Republican State Convention Call for Lancaster 1875
The Republican State Committee calls the Pennsylvania Republicans to meet in Lancaster at noon on May 26 1875 in the Fulton Opera House to nominate candidates for Governor and State Treasurer. Representation follows the current legislative apportionment, with district delegates allocated accordingly. Russell Errett and A Wilson Norris sign as chairman and secretary.
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Pennsylvania
Fulton Opera House
City of
Lancaster
Russell Errett
A. Wilson Norris
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Boro
Warren
de Grave
County of
Sugar Grove House
H. Harmon
van Hamilton
James McIntosh
Phila Crouch
Nf. Harmon
K. Alvord
George W. Owen
Keziah
Jerome Babcock
Southern Democrats Lead Congress in Harper’s Weekly View
Harper’s Weekly argues that Southern men Lamar of Mississippi and Gordon of Georgia dominate the Democratic leadership in Congress. The piece notes their conciliatory tone in campaigns, contrasts with Northern leaders, and criticizes the party’s name while predicting Southern subordination of colored populations and Northern plunder. It also reports a Secret Service probe into Joseph Lounsberry and discusses possible Internal Revenue Commissioner succession to H. C. Rogers.
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Harper’s Weekly
Congress
House of Representatives
Lamar
Mississippi
General Gordon
Georgia
Senate
New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee
Nast
Fernando Wood
Tammany Thiall
Maine
California
Erie Dispatch
Washington
J. W. Douglass
Internal Revenue
H. C. Rogers
Douglass
Rogers
Revenue Bureau
Acton
Treasury Department
License law copy corrected after conference draft
The March 23 version of the license law is the correct copy with 12 sections. The bill sits in Harrisburg awaiting the Governor's action. if not returned with objections within 36 days after adjournment it becomes law without his signature. Also noted is the death of Welcker of Welcker's restaurant in Washington.
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Senate
Warrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Grand Jury Indicts Schumaker and King for perjury
The Yue Grand Jury of Washington indicts Schumaker and King for perjury tied to the Pacific Mail subsidy bribery case. The piece urges voting against questionable grabs as did Judge Scofield. Reports note quiet retreat of gorges along the Susquehanna and relief on the upper Delaware with no major damage.
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Yue Grand Jury
Washington
Schumaker
King
Pacific Mail
Scofield
Tus
Delaware
Canal frauds split New York Democrats and Republicans
The piece argues the Canal Ring has long corrupted New York politics, naming Tammany and anti-Tammany factions. It notes Gov Dix and Gov Tilden sparked investigations to exploit rivals, while Commission and Committee plans mirror partisan aims and threaten party unity.
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New York
Canal Ring
Hoffman
Tweed
Pittsburg Gazette
General Husted
Reublicans
Husted
Legislature praised for law on trades learning stalled in House
Thurlow Weed thanks the Pennsylvania Legislature for a law extending the right to learn mechanical trades. The bill passed Senate but failed in the House due to inaction. Also notes a zoo incident where a young lion attacked a donkey before being killed. Abolitionists Whittier Phillips Garrison Curtis and Douglass expected to attend the Pennsylvania Abolition Society centennial on April 14.
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Thurlow Weed
The
Tribune
Pennsylvania
Cooper
Senate
Tim “Lion
Cincinnati Zoological Garden
John G. Whittier
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
George W. Curtis
Frederick Douglass
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Wendell
Spinner and the Nation's Treasurer a Century After Lincoln
The text recalls Gen. Francis E. Spinner the U S Treasurer appointed by Lincoln in 1861. It notes his honesty long service and the scandal of his potential wealth and the 1874 call for charitable aid which he declined citing duty and his modest family needs. It also lists political rumors for successors and adds satirical anecdotes about editors and preachers.
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Spinner
U. S
Lincoln
Francis E. Spinner
John C. New
Indiana
Carver House
Beatty
Warren
Utica Herald
Bed hunting by a nightgown clad genius in Brooklyn
The Chicago Inter-Ocean recalls Theodore Tilton wandering Livingston Place in a snowy night shirt hunting beds tested by his wife Elizabeth. The piece notes famous poets and thinkers as eccentrics while calling Tilton’s behavior a remarkable, unusual form of genius eccentricity.
