Republicans sweep states and cities in varied elections
A late dispatch reports Republican gains across Pennsylvania Ohio New York and other areas. Statewide margins reach around 18 000 to 20 000 with gains in Lower House and Senate seats. City results in New York show Auditor Mayor and other offices won by Republican candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Errett
PaitapeLput
Bucks
Schuylkill
Luzerne
Cumberland
Franklin
Cambria
Russell Errett
Republican State Committee
Warren
Len Wilcox
Elk
Ohio
U. S
N. Y
Privapetrina
Stanton
Stokely
McCuen
Mann
Brown
Hancock
Senate
House
Venango County
McJunkin
Crawford
Erie
Judge Souther
Chicago Fire Desolation and Hope Amid Ruin
A dramatic account describes Chicago’s devastation from the great fire with martial law, looting suppression, and relief efforts. It notes nine square miles burned, bank vaults intact, and a push to rebuild as aid streams in and insurance payouts help revive business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
Fire and Health Departments
Gen. Sheridan
Mayor seeks to suppress Harper’s Weekly in New York streets
The piece argues that Mayor Hall’s effort to suppress Harper’s Weekly will backfire by boosting overall sales and inflaming support for Nast cartoons. It recalls a prior incident when the New York Board of Education banned Harper’s books, cutting sales locally but expanding national demand. The writer defends free press and fierce civic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Hall
Harper’s Weekly
New York
Nast
Harper’s
Democratic Board of Education
New York City
Harpers
Partizan
Derrick
Polygamy crackdown as Brigham Young among first jailed
The Tribune notes the Grand Jury indictment targets polygamy in Utah with Brigham Young and associates among the first arrested. Henry W. Lawrence and George Q Cannon are also taken into custody, signaling a fair but firm approach to enforce the territorial law.
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Brigham Young
the Tribune
Grand Jury
Salt Lake
Henry W. Lawrence
George Q Cannon
Deseret News
Lawrence
Godbe
Europe
Mackenzie
Brigham
Young
United States
Utah
Echo Canon
Gov. Woods
McKean
Trials in Raleigh Show Ku Klux Law in Action
The Raleigh trials under the Ku Klux Act, presided by Judge Hugh L Bond, reveal broad executions of justice with over five hundred true bills and near one hundred convictions. Democratic leaders' letter urges delaying further trials but Bond declines to suspend proceedings, signaling firm enforcement of congressional law.
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South
Raleigh
North Carolina
Congress
Hugh L. Bond
U. S
Grant
Bond
Barelan
N. C
H. L. Bond
United States
Ku Klux
Circuit Court
Tuomas Brana
M. Surep
Guo. V.arrona
M. W. Ransom
Dan’ G. Fowls
Wixi H. Barrie
Jas. B. Batcarter
R. H. Barrie, JR
B. F. Moorr
D. M. Barringer
Doomed Chicago Fire Ravages City Across Four Miles
The Chicago fire of Oct 8 1871 sweeps from Dockhaven to Harrison Street destroying at least twenty blocks and hundreds of buildings leaving around 100000 homeless. Firefighters from Cincinnati St Louis and other cities arrive as banks hotels churches and depots burn.
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Curcaco
Williams
Milwaukee
Dockhaven Street
Jefferson and
Clinton
Carcano
Harrison Street
Division Street
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Northwestern Railroad Co
South Division
Randolph Street
West Division
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan Avenue
Tribune
M. I
I. C
Chicago
Caicaco
Wabash Avenue
Congress Street
Sheridan
St. Mary’s
Trinity
First Presbyterian
Second Presbyterian
St. Paul
Swedenborgian
Methodist
Congress Hall
Absurd Sayings and News Briefs from a 19th Century Page
A quick list of wry observations and local items includes a tale of a man who could not find his match and went to bed in darkness, a death by water in Illinois with a wife on top, a quip about why B comes before C, and a note on temperance with torches. Hodge the paymaster faces ten years for a $455,400 theft. Also reported: Andrew Jackson's servant nearing death, George Polk of New Orleans passing at 90, and a proverb about a fountain’s working.
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Adam
Illinois
Mikmen
Hodge
Albany
West
Andrew Jackson
George Polk
New Orleans
Culverwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Indiana
Schuyler
William M. Tweed
J. J. Wilson
Telegraph
Col. Clowry
Cleveland
Buffalo
Gen. Stager
Col. Wood
Post Office Service
CuicaGo
Lincoln Park
Towa
Celia Burleigh
Unitarian Church
Brooklyn
Halstead
Cincinnati Commercial
Chicago Tribune
Pittsburg
Alleghany City
Louisville
Hartrorp
Corry
Joett
Thomas
Leiters
de Bonis
G. A. Cobham
Glade
Warren Co
Warren, Pa
Roscoe Hall
Kirwan & Rankin’'S
Hibernian Minstrels
America
Ireland
Rankin, Treas
E. Kirwan
W. R. Hayden
Ag’t
Howe
North America
Philadelphia
Germania
I International
Republic
Lancaster
Wyoming
Wilkesbarre
International
Andes
H Noyes
Gen’l Insurance
M. W.sawdey
A. T. Stewart
Jamestown
Lonsdale
Merrimack
the Pound
Ise
Canton
Palace
M. W. Sawdey
Main ST
Jamestown, N Y
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Butcher
Cyclop
Disston
Eureka Files
Keystone Block
Pacific Cambrics
O. H. Hunter
Pate
Mort, M. Moore’s
Farrar Hall
Isaac Levi
State Street
Mirs. R. S. Church
Second and Liberty Sts
Russell House
R. S. Church
Veterinary
V.s.m’carty
F Milton
Northumberland CO
G. C Irvine’s
Glade Tp
Italy
V.S. M’carty
Lycoming County Mutual Insurance Company
Warren County
Joseph Hall
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hanter
John N. Schhnur
Hoffman & Clark
J. F. Wells & Co
J.C. Bennett
MUS
Leak Warren, Pa
No. 5 Exchange
Nesmith & Keller
Arren
Carver House
Warren, Penna
Miss Daggett
Vincinity
S. T. Daggett
Hazeltinf, Orr & CO
Hall & Spear’s
Pittsburg Plows
Curtis Plow
A. Hertzel & CO
Rowland
Barstow
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