Financial policy critique in a Springfield weekly
Weekly Leader notes a June public debt statement showing a $10,000 reduction and praises Secretary Boutwell’s bond and gold purchases while urging to reduce the Treasury’s cash reserves. It warns that holding large sums hurts business, raises money costs, and hurts Western and Southern interests, proposing quarterly redemptions or tax cuts to ease the strain. It also questions excluding colored troops from cemetery duties and mentions a Bentonville Railroad petition.
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National Treasury
Boutwell
Jeme
Trasury
New York
Springfield
Financial Center
Fande
Congress
Thu
Moutwell
No Doubt of It on Tariffs and Trade Compared
The article argues tariffs harm American progress and favor England. It notes declining U S commerce since protectionist policies, a booming English trade, and no American shipper between the two nations. It cites passenger business worth about twenty five million dollars annually and two thirds of cargo moved in English vessels, detailing fiscal year 1869 shipping figures to illustrate the shift in advantage away from the United States.
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England
United States
America
Passage of Northern Pacific Bill Stirs Opinion in Congress
The House passed the Northern Pacific railway bill with no amendments, granting the company extensive public land and mortgage powers, sparking outrage over the perceived giveaway to speculators. A Washington dispatch notes testimony on Mexican frontier smuggling, and a radical faction in Andrew County protests party division while noting sweeping political shifts in several counties. The piece urges careful handling of a crucial county court decision on the Kauai City Springfield and Memphis Railroad, stressing its impact on local governance.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Arod
Washington Dispatch
Patterson
Texas
Jayres
Kauai City
Springfield
Memphis
Prom Cassville Railroad Meeting Deliberates Missouri Extension
A May 2 1870 Cassville meeting appointed twenty delegates to Bentonville Arkansas for a railroad convention June 6. The aim is extending the Fort Smith and Northwestern Arkansas railroad into Missouri via Cassville to connect with the South Pacific near Springfield. Citizens urge Springfield cooperation and local unity amid efforts by McDonald and Neosho to keep the line oriented west.
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Berder
Seemeedes Dally Lenailer
Casavinta
Bentonville
Ark
Fort Smith
Fort Smith and
Northwestern
Arkansas
Arkansas Line
Cassville
Missouri
Fort Sith
Springfield
McDonald
Neosho
Ex-Vice President Stephens Seen in Feeble Health in Georgia Veranda
A Richmond Dispatch correspondent reports ex Vice President Alexander H Stephens pale and frail yet animated when discussing his life and works. He uses crutches for a dislocated hip and spends time on his garden veranda, while promoting the second volume of The War Between the States and praising his impartial historical writings.
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Alexander
Stephens
Richmond Dispatch
Mayidch
Confederacy
Stevens
Bledoca Review
Calculate My Grandfather? A Complex Family Knot
A curious riddle explains a man who marries his partner's mother, making John both son and grandfather in a convoluted family web. The piece weaves that Isaac is grandfather to Keane, who is John’s son, and that John is his own grandfather through marriage links. It ends with the old man and the son’s generational tangle and a flourish on a song lyric.
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Spitn
Isaac
John
Keane
Leane
Teane
Jen
News in Brief From Across The Nation And City
The itemized notes report drought in England, Brooklyn subscribing 300 dollars for a Fenian push, Rhode Island legislature meeting at Newport, General Frank P. Bair traveling to St Louis, and Adjutant General Sheppard addressing memorials in St Louis. Swill dealers arrested in New York health crackdown, boxing talks between Tom Allen and Mike McCoole. Christmas tobacco fair planned for August. The Newark Reformed church synod met, Paris smallpox concerns discussed by Parliament. Brooklyn Sunday School Union marks its 41st anniversary with thirty thousand children. John and Jerry Murphy drown near Hastings Minnesota. Red Cloud and chiefs head to Washington. Congressmen Porter and Thumphreys clash with Right in Richmond. Jeuro W. Ray dies after fall in St Paulポ newsroom. Dixon prisoner escape attempt spotted in Bates County jail. Canutean volunteers praised in dispatches amid feared conflagration in Constantinople. Movement in New York for a third party opposing Tammany. Protestant Evangelical Alliance meeting at St Pauls Church with Prime and Schallanade. Police quell a church riot in New York colored church. The Mbrethering and sistering preachings provoke strong gospel discourse.
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Dreuth
Brooklyn
Rhode Island
Newport
Frank P. Bair
St. Louis
Shepant
General Synod
Reformed Ehareh of the
Andrew States
Newark
Corpetiette Latif
Paris
Te Brooklyn Sunday School Union
John
Jerry Murphy
Lake Itabell
Hastings
Minn
Red Cloud
Omalm
Washington
Congresman
New York
Protestant Evangelical Alliance
St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church
Dre. Prime
Fresh Fenian outbreak and border tension report
Sensational telegraph dispatches from the border recount a fresh Fenian outbreak, arrests of Fenian officials, and heavy guard measures as prisoners are moved. Reports note Canada invasion failure, Meade’s party's voyage to New York, and renewed patrols amid ongoing cross border anxiety.
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Capexsaung
Meade
Third Avenue
New York
TUL
The
Fenian Brotherhood
James Gibbons
Richard McCleady
Brotherhood
O'Neil
Ireland
Frontier raid seizes horses on stage route to South Pass
Indians believed to be Arapaho and Sioux struck the stage line from this frontier town to South Pass yesterday. Ten horses were driven off, and a man named John Connors was wounded at Big Sandy. All stock between Big Sandy and South Pass is thought missing. The countryside is reported to be overrun with the tribes.
