25 Feb 1867
Page 4
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1867
Page
4
Washington coverage details struggles over Reconstruction and a forthcoming internal revenue fraud report while reporting on Kentucky Governor Bramuerte’s call against Regulators. Editorials critique city police corruption and urge reform with emphasis on accountability, efficiency, and oversight to protect citizens and property.
A table compares gas prices in German cities with private and city ownership. Private ownership charges about 220 per 1000 cubic feet, public lamps 120, while city owned works average 155. Berlin notes 93 cents for public lamps. The article argues city ownership benefits consumers by lower prices and cites Dublin where price limits cap profits at ten percent, lowering private gas costs to about 41 cents per 1000 cubic feet.
The argument against moving Indian Affairs to the War Department rests on concerns about warlike bias, corruption, and lack of civil policy. It asserts civil administration needs integrity, warns that army control could burden Congress and waste public funds, and calls for reform under a responsible civilian secretary.
Senator Wilson proposes a joint resolution for the Secretary of the Navy to select the strongest ironclad and clash her with the strongest stone fort to determine which holds out longest. The writer jokes that Congress should match fort voters against horse-blocks to see whose head lasts longest, with trials continuing until all blocks or members are expended.
Two 17 year old youths left Rochester with an old musket and a pistol to kill. They shot a German man riding a sleigh in the head and, upon arrest, confessed and boasted of more targets if the chance arose. The piece comments on New York as unappreciative and contrasts Southern state views on chivalry.
Governor Bramlette urges Kentucky’s lawmakers to empower rewards and new legal tools to crush organized mobs calling themselves regulators. He cites Marion and Boyle counties where murders, banishments, and jail breaches occur under self styled justice. The message presses for swift executive and civil action to restore order and protect life and property.
A steamboat catastrophe on the Mississippi left nearly 150 aboard, many killed or burned. Captain Dan Kinney perished amid burning wreckage as survivors clung to wreckage and improvised rafts in icy waters. Dr. Shaw, Mr. Triplett, and crew aided women and injured, while the yawl and lifeboats ferried survivors to Greenville amid chaos.
Disappearance of Colonel Woodall, cashier for Adams Express, after he left home to escort a friend to the theater raises fears of foul play. Police court to begin preliminary examinations of murder suspects in a related case.
The advertisement claims Dr J W Poland’s White Pine Compound cures sore throat colds coughs diphtheria bronchitis spitting blood and pulmonary affections. It also treats kidney diseases diabetes urinary issues bladder gravel piles and scurvy and is sold by druggists as a pleasant safe remedy.
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