Republican News and Prisoner Capture Report
Republican notices describe correspondence rules, political updates from New York and Spain, and a Chicago Republican rally. Reports include Gen Logan and Alabama troop movements, Grant order readings, and a pursuit leading to the capture of Wim. Gates in McDonough county with a saddle mare, a revolver, and $25465. Gates to be moved under guard.
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St Joseph
Mos Con
Wilson
Linois
McDonough County
Ilinois
Wim
Gates
Runkle
Chandler
Wesley Springer
Perry Abbott
Frank Lajoy
Everal
Springer
Abbott
Ince Turing
Rascal
Deprey -Abbot
Judge Wylie rules Surratt case not within amnesty
Washington reports the Retrenchment Committee proceedings and Judge Wylie’s ruling that Surratt’s case falls outside the President's July amnesty proclamation. Details cover Binckley revenue issues, Gen Meade and Gen Howard's bringings, and preparations for trial amendments.
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Wylie
Criminal Court
Washington
Johnson
Surratt
Ashton
Binckley
New York
Gen. Hatch
Freedmen’s Bureau
Louisiana
Howard
Meade
Schofield
Atlanta
Lincoln
Merrick
New York Dog-pit and Dance-house Review Summary
In New York Sept 24 the dog-pit revival at Kit Burns den continued with little success as Kit remains obdurate and attendees look respectable. John Allen attended his former dance house and lamented guiding women to meetings where they were taunted by preachers. Miss Anthony urged labor women to learn trades gain the ballot and seek an eight hour law with equal pay. discussion followed but no action.
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Labor Congress
New York
Kit Burns
Kit
John Allen
Miss Anthony
Legislation on Red River relief and Lake Superior navigation
The Legislature, touring Lake Superior, adopted a resolution to appropriate 50000 dollars to ease Red River distress and approved a liberal policy on mines and Lake Superior navigation. In Montreal, a cricket match between the All England Eleven and the Canadian Twenty Two was postponed due to unspecified reasons.
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Red River
Lake Superior
Toronto
Montreal
Defeat of Apaches in Texas Thirty Killed and Wounded
Report from Austin dated Sept 2 1868 details Lt Cusick’s 98 cavalry chase of 200 Apaches led by Arazarte. Thirty killed, thirty wounded, two captives and twenty five head of stock recaptured. The camp and winter supplies were destroyed. Fort Wallace reports a major engagement with Forsyth’s command near the Republican River. Casualties: Forsyth badly wounded, Beecher mortally wounded, Moore mortally wounded, two soldiers killed, twenty wounded. Stock all killed. scouts low on ammunition. Reinforcements were dispatched from Fort Reynolds and Fort Sedgwick. relief expected.
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Texas
Kansas
Austin
U.S. Army
Fort Davis
Cusick
Arazarte
J. Reynolds
Fort Wallace
Forsyth
Republican River
Stouts
Col
Lieut
Bereber
Col. Bankhead
Carpenter
Here
Gen. Bradley
Fort Sedgwick
Sheridan
Gen
Nichols
Fort Reynolds
Beecher
Dr. Moore
Col. Forsythe
Movements and Aims in Spain and Ireland Revolt News
Madrid reports Navas Santa, with two cavalry regiments and eight infantry battalions, marching on Cordova as Serrano advances. Isabel II offers abdication if the prince of Asturias is accepted as king, while revolutionists demand a constituent assembly and provisional government. News from Santana province cites its pro-revolution stance. communications disrupted by rail and telegraph cuts. Fenians in Dublin press for release as Irish prisons are targeted by renewed calls. Admiral Farragut honored in Trieste with a naval banquet. Leeds address notes minimal Anglo-American differences and urges swift settlement. British authorities monitor Madrid barricades and insurgent proclamations seeking universal suffrage.
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Loxpon
Madrid Gazelle
Navaliches
Sierra Morena
Serrano
Cordova
Madrid
Isabella
Asturia
Lonpoy
Spain
Santana
Sonpoy
Sargossa
Trieste
Farracut
Dublin
London
Mir. Johnson
Leeds
England
United States
Ambiguous Nations Debate Respect and Honor
A cautious stance is taken as the United States vows to keep its reputation intact while Britain similarly guards its honor, signaling mutual restraint in a tense diplomatic moment.
