fifth Stree
CRIME
Frank Macevoy
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America
Ednesday
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W. E. Lawlor
Barney the Guide
Milas Kate Cooper
Miga
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Kate Byrnes
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Nofr
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Barney and the Ghost
Brown Bros. & CO
J. R. Skinner
Maine
T. IL
Thomson
Dtim
G. W. Bristol
Sixth and
Maine Street
Opera House
Sepiddiptojant
D. Harris
Torrey‘s
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Oviddim
Mathushek Pianos
Stricly
Whitney & Holmes Organ CO
Maine St
Benneson
Saint Louis, MO
Parisian
Cts
North Fourth St
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