Louisiana in crisis as federal troops deployed amid mob violence
General P. H. Sheridan sends a report detailing brutal White League and Ku Klux violence in Louisiana. He cites mass killings, abductions, and intimidation, noting official records are incomplete but identifying parishes with numerous isolated cases. He argues federal intervention was necessary to prevent further bloodshed.
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Grant
Johnson
New Orleans
White League
Buchanan
Messige
Congress
Gen. Sheridan
Haynau Sheridan
Pierce
Boston
Kansas
Kellogg
Sheridan
H. W. Belknap
Washington, D. C
Bossier
Caddo
Catahoula
Saint Bernard
Saint Landrey
Orleans
Natchitoches Parish
Bienville
Red River Arish
Winn Parish
Jackson Parish
Catahoula Parish
Red River Parish
Twitchell
Rivers
Holland
Howell
Edgarton
Willis
Brownsville
United States
Partsh
Shreveport
Walsh
Rapars
Wheaton
Durant
Ferguson
Renfro
Judge Baker
O'Neal
Walker
Baker
de Soto
Ku Klux and
Judge Miers
Natchitoches
Little Rock
Arkansas
Memphis
Mississippi
P. H. Sheripdan
Legislative Assembly
Legislative
Kelloge
South
Ernor Au 'An
Taza
Debates Over Federal Troops in Louisiana Legislature
The piece counters Pittsburg Gazette claims that Federal bayonets dictated the Louisiana Legislature. It asserts five interlopers were removed at Republican request, not by force, and that the Returning Board and Louisiana law governed seat organization. Soldiers cleared lobbies, not the chamber’s actual setup.
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Louisiana
Pittsburg
Senate
Returning Board
Wiltz
Kellogg
Kalakaua Passes Erie on Historic US Visit
King Kalakaua traveled through Erie on Monday January 11 en route to San Francisco. The Dispatch reporter describes his tall six foot frame, dark blue overcoat, cream gloves, and favorable views of Grant. He notes royal gratitude to the U.S. and a preference for women to propose marriage, foreseeing no Hawaiian alliances with local daughters.
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Erie
San Francisco
Dispatch
United States
Grant
New York
Washington
Boston
Patterson defies tabled Governor’s Message in Harrisburg
Speaxen Patterson of the House in Harrisburg showed his fitness by directing the Governor's Message to lie on the table. He later ordered it read only after being advised by older members that this was improper. He may favor dispensing with the Executive Department altogether.
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Speaxen Patterson
Harrisburg
Uuttness
Executive Department
Pacific Mail
Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
J. G. Shumaker
Brooklyn
Irwin
House
Grant Report on Louisiana Disturbances 1875
President Ulysses S. Grant submits a detailed defense of federal intervention in Louisiana during 1874 75. He cites fraud violence in elections Colfax and Coushatta massacres White League clashes and U.S. Army actions to restore order while defending Kellogg’s governorship and arguing Congress must clarify federal roles in state affairs.
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Wasu Hinngton
Senate of the
United States
Senate
Army of
General Assembly
Louisiana
William Kellogg
United States Circuit Court For
Yarmouth
Congress
Justice Strong
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the
Kellogg
Warmouth
Antoine
William P. Kellogg
McEnery
Committee On Privileges and Elections of the
Colfax
Woods
United States Circuit Court
Ley
Nelson
New Orleans
Court House
Hadnot
Harris
Nash
Caseabot
Register
Coushatta
Crawford
Twelfth Judicial District
Department of Justice
D. Penn
White League
Shreveport
Shreveport Campaign Club
Returning Board
E. W. Stevanton
New York Times
The Crusade in Brooklyn Temperance Drive
By July 1 1874 the Brooklyn Temperance Union logged over one thousand visits to saloons and shops aiding pledges. One hundred eight saloons closed and prayers held with hundreds of liquor sellers patrons and staff. Sixteen youths converted in two summer months.
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Bridge Street
Young Men’s Christian Association
Fulton Street
Gallatin Place
Union
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Emporium, Pa
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Diptheria
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Melvin
Chandler’s Valley
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Sheffield Township
N. C. Taylor
Sheffield
W.S. Page
First National Bank of Warren
First National Bank of
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