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United States
Great Britain
Express Robbery and Abduction Case in New York
New York reports a box with 1000 dollars stolen from an Adams Express wagon in Broadway when the driver looked away. Joe Cooke, former circus clown and Sunnyside Hotel owner, swore out charges against Henry H. Foster for forced abduction confinement five weeks in Kings County Lunatic Asylum and alleged poisoning attempts. Arnold, guide at John Brown tract, shot a German resident on Saranac River. the German died. Toronto reports a wee man Jane Alfred found murdered in the street.
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New York
Toronto
Broadway
Joe Cooke
Sunnyside
Long Island
Arnold
Can
Jane Alfred
French Government Strengthens Coasts and Queen in France
Paris reports the French government will bolster military posts on the Spanish frontier while Queen Isabella is said to have entered France. Rumors state Gen Prim has been arrested, but no confirmation. Spain’s army is loyal, rebellion confined to Andalusia with some ports. Catalonia Aragon Valencia remain quiet as royal forces advance.
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Isabella
France
Hebei
Prim
Paris
Pays
Andalusia
Calabria
Sicily
Lonnon
Bacenos Ayres
Sarminto
Madrid
Catalonia
Aragon
Valencia
Woniteur
Spain
Southern calls for troops amid Arkansas Ku Klux clashes
Governor Smith and five Republican lawmakers went to Washington with a memorial to the President requesting troops. Democrats condemned the memorial as false while accepting soldiers. Separate dispatches note federal officers resisting armed men in Dunklin County and an assassination of Capt. Simpson Mason in Fulton County with several local killings and church burnings reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Smith
Washington
St. Louis
United States
Dunklin County
Little Rock
Ark
Democrat
Stmpson Mason
Board of Registration
Fulton County
Ist Klux
Simsburg
Columbia County
Grand Republican Demonstration in Chicago September 23
A torchlight procession by the Tanner organization led a grand Republican demonstration in Chicago with about ten thousand participants. Bands, banners, and mounted decor highlighted the event as officials and notable figures addressed crowds in Court House Square. A Elgin company drew special attention amid a diverse turnout from various counties.
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ChicaGo
Tanner
Elgin
Court House Square
Gens
Palmer
Logan
Bates
Dougherty
Gov
Stone
Surratt Discharged and Fenian Delegates Meet
Washington court frees Surratt under statute of limitations as indictment not found within two years. New York reports a Fenian Brotherhood delegate meeting with President Ne J addressing future actions and remarks from Mr. Gibbons of Philadelphia. Also details New York live stock market activity with receipts for the week and price ranges for cattle, sheep, lambs, and hogs.
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Surratt
Washington
Criminal Court
Wylie
New York
Fenian Brotherhood
Gibbons
Philadelphia
Quincy Whig
New Youk
Billiards Championship Challenge And Other News
John McDevitt, billiard champion of America, faces a challenge from Mr. Goldthwaite of New York on September 23. A series of political and local incidents follow, including a large Republican torch-light procession in Pittsburgh, a fire destroying Peoria pottery works with 125000 loss, and labor and railroad developments across the country. Oregon and Louisiana state actions, arrests in Brooklyn, and a violent clash at a Perry Republican meeting are reported among wider national events.
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Curiaco
John McDevitt
America
Alr. Goldthwaite
New York
Taimasepouis
Gen
Blair
Geo. H. Pendleton
Pittsburg
Oregon
Gen. Crooks
Wi. B. Washburne
Springfield
Mass
Samuel Hooper
Bridget Dunkley
Brooklyn
Peoria
National Labor Congress
United States
Louisiana House of Representatives
New Orleans
Congress
Union Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake
Columbia
Portland
Puget’s Sound
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Michigan Ave
Jon Borden
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J.M. Rice
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South Fifth Street
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John Wheeler
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John Warfield
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Lucia Collins
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Richard Jansen
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Wm. Ever
United States Hotel
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Unmfer First National Bank
Glass Buxineas
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Eastside Public Square
C. Brown, Jr., & Co
Boot and Shoe House
North Side
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Kingsbury Bros
E. E. Stone & Go
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Penfield
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Summer & Metz Drug Store
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F.E. Doyehn
Maine Et
Washington Park
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Orleans
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H. J. Detmers
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This City
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Plymouth
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Omaha
Perry
Pike County
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Frank Copperhead
Lemuel Parke
99Th Illinois Volunteers
Parke
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