Fires, falls, and finance in morning dispatches
Legal tenders hold 873 buy 877 sell. Poorman Mining of Idaho levies 50 cent assessment. Albany livery stable destroyed by fire, loss around 30000. Sagdaient Islands survivors report six vessels lost, seventeen saved of sixty two. New Mexico Indian troubles worsen. Silsbie of Cincinnati dies by own hand. Black Hills sale favored by Missouri River Indians. Manufacturers and Builders Bank suspends in New York amid excitement. Peoples Savings Bank in New York faces run. doors soon close. Lee & Shepard creditors agree to 25 cents on the dollar in eight installments. Chavez killed resisting arrest at San Diego. Ex-Alderman Clement of Toronto arrested for murder complicity. Late Vice President funeral in Baltimore. vast crowd, body viewed, then moved to Philadelphia bound train.
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Canada
Calvert Street Depot
Philadelphia
Fragmentary 19th Century Dispatches From Ophir Ore and Royal Visit
Reports from Ophir hoisting works announce ore loading after a fire with a celebration. A Consolidated Virginia ore hoist is planned soon. A Bates statue in Forest Park St Louis costs 11000 dollars funded by the city and Bates Monument Association. News notes include the Prince of Wales leaving India for Ceylon and a query about local church figures. The sole living descendant of Kentucky journalist George D Prentice, fourteen, is identified.
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Call for Immediate Tax Reform and Money Policy Change
Citizens of Indianapolis, citing persistent hard times, demand Congress repeal of the Sherman act, retire national bank notes, and refund debt into lower interest bonds exchangeable with legal tender. A mass meeting is planned for December 11 to press these reforms as a cure for hard times.
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Speakership race in Washington hints at compromise candidate
Dispatch from Washington notes Randall Kerr and Wood as leading Speakership hopefuls with Walker possible compromise. Inflationist Randall, hard money Kerr, and Walker discussed as potential coalition choice amid possible deadlock. Also references Doctor Laxcastle analysis of human composition and a river incident in Yastenpayne. Liberia tax war worsens distress. aid appeal to United States.
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United States
Reciprocity talk gains Senate backing for U S and Mexico
Senator Booth of California advocates a reciprocal treaty boosting Pacific Coast trade. Mexico imported 7.42 million dollars of U S goods in the year to June 30 1873 while U S imports from Mexico reached 11.40 million, suggesting California could dominate western Mexican commerce.
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