09 Dec 1872
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1872
Page
1
In a broad debate on Civil Reform critics challenge the President's appointment powers and the Constitution. The discussion spans executive versus legislative control, the role of competition in selecting officials, and the implications for federal governance. Washington reports cover committees, internal revenue, and public notices on policy shifts.
The fourth annual commissioners report highlights three years of the peace policy with evidence of progress in civilizing nomadic tribes. It notes many Indians are now civilized or partly civilized and credits religious denominations and federal effort for success. The board counts substantial cultivation and population gains, praising reduced interference in Alabama and broader territorial advances.
Dec 8 reports Southwestern Convocation of the Diocese of Ohio to be held Dec 12 13 with Bishop Bedell presiding. Also Gen Maxwell funeral by Knights Templar with veteran regiments, Veterans meet resolutions, Young Men's Christian Association lectures by Rev W H Milburn, and stage shows at Music Hall. Court resumes. political notices from New Orleans about troops and legislature, plus a long public meeting and injunctions.
Large delegations are expected in the city next Thursday to discuss proposed Columbus and Toledo Railroad routes. The Directors will meet to decide the route. The Board of Trade organized with committees and will hold daily meetings once rooms are furnished. A German Protestant congregation is formed with Rev. W Purpus of Cleveland as pastor. Joanna Bell sues Patrick Williams saloon keeper and Brown & Brothers for 1000 dollars under the Adair law. Franklin County Farmers Club resumes, electing W B McClung President J O B Renick Vice President and J H Klippart Secretary Treasurer. Regular meetings and papers by agriculturists planned. A building on the east corporation line belonging to C P Butler was burned, loss about 500 dollars.
Fort Wayne dispatch reports the Allen County jail project awarded to Christian Bossiker for 21495 dollars. The fireproof building will include modern improvements and be among the Wests finest, slated for completion by April 1, 1874.
Indiana Legislature in SupiamaPolis reports a day of limited action as the Senate reads second time and advances several measures. Introduced bills include creating a state sanitarium, coordinating major state universities, and redrawing judicial districts. The House sticks to routine and defeats per diem pay for members while passing a bill repealing the Twenty seventh Judicial Circuit.
Worcester Mass December 8 The Free Public Library and reading room opened Sundays to the public marking a new service. Residents may now visit for reading and study on Sundays with regular hours posted.
Louisiana reports reveal mounting complications in impeachment and imprisonment charges. Details center on Star ing Warmouth and rising political tension amid ongoing legal actions.
Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States, responds to Harvard University officials, acknowledging a degree of Doctor of Laws in a formal note dated November 26, 1572, expressing gratitude, pledge to continue public service, and high regard for Harvard Presidents Charles W. Eliot and colleagues.
From New York a Paris dispatch outlines three possible moves once the Committee of Thirty report is received. Resign and form a cabinet from Right Center, declare government cannot continue and seek dissolution, or retire the government with an exclusive Right cabinet. The third is unlikely but the resignation of Thiers is considered less probable.
Lerdo de Tejada is declared president elect after the November 16 vote and formal possession begins. Diplomatic Corps to visit officially. cabinet changes planned after Congress adjourns on February 15. Earthquake shocks reported in Uecares Michoacan as a new volcano forms.
St Louis December 8 A Treasury special agent tracking counterfeit bonds arrested two leaders near Bolivar Arkansas John M Coter a steel plate engraver formerly with the Treasury and Edwin Cole also known for major forgeries in New Orleans A large cache of unfinished bonds currency plates and presses found The reporter Thomas L Stewart was found dead in St Louis Cause unknown The Kansas rail collision injured several and Cherryville Kansas was hit by a fire outbreak Missouri officials including State Treasurer Hays and others were arrested for contempt of court over railroad assessment disputes
Boston authorities report relief bodies aiding fire victims and unemployed workers have handled thousands of applications. They estimate ongoing needs will require about one hundred thousand dollars beyond current funds, with Boston urged to fund the shortfall and avoid appealing to other cities. The American Association annual meeting elected officers and expanded the board to twenty, including notable figures like Sam Eliot and L. Agassiz. The record notes Lauren Wood, 65, living alone, as a named detail.
J B Cooper tells the Executive Committee about Lieut Harper and the Diamond Company. He says Arnold, the bookkeeper, knew about stout diamonds and the plan to produce diamonds by artificial means. Cooper spent six years knowing Arnold and learned how diamonds were deposited and the nature of the ground involved.
In A Aste town, a morning discovery points to a man with wealth, while investors in the Henfield Wentworth Co. face heavy losses. A Republican bid for mayor falters as E. S. Tobey declines, and a citizens’ movement proposes H. S. Pierce with four Democrat aldermen on a city ticket.
John O Donnell of Scranton Pennsylvania was cut in two by a freight train yesterday. The article notes that election expenses in New York totaled 120000 dollars.
War Department signals report updates river levels and weather for December 5 1872 with stations at Cincinnati Brownsville and Pittsburgh. Reports show river at 20 inches closed in Cincinnati and rising slowly at Braddock? with no arrivals or departures and a later note of river declining at another station with 5 feet 2 inches channel depth.
Pur Lap Etpuin, Dec. 7. The Dover murder mystery is solved. Prof. West killed a colored worker he hired, cut off his hands and feet, and burned them to fake the body as his own. The aim was to secure his wife a $25,000 life insurance. West admitted killing the man in self defense and is jailed.
In Worcester Massachusetts on December 8 a morning passenger train on the Worcester and Nashua line ran off the track a mile north of the city. Three cars overturned but with about two hundred passengers aboard there were no serious injuries reported.
The piece rails against modern infidelity and rational religion, arguing atheism uses science as disguise. It condemns Kant and Hegel as undermining faith, asserts religion defends truth and the Bible, and portrays contemporary thinkers as anti-supernaturalists attacking Christian foundations.
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