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Brynx, Wr
Here
South Pass
Big Sandy
John Connors
South Page
Montara Weather Tale of Storm and Snow
Weather record from Montara describes a remarkable storm starting Saturday afternoon with west wind and three inches of snow. Sunday brought strong winds and occasional showers, followed by a colder afternoon with light snow flurries.
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Vurtainxia City
Democratic State Convention Deluged by Delegations
In Columbus a steady stream of delegates arrived for the Democratic State Convention with focus on the platform rather than candidates. A strong faction pushes for a rapidization plank while interest in the slate remains tepid.
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Commune
T O
Congressional debate on ships trade and slavery ban
The text covers Chandler proposing ships and foreign trade measures, Sumner advancing a plan for oceanic connection between America and Asia via the Pacific submarine company. Harlan reports adverse on the Creek treaty and Miami Indians. Senate votes down treaties. cabinet draft on gradual abolition discussed. the Internal Tax bill moves with amendments, progressing to section sixteen.
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Sumner
Committee On Foreign Relations
Asrus
America
Asia
Acific Submarine Company
Endian
Harlan
Committee On Indian Affairs
Kansas
Senate
United States
Mannip
Lynch and Wood
Messrs
Peters
Cox
Fated Beiter Explosion at Columbia Rolling Mill
A boiler blast at the Columbia Rolling Mill in Commausta Pa owned by C. Marthy injured several workers this morning. One worker has died and others are treated for severe scalds. The accident site is under investigation and local authorities respond.
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Beiter
Commausta
Columbia Rolling Mil
Trithamt Bill debated in House of Commons
Foreign dispatches report Mr Gladstone closing remarks defending the Trithamt Bill in the Commons with amendments set aside. In Roowx May 25 infalibilists rally at council prompts absentees to meet votes, pressuring dissenters amid strict telegraphic censorship. Lisnox May 30 popular demonstrations urge peninsular amity. Paris May 30 session opens in High Court of Justice for conspiracy plot implicates sevanty.
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House of Commons
Gladatone
Italy
Roowx
Portugal
Lisnox
France
Paris
Chamber of Accusation
High Court of Justice
Sevanty
New York Cuban Advices and Harbor News
A New York dispatch reports Cuba’s rainy season and yellow fever outbreak in Nantes and Puerto Principe, plus Cuban prisoner executions. The Upton expedition details emerge with officers, armament, and aboard personnel. Caracas notes peace restored after Blanco siege and dictatorship declaration. Headlines include district political shifts, Bowery theater attack, and a forthcoming Rosecrans address on U.S. policy toward Mexico.
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Cuba
Nantes
Puerto Principe
Upton
Mariposa
Havana
Geo. B. Upton
Ner Officies
Thomas Dornin
Thentornet
R. Somers
Anna
Enw
Lieut
Cook
J. Channing
Spanish Hydrographic Corps
Mimose
Hornet
Aana
J. Puntile
J. Aynan
A. Torralin
Venezuela
The
Tribune
Caracas
Vencsuels
Blanco
New York
Mollows
John Morrisy
Congress
Sickles
Grinnell
Bowery Theater
Fen
Rosecrans
United States
Mexico
Washington Revenue Receipts March May and Debt Statement
The internal revenue receipts up to May 30 show 155 million dollars, with the year’s total expected to reach about 275 million by year end. The Public Debt statement dated June 1 projects a 10 million dollar reduction for the month, and the secretary plans higher bond purchases in June. The San Domingo treaty ratification deadline extended to July 1.
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San Domingo
Explosion at Hamilton distillery kills two men
Cincinnati May 30. A still belonging to a distillery at Hamilton Ohio exploded this morning. It was inside the building and was blown to fragments killing Mr Kline a beer runner and August a merchant.
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Patel
Hamilton
Ohio
Mr. Kline
Heer
Rochester Mail Robbery Burglary at Post Office
A plate glass at the Rochester post office was broken and several hundred letters awaiting delivery by the carriers were stolen. Many letters contained business and personal mail, causing disruption and concern in the community.
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Rochester
Business Monobaubers
Extensive Postoffice Robbery in Praskvour May 30
A safe at the Praskvour post office was blown yesterday and robbed of 1200 dollars in stamps and 10 dollars in money. No suspects are yet identified and authorities search for clues. The incident occurred in Frankfort Kentucky as reported by local papers.
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Praskvour
Woman and children die in Dayton house fire
A Dayton, Ohio, fire yesterday morning destroyed the home of Wim Mochtior. His wife and their children perished in the flames, authorities reported.
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Dayton
Hua
Wim. Moctior
Richmond May municipal election results and post race actions
In Ricnawoxv Virginia the commissioners of election issued certificates of election to H. K. Ellison as mayor and to other Conservatives. Representatives plan to contest the election in court. A policeman who assaulted Congressman Mopfer yesterday has been arrested and suspended from duty.
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Commissioners of Election
H. K. Ellison
Heavy Robbery at the Planters' House in St Louis
May 31 report from St Louis details a break in at the Ministers' House, where the room of J. Lt. Mayor of Boston was robbed of jewelry and valuables. Jewelry, watches, rings, and chains valued at several thousand dollars disappeared, with diamonds and other items seized amid the break in. Contained text lists numerous names and tangential notes, but core event remains the burglary and estimated loss.
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Planters
St. Louis
Boston
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