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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1882
Page
1
Weekly published every Saturday morning by C Powning with publisher details and subscription rates. Rates include one year by mail at p2 50 six months at 1 25 delivered by carrier in Reno at 50 cents per month. Advertising agent L P Fisher listed for San Francisco.
Major-General McDowell, aged 64, placed on the retired list with full rank and three-fourths pay. He served over forty years, led Union forces at Bull Run, and after congressional retirement he held the rank of Major-General until the 15th of the month. Hancock, Schofield remain, Pope may be named, Getty to receive single star.
The article notes that Nevada holds elections with two major parties while Ohio New York Indiana Illinois and California show rising independent factions. Illinois may see independents Greenbackers anti monopolists Grangers and others winning enough seats to balance power or even control a joint ballot. Democrats face slim chances while Republicans resist the outside movement.
The piece praises state canvassers and Republican candidates across New Hampshire for strong impressions and expected success. It rejects an inquiry into the Jeannette voyage as biased and unnecessary, blaming personal enmity between Melville and Dannenhauer for the investigation.
Daggett’s novel quote extols free schools as essential to liberty and civic duty. The item notes Oregon Senator-elect Joseph N. Dalph, rail company ties, labor movement talk, and various political and legal developments with brief sketches of figures like Dorsey, Hilton, Adams, and local officials.
A Times Dublin correspondent notes a rift between Davitt and Parnell within the Irish National party. Parnellite supporters hold about one third of the new Council, likely giving them preponderant influence and a majority through County Convention elections.
A Reno Gazette riff questions the Senate mood as Jewett ponders a disposal plan and Hobart jokes about adjourning past two. Carson Appeal contrasts Cassidy’s lobby remark with a Bostonian style wink while proposing to take up the White Pine Indian war claim out of order.
The funeral of George P. Marsh United States Minister to Rome was held Wednesday in the Protestant Cemetery Rome. It was simple and private with only the American Consul General and the ex Secretary of Legation present. A wreath of flowers encircled the coffin over an American flag.
The Secretary of the Treasury issues the 118th call for redemption of the five per cent funded loan of 1881 at 374 percent. It funds $15,000,000 principal and accrued interest to be paid at the Treasury on January 18, 1883, with interest ceasing then.
The Secretary of War submitted to the Judge Advocate General for opinion whether an army officer who persistently refuses to pay his debts is liable to trial by court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
The Lan der Democratic Convention largely backed county officials and declared the Salary law a failure, demanding repeal. Republicans favored a cautious approach, arguing for a further trial under officers who would not be driven by personal gain and would collect fees with fidelity.
A geologic report details a coal seam in a narrow Arctic gorge. The surrounding rock is shingly clay-stone dipping westward, with sixty plant species noted. The coal appears bright and brittle, resembling high grade bituminous coal, with about sixty five percent coke, dating to the carboniferous period.
The Khedive’s forces dismiss American officers who trained the army and set up an Egyptian West Point. Baker Pasha is placed in charge with English approval and urges replacing all officers with Britons. Baker, once expelled from the British Army for an indecent assault, is described as still deemed suitable for Egypt.
The Louise reports the Varni and a Danish Arctic expedition ship are in a dangerous position about eighty miles from the continent, beset by ice. After two days of attempted aid, the Louise escaped September 22 fearing entrapment. if not freed soon, they may winter in the moving pack.
Armstrong, Commissioner of Pacific Railroads, sent the Secretary of the Interior an abstract of his forthcoming report on railroad land grants. He says a recent Pacific Coast visit left him unsure of the best method to handle the railroad problem. Hoe believes many Central Pacific complaints are unfounded and that a National Commission would provide little relief, urging more information before any Congress act.
Reports note spinners in Fall River striking for pay, Meyersdale miners seeking a forty to fifty cent rise, and anticipated November freight-rate hikes from New York. A North Adams railroad accident maimed twenty seven. two top-carriers died in New York. Other items cover a Western Union founder’s death, a new NP bridge opening, a Lexington speed record, global grain prices, Ontario Bible in schools stance, and various dispatches from Cairo and Europe.
George Otto Trevellyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, told a Selkirk audience that Irish resident magistrates claimed landlord tenant relations were improving as rents were paid and intimidation waning. He noted no police clashes in nearly six months.
Boston police seek a bold rascal who jumped into a locomotive cab in the New England Railroad passenger yard on Wednesday night. He started down the road and ran fourteen miles before stopping when a freight train blocked his path.
An old Reno column decries a return of Chinese fire risk on Virginia street after a recent blaze. It warns against rebuilding with Chinese tenants, laments insurance and rent motives, and voices anger at authorities and public neglect. It also calls for rifle distribution reform in the Reno Guards to favor the rifle team with improved arms.
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