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Theodore Tilton
Livingston Place
Brooklyn
Theodore
Elizabeth
Bessie Turner
Chicago Inter-Ocean
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Warren Mail
Call OF the State Committee
BY. Sutherland
O. W. Cotter
Youngsville
County Stort
N. R. Thompson
Sugar Grove
Jessice Art
Williamsport
Rathbone
United States Secret Service
English Centre
Pine Creek
Joseph Lounsberry
Clearfield
Col. Butler
Brookville
Jefferson County
Lounsberry
Pittsburg
the Revenue Bureau
Welcker
N. Y
Chaco
Hartranft
Henry Rawle
Erie
F. W. Mitchell
Franklin
Carrura
Vineland
N. J
Charles K. Landis
Landis
Carruth
T. DeWitt Talmage
Beecher
Olean Times
Limestone
Cattaraugus County
G. C. McDermott
Drs. McDermotts & Peston, Ce
First National Bank
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
R’y
Oil City
Stoneboro
A & Gwr
Jamest
Andover
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Reno
A. V. Ry
Jamestown
Youngstown
Ashtapula
Geo. H. McIntire
Borough of
General Assembly
A. Hertzel
F. A. Randall
Henry Cobhai
Coll, Carver
J. H. Hull
J. P. Hanson
Citizens Bank
S. Carver
Eaceenes
Potter's Field
Morrison Street
Burgess
Borot
Burgess and Town Council
Stephen Carver
John Sill
S. Burgess
C. W. Stone
M. B. Dunham
James Nesmith
G. H. Ames
James Clark, JR
George Ott
WM. Ryan
RuFus P. K1ng
J.H. Mitchell
T. Hazeltine
Rush Bartlett
Beaty
KQPF
Warren Savings Bank
Suspension Bridge
Gent
Warren, Pa
Warren Co
Arties Buying
Hazeltine, Orr & CO
Theentlemen
Union School
Harrisburg
Byron Sutherland
WM. A. Greaves
Ortrait
Episcopal Church
Etters
Asa H. Barnes
Sheffield
U.S. Internal Revenue
Letitia M. Jones
Adm
Frank Force
Adnor
Barnes
United States
Emily Page
Pittsfield
M. Miles
R. Warren
Lémbt
E. Cowan
J. W. Dougl
Internal Office OF Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
John MelIntyre
A. Wetmore
F. Watson
H. H. May
Orris Hall
Samuel Burt
A. K. Badger
Eben Gilson
Wallace & Henthorne
Geo. Skinner and Wife
A. Linguist
E. Terrill
V. Davis
J.T. Childs
Adim
L. Moyer
L. D. Flatt
John Major
C. P. Bailey
Same
William Simpson
D. W. Clark
E. B. Sharpe
Haliday & Jackson
J. A. Wing
H. Curran
M. Mahoney
Fisher Brothers
W. P. Sproule
D. G. Hazzard
J. L. Burroughs
W. D. Brown
Alex. Williams
A. A. Pierce
W.T. Taggart & Co
M. H. Butler
D. M. Williams
L. J. Swain
Ss. W. Waters
Prothonotary
Proth
Ampbell’s
J. N. Schnur & Son
Post Office
Timothy
C. W. Sersall
C. P. Henry
Lane & Nesmith's
Russell House
Frank Leslie
Parmlee & Henry
Citizens National Bank of
Hop
McNett & Son
John Grindley
D. F. Anderson
Ludlow Houseé
McNett
Horace Beals
Columbus
Office OF Comptroller OF Currency
John Jay Knox
Milo P. Osborne
R. Columbus
Tidioute
Eporsi
Beardsley
Henry G. Trowbridge
Beardsley & Trowbridge
Penna
District Court
Estern
Joe A. Weible
C. McDaniels
John Ronne
Mr. Ronne
Cutter
McDaniels
A.J. Hazeltine
Jatt
Warren Marble Works
Sexxileyy
Wigwam
John Grindleys
Water St
WNY
PIU
UCLA
E. P. Rohbach
Selin’s Grove, Pa
S. H. Davis
Savings Bank
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
Sid
Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
P. Falconer
J. Hazeltine
E. G. Wood
James Clark
Albert Kirberger
William Messner
Nhaffers
Warren Penna
Liverpool
Meehan
N Watson & Davis
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