Wheat Market News and Political Cries of 1879
The report notes new wheat already marketed in Kansas counties and frost in parts of Canada. It cites European demand and large orders to buy in New York, with Minnesota farmers predicted to earn about four million dollars this year. Political commentary rails against Hayes era corruption, pension delays, and Confederate figures in office, with opposition rhetoric from Harrisburg Patriot.
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Kansas
Europe
New York
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota
The
Chicago Times
Park Hotel Fire Alarm Fallout In Williamsport
Williamsport reels after a drunken fire chief Caldwell raised a false alarm over a downed flag at Park Hotel during Fourth of July celebrations. Mayor Logan halted the riot and a council committee was formed to investigate. Caldwell is relieved from duty as the city confronts political zeal and public safety questions. Meanwhile Greenback candidate David Kirk relocates support to Gen. Ewing’s Ohio campaign, arguing for party unity to advance the Greenback cause.
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Williamsport
Caldwell
Fire Department
Park Hotel
Union Down
McDonald
Logan
Bacchus
Zach Chandler
Blaine
Conkling
Philadelphia
Ulysses
Grant
David Kirk
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Gen. Ewing
Kirk
Greenback
Gen
Quaker City
Ewing
Failure of Hayes to Provide for the Payment of U S Marshals
Special to Pittsburgh Gazette. Washington July 2 The Attorney General faces embarrassment from lack of funds to enable marshals to perform duties under U S law. A Western marshal asks for authority to incur necessary expenditures to arrest revenue fraudsters. The AG says no funds are available. There is fear of unarrested frauds and violations of the peace while the government is powerless. Congress had appropriated funds but Hayes vetoed the bill.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Wasmington
United States
West
Congress
Hayes
Oil Boom Spreads as Triangle Well Attracts Allegany County
In Allegany County near Wellsville excitement rises over Scio's Triangle well. A 280 barrel tank is built awaiting daily tests. The spout shows 15 to 20 barrels at times. Drilling spreads to new sites while Tidewater Pipe Line stockholders see promise. Brimmer Brook real estate prices rise as owners resist selling.
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Wellsville
Allegany County
Scio
Brimmer Brook
Berlin reporter paints Russia woes amid nihilists and beetles
A Berlin correspondent describes Russia's misery from nihilists crop failures and beetle plagues. Five tens of thousands of roubles are set to fight the beetle. A Weymar, German physician supplied the pistol used in an assassination attempt on the Russian emperor and secured poison for a suicide. A St. Petersburg telegram says the man has been sentenced to hang. A political jab follows about Republicans and Greenbackers urging fusion with Democrats.
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Berlin
Russia
Alexander Zolieff
Weymer
Germany
Zolieff
St. Petersburg
Treasury corruption charges spark demand for new inquiry
A Glover report summary accuses Treasury officials of counterfeit greenbacks during 1868 1872 and 1876 campaigns and of falsified books 19 million in secret issues and misreported debt fueling calls for a congressional investigation and reform. It cites Boutwell Sherman Wyman Cutter etc and urges a fair House committee.
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Glover
Committee of Investigation
Treasury
Glover Committee
Bureau
Republican
Philadelphia Times
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
Boutwell
Richardson Sherman
Treasury Department
Congress
House of Representatives
Who's Charley Ross is This? East Farnham Riddle in Quebec
A boy at East Farnham Quebec claims to be Charley Ross and matches the missing boy’s description. He says he was brought from New York long ago and lives with a silent man who refuses to identify him. The man is paid 150 dollars for custody, with drafts sent from New York and payable at Molson's Bank Montreal.
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Ricaroro
East Farnham
Quebec
Charly Ross
New York
Edward Pierson
Molson’s Bank
Montreal
Rous
Hayes Vetoes, Marshals, and Political Fallout in Congress
Analysis argues Hayes used five vetoes to align party factions, exposing corruption in marshal and deputy marshal offices. The piece contends his actions split Republicans, then united Democrats, with the Army bills and court funding shaping the political fallout through December. It notes public opinion forced a second Army Bill and left Hayes isolated.
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United States
Hayes
Congress
Chandler
Logan
Blaine
White House
Conkling
Demerats
Republican Party
Democratic Party
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