White House Deliberations and Political Contacts June Report
Ex President Johnson was questioned by the House Military Affairs Committee about the Buell record. Duff Green and Gov. Orr of South Carolina visited the White House with remarks on Ku Klux districts. Mississippi delegates to Philadelphia, led by Ames and McKee, advise for Grant but uncommitted on the vice presidency. they indicate they will vote for Wilson. Cox improves and is out of danger.
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Washington
Johnson
House Committee On
Buell
White House
Duff Green
Orr
South Carolina
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Ames
McKee
Grant
Wilson
Mass
Cox
National Republican Convention travels loom in Philadelphia
June 4 reports show Philadelphia city in holiday mood as delegations arrive for the National Republican Convention. Delegates flock to headquarters at the Continental and Colorado hotels, with journalists and political figures gathering. Grant’s nomination by acclamation looms as a foregone conclusion, while Vice Presidential prospects center on Colfax, Wilson, and others amid tight vote counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Continental
Ich
National Executive Committee
Horace White
Chicago Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Colorado Hotel
Samuel Bowles
Springfield Republican
Illinois
Gov. Oglesby
Gen. Lippencott
W. L. Church
Colfax
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
Robbery of Norce Jewelry Store Reveals Brick Vault Weakness
In Chicago on June 4 a theft at 228 West Madison Street drained property valued at about 8000. Burglars dug into a brick vault beneath the house using picks and shovels, revealing the wall was twenty inches thick with no clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cujcaaco
C. A. Norce
West
Madison Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Fort Wayne
Sporaing Anaessige
Num
Fire damages tailor stock and other losses at Canal Street
A fire at 188 Canal Street damaged Isaac Marks and other businesses with losses totaling about 7 million? No, exact sums listed: Isaac Marks 3000 A Dung Co 200 Cooper Rosenthal 1000 Abraham Borkwitz 1500 J B Benson 206 and building 2000. Losses partly insured. Grand Lodge of Free Masons met in New York for officer elections and re-elections. Grand Master Anthon declines renomination with Deputy Grand Master Fox expected to succeed. Herald dispatch from Brownsville reports Mexican cattle theft resume, US force pursuing bandits and a commissioner to investigate depredations expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canal Street
Isaac Marks
A. Dung & Co
Cooper & Rosenthal
Abraham Borkwitz
J. B. Benson
Grand Lodge of Free Masons
Grand Lodge
Anthon
Fox
Herald Special
Brownsville
Texas
United States
Lawyer Benj Stanton Dies in Wheeling at 62
Hon. Benjamin Stanton, former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and eight term congressman, died suddenly at his Wheeling residence on June 2 from paralysis of the nervous centers. He would have been 63 tomorrow.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Benj. Stanton
Ohio
Congress
Officer Garrett Ireland Stricken by Brain Fever Amid Conviction Fallout
Jersey City June 4 Garrett Ireland one of the officers convicted recently of conspiracy to defraud the city is attacked with brain fever Saturday night and is said to be at the point of death.
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Jersey City
Garrett Ireland
Weather report for June forecast over multiple regions
An area of low barometer will extend Monday night over Lake Ontario and eastward over southern New England and the middle States with fresh southwesterly to southerly winds. Threatening weather and rain for Virginia. partly cloudy in the south Atlantic and gulf States. light southeast winds with northwest winds elsewhere. Tuesday clears in the northwest upper lakes and upper Mississippi with southwesterly winds and clear weather in Ohio and the lower Mississippi valleys. No dangerous winds expected.
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Washington
Lake Ontario
New England
Middle States
Virginia
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Upper Lakes
Mississippi
Ohio
Indiana Items and Trials Amid Racing Plans
Indiana totals show $34 940 354 in taxable assessments for Indianapolis. Mil ton Herndon former grand head of I C C F died at Crawfordsville. Boone County court sees Clem trial 4 delayed. motion in abatement argued. jurors excused for cause amid high public excitement. Cambridge City spring races debut June 5 with fifty seven horses entered. Red Cloud Black Frank Pilot Temple among top entries. crowds from major cities expected. weather and track praised. Memphis dispatch notes May 23 storm caused property damage and injuries near Courtland Alabama. Queen City circus workers wounded. tree collapse injures lodging resident Mr Davis. Irish National Band Forty Pieces to Boston Jubilee.
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Indianapolis
Milton Herndon
United States
Crawfordsville
Ind
Clem
Boone
Lebanon
Boone County
Cambridge City
Red Cloud
Black Frank
Freee of the West
Pilot Temple
Bodine
Old Dust
Dan Voorhees
Morrissey
Burnside
Hunkidori
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Dayton
Memphis
Courtland
Ala
Queen City
Foster’s
Lon g list of 19th century news items from New Albany and beyond
A broad montage of reports from cities like New York Boston Cleveland and Chicago notes strikes royal celebrations deaths shipwrecks and weather damage. Notable items include the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston anniversary a New York police force cut a tenth and major flood damage to railroads and crops across Illinois.
