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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1878
Page
2
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The Bland bill passes the House 209 to 71 after Senate amendments. It authorizes minting 412 grain silver dollars as legal tender, with monthly bullion purchases of 2 to 4 million dollars and a conference with Latin Union nations to fix gold and silver ratios.
In a move linked to the Post Office Bill in the Senate Mr Hamlin moved an amendment to allow Congressmen to send letters free. Supporters argue top officials already receive official postage and should not bear weekly costs while clerks do routine work. They say the government should operate on business principles and dispense with stamp printing.
The Watson bill to prevent freight discrimination gains momentum in Congress with committee support and railroads facing pressure. Editorials from Oil City Derrick and Pittsburg Gazette favor its passage, arguing uniform rates boost oil regions and national trade while rail managers may oppose. Elsewhere in Congress debates over the Eastern question at Baden-Baden and Northern Southern claim tensions unfold, with Philadelphia & Erie Railroad officers elected in Philadelphia. A North Carolina paper praises naming changes for Grant and Lincoln townships.
The House seated Republican Dorsall of Louisiana replacing Democrat Ackten after counts by Returning Board and Democrats show Dorsall ahead by 2,094 and 1,087 respectively. The motive cited for seating Acklen, who is white and a Democrat, remains unclear.
Forest Press notes a flurry of stories about Dr. Robertson being enticed to Scotland over a legacy and a fourfold deal. Clara Hunter of Tionesta reports a Wednesday letter from Mrs. Robertson at Mill Village stating the Doctor is in Canada and safe.
Across the country Washineron's birthday was widely observed with public events in many cities. In the South ceremonies were particularly elaborate while in Pennsylvania Bayard Taylor received a second foreign portfolio as Minister to Berlin.
The measure appropriating 760000 dollars for the state's military expenditures has passed the legislature and received the Governor's signature.
Last Wednesday the Court in Butler heard a petition by H. B. Taylor J. Satterfield and J. Pitcairn Jr. to dissolve the Standard Oil Co and place its affairs in the hands of a receiver.
Anderson of the Louisiana returning board has received a two year confinement sentence in the penitentiary.
A heavy rainstorm in New York on February 22 1878 kept people from church and theatre while offices including the custom house exchanges and courts closed. Navy yard cannon saluted and church bells welcomed Washington's birthday with indoor celebrations planned for the evening. Dispatches from other points report widespread attendance.
Cartoonish remark from the Chicago Inter Ocean about the President considering anger amid Louisiana mischief. The Feb 19 1878 report notes the Committee of Commerce directing a bill to prevent freight charge discrimination, extending Watson bill penalties to steamboats alongside railways.
The President informed the Senate that the late Sioux war cost 2,312,500 dollars and that sixteen officers and two hundred sixty seven enlisted men were killed.
Cardinal Gioachini Pecci, papal camerlengo, elected Pope and will take the name Leo XIII. He is an Italian with a dignified, affable character, praised for learning, tact, and piety. Pecci has strong liberal support in the Sacred College and a respected private life.
A diverse 19th century miscellany notes a season’s Hudson ice haul reaching a million tons, Cardinal McCloskey missing Rome after a papal election, Mrs. A. T. Stewart owning a diamond valued at 35000, and a Ross fund aiding a lost boy’s father. It spans finance, religion, crime, and social distress with sharp observations on politics and public life.
Opponents during Dr. R. V. Pierce's State Senate bid published bogus analyses of his medicines to smear his integrity. Despite an overwhelming election win, rivals are reprinting these inconsistent claims, signaling deliberate attack by enemies rather than credible critique.
A statewide tanners convention will meet in Harrisburg on May 1. A pipeline from the oil region to Baltimore via Huntingdon is under construction. Shale oil has been found at Blossburg and Tioga County with optimism for genuine reserves. Bradford gas well owners earn about two thousand dollars per month for lighting and fuel. Alexander Wilson of Clarion County reaches a century old if he lives to May 4, having resided in the county since 1801. Mrs. Pitman’s cremation remains weighed four pounds two ounces of white bone ash. Pittsburg sends a 260 foot petition with 17 000 signatures to Harrisburg urging repeal of waiter girl saloon bans. Three Berks County boys quarrel over skull hardness. one death results. Public petitions seek repeal of Sunday labor prohibition affecting Seventh day Baptists, strong in Crawford County. Miss Christie Bowers of Lebanon reportedly entered a 48 hour trance claiming heavenly travel with the Saviour, Lebanon hopeful of a miracle surpassing Mauch Chunk.
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