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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1878
Page
2
The column rails against Greenback newspapers and endorses the resumption act as sound policy. It notes a Polo match in Buffalo with the New York club, reports August debt reduction, and lists early league standings. It also mocks Dill on the nine million vote affair.
The piece rails at party tactics with H P Kinnear accepting the Greenback nomination while Strang objects, and J B White running as a Democrat to block others. It flags political shifts, silver and greenback fads, Hart’s nomination for State Senator, Pertis named Bolivia minister, and a Quay address urging Republican continuity in Pennsylvania.
Orville Grant, General Grant's brother, has been sent to an insane asylum at friends' request after years of talking like an insane man. The piece hints Col. Forney may soon resume his post on the Philadelphia Press.
The Bankrupt law, passed in 1867 and repealed by Congress, expired August 31. The law’s repeal restores insolvent debtor matters to state laws, which vary in exemptions from sale and rules on creditor claims. Figures show the law’s history across ten years plus, with a peak in 1876 and a long run of cases through 1868. Erie Observer reports the district’s petition counts and exemptions.
The eight highest scorers from the trial are W. H. Jackson, R. Rathhawaiat, Clark, W. Gerrish and H. J. Rockwell. They totaled 9,821 of 10,800 points over two days, a 0.9 percent success rate. The team stands ready if any rival enters for the Palma.
Memphis reports 96 interments in 24 hours ending 6 p.m. with 93 from yellow fever. 60 more dead unburied by nightfall. efforts by relief committee hire 30 negro workers to aid the county undertaker as discussions turn to burning unburied corpses to curb the stench. News from New York notes rising fever among whites, few among blacks, and dire mortality in New Orleans and Grenada with a push for unacclimated relief and rationing.
The steamer Princess Alice, a large London Steamboat Company liner, was rammed by the collier Bywell Castle near Breckton off the London Gas Works. In minutes the Princess Alice sank with about 800 aboard and only about 150 believed to have escaped. The Duke of Teck and other steamers rushed to assist as cries and drowning filled the river at dusk.
Jackson notes Grand Secretary Power reports nearly ten thousand dollars received over two weeks from Odd Fellows and Masons across the states. Funds distributed to Grenada Vicksburg Port Gibson Canton. Mississippi sees no prior requests but Greenville and Holly Springs face violent fever surge with thousands ill and dying. Power pledges ongoing aid and acknowledgment.
The piece argues for Republican superiority in Pennsylvania from 1860 onward, praising debt reduction, a growing common school system, and protections against slavery era weaknesses. It criticizes Democrats for state sovereignty over national unity and for backing tariffs, while highlighting currency stability, Dems opposition to Wood Tariff, and the party’s stance on equal rights and public security.
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