Wood’s Theater Shows and Upcoming Attractions
Despite threatening weather Wood’s theater drew a fashionable crowd as McAndrews impressed with Watermelon Man. Warner’s circus and muse um will perform at Union grounds north of Lincoln park tomorrow and run all week. The Franz Abt singers festival opens tomorrow in Inwood park with high expectations. Sothern plans a brief summer visit to England.
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Wood
McAndrews
Warner’s Great Circus
Union Baseball Grounds
Lincoln Park
Franz Abt
Inwood Park
Sothern
England
Real estate transfers and rail line opening near Cincinnati
Several property deeds are recorded from Cincinnati area including lands in Millcreek township, a lot at Bremen and Thirteenth streets, and a Spring Grove Cemetery parcel to Sarah Clyde’s estate. The Marietta and Cincinnati railroad runs an excursion to Loveland on the new Short Line, first train since completion, with Baltimore and Ohio and Dayton Short Line services joining soon.
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Cincinnati
Lewis Robinson
Spring Grove
Millcreek Township
Wm. N. Rusk
Niehaus & Klinehamer
Bremen
Thirteenth Sts
Margaret Ryle
St Fo Sl
Dan Ramsey
Subdielakae
Mill and
Front Streets
le Spring Grove
Sarah Clyde
H. Dunning
Ife
John Martin
Court Eetween Central Avenue
John Street
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company
Loveland
Cincinnati & Baltimore Railroad
Marietta & Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
Dayton
Weather and notes mix of news and trivia
Delightful weather and favorable crop reports are noted alongside various tidbits. Billy Emerson is heading this way while Berlin, Prussia, reportedly has twelve public libraries. Petroleum V Nasby earns $44 000 yearly. Flour prices rise. bakers’ loaves liken biscuits. Poe credited as author of Everything is lovely. Pendleton supports Greeley. The New York World is quoted. English iron output about 5.5 million tons yearly. American about 2 million. A quoted line about splitting a rock mentions a chain gang for stealing a fiddle. A bashful printer refuses a female office sit due to past experience.
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Billy Emerson
Berlin
Prussia
Petroleum V. Nasby
Pendleton
Greeley
New York
Local Notices and Social Snippets from Town Ledger
A South Bend pair rushed a marriage license via deputy clerk after a hasty engagement. Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias postpone a picnic to Wednesday the 19th. Meningitis cases rise locally while Trinity concert promises top talent including Jones and Schroecke. Mrs Helen Tracy suffers a broken leg after a fall at the Pearl Street store. Johnny Griffin Tom Bryan and Pat Kavanaugh were arrested for disorderly singing but released with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
South Bend
Indiana
Thomas O'Meara
Henrietta J. Stevenson
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Iins
Tre
Trinity
Éngay
Josie Jones
Herr Schroecke
Nembach
Helen Tracey
E. A. Thomson
Tang
Pearl Street
Johnny Griffin
Tom Bryan
Pat Kavanaugh
Kitty Clyde
Democratic committee to set primary for August election
At a meeting in Alexandria the Democratic County Executive Committee decided to hold a third Monday meeting in the month to order a convention or primary election to nominate Democratic candidates for the August election. Newport recounts last week’s courthouse tension and court cases continue.
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Democratic County Executive Committee
Alexandria
Newport
Court House
Root
Artsman
Cunningham
Hinemarch
Map
Newport and Coyington Bridge Company
John Kearney
William Leathers
John Todd
Covington
William N. Airland Connelly
L. R. Hawthorn
Coyington
Maxwell
Shrock
Miller
Flynn
Adam C. Deitz
Joseph Deitz
John Steinhauer
Dayton News: Railroad Survey Completed and City Council Actions
The Lexington and Big Sandy railroad survey ends in Dayton with the line through the southern city and near Captain Wells residence. Mader v Anchultza awarded seventy dollars to plaintiff. city cases postponed. Tax rate set at 110 dollars after discussion. Good Templars benefit entertainment announced at Concert Hall with tableaux and music. City street cleaning expenses total 10,188.36 dollars.
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Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad
Captain Wells
Dayton
Mader
Ohio delegates meet in Philadelphia for 1868 vice presidency talks
Special Dispatch reports Ohio delegates convened in Room 16 of the Continental Hotel under Guv. RB Hayes with Sam Craighead as chairman and N. H. Van Vorhes as secretary. They adjourned to resume organization and discuss the vice presidential choice between Colfax, Wilson, Hawley, and Cameron.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
Continental Hotel
Guv
RB. B. Hayes
Sam. Craighead
E.q
Dayton
N. H. van Vorhes
Athens
Weather and calendar update from June 4 to June 5
Evening weather report by dewcy Twitchell notes cloudy conditions and light wind at 1 AM. Forecasts on June 5 show clear weather with sunrise at 4 33 and sunset at 7 24. A calendar section lists sunrise and moonrise times for the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewcy Twitchell
Optician
West Fourth Street
Torey
Death by a Fall at 546 West Fifth Street
The coroner held an inquest into the death of two year old Albert Frazier who fell from a broken railing on the third floor stair landing at 546 West Fifth Street. Neighbors said railing had been out of repair. the jury blamed the landlord William Lohn for not taking reasonable precautions. The child died about two hours after the accident.
