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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1872
Page
2
The Warren Mail asserts President Grant's message is a plain practical document that means business in a business way. Readers have recognized this, and the paper declines further commentary on what is broadly regarded as the right thing in the right place.
The Harrisburg Telegraph notes General John F. Hartranft retires after six years as Auditor General and presses for a brief private life before January. General Harrison Allen succeeds him with broad support, and the Electors of Pennsylvania meet at Harrisburg to vote for President and Vice President, declaring Grant and Wilson as winners. The piece also comments on Senator Sumner and the appointment of James L. Orr as envoy to Russia.
The two daughters of Mr. Greeley decline a $100,000 fund offered in their name. Their combined inheritance from both parents totals $100,000 and they will be cared for by friends. The Tribune notes their urgent request to refuse while expressing deep gratitude from admirers. They suggest alternative memorial ideas for Mr. Greeley.
The Governor issued writs to sheriffs of Bradford, Columbia, Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming counties for a December 24 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Ulysses Mercur, now a judge on the Supreme Court.
In St Prierspurc on November 22 a man named Lucas shot by an unknown assailant in a restaurant died instantly after three shots. A nearby woman named Baldwin died two hours after ingesting poison mistaken for morphine. John Latter died of heart failure this morning. he left a family in destitute circumstances.
A 1783 portrait by Madame Lebrun of Benjamin Franklin has been transported from Paris to New York enhancing the museum collection and linking France and the American founder in a contemporary display.
The House debated a bill to authorize ten steam vessels of war with up to ten large calibre guns and either iron or wooden hulls. Amendments split construction between private yards and navy yards, with four iron and four wood ships. The panel approved six vessels, limited guns, and required detailed cost estimates before contracting.
Immense crowds gathered at Dr Chapin's church in New York on December 4 for Horace Greeley's funeral service beginning at 11 o'clock. President Grant, Vice President Colfax and Senator Wilson attended with Governor Hoffman, while Henry Ward Beecher delivered the address and Miss Kellogg sang the hymn I Know that My Redeemer Liveth.
The Cleveland Herald mourns Horace Greeley's bereaved daughters noting they have become orphans after the mother and father died in quick succession. The elder daughter lost her fiancé who died aboard a West India steamer, severing their planned marriage and deepening the family's melancholy.
Washington reports Senator John Pool sending a telegram from Roxeicu on December 3 claiming defeat of the Democratic Legislature by Merriman. The result shifts power toward the Administration, prompting rejoicing among friends. Paris shopkeepers are pressured to remove bullet-mark evidence from their stores amid the commune era. The year sees seventy-two blast furnaces with 400,000 ton capacity either built or planned in the United States.
Minister Washburne enjoyed a fine reception in New York on the 4th, drawing guests from local circles and signaling strong diplomatic goodwill during the visit.
Mrs J F Cleveland Horace Greeley's sister lies dangerously ill at her city home. Greeley remains viewed by over forty thousand at City Hall. The surrogate's office holds Mrs Greeley's will naming Horace Greeley and Miss Ida as executors with most of the estate to be divided equally between the two daughters. She left her husband all pictures and statuary and owned Tribune shares and real estate. A life insurance policy on Mr Greeley valued at ten to twenty thousand dollars is noted.
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