Snow blockades on Central Union Pacific persist
Cincinnati reports snow blockades continue on the Central Union Pacific Railroad limiting traffic since October. Calls grow for a southerly through route between the Atlantic and Pacific states as conditions worsen. In Washington, Stokes arrest of judgment motion was overruled in District Court, with appeal to the General Term. Congressional hopes for immediate imprisonment fade.
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Central Union Pacific Railroad
Atlantic and
Pacific States
William Brownlow Stokes
Criminal Court of
District of Columbia
Stokes
Bill to protect buffaloes faces Army support
Western outposts labor with Congress to pass a buffalo protection bill. Gen Hazen at Fort Hays reports army unity and cites extreme slaughter, noting one man killed ninety nine buffalo in a day without taking flesh. A saving clause exemption for officers facing foreign dignitaries is proposed to avoid future issues.
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Congress
McCormick
Hazen
Fort Hays
Buffalo
Phil
Sheridan
Counterfeiting in a Uniform Currency System
The piece argues that banknote uniformity reduces counterfeit risk while noting a single known counterfeit five from Jackson Bank Michigan. It praises a shared engraving approach but warns diversity could hinder public recognition and detection, supporting current uniform designs to limit fraud amid vast U S currency use.
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United States
Jackson Bank
Michigan
Treasury Department
OUR LETTER CARRS Support for the postal carrier system
In defense of the city letter carriers the writer argues the postal system remains essential for public convenience satisfaction and economy. The letter denounces critics who claim waste and urges continued operation and funding to preserve prompt secure mail delivery.
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Congress
Suieshie
Cecee Ae Eee
Republican State Central Committee Nominates Grant and Dennison
The Columbus meeting of the Republican State Central Committee audited the Executive Committee accounts and nominated Ulysses Grant and Garrick Dennison for president and vice president unanimously. Afterward they fixed a day to appoint delegates to Philadelphia. The tone recalled laughter at the proceedings and suggested an investigation or referral to the Ku Klux committee.
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Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
Piney
Grant
Dennison
Philadelphia
State Central Committee
Ohio State Central Committee
van Trump
Japanese Greenbracks Embrace Foreign Ways and American Finance
The essay argues Japan was never isolationist by nature but molded by Dutch influence and foreign pressures. It credits gradual opening to others and highlights Japan preferring American friendship over European possession aims. It notes Japan adopted American finance after evaluating English and American systems.
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Japan
Portugal
Holland
America
Americans
France
England
Bank of ‘England
Japanese Greenbacks to Match Our Currency System
Washington officials briefed Japanese emissaries on U S coinage and currency processes. Japan adopted decimal coin values and prepared notes similar to greenbacks. A Continental Bank Note Company contract funds their press ready design featuring Japanese scenes, dragons, and Mikado imagery.
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Washington
Treasury
Department
Japan
Hong Kong
Osaka
United States
Treasury Department
Continental Bank Note Company
Mikado
Resignations and projects ripple through New York politics and commerce
Terwilliger resigns as Clerk of the New York State. A New York Newark ship canal project valued at twelve million dollars is proposed. Buckley, president of the Aitna Insurance Company, dies in Hartford. Minneapolis and St Anthony merge under one name on the 14th. Delaware and Lackawanna clerk O Conner is arrested in Savannah. Homeopathic doctors repudiate humanized virus for vaccination. Senator Clayton’s case inquiry denial. South Carolina Senate postpones resignations of Sawyer and Robertson. John W Jenkins testifies in lobby probe in Virginia. Western manufacturers call for resolutions and a memorial to Congress on sewer pipes from Cleveland. Louisville eyes one million dollars for coal-field railroad extension to Grayson and Muhlenburg counties. Pacific Hotel rebuild contracts awarded in Chicago. walls by Oct 1, finish by New Year, cost $1,000,000. Cincinnati capitalists guests of railroad, excursion to Clay county coal fields. Imposter Rev Geo P Surgas bilks New York donors for church and relief fund. O Donovan Rossa lays claim to Tweed seat. 6,000 votes disputed. Senator Hendricks and others hint at Democrats choosing a non Democrat as presidential candidate. Judge Davis favored. Louisville urged to fund Lebanon Branch extension to Cumberland Gap, linking to the through line Norfolk to Memphis. Funeral of Dr Rodman, Kentucky legislator, draws large crowd. he is a Frankfort leader respected statewide.
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New York State
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Eliphalet A. Buckley
A#itna Insurance Company
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Minneapolis
St. Anthony
O'Conner
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
Savannah
New York State Homeopathic Medical Society
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South Carolina
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Sawyer and
Robertson
John W. Jenkins
Virginia House
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Grayson
Muhlenburg
Pacific
Chicago
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Cincinnati & Terre Haute Railroad Company
Clay County
Geo. P. Surgas
O'Donovan Rossa
Tweed
Rossa
Contested Election Case Involving Retrocession Act Dispute
In Sayler v mp, Patrick argues the retrocession act of Congress misplaces jurisdiction by keeping land title with Ohio while ceding land control to Soldiers' Home. Senator Sherman tried to cede land title to Ohio but failed. Patrick contends provisos void the act and Ohio cannot tax the land as it lies outside her jurisdiction.
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Sayler
Ohio
Jones
Licking
Sayler-Kemp
Board of Managers
United States
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Congress of the
Congress
Carpenter
Co 8
Sture Nori
Sones
Ohio Senate Debates over Inmate Voting Rights and Jurisdiction
The Senate discussed whether inmates of the asylum should vote, debating state versus federal jurisdiction. Speakers argued about constitutional, legal, and wartime rules influencing suffrage for residents held under military-like governance. The exchange touched on Links vs Reese, Congress actions, and retrocession questions shaping who may vote.
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Ohio
Patrick
Smith
Supreme Court of Ohio
Links
Reese
United States
Jones
Licking
United States Supreme Court
United States Army
Ohio Senate debates on voting rights and law
The proceedings discuss will of the people versus legal processes, Updegraff defending common sense over lawyers, and the right of soldiers at a home in Ohio to vote. Senate recesses to consider amendments on liquor laws, taxation, education, and public works as bills pass and are introduced, including town hall incorporations and anti adulteration measures.
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Oase
Morton
Mercer
Galion
Ere
Crew
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