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Albert Frazier
West Fifth Street
Wes Fifth Street
Wm. Lohn
A Silver Wedding at the Biedingers on Ohio Avenue
Nearly two hundred guests gathered at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Biedinger on Ohio Avenue for the 25th wedding anniversary. The ceremony was repeated by Reverend Kroell from St James Reformed Lutheran church. Their four children joyfully witnessed the second wedding. The gifts were described as rich and numerous.
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Peter Biedinger
Ohio Avenue
Kroell
St. James Reformed Lutheran Church
Latest Markets by Telegraph. New York June 4
Market notes from New York and Liverpool show gold at 1144 and dull activity in flour and wheat. Pork remains at 1325 with hogs steady near 4 percent, linseed oil steady at 90 9 1 2 c, sugar quiet with Cuba 94 9 10 c and Porto Rico 9 1 0 c, coffee firm Rio 18 4 c in gold duty paid. Liverpool reports wheat steady at 32s 7d and mixed prices in other commodities.
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Telegraph
New York
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rio
Afternoon Market Revised Report on Commodities and Livestock
Market activity shows little change at 1 30 P M with quiet trading in flour wheat oats and middlings. Stock on hand and shipper listings noted along with cattle cattle price ranges receipts and sheep demand described with fragmented price mentions for various commodities.
Board of Control adjourns amid disputed bills
The Board of Control adjourned after reviewing several bills. Bill No 121 and Bill No 198 faced scrutiny with items assessed at high amounts while Bill No 166 involved Jacob Ott with charges of 61.45 for court costs. The balance of bills were approved and a resolution was sent to the Commission for further action on courthouse funding and compensation allowances.
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Selon Steeet
Enna
Meta
Jacob Ott
Board of Control
Ness
Dhem
Charles Lever Dies in London Era News
From Yesterday's Third Edition FOREIGN. London June 3. Charles Lever the well known author and novelist is dead. Ex Empress Eugenie will shortly leave Chiselhurst on a visit to Spain for health with plans to stay through summer and fall months.
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London
Charles Lever
Eugenie
Chiselhurst
Spain
Heaters Island Fatality and Wounding Near Leesburg VA
On Heaters island ten miles from Leesburg Virginia between David Appell and Richard Heaters two residents. Appell killed and Heaters mortally wounded with knives. Cause of the difficulty unknown. The Conference Committee on tax and tariff bill met Saturday and reported. House unchanged items tobacco whisky and bonded. Report to be made to both houses today. Large crowds expect speech by Senator Carpenter House. Bill removing political disabilities passed under suspension of rules. Visiting Committee to West Point exam appointed. Several private Senate bills removing political disabilities passed under suspension of rules.
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Heaters
Leesburg
Virginia
David Appell
Richard Heaters
Appell
Capitol
Carpenter House
Messrs
Stoughton
Sargent
Cox
West Point
Senate
Bank clerk charged with $87,000 bank funds theft
Wm H Wadsleigh a discount clerk at Merchants National bank was arrested Saturday forenoon on charges of appropriating bank funds totaling 87 000 He was committed in 25 000 bail and to be examined today in Boston June 3
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Eugenie
England
Jamaica
New Albany
Ind
Marcnense
New York
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Boston
Cleveland
George L. Avery
Sing Sing
Frederick Gerstecker
Dr. Irish
Anderson
Eee
Bennett
Trieste
Charles Lever
Ohio
Urbana
Milton Herndon
United States
Crawfordsville
William Lloyd Garrison
Charles Sumner
Grant
John Temperly
Baltimore
London
Buffalo
Chicago
American Society of Civil Engineers
Worms
Basle
Mayence
Andrew Johnson
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Buell Military Commission
Portsmouth
John Flynn
Bogton
Wm. H. Wadleigh
Merchants’ National Bank
Big Sandy
Apple
St. Louis
Illinois
Wabash
Kaskaskia
Toledo & Wabash
Ohio & Mississippi
Winchester
Rockford & Rock Island Railroad
Bunker Hill
Here
Wm. H. Wadsleigh
Fire destroys six houses in New Lotts Long Island
Incendiary blaze in New Lotts Long Island around midnight consumes six two story frame houses owned by J C Smith. Estimated loss ten thousand dollars with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New Lotts
Long Island
J.C. Smith
George Lowery Sentenced for Life in New York
In New York on June 3, George Lowery was convicted of murdering Detective Lambrecht and received a life term in the State prison. The judge imposed the sentence after the verdict, marking a decisive end to the homicide case.
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New Yorks
George Lowery
Lambrecht
Officers fear and shame amid battlefield breaches
The piece notes officers sometimes bear fear for their men and urges unity in action. It recalls a British captain who begged pardon on the eve of combat after abusing authority, and a private’s grim remark about duty. It also mentions a death of a young officer and warns against pride in service.
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Edgar A. Poe
Dayton, KY
Evening Star
Hawley
Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
Senator Wilson
Dennison
Liverpool
L. B. We
Sic
Nike
Sam Phisky
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